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OPIUM
CAPTURED
(Scripps News Association)'
Bellingham, Wash., Dec. 12. Henry
Englemao, was captured this morning
with 65 pounds of opium valued at $700,
which he wa smuggling across the Can
adian border into the United States from
Vancouver. He used a horse and buggy
to cross the line almost under the noses
of the custom officers who-' have been
- looking for him for several weeks. '
It is said that Engleman has smuggled
1 90 pounds valued at $2000 to Portia in
three former trips.
REVY UTAH RAILROAD
lecrippe maws Association!
. -t .Salt Lake, Dec, 12.' Prominentl biini
ing linen from Searchlight. Nevade. ' are
here for the purpose of incorporating the
Searchlight and Northern Vail way. It is
intended to run from Nippemo, Cal. to
Searchlight on. the Salt Lake route. The
qapital stock is $500,000.. , Homer
Hansen is 'preident; F. J. Harrington'.
, vice-president; G. N. McClintock, secre
tary and treasurer. :,Work 'will begin at
once.
j ; PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS
(Scripps News Association)
. 'Washington, Dec. 12. Among the pre
sidential nominations 'today were' those
foNathan V. Harlan, of Nebraska, to be
Uflited States attorney for' Alaska, and
Creighton M, Foraiker to 'be marshal of
New-Mexico." '".'' -
r KtCQVZO NO NLTIflCATION
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f- .' Washington,, Deo.' l2.rTh insular
" burVau says it has received no., word.- of
1 thjf death of Archbishop' Harty at Manila
. & reported at St- -Louis.'- where he was
ormerly a ; pastor of ja church. The
government would have been promptly
notified had he died. It 1
SPECIAL RATES , .
'.. I The p. R. 4Y N.'h'as rfiade . their, usual
' V -'Xi i education bf rates to those who attend
. the Northwestern Fruit Qrower's Assoc
" lation which meets In La Grande January
; 5. 4, and 8. , ., .,. '..: . ..
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Winter's knocking at he door. With no uncertain, sound he's
demanding entrance everywhere.
Are you ready for him? How about your winter Suit and
Overcoat? ,
Are they in proper condition to weather the storms of the
coming season?
How about your winter Underwear, Gloves, Hosiery and
other Toggery?
If there are any weak spots in your , wardrobe we are hee .
to strengthen them with the j
. Best That's To Be Had V
The most skilful tailors known to the trade build our clothes
artistically, and they build them well and they build them
on honor. , , '. . i v
Our furnishings come from the hands of , the best known
manufacturers.
" Money back If you want If
Thot is the guarantee that goes with every sale.
It is under these conditions that we ask you to make this your
Clothing Store.
A.SH
CLOTHIERS AND
. mis or hits with harmi
(Scripps News Association)
New York, Dec, 12. Ryan took the
stand in the insurance investigation in
this city this morning. He said he did
not mean to be disrespectful in regard to
questions about his conversation with E.
H. Harriman. but that he did not want to
answer unless obliged to do so. The dis
trict attorney told him he must answer to
the best of his recollection.
Hughes asked Ryan what Harriman
said. He answered "The day of tie pur
chase Harriman and I had a conversa
ion. The day following I held a number
of conferences with Harriman. Hp said
he devoted much time to the Equitable
and that he did not think it was right for
rhe to enter without consulting him. He
wanted an equal voice in its management
He said that unless I agreed with him he
would use all his influence against me."
Ryan said Harriman used no names In
speaking of the political influence in con-
versations. United States Senator DryJ
den was the next witness.
( PRESIDENT ON EXCLUSION
(Scripps News Association)
Washington, . Dec. 12. President
Roosevelt today sent a message through
ifornia, to the Pacific Coast people in re
gard to Chinese exclusion. He says he
desires) to mako himself clear that he is
just1 as much opposed to the admission
of coolies as they are but believes that
the exemption should db given a square
deal. The law should exempt those
classes coming here to turn into laborers
he believes. '
MONEY TOR QUEEN UL ,
(Scripps News Association)
Washington, Dec. 1 2." A . claim of
$10,000,000 was laid before the senate
today today by; Fairbanks from ex
Queen L'lliuokalani, of Hawaii, who wants
balm for bodily a'nd mental angu.3h as a
result of the loss of property during the
revolution IS years ago. She wrote
VicVPresldent Fairbanks saying that she
would not appear . through an attornev
ohtou'nVof 'poverty. The senate ad
journed at 1 :20 "today. "'." -'
.'' :' y WINTER WHEAT. :
Wkshington, Dec 12. The crop 're
port frbrn the board of the bureau of;
statistics of the Department of Agricul
ture finds from the reports of the corres
pondents and agents of the bureau as
followst. r,: t , - , : .
The newly seeded, area of winter wheat
is estimated at 57.541,000 acres, an'- in
crease of 6 per cent over the area -sown
in the fall of 190f. The condition of
winter wheat on December 1 Was 94ilV
as compared with 82.9 in i9'04,60,6 in
1905 and a ten year average of 91.
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BROS.!!
HABERDASHERS.
LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY, OREGON. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 12. 1905.
fUHERAL OF
.' " . MITCHELL
Largest teal In History el Pcrtlsnd -Oiircii
:'.' Could M
(Scripps News Association)
Portland, Dec. 12. Representatives
from all over Oregon tod?y attended the
funeral of Senator John H. Mitchell
which was the largest ever held here.
The body lay in state in the city hall
from 10 to 12:20 today and a continu
ous stream of humanity passed his bsir.
The council chambers were draped with
crape and flags. The body wae guarded
by the state militia stationed ebo.it ths
the casket which was covered with the
national flag and banked with flowers.
Ths casket was borne to the First Con
gregational church where the funeral ser
vices were held an hour later under 4he
auspices of the Elks.
At the church the ritual of the dead
was used in addition to prayer and
scripture reading by Dr. E. L. House,
the pastor. The choir sang "Lead Kindly
Light" and "Abide With Me", ' Froiri the
church to the Rivervelw cemetery the
r funeral, cortege , was conducted by1 the
I. O. O. F, lodge and at the - grave their
ritualistic work was carried out The
casket was- placed in the vault by the
lodge in accordance to the wishes of the
SENTENCED PASSED .
(Scripps News Association)
Washington, Dec'.' 1 2. Sentenced was
passed by Secretary pf the Navy Bone
part on Midshipman Meriwether; "That
he be confined within the limits of ths
academy for one yeaind. bt reprimand
ed by the secretary pf the navy. ".
Bonaparte eaid that the autopsy testi
mony showed a reasonable doubt wheth
er the death was ca'uied' by a fist blow:
or from a fall and that ths defendant
should be given the benefit . Mjeri wether
Was touna guilty of the . charges of in-i
fractions of the academy rules and that.
he had engaged Jn a - fight assaulting
Branch for calling him a sneak and a
coward.' -'.-:' ..'
Bonaparte modified the part of the sen-,
tence ;a as to allow the cadet to go on
the annual practice cruise, otherwise he
is not allowed to leave the grounds. , '
; BAKER CTTY POSTOffia ' ' V
Baiter City, Dec. 12. The, .race for
postmaster for Biker City is ' growing
strong. There are three good men in the'
field now and the race promises;; to be
prettywarm before the end comes, '. The
aspirants , at present are Postmaster
Moomaw,.who asks -art' endorsement of
his administration, E. P. Voruz. chairman
of the republican county central committee,
and E. R. Corey, a carrier in the - post
office. :; '" ' . '.
r . - - THIRD CHILD DIES ; , ' 1
Palouse.. Wash. Dea l 1 William
Rheams, the 1 4 year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Rheams, yesterday of typhoid
fever. The funeral was conducted from
the home in the eastern part of the city.
This is the third child to diet from ' this
home within two months, while two more
are ill with the same disease.
STOLE BEDDING
A man representing his name to be
Fred Fowler was sentenced to the county
ail for thirty days la st evening, by Just-
ce Hough for the larceny of a package of
clothing and bedding, the property of R.
Blevins of Pendleton, ,
It seems that Blevins deposited the
package on the sidewalk while he entered
a restaurant for a meal, upon returning
his property was missing. A portion
was later discovered in a second hand
store and Fowler's arrest soon follow en.
LETTER BOX. ;
All children desiring to writ to Santa
Claus should mail their letter in th box
he has left at Newlin Drug Co.' store
for that purposs. If this is don no stamp
will b required on th letter. Th child
ren must sign their name in full and also
giv thsir papa's nam. ,. ,
SEVENTEEN
Wsathsr Qbssrvw
ABOVE?
W. A. WorsUlt
stat that th govsrnmsnt instruments
show that th lowsst point reached by
the thermometer last night wa 1 7 de
gree above zero which wa also th low-
st point reached Sunday night
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OCCURS-TODAY
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Hold Crowds .
late senator.
, Honorary pallbearers at the funeral
were: Ex-May or George H. Williams, Ben
Simpson, C A. Dolph, J. N. Teal Colonel
D. M. Dunne, and W. H. Galvani, of Port
land, and Frank!.- Dunbar, of Salem.
Active pallbearers were: G. C. Fulton,
Astoria; A. S Bennett the Dalles; Judgs
William Galloway, McMinnviUs; Phil
Metichan, I. N. Fleischner and Allen R
Joy. Portland. V :.,;'.
Those representing the various orders
were; R. Scott for I. O. F. lodge;Gen.
Owen Somrosrs. for. Elks; J. ,H: Mitch
ell. Jr. and Judge Chapman of Tacoma, !
Mitchell's son-in-law, represented the
family. The Bar Association attended
the funeral in a body as did ths fraternal
orders. , The attendance was so great
that the church could not accommodate
them. The flags on all buildings in the
city were at half mast i The public
schools were dismissed at noon out of
respect to'his memory. ". t ..
? In accordance to the usual custom of
the United States senate, art offer was
made to pay Mitchell's funeral expenses
The family refused the offer.
. GENERAL NEWS ; .V-
In San-Francisco, women who founded
an institution for destitute women- In
1 869, has lost her money and entered the
home.
There are now IS cases of. yellow
fever at Havana,. Cuba, and '. there have'
been 1 5 deaths from the disease since
October 1. .
, .Robert . P. .Bsjllantyne, Jaged 55' and
worth $S,000,000. in brewing properties.
killed himself ' by shooting,, .at Newark,
N; J..' . He -Was "a graduate of Prihcton
and unmarried..-.. vc . ' u , t ,'
The' Vatican will Issue an 1 address the
all Christendom denying all .responsibility
with the separation of church and .state
in F ranee, and fixing it . uporf th last
three' French tabihets. - ' ' " lc.' ' '
Government Supervision of the capit
alization of private corporations was ad
vocated by Governor ,A, B., Cummins, of
Iowa m a' '" recent' address ' before the
Banker' club 6f Chicago ' j
Samuel Compere, .' in a . speech at
Washington, claims that th Federation
of Labor deserves practically all the
credit for the laws regulating or .abolish.
ing child labor In the states of Oregon,
Texas,' Tennessee and Alabama. ,
' Pat Crowe was acquitted at . Omaha
on th chargAot murder, and must; now
stand trial on a charge of -being implicat
ed in the robbery of a strset car and two
passengers at Council Bluffs. No on
expects him to be ever brought to trial on
the charge pf kidnapping.
In New York James Murphy was caught
by two policemen in the act of holding
up a man. During th ' pursuit which
followed, Murphy shot three policemen.
each In th hip,, putting them out of
commission. A fourth, mounted, had his
horse shot undsr him, and Murphy was
finally caught by citizens, unhurt
A reorganization of th cordage trust
is being . exacted at ftew York, it is
claimed on a basis that will scur an
immunity from any existing law. Its
active capitalization is $8,106,000. Its
attorneye claim that the one cloud on the
horizon of th new organization is the
stat binding twin and burlap plant of
Kansas, Washington. Nebraska and the
Dakotas.
' . . IDAHO SHEEPMEN
Weiser, Dec. 12 Four hundred sheep
men from all part of th state ere
gathered her in attendance upon th two
day' session of the Idaho Woolgrowers'
association, which convened at 1 1 o'clock
this morning in th Knight of Pythias
hall, with Prssidsnt Frsd W. Gooding in
th chair. Th total membership of th
association is 6 50, so that th represen
tation is th largest vr known in th
history of th organization. Many matter
of vital import to th woolgrowlng indus
try will com befor th association for
li;jtir til tit enntin ?r n is
to b th most important In th history
of sheeoraising in th watt. ' -
RALPH ROSE RELEASED
(Scripps News Association)
Modesto, Cat, Dec. 12. Ralph Rose,
the widely known college athlete, who
created considerable notoriety for himself
and family by being arretted on a charge
of vagrancy with a charge of burglary
hanging over him, was released this
morning. Attorney Waldo Hawkins ob
tained a release of vagrancy by habeas
corpus proceedings yesterday but the
young man did not get out of jail until the
district attorney made the charge of
burglary. The railroad people filed the
charge. Rose says he will go to his
father's ranch to rusticate.
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS
(Scripps News Association)
Washington, Dec. 12. The President
today appointed Nathan N. Harlan, of
Nebraska, United States attorney for the
Third division of Alaska; Earl M. Crans
ton, for district of Colorado; Miles Cannon
as register of the land office at North
Yakima..;
SHOT AT SULTAN
(Scripps News Association)
Geneva, Dec. 1 2. The principal officer
of the Albanian guards of the Sultan of
the Sultan rushed in to stop' a dispute
among the guards. In the melee a shot
was fired at him but the bullet was de
flected by mail that he . wears. Ths
officer did not know what became of ' the
other officers that were present
WANTED IN SAN fRAKOSCO "
(Scripps News Association)
London, Dec. 12. Charles Kut alia
Moller, was committed for extradition In
the -police court this morning. He is
wanted in San Francisco for th alleged
embezzlement of $20,000 from his em
ployer. ' ' . '-' V; '-.'
y CATHOLIC EDITORS DEAD
(Scripps News Association)
Buffalo, Dsc, 12. Rev. Father
Pat-
rick Cronin, aged 71, for many
years
editor of the Catholic Union and Times,
died her this 'morning.' ' ' ' ' ' "
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Chicago;- Dec. 1 2. j Wheat opened a
86; J; "closed, rf 86j,;' i corn, opened
44),' closed, 44i oats ' opened 5 IX
ctosd, lK.iV.s t-ltJi;
. PORTLAND MARKET .
Portland, Dec. "12. Bluestem 72
Club, 7Q- .Valleyr72.-' -, . : '
XMAS . PRESENTS HE
WILL' APPRECIATE
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TOTAL BUSS IS DESCRIBED BY PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. AS HAVING
.'A PAIR Of SUSPENDERS ON EVERY PAIR Of PANTS. ' WI HAY!
- V ' ; "THE BUSS" AT FROM 50C TO S160 A PAIR.
. A Conqueror Hat $5.00 Get the size out of his old on '
( t, A Good Sweater, $3 to $6 ' . ,
A Smoking Jacket of Cordigan, $S to $16 .
, A Silk of Whit Wash Vest $t.60 to $6
. A pair of Fancy Hose, 28o to76cj -. , !
. A Tie, all description, from 26c to $2.60
A Muffler, $1.60. Full Dress Muffler, $2.60 ' '
' - A palrot Wilson Bro. Shirt. $1.60 to $2.60 v-
A Handkrchif, from 60c to $1.60
A pair of Hanan or Walkover Shoe, from $3.60 to $6. Bring
th figures in th old pair to get the size you want. ,
. Glovee, all kinds and prices. W carry but one class of goods
.ths BEST. Call and mak your selection and w will keep them
for you until you want them. v
$40 SUIT GIVEN AWAY
DEC 31
Every $1 cash purchase, or paid on account en
tillei you to chance. '..
COMMENCING ON NOVEMBER 1
SUIT CLUB WINNERS
aailcs Mimnvh $35 Suit New Club
AL ANDREWS
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NUMBER 55
SUPPLY
SAFELY
(Scripps News Association)
San Francisco, Dec. 1 After a
stormy voyage, during which the machin
ery broke down, and the ship was in
danger of sinking, the United States
transport Supply reached port this morn
ing from Guam; It lay helpless in the
heavy eeas for 22 days. The Supply
finally reached Honolulu . where repairs
ware made.
Edward Morton, a corporal of the
guards at Guam, died and was buried at
sea. The eh,p brought F. T. Dyer, and
family, gov ei nor of Guam bick. Dyer
will . be succeeded by Commander E.
Pott.
GARFIELD A WITNESS -l . -
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Chicago, Dec, i 2. Garfield will be the ,
first witness in 'the packer' cases...' He
appeared at the district attorney's office,
and refused to discuss the matter saying
ttiatvh has reserved all- tiis testimony for '
court. The work of empaneling jury ' "
began at 10:60 a. m. . ,
, , Jha attorheys. consumed a large' part cf .
the 1 morning arguing that the packers
should be given a separata trial on each , ,
indictment, This Would necessitate 21
.different juries. The judge said that two
or more robbers who, had broken into a
postoffiob could b tried, together. ' Th
defendant objected saying .that there (
was no'analogy in th casee. 1 They are "
still arguing the case at lunch time. ' '
- A NEW PARTY
'Bakersfieldi Cal., Dec, : 1 2 A'" move-' .
ment has heen,. started her for thafor- ,
mation of a new political party, having
for Its purpose ths public ownership of
railroads and municipalities, and a call
for a mass meeting of those already ' con
vinced of the advisability of such a step
is being numerously signed.' - The meet- -ing.will
be held on December 23,' ahd itis ,
expected that a call fbit"s"taU conven- -tioh'win
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