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VOLUME V
LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY. OREGON. ' SATURDAY, JULY 7. 1906.
NUMBER 197
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OYSTER BAY CONFERENCE.
(Scrlpps News Association
Oyster Bay, July" 7 Sacra ary
State Taft and the Ptasident are in con
ference today regarding the Panama
army and the Phillipines.
Upon leaving, Secretary Taft discussed
the President'a plan which was to enlarge
the number of posts and have garrisons
with at least a brigade to give' the Bri
gadier generals something to do. Taft
said that he would like to have a brigade
on the Pacific coast but can't see how
one could be located.
; (Scrip pi News Association)
Chicago. July 7 Attorneys for Alton,
this morning declared it was the custom
' among railroads to pay such rebates as
y Alton was convicted of. .The court says
if such is the case and can be proved, it
will mitigate the degree of punishment.
Attorney Morrison said that if such prov
ed to be the case there would be more
prosecution of a similar nature. The case
was ontinuad until next Wednesday. It
k is expected that Morrison will soon re
sign as district attorney and will be sent
to St. Paul where he goes in the capacity
of a special attorney to investigate the
Standard Oil prosecutions.
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APPOINTS
(LARK
(Sorlpps News Association)
Oyster Bay June 7 The President this
afternoon appointed E. E. Clark grand
chief of railroad conductors, as a mem
ber of the interstate commerce commis
sion. Clark was a member of the com
mission which settled the anthacite coal
strike three years ago.
AMERICAN ATHELETE WINS
Ccrlppi Nes Association)
London, July 7--J. P. Magerman of
Los Angeles won second place in the
broad jump during the international
championship contests.
; ; GOVERNMENT BUILDING
(Scrlpps News Apsoclatlon)
Washington July 7 Bids for the build-
ingof the public building authorized by
congress are opened at the following
dates Aug. 6 Great Falls and Missoula
Montana, Lewiston and Moscow Idaho
On Aug. 8 Logan and Provo, Utah North
Yalrfrna and Yakima and Bellingham
Washington.
WOMAN ACQUITTED
(Prripps N Aftftovtqtlon)
Sacremento July 7- Mrs. Mary Spillman
who killed her drunken husband Sunday
was acquitted at the preliminary
examination this afternoon. She shot her
husband while the latter was attacking
her father who attempted to prevent the
dead man from beating his wife.
A REVOLT III RUSSIA
HOW SEEMS ASSURED
WOMEN AND CHILDREN BEING SENT ABROAD ZAR
SEEKS ADVICE FROM A (LARIYOYANT .
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AWAITED
(Scrlppa News Association)
Findlay Ohio July 7 Sheriff Groves has
gone to Cleveland prepared for an indefi
nite stay or as long as there is any hope
of John D. Rockefeller returning armed
with a warrant for his arrest. Judge
Banker who would hear the anti-trust
case against Rockefeller is regarded as
fearless.
PACIFIC COAST MAN
(Scrlpps News Association)
London Jufy 8 J. P. Hagerman of Los
Angles won second place in the broad
jump in the international championship
contest this afternoon.
(Scrlppa News Association)
Chicago July 7 The daily News St.
Petersburg correspondent cables that all
except the ministry, are agreed that a
revolution has begun and none can tell
.vhcrs :t '.'.v!! T W.irw. TifTis
tfiga, Kiel and Moscow report strikes. A
bomb explosion and highway robberyis
reported in Kiel and Samara district
where peasants and administration forces
IS LOYAL TO
met in regular battle, the government be
ing defeated. Defection in the army is
spreading and the Czar is T i a quandry.
even the Cossacks are disloyal and the
Gendarmes are unreliable.. The Czar to
day consulted a clairvoyant. The army
the people and the Pouma are tevensn
Women and children are being senl
abroard. The Jews are fleeting to A me
rica.
HUSBAND
(Scrlpps News Association) ,
New York, July 7 Evelyne Thaw
visited her nusband this morning as usual.
The prison missionary was ordered not
to interfere with Mrs. Thaw or the pris
oner. Or. Hamilton, an alienist, who has
been employed by Tmw s courml, spent
so.netime in the celt and than confered
with Judge CMcott ' William Thaw and
Harry Thaw, nephews of the prisoner,
also called and encouraged their uncle.
Will OPEN CAMPAIGN
(Scrlpps News Association)
Washington, July 7 Secretary Taft, in
his speech on July 9, at Greensboro is ex
pected to sound the keynote of the oncom
ing congressional campaigns.
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FLOOD
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(Scrlpps News Association)
Stockton, Cal. July 7 Before tomorrow
morning more of the big reclamation wes'
of the city will be flooded. The San Joa
quin is falling at up river points but it
rising steadily about the threatened is
Jands of the old river. At Clifton cour.
the river is three inches higher than evei
before known. On the Grant line canal
the water is within two inches of the U
of the levy, which is sure to break thn
afternoon or tonight.
STARTS ON LONG CRUISE.
(Scrlppa News Association) '
Washington D. C. July 7 Secretary of
State Root, accompanied by Mrs, Root,
Miss Root and a secretary sailed on the
cruiser Charleston today for Rio de Jan
eiro, where Secretary Root will attend
the Pan-American Conference to be held
there the latter part of the month. Sec
retary Root expects to stay in Rio de
Janeiro twelve days and the Brasilian
government nas made elaborate plans for
the entertainment of Mr. Root and his
party. They will be the guests of the
President at his summer palace at Petro
pjlis. , After leaving Rio Janeiro Mr. Root and
his party will continue their way south.
They will stop at Buenos Ayres, Monte
video and, possibly, one or two other
cities, will double Cape Horn and sail
up the West coast to Panama. The Sec
retary and his party will cross the isth
mus and then return home on a Govern
ment steamer. I ne Charleston will go
10S ANGLES STANDS FIRM
(Serif ps News Ansoclation)
Los Angles July -Local credit men
are making an investigation watching the
insurance companies who are defrauding
the San Francisco policy holders. Thsy
declare that they will boycotte all of such
companies and estimate the business to
the extent of$ 10.000,000 will be cancell
ed within six months and within one year
this will be extended to over$50,000,000
TENDER LOCATED
(Scrlpps News Association)
Washington D. C. July 7 The lost
light house tender Laurel was located this
morning lying under Lebos Island north of
Cuba where she was safely awaiting the
abatement of the wind. She sustained
very little if any damage. y
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BUSY MAN
(Scrlpps News Association)
Cleveland July 7 Special Assistant
Attorney General Pagin is here assWtini
in drawing the indictments against the
Standard Oil Company. Pogin is to visit
other cities where investigations of the
company an to be made. Pagin is the
man who drew the indictment upon
which U. S. Senator M itchell of Oregon was
convicted.
All IDAHO
CHOLERA
Yldl
(Scrlppa News Association) .
Washington July 7 Governor. Ide
cables the following, W. H. Poppard
died here today. Notify Lizzie Poppird.
of Caldwell Idaho. There is a decided
improvement in the situation, only 18
cases in the 24 hours ending at eeven
this morning. The. daily average has
dropped about one half. A majority of
th Riftntinmwi cases are found dead." . i
INTERSTATE COMMISSIONERS
(Scrlpps News Association)
Oyster Bay July 7 The President
this afternoon appointed E. E. Clark
Grand Chief Railroad Conductor as
member of the Interstate Railroad Com
mission. Clark was a member of the
commission that settled the anthracite
coal strike three years ago. "'
V . HONORING CHAMBERLAIN .
(Scrlpna News Association)
Birmmgton, England, July 7 The en
tire populace today js celebrating ; the
seventieth anniversary of the Hon. Joseph
Chamberlain., While hie political policy
has been rejected by the people, never
theless he remains the idol of hit home
people and thousands of hit heretofore
supporters.
F1S1
DISBANDS
ECKLES WILL
NOT Bf A
C AH DID ATE
(Scrlpps News Association)
Chicago, July 7-Former treasurer
Eckels denies that he is a candidate for
the presidency of the New York Lil
Insurance Co., to succeed president On
He says that he has not considered nor
discussed the possibility.
TO CHANGE TACTICS
(Scripts News Association )
New York, July 7 It is intimated that
Thaw's attorneys will be forced to aban
don the defense of emutior.al insanity ts
it is admitted that there is not the I a-.t
legal evidence produced to substantiate the
plea. Justification by continued perse
cution of Thaw's wife by White will be
THE BOARD
(Scrlpp News Association)
Washington Jly 7 Genral Funston ad
ministered a severe rebuke to the mem
bers of court martial, for thois undue
leniency shown a prisoner' The oourt
on trying Arthur Armstrong charged with
breaking out of prison at Alcatrex Island
by fording the calls of three other prison
ers and liberating. The prisoner pleaded
guilty and the court decided tha. it was
no crime in escaping, sentenced Arm
strong to three months in close confine
ment, releasing tha others, Funston says
"That Armstrong should be in' prison for
fifteen years for offenses against women.
That he is most probably the most des
perate and is certainly the most despic
able prisoner on the island, It is evident
that officers comprising the court are in
competent and the court is hereby disolved.
fOID
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YADER
(Observer Special)
London, July 7 Some turf cutters the
other day found the skeleton , of man
in the bog of Coolamber. near Granard,
county Longford, at a depth of about six
feet. " The head wat misting, having evi
dently been rudely severed from the body.
There were tome fragments of. military
clothing adhering to the remains, and on
time of the appointments around ; the
bxly wat found the insignia of the Fleur-de-Lyt
of France. Everything pointed to
the fact that the skeleton wae that of an
ill-fated officer of Gen. Humbert's army
during the Frencn invasion, who, after
the allied forces bf ' Ireland and France
had fled from the battlefield of Ballina
muck, which ie only a short distance from
where the discovery was made, wat pro
bably overtaken in his flight and his head
taken as a trophy after his execution
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