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WoattW Fair this afternoon TTtuUlti and tomorrow. - VOLUME V LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1906, NUMBER 79 TODAY'S NEWS TODAY UK LO WS BODIES FROM SEEKI THE WRECK Heroic Work of an Old Man at Scene ol Wreck Told by tHe Officers of Lorne. A NEW WHEAT TtST (Scrlppa News Association) Washington, Feb. 2. The army ex perimenters are busily engaged n testing the value of durum wheat which has been imported from Europe to mix with the Pacific Coast brands for the bread which is to be fed our soldiers in tha Philippines. Reports indicate that bread made with durum wheat contains mora gluten than the ordinary soft wheat and if it can be mixed with the Pacific coast wheat it will greatly contribute to the economy of feed ing the soldiers in the Orient. - (Scrlpps News Association) Victoria, Feb. 2. Dispatches this morn 1 " ing from the tug Lome, which is search ing the west coast of Vancouver island i'ior the bodies of the Valencia wreck, give the first accounts of the heroic action of Lineman Logan, of Cloose. the only man who reached the scene of the wreck be . fore the breakup took place, which oc curred before his eyes, without his being able to render assistance. For eight days the old man, with the assistance of a few Indians, has been patroling the beach, partaking of a rude fare when it was ob tainable and going hungry when not, in order to perform the self imposed office of mercy for the dead.. . Qn January 5 1 the tug Lome attempted o land four Indians at Pachena bay, but the surf damaged the boat so badly that ABOUT READY TO REPORT (Scrlpps News Association) San Francisco, Feb. 2 The board k of inquiry appointed to investigate the fire on board the transport Meade and the at tendant deaths, made known this morning that all on board appeared in good condi tion and that every effort was made to extinguish the. blaze. Major Devol, su perintendent of the transport service ad mitted that the Meade was not fitted with fire 'fighting apparatus by which a fire in the hold can be controlled from the engine room. Devol insists that there was no lime on board. Tne inquiry will be con tinued tomorrow. LOW; PRICE OF EGGS ; , (Scrlpps News Association) Seymour Ind, Feb. '2. The F. H, Hadley Company, dealers in poultry and nroduce failed today for $100,000. The open winter made fresh eggs plentiful causing a loss of $50,000 on gold storage txks. ' UXORIDE HANGED (Scrlpps News Association) Washiegton, D. C. Feb. 2. William Hamilton, the negro who was convicted of the murder of his wife, was hanged here today. The execution was pron ounced a complete success, the doctors pronounced the man dead in IS minutes- the attempt was abandoned. When the tug sailed direct to the wreck and got within a half mile of it, a piece of mast was above the waves to mark the spot where the wreck lay. While considering the landing in a big surf, a canoe, put off from the shore with three occupants. The canoe nearly swamped but finally reached the Lome. It proved to be Logan and two Nitnat' Indians. Logan was bare footed and elmost exhausted, suffering mentally from the hardships and experiences. In telling of the affair, Logan said, "I could do nothing for the poor creatures and they were swept before my very eyes nto the sea." The Lome reached the scene of the wreck vesterdav and is searching for bodies. The weather is favorable. ' 5 POPE ADVISES SUBMISSION (Scrlpps News Association) Rome, Feb. 2 The Pope has telegraph ed the French Episcopate, advising all Cathcli:s in the country; to submit to the taking of the inventories, by the govern ment of church property. It is rumored that this action was taken as a result of a hint from the French government. POULTRY fARM TAILS (Scrlpps News Association) c.vmrvr. nd. Feb. 2. The F. H. Had ley Company, a poultry and produce firm of this city failed- today with libilities amounting to one hundred thousand dol lars. The open winter caused (he hens to loosen up and thereby greatly lessened the demand for cold storage eggs. The firm lost fifty thousand dollars in cold storage stocks alone. MEIHER IS HOW AT HOME .WILL REPAIR THE SOLACE (Scrlpps News Association) Washington. Feb. 2. The Navy De partment will spend $100,000 in repairing the U. S. Solace, now at the Hare Island Navy Yard and it is estimated that the work will take just 100 days to com plete. While $1000 a day is being spent on the ship. The Lawton will serve as a transport Tha Lawton is said to be fit in every way as the result of $10,003 worth of repairs recently placed upon her. MORE BODIES (Scrlpps News Association) Victoria Feb. 2. The tug Lome left Bamfield at six o'clock this morning with the bodies of F. Erickson' J. D. Graham and two unidentified. At 1 1 o'clock she took on three more at the scene of the wreck, one is supposed to be Miss Van Wyck, Tne Lome is now on her way to Victoria. , INVENTOR DEAD (Scrlpps News Association) : York Feb. 2. Lord (Junlitte, the in ventor, is dead. He was born in 1876.' .'. CZAR IS CONSIDERING (Scrlpps News Association) St. Petersburg, Feb. 2.-To a deputa tion of peasants from the government of Nursk. the Czar today declared thit he wou'.d summon . Couma, to discuss the best means of satisfying the require ment of the peasants and assuring the dalegation that they could rely on his assistance in their behalf. I mm id RAM KNOWN HERE. -; ; San Francisco, Feb. 2, Cecil G. Plant 'as arrested last night - on telegraphic instructions and will be held pending the arrival of an officer from Utah. - It. is alleged that last December he was mar ried in Davis county. Utah to Miss Mary May of . La Grande, Or., while he had a wife in California. It is said that he lived with his second wife for a few weeks only. (Scrlpps News Association) Paris, Feb. 2. The authorities forced their way into the church of St. Pierre, this afternoon to take the inventory of the valuables. The members of the con gregation resisted what they termed as an invasion bitterly resulting in a hand to hand fighting. Many were arrested for rioting out of the church. The troops repeatedly charged the crowds. The firemen turned the hose on the mob, one of the defenders fired a revolver and the firemen broke into the church destroying a window and a number were hurt by the flying glass. , (Scrlpps News Association) Nw York. Feb. 2. The mystery gardlng the Mizer "erke wedding. The official certificate of marriage was filed with the recorder this afternoon. The one time Mrs. Yerke also acknow ledged to a number of reporters that she was now Mrs. Mizner, and was seen by them at her Fifth avenue mansion and talked to them from a balcony facing an inside court She excused herself from a more intimate interview on account of indisposition, she said "I hope you will not say that I am eighty years old." "I am married, that is all there is to it." Mizer was seen and was offered congrat ulations by the reporters, and he said he deemed himself a most fortunate young man. He said the misunderstanding re garding their marriage wae due to a de sire on the part of Mrs. Mizner to keep the facts of the marriage from the public for ten days or more. He said they had no plans for a trip. Mizner has moved In. He arrived at the Yarks's minjioi this morning. He used an electric cab and was accompanied by his valet two suit cases and a hat box. A reporter who was on the pavement watching the great man alight inquired: "moving in?" Mizner answered, "Yes this is my new home now." Other than this he had nothing to say and walked into the house with an air of 'possession. The dispatch does not state what be came of the valet and the suit cases or whether the bride met him with a smile on the front steps. As it would be nat ural to suppose that the suit cssas Ware taken in the house and the uxoricidal lady was some where about the place. THE NORTH PLATTE PROJECT The Burlington rai'r.ad has issued a folder describing the government irriga tion projects in Nebraska. South Dakota and Montana. The North Platte project in Wyoming and Nebraska is treated extensively, as it contemplates i reservoir fifty miles above Casper, Wyo., with a capacity sufficient to water 350.000 acres of land. The dam will be 210 feet high, e:ghty feet long at the base and 250 feet long at. the crest. The dam will be larger than the famous Assuam dam in Egypt, but will cost less than one-fifth as much. ITMAR ON STAND ' (8crlpps News Association) Chicago, Illinois, February 2-Jesse Lyman, the president of the large glue comoany was called to the stand to testify in the packers case this morning Morris objected and the whole session was taken up in the discussion of the admlsability of Lyman's testimony. MAM TYREE IS ARRESTED COLD WAVE (Scrlpps Newa Association) New York, Feb. 2 A cold wave has struck this state. At Meavham Lake, N. Y. the mercury is now standing twenty-nine degrees below zero. (All! AGREE Oil WAGES (Scrlpps News Association) Salt Lake, Feb. 2. A few weks aj acting Uovernor ." - . pbiaj Knfc wj inquirv inw vim uii and financial status of the Continental Life insurance Company organized here . two years ago by Hiram Tryee, of Butte City, Montana, 4oday a warrant was issued for his arrest President and General manager Tyres is said to be in San Francisco. It Is thought that the Tyre named above is the man who at onetime waslhe supsr intendent of the La Grande public schools. He left here for Montana. AFRAID Of COLDS (Scrlpps News Association) Washington, Feb. 2 Upon recommend ation of General Funston Commander of the Department of California, the quarter master general has postponed the sailing of the transport Mesde until Feb. 1 0. This is done that the officers' baggage may have time to dry. NEW DRESS GOODS We have just opened a large shipment of novelty dress goods, which includes all the new grays and the seasons first and choicest showings in the most popular shades and patterns. When down town stop In and look them oyer. We shall be pleased to show yon through and assure you, you will not regret the time spent. Price 50c the yard and up . NEW RECLAMATION PROJECTS The Secretary of the Interior has 'rf- cently approved two new teclamation projects. One, which will be partly in Texas and partly in New Mexico, is called the Rio Grande project; the other, which will be wholly in New Mexico, will be called the Carlsbad project The two additional projects will bring the number of reclamation schemes up to twenty' four. Of these, eleven are well under way. They provide for the reclamation of 1. 103. 600 acres of arid lands at a cost of $37,028,671. (Scrlpps News Association) Indianapolis. Feb. 2. A Joint" con ference of the miners and operators which met this morning resulted, in one of the stormiest cessions in its existence. There was two hours of dramatic discussion In which the floor leaders were Robblns for the operators and John Mitchell for the miners. Robbine said the operators had done all they could In their offer to renew the present scale or to bass a settlement on the selling price now and two years ago. .- He declared that there was no trust to be compared with that of the miners. Mitchell replied, saying, ''It seems now that there is nothing left for us to do but go home and do the best we can to over come coming unsu.-mountable obstacles, At 2:50 this afternoon it was unanimous ly voted to adjourn sine die, with no re suits of the conference accomplished, MRS TAGGART ABROAD V (Scrlpps News Association) Cincinnatti, Feb, 2 A letter was re ceived from Rose Rooney, of this city dated at Liverpool, saying that she and Mrs. Taggart and two sons arrived safely, after a pleasant voyage and that mall for Mrs. Taggart should be sent in care of. the American legation in Paris. fOUR THOUSAND HOMELESS (Scrlpps News Association) ' Washington, D. C Feb. 2 It is offici ally announced that the recent fire at Panama resulted in a lose of $350,000. and rendered homeless four thousand peopled including twenty-five Americans. v n wv v v nr RtrUKI EAVORAjjlE POWDER MILL EXPLOSION (Scrlppa News Association) Wilmington, Del., Feb. 2. The grind ing mill at the Dupont powder works ex ploded this morning, Henry Buchanan was killed and several workingmen se verely injured. a v Am. New Shoes New Shoes For Men, Boys, Women, and Children. With a very few exceptions all our spring shoes are here. The styles are snappy, and what is better still, we are able to sell you this shipment at the old prices-You probable know there Is a heavy ad vance in shoe leather, in many instances as much as 50 cents a pair. Remember all new shoes at old prices. GRAIN MARKETS (Scrlpps News Association) Chicago. Feb' 2 . Wheat .opened at 84': closed 849,; com opened at 44 a, closed 44V, 01t opened 30; closed 30. Royal Tailors New Spring Samples are Here 1 .-.ysy.. REdAMAHON PROJECT c 3 (Scrlppa News Association) Sacramento, Calif., Feb. 2. Frederick Newell, who is at the head of the federal reclamation service in an interview this morning says the government is favorable to the twenty four million dollar appro priation for the reclamation of 1.S00.0C0 ae es in t e S: c.-amento va I jy. Mr. New ell states that his appropriation and the subsequent reclamation can only be made n case the large land owner agree to cut up their holdings to tracts not larger than one hundred and sixty acres. Act ual work by the government may com mence within the year. (Scrlpps News Association) Washington, Feb. 2- Senators Dolliver of Iowa, and ClaDD of Minnesota, who are recognized as the chief leaders in the administration bill to regulate railroad rates, in the upper branch of congress, called at the White House and were ad mitted to see the President, although attending a cabinet session. It is suppos ed that they were there for the purpose of informing the President of the favor ble progress the bill was making. The senate committee on Interstate Commerce have named February 16 as the date to vote on all of the Impending railroad bills. I Something I to Remember When you are in need of medicines 'or sick-room supplies or anything usually found in the stock of a first class drug store please remember that we have the goods and everything is of the best quality. Special attention is paid to com- , , i . pounding of medicines, especially i physicians prescriptions. Only ex perienced pharmacists are entrusted with this work her. But the important matter w would like you to remember I that w deliver goods without extra charges. Telephone or drop us a postal stating what you1 want and ws'll send tlje goods immediatly. You'll find our free delivery service a great convenience in case of sudden illness or accident or when you have nobody to send for some special article you would like at once. W await your order. 1 NEWLIN DRUG COMPANY La Grande, Oregon. .............................. ee t 1