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- . rrir TODAY'S , NEWS TODAY '-' VPf hpf i Occassional snow lonight decidedly colder ' 2 -i MluuiU Tomorrow probably fair, continue "col 5 . ".' LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY. OREGON. SATURDAY. JANUARY 20. 1906. NUMBER 68 ukune, v , 4 0) Mil ilUDE JAPANESE (Scrlpps New Association) , v iwMHwpsMia, I.ul. Jf.. 23. The :f.!r; workers this morning adopted a resolu tion advocating the employment . jjf con vict labor and the construction of trans continental railroads. It was voted to send memorial to Congress, expressing a belief that the exclusion act should be sj extended as to keep out all Japanese and Korean laborers, other than those ex empted by the act, as it stands at present PETITION GIVEN ROOSEVELT (Scrlpps News Association) ;' " Washington. Jan. " 20. The' Massa chusetts petition, signed by thirty thous and, for the preservation of the battle ship "Constitution", was exhibited to the President this morning in the presence of Admiral Dewey." Spooner said that the navy would have a new "Constitution ' which would be the strongest warship ' in the world.;' The President slapped Spoon- er on the back add said "bully". ?. ;. SAVES A TRAIN WRECK (Scrlpps NeSvs -Association) Salt Lake. Utah. Jan. 20. After fight ing his way through snow drifts, the track walker to Beaver Canyon succeeded in stopping the Oregon Short Line train No 8, the Butte express, in the nick of time, from plunging into a slide of trees and rocks. The worst blizzard experienced in years is raging here now, accompanied by thunder and vivid lightning. A flash' of lightning struck the power house here, fatalljc. burning Thomas Close, the en gineer. . - ' ' A QUARTER PAGE FULL Of important Clearance sale Prices, Which Represent a smart saving and are of the Greatest Possible in terest to the economically inclined buyers. Men's Parts $1.29 ; Made from good quality wool goods in heat shape effects, every pair special values at our regular price of $1.60 this sale - - - .2$ - Men's Panls $1.69 Regular $2.00 'values in black and gray striped casemers, this sale at the extremely low price of $169 Boys' Wool Fleece UndWr Heavy weight with extra heavy wool fleece, garments always sold every where at 46c and 60c. All sizes, this great sale at the garment 29c OutlrsS NISht Shirts 49c For men and boys, made from good weight outing, witn ana wunouv regular 66c and 76c values; this sale choice for - ..- " 49c Men's Flannel Shirts $1.59 Regular $2,26 shirts in brown and viciena colored shirts, made from fine quality heavy all wool flannel Jl, 59 I Boys' Reefers and Ov'coats Wt have added several of our SS.00 and $4 00 overcoats to this lot and this makes it the greatest overcoat offering in Jthe country $1 98 16c 4 ply Linnen Collars, in 5c small sizes this sale Watch the Red Price Tags in our store they represent a saving in price of from l (f to 60 per cent besides many special values, which you can buy at from one third to one fourth the regular price. Gome and speWa advertise what we sell, and sell what we advertise TRAINS DELAYED BY flOOD. (Scrip pi News Association) Santa Cruz. Cat. Jan. 20. The Broad Gauge was unable to get out any trains until noon today on account of two- miles of track being under water at Laguna. The passengers were transferred by handcars. Both freight and passenger trains are on each side of the flooded district. The LomaPrieta mill at Hinck ley Creek was washed away and ' the damage is estimated at $50,000.-- FINED IN EEDERALCOURT" (Scrlpps News Association) Helena, Mont, Jan. 20 Judge Hunt of the F ederal Uourt toaay finou iiui. Burke, McBride. Lassen and Ahlrri$200. 00 in the' first two two instances, and $120.00 in the latter two. all of whom were charged with cutting on Govern ment lands. Homer H. Case, of Missoula who was indicted on a similar charge, was order to plead Monday. REBELS ARE IN CONTROL ; (Scrlpps News Association) " St. PetersbufoJan. 2oth. The rebels are in control atBatoum and Guria, "and the government is sending troops and war ships. The sailors have been replaced with soldiers, the government thinking that the seamen are untrustworthy. General Lineviteh is coming to -discuss the advisability of keeping an army in Manchuria until next year. CHINESE VISIT INDUSTRIES (SrTlpps News Association) Chicago, III. Jan. . 20 The Chinese Commissioners visited the stock yards this morning, and this afternoon inspected the McCormick harvesting works. They will be the guests at a grand banquet tonight -, ' , REVOLUTION IN EQUADOR (Scrlpps News Association! Guayaquil!, Ecquador, Jan. 19th. It -is rumored that Elroy Alfaro. former presi dent or cxquador, is a leader or a revo-. lution against Garcia and has occup: Quito after defeating the government. Boys' All Wool IndVr 59c In sizes 30 to 34 shirts and drawers. soft all wool garments, which we sell regular at 6c to 85c at garment, this sale .... 59 Same garments as above in sixes 24 to 28 - - - - 48C Men's $2.50 to $3 Sweater Here is an altogethsr unusual offering in men's all wool sweaters including as it does many of our best $3.00 values, all for the low price )$ $1.50 to $3 Sweaters, 79c This lot consists of odds and ends sorted up from our regular $1.60 and $3.00 men's sweaters, all colors and sizes, choice while tiey last ")c 50c. 75c Ladies' Belts 25c About 60 of these silk, kid and patent leather belts in all sizes, all go in one grand offering, each at 25c SI, $1.25 Ladies' Waists 48c In this lot aie flannelette waisU. wool waists, and black satin waists, choice from the lot this sale - - Sl Children's Jackets and Capes 50c Regular $1.60 to $4.60 garments odds and ends picked up at random in our children's ready to wear depart ment, choice this sale 5Qc IW Of WRECK IS SAVED (Scrlpps News Association) New York, Jan. 20. The liner "Maine" Ulis morning Drought an uumii .' Si U, rescue at sea of the captain and crew of the schooner "Kipling", which left Liver pool for Newfoundland for a cargo of fish. When the storm struck them, the captain tried to p it back, but the little vessel was unable to withstand the tempest. When the "Maine" appeared, the first boat was crushed, all of the "Kipling's", crew going into the sea. The wreckage was not reached until the second boat had ap apeared. The "Kipling" spent twenty days crippled at sea before the rescue. DISTRICT ATTORNEY FINED (Scrlpps News Association) Denver, Colo, Jan. 20 District Attor ney Stidger was today fined five hundred dollars for contempt of court by Judge Johnson, and was ordered to jail until the fine was paid, The Judge accused the attorney of complicity with the gamblers in removing their cases from his court and permitting their releases on technica lities . ; CITY HALL DESTROYED (Scrlpps News Association) Pittsburg, Pa. Jan. 20. Fire ' this morning destroyed the old City Hall and the city market buildings. The loss Is estimated at $125,000. WILL TRY POULTRY J. E. Hall, of North Union, has cut In ttjree incubators, and will go into the chicken business extensivly in 1906. Ladies' Knee Skirts 29c made from good quality muslin with 8 inch flounce, edged with heavy lace this great sale 7 Or 5000 yds lace and Embroidery V 5c Consisting of many of our 8c and 10c values in insertings and edgings, this sale the yard ' - . (- , $5, $7.50 Ladies' Skirts $3.18 , ' All Wnnl sUirfa in I ij -". ... vuiuia anu sizes, cold print. Cannot give you any idea ui uib enormous values here offered ask to see them, choice J3 g Ladies wool Underwear At sharn nrir.A rtJnri;nn. t ' don t need it now it will pay you to uuy uwm ana iay mem by, we will , not be able to offer you the same gar ments for within I f in on . . of regular prices in the future. 75c Vests nd Pant each 53c 125 y r " 98c " All wool Children's Underwear in all i sizes ' - - -:. X 1 -fSM 36x20 Linen Huck Toweis 2 for 25c TV0 BIDS liCCElVED fOU ROM (Scrlpps News Association) ' Washington. Jan. 20. Two bids havi forth construction of the Philippine rail ways. New York parties, associated with the International Banking corpora tion, offered to build the lines in Panaj Negros and Cabu with the governmen guarantee of four per tent i terest on 16 per cent of, the total cost for thirty yeart on hundred miles to be constructed eac year until completed, and J. Q. White I Company to be constructors. Speyer i Uimpany, qf New York offered to bulk three hundred and ninety miles of roa in Luzon and take ovejtha Manila-Dagu-pan road without the novernment guaran tee of interest. This company also offer ed to build the Dagupan-Laoag line of one' hundred and sixty eight miles with a gov ernment guarantee of four per cent o ninety five per cent of the total cost fo thirty years. - . SENSATIONAL ARKEST MADE (Scrlpps News Association) Tacoma, Wash. Jan. 20. Fred S. Sher ' man, manager of the Independent Asphal Company,, was arrested this afternoon oi a warrant charging him with giving t bribe of six thousand to Mayor Q. F Wright, of Taooma. The arrest hai caused a great sensation here, and is the outcome of a long fight against graft it connection with street paving. reorganizing: The La Qrande Fir Department dis banded at their meeting held last evening and the committee appointed by the Fin and Insurance committee of the city coun cil are at work is rg n zii g and a hav ing no trouble in securing men. In fact t large majority of th old fireman will re mlist under the reorganization. Then will be four companies insteid of three, one for each of the f6ur wards and the com pan! will bear their respective , ward numbers. The membership will be lim't ed to twenty members but possibly wil contain about twenty active member! each. FOR WOMAN SUff RAGE Chicago, Jan. 20. A compaign for wo man suffrage in Chicago was startec lass night at a mass meeting at Abrahan Lincoln Center. Addresses were madt by(Jan Adams, of Hull Houss; Jenkii Lloyd Jones, of All Souls Independem Church, and others1. Mayor Dunne set a message expressing hearty sympathy with the movement. Susan B. Antnons sent this message to th meeting: "Oh, do what you can in Chicago now. It is your great opportunity. If you mist it, it will be a grief to the whole world." If the plans outlined go through, Chi cago will witness a strong campaign- foi woman's rights." (Scrlpps News Association) Washington, Jan., 20 The President today mad public th correspondence with W. H. Mackay. president of the Mackay Engineering Company of New York, in which Mackay says that his rep resentatives on th Isthmus of Panama are willing to come home to testify a to the falsity of th reports of mismanage' ment by th Government engineers. F. Lawrence Walker, th manager of th Chas. B, Hanford Co. is in th city today with th finest lot of paper and advertisement for boards that has ever been brought to the city. ' This company will show at Steward's opera house at PRE Ml PUBLISHES GREEN-GAYN031 CASE ON TRIAL (Soilpps News Association) Savannah; G a. Jan. 20 The Govern ment attornV this morning outlined the case of tha government in th Graon. Gaynor case, before the jury.v He said that Creen and Gaynor had puffed up' Captain Carter, a young officer fresh from nest roint, until he believed he was equalled by none in the country, : He listened to iheif schemes and borrowed their money until he was owned by them body and soul. He said the two. had se cured enough appropriation for the harbor in oraer w nave bigger sums from which to pilfer, when they could do so by the aid of their tool, Carter. He said that the attorneys got control by '.Carter un fair aid. i' i? . . f xf -f t RraVIRirAPPblNIED : i (Scrlpps News Association) Chicago. Ill, Jan? 1 9. At a meeting ot the bankers and oreditors of McReynolds ind Company, the receiver for the as iets of George S. Reynolds today was ap' Minted. J. M. Mitchell of the Illinois Tmst and Savings bank: It is Just learn ed that the grain, on th certificates of which the firm raised the money, was re moved from the warehouse after--th .ertificates ha , been deposited. "The nortage is said to be from 400.000 to 300,000 bushels. ' ; MRS DUKE ANSWERS 'Scrlpps News Association) Trenton. N. J. Jan. 20. The answer ol tfrs. Lillian M. Duke to the divorce pro leadings of Jas. B. Duke were' filed th'.s norning. She denied thB charges of wrong doing, and alleges the infidelity of Duke, as well as charging cruelty, deser .ion.and malicious slander, ' AMERICAN DELEGATES SELECTED Scrlpps News Association) Washington, Jan. 20 It is announced aday that tha American delegates to The -(ague will be Joseph H. Choate, General 'orter, and Judge Rose of Little Rock. Ark , may be appointed if Russia sends a arger delegation. UPON HIS RETURN ' Ohrvr fipeclnl) ; .. r ' ; ; Baker C ty, Jan. 20.-Hon.J.rL Ratd who has been in Portland since Thursday is expected home Sunday morning and will then mike public hisdecision whether ix not he will annnuioej his cindfdacy for congress in this district. COURT MARTIAL ADJOURNS Scrlpps News Association) ' Annapulis, Jan. 20. The court martial in the cise of cadot Charles M. Jones, of Iowa, was concludad this morning. The ;ourt raached a verdict in. ten .minutes ind adjourned until Monday.' ; f NOT A CANDIDATE W. F. Anderson desires to 'announce -hat he will not be a candidate before the iepuhlican primaries for the office of iheriff and that his name will not appear m the ballot. "win FLOAT TIES Dan Graham and John Shelton, of Elgin, 'lave contracted to float the 60,000 ties down the Looking Glass stream; which N. C. Mc' eod is manufacturing to be used in the extension of the O. R. & N, to Wallowa county. SOME GOOD READING i WINTER EVENINGS . .if t -, ,,- '" " -. ' V,i ' tt - The long evenings are at hand and they bring an opportunity l.tkn..Ulhnl,lllln "RIIUlmn,nu. U nU ' was never so cheap as now, nor have you ever had .so good an assortment of good reading as .our stock now- affords NEW BOOKS AMD . .. . i .v - ..y 1. ,. -.. i -1 - , JJ.l S 4 -. It i t ) Most of th world's best writers are now offered in ' InexpehV ? editions; you can find what price you care to flay. - ' Come In and look , over the books' as often as ycu like. ?' t r5eeeL;i NEW ll IN DRUG COMPANY! I La Grande, Oregon. fj t . .. s A -4 "IBs . (Scrlpps News Association) Washington, Jan. 20.j-Tbe report of Special Aaent Crist of tw DepartmehV of Commerce and Labor, Thow In China; on J - handicaps Americans encounter In com- (Seting with foreigners in th ' markets of I th Orient.: bas received much attentioh in J Washington and called forth soma red hot Criticism. Among other statements is one mac Americans win not be able to ' wwiiy wroii iitHi xwry min unui ' airo. steamship lines connect the Atlantic coast with Cnina, so costly Isth "trans- " ' portation of goods by th transcontinental rauroaos, so irequentine aeiay, ana so t great .the injury, ,( to th 'ic6nslgnnn(J'" Many government officials disagree' with' these doneldsiohi.' '" . ' f i Mr. Crist points out that goods from Liverpool, or Hamburg, arrive in China ' I within from seven to eight weeks after being ordered, while from three to six months will elapse during th shipment from New York. Goods from German merchants ar sure to rriv within twen- ty-four hours of th time calculated upon in caDie aispatcnes, but Tie eay'-there is no telling when you will get goods when they art sent across th American con- tinent and th Pacific. Vj ' Th basis of th complaint, he says, is th lack of attempt to axpedit shipment I on the part of th railroad officials. Then American goods must be handled at least six times in a shipment, while European -goods require not more than three i If? - J, America, if from factory ta .cars, . car , , to ship at port of export, ship tojighter at Shanghai, and In rare cases from lighter " ' to coastwise ship forTientsln,, and" from- . 9 ship to customs landing, t thence to" ;th J ; Chinese, merohant. Tbe jamming, Vnjash- ' ng, throwing'and tumbling Incident to'- I peated handling is costly.: j '.j't j "In many instances shipmentSj from f J Manchester 'to Tientsin havt 'but )m t handling Tieqessary. tb plac thenr- on j ; board ship from the factory direct ..and J from the ship's hold to the custom' land- i ; ing at the port", says he. "at most th ' placing upon th lighter at the bar, 5 i thereby entailing but thre handling, a ; condition which American manufacturer I and exporter cannot hop to be favored ' with until steamship lines- regularJy.ly t between Atlantic ports and jxr of J ', North China- hs English and German lines are'now doing. . No matter how' carefully . the question of packing may be "stud- J ' led and how thorough th . work may b ' : done, there will 'al ways be this "-handicap I ' to meet and overcome in shipping pro-J , ducts from the United States' to this im-f' ..j a.u . ' VIGILANCE COMMITTEE IN CHICAGO " J . - . j (Scrlpps News Association) .. fc Chicago, Ills. Ja(l. 20.t-Th ditlzens of J Chicago met this afternoon to .formulate plans for a vigilance committee . to sup press crime. T. i'i FOR - ' NEW OLD BOOKS you 'wahC at almost any' littl f v - ; . " ' - " ' v - some time in th near future. ' -
