I ': 1A GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1U8.- - ,
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; v FEDERAL TROOPS WILL
BE SENT IMMEDIATELY.
Order to Preserve Quiet and Order,
readent Roosevelt Has Announced
. . Thai Troops Are to Be Sent There
" fl; Once Martial Law Has Been In
etituted to Prevent Disorders by the
Striking Miner Plan Big OamlTal
Next Slimmer.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 1$. Pres
Wsnt Rooaerelt announced this mora
ine that h has decided to send fed
eral troopa to Fairbanks, Alaska, to
preserve order among; - the striking
miners. The nrMn iwiinnj 3 a-.
until he was convinced' that unless he
took action, disorder might resultv
Martial Law Reigns.
Ok Fa,bank, Alaska, Feb. II. Mar
tial law has been declared in Fair
banks. Marshal .Berry has sworn In
100 deputies. All saloons are closed
and the city is quiet . District Attor
ney Harlan has been ordered to Fair
banks to attend to any criminal ac
tion that might arise out of Importa
tion of new men to man the mines.'
Plan Fistic Carnival.
Fairbanks, Alaska, Feb. 1$. If
- plans now in process of. formation go
j to completion, one of the largest fls
tic carnivals ever held in the west,
will take place at Fairbanks, Alaska,
on July 4. It Is proposed to raise a
'purse of $60,000 and hold four big
Matches in the heavy, middle, light
find featherweight clnsscs. Contests
In rock drilling and driving for purses
" of. f 5000 each, will also be given,
knottier American Duchess Soon.
New York, Feb. 13. With the
mnrrlnge of Miss Theodora Shonts and
the Due de Chaulnes but two days
t dii.a)nt, New York society Is begin
ning to manifest almost as much in-
is
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"W'VliywrniUJ'HUJ IffCCn Py12$&' corporate sotck. '
; It : : Tlife ef. -ml. .' fl JVf F A It stock to provide
M. enwiatn crf Dererif ziun in ou . AX kM I ten 2,boo,ooo
stOCk..in Rhrlt Vnil RIvL D-.,m, miJ -II I A S -: 'iMKhi (construction of
tl AriU-llmM Xt railroad; 11.000.
- ties in every conceivable color-in the new strings. -'?fVfrJ ; for the construct!
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pmiu aim qikchs, am a gooa assortment in light m&WlPw ! park; 8,1 of thme
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$30.00 Skirls $20.00 $20.00 Skirts $13.3
27.50 Skirts 17.34 18.50 Skirts 12.34
25.00 Skirts 16.67 17.50 Skirts 11.67
22.50 Skirts 15.00 . 15.00 Skirts -10.00
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All SKIRTS AT REDUCED
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terest In the event as In the recent
Bndcrbllt-Szechenyl wedding. The
ceremony will be a simple one and
will be performed Saturday at noon
In the home of the parents of the
bride, 12S East S5th street Monslg
nor M. J. Lavelle, rector of St Pat
rick's cathedral, who married Mtsa
Gladys Vanderbllt and Count Szech-
enyi, will perform the ceremony. It Is
ttated on good authority that the
Due de Chaulnea will recelve'no "dot
from Mr. Shonts, although It Is HkeJy
that Miss Theodora will be the recip
ient of a liberal cash wedding gift
Reversing the usual order of things,
the Due de Chaulnea' and Miss Theo
dora Shonts will not go to Europe on
their honeymoon. The Due and his
bride Intend to make a tour of this
country.
Miss Shonts haa traveled more ex
tensively In Europe than in her owa
country, so the pair probably will
take a trip to the south, and may go
as far as the Pacific coast
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RAILUOAD COMMISSION MAS
" FINISHED INVESTIGATION.
After Taking TeHumony From Offi
cials In the Southern Pacific Branch
Line at Forest Grove, Where the
Disastrous Wreck Orcurred Monday
Night, the Oregon Railroad ' Com
mission Ijcaves for Portland Track
'Reported In Bud Shape.
Forest Grove, Ore., Feb. 13. The
state railway commission spent the
greater part of yesterday afternoon
and last night taking evidence to de
termine the liability for the wreck on
the Southern Pacific branch line Mon
day evening, in which three were
killbd and almost 30 Injured. The
commission will not give out Its find
ings as yet, but it Is reported' that
they found the track In a very bad
condition. . All officials of the road
were examined. The commission then
left for Portland,
PRICES THIS WEEK
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The only really new waist novelrv oroduetd It
for several months, made from daintiest of sheef
materials with many pretty conceits in dainty ?
laces and Inser
tions $k.50 up
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ELECTRIC ROAD TRAIN
AND FREIGHT COLLIDE.
Special Train of Germans En Route
Home to Tacoma After a Visit to Se
attle Wrecked by Crashing Into
Freight Train Mistaken Orders
Given aa the Cauuo Seriously In
jured Number Twelve, While Fif
teen Others Were Badly Hurt.
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 13. Fifteen
people were hurt and II seriously in
jured In a collision between a local
freight and special car on the Seattle
Tacoma Electric railway, five miles
south of here at I o'clock this morn
ing. The special was carrying a dele
gation of Tacoma Germans who had
attended a feeling of the Seattle Lie
darkrans here. They left Seattle for
their' homes at 1:30 and about 10
minutes later crashed Into a north
bound freight near Georgetown.
Four of the most seriously Injured
were taken to the hospital at George
town. All are In a precarious condi
tion. A mistake in orders Is supposed
to be the cause of disaster.
Hearing of Rata Reduction,
Nashville. Tenn., Feb. 13. A hear
ing will be held tomorrow by the Ten
nessee railroad commission, at which
Presidents M. H. Smith of the Louis
ville & Nashville railroad, J. W. Thorn
as of the Nashville, Chattanooga &
St Louis railroad and J. T. Harahan
of the Illinois Central railroad will ap
pear before that bedy for further con
sideration of the question of reducing
railroad passenger rates In Tennessee
Portland Principal Arrested.
Portland. Feb. 13. C. E. Hughes
principal of the University Park school
was arrested today on a warrant sworn
out by the father of a young pupil
charging the principal with maltreat
Ing the student while endeavoring to
administer a whipping. The principal
denies cruelty.
MODEL WAIST i
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WrtftPUU UKUK1N
WILL ASK FOR AND AD
INTERIM APPOINTMENT.
Roosevelt Wll! Yet Be Able to Name
Sfhuebel as Federal District Attor
ney If TowtiMend Cm Be Appointed
Ad Interim to Relieve Bristol lee
ton Turned Down' After Delegation
Haa Derided Upon Him Can Thaa
Overcome Schaebel Opposition.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 13. Special
Prosecutor Francis J.' Heney has
evolved a plan wherebv he hones to
thwart the United States senate in Its
Intention to defeat Roosevelt In the
matter of appointment of federal dis
trict atotrney for Oregon. Heney has
recommended that Attorney Cleeton,
iwnmmniM hy Fu!tS5 ir.i
the remainder of the congressional
delegation from Oregon, and not op
posed by Jonathan Bourne, be turned
down and that B. D. Townsend. as
sistant district attorney from North
Dakota, be appointed ad Interim n.
lievlng W C. Bristol. The ad Interim
appointment can be made by a federal
Judge and In the recess the president
will be able to put Schuebel in the
poslton. ;
Fifty Million Dollar Bond Issue,
New York, Feb. 13. Fifty million
dollars In New York City municipal
bonds will be sold tomorrow. , The In
terest on these bonds Is 4 'A per cent
and Controller Metz expects to obtain
high prices for a part if not all of
the issue.
ilils Bule Is an assured success, In
that J. P. Morgan & Co. are willing
to take all or any part of the Issue
o the flotation of the 150,000,000 Is
juaranteed. The controller had been
advised not to Issue the bonds Just
now, in view of the recent financial
conditions, but believed the high
credit of the city and the excellent
rate of interest were certain to make
the move a good one and vindicate
his financial judgment Bidders for
parts of the loan, from small amounts
up to millions, are looked for by Con
at good prices.
general public or Invest-
buy them all, the
taken by Morgan.
sold $37,500,000 of
"for various munlcl
,000,000 corporate
for the supply of wa
corporate stock for the
the Rapid Transit
000 corporate stock
on of the New York
building in Bryant
being 50-year term
assessment - bonds
for street improvements, due on No
vember 1, 1117, and $1,500,000 assess
ment bonds, for street and park open
ings due November 1, 1917.
bck u tinea is In Walla Walla at
Present, Spreading Baseball Germs,
and Pendleton Has so Far Advanced
In the Movement Tliat a Date ol
Organization Haa Bora Named
Considerable Objection to Entering
the Idaho Teams Expense Would
Be Heavy, '
Pendleton, Feb. 13. A meeting Is
to be held here February II for the
purpose of forming a baseball league
to be composed of the cities of Walla
Walla, La Grande, Baker City and
Pendleton. Jack O'Brien of La
Grande, Is organizing the league.
While dormant several weeks, the
baseball fever haa aciln r.viv.H
and from present Indications the pro
ject Is a possible thing. There seems
now to be but little question of the
league, with the above named towns
supporting teams, but the paramount
question' Is relative to the applications
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Of V. elser and Boise. These two Ida-
no towns are extremely anxluim t
get In the band wagon with teams, but
there are several reasons advanced
why this should not be. The princlDal
one, however. Is the long Jumps neces
sitated by having the orrlnnl fntir-
town league widened to' Includa .w
Fana maintain that profits would be
eaten up by railroad transDortntinn
rTom walla Walla to Boise Is a hn.
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... Diur tiiy tne transnnrti..
tion would be nominally easy, but
take the team on to Welser and Hoi?
would incur heavy expense. The re
sults are that loyal fans cannot now
see the logic of allowing these two
cities to enter.
O'Brtea bt Walla Wall.
After weeks of delay and almost
hopeless despair on the part of Walla
Walla fans. Jack O'Brien, the organ
iser, has reached that place. He win
make definite announcement there to
day regarding the prospects of that
city Joining the league.
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TOM EVANS ACQUITTED
BY JURY THIS HORNING.
With Inatrulons to Report Before
the Court Again on February U, tlie
iTescnt Term of Circuit Court Jur
ors Are DiNcliarged Tills Morning
Arranging Equity Docket This Af
tonioon Evans Jury Out But a Hall
Hour Early This Morning.
ine circuit court Jurors were dis
charged this morning by Judge Craw
iora, wun instructions to report at
the court house again on the 4th of
una monm. The order came sooner
than anticipated, as the criminal dock
et was cleared with more haxte than
at first thought Equity cases and
other matters not requiring 'a ' Jury
win be heard and disposed of In the
meantime. This afternoon the court
is arranging the docket and getting
things In shape to pick up the work
tomorrow,
Evans Acquitted.
It needed but a half hour delibera
tion on the part of the Jury to free
Tom Evans this morning from a
charge of burglary. Evans was chang
ed with having entered and robbed the
Nils Holverson saloon at Hllgard re
cently. He Is now. of course. fro.
man again. ,
' Great Masonic Conclave.
Hattlesburg, Miss., Feb. 13. One
of the largest Masonic conclaves ever
held in the south Is In progress here,
the occasion being the session of the
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Mississippi grand lodge and auxiliary preside, former Justice D. Cody Her
nrnnl.iitl.tti. ln..i...' . .l ....!.. . '
organizations, indue": 1K the . Knlahts
Templar, the Shrlners and the Order
of Eastern Star. Hundreds of learilnv
Masons areiere and are being enter
tained on a magnificent scale. The
conclave will continue through tomor
row. ' '.
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Splendid Assortment
All 1908 Styles
HILL'S DRUG STORE
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THREATENED
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LOBBY WORKERS, .
Appropriations for Naval Affair It
Liable to Stir Up Loud Scandal aa
the House President Urged Liberal
Appropriation for nattloslilps, Bat
the Hoase Committee Cut Big Vea
aela and Advocated Purchase Of
More Sabmarinea, '
Washington. Feb. IS. An ulr
scandal la threatened In the house
committee on naval affairs over the
recent decision to recommend appro
priation for two battleships. 10 torn.
do boat destroyers and eight subma
rines. The Roosevelt program was
for fnilV ItArtlMtitn.
four submarines.
Comment has been caused by the
cut In battleships and Increase In sub
marines. The submarines have a
lobby here working for them and this
is not the first time scandal haa been
threatened. In fact, an InveatiMtin.
was held over the report that on
member had been bribed to vote for
them In the 67th congress.
President Supports Aldri. h. '
Washington, D. C. Feb. IS. It 'U
reported here that President Roose-
velt has agreed to support the Aldrich
financial bill, although he believes
that It Is but makeshift legislation.
The president believes, however, that
something should be done this ses
sion In relation to financial matters
and that the Aldrich measure Is the
best of the bills presented with a
chance of passage.
' V Will Attemt to Sink Ship,
Washington, Feb. 13. Although
the details are being kept secret. It is
known that the navy department has
almost completed Its plans for a novel
test of the effect of 12-Inch shells and
torpedoes agalnBt armor plate. The
monitor Florida has been fitted with
Plate similar to that used In the new
battleships, and will be used as ,a tar
get for shells and torpedoes loaded
with the highest form pf explosive
known. The test will take place at
Indian Head, N. Y probably, some
time next week, and may have a pro
found effect in tho future building
plans of the navy department.
"Also Rana" to 8xwk. ' i
New York, Feb. IS. n.fenM
democratic candidates for governor of.
the Empire state will have the nlares V
of honor at tonight's dinner oftha'.'-
Natlonal Democratic club. Former
Justice Augustus A. Van Wvk will '
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tick win be the special , guest of
honor, John B. Btanchfleld of Elmfra
and Bird S. Coler and-"' Edward M.
SheparS of Brooklyn are among those
who Will speak.. ,'.;. ; - .1 .
All the speeches made at the dinner
will be printed In pamphlet form tor
distribution among democrats.
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