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volume rii. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1908. NUMBER 5. III II im CROWDS NOT SO HEAVY - As AT tlItsT DAY. Schwab and Oilier Steel Men to Come to Aid of Sirs. Thaw Schwab Ad mits That lie Is Ready to Assist jyitnexscs Statement Created Con- iJcrable Surprise Willing Tliat Thaw Should Go to Asylum. . .NEW APPOINTMENT. Japanese in Favor ,-of Takahlra to Succeed Aoki, as Ambassador. Washington, D. JC., Jan. 8. It is understood here that the Japanese government haa asked the state de partment If It would have any serious objections to the appointment of Am bassador Takahlra, who is now ' in Rome, to succeed Aoki. So far as Is known, Takahlra Is agreeable. Mew York. Jan. 8. The third day tf the Thaw trial was resumed at 10: 30 this morning. The bailiff called the court to order and the monotonous work of weeding out the tares from the wheat In the mass of veniremen began. Time and again the clerk c?.!l?3 cut 3 hp.tt.c v a movement among the crowded seats and a man would arise and make his ,vnJ' ,n the w'tneE8 seat- Then would lol'S'w the same old questions in re sard to bias, opinion and acquaint anceship. The questions were always along the same line and rarely var ied. The crowd Is smaller each day as the interest In the technicalities of the preliminary work is not strong. Shortly after the examination opened this morning John H. Holbert, pres Jilent of the Spring Water company, was tentatively accepted as a Juror. He made the eighth. Added Interest was given the case tqyr when the story was circulated that Charles M. Schwab and other men connected with the Steel com pany, stood ready to advance Mrs. William Thaw all the money she needs to properly conduct the defense of her son Harry. In discussing the story .Schwab said: "I am ready and willing to aid Airs. Thaw." The ninth Juror, in the person of John Enterwastle, a contractor, who wan selected tentatively. The first coup in the Thaw "trial oc teM'' today when-Attorney Littleton subpoenaed three star witnesses who testified in the first trial for Jerome. Thy are Alienists Auston Flint, Charles McDonald and William Ma rion. These men testified In the flint trial that they thought that Thaw was Insane, but qualified their state ment by saying that they thought he im still able to realize the enormity tit the crime. This move would Indl ;ite that Littleton wants his client rnf to the asylum in case he cannot Ho BCOt free. VICTORY FOR T.FT. Notwithstanding Taft's Opposition to Constitution of Oklahoma. . Guthrie, Okla., Janf 8. Taft's en dorsement by the Oklahoma republi cans Is considered hlagreatest victory so far In his- campaign, Inasmuch, as Taft's speech against the constitution last fall was supposed to have angered many. ' . . SAFE CRACKERS. CAPITALIST II CIS hi aim . i in FOUGHT A PISTOL DUEL i . -"PARTICIPANTS BOTH DEAD. The Capitalist Doranie Infatuated With Gambler's Wife, Whose At tentions Were Evidently Encouraged '- Cochran Followed Bull ' to San Francisco, Where the Fatal Shoot ing Took Place. " Blow Ojen a Lumber Company's Safe, Securing $200. '. Bremerton, Wash., Jan. 8. Safe crackers entered the office of the Dender Lumber company last night, blew open the safe and secured $200. ORDER TO DISARM JAPS THOUGHT TO BE ILLEGAL, HI.INZK ARRAIGNED. Man of 'Corners Fume Charged With Fulse Certification. New York, Jan. 8. F.- Augustus .Hfinze was arraigned today before Federal Judge C'hatfleld on an In dictment charging him with the false JJiflcatlon of checks. He pleaded not guilty. His hearing was set for January SO. In making bis plea his attorney reserved the right to with draw the plea and substitute any proper motion. e Japanese Consul Who Was to Return This Week Will Remain Until Next .Month to Assist His Successor in Securing a Better Understanding of IM'ul Conditions at Vancouver, 11, C Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 8. Because the motion to disarm all of the Jap anese of this city was not formally presented to the police commissioners yesterday, although It was passed at i session of the city council last Mon day night, the commissioners have ta 'ten no action In regard to It. The Ity solicitor states that the resolution s not legal. Hon. Morlkaw, the Japanese con aul, who was to have returned to Ja pan this week, will remain here dur ing the next month to assist his suc cessor In securing a better, under- itanding of the local situation and to 'e with htm In case any outbreak mould occur. San Francisco, Jan. 8. A desperate duel to death was fought here late last evening In the rear room of a Sansome street saloon, between Frank Cochran, a well known gambler, and Frank Bell, a young capitalist. After six shots had been exchanged In rapid nwolnn Vitin tt.mhlert out nf the room and fell dead In the arm of the barkeeper, who was making haste the rodm where the shots had oc curred, while Bell was found proba bly mortally wounded lying under the table. . The men are supposed to Jiave fought because of Bell's alleged, atten tions to Cochran's beautiful 'wife. Jesse Duryea, Bell's chaffeur, states that the two men met outside of the saloon and decided to enter the place and talk over their differences. When they entered the room Bell was heard to say;. . "You put your hands on the table and I'll do the same." In an InBtant the firing began. Bell and Cochran are from Seattle. ochran ran a faro table In Juneau and while there Bell met the woman who said she was Ella Cochran, Later Cochran went to Ooldfleld and Mm ochran came here. When Cochran returned to Seattle, he heard the story connecting Bell's name with his wlfo. He came to San Francisco to kill Bell nd the effort resulted in his death. It is said that Bell's auto was the at traction that won the attention of the TOE JURY II AFTER SMUGGLERS. Unknown Torpedo Boat on Santa Bar bara Coast. Santa Barbara, ('a!.. Jan. 8. An unknown torpedo boat belonging to 'he United States navy has been man' euverlng In the .channel for the last 24 hours. The vessel proceeded at full speed along the coast and then turned suddenly and went to sea. It Is thought that the boat came In to Intercept smugglers. 1 X Place Your Surplus Funds With the. Farmers and 1 I Traders f NATIONAL BANK X Comparative Statement as Made to the Comptroller f I the Currency September 6, 1900, Deposits, 1179,524.05 September 50, 1901, " 156,108.60 September 15, 1902, " 194,041.94 September 9,1905, " '226,904.70 September 6,1904, " 184,443.64 June 18.1905, " 141,879.6 Juris 18. 1906, " 143,225.54 - June 21.1907, " 218,751.09 W pay you interest on ycur Savings Bank Accounts. X No Intarett paid on Checking Accounts. x Ws rs prepared to handle any Banking business entrusted to us with care, promptne and safety. ' X With 20 ytars xperienc in Banking ws ars confident we" can give you J atisfaction. t your business is appreciated by its officers: I X J. W. SCRIBER, Cashier X JOSEPH PALMER, President Q. E. McCl'LLY, A.C WILL ATTEND , BIO A ' BANQUET AT CHICAGO. . : . x . , Says He Is Opimaed to Oriental Iniiul- gratlonr AImo Believes In Exclusion Thinks It Impossible for Cauca sians atxt Asiatics to Assimilate , "Any Means Would . Justify the : End." i Chicago, Jan. 8. W. J. Bryan ar rived here today to attend the Jef ferson club banquet tonight. Six hun dred prominent democrats- will sur round .thijr tables. In an Interview today Mr. Bryan stated that he was opposed to the Im mlvrstlnn of oriental, or that he be lieved . that exclusion was the best policy. He stated that he thought It Impossible for the Asiatics to assimi late with the Caucasians of the Unit ed States, "I will not venture to say what means should be used to obtain exclusion." he continued, "but any means would Justify the end." STORK EXPECTED. Czarina in Poor HoalUi UucanliiCM In Royal Circles. St. Petersburg, Jan. 8. It Is stated on good authority, that the stork Is expected to arrive soon at the imperial palace. The Empress Alexandra has keen greatly weakened bv an attack of fa grippe and the results of ar se vere regimen to reduce her- weight, and fears are entertained that she will be unable to pass through the or deal safely. Her Illness has arouse J concern In royal circles. The Imperial physicians have been In almost con stant attendance upon the czarina for several weeks. f TROUBLE STILL SERIOUS 1 MATTER LOOMS UP , ' BIGGER EACH DAY. , New Basol)all Rule. Chlcagd, Jan. 8. A new rule to aboliBh delays in baseball games will be brought before the magnates of the American luague at their meeting to morrow. The rule Is said to be fa vored by President' Johnson and a majority of the club owners and will probably be passed. The action grew out of the fine of $300 Imposed by Johnson, and sustained by the direc tors, on the Cleveland club for using dilatory tactics In a game at Detroit on September 13. AMERICAN CATHOLICS To Inaugurate Crusade Against "Mod crub.ni" as Defined by the Pope. Boston, Mass., Jan. 8. A crusade against what Pope Klus has denounced as "modernism' will be Inaugurated qt the meettnr here next Aua:nst ot' the American . Federation of Catholic locleties. Plans for the great gath- rlng are already under way and It If ?x pei ted that leading dignitaries of the church in this and other countries will attend. What are termed modern errors of thought and conduct. Includ ing the agnostic and rationalist spirit. the higher criticism, socialism and divorce will be the subjects of the most vigorous attack ever made by the Catholics of America. ' Time to Plcud. - San Francisco, Jan. 8.r Walter Bar- nett end J. Dalzell Brown, the two bank wreckers, have been given until January 15 to plead to the Indictment charging them with having embezzled the Colton estate securities from the California Safe Deposit & Trust bank. Oft The following Is the 1908 Jury llstiW. Oliver, WT. D. Perry, I. drawn today from which the juries will be drawn: Telocasett. William Fralser,' C. E. John Frlswell, I. L. Haller. Aliccl. W. R. Leadbetter. T. M. C, Welsh, T. N. Baker, Kennon, C. A. Playle, John ... Shaw James Woodell. J. A. Woodell, P. A McDonald, Thomas Walslnger. Mwlkml SiM-lngs. J. J. Brown, Thomas Marlln, O. Prescott, Ruckman, U L. Mc- D. Smiitz, Wells, G BEAT A JAP. Pmthlent Scents Worried Has Held Numerous Conferences With West era Delegation It Is Certain That Treaty Must Bo Mado or Serious Trouble May Ensue President Will Not Admit Tliat There la Possibility of rail ure. ; Washington, Jan. 8. The Japanese question is looming up bigger than' ever, and becoming more unwieldy and more dangerous each day, It Is the prevailing opinion that failure on the part of the United States to negotiate an exclusion treaty with Jnnnn and the failure of congress to provide leg islation on the matter would start" trouble again. . , Z ' '. '. President Roosevelt has held fre quent conferences upon the subject with California and Pacific coast con gressional delegations and It Is be lieved that an acceptable treaty wilt yet be formc'-.Tho matter Is. In the hands of thevbrezldent at present. . "Gets Ills" for Making nil Attack or a Druiikt'u Man. Los Angeles, Jun, 8. Angered bt finite ot his attack on a drunken ma- i mob rushed lit upon a Japanese las night and beat and kicked him. Ther . is Intense feeling being engendere against the Japanese all along th coast states not unlike thut In the be ginning of the antl-Chlneso crusade waged a few years ago, prior to th enactment of the Chinese exclusion act. . Inaugurate) Gov or nor. Annapolis, Md., Jan. 8. Governor Crothers was Inaugurated as chief ex ecutive of Maryland today, succeeding Governor Warfleld. -Democrats from all over the state participated In the ceremonies and made the occasion a gala one -for old Annapolis. ; Numer ous special trains and steamers and private yachting parties brought large crowds of sightseers. N. W. Schofleld, Geo. E O. Blockland. F. J. Holmes, E. L. Hal- ley, Franklin Zurbrlck. Imbler. S. L. Crooks, II. McGoldrlck, W. R Collins, P. H. Westenskow, L. A. Strlngham, N. Carn, W. E. Ruckman. 1 La Grande. William Anson, N. H. Anson, G. W. Allen, C. A. Cary. J. M. Clark, E. Z. Carbine, J. M. Gibson, C. H. Gore sr.. 8. R. Haworth, Adolph Newlln, Jos. Palmer, J. 8. Peach, E. C. Moore, O. Jackson Day Banquet. . St, Louis, Mo., Jan. 8. The annl versa ry of Andrew Jackson's victory I at New Orleans will be celebrated with great banquet tonight by the Ten- essee society of St. Louis, which In- ludts In Its membership many prom inent Mlssourians, Including Gover nor Folk. THE 1IEHRIN MACHINE, Is 1 "re paring to Protect Himself at National Convention. - . San- Francisco,' Jan. 8. U is stated here today that Harrison Gray Otis of Los Angeles, Oovunior GUlett, ' Geo. Knoght, W. H. DeToung, will be the Herrln machine slate for the state lelegatts to the national republican convention at Chicago next summer. Otis In the publisher of the Los An-i. geles Times, DeToung is publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle, and Knight Is a well known orator, who seconded Roosevelt's nomination at the last national convention, LEAGUE TROUBLES. William Meyers, J. H. Redmen, R. F. Coolldge, J. D. McKennon, Is.. K. M. South, Don Vandewanter, Dunham West, H. N. Myers, Frank Kllpatrick, Wright. 1 E. O. Adcook, A. V. Andrews, H. Mc- . Cove. jAnlsh, W. K. Davis, B. Logsdon, J. E. J. A. Abbott, John Allen, George Foley. A. O. Hagans, T. B. Johnson, Decker, L. Braxllle, Philip Conley. J. K. Wright, C. D. Ooodnough, Perry Frank Conley. A. O. Conklin, J. W. Stephenson, J. T. Williamson, Jay Van Dean, Otho Eckersley, Alex Cochran. Buren, Mac Wood, C. E. Golden, T. J. H. Hoatson. Vivian Kennedy, J. K. F. Sherwood, J. A. Frafcer, c. K. UeK Lants, Mat Mitchell. Joseph C. Plx- eler. Dexter Eaton. ton, E. F. Roberts, S. O. Reese. Geo. North Powder. Chadwlck. T. M. Conklin. M. 1. Duffy, George Ashby, J. W. Chenault, James Dalton, Q. H. Downes,. L. To AMilnt Rflver. St. Paul, Jan. 8. Following a meet ing today of the London bond holders of the Chicago A Great Western rail road, a receiver will be appointed to maintain a status quo, required to pre pare the first mortgage bonds cover ing the Indebtedness of the road. Archie Conley, Harry Waymer, Geo. Miller, E. C. Reese. W. A. Ogden. Elgin. Klelnfelter, A. Lun, O. M. Walk, O. W. Hansen Jr., i. A. Pllcher, H. Roths J. H. Payne, Samuel Parker. Wm. child, J. M. Gllklnson, J. F.Shaw. Roulet, W. H. Rysdam, H. D. Spen cer, Joseph Scott, O. W. Stevenson, Dan Sommer, U. F. Weiss, J. E. Cow in. O. W. Englis, W. E. Gordon, C. A. Galloway,, J. T. Oalloway, Simon Ghent, John Hill, August Hug, D. B. Hendricks. F. O. Harryman, C. ' M. Humphreys, E. E. Jones, T. J. Meade, George Propeuk, A. H. Fiusjn, Chas. Halgarth, J. W. Brown, R. D. Zwelfel, J. L. Overton, F. E. Smith, D. A. Barnes. H. H. Hug. Wm. Fine, Wm. Mcllroy, Jud Draper, W. B. Hlndman, John Graham, J. J. Brugger. llllgard. J. L. Bartmess, F. A. McDougnl, J. D. Casey, Wm. Catitrell. , Inland City. 1. K. Chenault. 'U. G. Couch, An Irew Illockland, Gottlieb Bucsslng,. I. A. Howell, M. A. Harrison, E. E. Kid dle, J. W. Lytle, Robert L. Leak, E. Summer II le. - C. H. Arnuldus. Wm. Choat. E. B. Long, C. L. McKlnnls, H. McKlnnls, W. M. Park, Henry Rlnehart, J. W Tuttle, G. I. Wade. J. M. Choat, H. H Huron, Frank McKlnnls, C. A. Mey ers, A. Glenn, J. R. Larimore. Htarkey. r. P. Burnett, Thomas Loftus, W -I. Trlggs. Union. 8. I. Benson, George Palrd, E. G Cameron, A. J. Goodbrod, J. A. Jones, L. Levy, E. 8. ' Norrls, W. Swlger, Thomas Wilkerson, E. O. Z.ek, Mar tin Rush, Sol Seamons, J. S. Stoker J. B. Wolf, 8. M. Hayncs, George Hud son, W. M. McArdle, L. A. Wright Tony Hempc, Fiank Ross, W, Townley, 8. D. Correy, J. W. Mlnnlrk W. Hngerty, P. W. Kates, C. E. Da vis, W. B. Butterfleld. Employing Professional Players May Wreck the Basketball League. Belllngham, Wash., Jan. 8. Charg es , of .employing professional players may' wreck the T. M. C, A. basketball league of the Northwest, Charges have been brought sgalnstKurlywlne of Belllngham and they are now be fore the A. A. V. Of New York. It . Is said that if the ' charges against Earlwlne are sustained that there will be members from the Tacoma, Seattle and Everett teams ruled out also. To Study Vesuvius. Naples, Jan, 8. European scientists are hurrying to this city to study the effect of the collapse of the crater of Mt. Vesuvius, and the consequent In ternal disturbances. To Keep Count. Toklo, Jan. 8. Local authorities have been instructed to submit reports on the number of Japanese going to the United States, Hawaii and Canada. WE SINCERELY THANK i Our many customers for the liberal patronage bestowed upon us, which nas in? bled us to make this the foremost drug store in this sec tion of the country. All can rest assu-ed t.at our gratitude will bf further shown by giving tne most scrupulous care and conscientious at tentio : to every detail of our business. IF YOU A re not yet one of our customers let this be .your invitation to become one. CJet the habit of com'.ng her with your prescaiptions and for your drug wants; you will never care to change HILL'S DRUG STORE La Grande m Oregon I i- 1 ; i j i i Vi iv t
