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GOVERNOR CHAMBERLAIH TOD AY APPOINTS 'JOHH H. GEAREfl TO SUCCEED THE
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.JfflUME V - . LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY. 0REO0M. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 15. 1905. ' ' - . .
LAIt SEHATOR JOHh n. MITCHELL IH THE UIIIIED STATES SENATE EOR .'OHM
GROCERY
DESTROYED
(Scrippa New Association)
t-omana, uc 18. Fir this morning
oestroyed th wholesale grocery house of
f the largest wholesale erocerr firms in
the Northwest, and the loss to the stock
and building is estimated at $300,000.
V.x firemen were eeriously injured. The
cause of the accident was the collapse of
the upper floor which precipitated the
;nen into the cauldron of flames below.
Oris Houston is the " most seriously In
jured and it is feared that hi injuries will
jjrove fatal.' . -'' "
h CO HVKTf D OF ASSAULT :
(Scrlpps New Association) :
San Francisco, Dec.;' )5.WohnVKeVr.
assistant engineer on the transport Bu
fcrd. was convicted of assault .committed
tpj Frank Raymoe. was sentenced to
o ' year in the Marion county jail and
"ned $250 by Judge DeHaven this, morn
"ij A stay of execution of ten days was
s;ranted. bufin the meantime the defend
ant was remanded to the custody of the
Urjted States marshal. -'.? -. .-..
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'fRKlHS', RESIGNATION ACCEPTED '"
(Scrlpp News Association )" '. '
New York, Dei. 13. The trustees, of
the New York Life this afternoon ac
cepted the resignation of -Perkins. H
remains a mamber of the board. '
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: CHAT RACE MARE 'DEAD
(Scrippe News Association) ,""T '"l
' ;Sn Francisco, pes: JS.Ishalna, one
f the greatest rsjeg marea. in ,ithe cojjntry
died thte morning $f catarrhal fever.' The
mart was valued at , $10,000 and was
owned by "Oregon Qeorge". Wentworth."
INDICTED f ORMER OFFICIALS '
(Scrlppa News Association) "
.Chicago, Dec. 1 3. Indictments were
found today by the federal grand -jury
against John N.' Faithorn, 1 president - of
the Chicago Terminal Transfer Company;
Fred A. Wann, vice-president t of the
Pere Marquette, and Chicago it Alton,
charging them with paying rebates to the
amount of $20,000 on shipment over the
Alton. i
Faithom was formerly vice-president
of the Alton and Wann general manager.
It is alleged that during their connection
with the Alton they gave the rebates to
Sohwarzschild & Sulzberger, packers of
Kansas City. Beth S. Cusey, the traffic
manager, recently pleaded guilty to the
charge of receiving rebate and . was
fined $5000. Today' indictments were
returned upon Cusey's testimony. '
' OPEN ON PRUDENTIAL
(Scrlpps New Association)
' New York, Dec.' 1 3. John E. Gore
actuary of the Prudential, : was the first
witness in the investgations Insurance
this morning.
He read a statements showing that
since the company entered business, the
total premiums' received were $287,
000,000 paid out in benefits, leaving
$92,000,000 surplus, including $2,000,3
000 capital. He said that over. 90 per
cent was paid to policy holders a divi i
denes. v ..? i
Newly Appointed Setter Annexes ; HLnself in Accord wits
: , v President Roosevelt On Ledia Questions
; ; . ; ; ; Before Congress,
(Scrlpps New Association)
Salem, Dec. 13. Governor Chamber
lain today appointed John M. Gearin,
Democrat of Portland. United States
Senator to succeed Mitchell. His term
will end March. 190?.
Gearin Is 64 year old. He wa born
in a prairi schooner whll hi parents
wer coming ovrland to Oregon, He
wa educated at St Mary' college at
Indiana, He is th fourth member of the
HOPES PARENT WILL RELENT '
(Scrlpps News Association)'
Washington. .Dec. . 13. Marguerite
Baker, fiancee of Alphonse Zelaya, Ion
of the president of Nicaragua; who was
captured at the instance of the Nicara-
guan minister, has received a message
saying that the youth will reach New Or
leans and urging her to have faith. - 'The
, iwuibii memuvr oi uie loans ana urging ner (o nave raitn. ine
law firm of Mitchell and Dolph to become 'young woman believe thf tern parent
and
senator. He was , r.itv itiinu
district aiiorney ana was once a Demo
cratic candidate for congress and specie
prosscutor undsr Cleveland in the fam
ous smuggling cases.
H ssy h will upport Roosevelt in
th corporation control policy and i
hearty accord in th land fraud investi
gation...: He . believes in azDansion ami
MAIL CONTRACTS AWARDED J
(gcrlpps New Association) .
WashlrigtonDes; 13 Bids for wason
mail service in cities wesi of the. Missouri
river for a period of four years, -ware just
onened bv the dAnartmnnt. Thn wit ar
Franc'sco, Seattle' Sa'crarhento and Oak
rejected.', ,. Pv H. Schuldermar
get th contract at Portland for $5600: '
J. W. Trajii atSpekanaifor $4700: and!
JW, Hitsman at Los Angeles for $18,f
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: COLD MISSING . I
enver.jJDec, Jl. A special to th
Timet from Rock Springs, Wyd saysrt!
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,i.iiiak.x biiuiiu uuuaii ill uiu uviuunflu
to a snipper, wnos name" tne -railroad
and express companje will not disclose."
.Was' in orfer' of the dark ' of th: Overlaid
limited w'hictvwas wrecked . and bumCU
last week at Ahsay, and it cannot-be
found, t" ; ; .:,
(Scrlpps New Association) '
' Washington,-. Deo'." I a-RprsenUtiv
Mann today introduced a bill Drooosins to
dismiss th canal commiss on and autho
nia tne President to put to work some
! on pnder , the government department
also on the Panama railroad. ' Allison, o'n
the committee . 'of appropriations! an-'
nounced that th committee thoucht that
$1 1.000.000 would be enough Sat the
canal. . ; , ' -...,
Tillman is afui the scatotfSecretarv
Bishop of th canal commision; Bishop
was a former, newspaper man. His sal
ary i $10,000 a year. Tillman ay th
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Ghristmas Bell? will soon be ringing' frid . the old
problem of "what shall I give him for Ghristmas" will I
I once more confront you. . , 1
We have made a few suggestions and should you
..' i fail to find a suitable item on the list we would be
I pleased to have you call and we'll do all in our power 2
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CLOTHIERS AND HABERDASHERS.
- w . - iw . i uame. free trade.' "" ,'''-"'-
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TILLMAN
WANTS SCALP OF SECRETARY BISHOP
alary i an xtravagance. '. !, ' .'
'' Root attended the meeting of the com
fnittee on foreign relations of the senate
to discus th bill ,for reorganization of
the consular and diplomatic services. He
asked that a provision be mad : for th
position of minister to Norway. .' ?t - '
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WITHDRAW NOMINATION '" " "'
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. 1 Th President withdrew'' the'' homina
tioh of Miles Cannon a register of the
North Yakima land offlc on -protest -1 of
Senatort Anlteny and Pile.' .Cannon was
nominated on - recommen3ation of Land
Commitsioner Richard, t " ' ' " ' ' -
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ATTEMPTED ASSASSIHAT10H
$RAND DUKE BORIS . AND . (ZAR ? (LASHED : IN J DJS
CUSSING RUSSIAN SITUATION,
(8crlpp New Association) ; '
Chicago, Do.; 18. A Daily. News cor
respondent at St. Petersburg cables the
account of an y witness in the recent
trouble in which an attempt wa made
upon th Czar' lif. He says th
troubl really began by Qrand Duke Bor
ic calling th Czar to account for th al
leged sacrifices of th family interests to
further his political ends. He called the
Czar a creature without backbone. .The
Czar retorted calling the duke to account
for hi mod of living and told him that h
wa th cause of the people being, fired
upon at Valdimir, January , 1 1 , of last
yar,' which, jrcipitated th ' troubl
which resulted In th present crisi. Bori
retorted warmly. Bori drw hi word
but Nichola interfered. Bori was ban
tshsd from Russia. ,
Witt in a personal interview said that
he could not forsee the end of th present
convulsion nor foretell the developments.
Therefore he could not decide clearly th
futur policy, which h hoped would be
reasonable Witt is pate and emaciated
but nis reported paralysis is untrue.
KAHR UITRODUCES BIU .
(Scrlpps New Association)
. Washington,- Dec. 15 Representative
Kahn today introduced va bill authorizing
the circuit court to adjudicate claim of
American citizen. Under th Behring
Sea arbitration award with Russian,
Japanese and British sailor whose ships
wer confiscated for alleged pleagic seal
ing, havs already been settled. ,
BARKS DID ROT (ORIBIBUTt
(Scrlpps New Association! '
Washington, Dec. 18 Th comptroller
t - . .
oi currsncy. m answering th senaU in
quiry, says th reports that th national
bank record do not show that they con
tributed to th political campaign last
lection, except in two mstancs where
mall wmi wart given for Ixi! eimpi'gn
purpos.
will relent as
horn.
soon a Alphonso reaches
CLERCY HOLD SESSION
(Scrrppe New Association)
Warsaw. Dec 18. A meeting of 417
clergymen of Poland was kUM
Afnr an all night session thev decidsi) in
demand autonomy for Poland with a par-
ament, general ecret ballot the rein
Utement of th Polish toncue in the
government officer, th abolition of cap
ital punishment and amnanty to all polit
ical prisoners. . ,i ,
1(11 GOLD
COMES f ROM
: CAN OPEN BOXES
(Scrlpp News Association)
'Albany, N. Y.. Dec. 18. The Court of
Appeals decided that Heart may opM
ballot boxes . and recount, thm unf-. H
probably will result in McClellan' lsc-
uon being omcially declared.
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- CDHBOAT ARRIVES SAFELY
(8crlpps New Association)
'! Nawriort. R. I Hay. 1 1 1 - 1- 1 4
Hisi which . wa blow;n . to, sea- whil
seeking to aid the lightship' Nantucket.
THE HI
Alaska's gold product for 1908 would
Dav twii ova nn ..... . -
gav for that provinc to Russia, And ,
this is only on Item in our annual income
from that region. . It fur, fisheries and
minerals hav yielded ut $250,000,000
inc our flag wa raised over it ,', It
resources in coal, iron or and timker, 1
none of which ha ben really touched yet
are Inexhaustible. It possibilites in ag
riculture and fruit raising are larger than
it mineral resource. All that Alaska
needs to develop these vast riches are
railroads and wagon roads, and those are
beginning to appear. Congress h ne
glected this vast and opulent region 4oo '
long. This winter it should elect Alaska
into a territory, provide for the creation
of good roads and . enact other needed
legislation. Leslie' Weekly.
A- W. Leffel ha moved from hi former
rsfdence in th western part of the ctty.
u. -.J now "vs m -nc on p 5tret
...,f .,, vu.nrm,. morning. form8riT occupied by Mre. E. Walters.
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Lies in buying' carlylhd. in buying
right- Buy soon and secure 'ad-
BALTIC SITUATION CRAVE
(Scrlpp New Association)
St, Petersburg, Dec. 18. The situation
in th Baltic province is th most grav
n th empirt and approaches civil war
A war governor with adminirtrativ
power hae been appointed. Restorat on of
wire communication lasted but a few
hours. Th cable wer again cut at
midnight while messages wr going to
th German frontier. Witt opposed a
dictatorship, Th ti up by th strikers
at Moscow i complete.., .
ASSASSIN FREED '
(Scrlpp New Association)
Novoselitz, Dec 18. Th assassin or
Skarolonoff, a blacksmith by th nam of
Voroshinkoff, who prtndd that h wa
deaf and dumb, in order to approach hi
victim, wa freed by th Revolutionist
today. :
vantage of uncommon assortment
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preferred, iur Holiday Goods are
here1 and theVeVgoods amohc tjiem
that vyill please you.5 . You will get
uiKiiv iii ritni prices, too, Its
right prices that's gpihglo make
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