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THE BUSINESS CENTER Of INDUSTRIOUS 0 G DEH RAZED BY TIRE EARLY THIS HORId
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fire Visits (Mdeo and. Rifts for; Several Hours wncn
Broutit Under Control, fcurtcen Business Houses ;
Were Smoulfierin? - Loss $500,000
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(Scrlpps New Association) - . today th city it ' burning. A dozen busi-
,i&gdeo. Utah, May 22 At one fifteen net houses are al ready destroyed and
STUART'S EHOttll
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M? morning, fir broke out in the ware
house of the Burton Implement Company.
, For time it looked a if the entire
business section would be wiped out
4 ; From thii building the fir spread to the
H. L. Whit grocero store. Fourteen
other buildings are burned up including
' the Flit Cleaning Company, the Burrop
grocery company and the Summeaall
Stor company. "
FIRE DEPARTMENT INADEQUATE
Th small fir debartmant was unable
to secure control of th flames for several
' hour, du mostly to th fact that th
water supply was inadequate. A strong
' wind began to assist th fir fighters in
staying th spread and the National Bank
fyilding was saved through th interven
en of th, wind. ... , ...
FIRE UNDER CONTROL
At nine-thirty th fir was under con
trol and its advance practically subdued.
A total ot fourteen business houses were
destroyed and for th mast part these
were small structures. Th biggest
looser war Lot and Ji,Burto.,Comr,
pany. These two concerns alone lost
about $300,000'," of which Love bears
$176,000. Several horses wer burned
but no lives are reported lost ., .
en, Utah, May 22 At eight o'clock
(Scrlppe New Association)
Washington-May .22-The State de
partment advised by Ambassador Meyer
th Russian representative to this country
had ordered the governor of Batumo to
EXPLOSION Of i(0SE
FACTORY f ATAl TO ffl
mor are uiraauMieu u uu
The fire broke out early this morning and
has been raging ever' since. Beginning
with th Burton Implement Company on
Washington Avenue, a strip half block
wide and reaching to 23 rd. street is
wiped out At this hour th fir is within
a hundred feet of the National bank, on
24th. street and the structures appear
to be doomed. - ' . ' - .-' . ,
The Hardware stor of C. A. Loam, ad
joining th Burton building, was completly
gutted. Over a thousand cartriges, exr
ploded at on time and "mora ar explod
ing at short intervals, greatly endanger
ing the lives of firemen. A. M. Emett
fireman, was caught under a falling-wall
and badly hurt' His friends pulled him
out from under the burning wreckage in
time to save his life.'
Ogden ha appealed to th Salt Lake
Fir department and they ar expected
.to arrive soon. -' Th loss will be th
greatest in th ' city's history. Even at
this tim th loss will reach th half
million mark. Th fir secured th upper
hand of th fir department at an early
tag end aU efforts touentfT'tlieTlsie
proved unavailing.
William Asher, a ' prominertl young
business man of ' Cheyenne Wyoming
while watching the fir last night want
suddenly and violently insane.
.Th American ambassador was shot
from ambush and died with in the hour.
PIUS OUT Of DANCER ,
(Perlppe Newe Association)
Rome, May 22 The Pop continue to
improv and today is joking about hi ill
nets. '' ' ',' '
(Scrlppi" News AMootatton)
'- Chicago May 22 Federal Judge Lan
dls has Ordered Dowie's creditors to prove
that th apostle is solvent by Wednesday,
or he will ; order th- estate adjudicated.
WNfli MM . tJ ,.M.,,t .
tion on the books and have expressed
the opinion that if properly 'managed, the
state would pay it debt and still leave
a balance for the present management of
Zion. Dowie's attorney regards his
lient as bankruit, ' -
Over Jewly-fiVe Iirflcyces In targe actgry:Wten fxplosipn
, Occurs fire Follows tie' SiiacK and. smM Means ' "
; " v . : of Escape lor EnWcd Vorkinen ?
Soisi
SURf CURE FOR LEPR0CY
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(Scrtppa Newi Awoclatlon)
SM00T CASE IS SHELVED
New Orleans. La.. May 22 Th board
of Lousiana Home for Lepors, reports
. that three definite cases of leprocy war
cured and in addition to this, six other
cases are about to be discharged, as
cured. Hope is held that the state will
be freed of this terrible deseasa because
of these cures which ar in progress.
(Scrlppe Newe Association)
Washington. May 22-rTh Smoot case
has been permanently shelved for this
session. '
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T0NB ON FIRE
(Scrtpps News Association)
.Pars. May 22 Fir brok out in th
Conrrier's mines, the scan of the recent
disaster. .,
(Scrlppa New Associations
San Francisco, May 22 Many San
Francisco merchants wjio had established
themselves on th other side of the bay
ar now hurrying back to San Francisco
so as not to lose any trade. ' Owing to
the amount of .liquor that is coming in
from Oakland, there are many drunks on
the streets and th finance committee
will offer a contribution of fifty thousand
dollars to Oakland relief fund providing
the Council will- close their saloons for
thirty days. When commercial banks
open their doors tomorrow morning, sev
eral savings institutions will resume
business Instead of waiting until th data
set by the association. "
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I Sale of Ribbons !
(8crivpa New Association)
v BoisV ldiho: Miy 22-At 'the district
court for Canyon county, which convenes
here on May 29, attorney for Haywood,
Moyer and Pettibon will make a fight
for chang of venue on .the grounds that
people ar biased' and prejudiced against
all who ar accused in th Steunenberg
murder. It is believed that all motions
will be overruled; Th case has been set
for June 1 1 and th defence will secure a
complete list of citizen who ar eligible
for jury duty and make preparation for
a most stubborn fight '
HIGH COURT UPHOLDS SENTENCE
(Scrlppe News Association)
Jefferson City. Mo.. May 22 Th
Supreme Court has uphsld th deatn
sentence of Frank Hottman and Agnes
Meyers, who wer sentenced to hang on
June 20. The couple killed th woman's
husband so they could wed.
iScrlpp News Association) f
Shadysid. N. Y. May 22-An axplo-
Qlucos Company's plant' this" morning
caught many of the employees, in thA
ruins. Th exact number is not known,
but it Is feared many ar killed, and cer
tain that all r injured. V , .,
Th explosion, wrecked four story
building near th scan this- morning;
Michael Russel was crushed to death ..by
falling walls. Five men ar missing nd
forty Kav been removed who are Injured,
-.me. eriously. . V( -, ., ..-
Tbiplosion liftd "th roof off th -.
KIMU m4 m,m,mm n ha aMawallr. .. .
Th three upper floor collapsed, and com
bined with th fir that is now raging' it
js Impossible to starch these floor
When th axplosion cam thr wer
about seventy-five people in th structure, ,
and only fourty-fiv have been removed.
BLUE JACKETS TO THE RESCUE ';
Warahlp. lying in th .harbor, hav i
sent, their crews to aid th work , of
rescueing th burnd. " ' '
PRESBYTERIANS WU ROT AFFILIATE
(Scrlppe New Association)
Dee Moines Iowa. May 22 In th
fight over the Van Dyke book for form
Of service set for this afternoon in th
Presbyterian assembly, it i expected
thatth book v. HI be adopted. The as
sembly refused to appoint . delegate to
the anti-saloon convention, and a denial
mad to th board of horn missions, of
fering financial assistance to th southern
churches. ' . 1 ;
REWARDS
PAID TOR
was i fact not communicated to th offi
cer at fort Riley by th official who mad
th arrest Th controller say that thi
lack of full Information amounted to mis
leading th military authorities, who might 1
hav mad an investigation had they
known th assertion of discharge,, and
much xpns and troubl would hav
bn prevented. Th case ha attracted .
much attention In th amy. wher th
question of paying rewards forth appro-'
hsnslon of deserters ha assumed awk
ward legal aspect.
Saturday
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Having purchased 5000 yards of this high grade ribbon at. unparalleled
prices we will place them on sale SATURDAY ONLY. May 26
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Numbers, 5 to 9. all colors per yard
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Numbers 12 to 40 all colors, per yard
Numbers 60 to 100 all colors, per yard
Number ISO all colors, per yard
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City Phone Black 1301 tJiU, tJ14M?i vrcre Pnone No-27
DESERTER
(Scrlrpe News Association) .
Topeka, Kas., May 22. The military
authorities at Fort Riley, Kas., are entirely
satisfied with the decision of the Treasury,
so much in their behalf, aa to require of
them no payment to a civil officer who
arrested a man on the supposition that
1 was a deserter. The latter turned out
to be an ex-sold it r, and the civil officer
c aimed a reward or some compensation,
or at least reimbursement of expenses,
because the telegram of instructions to
him from Fort Riley contained th words
'usual reward." It appeared that the
man confessed desertion, but claimed that
he had been d'scharged for strvice. which
; GRANDE ROflDE BASIISTS '
The Grand Rond Baptiat Association
which met with Calvary church of Cove,'
May 17. 1906 has just closed one of it
most interesting end profitable sessions,
Th association was organized by electing .
Rev. J. M. Oliver. Moderator; Rev T. S
Dulen, Secretary and E. E. Taylor
Treasurer. Some ten churches were
represented by letter and delegates.' Th
varloue departments of work, Home,
Foreign and District Missions,' Sunday
Schools, education, temperance and de
nominational literature, were discussed
with much enthusiasm,' and th best
method of carrying on the work during
th incoming year wer adopted. Ser
mons wer preached by Rev. Pope, state
missionary; Rev. Edmonds. Sunday
School secretary; Rev. A. L. Wads worth,
of California; Rev. J. W. Sa(S. Rev. E. T
Waltx. Rev. W. H. Gibson. Rev. T. S.
Dulen and Rev. J. W, Oliver.
V The Association ad burned on Sundav
night to meet with the Second Church of
Baker City in May. 1907.
NELSON In this city Sunday. May 20.
1906 to Mr. and Mrs. Nelson, a daughter.
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(Scrlpps News Association) ,
San Francisco, May 22 Early this
morning, after a long chase and hand to
hand fight the police arrested Geo. Mil
ler. Thos. Nilton. and C. W. Shaw, daring
looters who have operated in the burned
districts about Main street for several
blocks of feed wire on Harrison street.
property of the railroads and valued at
at eeveral hundred dollars. Th wire was
confiscated together with the wagon load
of loot already secured and ready for
shipment acroas the bay.
PUTER WILL GO TO PORTLAND
(Scrlppe News Association)
Portland. May 22 District attornsy
Bristol today secured a bench warrant
from Judge Wolverton for Puter's arrst,
and he will be brought here at once.
REGULARS INTER-CHANGED
(Scrlppe New Association) -
Washinirton. May 22-SecreteTy Taft
today ordered th head quarter and two
batallions of th Tnth infantry now at
Fort Wright and Fort Lawton, to procsed
to Alaska by July 1 to relieve the Third
infantry. The Third will occupy the sta
tion at Fort Wright and Law on.
I BEEF
RON
Supplies fibrine and albumen for the nerves
and muscles. It is the extract that is em
ployed, and hence you get all the nutritive el
ements of beef witnout any tax on digestion
It is the iron in the blood that keeps the
fires of life going, gives a healthy hue ,and
maintains vitality and energy.
W
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We use an old Sherry Wine; the wine of
greatest medicinal valve. Aids digestion
and stimulates the reconstructive forces.
Newlin's Beef, Iron and Wine is better than
ordinary preparations sold under this name'
because it Is always recently made, tastes
better, acts quicker, does more. A tonic
you can rely on..
1NEWLIN DRUG CO;
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; La Grande, Oregon. '
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