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patronize: home: industry and build up your home: town fa (Bmnh0 Warning LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. AUjUST 1, 1908 NUMBER 118 IOWA STATE REPUBLICAN (OHVEHTIOH (Scrlppt N- Association) Des Mome. Ia.. Aug. 1 .The Repub lican State convention of Iowa met here at half pest ten o'clock this forenoon and was called to order bv Mr. Soence. chair man of the state central committee. Nev er oerore in tne history ot the state has a Republican state convention attracted so much general interest in the party and attrfeted such a host of politicians as the Pr3jS convention. This is due to the bitter factional fight between the "stand patters" and the "progressives", w! ich is being waged in this state and which will reach its culmination in today's conven tion. The convention has been called to nom inate one Candida :e each for the positions of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, attorney general, clerk of the su preme court, superintendent of public in struction and reporter of the supreme court and two candidates each for judge of the supreme court and railroad com missioner. The principal contest is, of course, over the nominatiou for governor. The.'e are two candidates in the field. Th tre a Goffcrm staSd-c Jrncr Cummins, who represents the -patters, and George D. Perkins. who has the support of tne "progressives." For weeks the two factions have been carrying on an extremely bitter campaign throug tout the state and seldom has a campaign in this state been of such a personal character as this. When the convention w.-.s called to order this forenoon. 1640 delegates were in attendance. After the usual prelimin aries the following temporary officers were chosen in accordance with the pre arranged program: Chairman. Judge Hor ace fltt Towner of Corning: secretary. J. C. I'nTiry of Aioia; assistant secretary. V. C. C'ossiey of Webster City, reading clerk. C. M. Junkin of Fairfield; sergeant-at-anns. V. P. Twambly of Des Moines and ciief doorkeeper. Chief of Police j MIDSUMMER SPECIALS 1 Must be closed out at ence. Summer Wat h Coeds in endless varieties, at a decided 2 reduction. Shirt Waists, small lots of ladies" hats, ladies suits, and many other $ summer specials INDIAN ROBES We are Agents for the World Pendleton Indian Robes. See our D splay $ 5.00 to $ 7.0C Wide New I .. I11I1V1I UUVI1 I . I . i m - J C. o'Jr Remnant Center you will fVd 9 jt rr.acv choce ends at a M'dsummer sav:nj ! 1 MADE FOR US BY I , i mi 1 - t . i ii isMli&w&n shoe Xw R0YAL TAIL0R 5 VV I JVPhonc Black 130 , James W. Jones of Des M)ine. After, the customary c mmittees had been ap- pointed, the convention toon a r.cess un-j til this afternoon, when the platform will ; be adopted and the nominat.cns wilt be I made. Se-a:or Do ivar "piedxts tue most bitter of any c ji.vantion'' ana anticipates a long ssss.on. At the ment'sn of Secretary of the Treasjry's name. Leslie S"aw, by the chairman the convention chsered. but sons of the delegates from Shaw's home hissed. Shaw's disirict is a strong sup porter of Cuminings. The Republican state eornm ttee ad journed their labors after a continuous session of two days. They issued tickets to trre sjated delegates. As a result of the content Cummings will have a major ity of 45. There is certain to be a fight vi. to viT i vita Cwi i ei .Ciw4i tVttuIi wis credential committee reports this after noon. CONVENTION ADJOURNS After the temporary orgamznion the convention adjourned until 2 o'clock this afternoon. Secretary Shaw says he keeps hoping f ;r harmony but he has grave fears. Cumirvngs in his fight will go the end without the slightest waver from his original position. CLARK MADE CHAIRMAN George Clark has just been elected permanent chairman. During recess a fight developed anew in the credental committee which asked for more time to further consider. Recess was tien taken until 3:30. MAYOR WINS OUT (Scrlppe Newt Association) Cleveland. Aug. 1 Tne :ourt decided ! in favor of ths Mavnr in hie r.intumnt ruling. Tnat inasmuch as city officials are so liable to injunctions in the discharge of their official duties that he could not be assumed to know what the injunction covered without being told spacificaily. CAPITALISTS ARRESTED (Sorlpp New Association) Oroville Cel.. Aug.-Dr. W. H. Haney and J. H. Moran of Los Angles, capital ists, were arreste-in Plumas county for the alleged robbery of a mine. It is al leged that they bonded a mine in order that they could abstract a rich pocket. ; shown them by the owners. They ac- knowledge taking eignty pounds of rich I ore but c'aim that they wera only pros- psCMP.g. COMFORTABLE CORSEJS American Lady Ciriets gives elegance aid comfort, aid are beyond a doubt o.-.e of the best cirsets on the marks'. TRY ONE AND 3E CONVINCED Prices $1.00. $125. and $1.50 made to measure samples for 19C6--7 now in. Become one cf our many pleased customers. rtttttttttttf mt MEXICO IS II WARLIKE (Scrlppe New Association) Tucson. Ariz., Aug. 1. ArturoM. Eiias. Mexican consul at Tucson, has received letter from Sacretar of State Mariscal. branding as falsa the reported revolution ary movement and anti-American demon stration in Mexico. He tay that there is no trouble between the Mexicin laboring class and American and that the tales to that effect are false and art being pub lished on the American tide with malic ious Intent and art prejudicing both American and Mexican interests. TO BEHEf IT Rid INDUSTRY (Scrlppe Newt Association) Houston, Tex.. Aug. 1 A largely at tended meeting of rice farmers from vari ous parts of this state opened in tht as sembly room of tht city hall thit forenoon for tht purpost of forming ant! rganiz ing a otrmanent organization of Texas Rice Growert and Shipper!. Many im portant subjects bearing upon the grow ing, handling, shipping and marketing of rice will come up for consideration and discussion aid it it txpacted that Jhis convention will goeatly benefit the rice Industry of thit state. PIONEERS HOLD Rfl'NiCN. (Scrlppe New Association) Lancaster. Tex., August I. JSeveral hundred pioneers of Dallas County art holding thair annual reunion here today The pioneers were welcomed at the opening meeting by the Mayor of Lane aster and Mt. Epps G. Knight responded to the address of welcome. The reunion wilt last two days and in that time several meeting's will be held. The program is exceedingly interesting and includes a number of reminiscent addresses by some of the early settlers of Dallas County, who came here, when Indians and Buffaloes frsely roamed through this region. j TRADE Wt want to impress or your mind the good points of our make of shoes. Seven years of successful shoesellmg convinces us that our shoes have merit. We Fit Your Feet. Vergere No. 27 HOTEL TOR -WORKUK WOMEH (Scrlrps Sen's Association) New York, Aug. 1. Hie new Throw- mart Inn, a hotel for young women under thirty-five and earning at least S 12 a Wol. Wl nrniwl hrs iv.v nn akin don Square, in what it called old Now ! York. It is witnin a t'ont't tnrow or tht business centre whence its permanent Kuestswill principally ba drawn. Tht cost of tingle rooms, for ont person and including breakfast and supper, with lun cheon on Sundays and legal holidays. It $5 a week. Those who art willing to shirt thtir room witn a friend, will have) to ay $4 60 a week each. Mr. W. R. H. Martin, who Huiltthe hotel after plaes wtveh he had matured for many years, was promated by tht detirt to furnish a hotel to young uumarried women, having no homes and earning fair salaries, wnere they can live cheaply and comfortably and where they can And not only the ordinary comforts of t board ng house, but amusjment and entertainment without addition, l cost. To that and ht has supplied a good tized library, con taining works of reference and good fic tion, a gymnasium, adanc'ng hall with a mechanical oiano. a sewing room with number of sewing machines, flat irons and boards, ate, to tnablt tht young women to make, mend or press their own clothes, etc. OHIO PROtllB!T.OI1IST CONVENTION .Scrlppe News Association) Co'umbus. O., Aug. I Today it the optning day of tht Onio Statt Prohibition Convention, which wil1 be in session at the Board of Trade auditorium today and tomorrow. Mort than five hundred dele gates are in attendance and every county in .he state is represented. Several prom inent prohibitionists from other states are here and will deliver addresses before the convention. DID A GOOD JOB Vrlppe Newt Association) Santr Cruze August 1 Louis Higan formerly a barkeeper at the Sea Beach hotel who was arrested a week ago for threatening to kill his wife this morning attempted to kill her again with a shot gun but the trigger broke. He then barricaded himself in a small store and when the officers brokt open the door they found him with hit head blown off SHOSHONE LANDS i Scrlppe News Association) Chejienne, Wy Aug. 1 The total reg istrations of lands in tht Shoshont section are 10,583. much less than estimated and thare are gjod claims for al! whs have registered. IDAHO REPUBLICANS MEET Muilpi News Association) Pobalello, Idaho, Aug. I The Republi can State Central Committee met here at ten o'clock this morning and an hour later the Repuolican State Convention of I Jaho was called to order. Two hundred and ninety-nine delegates were present when the roil of the counties was called. Tut representation was based upon the vste fr secretary of state for two years ago. one delegate being allowed for each :70 votes oi major fraction thereof, witn tw j delegates at large from each county. Tne morning session was devoted to preliminary and the appoint ment of the usuai committees. In the afternoon a full state ticket, one Justice of the Supreme Court and one member of Congress will will be nominated. D3ESN3E WAIT TO SPJIL TUN (Hcrlpps New Association) Pans, Aug. 1 There it certain grim humor in the attitude taken by a convict now under sentence of dsath in this c ty His lawyer has drawn up. for present ation to the President of the Republic, the usual appeal for a commutation of the death penalty, but the condemned man, whose name is Adam, absolutely, declines to sign it, remarking that he pre fers to be guillotined. Tfnre has been no execution in this city for several years, and as far as ht it concerned, he is going to remedy this ttitt of affairs. "Ic is time." hi says "that tht Parisiant saw tht "widow" (tht ' ,1 inn WAnl fn, HiilUi:..! .t 1. v,B -wiu mi guiiiuuiiBf av wwr again; then there is poor Diebter. tht public executioner; he must be sadly out of practice. Let him cheer un: I won't disappoint him." went on the philosphicat Adam when hit lawyer reasoned with him. Unless tht convict it brought to a mort reasonable state of mind ha will esrtsmlv embarrass the authoriliet, for they art at a lots where to erect tht guillotine, inas much as nont of tht arrondissements of the City will allow it to be eat noon within their boundaries. Possibly Adam will be reprieved against hit wish, and tht mat ter tattled in thit way. UNCLE SAN WANTS LINGUISTS t Scrlppe T'uwe Association) 1 Columbus, O., August I A civil service .Mwln.tinn it.l4 1.... -.-)-.. . I ' dates for tht position of interpreter in tht migration service at Boston. Mats. Ap plicants art expected to read, write and speak English, Syrian. Greek and Bul garian and to have a knowledge of Rou manian, Xiddith and Portuguese. Ac cording to tht ttrmt of tht call prefer ence will be givtn to such linguists who art convtrsant with ont of mort othtr languages in addition to those mtntioned. For such tnormout linguistic Iteming tht United States Government offers tht princtly talary of $1000 a ytar. ALfONSO AND VICTORIA IN ENGLAND (Scrlppa Newt Association) Cowes. Eng.. Aug., 1 Tht king and queen of Spam arrived hart under escort of warships and txcangtd salutes with tht English vttstlt in tht harbo." Tht royal couplt will rtmain about a week. King Alfonso Is building a yacht to compete here titxt ytar. TREASURY REPORT (Rcrlpps Newt Association! Washington, Aug. 1 Tht report of tht Unl ed States Treasury thowt that tht internal revenue collected for tht fiscal year in California, including Nevada to be $4,889,000; Montana, including Idaho and Utah $565,000; Oregon $288,000 Washington, including Alaska $759,000 ANOTHER SCANDAL (Scrlppt Newe Association) New York, Aug. 1 Mrt. Mary Dixon today filed a suit for a judgment bv da- fault against statt senator Pat McCarren in tht sum of $200,000 alleging that Mc Carran persuaded her to become a com mon law wife, only to abandon and re nounce their son. WILSON TO SURPRISE PACKERS (Scrlppi Newt Aksoclatlon) Washington Aug. 1 Secretary of Ag nculturt Wilson Itft today with inttr. tiont of springing a turoritt visit on Eastern packing house. Ht refused to statt his destina'ion, saying that if it wtrt known where ht wat going his trrand would be a failure. ROUNDING UP REBELLIOUS PULAJANES (8crlppt Newt Association) Manila, Aug.. 1 General Lee has five hundred regulars started on tht round-up nf the rebellious Pulajanet and also has many scouts of tht constabulary in tht command. COMB AND BUUSH SELL THIS WEEK 20 per cent off SEE OUR WIVD0VV DISPLAY NEWLIN La Grande, Oregon. at ttttett ass tttt state eta ARE STILL H Ill RUSSIA Tticrippt Newt Association) St. Petersburg Aug. 1 Hoitienstein. a member of the Douma. was shot and killed today, while walking with hit family. ng th assasinition. FIGHTING RESUMED u t : I i c: L-.- nsismgiuia Aug. i rigming resumed 'hit morning, Tnt crew of four war ships joined tht Mutineert and art pre paring to tail and attack Kronstadt, a seaport town twenty miles west of St. Petertburg. Tht town it wtll fortiflsd, containing a population of 60 000. Early today tht Loyal minority appear ed in control of Nicholas island. An aa changt of broadsides continues. Tht naval squadron sailed from Rtval today. It it said that Loyal troops hurried for ard toward tht capital building-. Tht Cathedral was destroyed by fire of tht eleven inch guns. It it believed that tht it it impossiblt to tstimatt accurately. KRONSTADT CUT OFF St. Petersburg Aug. I All communi cation from Kronstadt hat bttn cut off and gravt fears art entertained of tht situation there. FINISH DIET MANIFESTO Heltingfort Aug. 1 Tht Finish Diet today ittutd a declaration that it it tht dutv of the citizens of Russia and tha tuthorititt to maintain ordtr, t COMMUNICATION RESTORED . St. Petersburg. Aug. 1 2:45 p. m. Communication with Kronstadt hat been restored announcing that no disturbances have taken ploct yet. Advictt from Hel- sinfrfnrs ssv that thm rsfrnlara mrm hniAina , ...... ,., tht outlying districts at prtstnt tnd that reinforc mente are reaching tht Royal troops in tht city. Grand Duke Alexander's squadron it inactive because tht men refuse to fire upon tht mutineert. who hold tht city and most of tht forts in tht harbor. A gen eral ttrike it declared and the ReSelt are organizing to forct a turrtnder of tht Loyalists. Tht Insurgents have elected chitft and havt signalled to tht sailors aooaro mexanaer s snips to "meet ut at Kronstaot and assist in libtrating tht im prisoned." Representative Admiral Bir ileff hat mobilized til jf tht Kronstadt coast batteries and hat ordered ail of tha sailors from tht thipt. thowing that tht authorities cannot trust their own men. The war office declares that tht Insurg ents at Helsingfors havt bten captured and that the mobilization of tht troopt and supplies is going on. , DRUG CO. ! tssatttttttstatstttastttt a