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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, FEIUtCARY 5, 1I0S.
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VISIT OREGON
HENEY CHARGES TOO
MVCH TO LET PASS.
Senior Senator t Wellington Will
Soon Ue In Oregon i Vindicate
Himself of Charge Mud by Heney
HU. PoUUoal Speo-I- Recently
Heney Uufcha at tlie fjew and
Pi-flm! to Return to It itland Be
f Primary Election.
Washington,, D. C Feb. 5 Sena
tor Charles W. Fulton announced to
day that he would return to Oregon
at once to reply to charge! made by
Francis J. Heney against him. In a
political speech at Portland.- The full
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Washington Tuesday night, and Ful
ton at onc,e decided to return and
fight It out
"lam perfectly willing that my rec
ortf f congress should be a test to
how fitness to be returned." said Ful
ton. "I must defend my reputation
for honesty."
Heney Leaving Portland.:
Portland. Feb. 5. Francisco J. He
ney laughed when he heard that Ful
,ton was returning to Oregon to an
swer his charges,
s. "1 ,wlsh he had started back sooner,
as I leave here today or tomorrow for
San Francisco to be present at the
Ruef trial," said the persecutor. "But
tell fipsenator to cheer up; Til prob
ably T3 back before the April primaries."
u KELLY IX NEW YORK. .
. Baker City Athlete Adopt New Sport,
lug Colors In New York.
New York, Feb. 6. Dan Kelly's for
' tner champion sprinter from Oregon
will stay In New York. Through the
efforts of W. L. Jones Kelly will
ehortv run under the colors of one
of the local clubs, probably the Irish-American.
PRAIRIE FIRES RAGING.
Wesu-rn Texas Fire Causes Big Low
to Ram-h Buildings.
Fort Worth. Feb. 6. A. prairie fire
Is sweeping over the counties of Lub
bock, Crosby and Garxa In west Tex
as, and has already caused a loss of
a half million dollars, destroying ranch
ouuaings. crops and livestock. An
area of more than 1,000,000 acres has
been burned over.
The blase started near Emma sev
eral days ago and was fanned "by
strong winds. Farmres saved oroo-
erty and lives by burning areas arounr
tneir homes.
SOLONS AGREE
Public Printer 8 impended.
Washington, D. C. Feb. 5. The
president today suspended Public
Printer Charles A. Stllllngs, pending
Investigation on charges of extrava
gance In the bureau of printing.
William 8. Rosslter, chief clerk of
the census bureau, was appointed
temporarily. .
PORTH0 BANKS
FINALLY MERGED
GERMAN-AMERICAN TO
SETTLU AM CLAIMS
After Days of Rumored Merger, Two
Defunct Banks , li itland Are
Merged With a So nut Ir.xtltulUm
German-American Will Settle All
Claims Within Two Years Without
Interest Oregon Savings & Trust
ITIih IiwI Figure In Fallen List.
Portland, Feb. B. The proposed
merger of the suspended Oregon Sav
ings & Trust Co.. the Bank of Port
land, defunct,' and the German-American
bank In this city, was formally
completed today. '.
The German-American institution
will assume all the liabilities of the
Oregon Trust & Savings bank, and
adjust all or these claims . within the
next two years, without Inteerst.
CLEETON
PORTLAND ATTORNEY IS .
GIVEN CONTESTED OFFICE.
The Oregon Delegation at Washington
Has Smoked the Pipe of Peace and
Last Night Agreed on a Successor
to Bristol In the Federal District
Attorney's Office Former Legisla
tor Cleeton of Portland, la Selected
Favorable to All.
Portland, Feb. t. A special dis
patch from Washington states that the
Oregon delegation, with Senator Jon
athan Bourne concurring, has select
ed Thomas J. Cleeton of Portland, as
United States district attorney to sue
u William C. iarutiol.
Chris SchuebeU nomination will be
withdrawn and Schuebel will be
made assistant district attorney.
Bourne gave up all hope of forc
ing Schuebel's name through the sen
ate, several days ago.
Cleeton was a member of the leg
islature In 1896, and nominated Geo.
W. McBride for senator. In 1896 he
acted as district attorney In the fifth
Judicial district. He supported
Bourne and Is friendly with Senator
Fulton, and Congressmen Hawley and
Ellis.
COUNTESS GETS
All
HER DIVORCE
NOW PLAIN ALICE
THAW OF PITTSBURG.
In Remarkably Short Time the Coun
tess of Yarmouth Secures Her Di
vorce and Arranges Settlement of
Flnancco One-Third Goes to Earl
and He la Pleased While Alice Is
Delighted Over Her Matrimonial
Beloaoe Coming to America. .
London, Feb. 6. (Bulletin.) The
Countess Yarmouth, formerly Mum
Alice Thaw of Pittsburg, won her suit
for annulment of marriage today. Tho
secret hearing lasted a half hour and
only three witnesses wsra heard for
the prosecution, and none for the de
fense. The earl was not present. It
reported that a third of the coun
tess' fortune Is settled on the earl.
The countess must drop the title
and resume the maiden name. The
case Is regarded as a victory for each
It Is understood the countess will
shortly go to America. A financial
settlement Is said to have kept the
countess' charges against the earl out
of court. '
ullfornluiw Arrested But Deny
Complicity In Land Frauds.
Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. J. Six Los
Angeles men. Warren GUIelen. presi
dent of the Broadway Bank & Trust
company; Ri W. Kenny, cashier of
the same Institution: Attorn, win
Gould; Dr. David M. Goodwin: L.
R. Myersnd George L. Stearns were
arrested by a deputy United States
marshal to answer a complaint fllel
against them June 2, 10, charging
complicity in the Oregon land fraud
GUIelen says ha and Kenny simply
loaned money to the Pacific Furniture
Lumber company, never meeUna
the men who are Indicted.
No Booze for Students.
Columbia, Mo Feb. 5. Students of
the University of Missouri will have
to go elsewhere to absorb liquid hi
larity, if the local option election to
day results In a "dry" town and coun
ty. The temperance people of the
state have carried on a valorous cam
paign In advance of the election and
have urged the voters to remove the
temptation of strong drink from the
hundreds of students attracted here by
the state university.
Stoesscl Reported Sentenced. '
London, Feb. 6. A local news
agency report says General Stoessel
has been sentenced to death for sur
rendering Port Arthur. ,
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MOKE LAND FRAI DKRS.
Costly Fire Today. C.
Trenton, N. J., Feb. I. A half
million loss and 700 men are Idle as
tha result of a fire in the John A.
Roebllng Sons company building
today. Three acres of shops were
burned over. .The fire was controlled
ny o'clock this morning.
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FOR CO
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Great Florida Fair Opens,
Tampa, Fla., Feb. S. With great
throngs of interested spectators
crowding the grounds, the ' Florida
State fair was formally Inaugurate)
today and will remain open through
out the month. As the only state fa1
to be held In the United States dur
ing the winter, it will be visited
many thousands of tourists who flock
to this section to escape the frig
weather of the north and west.
Many prominent men are expected
to attend the fair during the month,
and to deliver addresses, among them
William Jennings Bryan, Governor
Hoke Smith of Georgia, Governor
Joseph Folk of Missouri, and others.
Among the novel features at the
fair is the famous airship Eagle,
which won the prize and diamond
medal at a great International con
test In Chicago. This airship which
will make dally flights In and around
Tampa, also made a wonderful record
in the recent race from St. Louis to
the Atlatic coast, being prevented
by an accident.
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DEFENSE WILL CLOSE
ITS CASE TOMORROW.
Prosecutor Heney Ckwea for the
Prosecution In the llall Land Fraud
Cnse Today by UlUeriy Scoring Hall
as a Man Who Betrayed a Public
Trust -nd ' Argument Toolgtit,
and the lmienm will Have lb b
1uriug 'lotuortwv. (mmmou.
Portland, .Feb. t. Bitterly scoring
Johnll. Hall aa a public ofiiclal who
betrayed his trust and who assisted
tha land' thieves In plundering the
government of its domain, Francis
Heney ouened the government's final
argument in tha Hall land fraud
case this morning. He will speaa 10.
the greater part of the duy.
The defense will have Us Inning
tomorrow.
LOCAL TELEPHONE
COMPANY STARTS CHANGES.
First Work of a General Renovation,
llenrrangcmeut and Perfection of
the Home Telephone Coiiiiianv'a
Scrvkw In La Grundu, Started Today
With Digging of Trenches for the
Conduits Three More to Be Dug
This Winter Lay Wires Soon.
The first trench of a group of four
that are to be dug for underground
telephone wires In this city at once,
almost finished today, when a
lurge crew of men trenchvd from the
Roesch building foundation on Adams
avenue to Washington street, near
the Zuber brick.
There are to be three others In the
city before the proposed ' plans are
carried into effect. Adams avenue Is
to be tunnelled with the regular three
foot trench for conduit purposes soon.
That trench will lead from the Home
Telephone company's office to' the La
Grande Iron works, where alley Doles
wfll carry the wires overhead to the
rear of J. M. Berry's residence. Here
the third trench will be dug to the
Serlber residence, where overhead
wires will again be resorted to. The
fourth trench is to lead from the head
office In the Masonic building, to the
rear of the S. A. Gardlnler property.
Conduit and underground wires
will be laid in the trench now being
dug, at once. The work of recon
structing the Home Ttlnhnn ..nm-
pany's servld In this city will be car
ried forward aa rapidly as possible,
from today on.
PORTUGAL MINISTRY
TURNS NEW LEAF.
Henceforth the Government of Portu
gal la to Be Liberal and of a PaoW
tying Nature, According to Asv
nounoenunta Today -Release at
Political Prlaonera Goes on Quietly
European Organiaatioa of -nr-chlstt
Blamed for Shooting.
London, Feb. I. Portugal's new
ministry announcea tha Inauguration
of a policy of liberality and pacifica
tion In tha official gazette today, ac
cording to dispatches, ' A full UaC
of Premier Waaeo's nnlltleat nt4
tlves In Portuguese and foreign jr lo
ons waa printed today by govern
ment authority In Lisbon papers.
Visits to prisons wera permitted for
the first time In many months.
Arrangements are being made tor
a quiet release of nrlsoner. a few ai
a time, to prevent demonstrations.
Blame to Universal Club.
Lisbon, Feb. I. An anarchist or
ganization wKh branches In all Im
portant cities of Europe Is now be
lieved to have been responsible for
the assaslnatlon of the king and crown
prince. The most Important breaches
are believed to be at Geneva, MunVh
and Zurich. Z
Want 'iliuu TruuAlcrtt'd.
New Yui-k, Feb. 6. At a cunmiltu
;ion of Thaw's attorneys today it ,vat
decided to ui'piy irn mediately to the
-Lite lunacy iojnmlilon, to huve
i'haw ti anhferrid troiti .Matleawan in
sane asylum to a piivate asylum. At
i'ii n.y Littleton then left for Ills
4outl:ern trip. Peabody and O'Uellly
will look after Thaw's Interests.
S, ', Weather torecast.
Eautern OregonThreatening cold
er tonight; Thursday fair, colder.
i Affinities to Wed, Maybe. '
Paris, Feb, 6. That Ferdinand
Plnney Earle and Julia Ruttner, who
startled Americans by the announce
ment of their "affinity" creed last
September will be married shortly In
Paris, Is a rumor current here. Mrs.
Earle now has an application for a
divorce pending In the French courts.
As soon as this is granted, Earle and
his "spiritual affinity" will be legally
married. It is alleged that the pres
ent .Mrs. Earle will witness the wed
ding, and thus give another shack to
conventional morality.
Since coming to Paris, the artist,
his present wife and his future spouse
have been seen much together and
have gone off on many little 'trips 'o
gether, each apparently treating tha
other with the utmost consideration
and showing every evidence of affec
tion In their conduct, '
Parisians are Immensely Interested
in the Earte-Ruttner romance, but
there have been no such manifesta
tions of hatred and disgust as wt.'t
vented upon the artist in New York.
There Is almost universal praise (r
the novel attitude of Mrs. Earle In
effacing herself In order to Insure tha
happiness of her husband, and there
Is little blame for Earle or Miss Rutt
ner. , ( - :.
Fleet Conspletea Coaling, s
Punta Arenas, Feb. I. floating at
American battleships at anchor her,
will be finished tonight Tha,. Dart
will leave early tomorrew, aaeem
panled by tha Chilean cruiser Chaca
buco. .
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Artillery to Philippines.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 5. The
33th coast artillery of Fort Monro",
sails from San Francisco April I t r
the Philippines.
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