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Ccrlpps r?er Association)
New York. Jan. 51. -David Walker and
Louit Haw, who yesterday were agreed
upon at satisfactory to sit in the Thaw
jury, were this morning dismissed by Jus
tice Fitzgerald. '
The prisoner was surprised at the an
nouncement of the court in regara to the
jurors. Thaw showed irritation at the
furthsr delay, bt was satisfied with the
explanation of Attorney Pea body. Dis
trict Attorney Jerome, told the. court he
did not think it advitabTeJo make known
the reason for relieving the -Sen. v '
All the Thaw family ws present when
the court opened. "' Evelyn 'ha evidently
been restored to the family circles again.
Oscar Pmk ajed 43. has beet selected
as twelfth juror and ilber Steels aged
L
During ""the month just ending! .' the
Eastern Oregoi Silliiiiing Ci npiny has
been doing land offlje busiries. Over
. Whhp9,and..dollar-.w()ctb, of . reaU
estate has been soldbjtjis company, dur
ing "kheHtorith o! January.' During the
last fe,oys the' following 'sales have
Closed: Eighty, acres of (and. five miles
northweit.pl Cov fo Ed Meyrsfck; Con
sideration, ,$,8000; .'y. i'k:
A. L. Stover has purchased one hun
dred and seventy-nine acres northwest of
Cove for $6,265.
George Stoddard hh purchased block
136. in Champlains addition for . S3. 100,
This property is known aj the Stover.
hospital.
Dress
EOR REA
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This inc uoes all the novalities in plaids, checks and mixed material
C;." Very latest workmanship.
A beautiful line ranging in price to $25.00
Dress
Black skirts are very strong for this season especial y
Panamas. Vo.les and the sheer materials
t?" Very best material
With or wi hrut silk drop skirts Values to $40.00
Vcrgcrc No. 32
65 is the thirteenth. It is understood
that Haas has political affiliations with
tNeprosecuting'attorney that might inter
fere with an impartial verdict. .
TO COIffR WHII ROOSEVtlT
iScrlppi Mews Ansoclatlon)
"San Francisco, Jan. 51 The board of
education went into executive session
this morning to prepare plans for the visit
or Piesident Walsh and School Superin
tendent Roncoviori, to Washington to con
fer with the President on the Japanese
exclusion question. The rnembers of
the board expressed themselves as con
fident of winning the fight. They still
maintain the position previously taker..
' ttrcrirrT iirnnnm
(8crlppa Newa Association)
Washington, Jan 51 Isidor Rayner the
Democratic senator from Maryland at
tacked the President toiay in the senate
upon what what he termed unsurpat;on
of power. He said ! believe if the
Democratic party would take up as its
battle cry, the reserved rights of states,
i iviolate constitutionol distinction of the
letisiatioo judiciil and executive depar
tment, we could rally around a document
o intelligent suffrage of countrymen."
, -
Mr and Mrs Robert Genevay, and M E
Skidmore visited in tha'city today, from
Hot Lake.' ,. .
ESTATE SALES
KOMIHATIIianiTIONS
L. Ravburn and Ralnh AMinam.
. .l.- ' ZJT,Z1 . lrea eeysrai yean ago ur.Beu.went from
ZTVT? ?WPnlli.' to' Salem "tJ- visit friends, and
tbrne candidates for marshal , and T.' S
Sopk for recorder., at ; the coming city
election. The 'camoaiffn has Draetieallv
commenced and other candidates will , bi
petitioning 'to get art he ticket5 within the
M..h t r 1? ,V ... .
-ay ."a unaerstanj.jnattnere
will be several candidate's for rnarshrl be
fore the nominations close. ' ' r .
'' Foreman J H Watson at the head of ttii
machanic&l danartmAnfc. in tk n P JL N
shops of this city, returned yesterday f rort
Psndletdh whefe hi' transacted
icted business.'
We have just received from
late slTirtsV these are beyond a doubt one of th best
line of skirts on the market ' '""
Skirts in Fancies
Skirts in
tltC tsJUli
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY. OREGON.
PROMPT
ACQUITTAL
r Observer 8Dsclal)
Baker City, Jan. 5 1 .The arguments,
pro and con, and the examination of the
trial have ended and by four o'clock today
the case went to the jury. Last nignt
the both. 'sides rested their cases and to
day his been given up to argument, ,. '.'"'
.. . At four 0 clock this afternoon, Ah gen
eral belief It that the Jury will remain out
bat a matter of half an hour. Acquittal
will unquestionably be the verdict, even
should it take more than the allotted time
for the jurors to agree that tha circum
stantial evidence on which Wjdddwson
has been tried, It not enough to convict
bim. "...
"I had nothing to do with the murder
of Willard Moody and knoy ndthlng
about, it," waa the statement j of Alex
Widdowson., who was called to' the stand
as the last witn:ss in his own Behalf ' In
the murder trial Wednesday. 1" '
When Alex Widdowson took '.-the .wit
ness stand a hush fell over the court room
every spectator hanging upon his words
with the most careful attention. . The ac
cused man spoke in a modulated tone of
voice, was composed in manner! and an
swered all -questions promptly. .
REV BELL IN WILLAMETTE VALLEY
Baker Citv. Jan. 81 RevM R. N.Bal'l
formerly tie Presbyterian minister of this
city, last bunday preached to bis old con
gregation in Corvl!is.to which ha minist
ered ssviral yean ago Dr.Belj.went frorn
11:-' ei-" .'y.'
ea'lv in next month, ahout tha tanth ha
and Mrs Bell will leave for California to
attend the grand conclave of the Knights
Templar which will meet in Los Angeles
in May.; On his return he wil either loc
ate in CovaJIis or the Willamette valley.
" IN BAHKMONOaV-;" .
Cntnnlftfcinh nf tha flaw hanb KiliMinfi'. im
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being reached so rapidly that Monday of
' next week will likely ' sew the" National.
"8 doing businessln. its, qw garters.
WS.VvVv
New York, a line : of the I
Blacks
in the lighter grade as
Phone Black 1301
EXPECTED
THURSDAY. JANUARY 51
VARSITY
ITEMS OF
INTEREST
Observer Special.
U. of 0.. Jan. 27. 1907-Wllliam Jenn-
u uijian uaii iia iiis ieciure on "ine
Old
World and lu Ways" to an audience
of
about 600 people in Villard Hall Thura-
day
night. Mr.Brvan olaased hisaudiansa
but
the fact that hie lecture called for no
flights of oratory and war simply easy
and conversational, disappointed many.
i Saturday night In the tryout held in
Villard Hall. Henry M. McKinney was se
eded to represent Oregon in the coming
InteV-etaU contest, iind "Prancls V. Q all
oway was chosen ae representative In the
inter-collegiate contest. '
A great many members, of the State
Legislature isited the University yester
day:' Thay.ca'me to look into the needs of
the U, of 0.' with regard to the . proposed
appropriation',' Senator P; A. MoDonald,
RepL Herujan Rothschild,', and Joint . Rep
resentative' J. H: Dobbin were ' of course
known to the Union county student!.'' Mr:
Rothschild. said:-'As the, only'jJemocrat
in uia nouae, i ien u iriaimoent upon, me
to come along and toke caVe'of. the Re
publican!.'" Special assembly was'; held
at three o'clock Friday afternoon, at which
several legislators spoke. . . .
C. 0. Huffman of La Grande waa a
visitor to Eugene yesterday. Ha will ' go
to fcimira to visit his mother, before re
turning home.
t Harold Clifford has been, elected1 man
ager of the glee club for the ensuing year.
He registered from Baker City and W a
member of the Sigma Nu fraternity. ; -
Regular baseball practice le now being
neid indoors. .
. The track team is now taking regular
cross-country runs. '
, Rev. Mac. H. Wallace will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon. The seniors have
received their caps and gowns. They in
tend to give a ball in the near future.
Mr. Levinson, editor of the Sundav Ora-
goniaotfeld'ttie students at Assembly this
wear about the vfatk in the office of a
c treait,AivvDa'DefiHis talk wm nrar.fir.nl
'-ibstin' andffnitructiv.
I' I i ,- """" suiJVl .
rOalfawAy '07 Paul Bond '09 and? Thoa.
B'pwsona r Tjvere.cnosai -debate
jhocpw.-'';l)n R.y.ateh '07. B.
Wlie,3djm10 and MoR. Latotrette "07
Will'debU VVakhiturtdn'at Eugene. All of
the rj)mberf p.f.tha.-a'jh avatar' de
baters:' ' WbeaMonricWe' his training
at Paf ific UniversityV ; He' is a DrosDect-
ive member of the Philologian society to
which VAtch and Calloway, the leaders
of the coming debate, .belons. Both the
orators who represent Oregon this year
are .Fhilologians. The other debaters
Latourette, Bond and Townsend arc
Lauroans. .
JAPANESE
IHuripps News Aenorlatlon)
Wuhington, Jan. 51. Ambassador
Aokiwasin conference with Secretary
Root today. It is Dresumed tnat tha
conference was with reference to pending
negotiation. Secretary Taft authorized
the statement that there was absolutely
no information in ihe hands of the eov-
ernment that the Japanese in Hawaii were
organizing for a possible demonstration
against this country.
:n new orrict '
The Real Euate A'Calloction Agency,
formerly, located in the Lewis Printery
building, has moved its quarters intp the
room in the rear of the Farmers and
Traders National Bank. Tneorfise is well
ARE NOT
MUG
lighted and convenient' and is a desirable
location.
1907
PAT M'(0Y
TO SUFFER
A
Almost on the eve of hie leavinu tha Sl
Vinoent Hoaoital at Portland. Pat MoCov
is informed by his physicians that the
entire process of setting the orushed knee
would have to be duplicated. This was
made necessary, according to reports, by
it raot that the crushed knee had been
improperly set at the lime of the acoi
dant .
A few days ago Mrs. J P. McCoy of
this city went to Portland to return with
her son. - She had been informed bV the
management of the hospital that! by the
first of January her eon would be lif Con
dition to leave the hospital., On arriving
at Portland she learned that tha siege is
far fromantfed, for the knee will have to
ba deliberately broken and reset In a
letUrto tier son in this city. Mra -McCoy
says that the physicians 'had agreed oh
the rtset, but'no eorffmuntoation has been
received today saying whether or not the
gruesome bperation hid been performed
It will be remembered that McCdj( was
severely injured at Umatilla the last days
of November and sinoe that time has been
convalseent'in (he Portland hosital. 1
' Relatives of the unfortunate boy . had
bee.n, encouraged by . the. news that the
first of the new month, would see Pat in
La Grande.- - ' r e
' . . DIED
DA'KON At Durkee, Wednesday, Jan,
'JO. 1907HyrumDkoo,"aged eighty.
three years. The' deceased waa the
father of Mrs. Grant Cady. ' with whom
he was residing at the time of his death.
Mr. Dakon was well and favorably known
to tha citizens of tbie county, ae he was
one of the pioneer settlers of Cricket flat
and with the exception of a few years
residence in Washington, has been a con
stant resident of Union county since the
early seventies. '
. The funeral will take place tomorrow
afternoon' fro'mitiie family residence at
Durkee at two wck. '.
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Web'b. fha",Alicel march
Ut.uieftt viftitpf ioLaQrandgthit morning;
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We are ready for the test when
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J. A.'Arbuckle Proprietor
NUMBER 61
ELLSWORTH
SUFFERS A
BAD RELAPSE
All day yesterday, Clay Elsworth lay
suffering eerusiatingly, with his mind
eeemed rapid, and In feet as far ae tha
poisoning is concerned, such is still tha
case. Yesterday morning, weakneas of
the heart has caused a general weakneie
of the body. The intense pain and lack
of rest caused tha temporary irrationality
Last evening the sick man rested little.
and when .morning, came a Severe pail)
set in uie lert aide. Today he jvas abla
to catch occasional; momentary resting
periods and bjs mindwas rational for tha
most partj P rfyflSiar are almost con
UntlyatliSa."JV:!
I FDr jthe .benefit of : new ' I
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