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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY t, 10H.
NUMBER S.
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III It
WINS APPEAL
SAN FRANCISCO GRAFT SIT
UATION IN CONFUSION.
Court of Appeals Decides In IV vol
of Schmlu and Reverses Nearlj
Every Inioriaiit Ruling of Judge
Bmino Not IJkely Tliat Schmltz
Will Be Tried Cpon the Other Four
Indictment MohI Sweeping Ikx-ls-:.
Jon J?vC Handed Down. '
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! San Francisco, Jun. -9. Ex-Mayor
Eugene E. Schmltz won a sweeping
Victory In. the district court of appetite
this morning which handed down Its
decision, not only reversing the decis
ion of the Jury which convicted him
;f bribery and for which he was sen
tenced to nerve a term of five year
by J'!'1", Titnn hot
If
THE OLD STORY.
Okuma gays He . Wu Grossly Mis
quoted. .
St. Petersburg, Jan. 9. Men high In
Russian . authority are . ridiculing
Count Okuma's version of his Kobe
speech, which ao aroused the anger
of Japan's allies In Great Britain. In
this speech he is quoted as having
urged them to rise up against British
rule in India, Russian diplomats se
cured reports of his speech Immedi
ately after It was delivered, but he
laims that he was misquoted in re-
ation to his alleged statement urging
the Indian uprising, but the Russians
tute that his declarations do not jibe
with their reports of what he actually
said. ' "
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
ordering the trial court to sustain the
demurrer of the defendant, on the
ground that' the indictment did not
"ta(A.i'Miblic offense or an unlawful
injury, and that the defendant be dis
charged upon this indictment. "
This will probably release Schmltz
' from the county Jail and It Is not
probable that he will be tried on any
of the remaining four extortion Indict
ments. He is also Jointly indicted In
the United Railroads, gas, park site
find telephone cases, with Ruef and
various capitalists.
. The decision of the appellate court
throws the entire graft situation and
legal proceedings Into unexpected
con(ion. Kuef, especially. Is In a
peculiar situation, having very dra
matically confessed to an act which
the appellate court has decided is not
criminal. The decision of the court
reverses practically every Important
ruling made by Judge Dunne during
the trial, and is a great personal tri
umph for the attorneys, Charles Fair
all and Joseph Campbell, who drew up
the bill of exceptions in the case and
made siost of the arguments and the
objffons. When told of the result
of the- Schmlts appeal Ruef appeared
greatly pleased; but refused to be In
terviewed. As the decision of the
court Is thoroughly examined, ths
more sweeplngly In favor of the de
fendant it appears.
GOES TO It
POLITICAL BOS8 SPENDS
FIRST NIGHT IN CELL.
MARKET
TO
BE BETTER
ARGUMENTS CLOSED.
BRIGHT OUTLOOK IN NEAR
FUTURE FOR POTATOES.
One Time Boss of San Frnnelsco and -Mrs. Shields of Wail Walla, Here ou
Lender of Three Political Parties,
Strains His Eyesight Through Prison
Bars and Boats Time Upon a fo
ment Cell Floor Others of His
. Willi Him
Her Way Home From an Extended
Trip All Over the East Only Good
Apples In Pittsburg Are Those From
the Pacific CoastCold Storage
Stork Rapidly Disappearing. , -
Ills Prulses to He Sun In the German
Capital.
Berlin, Jan. 9. Citizens of Berlin
will have an opportunity tomorrow
night -of learning the truth about
President Hooseveii, wiiun E. V..
Ballantlne, president of Oberlln col
lege, Oberlln', O., will' deliver a lec
ture on the president at the American
church. Several prominent German
officials and foreign diplomats have
been invited to hear Mr, Eallantlne
sing the praises of America's strenu
ous chief executive. ' ..
San Francisco, Jan. 9. Abraham Mrs. Shields, of the Shields Fruit
Ruef, the once boss of the Golden company of Walla Walla Is here for
Gate city, spent his first night in a the day on her return from an- ex
cel! last night. Hemmed In by steel tended visit covering all of the prln
bars. with little besides his recollec- cipal cities of the east. She is firmly
Hons of his former power ns a solace of the opinion that during the next six
for his night hours. ' weeks' the app,le market will open and
Ruef at one- time was the political the Pacific coast will be able to mar
leader of California and was the un-'ket everything of a shipping nature,
disputed master of three political The cold storage stocks are rapidly
parties In tjan rauciacu. V.'Iih r.'rr. exhausted ana me apple crop in
now are J. Dalaell Prown, James the east is of very poor quality.
Treadwell, Walter J. Bartnett who are While In Pittsburg, fa., tne only ap-
lmprlsoned because of the Deposit & Pies that We In this section of the
Trust company frauds; Eugene country would think of offering for
Schmltz, the former mayor of this city sale, were those shipped In from the
Pacific coast. She thinks the potato
TEN MEN FOR
Till JURY
and a tool of Ruef, and Louis Glass,
the telephone magnate who tried to
buy up the board of supervisors while
olng "business" with Ruef. In these
men Is fitly represented a cross sec
tion of all that wtrst In American
business and political life of this day.
Ruef elisqrshlp ended yesterday
hen Sheriff Dolan entered upon the
duties of his office, upon an order by
Judge Dunne, who issued the com
mitment.
NOTHING NEW OR
VERY STARTLING.
FIXANC1FR SUICIDES.
A Fornn Memlx-r of Ihe New York
Stock Exchange.
Kgpi York, Jan. 8. William B. Ne
TliC a former member of the Stock
Exchange of this city, committed sui
cide this morning by throwing himself
In front of a subway train. His body
was terribly mangled. Financial
losses is supposed to be the cause of
his rash act.
To Survey Columbia...
Washington, Jan. 9. The senate to
day' passed a resolution providing for
tJ'lmlnary survey of the Columbia
river In the state of Washington, be
tween Wenatchee and Priest rapids.
Tlit" Acinus, Edna GiHslrk-h, May Be
Called to Answer for Contempt of
Court Made Some Cutting . Re
marks When She Was Asked to Be
timie a Wltnew She Introduced
Thaw in Evelyn, But Now Wishes
She Had Not. -
Now York, Jan. 9. The Thaw trial
opened this morning with nine Jur
ors In the box, and shortly after the
session commenced Frank Manning.
an Insurance broker, was tentatively
accepted as- (he tenth man.
There Is a strong likelihood -that
Edna Goodrich, the actress who Intro
duced Harry Thaw to Evelyn Nesbltt
will be held for contempt of court. If
the story that reached Justice Dowllng
is true. It Is said that while the ac
tress was sitting In the audience at
the Grand opera house last night, she
was served with a subpoena taken
out by Attorney Littleton. The man
who served the writ reported today
that In a burst i f anger Miss Goodrich
tore the writ In two and declared she
would pay no attention to It.
. Only Six Jurors.
New York, Jan. 9. (8 p. m.) Af
ter the peremptory challenges were
filed late this afternoon only six orig
inal Jurors remained In the box.
Place Your Surplus Funds With the Farmers and
Traders
NATIONAL BANK
Comparative Statement as Made to the Comptroller cf
the Currency
Deposits,
September 6, 1900,
September to, 1901,
September 15, 1902,
September 9, 1903,
September .6, 1904,
June 18,195,
June 18. 1906.
June 21, 1907,
J179.324.05
156,108.60
194,041.94
226,904.70
184,443.64
141.879.65
143,225.34
218.731.09
Before the Supreme Court Over Oregon-Washington
Boundary.
Washington, Jan. 9. Arguments
were closed today before the supreme
court by Attorneys McDonald and
Crawford on the Oregon-Washington
boundary dispute, that has been- In
litigation for a long time.
PREPMIC :
FOR HI
Encampment Installation, .. .
Star Encampment No. 31 held its
annual Installation of officers last eve
ning. District Deputy W. N. Mon
roe, assisted by grand lodge officers,
George Ball and G. E. Fowler, per
formed the Installation. The follow
ing officers were Installed; IV E.
Cox,. C.P.; H. E. Coolldge, 8.' W F.
B. Currey, H. P.; W. A. WorstelL "
JAPAN," WHILE PLEADING
POVERTY, IS GETTING READY.
May Strike at Any Moment This la
the Startling Statement Issued In
Washington by One of the I at go
Manufacturers of Firearms in tli
United Btuleu, This Morning. "'
scribe? W. N. Monroe, treasurer; T. A..
Srooks, Junior warden, and D. W.
Wilson, guard.
Waiting Rooms Cloned.
Commencing tonight the waiting
rooms at the depot will be closed and
locked as soon as No. 6 leaves the
yards. Heretofore they have been
; T"" " nlfh and have .become
the lounging place for hoboes and
other undesirable persons. ,
.Washington. , Jan. 9. "Japan la
rushing preparations for war and may
us at any minute." This wh
the startling announcement made by
Hudson Maxim, a member of the big
arms manufacturing company, who Is
now visiting In Washington.
"It Is a mistake to believe that Ja
pan Is financially embarrassed," ho
i continued. "It's Japan's old game to
' rush war preparations and complain
about being poverty stricken at ins
market will open, somewhat earlier
than apples, and believes there will be
a good demand at prices that will net
the grower remuneration for his la
bor, but no fancy prices, as the freight
rates will be no small factor on the
long hauls.
Mrs. Shields has been a factor In
this market for several years until
this season. She is here now for the
purpose of kooklng over our local con
ditions. She will return home this
evening. '..
tlon was voted on yesterday In a num
ber of small towns, villages and town
ships in Ontario. Returns from 68
show that It "vas voted unanimously
n that many precincts.
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ARE GAIHi TODAY
Macon, Ga., Jan. 9. The prohlbl-1
ion hosts of Georgia invaded Macon
today in force for the convention of
the State Anti-Saloon league. The
state prohibition law became effective
the first of the year and this has re
sulted in making the present conven
tion a Jubilant and enthusiastic one.
The speakers on today's program In-
luded President W. R. Hammond,
who delivered his annual address; the
Kev.- John E. White, whose subject
was "The Moral Dignity of Prohibition
n the South," and Mrs. Mary Harris
Armuor, who spoke on "How to Pre
serve and Improve Ouc Prohibition
Law." Tonight the Hon. Seaborn
Wright, prohibition leader In the leg
Islature, will deliver an address on
"The Majesty of the Law."
Tomorrow's session will be devoted
mainly to the reading of reports of of
ficials, the election of officers and the
selection of a place for the next meet
ing. In the evening Judge W. A. Cov
ington will Bpeak on "Prohibition and
the Constitution."
- .... .MA t n '
TEXAS HERO.
lineal Option Carries.
Toronto, Ont., Jan. 9. Local on-: I'orty-Hfth Anniversary of the Death
of Colonel Luhhcek.
n
MAYOR LANE APPOINTS A
COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE.
If His Premises Prove to Be Correi-t
the Grocers Will Bo IroHeeuled Vn
tier the Munlclpul Anil-Trust Ordi
nance -It Is Alleged That Other
Mercantile Lines Are Dominating
Prices, and Will Be Investigated.
Houston, Texas, Jan.! 9. Today la '
the Bth anniversary of the death of
Col. T. 8. Lubbeck, the Texas hero
In whose honor a monument has re
cently been erected with money left
for that purpose by the late Governor
Frank R. Lubbeck, a brother of the"
famous Texas warrior.
Colonel Lubbeck was one of the
men who "followed old Ben Mllara
Into San Antonio," serving under Ml-.
lam at the Alamo in 1835. He was
.-ine of the most daring spirits among
that famous band of pioneers who
eventually triumphed over Mexico and
won the republic of Texas from Latin
American domination. When the
civil war broke out he became the
leader of the noted band of soldiers
known as Terry's Texas Rangers, and
served In that capacity until his death, -which
took place on January 9, 1862.
Portland, Jan. 9. Alleging that a
number of "trusts" were dominating
the city In a number of mercantile
lines, the city council last night In
structed Mayor Lane to appoint a
committee of three to Investigate the
alleged retail grocers' trust, with a
view of bringing prosecutions under
the municipal anti-trust ordinance.
Other alleged trusts will be Invest!
gated and If they Infringe on. the city
statutes they will be prosecuted.
A NEW RILING.
Order That l iquor Is Not . to Be Car
ried on Mall Wagon.
Cross-country Runs.
Beginning next Saturday cross
country runs will be a dully feature of
life among the trackmen at Whitman
college. These runs, which have ac-
Postmaster General Meyer has is- quired great popularity this year to
jued an order which has a direct bear- judge from the number of appllca
Ing upon the prohibition movement. tiong made to the squad, will be con-
1'he order follows: "I shall be a con- tlnued until March or ADrll. At that
lltlon of any contract hereafter en- tlme lt expected the weather will
tered into for carrying the mails upon have aone lu worgt an(1 tnat tn9 traL.h
uar, screen wagon iin iiieBBciisei , w)n Da m 00(1 condition, so that ac-
r special route, that the contractor- Uvty Df the men will be transferred
.airier shall not transport Intoxicat- t0 t
ing liquor froth one point to another
upon such route while upon the per-
'aiiadlait Pacific to Take Over the
Chicago & Northwestern.
Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 9. It Is ru
mored here today that the Canadian
Pacific railroad Is planning to take
over the Chicago & Great Western
road, which went into the hands of
receiver yesterday. '
formance of mall service.'
INSTALLATION TONIGHT. .
We pay you interest on ycur Savings Bank Accounts.
No Interest pad on Checking Accounts.
We are prepared to handle any Banking business entrusted to at
care, promptne s and safety. J
With 20 ycare experience in Banking we re confident we can give y j
atitfsction.
Your huiinest it appreciated by itt officers:
J. W. SCRIBER. Cathier ,
JOSEPH PALMER. Pretident Ci. E. VeCL'L'-Y. A. C
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Also Official Visit by Organiser Mrs.
Newell, of Portland.
This will be a busy and Interesting
svenlng for the Women of Woodcraft,
n addition to the Installation of the
lewly elected officers, Mrs. Newell of
Portland, state organizer, will be
present' and pay the lodge an official
,lslt. All of the members are espe
cially urged to be present this evening.
Anti-Salt Trust.
The Baker County Woodgrowers'
association at a recent meeting held
Mn Baker City, purchased 10,000 shares
I In the Utah Salt mines at Ogden. By
holding this large Interest In a valua
ble salt producing property they hope
to place themselves In a position en
tirely Independent of the salt trust
which has been bleeding them at Its
will. '
Meeting Continue.
The special services In Central
"hureh of Christ continue Indefinitely.
3ood audiences and splendid attention
re features of the work. Services be
gin at 7:30 each evening; sermon at 8. claim.
I-'avoralile Hrxirt,
Washington, D. P., Jan. 9. The
senate committee on public lands ha
authorized a favorable report on the
second homestead bill. This bill per
mils the homesteader who makes an
i unsatisfactory location through mis
take to make a second location provld
Ins he has relinquished his first
A RAILROAD RCMOR.
EDITOR ON TRIAL.
Cluirired With Llliellng Jackson Coun
ty District Attorney, '
Medford, Ore.,' Jan. 9. The trial of
Editor George Putnam of the Medford
Tribune, upon the charge of libel, will
probably commence tomorrow In the
circuit court at Jacksonville. Put
man editorially criticized the district
attorney and the grand jury for not
bringing In a true bill In a case of no
torious assault. In which the president
of the Rogue River railroad attacked
the mayor with an as. Putman allege
that the district attorney Is attempt
ing to curtail the freedom of the
press In order to gain Immunity from
criticism. The case Is attracting wide
attention.
Grocers' Convention at Portland.
Portland, Jan. 9. The retail gro
cers of Oregon will meet In Portland
on the 41st and 22d nf this month. '
WE SINCERELY THANK
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 as8uredjt-at
our gratitude will be further shown by gfvtng
tne most scrupulous care and conscientious at
tention to every detail of our business.
IF YOU
Are not yet one of our customers let this be
your invitation to become one. Uetthe 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 m .Oregon t
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