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Uoitkor f tvwtonight warmer. TODAY'S NEWS TODAY To.norrow rain or .now. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. JANUARY 4. 1906. ' NUMBER 64 VOLUME V FiMOlK ASSOCiATlOH IS I BUSY StSSIOH THIS AfTERHOOH IH THE EHDEAYOR TO CLOSE THE AMUAL SESS lilil BY illK.HI IHT w cm i ir IHHARBOR (Scrlppi News Association) San Francisco, Jan. 4 Tha steam V mminn from Portland and Astoria reports speak ing to the disabled schooner City of Pueb- I, at nine u mui.ii jrwowoiuaj muming. w.. was 50 miles off Point Gorda in. tow of the steamer Chehalis. Later reports say that the Puebla passed Point Arena and ijjpexpected to arrivejiere about poon. M At 8:50 this morning the Pueblo was siehted 18 miles off this port still off the Chehalis. Averaging some si half knots an hour, "in tow steam schooners Chehalis and Norwood, the Puebla, with Captain Jep son, carrying 200 passengers and full cargo of freight.from Victoria, arrived in . port safely this afternoon, after a run of six days down on we Nortnern coast. During the storm encountered last Satur day the Puebla suffered a break to her WUil shaft and was left helpless to toss 9f upon the sea. Vainly striving to keep her course with fore and aft sails disabli d the steamer was sighted off Columbia river Saturday morning by the steam .,K,nr Nrlson. For five hours the Ne!son struggled in tha fierce storm to render aid to the Puebla but was at last forced to give up and proceed on her way to this city, but later came the news from Settle to the effect that the Puebla had been oicked up by the steamer schoonir Chehalis. Capt. Johannansen, and was bound southward. Fearful lest the vess el had gone adrift and misfortune had overtaken her, the marine underwriters Yesterday ordered the' Spreckles, a tug '4?relief to search for the disabled vessel. Shortly afternoon the vessel anchored safely off Meigs wharf. Following the quarantine inspection, the damaged ves eded to her regular berth beside ik. i...r wharf where the passengers landed. Both the schooners Norwood and Chehalis are owned by Sudden & Christ ie and their compensation will be large .A to mariners, the company ftUWiviit -u-.,M rian uo at least $40,000, a part of which will be divided between the schooners' captains. TUO BOAT LOST J Ferries, Jan. 4-One tug boat was lost in the fog this afternoon safely landed. The crew was SHOUTS WANTS TO RESIGN i vd'a Automation) Washington, Jan. 4. It is rumored that j Shonts is dissatisfied witti tne cnuci.ui Tho President in- gists that he remain. EARTHQUAKE DAWES TOWN v.n' Association) 1 ,3n. Jan. 4.-ArthurO. Wallace i .f Managua, reports that vice- cou" .... an earthquake destroyed half of the town of Maysa and that a volcano in San Dago is in eruption. RODERKUEZ DEAD ' .Scrlpp Newt Association) New York, Jan. 4-The consul general he ha received cable announcing th. death of General r 1 rnal Roderiguex, declaring u.no... as the hero or tn. victory. ANOTHER SAft (RACKED (Scrlpp. New. Awociatlon) Albaugh'.etor. wa. robbl of $18,000 in bond and cash. , (Uttrt-Tha robber captured Charles T.yfor. th. only citizw a., and lock T,yl ' -omimr. Tw.lv. thousand S hundrrf dollar, in gor.rnm.nt bond. Sdtwwty-fl. hundred dollar, in ca.h . U,,! :. :LJ 1HTR0DUCES 'I . ' ' 1 ! HIS Bill k I , I I . I 1 .-. y t I a I I !V I I I , ' I 1 - - I II G. R. CASTiNhK, . . t. nnwn, . ... , " ' f I i ' ..n..iD:'.. Dr..;j.,nt nrmn f Pmit Rrnwen Au'n '' Manaeer Hood River Fruit Grower". Assn. 'II is inspector ior nuou rvwi , . w.v.. . . w. -, . ,v ...... .. .. 11 j Display of Fruit Grown by L. Oldenberg. . ' I Lj UITTP J rTr'-TTr "1 . j ' . . .KIUED ON TRACK Ma 1.1 I I ' f. . , ; (Scrlpp. New. Association) I 1 I II ; . -v- McMinnville, Jan. 4. John Martin and 11 1 II ' - t , : y""' '.'V 'O j :. an unknown man wer. killed early this " " ; ', ;; mc rning near Carleton. They wer. r.- Wl IXll t: t " i ' turning from repairing th. track on a A 1 1 rJ V ' " , I r ' ,i I; handcar which wa. .truck by a bridg. IS II lll II : V " '. .. ' " train rounding a curve. Fiv. other work- If rtlllli t K.'Y ' I'- . 1 men jumped and wer. .aved. . U U D . B 1 k . IL J- ' ' " I T I aa. rnn naulj- I fill II WW A If ;' Li;-.-, .' I . ....... III II 11. ! E : f . . , i ISCrippi JMeWS ABBOCllillull III.. JL I I AJ . r .: V ! 1 KI... V..L l.n AM,irh oollinir o! i i - . 14: ' rtt.- ..'..!; .i JB 'il V now iuiivi ' v a ' ' J'A? f I tcck exchanged today which was caused ' I I ' y J t bv an imDromotu speech of Jacob Schiff (ompi. -.." . . : ,i "' 'lv '' ;i m the Chamber ot t-ommerce, in wnion ow i , 'S1."V . I 1 he said our currency is not rerormea mere 1j .: !..,. w; thmn that I I . S. 1 I I ... . ... . ..... ... uhihimuwivi t u. . f S S ! t I will be a panic that would awan an the money collected in England and I k..,"H, . :.f!. ' I I u I America for the aid of the Jew. was j . '-. ..... J ' being used to aid th. armed reoeinon. i r . II f i ins wwkw.w. , ... i T II '.i. jtf ll a I , .i. I...... i.. : (,.ml 4 H .,7- II I I m v.'itte warned me jews m loiiom i it i III aeitation to avoid a revolutionist uprising. I I I It is believed that the Baltic uprising is ! I j I I thoroughly crushed. . , . t J t J WORKMEN IH POSSESSION L....-.....-..... I A courier from Riga brings dispatches , I dated January 2 saying that 6000 work- MAXWELL SMITH t I J men took possession of the Provodnik ' ; , . Dominion Fruit In e;-or J rubber factory before daylight. Asthei ............a I rarrlnna New. Association) " Washintrton. Jan. 4 Senator Hepburn today introduced hi. railroad rat. regula tion hill which ha. ons been advertised. It la a mAat lHont.if.l with th. UO lV.r bill which define, th. t.rm "transporta- - tion". to includ. all prlvata, refrigerator-, and other car.. Th. bill giv.. th. lnter- state Commission power to .ubstitut. iust. fair and renumerativ. 'rat. for one. found after investigation to b. unjust,' discriminatory, preferential or prejudi cial. SENATE WANTS INFORMATION (Scr'.rp. New. Association) Washington. Jan: 4. Th. .enat. agreed to th. resolution calling upon th. secretary of war to send the .enat. all of tha narars bearins upon the recent open- ins of th. bid. for th. sal. of th. railroad franchise. In th. Philippines. Th. senate adjourned after confirming a number or nomination. ; PATRICK MUST DIE (Scrlppa New. Association) . Albany. N. Y. Jan. 4.-Th. governor refuse, to interfere In the ease of Lawy.r Patrick who I. to die January 21. agitation to avoid a revolutionist uprising. It is believed that the Baltic uprising is thoroughly crushed. WORKMEN IN POSSESSION A courier from Riga brings dispatches dated January 2 saying that 6000 work men took possession of the Provodnik rubber factory before daylight. As the courier left, the military was bombarding tho plant The revolutionists killed the policemen who were guarding the build- ino. A detachment crept mto an adjoin ing structure and murdered eight soldiers and six stablemen and injured eleven nthers. One of th. sleepers escaped and warned th. troop. Two regiment of artillery and six auick firing gun. reached the wen. at daybreak. In th. meantime harricade. wer. .rected. Many wer. killed in th. assault but the exact number i not known. . A later dispatch from Cnnanhacren savs th. workm.n .urr.n dered and delivered th. leaders to me mmmander of th. troop. A court mar tial ha. been ordered. COYERNOR INAUGURATED (Scrlppa New. Association) Rnatan Dae. 4 Curtis Guild jr. was inauiruratd Governor today. Hi. mess age call, attention to insuranc. scandal and tuspende that th. law. b. revised Vatlanliu't ,tnrnnnn mnii NVQninff 1 meetings of tha Fruitgrowers' convention j wer. better a't.nied and th) ex .ibits were much more complete. Many from Summervil:e. Cove, Union and Elgin ar rived late yesterday afternoon, but by the time the eveninir session commenced everything was in place and th. auditor ium presented the appearance of a sec tion of the agricultural building at the Lewi, and Clark Exposition. Th. walls wer. decorated with diplomas and medals which had been awarded to th. various fruitgrower, by th. different exhibition. While medal, and diploma, w.r. vary much in .yidence, th. fruit wa. th.r. al so to demonstrate the fact that Union county i. a fruit- country a. w.tl a. a lumber, stock and sugar beet taction. YESTERDAY 1 EVKXINO SESSION Th. evening tasaion was opened w;th h tha L. D. S. Cornet band. Pres ident Smith then requetted Mr. Maxwell Smith, of Vancouver. B. C. to tak .the chair anH nretida over tha meeting. Mr. Smith did and announced that Rev. W. H Qibscn. of Caldwell, would open th. suhject of the Foundation Education of Agr culture. Thi Mr. Gibson did and w is followed bv short talk, on thi mot hurestinff and vital ubiect by Mr. J. R. Anderson of Britih Columbia and Y rot Ball of Utah. Both, of these gentlemen mad. instructive as w.ll a. interesting remark, and much good will cartainly re sult from th. discussion of thi. subject Next on the program wa a vocal lw tnn ."All Throueh th. Night," by Mi M.hal William. Mr. Nellie N.itl. Mr. Ann Steven, and Mr. J. R. Forrot Nxt cam. an abl. addr... by Mr. L. F. Henderson, who took for hi .ubject "Soma New Point, on Cider Making." Mr Handarson wa abl. to make HTM n.iiuhia auo-aettion. which will be of u,m,niiit alua to cider maker. Hi remark w.r. followed by a g.n.ral di- Continusd on pag. S TO Vlll (Scrlpps New. Association) New York. Jan 4. 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