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volume vn. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY,. OREGON. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1B0S. NUMBER TO. lit EXE L V t r ACT BRINGS SUI T .DETAINED JAPANESE WILL DEMAND DAMAGES. Every Reason to Believe That the Na tal Act Recently Pawed With Jap- . aneae Exclusion Intentions Will , Cause Many Salu for Damage If , Disallowed by the Dominion Got . eminent, Then Jape Will Sue That Would Mean Salt Against the Prov- Belllngham, Waih., Feb. IS. A special from Victoria, B. G, states that there is every probability that If the British Columbia natal act, re cently pasted with the Intention of excluding Japanese, is disallowed by the Dominion government, that the wvmuumu Japanese will Immediately In stitute claim for damages against the Dominion. Their detention is Justlfl iable under the natal act, but abso lutely unjustifiable, under the treaty. It la not Improbable that after allow Ing these claims that the Dominion government will start a ault against the province to. recover its money. attend the state banquet at the Qulrl- nal, and. It Is announced, will take his departure the following day without asking an audience of the pope. In this event It Is likely the Vatican will Issue a note of protest to all the pow ers, aa was done on the occasion Of President Loubet's visit to Rome. ." To Sell Monitors at Auction. Washlington, Feb. 18. Two navy department "relics" one the civil war monitor Canonlcus, now at the Nor folk navy yard, and the other the Pin ta, at Mare Island are to be aold at public auction. The Canonlcus was restored at a cost of 110,000 for ex- hlbitlon at Jamestown, where It at tracted great attention. The Plnta, which belonged to the "wooden navy" la appraised at $1400. Blda for the sale of the vessels are to be opened tomorrow. IEC0II MR T TALE DERS TO IT MENTIONED TWO GOVERNORS ARE MUCH SPOKEN OF. D VLADIVOSTOK FIFTY THOUSAND BARRELS ORDERED FOR RUSSIA. Vatican Protest Against Prince's Visit Rome, Feb. IS. Elaborate arrange- mAnti at-A Kalni, mid. hv Xftna- Vlptn, Emmanuel for the reception and en , tertalnment of the Prince of Monaco, , who la expected to arrive In Rome to- Vl ewmm Tl n V. n.Mii.dnn anil ,t.-a ,o h4ve been used by the Vatican in an . attempt to cause the prince to aban don hta visit, but apparently without ' ''avail iPh. ro,t..llrt t.lnva .... ' .. :; scribed from visiting; the Qulrlnal dur- , l-sr any visit they may pay to Rome, 'pnd the prlnce'a avowed intention to t Ignore this prohibition may lead to . International complications. The case of the Prince of Monaco y'H considered all the graver by the church authorltlea because of the fact U-Ml he has a diplomatic representative j accredited to the Holy See and tins bttn regarded as having auch close re ' . lations with the Vatican that It was ',. some time ago asserted if the pope should decide to leave Rome for the benefit of his health, the prince would send his yacht to transport the pontiff . to Monaco. . According to present plans, the prince will pay a formal visit to the ' king and queen and the queen mother ' onjj Thursday. The second day of his BLuy mil ue oiiriii ni u jiuni wun ine - king, and on February 22 the prince will deliver a lecture on oceanography, ; covering the results of his more re v cent explorations in the north. On the evening of the 22d the prince will Flour Market Brink and Advancing In Portland Today a Result of an Or der Filed Yesterday by a Vladivos tok Commission Houho Believed to Have Bearing on Turko-Russian Troubles First Order Since the Japanese War Commenced. Portland, Feb! 18. The flour mar ket took a sudden upward trend today, due to an order for 50,000 barrels of the foodstuff filed yesterday by a big Russian commission house at Vadl vostok. The house Is supposed to be acting for the Russian government, At the same time a big German steamer, the Numentla, waa chartered for a trip to the Siberian port to car ry flour. This is the first big order from Rus sia since the Japanese war and Is con sldered a resutl of the Turko-Russlan trouble on the Caucuses frontier. "Who WIU Be Second Man to Taft Should He Be Nominated at Chk-a-go?" 1 the Absorbing Topic In Eaetera Taft Circle Governors Guild of Massachusetts and Fort of New Jersey, Especially the Latter, Seem Likely Material at Present. Washington, D. C'Feb. 18. Gov ernor Fort of New Jersey, I being prominently mentioned for the tall end of the Taft ticket "Taft and Fort" may be the republican slogan after the Chicago convention. .. Governor Guild of Massachusetts is another state executive who hss manv supporters for the position, The re cent fight for state reform In New Jer sey has, for the time being at least, turned republican party organization from the hands of the old machine men to those In the Fort group. This has made Fort loom large in Taft clrclea. In 1896 Fort made the nominating speech for Vice-President Hobart. He Is 68 years old and a lawyer. BLASE SPEED OF THE FLEET WARS1IIP8 RUN AT " ELEVEN KNOTS HEREAFTER. In Order That Magdalen Bay Can Be ' Reached on Schedule Time, the Pa cific Fleet Will Adopt Faster Sail ing Time -Length of Target Prae tk-e at Next Long Stop la Not Known Ten-Day Shore Leave Will Be Al lowed as Promised. ' spices of the Methodist Episcopal church, south. This Is the first Joint meeting of Its kind ever held In Amer ica, and It Is likely to become histori cal, as marking a great atep toward the reconciliation of the two great di visions of the denomination, separated since the civil war. . Oklahoma Meth odists have been the leaders In this movement for the wiping out of sec tional lines, Methodist of both the north and south Joining In the estab lishment here of Epworth university. The two churches have In the new state a Joint membership of 8,000. RICH PAWNBROKER SUICIDES. Embarrassed Financier Jumps In Front of Subway Train to Instant Death. New York, Feb. 18. Before the eyes of hundreds of passengers, Har rls Rosenberg, a wealthy pawnbroker, Jumped before a subway train at 50th street and was terribly mangled. . Ro senberg became Involved in the re cent suspension of the Merchants' & Traders' bank and It Is supposed had gone crazy fnom worry. Washington, Feb. . 18. Rear Ad miral Bob Evans, commander-in-chief of the United State Atlantic fleet, now en tour to the Pacific coast, will In crease the speed of battleships to more than 11 knots, after, the fleet leaves Callao, in order to reach Magdalene leave will not be reduced It possible, to avert It. Department official be lieve that the fleet can easily Increase It speed and still have plenty of coal to spare when they reach Magdalena Bay. '." ,. ' . . Special inspector will be with the fleet at Magdalena Bay to report on arget practice, which la to be held there. The time which the fleet will spend there, ha not been definitely settled. 800 Miles From Callao. Lima, Peru,. Feb. 18. A wireless messagu from Rear-Admiral Evans' fleet at 9 o'clock says that the spued ron la 800 miles from Callao. Gov. Gillette on Vacation. Sacramento, Feb. 18. Governor Gillette and wife left today for Wash ington tor a trip of two months. Lieu tenant Governor Porter will be In charge of the executive office In Gil lette' absence. 1 ID DEEP SHOW AT AUREUA IB FIVE FEET NOW AND MORE KEEPS FALLING, MUSICIAN TURNS INSANE. Suffragette Don War Paint. New York, Feb. 18. New York suffragettes are today donning their war paint, preparatory to descending In force upon the state capltol at Al bany, Whore those women who want the ballot and those who don't will be given a hearing tomorrow. It Is expected that not less than 100 fair exponents of equal rights will appear at Albany and attempt to swamp the legislative committee by the flood of their eloquence. Mrs. Harriet 8tan ton Plat'ch will probably be one of the leaders of the deelgatlon. Missouri G. O. P. Conventions. St. Louis, Feb 18. Republican con ventions were held today in the Sev enth and Ninth Missouri districts, at Sedalla and St. Charles, respectively, for the selection of delegates to the republican national convention. Sec retary Taft li a favorite in both dis tricts. Tacoma VlollnlHt In Santa Barbara Causes Sensation on Streets. Santa Barbara, Cal., Feb. 18. Schumann Johnston, an accomplished violinist, with a class of students here, but whose home is in Tacoma, Wash, went suddenly, insane today while on a visit to Canta Ynex. He ran down the road discarding his clothing and was not captured until lassoed a couple of mounted men. He was '.hen shut up In a rickety calaboose that he soon kicked down and escaped to the hills, where he was again cap tured by mounted men and brought to this city for' medical care. BM FAT SUM FOR FRUITDALE LAUD AT STUDENT 8EER Superintendent A. M. Paul Reaclic La Grande From Aurolla Mine Country Today and Brings Some Valuable Ore Samples Taken From Surface of Tunnel and Runs In Paying Quan tities Several Month of Winter Be fore the Miners Yet. Bringing with him samples of silver ore taken from the Aurella group of mines up the river, Supt, A. M. Paul reached La Grande today noon. The ore He on the face of the tunnel In a stratum of three feet thickness. It contains about 2500 ounces of silver to the ton. Mr. Paul reports that five feet of snow covers the ground at the region of the mines and that it Is still mow ing. There is little hope of it thaw at that altitude for several months yet Mr. Paul will remain In La Grande a few days before returning to the mines with provisions. Jap Marries Paleface. Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 18. Klnta ro Tanaka, a subject of the mikado of Japan, and Anna Bcggman, an 18- year-old girl, who states that her home Is In San Jose, California, were granted a marriage license here today by the county clerk. There are no legal obstacles In Washington to pre vent such a marriage. WILL CANVAS8 THE VALLEY FOR GROWERS. Amalgamated Sugar Company Want Mora Independent Prowers tb Coming Year and Will Institute Careful Solicitation In Effort to In crease Annual Crop WIU Have) About I50O Acres of Theolr Own Want 4000 lit All Prices Advaoce-J. The price per ton of sugar beets paid by the Amalgamated Sugar com pany to Independent growers, ha been raised to cents on the ton, according to announcement made by th com- ' pany officials today. The coming sea son the company will twv i e - for beet delivered at the sheds, and 81.50 f. o.'b. the car at all shipping points. This I an even half dollar Increase In price. Campaign for More Acreage, Tomorrow morning the first step toward increasing the total acreage of beet In Union county to 4000 acres this season, will be made. With 140 or 2500 acres of their own, th com pany officials believe they can wH the acreage to 4000 by consistent can vas of the county. Every farmer will be approached and asked to contrib ute with a portion of hi farm land to beet raising. With the attractive price that are to be paid for beet t this year, the solicitors should have little difficulty In subscribing at -least 1000 acres of Independent land. Th equipment of the factory Is such that the product of 1600 acres can be han dled with ease, aside from, the crop of the company's fields, which this year win total close to the 2500-ac mark. '" Field Manager Sebbelov start th solicitors tomorrow morning and the canvass will carry them to all farmers who can profitably raise sugar beet. Last year th beet crop was raised principally by the company' leasrd land, and the total tonnage waa 19,66 tons,, a percentage of growth which I higher that) any previous year. With one exception, It Is also the largest crop ever produced by the valley. If the plan formulated by the company materialize, the crop this year, other conditions being favorable, will b much greater, fur the company look to Independent grower to contribute a large tonnago. TWENTY THOUSAND FOR FARM OF 160 ACRES. : 1 YOU NEED A GOOD SOLE UNDERFOOT This Is the time of year urn the solid sole leather usea In PETERS' Diamond Brand Shoes, reinforced by weatherproof insoles Is of unusual importance. . Come in and see some of our nobby new styles in Peters' Shoes. , We show all the latest toes, in the newest leathers, and the price ranie is from $2.50 to $7.00. DON'T PUT IT Off-COME TO-DAY w For Neat Sum of Twenty-Three Thou sand Five Hundred, aa Idaho Far mer Buy FrulU3-o Tract and Re Idcnco From Local Real Estate Pirn Purchaser Is a Mr. Graham, For merly of Bennington, Idaho Tin Land Is Valuable and Highly Prized One of the largest real estate trans ers In this vicinity I now being con lummated through the La Grandi Real Estate, Loan ft Commission com pany, wherein William B. Graham of Bennington, Idaho, becomes the pos- STANFORD ATTEMPTS TO ERADICATE THE HBIT. University Under Leadership of David Starr Jordan Will Henceforth Ab solutely Prohibit Indulgence In Beer and Wines by Students Action Pre cipitates Friction as Many of the Faculty Are Not In Sympathy With Reformatory Plan. Stanford University, Feb. 18. De termined to put an absolute stop to all Irlnklng among the students, David Starr 'Jordan, president of the uni versity, today appointed Arthur B. Clark, head of the art department Three Men Reported Killed. Kenoll, N. J., Feb. 18. Three men are reported to have been blown up In an explosion In one of the plants of the General Explosive company near here today. The shock wa felt for mile. , ,,. rM'M' v. ""; essor of the Jame McCoy ISO-acre I and former prohibition mayor of May- 'arm In Frultdale, and hla residence In tauth La Orande. The consideration s 828,500, segregated on a bast of 120,000 for the farm and 88600 for 'he city property. Thl la considered an of the beat piece of land In the valley and with it la a water right. With the exception of a email or-! :hard, there are no Improvements s-hlch mean $125 per acre. Mr. John- Hon I expected to return within th next few day and take possession. Mr. McCoy I undecided aa to Just what hr will do. It I possible that he and the family may spend the winter In Spokane, where he has a sister. LA GRANDE. OREOON Hearing on Race Tracks. Albany, N. Y.. Feb. 18. Arrange ment have been completed by th I code and judiciary committees of the stats senate and assembly to hold a I Joint hearing tomorrow on the bills abolishing race track gambling. field, Cal., as chairman and a special advisory committee of faculty men, who will maks It their special Interest to assist In putting an end to student Indulgence In beer and California wine. . When President Jordan announced his intention to attempt so radical jtep the former "student affairs" com mittee resigned In a body aa many members of th faculty are not In sym pathy with th president' attitude They assert there I but very llttk lrunkenness at standford and th ac tlon of Jordan was uncalled for, anc" will tend to areata friction and ex cltement on th campus. Historical Methodist Meeting. Oklahoma City. Okie., Feb. 18. Distinguished churchmen of th Meth odist denomlnatlosj ar flocking her today for a Joint mtsstottary conven tion to b hsM In CoDvtntion hall dur ing th next three days, under th au Ohio Convention for Taft. Sidney, O., Feb. 18. Secretary Taft I the presidential choice of the re- oubllcana of the Fourth Ohio dlmrlcti who hold their convention for the se lection of delegate In Sidney today. IllliHiln Miners Convene, Reorla, 111., Feb. .18. Several hun dred delegates, representing all the lo cals of the Illinois district of the Unit ed Mlneworker of America, wsre present when the district convention was called to order here today. The miner will meet In Joint conforenc with the operator of the district, for the purpose of establishing a wag scale and the length of the contract, which usually runs for two years, It Is expected that the convention and conference will occupy about two week. Prescript lonsl Then Is no more vital question tp be considered in Ihc family than that of the compoundleg of the doctor's prescription. There should be no half way methods re- garding prescriptions. We use pure drugs, compounded I X lust "according to the doctor's orders." HILL'S DRUG STORE La Grand a m , Oregon InnmiiiiiMtNslMlrtHi4Mfii
