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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREOOJl, SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 108.
NUMBER 8.
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government was received by the state
department a few day ago by cable
and cost our government . several
thousand dollars In government tolls.
Secretary Root Is now preparing a reply-
Japan will be Informed that
United States supreme
annual dinner of the Navy
that no exclusion bill will be passed.
Root, however, will try to avoid pre-
capital and Is being
cuBsed. Justice Harlan predicted a
yellow and
the United
fntt fnr W. In
reference to the navy, Harlan said:
"I want to see the navy grow to such
So said Evelyn Thaw In commenting
on the quick work performed In se
curing the Jury In the second .Thaw
trial. Both men seemed pleased with
the II men cut out for the Jury.
"It Is one of the best I have seen in
my whole legal career," said District
Attorney Jerome this morning.
Another Name,
Harry Thaw is suffering from stu
porous melancholia, acocrdlng to the
I report of alienists of the defense after
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..ouii i conference today. "Stuporous met
League- ancholta" will succeed the "braln-
and "dementia Ahierlcanla" In
generally dls
MET REFUSES
TO TESTIFY
THE EX-BOSS DEMANDS
ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY.
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1 great war between the
our white races, and urged
clpltatlng matters while our fleet is so an extent that no nation on earth
' 1IOT1I NATIONS ARE
.MAKING PREPARATIONS.
far from Its western base.
Situation Mont Serious.
Portland,. Jan. 11. In this
nlng's Journal will appear an
eve-lnter-
could consider for one moment enter
ing Into a contest with us."-
i the second trial of Thaw.
It Is said that Jerome may ask that
one 'of the Jurors sworn in yesterday
oftnrnnon he discharged for cause.
Jerome refuses to discuss the subject.
It Is rumored that the man is re
ported to have said that he would
never vote for conviction.
Will Be Trlixl on All Ills Indictment
Prosecution Refuses to Grant Im
munity Kticf May lie Able to
Work IluitlKlii Upon IroHCCullon
Schmlts Wants Ills Hail Cut Down
to rjOO.OOO Drew Makes Eloquent
Plea for Schmlts. .
United States Has Placed Mines in All vlow w)th an unnamed offlcef In the
Pacific Count Harbors, and Has Or- Amerlcan navy, who. It Is stated Is of
'. dered Additional Supplies at Mare hlgh rttnki who declares that the slt-
Island We Are as Near Ready aj,ua.ion between the United States and
Japan Is of a moHt serious nature.
"The people as a whole do not real
ize how serious a position , the two
countries are in," he says. The United
States Is making every preparation for
an armed' conflict In the very near
future. Fortifications at Point' Loma
have been placed on a war footing.
existing between the United States and The bay at Snn Francisco and . Puget
Wo Well Could Be.
Washington, Jan. 11. Negotiations
between the United States and Japan
have reached a serious stage. While
'jjrls but yet an eventuality, largely
. because of Japan's unpreparedness. It
is known that the friendly relations
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KILLS WIFE
F. I. IFJIFJf
CONGRESSMAN I). M'KINLEY
-OF CALIFORNIA, SPEAKS.
McIUulcy Is of the Opinion Tliat Fran
cis i. Heney Hun Done the State of
California an Irreparable Harm la
Breaking Down the Laws of the
State and Securing Convictions on
Probable Moral Guilt.
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ALL
SEEM SATISFIED
WITH THE, JURYMEN.
FIGHT WITH BUTCHER KNIFE .
AND HUSBAND'S RAZOR.
Japan are strained almost to . the
breaking point.
Ambassador O'Brien has been fur
the lost six months attempting to se
cure some definite statement In rela
tion to the restriction of coolie immi
gration and up to this time no satis
factory assurance from Japan has
been given. Hayashl Joins Issue and
itSfts a counter demand that the gov
ernment will give Its guarantee that
no Japanese exclusion bill Is passed
by the United States. This last repre
sentation on the part of the Japanese by Associate Justice Harlan, of the
sound have been mined and the work
of completely mining the mouth of
the Columbia river Is almost over and
is only awaiting the arrival of. the
mines. The electric wiring was fin
ished recently."
"We will see ..wUhln. the next 10
years an army of 6,000,000 men in
China, drilled and Instructed by Jap
anese, and when the time comes It
will oust .he whites from that coun
try."
This note of warning was' sounded
Later Developments Show That at Couple Had Been Drinking and Quar-
I,eat One of the Jurymen Is Not
Satisfactory to Prosecution Jerome
Will 'Not DIncuns Matter, But Ih
Evidently Not Pleased With Situa
tion. -
New York, Jan. 11. The last Juror
for the second Thaw trial. has been
secured and the trial will proceed at
once.
New York, Jan. 11. "What do I
think of the Jury? Why it Is a hun
dred per cent better than' the first
one. I am truly delighted with It."
GREAT SPECIAL IN LADIES
relcd Infant Child Found With the
Bodies. Smenred With Mother's
Blood Both Received More Thun
a Dozen W'ouuds.
Oakland. Jan. 11. In a fight this
morning between Pletro Sorocco and
his wife, both were killed. 0 The wife
was armed with a large butcher knife I ntered h,g plea of guty
San Francisco, Jan. 11. Attorney
Drew for ex-Mayor Schmltrjnade an
appeal for ball for Schmlts this morn
ing. It was postponed until Monday.
Opposition Is expected. Drew also
asked District Attorney Cook to have
the .mayor's bull reduced from $355.
000 to an even (200,000. Cook stated
he would consult Langdon in this regard.
Ruef, it is said, will have to stand
trial on all his Indictments. He re
fused to testify for the prosecution
yesterday unless the prosecution
granted him full Immunity. This
they refused to do. Without Ruef
the prosecution will have great dlffl
culty in connecting up many of the
defendants with the alleged crimes,
Added Interest was given the Kuef
case today by the report that the
breach between Henry Ach and Abe
Ruef was again healed and that Ach
will take charge ot Ruef s legal mat
ters aguln. Ach conducted Ituefs
five-months fight on the indictments
for extortion and was In charge of his
case until a few moments before Ruef
At that
w.Hnnn tun 1 1 CnnrrMsman
Duncan McKtnley ot California, took
occasion fo sevorely criticize' Special
Prosecutor Francis J. Heney, for tha
part he had played In the Ban Fran
cisco graft prosecutions today, while
discussing the decision of the appel
ate court on the Schmlts case. He
said:
I felt all the' time that Heney was
rushing Schmlts to conviction on the ,
wave of public sentiment, ahd not be
cause Schmlts had committed a crime
In this particular case. I believe He
ney has done an almost. Irreparable
arm to the cause of Justice in Cali
fornia, In breaking down the laws of
the state and securing convictions on
probable moral guilt of the prisoners.
nstead of ronvtctlons for guilt accord
ng to the technicalities of the law."
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SUITS AND COATS FOR SATURDAY
f; $12.00 to $15.00 VALUES
IN LADIES SUITS $4.25
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Novelty Mixtures in fitted Jacket,
Box Coat, and Long fitted Coat
styles, in cloths of Serge, Cheviot
and Novelty Suitings at the special
price for Saturday -
$4.25
and the husband with a raxor. The
battle was a most awful affair, and
both received more than a dozen
wounds, before the man succeeded In
cutting his wife's throat. As soon as
he had. accomplished her murder he
committed suicide. The quarrel
which resulted In her death, occurred
after a drinking bout In which they
twith ' nnrllclnaterl. Their babv was
found by neighbor, with the bodies "flculture Issued
of its parents, smeared In the moth
er's blood.
time Ach was very angry with Ruef,
and it was not until the appellate
court handed down Its decision that
the two men met again.
AN IMPORTANT BULLETIN.
Different Systems ot Summer Fallow'
$6.50 to $10.00 VALUES It
LADIES BLACK COATS
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. Choosz
one Saturday at the special price
$2.98, $3.68, $3.98, $t.98
ALL MISSES AND CHILDRENS
BEAR SKIN COATS AT HALF PRICE
It $1.25, $1.50 Men's Gold and Silv
er Dress Shirts
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Black and Tan, pair
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$1.25 American Lady Corsets, good
assortment in Girdle and full length
effects, choice 50c
$1.25 Blk Saline Petticoats, special
this sale ' 88c
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lug and Dry Farming Discussed.
The United States department of
a bulletin that
should be in the hands of every wheat
grower In the Inland empire. In gath
erlng material for the bulletin, the
author, Mr. Byron Hunter, made
study ot farm methods of tillage
throughout the country to ascertain
Just what is being done by the best
farmers in different parts of the
country. The bulletin discusses th
methods and merits ot some five or
six systems of summer fallowing that
re practiced In eastern Washington
and eastern Oregon.
PRIESTS WILL NOT STAND
FOR THE NEW SULTAN.
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Our January Sale will be Continued for One more week.
Special Bargains for Every Day-Unes from Every Depart
ment at Additional Reductions ot Prices Already Heavily
Cut. It will Pay You to Come Don't Miss It.
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TELEPHONE M TELEPHONE."
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sit nation in Morocco Again Assuming
a Threatening Ae-t, as Orniauy
Dcclunw That She Will Interfere
Unlews Pca Is Secdlly ReMored
by FraiH-o Mulal llnfld Proclaim
Himself Sultan of Morocco.
Purls. Jan. 11. Government dls
patches confirm the report that Mulal
Hafid had been proclaimed sultan of
Morocco at Fes. The priests declare
they will proclaim a holy war against
Mulnl, It he attempts to take the
throne. The situation in Morocco Is
again assuming a threatening aspect,
as Germany declares she will Inter
fere unless peace Is speedily restored
by France and Spain. If Germany
does Interfere, all the work of the Al-
geclras conference will be undone,
Provisions Ordered.
To make certain that the Pacific
fleet would not be delayed In repro
vlhionlng when they reach San Fran
cisco, the navy department today or
di-red that 1500 tons of provisions be
sent to Mare Island. The department
Is, expecting word at any time that
the fleet has arrived at Rio de Ja-
The L. D. 8. and high school boys'
basketball teams played a game this
afternoon In the Commercial clu
rooms, resulting in a score of 11 to
In fuvor of the high school boys.
BUSY PRUNING.
Orehardlsts " About 1 Frcewator " and
Walla Walla Will Soon Spray.
Pruning of fruit trees In the differ
ent orchards about Freswater Is now
going on, and many of the growers
have men engaged In pruning the trees
t this time. At the Blalock fruit
farm, a few miles' from here, about 10
men are engaged. This orchard con
tains about 1400 acres, much of which
Is In bearing fruit trees.' As soon a
the pruning Is done. In the different
orchards, spraying will begin, and the
growers will be busy until budding
time.
House Wants lo Know,
Washington, D. C Jan. 11. Tha
house today adopted the QUI resolu
tion demanding that the secretary ot
the navy produce all correspondence
and everything In Its possession relat
ing to the assignment of Stokes a
commander of the hospital ship Relief
and the resignation of Rear Admiral
Brownson. This Is the " first step
looking toward a congressional Inves
tigation of the Brownson controversy.
Tracey Eleceted. "
Vallejo, Cnl., Jan. 11. Oaorge Tra
cey was elected president of the State
Federation of Labor of this state today.
WE SINCERELY THANK
Our ma ny customers for the liberal patronage
bestowed upon us, which nas n? bled us to
make this the foremost drug store in this sec
lion of the country. All can rest assumed 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
Are not yet one of our customers let this be
your invitation to become one. Uet the habit
of coming her with your prescaiptions and for
your drug wants;.you will never care to change
HILL'S DRUG STORE
La Grande m h Oregon