VOLUME VII.
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1008.
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GRAFTERS III
HOPEFUL
DO XOT EXPECT HE! J EE
WITH1X NEXT 60 DAYS.
Relieve Tluit Judse Dunne Will Grant
Any More Favors Tlinn He Is Com
pelled, to by Lav, Attorney H)c
In Time to Get Ruef and Schniitx
Out on Bull Ruef hi Position ol
Mai:'lio Never Pleaded Guilty. ,
Ban Francisco, Jan. 10. Attorney
Frank J. Murphy, Ruefs counsel, does
not look for any Immediate relief for
elth-T Ruet or Fchmltz. In fa"ct, he
believes that he will be nt least 60
days before they will derive any per
ceptible benefit from the action of the
apptllate court. He does believe.
bnweVMf. thnt thp nnitrt wilt wnt n n
arrest of judgment In Iiuefs case,
and this will put Ritef in the same po
sition as one who has never pleaded
guf.tfr 'C'hen asked regarding the
posislbtllty bf getting Ruef and Schmltz
out on ball, he snid:
"1 do not believe thnt it will be pos
sible to get either one of them out on
ball within the next 60 days, as the
remitter has that time In which to file
his document. So far It is apparent
that the case Is by no means closed. I
do not believe that Judge Dunne will
grant any sort of relief to either
Schmltz or Ruef, aside from that
which he Is absolutely compelled to."
Son yranclsco, Jan. 10. Suddenly
.arded by the appellate court as a
rime, he become the crux of the
contest. His attorneys are preparing
0 make a fight for Immediate bail,
"hey have looked up the law and de
clare the 60-day clause In relation to
1 decision on appeaf'ln the appellate
xturt, only applies to civic causes and
lot criminal actions. This morning
luef was In conference with Langdon
it Langdon's office. !no report of the
conversation was given out.
When Schmltz appeared In Judge
rjawler's court this morning to an-
iwer In the gas and trolley cases, he
.vas warmly congratulated by many
if his friends over the decision In the
appellate court yesterday. He ap
peared In the best , "of humor, The
case of Patrick Calhoun was continued
until next Tuesday for trial.
LOOKS LIKE-
. Need the Money.
Washington, Jan. 10. The
t'nlted States treasury must
have $10,000,000 at once and
another call on the banks is
llkelv within the next few days.
At the last call $8,000,000 "was
secured. At the present time the
treasury working balance Is
down to $5,000,000.
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DOURNE ASKS COMMITTEE TO '
CONSENT TO CONFIRMATION,
They Refuse Until Fulton Reachc
Washington Tills Is Taken to Tic
the First Move on tlic Purt of the
Enemies of Hoiirne to Keep Hehue
bol From Relit Confirmed Fulton
Will Not CoilSCIlt.
POSTMASTER
WILL BE CALLED UPON TO -
, EXPLAIN MANY THINGS.
Instead of lU'lng Incompetent, If He
Is Guilty of All the Things Charged
Ho Miutt He Too Competent The
Southern fulfil?, If They Are Re
HM)iiNlhle for His Position, Seldom
Select Ineoinpeient Men, , ...
gether too small for the proper trans
action of business, and arrangements
are practically completed for
change.
HARROW IS BETTER.
0HM-atioti Not Considered NWessnry
Mrs. Harrow With Him.
Los Angeles, Jan. 10. Attorney
Clarence Darrow, who has been Buf
feting from mastoiditis Is considera
bly Improved today and has moved to
a hotel fronting on Grand avenue.' An
operation Is not now considered neces
sary, but Darrow will have to be un
der constent care for some time. Mrs.
elevM.P7t- from bis lowlv nnsitlon of a
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mere pawn In the battle between the Darrow Is with him
grafters and the people that Is being
waged In San Francisco, Abraham COMMISSION PLAN.
Ruef has again resumed his position
as a head-liner In the cast, and is now i)aveiiMrt win Possibly Adopt the
In the center of .the stage with the Gulveston Mtink lml Plan.
calcium light upon him. Abe was the , Davenport. Iowa. Jan. 10. A spe-
I spirit of the anti-Hiney forces until. r)u election will beheld In Davenport
the day of his "plea iff "guilty" last tomorrow to vote on the commission
May. From that time on he dropped DlHn of munlcipal government, better
into second place, and chmltz, Glass iknmvn ag tne Galveston plan or -the
land fjgi,iun became more prominent. 1 r),lg Moines system. It is believed
iNow, however, because or his pecu- J that a large majority of the citizens
liar position, the one time boss, in favor the change and that It will be
having pleaded guilty to an act not re- j adopted
Washington, Jan. 10. United States
Senator Bourne attempted to have the
Judiciary committee of the senate con
sent to the Immediate confirmation ot
Christlun Schuebel, prior to the ar
rival of United States Senator C. J
Fulton, who Is now en route to Wash
ington from Oregon? This the com
mlttee refused and their action is
looked upon as being the first move
on the part of the enemies of Bourne
and his faction to prevent the con
firmation of Schuebel, wliose'name
has beet) sent to the senate by the
president for the office of United
States district attorney for Oregon, to
succeed C. W. Bristol. "
Fulton Will Fight.
When . Senator Fulton passed
through La Grande this week en
route to Washington, he was met at
the train by a few of his friends and
he gave them to understand that he
would use all his energies to prevent
the confirmation of Schuebel and, be
ing chairman of the Judiciary com
mittee, from which all the mmlna
tlons sent to the senate must receive
favorable consent, It Is very doubtful
if a favorable report In the committee
can be secured.
Pan Francisco, Jan. 10. Postmaster
Flake of this city, will be railed upon
:o face the charges of Incompetency
ml neglect of duty and the use of
lis official position for the benefit of
he Southern Paclfl? Railroad com
pany's political bureau and for the
iolation of the civil service laws, and
in explanation of private commercial
nterprlses of certain favorite postof-
Ice employees. The charges have
"een filed against Flake by Assistant
Superintendent Hall, of allowance and
mlary, and by Major General Greely.
I'hese charges, It Is stated, have been
suppressed for some time, but will be
brought out Into the open soon.
ONLY ONE.
Will Fight Any White Man, Hut Only
One Colored Man.
Paris. Jan. 10. Tommy Burns
leflnltely announced yesterday in a
'elegram to M Barlatler, of Paris,
that he would meet but one colored
nan, Jack Johnson. Barlatler wished
urns to sign articles for a fight In
?arls with "8am McVey, but his reply
vas that he would meet but one col-
jred man and that was Jack Johnson
ut that he would meet any white
man the club would put up.
SOMEBODY MUST QUIT. ...
Two Seta of Officers Holding Onto
Their Jobs.
Trenton, N. J., Jan. 10. The New
Jersey supreme court will tomorrow
hear filial argument In Ihe case con
testing the constitutionality of . the
Ripper act, under which the terms of
most of the city official of Jersey
City were made to expire with the
term of Mayor Pagan. -
The two sets of officers have at
tempted to exercise concurrent Juris
diction and as a result the municipal
affairs of Jersey City have . become
greatly muddled. Some 'df the old
police Judges have been holding court
and the old excise" board has granted
licenses as heretofore. Practically
the only question raised before the
:IJE WILL
BE SATISFIED
IF HE CAN SEND THAW TO
ASYLUM INSTEAD OF PRISON.
court Is the constitutionality
Ripper act.
of the
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AT 10 DELL
COMPANY WORK HARD
TO RESTORE LIGHT.
MniuiKer HoubIi Has Foreo or Men
PrepnrlUK Oro Dell Station for the
Cove l leetrlc Mnehlliery Unable to
Secure Other Power Will Hclii
Dismantling Cove Station Tomorrow.
Two 1ny Late. "
Washington, Jan. 10. The torpedo
flotilla arrived at Pernambuco, Bra
zil, today. The vessels are two days
late because of sLuinis.
TO OUST RECEIVERS.
Miss Anna Bowler came down from
Baker City to witness the basketball
game between the Baker City and the
La Grande high schools.
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1 GREAT SPECIAL IN LADIES j
!: SUITS AMh COATS FOR SATURDAY I
Humors Afloat Thnt Chicago North
vi ester ii Will Ri-dwm Its Paier.
St. Paul. Jan. 10. Eastern advices
ire to the effect that the receivers ap
jointed to .the Chicago & Great
Vestern will he ousted In a few days,
President Stlckney and Attorney
A. Severance are In-a good position
o redeem $P 000,000 in gold notes Is
,ued by the road.
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$ $t2r00 to $15.00 VALUES
IN LADIES SUITS $4.25
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iC Ladies Suits in Black Grey and
Novelty Mixtures in fitted Jacket,
Box Coat, and Long fitted Coat
'ityles, in cloths of Serge, Cheviot
and Novelty Suitings at the special
price for Saturday
$1.25
$6.50 to $W.OO VALUES
LADIES BLACK COATS
Defense Will Put Fifteen Alienist on
the Stand to Prove That Thaw W .
Insane Hut Tlielr NanMs Are Be
ing Closely Guardi'd From the Pub-
11,. fitau-'s Rill of tso.000 for Last '
Trial Not Yet Paid, . , ... .- ,
New York, Jan. 10. The legal con-
test looking towards the selection of
12 men acceptable as jurors to both
sides, was resumed In the Thaw mur- '
der trial at 10:80 this morning. It ;
has become evident that the defense .
will rely, on the testimony of IS
alienists to prove the- Insanity of
Harry Thaw.. Who these alienists will -
be Is not yet known to the public, a
their names are being closely guarded
by the defense. In thls-connectlon (t
is said that the bill of $30,000 for
alienists' testimony for the state In
the first trial Is still being held up by
Comptroller Met.
It- Is evident from' tho character of
the questions which Attorney Jerome
Is propounding to the veniremen, m
that he1 would be satisfied If Thaw la ,
sent to an asylum. Instead of to prison.
Up to 1 o'clock today 35 veniremen .
had been peremptorily chtillcgend and
men have now been sworn In on
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the Jury.
Will Testify.
It was announced today by the de
nse that Edna Goodrich will surely
testify In the Thaw case, for the de-
fense.
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Manager Housh put a force of i-
borers and electricians at work this
afternoon at the Oro Dell station, to
make that place ready for the electric
machinery which will be tnken from
the Cove station and brought to this
city. At the Oro Dell plant an engine
and boiler Is now ready for ubo, and
it will be but a matter of a few days
not over 10 at the outside before
the patrons of the company will bo re
ceiving light and power Just as If
nothing had occurred. The past two
days the eletcrlc company has been
negotiating with the George Palmer
Lumber company for the use of their
steam plant, but this morning Mr,
Housh was Informed ' by the Palmer
company that It would be Impossible
for them to furnish the power owing
to the fact that their mlUwas not
running at present and that they had
no fuel with which to fire their fur
naccs. As soon as mis was Known 101
certainty. Mr. Housh began work
the Oro Dell station.
In 50 inch lengths in black Thibet
Cloth and Kersey, trimmed in vel
vet and braid, satin bound seams
every one of them this season's
coats from the best makers. Choost
one Saturday at the special price
$2.98, $5.68, $5.98, $1.98
ALL MISSES AND CHILDRENS
BEAR SKIN COATS AT HALF PRICE
t; $1.25, $1.50 Men's Gold and Silr
li er Dress Shirts
20c, 25c Men's Fancy Hose in Grey
Black and Tan, pair . ...
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73c
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$1.25 American Lady Corsets, good
assortment in Girdle and full length
effects, choice 50c
$1.25 fifc Satine Petticoats, special
this sale 88c
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MARKED ACTIVITY STILL IN
EVIDENCE IN YARDS.
Md Round House Ilelng Removed
Machlnn Shop Reinstalled New
SlaU-rlal Warehouse to He Ereetetl
at Once Express Office to Have
Building of Its Own Turntable Re-
moved.
Toward a Close.
Chicago, aJn. 10. The trial i
Banker John R. Walsh la drawing to
i. Federal Judge Anderson ex
pects to have all the testimony In to.
day.
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Notwithstanding the fact that a
lumber of men have been laid off by
ho railroad company, things are far
from dead In the yards at present
Work Is being prosecuted along the
various Improvement lines, and with
in a short time the La Grande yards
will present a completed appearance
nd take Us place In the front rank
long the system." Today the work
tt removing the old found house Is
oroceedlng rapidly and within a few
lays this old landmark will have been
reduced to a pile of lumber. The ma
chlnery, with the exception of two
pieces, has been taken from the old
machine shop and Installed In the new
building. The old turntable has been
removed and today track men are
building the new track across the pit
and soon the ladder track In the north
side will soon be connected. The com
pany has also perfected plans for th
construction of a materlalvarehotise
in which to store car repaim and ma
terlal.
This building will cover a ground
space of 70x100 feet, and will be
wooden structure. Other changes and
Improvements are tobe made at one
The Express office Is to be taken from
the depot and given a building to It
George D.1 Ma pes, a prominent bus!
ness man of Elgin, Is transacting busl
ness In La Grande today.
THE WHITE PLAGUE.
iitl-Tnbcrciilosls Soelctv Considering
MethiKls to Prevent Spread,
Louisville, Ky., Jan. 10. A warfare
on the "white plague" was Inaugurate
d by the physicians, churches and
prominent citizens of Louisville today,
with the opentnjr of tho exhibition of
the Anti-Tuberculosis society. The .
exhibit embraces an Immense number
f Illustrations of the best methods
of preventing the spread of tubercu-
osls and for treatment of the disease
nfter It has been contracted. A series
of lectures will be delivered by au
thorities on the subject of the preven-.
tion and cure of consumption. Blinllar
exhibitions will be held In cities all
over the country by the National Antl
Tuberculosls association.
JAPANESE EXCLUSION.
Will lie One of the Planks In the
DeiiKKTallo Platform.
Washington, Jan. 10. That one of
the planks In the democratic platform
will frankly doclare for Japanese ex
clusion In a term that will leave no
doubt as to the attitude of the party
toward that question, became known
today. The Information comes from
a source "regarded as authentic and
follows the Bryan Interview In rela
tion to the same subject, ' -
WE SINCERELY THANK i
Our many customers for the liberal patronage
bestowed upon us, which nas mi? bled us to
make this the foremost drug store in thi sec
lion of the country. All can rest assured t.at
our gratitude will be further shown by giving
tne most scrupulous care and conscientious at
tention to every detail of our business.
IF YOU
Are not yet one of our customers let th's be
your invitition to become one. Uetthe habit
of coming her with your prescaiptiotis and for
your drug wants; you will never care to change
HILL'S DRUG STORE
I. La Grande
Oregon
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