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' ' UORANDE. UNION COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY. JANUARY 18 190? . ;:.., . NtlMRPP ' an " ' '
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flllVKIAl OUTIODX 11(1134
(Borlpps News Association)
Havana, Jan. 18 At a cublie mRniW
j of the principal merchants, bankers and
"I ' Cnaticiers in the island here today the
question of the proposed withdrawal of
,' American troops from ( the Island was
- fully discussed. If the American Goverr
ment finally take the attitude threatened
those present decided to refuse loan6 of
: money on crops asfthey would not take
: riskafter the withdrawal of the troops.
- COLUMBIA FROZEN OVER
(Bcrlprm News Association.
Hood River, Jan. 1 8. Foi the first
itime in twenty years, the Columbia river
-is frozen over from bank to bank. Snow
iJMing rapidly and the temperature is
moderating.
WORLDS WlHf PRODUCTION
I Srr(pp New Association
j New York. Jan. 1 8-According to an
I ajuiutil Ilia W'ui 'nine production in
1906 is estimated at 3.776.060. Europe
furnished more than 9S per cent of the
tot al, and North and SouthAmericasabou
4 per cent: Frncj holds first placeamong
the wine producing countries, the United
States ranks twelfth. .
B RYAN f ATS WITH EDITORS
(Scrlpps News Association
Olympia,. Wash,' Jan ." 18 Col. W J
Bryan was the guest at breakfast this
morning, of newspaper men. Later he
w tnt to the joint session of the legislature
and was given a fl ttering reception. He
lectures at Seattle tonight. ,
RAILROAD (OAL BUNKERS
CLAMOR fOR MORE COAL
Not only it La Grande in a coal famine
from the resident consumers' 'point, but
the 0 R & N company itself is on the
verge of figurative starvation.
. For twelve hours lastniirht. not a oound
jfffcsosl. was in the La Grande coal
"bonkers. The serious famine ended tem
porarily, this morning at seven-thirty
when I1C tons were brot .into this city
from the East. So, for another day,
freight traffic can be maintained out of
this city. But momentary relief is in
tight, for at Huntinaton there is coal
'enoujh to last the east e.ici of the Umi-
tilla-La Grande run a few days more.
However something may happen that the
Huntington supply cannot be brot to La
Grande today, and should it not, no
freights will leave. La Grande tomorrow.
At Pendleton last night, were twenty
ton s of coal, about enough for' two en-'
gi'ies. The 0 R & N is guarding the
I ittle mite with extreme care
At Umatilla the conditions are even
more serious than in La Grande. Not i
single freight was sent out fror- that div
ision pcint from six. o'clock Thursday
evening until late this morning.
Starvation
Stares trie
Natives iii
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(Scrlppi News Association)
Havana, Jan 1 8 Admiral Evant tendt
a wireless to the cruiser Columbia here,
saying that the huge wave has drowned
the entire south half of Kingston to the
extent of about two feet. , Ther it no
bay left Ynd the shore is sinking, -
Galveston, Tex, Jsf 18 A Panama
cable reports that conditions at Kingston
are very bad. The death list it yet un
certain but reaches seven hundred at
least, with a possibility of 1000. Bury
ing the dead and the rescue work con
tinues very tlowly. The poor are fight
ing for food, fruit being the only nurish
ment within tneir reach. The wealthy
have monopolized all the food tuppliet
Twenty negroes have been shot for loot
ing, and many more killed by citizens
who caught them stealing off dead
bodies.
The tick and wounded are suffering
for medicine. A liberal supply wat brot
in from tha boat but was stolen by neg
roes and later disposed of by them to those
wno could pay for it, .
Every conceivable shelter hat been
turned into hospitals. American ships
are the only men of war in tha bay at
present. The Cuban consul was killed.
London. Jrn 18 A brief dispatch to
the governor of Swenham this morning
announces that Sir James Ferguson's
body was found in the ruins of a cigar
store. An undated dispatch from a mem
ber of the Jones Party says: "Ghastly
processions of carts carrying bodies in
batches of twenty or more passed thru
the straets to the trenches all day long.
Around the carts can be seen scores of
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STAND THE i I ,
Only a few days left
to pick the big, bargains at The Fair store
SALE CLOSES ON
S A T 1 1 R n V M I P. H T
We have added many ' new
j things to our list to make
I it worth your while to, buy
' the last few days.
lz at her;is now
. We would call attention
our boys' and girls' shoes.
As everyone knows the
Drice of leather has
vanced, and having bought
our line before the advance,
will continue to sell at the
old price until the line is
closed out"
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natives who hive relatives among the
dead and who are desirous of seeing
their friends to the trenches, to make as
far as possible, a semblance of a funeral.
U appears that two officers and twenty
six soldiers are all the deaths among the
troops'
The quake was mare serious thantny
on that aontioent for two hundred and
fifty years. The great shock wis follow
ed by fifteen separate and distinct shocks.
Tftere wis m.'idat wive. Palis idas have
broken thro and the black mud is oozing
to the sur.'acei Miss Thomas, a woman
telegraph opilptrir. is arrjohg tha killed.
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A1PASS
(Bcrlppt News Association)
Boise, Idaho, Jan.: 18. There wat
sensational scent in the house today, whan
Representative McCracken arose from
his seat and flourishing an Oregon Short
Line pass, said "This wat given me last
nightthatIwould.be influenced to aid
railroad legislation agaiist the anti-pass
bill which it to take effect a year hence."
McCraken then made a motion that the
bill be amended to at to make it go into
effect at ?nce. The motion wat carried
by an almost unanimous vote.
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All) ESCAPES
(8crlpps News Association)
Portland, Jan. 18. In a battle, during
a snow storm, with a highwayman who
had been caught cracking a safe in a
postofflce at Sellwood, early this morning,
Policeman A O Sorenson was shot twice
in the leg, by a bandit" The fight ended
in the escape of the cracksman, and all
trace lost of him due to the covering of
his tracks by the falling snow.
ARE YERY
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'Stripy News Ansoclatlon)
Indianapolis, Jan. 18 The miners' con
vention which is . in session ere today
adopted a resalution critizing the govern
ors of Colorado and Idaho for what it
terms unwarranted prosecution of Moyer,
Pettibone and Haywood, who are held in
Idaho for the assassination of Ex-Governor
Stounenberg. It declares "It is not
the intention of the courts of Idaho to
give the accused a fair and impartial trial.
The extradition was contrary to law and
is covered by fraud and is a disgrace to
the prudence of American people.
THOUSANDS
SENTENCED
Smolensk. Russ., Jan. 18.- Krollau,
chief of rural administrations, was assass
inated by a school boy this morning. The
chief was coming away from a concert
hall , and the bullet caused immed
iate death. The assassin's death was
simultaneous, for attending officers quick
ly dispatched him.
LARGE SENTENCE LIST
Statistics published today show that
during the past year 1262 deaths wert
sentenced for political offenses, and thous
ands sent to the mines at Siberia. A
thousand editors have bean prosecuted.
RAMI (HATE
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UT (HKAGO Off K1ATS
A party of railroad men, consisting of
Ed Cross, Conductor H C Grady, of this
city. T B Killing of Portland, and J J
Butler of Teko. ie on its way to, Chicago
to confer with officials regarding wages
of Western trahmen. The Portland and
Teko representatives were on number six
when it an ived today noon, and the La
Grande delegation ioined tha narty Hr.
The answer of the superintendent and
general manager of thepregon division of
the O R & N to the demands of conduct
ore and brakemen on that division, which
must be given within a month's time, will
no doubt be materially governed by the
outcome of the conference betweenChicsgo
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I Scrip ps Newt Association)
Cincinnati, Jan. 18 It was estimated
this morning that ten thousand are home-,
less on account of tie floods that have
devatted large areas of the country. Rains
are still failing and the Ohio river is a
tearing, terrible stream. t '
Springfild III.. Jan. 18 The town ' of
Shawnee this moming appealed to the
governor for relief from the floods that
art menacing human lives and destroying
property in this section." Hundreds of
tents hava been sent in oomplianca to the
request, and will be distributed among
the people who art homeleet. Tha levee
gave way at Shawnee this moming. .
officials and representative bodies from'
all divisions wa.t of the Illinois Central,
which will take place in Chicago next
week. , ' r .
About week' ago committees went to
Portland to confer with O RAN officials
but a postponment of answer was agreed
to. In the intervening time, the confer-'
mnm in fH)w 4llt 4l- H , Jtm
tails of the trainmen's demands, which
are entirely rational and reasonable. This
movement for a change of paying basis la
t strorlg one and the section represented
covers practically half of the United
States. i '
CANADA CRYING TOR LABOR "
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iHcrlpps News Association) . , t . . ,
' Montreal,' Jan. 1 8 Construction of all -new
railroad work on the prairies has been
suspended owing to tha great scarcity of
labor. General. Manager Worse of the'
Grand Trunk. Pacific today, states' that
plant for the resumption of work through
out tha whple length of the proposed linet
at the earliest possible data are being per
fected, even if labor had to be brought
from the antipodes. The problem hat be
come a very serious one in certain part
of the country and it ie felt that nothing
but the importation of foreign labor, of
Japanese or other nationalities, will meet
the need and enable important plant for
tha betterment of :he entire Dominion to
be carried out. ' " -- v ' '
Pride of Grande Rohdc
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' The product of the Imbler flouring mill situated in the very heart of the ' t
best wheat land in Grande Ronde valley, consequently the best flour. A trial
will convince you of its superority. ,
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Insist on having your order filled with '.his brand or tht "Patent" from this S
tame mill. . ' : ' j- ? . s t-
' For tale by all first class dealers. Don't submit.to any substitution.
Pride of Grande Ronde
Domestic or Polish I
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