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PBIDIEIOII PLftHS
FOR REVENUE
WILL PROBABLY FOLLOW
t ' ; ONE OP TWO PLANS.
Pendleton Will Civ Prohibition Fair
. Trial Laws Will Be Rigidly En
fornix! Various Forum of Taxation
Discussed Occupation Tux Receiv
ed Favorable Consideration More
' aloone In Pendleton Than In La
1 . Ctaande. ';, ,
At the meeting of the city council
of Pendleton, following the election,
the mayor spoke to the councllmen
expect the council and the
members of the police force to stand
together with me In aeelng to It thit
the law la enforced. If tha people de
clare that they want a dry town. I am
.ready to agree that we should have
mm. The police must be depended
upon to arrest any violators of the
.law, while to the council will be dele
gated the duty of passing any meas
ures that may be required to meet the
needs of the new order of things."
All members of the council present
voiced their approval of the mayor's
words, Councilman Mumm saying:
'.Since the people of the county
have voted for prohibition, I believe
In giving It a fair trial. That Is the
only way to tell if it Is a good or 1
bad measure."
The shortage In the revenues occa
aloned by the loss of . license mone:
called forth two principal suggestions.
One wss to tax various occupations
This method Is In use In many cities
of tha south, and had met with sue
cess. This method of raising revenue
was favorably considered by the
council, As It lays the burden upon
those best able to bear It. The man
"with a large Income would pay a pro
portionate ahare of the expenses of
the city. The other form of taxation
. discussed was to levy "taxes against
the businesses. Objection waa found
this way of raising revenue, on the
grounds that It might tend to drive
enterprise to other localities. A list
of the different enterprises In Pendle
ton was read, and the amount of the
proposed tax, while not heavy In any
particular Instance, would In the
course of a year, add a great deal of
tiard cash to the coffers of the mu
nicipality. Cortclyou Accused.
New York.. June 5. -The topic of
discussion In the streets today Is that
former Secretary Shaw's announce
ment that he had dlMnlnsed a num
ber of rascals, and that Cortelyou had
Immediately reinstated them upon as
suming the portfolio. The recent dls-
' missal of William Theobold provoked
the statement
SHOOTING OF DREYFUS -CAUSES
SENSATION
ASSAILANT ACCUSED OF BRING
AGEXT OP SECRET SOCIETY.
Antl-Krmltlc Society of Frenc h Capl
t to! SuKiNVtrcl of Being RrMnlhle
for Keemlnaly Unwarranted Attack
Upon Major Iryru Gregory Only
Agent.
Paris, June t. it Is suspected In
Paris that the attempt of M. Gregory,
the noted editor, upon, the life . of
Major Dreyfus, was Instigated by a
powerful anti-Semitic organization..
The police freely assort that the al
legations, first given volte by the
friends of the persecuted victim, are
,jrue, and are bow busily engaged In
hunting Incriminating papers.
Dreyfus, at the Urn or his sentence
00 Devll4 Island, waa tha only Jew
In the French army.
It Is believed that Gregory
111
snake determined effort to have th
, "Pray fas easa reopened when ha I
tried for the shooting.' As such
an I
event would eerleusly disturb the
peace ef Prance, it aIll b strenuously I
fpostd.
FRATERNAL MEMPRLUj.
Baker City Lodges TVU1 Hold Blcmorlal
Service Sunday,
Baker City, June 6. On next Sun
day afternoon, June 7, the Modern
Woodmen, Woodmen of the World,
the two lodges of the I. O. O. P. and
perhaps the Knights of Pythias will
hold memorial services. The various
orders will meet In their "respective
halls and march, headed by thef Ba
ker City band to the cemetery whore
the services will be held. Captain
Samuel W'hlte Is to deliver the address
for the uniform ranks and the Pres
byterian choir will furnlHh the music
These exercises are held annually by
the lodges owing to the fact that on
Sunday so many more are able to go
than on Decoration day.
. Disastrous Cloudburst. '
ports received here say that cloud
burst killed 10 persons and destroyed
120,000 worth of property at Guan
Xjuato. Heavy rains have flooded
many cities and damaged several tun
nets, mocking railroad traffic com
pletely. . " ,.- ' .
, Modify Rate Demands.
Chicago, June 5. The movement
Inaugurated recently by the western
railroads to Increase freight rates 10
per cent In western territory, has been
practically abandoned In western
classification, and the transcontinent
al agreed to a much'smaller Increase
that was first demanded.
CONTESTS IN CONVENTION
OVER SEATING DELEGATES.
Foraker Intends to Make Trouble for
the Administration, and Incidental
ly for the Friends of Ute Taft As
Predkted In Yesterdays Wires, the
Brownsville Ineklent Will Be Used
Against Aaft 200 Contents Over
Seat.
Chicago. June 5. Over 200 seats In
tha republican convention figure In
the contesta which the national com
mittee, which began Its sessions today,
will be called upon to decide. The
Alabama contests will be taken up
first Arkansas contestants will next
be heard, and so on down the list in
alphabetical order. Among the state
contesta to be decided are Alabama.
Louisiana, Mississippi. Oklahoma
Snuth Carolina, Tunnrssee, Texas and
Florida. Arizona and Alaska furnish
territorial contests. The district con
testa come from all over the country.
but mainly from the aouth.
Among the political sensations
which have been sprung concurrent
with the meeting of the national com
mlttee la a report that Senator Fora
ker Intends to Introduce the Browns-
villa matters aa a bona of contention
in the convention.
While Foraker Is not a delegate he
may get on the floor through a proxy
and present the resolution himself, or
he may get one of his friends to do It
for him. Should the resolution In
sent to the committee on resolutions
without being read, as would nrobablv
be done, he could have It brought out
In a minority report and placed before
tha convention.
Senator Foraker does not doubt that
the calling up of tha Brownsville
trouble In the convention will cause
trouble for tha administration leaders.
Tha ynow have before them a delicate
task In placating tha contesting dele
gations from several southern states,
many of which have colored members.
In a letter to John E. Mllholland of
New York, Senator Foraker ahowa his
hand la tha Brownsville bill matter by
suggesting to tha ten million negro
votera of tha country that they, de
mand of any presidential candidate
that he will support tha Foraker bill
for.the relief of the discharged negro
soldiers. .
The Ohloan knows that If I her. u
a general' aegro demand UDa flacr.
tary Taft to nledn hinir tt.i. km
and ha does so, rlft wIM be created
la tba RoeaeveU-Taft lute which It will
require, errata tinkering to repair.
TROUBLE BREIVS
III CHICAGO
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. FIUDAVi MAT 5, 1908.
1CIHEL
VOTE FDR DAD
RUTH BRYAN-LEA VI TT MAY
' : BE A DELEGATE.
Woman Suffrage In Colorado May Re
suit In the Daughter of W. J. Bryan
Having Uie Honor of Voting for Her
Father as a Candidate for the Pres
idency She la Already tlie Head of
flie Denver County Delegation. ,
Denver, June S. Aa matters politi
cal now stand in Colorado, it la re
garded by tha wiM-aoro
probable that' Ruth . Bryan-Leavttt,
daughter of the eminent Kebraskan,
will have tha unique distinction of be
Ing the first American woman to vote
for her father as a candidate before a
national convention for the office of
tha presidency. Mrs. Leavltt has been
elected aa a delegate at. large to the
state convention, and will head the
Denver county delegation at the state
gathering of the democratic clans.
This will probably give her enough
Importance, together with her rela
tionship to her eminent father, to lead
Bryan's friends to force her election
aa a delegate to the national conven
tlon. .1 1
Ill
CAIIAL ZONE
OCTBREAD FEARED AND
. AMERICANS APPEALED TO,
Aavontorera Gathered In the Canal
Zone Have Caused Trouble For-
elgnera Are Ignorant and rjuii.
Prejudiced Election Seems to Have
Created Crisis ,000 Men Are In
volvedAmericans May Assume
Control.
Washington, D. C, June '. Thr
seriousness of the political situation
In Panama was greatly increased to
day, according. to reports received here
which say that trouble among tha 4$,.
wuo men employed In the canal sont
Is Inevitable. Soldiers of fortune who
have collected on the Isthmus In the
last six months have aroused dlssen
slons among the men and there Is ser
ious airnrulty over payrolls. Most or
the men working on the canal are for
eigners, and adventurers have found
little difficulty In Instigating trouble
among the Ignorant. An outbreak Is
feared and th combined ' threatened
revolution and the practical certainty
of trouble over the election has arous
ed the officials to tako careful consid
eration of the situation.'
Appeals from business men for the
Americans to assume control until
peace Is restored, continue to reach
Washington. .
Nelson Wants to Fight.
Portland, June 6. Battling Nelson
today posted $500 which he wants to
bet with Fltzslmmons that he (Nel
son) defeats Cans at Colma, July 4.
Fits recently ventured an opinion that
Nelson. will lose. Nelson roasts the
Cornlnhman, declaring that he has
been afraid of blacks ever since John
son knocked him but at Philadelphia.
Nelson and Flta are both here. Nel
son appearing In vaudeville this week,
Flta appearing next week.
HIlclMiM-k Trial Begins.
New York. June t. Raymond
Hitchcock, the comedian. Is on trial to
day for an ellegd attempt to mistreat
Helen Von Hagan. age 14, who aays
Hitchcock enticed her to his country
home, on Long Inland while he was
playing at the Broadway theater. John
Hard, expressman, waa selected foro.
man of the Jury smd court adjourned
until Monday.' : ' - ;
Charlea Reynolds ' returned ' this
morning from Corral I Is. where he
went to attend tha track meet. ; H
remained two days la Portland ta take
la the Rosa carnival.
TROUBLE
WORST IN YEARS AND ;
TOWNS ARE UNDER WATER.
Melting Snow In Buffalo Hump Coun
try Cauxe Disastrous Rise lit Sal-
- tnun and Clearwater Rivers Towns
Inundated, Housea and Brk1ea Are
Waxlied Away Dams Carried Out
Electric Light Plants Ruined Traf
rif Interrupted,
Lewlaton, Idaho. June 6. The
Clearwater and Salmon rlyera ara on
- - tin town "Of Stltea Is
more than five feet under water, and
the Northern Pacific bridge has been
washed out at that place. Log booma,
sawmills and housea have been wreck
ed by tha worst flood In the history of
that aectlon. Tha flood Is caused by
melting snow In the Buffalo hump
country.
The railroad track between Stltes
and Kooskl Is under water. At Oro
flno the river Is rising a foot an hour,
and the business district of the town
is already under water. Grangevllle
was dark last night, owing to the
power dam having been washed away.
White Bird, on the Salmon, has three
feet of water In the street, and the
electric plant Is wrecked.
DELEGATES TO CHICAGO
WILL HAVE TROUBLES.
All G. O. PJom la Watching Chicago
Much Depend on Reenlt of Con
teats Over Seating Delegates SO
Delegate May Lose Scat Knox Is
Boomed by Pennsylvania Friend
Taft Men Claim Former Advantage.
Chicago, June 6. Taft men began
the fight here today with victory In
sight, when the 229 contests are
heard by republican national commit
tee. The antl-Taft forces have, rn.a
protest against the admission of
Hitchcock on New Mexico proxy..
The committee voted to tuble the pro-
testa admitted by Tsft's manager.
The allies are indignant at the action.
u. N. Bryan, a leading antl-Taft mnn.
said: ' 'Taft opposition Is being killed
by slow strangulation."
Senator Fulton of Oregon, hohlina
Knight's California proxy, was seat
ed by the committee. Negro contes
tants hove opened hesdriuarters and
announced that they will make a de
termined fight to secure recognition.
They have Invited Foraker to address
a mass meeting Tuesday night.
GOULD ROADH IN TIIOUBLE.
Director Pawned Reguuir Dividend
Creates Flurry. '
New York, June 5. The serious fi
nancial condition of the Gould roads
waa shown today when the directors
decided to pass the regular dividend.
This action caused stocks to drop
nearly two points In the local market
and affected othor roads, but undur
the guidance of the Union Pacific the
others regained the loss before closing.
Washington Man Forgets Sister,
Belllngham, Wash., Juno $. Iturhel
Stanscl, only alster of Franklin L.
Kennedy of Lyndr, Wash., filed a
contest to the will of her brother,
which provides thst half his estate be
given to the Masonic lodge and the In
come from the other half be used to
cars for his grave.
JajM Boycott Chines Brethren.
San Francisco, June 5. Ban Fran
cisco's Chinese quarter la greatly agl-
tated today by tba boycott declared
by local Jspsnese against tha Chinese
gambling houses and restaurants. Th
Boycott la la retaliation aaalnst th.'X
.. . x
Chines boycott af Japan tea goods. I
REPUBUCAHS
tOIITESFIIIC
BANK SHORTAGE,
The Depositors S Ouly 1 100 to Pay
Los Angeles, June 5. There Is but
1400 cash to meet MO.009 deposits In
the Consolidated bank, according to
the report of temporary receiver Lew
Is, who took charge yesterday. W. H.
Carlson, who was pract'cally the en
tire board of directors. In missing.
;' Friends of Carlson scout the Idea
that he has skipped and say he will
return to settle affairs.
LAWSON HAS A VISION.
Soya There la Trouble Afoot for Sec
retary of War Taft.
Boston, Mass., June 6. Thomas W.
Lawson has announced .that h -puDttcan
- national " convention ' will
"double cross" Taft m a stampede for
Rooseevlt. He does not' charge tha
president with being a party to the
scheme, but says Taft will get the
knife..; -. .-. '
OFF FOR UNION.
Grand Jury About to Ftnl.lt ha Work
Tills SesMlon.
This afternoon the members of the
Union county grand Jury left In an au
tomobile for. Union, where they will
Inspect the county poor farm. Thoy
expect to return this venlng and com
plete their work anA make their ro-
f'port tomorrow afternoon.
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STRIKING LIKENESS
m , MAY SAVE NECKS.
Murderers of gad Vratk lxefl Policeman
Last Thursday, Look 80 MucS Alike
That B0U1 May Escape Though a
Tcchnkmlity One of Two Twin
Brothers Doca Sliootiug Both Are
Looked Up, But Both Deny the
Deed.
Bon Francisco, June 5. Bocanse of
the striking likeness between Thomas
and James Young, twin brothers, one
of whom shot and killed Policeman
Helna Thursday morning, the actual
murderer may escape. Both men are
charged with the crime and are close
ly guarded In separate cells. Each
accuses the other. One brother gave
a revolver to the other, who shot the
policeman, according 'to witnesses.
The man who fired lay on the side
walk pretending to be hurt and when
Heine leaned over him he fired. The
men look so much alike that It Is im
possible to tell them apart, even when
they aro, together.
June Mason, who han been verv ill
In this city for tha past month, has an
,
' " "'"-" wrings, tnis
afternoon on the delayed No. 1,
THE MURDERERS
II ESCAPE
OUGHT TO BE Tilt HAPPINESS AND CL0RY
ol every citizen to so live and act that his fel
low citizens will esteem him for his goodness
IT
his kindness, and his usefulness. The principles of
good citizenship should constitute the code of rules
for every kind of business whether public or private.
This applies particularly to the drug business, be
cause, owing to the limited knowledge of the qualities
X of drugs by the general public. It follows that the re
liability of the druggist
good service. '
HILL'S DRUG STORE
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NUMBER SG3.
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CHIEF WITNESS IN GRAFT
PROSKCU TION THREATENED,
Repeated Attempts on the Life of tlirt
Former SuiervLwr Chief Depend
euce of Heney In Ca Yet to Coiner
to Trial, Leads Judge Calwniss ta
Refuse Request of Ruef to PttjKtH5
Trial.
San Franclsop-.June-S Th 1
attempts -of soma one to "lalfe "the "Hf"
of Gallagher, who has now become of
the greatest Importance to the prose
cution In the trials or the graft ca5
In this city, have caused Heney and his
alda much uneasiness. ToUp.y. when
Ruef s attorneys requested a postpone
ment for two weeks of the Parksld
realty cases, Police Judgo Cabanlso,
backed by a request from Prosecutor
Heney, peremptorily refused. Heney
makes no bones about voicing his be
lief that the attempts to murder Gal
lagher are instigated by the "highet
up," who want their grentt mc.naca
disposed of before the arralsnment ot
Rueff on Monday, ,-, 4'T','
. . '
Ryan Disgorged. """1h'
New York, June 5. The testimony
of Jacob Schlff, the banker, to the ef
fect that h made Thomas . F. .Ryan
disgorge $7,000,000 when the Metro
politan Securities company waa form
ad, la an all-absorbing toplo on th
atreat Schlff said his firm had un.
dertaken Joint ownership with Ryan,
of watered stock and that ha had to
buy him out to protect friends of tha
'Carries Hour on TrWr "")
I-oa Angeles, Julie In a de.ner-
ata race with death today, Harry
Burke, a messenger, after knocking ar
bottla ef carbolic flcld from th. n
of Fred Perkins In a roomin hou.
threw the writhing body of the man
over the handle bars of his bicycle and
dashed to the receiving hospital. De
spite the boy's heroic efforts Perklna
died half an hour later. The despon
dent man had quarreled with his wlfd.
nig Straw berry Crop.
Freewater. Ore.. Jun R p,..,i '
this section of the country are buMIy
engaged In gathering the strawberry
crop. They are being shipped In large
quantities, the growers realising about
per crate. Besides the regular
packing houses here, the laraest shin.
ping houses In Walla Walla hnv
tnlillshed branch houses here. Several
outside buyers arc on the ground and
arc picking up all they can get.
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Wrlaht of Siimn-
ter, arrived In the city yesterday eve.
ning to visit Mr. Wright's brother and
fahier
-. nut remain nera
Mrs. Wright will remain here
acts business In Portland. He left for
Por,Und toduy., Mi No. 1
is the chief guarantee of
; ; . Oregon'
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