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LA GRANDE, raiON COUNTY, OREGON, -'WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, KrQ8.
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KVERYTUIXG HEAD FOR
DEPARTURE AT O'CLOCK.
Jlftw Being Royally Entertained
Honolulu, the Fleet With the Ex
replkra of One Ship, Sails foe New
'."Zealand This- Evening-Not- Sailor
"Amsltd at Island Port Auckland
.... i .". JFrcparce John " Bull la Jealous of
"T"." ttu Popularity. , --,..',.".
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Honolulu, July BJ. Everything 1 In
eadnesV' aboard' this ' fleet today . for
dep arture.at ( TbJaTevenTng; ier, A'ycK
and, . New Zealand) on.: the stcond
Songest lef of tne,"rounet?'irrld
cruUe." Tlie al'stance'to be1 covered on
Ihin l? In 3Slo nillM.
1(.;.v m' it mi.-. u...t V ! t ' Iff r,-,'i:!.
- The entertainment at Honolulu was
i-r.r - . :jt n, 2 '"'
Ihe most successful given the fleet
ckIuoo, Its, .departure
from , Hampton
I' as. Not a sailor was arrested.
iy 15 ships' sail tonight) the Min
nesota receiving orders- to remain" In
iort to get the mall expected on the
Tifjxt steamer from San Francisco.
"The vessel will then follow the fleet
overtaking It before, reachrng Auck
Jand.. The five men injured In the ex
plosion In the boiler room . of the
Kcarsarge are recovering. The fleet
will remain a week at Auckland, sail
Ing August IS on a 1200-mlle cruise
y Sydney, then. Melbourne will be
un" next port reached. ' The fleet will
Trobably reach Manila October 1.
Now Zealand Prepares Welcome.'
I Auckland, N. Z., July It. Although
Kew Zealand .owns allegiance to the
British crown, the Ignorant visitor
would be Inclined to. believe It an
-American colony, owll Jto the wild
enthusiasm that has been aroused by
the prospective visit of the Yankee
'.'pptw. Thousands of American flags
tr' gsade their appearance In : the
city. The fleet will not arrive until
August t, but the preparations for Its
reception, ' In progress for . many
weeks, are about completed.;-
. John Bull Is Jealous.
London, July 22. While the Amer
ican battleship fleet, which sails to
morrow from Honolulu bound for the
British" colonies la the Antipodes,' will
be given a warm welcome by the of
ficials and people of Kew Zealand and
Australia, the feeling in the , mother
Country, is far. from cordial. As a
matter of fact,, John Bull Is a 11 Ale
Jealous of Uncle Sam and some of the
London "newspapers "even" charge the
latter with an attempt to alienate the
affections of King Edward's dominions
beyond the Seas.
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?.)::-S,. ; -Vr. r'l.-rrhu t'lf ,Vi t s'm
BUr Banking Companies of Kew York
f Ba of ProiMwItlon Bond Guar
'nte hf Simllierd Parfflc -Cnkm
raolflc Is I'rhK liMtl Creditor Itoiirts
-Will Brill A built tli 1'iwwtl Alar-
ket Value, Wlik h Is t o " -"
New Tork, July 22. It Is announc
ed here today thai " the flotation of
It millions of the Central Pacific first
mortgage and refunding bonds will be
undertaken at once by the Kuhn-Loeb
company, the Speyer company,' and
the National City bank.'-
The price of the bonds Is undecided,
but may be near the present market
value, which Is 91. -
The money Is to be used for the
liquidation of the Central Pacific's
floating Indebtedness of $15,000,000.
The bonds are to be guaranteed by the
Southern Pacific. The Union Pacific
will probably get the bigger portion of
the Issue, because It Is the Central Pa
cific's highest creditor. s' 1-
SO DECIDES FEDERAL . .
COCBT OF APPEALS.
Big Case of Government Against the
Standard Oil Company KenuuMled to
Lower Court for Kehearlnjr Court
of Appeals Flays Judge Kenesaw
' Mountain IiLandla Says Standard
Was Not Even Indicted , When Pig
, Flnca Were Imposed for Rebating.
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Chicago, . July'.. ta.The-.llllnMfi
court of appeals has ordered, that the
Standard Oil case be friven . rehear
ing, and remanded it for that purpose.
Thft'decfRton'ls a scathtlng arralgn-
th.o ,1'.. , .i-.ro t t,
menJi a0? .J,tdK... Landls.-.holdli.g that
he imposed a, fine Mhen. th 4iuu
a'ht -colnpany' was' iidt 1 n trial hot
sv'eh' indicted; "and-Hindis. declBlon of
nearly a-year'hRo-was'a-blg sensation,
he'ease wss'-basied on the alleged re
bftting by the'-railroads on oli'shlpped
'by the Standard. : Lartdis assessed' the
highest' possible fine in each separate
alleged offense.' '' ' -;
' Today's decision Is a great shock to
the government. The court of appeals
Is composed pf Judges Peter Oross
cup, Francis E. Baker and tVIUlam
H. Seaman. The Standard of Indiana
Is one of the subsidiary companies of
the Standard Oil company . .of New
Jersey, and,- has capital of one mil
lion dollars, but the government's In
vestigation has shown that through
some certain periods It mad ' more,
than' 1000 per cent profits, , "
Judge Orosscup read the decision in
part: "Briefly; the reason for Imper
sonal sentence was because after con
viction and before sentence was im
posed, It waa brought out In the ex
amination of some of the officers and
stockholders of thejBtandard Oil com
pany of New Jersey? that the stock of
EMIT ill
TO BE USED
BEING KEXOVATED FOIl RE-
, CEPTIOX OF FllESn FIUITS.
Mr. Lavey, Manager of the Boost De
partment of Uie Club . Activities,
Pralxee Uie Board of Munagerii
. Tlmy. Are lroceeding Carefully, But
Every Move Has Bwn Advaiitago-
,oua . to Towu and Valley Results
Soon Begin to S?ow, , ," v"; r ; "
"j P. C, Lavey Js at worl today iclean
lnutrthe Exhibition' halt at heU'e
pot,;l..Jt Is the, tnuntlpn of the bpard
of ronager f this plaO Id 1 shnp
arid -get. some food advertising out. Of
fy: Mr, Lavey ,wl bo thecs- when ,all
tralps paas through and .will 'boost"
far, the Jjrspde ,Ronde. valley and La
Grands,.'; r.', ,.,..-. t ....
. "Tho bpard Jsr proceeding carefully
and s,ie sure of every step they :take,"
said Mr, Lavey Jto a reporter for The
Observer tills morning.,- "They do inot
believe In doing things first and .con
sidering afterward. .'They are business
Inen and are going at this Juat as if
they were running their own personal
business, and I predict that the results
will be satisfactory . to the people of
this valley and city. 'Rom ..wasn't
built In a day, you know, and where
you find men giving their best thought
to. the advancement of their home
town and surrounding country, you
will get results which may not show
at first, but when they do begin to
come . they will come fast, and the
people will be pleased."
(Continued on pages.)
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covered trunks, with four hardwood slats on cover and two hardwood slats on sides and ,
ends with heavily reinforced irons on end of each slat Monitor locus ana snap nmges, run
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A COMPLETE LIXE AT EQUALLY 6AVIXG PRICES $6.50, 7, $7.80, $.O0, $8.50, $9.00, $.50 up to $23.00
aboard the magnificent British crui
ser Indomitable, escorted by a naval
squadron, the prince will land the
King's y-lKirf. The British, American
and French warships will fire a royal
salute, the bells of all the -churches
of the ancient city will peal In unUon.
whistles, will, blow and thousands, of
loyal Canadians will cheer their, fu
ture Sovereign. '
The cruiser Indomitably Is known
as the "mystery ship,".- owing te the
fact that It embraces, many new Ideas
In naval construction. The British
admiralty has kept profound secret
every Important detail of the . huge
.vessel'"-make-up. VUh-the..xcep
tloa of her sister ships, the Invincible
and Inflexible, the Indomitable Is the
longest, "largest and most heavily ar
mored cruiser afloat.'"1' -..'H-i-i .
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WHlrtl BAKrf 'A 'StJoWXER.
Aix'ldi-nt Occn'rreil ' Th'la''' Arorntng' l
1:13 SHioomV Complete Is, But
All If '.Crvw Saved Prooldi-nt a
. Sound SlwiK-r--Was Not Awakened
by Shock. ' " ' ' v . . .
Pulk'o of Nevada on Iok-out for Tvta
Bold Robbers Big Haul Mado Mon.
' day Night In California llohlMtl tha
. Stage Running Botwcm Two Mmloo
"tunty TowniK-on-Proitosd-Routtr
- of Nevada, . OOifoniia; M (.Oregon
Railway Xotiit Quickly Done,' "
lfi;v;;;-.'J Uj';,' ij( J' n o,
lice are today ..watching; every: station
on the Southern Pavjlfio iln. th north
ern part - ct, Nevada.; to. tw VanJIta
WRu fauld ,uj thn-staire.C'iath bV-'cea
jtltely ana AltwMt Utta-Atitodittt-tiikt,
securing thi Wells-'FuVgW'boit'contnln-
ng t2S.n)01i-TlK9''rory'or-tH'i driver
Is tnat 'after1 Meppi'n'g 'UniMi4l)e
lHhdlttf'orderod' hhir iaritf thexprots-
agent to thrown oww-Ue-4Kn,-tlnn.
made the drWeKWhlp tfp Ills' team and
leave tm'r-ne;: ''"'!
'M)ne:bf the pnssengeVs'wero' aware
of the hold-up because It was aCcom-
pllshed so quickly. ' The money was
the payroll-of the' Nevada, California
&' Orogfn railway-nnd scvernt "sroclc
camps. ' ' ' ' ,;i iu '
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SO EMPEROR WILLIAM 18
INFORMED BY EXPERT.
William II IHwIrea to Lrarn Probable
Cost of European War, end Is Met
With Astounding Report At Least
Four Powers Would Be Involved
Would Leave Fa Masters of World
Not Likely " That William Will
Start Anything.
A FEW ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM 01R
Special
I Bargain
I Tables
60o Boys' Blouse Walses, now.... 86c'
50c Boys' Shirts with Collars. .. .2c
60c Boys' Dress fililifs with and
without collars i 87c
S5c to 60o boys' Summer Under
wear .a"c
Hats, good assort- .
$1.25 boys'
merit . . .
.78c
75c to f 1.50 Straw Hats in wide
brim and Dress Hats, choice for 13c
25c Sun Bonnets 13o
"5c Misses' and Children's Wssh
Hats ...13o
20 ladles' Waists, - worth up to
$1.50, suitable for outing wear;
to close out 4So
Ladles' White Waists, regular
$1.50 to $2.50 values, In Indian
Head, Lawn and Linen; plain,
tucked and embroidered fronts;
slightly mussed and soiled; to -colse
at $8c
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In Men's, Boys', Children's, Misses' and Women's Shoes; all out on tables
where you can examine them at your Itlsnre. All marked at prices that
represent a saving of from 50c to $1.10 the pair. Shoes for dress and every
. day wear. Solid, all leather Shoes, In Vlcl Kid, Box Calf, Velour Calf and
Tatent Colt, in Oxford. Bal. and Blucher cuts. , . . . '
'-. Children's........ tic up
.... Boys $1.3$ up
ALL ON TABLES WHERE YOU CAN EXAMINE THEM La"" p
- . Men'a ...,......$1.08 up
Berlin, July 22. Showing that a
European war at this time would cost
It billions of dollars annually, and
would result In the United States be
coming the. undisputed leader of the
world, General Blume, a famous mili
tary xpi'U today submitted a report
ordered by Emperor William, on the
probable cost of a continental war.
If Germany were to fight another
European war Blume says It would
C0Ht the empire one and a half billion
dollars yearly In direct outlay, entail
ing a furtlfer loss of two billions and
a half annually In the paralysis of
commorre. Blume declares that ow
ing to the present dollcate adjustment
or European politics, the next war
will Involve at least four powers, and
that his estimate' of cost applies to
each. Such a financial drain would
r-e Hi t In the supremacy of the United
States.
.Washington. July 22. It Is 4
. rumored that the yacht May-
4 flower, with President Roose- 4
velt aboard, ran . down and
sunk a schooner off Newport 4
shortly before noon today. The 4
report Indicated that the May-
flower was not damaged.
Newport, July tl. The yacht May
flower, with President Roosevelt
aboard, ran down and sank the schoo
ner. Menawa, owned by C. E. Pemble-
ton of Ialeton, Maine, In a heavy fog,
at 1:18 this morning. . The Mayflower
lost her bowsprit but . suffered no
other damage. The Mayflower's crew
rescued the captain and five members
of the crew of the schooner. The best
evidence that tha president sleeps
soundly ,ls the fact that he was -not
awakened by the heavy Impact of the
collision and did not hear' of the ac
cident until he arose at daylight.' The
Mayflower's lookout failed to see the
schooner, and the sharp bow of the
president's yacht crashed ttirough the
wooden hulk, of the schooner, which
filled with water and' sank In a short
time. The schooner Is a total loss.
The president madelnqulries about ths
accident, which occurred In Long Is
land sound, between New Haven and
New London.
. Besides the president, members of
the party were: Mrs. Roosevelt, Sthel,
Kermlt, Archibald, Quentln, Mr. Km
len Roosevelt and wlfej C. IL Nether
lands and John L., McOrew.
Shoe
Bargains
iftaip RedwtionslaSmmer
Goods, REMtMlTS, see the
Window DispIay--rToday r-
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To OppoMo Prohllillloii.
; Kenosha, Wis., July tt. A move
ment In opposition .to the prohibition
wThe will be thoroughly organized by
the Retail Liquor Doalers' association
of Wisconsin, which began Its annual
convention here today. Reports show
that the organisation has 1(00 mem
bers and tl local branches In the
state, v
Rig Profit on Rceut.
Houston, Texas, July 22. it .is s
tlmatcd that the gross value of th
onion crop of Texas this year will be
over a quarter of a million dollars.
TURKEY TO BE FRF.Ea .
Frightened by Siiectro of Russian In-
' . terventlon, ''.- -"-.-:(
"Constantinople," July '" 21. Against
the advice of his counsellors Sultan
Hamld received a grant of the' consti
tution to the people of Turkey. This
Is understood to be the only means of
checking the Macedonian revolt which
has spread until It has affected the
whole northern portion of the Turkish
empire. The sultan feared the Inter
vention of Russia, which waa decided
upon Tuesday at St. Petersburg. It Is
understood he has Issued orders V
General Bey to ceaso operations on.
the Turko-Russlan border. '
Harvey Aids Knperantlst.
New Tork, July It. Colonel Geo,
Harvey,' editor of the Harper publi
cations, will lake ft leading. part In the
movement launched at the National
Esperanto convention, now In session
at Chautauqua, to secure the Interna
tional convention for this country next
year. . Colonel Harvey Is very much
Interested In the propaganda of the
new universal language and may at
tend the International congress at
Dresden next month.
J. W. Hills Is over from Cove today
to secure cherry packers.. He states
they have a very large crop this year,
but as yet have no absolute market.
Several growers are shipping on their
own account. '
Yesterday's Results, ,
OokliMid, 8; Portland, 2.
Los Angeles, 2; Bun Francisco, I.
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Take a Little Soda
For Your Stomach's Sake . 1
- Canada Wrbwmce Prince.
' Quebec, July tt. Ills Royal High
ness George ' Frederick, Prince of
Wales, and heir apparent to the throne
of the United Kingdom and the British
Dominions, will this afternoon maks
his triumphal entry Into the 'ancient
city of Quebec. 1 Entering- the harbor
This Advice Certainly Holds Good with Everyone
This Sort of Weather
Soda served at our fountain is more than a
tasty thir$t-quenching beverage. It is tonic and
refreihtng and every glass a strengthener 'for
the stomach. ,
Our Soda is absolutely pure, strengthening,
reviving, refreshing and healthful." It "lands di
rect" on the "dry" spot and quenches thirst as
nothing else will, because wd serve it at Just the
right'temperature. -3 - . J.
M I Ii. L5 " D R Q Q ifT OR E "i
. LA GRANDE, OREGON