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V1 RUSSIANS EAT RUSSIAN FLESH , horrible cannibalistic CONDITIONS IX RCSSIA. Jnther Accused of Killing Several I Members or IHite Family and Sell ing the Meat at Starvation Prices Famine la Spreading:, Thousands Dying lor Want of Food Neighbors Call Authorities Attention and May Take Action. St. Petersburg-, July 18. Dispatches ....... . . wecelved here today say conditions In .Irkutsk province, Siberia, are dally -growing worse. The famine has -spread to such an extent that peas ants are compelled to resort to cannt Dausm. Thousands are dying. A rpeaaant named Kemoff is waiting at Irkutsk, the provincial capital, -charged with devouring Kemoff wife, two daughters, young son and a ser vant. The prisoner Is charged with Having killed the members of his family, and then eaten them, piece by "piece. Neighbors claim Kemoff sold some of the flesh at starvation prices. He was arrested on the statement of neighbors. The authorities found tskeletons in Kemoff s hovel. THAW 18 HAPPY. Jfo Dccjplon In Hearing Case, But He to Now In Jail, Not Asylum. White Plains, N. T., July 13. "Without gaining his request for a hearing by a Jury on the question of ls mental condition, Harry K. Thaw as happy today because he Is permit ted to remain In the jail at Pough "keepsle until the third Monday of September, Instead of golna- back to kh syium at Matteawan. Justice Mills adjourned the Thaw hearing to day without announcing his decision on the question of a Jury, putting the matter over until Seotember. Thi ald he la more certain than ever that Tie will soon gain his liberty. He - , M II 1 1 I WE FAIR Summer Clearance Prices $ $2.50 Royal Khaki Suits $1.59 Boys Suits with long or short pants, coats made In Norfolk style with belts, aH sizes at the Special Price : : ; I 45c SPL Mc"'54oc $3.00 Ladies' Shirt Waist Suits $1.59- in all white Indian head linen tailored waists trimmed In straps, plain gored skirts with pleats at seams, splendid values special now at only : : : : $1.59 $$ & $$ Saved By Coming to sThe Fair Store t MMMHMMH likes the luxurious quarters of Sher iff Chanler in the Poughkeepsio jail. SHAH OF PERSIA THREATENED. Uncle of Mtrza Marvlilnjr on Teheran Willi Lurge Army of Rebel. , j Teheran, July 13. News has been received here today that Zlll-Es. sul tan, an uncle of Mohammed All MirJ , me snan, is aavanclng on the capital from the south with a larsre army of revolutionists. The news has thrown the Persian capital Into a state of terror. It la believed here the shah does not Intend to re-establish a con stitutional government, and that the revolution will eventually break out afresh In all parts of the empire. : v, . u .uuu vuuweua is a question, because It Is thought Russia will aid the shah. Every day sees fresh threats against the life of Mtr za. Threats are posted on blank walls throughout the city. Children Waded Too Far. Vancouver, B. C, July 13. Three person were drowned In English bay early today. Several little children were wading and got beyond their depth. A medical man plunged In to save them, but was drowned. Two little girls perished, while two others were resuscitated after great difficul ty. Chinese May Boycott Canada, Vancouver, July 13. A boycott of Canadian goods, similar to the one carried on against the United States and Japan Is threatened by local Chi nese. The members ara all nnu-orfni and constitute 18 guilds. If the pres ent anti-opium legislation suggested at Ottawa passes, the largest opium factory this side of China, located In British Columbia, will be closed. ' Sons of St. George, Hancock, Mich., July II. Sons of St George of Michigan are arriving here today by hundreds to take part In the 20th annual celebration and gala week of the order. The feature of the Week will be a Cornish wrest ling tournament on Friday and Satur day. In which the best Cornish wrest lers in America will compete for big prizes. 44 tM SUMMER of the utK'st interest to the stay-at-homes, as well as those who are going to take their summer outing Injhe mount ains or at the coast read these items and prices carefully -and remember-there 'are hundreds of equally good bargains in all summer goods all over the house. : : : Men's Summer Suits $7.35 In single or double breasted skeleton, quarter lined, coats in two or three piece suits reg. pr. $12.00 to $13.50 now $7.35 tFjat - Ladies' Lawn Kimonas 39 cents and up a splendid assortment in long or short Ki monas In the daintiest lawns, beautiful patterns of all colors, in all the wanted styles regular 75c and up now : 39c up IM HtlMMHOHMIHMWIHIIHHmi LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY. OREGOX. CIRL A VICW ANOTHER GRACE BROWN . INCIDENT IN NEW YORK. Floating on a Teal Pond Near Troy, ' N. Y, to Found the Body of a Young Girl Signs of Terrible Maltreating Anto Seen to Approach Lake tlx Day on Which Glri Became Missing Fiendish Motives Evident Whole Cltv ShnekMt. - Troy; N. Y., July 13. Showing evi dences of brutal murder, the result of fiendish motive, the bdoy of Haael Drew, a beautiful l-year-old girl of Troy, was found today floating in a teal pond, 10 miles from the . city. The whole community to shocked at the revolting crime, which recalls the drowning of Grace Brown by Chester Ulllette, in Big Moose lake. Gillette was hanged. Hazel had been missing from her home since July 4. Her skull was crushed and an examination of the body Indicates that she was horribly maltreated before death. Several peo ple saw a big auto with no lights, pass toward the pond with two men and two women on the night of the Fourth. When It returned It carried two men and one woman. Friends of the girl are being questioned. Searching for Sailor. San Francisco, July 18. City detec tives are today searching the city In an effort to locate the unknown sailor of the cruiser West Virginia who was thrown In the bay by a marine In a fight between the two men and sev eral other sailors. The sailors swam out, bnt the marine drowned. Reorganise Japanese Cabinet. Toklo, July 13. Actlnr under Im perlal orders, Marquis Katsura today proceeded to reorganize the cabinet, which recently resigned. It la expect ed the new government will soon be In working order. SALE a, sPLA5c Don't miss this Opportunity to Save Money OF CRUEL FIEND MONDAY, JULY 13, 1908. OREGON DEMANDS MASS MEETING TO DISCUSS 1 HIGHWAYS, IN PORTLAND. "Oregon Good Roads Conference" to Meet in Portland August Eleventh To Be Representative and to Draw From State of Washington Keduc ed Rates on All Hues for Uie Oc caslon Great Demand for Better Portland, Ore., July 13. (Special correspondence.) The slogan "Good jroads" seems to have become In re. cent months the subject of almost every conversation when a group of citizens get together. During the last two weeks there has been more dis cussion of good roads anion m.m. bers of the Portland Commercial club than there has about the great politi cal campaign that Is before us. Whn aairymen get together they discuss good roads; It Is the same with fruit growers, while automobile owners have become veritable cranks on the subject. An Insistent demand, coming from every section of the state, has been made upon the Portland Commercial club to call some character of repre sentative meeting to discuss a nracti eal plan whereby all Oreaon mav hav. Detter highways. President W. K Newell, of the state board of hortlcul. ture, has written to the club asking that action be taken without delay; a similar request also comes from Hon. J. W. Bailey, state dairy and food commissioners, on behalf of the dulry Interests, and the bankers of Portland " omer cities and towns of the state are of one mind on the subject. Many of the cities throughout Oreron the building high-class hard surface pavements, and everywhere you go you find men talking "good roads. As a result of all this It has been determined to hold an "Oregon Good Roads Conference" In the Convention hall (6th floor) of the Portland Com mercial club, Tuesday, August 11th with morning, afternoon and evening sessions. No Interest In the state seems to be more anxious to have a part In developing the good road! sen timent Into a realization than the rail roads, and as a result a rate of a fare and a third has been mad tn thi. meeting; tickets will be good the day before and the day after the meetlns-. so that It may be extended over the second day If necessary. An Interesting program will be pre pared, but there will be no lona-wlnd- ed theoretical speeches practical men will be secured and Dractlcal questions discussed. The Good Roads associations of Oregon and Washing ton will be asked to co-onerate In making the meeting a success. The bnsls of representation will be an nounced within a few days, but all commercial and Industrial bodies, county Judges, county commissioners, editors, and mayors, will be author ised to appoint delegates and urged t have a good representation present. Hon. James Tt. Garfield, secretary of the Interior, nad Hon. F. 11. Newell, chief of the United States reclamation service, spent Thursday In Portlnnd. Oregon communities as represented through their commercial bodies and other agencies for advertising, should commence at once to take advantage of the one-way colonist rates which will be In effect from September 1 to October 81. No stats In the union has received greater benefit through these colonist rates than Oregon and at no time In the history of the state were more people expressing a determina tion to come here to make their per manent home. Hon. John Sharp Williams,' recent ly elected United States senator from Mississippi, and prominent nationally as the leader of the democracy, while here to fill an engagement with the Chautauqua association, was tendered a reception at the Portland Commer cial club Friday night Millionaires Save Pennies), New Tork, July 13. "The people must stop spending money thought lessly; we must economize. I found It necessary to cut down my personal expenses," declared John D, Arch- IHPRDVEB ROADS bold, active head of th StnmW, mi and a multimillionaire.' who found ex tra change enough to erect several big college buildings last year. Care&il investigation of the ; "millionaires panic Shows eight representative lumiues or the "400" and "multles.' are planning to cut down expenses beginning August 1. CLUE TO BOY MURDER MYSTERY San Francisco Detectives Believe They nvo Murderer of Buchlnoff Boy. San Francisco. July IS Th nr.. lice declare today a strong chain of circumstantial evidence to being put together, link hv itnir . tine Delmonje.' who to suspected of having a guilty knowledge of the death of John Buchlnoff, aged 14 whose body was found In a bin Fridnv Delmonte admits ha had trouhu 4h the Buchlnoff boy on the day of.the murder. He says tha bov annnv.ri him, and struck him with a pitchfork, after which the boy ran home. . Detectives learned that whr th. body, was found, was tilted and closed ior me nignt at 5 o'clock, precluding a possibility of the boy falling In ac cidentally and then belnr cnver.rt n Delmonte's attorney advises him not to taiK. GREAT GAMES AT LONDON SEEM EASY FOR YANKEES Tryout Races at Uie Olympic Meet In London, Americana Are Qualifying Readily -Shephard Seta Terrific Pace in Mile Ron Mn. Other Americana Taking Long Dis tance Places These Event Are England's Stronghold. London, July 13. (Late afternoon service.) The first heat of the 1S00 meter run, the first In the Olympic games, was won by J. Sullivan, of th. Irish-American Athletic club of New Tork. Llghtbody, of the Chtcas-o Ath letlo club, was second; Meadows, of Canada, third. Sullivan's time waa 4 minutes 1 seconds. Melville Shephard. of tha Irl.h. American team of New Tork, won the second heat In 4:05 minutes, establish ing a new record, 8.05 seconds better than Ughtbody'i time at St Louis In 10. J. p. Halstead of New Tork, finished second. Butterfleld, of Eng land, third. Batter of England won the first heat In tha 400 meter swim, time 6:43 minutes. Lstorcs, of Hungary, won second: Goodwin of New York, third. Foster of England, Won tha second heat of the 400 meters willing race In 5:04 4-5 seconds. Trials for Warship. Washington, July 13. By order of the nnvy department the i,.ittn.i,ir, Mississippi will have her final trial off Newport, R. I tomorrow. -M4saat44 OUGHT TO BE Tilt HAPPINESS AND GLORY i ol every citizen to so live and act that his fel- ; ; low citizens will esteem him for his goodness, j IT his kindness, and his usefulness. The principles of f good citizenship should constitute the code of rules i for every kind of business This applies particularly to the drug business, be- f cause, owing to the limited knowledge jf the qualities f Z of drugs by the general public, it follows that the re-1 liability or the druggist good service. HILL'S DRUG STORE 1 La Grande m STMBER 24 1. SLATER BACK DENVER LOCAL ATTORNEY ALTERNATE DELEGATE TO CONVENTION, Local Leading Democrat Comes Back Much rieased With the Outcome of the National Convention Which Ho Attended Says Support of Gray, Johnson and Parker Make Cliaucea Than Ever Before. ; Attorney J. D. Slater returned last night from Denver, where he has been M alternate delegate to the national democratic convention. Mr. Slater en Joyed the trip and the convention Very much, and rntiirna fcml t ... ful as to tha result of the coming presidential election. He says that with the support of Parker, Gray, Johnson and other strong men of the party, and with an Indiana man as candidate for vice-president he con siders Bryan's chances much better over the Injunction plank of the plat form, but that an reported back to the than ever before. The principal strug gle of the entire convention occurred over the Injunction plank of the convention, after being revised and re. revised and worked over by several committees and sub-committees. th entire platform was adopted by ac clamation, and has been aDoroved h Parker, the leader of the ultra-conservative wing of the party, as well as by Bryan, although Parker said there were some parts of It that he would prefer changed. John Mitchell, at on time a strong factor In the race for the vice-presidential nomination. there being an Illinois delegate pres ent to whom waa delegated the duty of nominating him eald In a tele. gram In which he requested that his name be not placed before the con vention, that labor had received all the recognition from tha gathering that It could reasonable expect and that ha Intends to support the ticket Tha democrats expect to get the entire negro vote, there being In several clt. les, and especially In Denver, antl Taft clubs composed of colored mem bers. Mr. Slater believes that a sreafer degree of harmony exists In the party this year than during Bryan's previ ous campaigns, that the one time "bo orator of the Platte" has keDt In touch with the people, and has conse quently conserved and Increased his political strength, and stands a very good chance of election. Discuss Cold Storage. Paris, July 13. A cold storage con gress, under the patronage of the French government, was opened In Paris today. Specialists are here rep resenting Great Britain, the United States, Franco, Germany and Russia. The work of the congress has been divided Into six sections. The United States Is recognized as the pioneer In the appllratlon of cold storage to food preservation and lis experts are given places of honor on the program. whether public or private. I Is the chief guarantee of i ' Oregon