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TERCENTENARY rSslS AMFFEIEAN liK CRFAT MAiB
CELEBRATION
OLD QUEBEC IS IN GALA AT- .
' TIRE-MAGNrFICENT
Ylnce or Wales Reviews Troops of
Canada 15,000 Strong, Mem Pre
sent Most Magnificent Spectacle
Ever Witnessed In Dominion
' " Thousands of Sailor Marched In
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Indians Look I'pon Scene.
Quebec, July 24. The most mag
, '-ntflcent scene ever witnessed In Can
ada was presented today on the
-Plains of Abraham when the Prince
of Wales reviewed 18,000 Canadian
droops. Ten thousand sailors were In
the pageant, and practically the entire
population of Quebec was present, be
sides thousands of visitors. Hundreds
. appeared In the streets attired In the
historic dress of the early days of
Quebec. All through the crowd were
scores of painted Indians, In their
brilliant blankets and war bonnets.
When the prince emerged from his
quarters at the citadel this morning,
he found the streets deserted. Every
body had gone to the Plains. After
the parade the prince dedicated the
Quebec battlefields and returned to
the citadel to prepare for the grand
official ball tonight at Parliament
Drummers Bay Saloon Most Go.
Louisville, Ky., July 14. "The sa
loon must go," Is the slogan of the
delegates to the ninth annual conv i
, tlon of the Gideons, a national asso
ciation of Christian commercial trav
eling men, which was opened In Louis
ville this 'morning with a session of
h national executive committee. Thli
afternoon the members gathered for
a round table conference, at wht.'h
the principal subject under dlscussionnoxt door to the postoffice.
TRUNKS,
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of all kinds, from two of the btst trunk factories In America. As an illustration of the sav
ing prices in our large trunk stock, we call your special attention to our painted canvas
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 locks and strap hinges, full
iron covered bottom-a splendid valne at $7.00, OUR SPECIAL PRICE now : i : $5.50
A COMPLETE LINE AT EQUALLY
A FEW ITEMS
Special
Bargain
Tables
O ft fi fa , In Men', Boys', Children', MlsW and Women's Shoes; alt out on tables
4J00 where you can examine them at your leisure. All marked at price that
- represent a saving of from 60c to $1.60 th pair. Shoe for dress and every
ffPflfC , dr wear. Solid, all leather Shoes, In Vlcl Kid, Bos Calf. Vslour Calf and
43lli J patent Colt, In Oxford, Bal. and Blucher cut.
Children' 4lesp
Boys' 8148 up
ALL ON TABLES WHERE YOU CAN EXAMINE THEM i .p
' Men 81.88 p
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i Sharp Reductions in Summer
I Goods, REMNANTS, see ihe
Window Display
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Is methods and plans for brlnelne
about the abolition of the liquor traf
fic. A demand will also be made that
Bibles be placed In every hotel room
. On Sunday many of the traveling
men will occupy pulpits In the various
churches of Louisville, with a moot
ing for men In the afternoon and union
services In the evening. On Mondty
a majority of the delegates will go on
an excursion to Mammoth Cave.
Official reports to be presented will
show that the national organization of
the Gideons now has a membership
of about 8000, a gain of about 600 In
the last year.
" The Gideons Is a purely evangelistic
organization and offers no monetary
benefits to Its members. Restrictions
w io memoersnip require that an ap
plicant be Christian; a member of
some evangelical church; one whose
chief business Is traveling for com
mercial purposes, and lastly,' that he
agree to wear the Gideon button as a
dlstin juisnlng mark by which he may
be known by tils fellows.
TOM AND BILL IV CHICAGO.
Headquarters of Camptdgn to Be Lo
cated In That City. .
Chicago, 111., July 24. Tom Tag
gart, chairman oi the ' democratic na
tional committee, arrived here this
morning. He gave out that the head
quarters of the campaign will be lo
cated in Chicago. John H. Atwood,
of Kansas, In the lead for appoint
ment as chairman of ; the national
committee.
Licoln, Neb., July 24. William J.
Bryan left here this morning for Chi
cago to attend the meeting of the sub
committee of the national committee.
O'CONNELL'8 BILLIARD HALL.
Man Who Was Hurt a Yes Ago, Will
Run Billiard Hall.
Conductor Jack CConnell, who was
badly crippled about a year ago.
while attempting to board the caboose
of a stock train of which he was In
charge, as It was starting to pull out
for Huntington, will next week open
up a first-class billiard hall and to
bacco store fn the Corpe building.
BAGS, SUIT CASES
ND TELESCOPES
SAVING PRICES $.50, $7, 17.50,
OF INTEREST
GOc Boys' Blouse Walses, now....Sc
60c Boys' Shirts with Collars. .. .2c
(0c Boys' Dress Shirts with and
without collar 17c
JSc to 60c boys' Summer Under
wear 27c
$1.25 boys' Hats, good assort
ment 78c
7 to to 11.10 8trsw Hats In wide
brim and Dress Hat, choice for 43c
26c
75c
Hat
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MIST FIFTY CONTESTAEITS
London, July 24.- Dorkndo,
an Italian, today won the 'great
Marathon race of 28 miles, de-
feating 80 contestants.
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The finish of the Italian's run was
dramatic He fell five times In the
taut atnvm r tfc .-nr.- "-. ,
was lifted' up and urged on by his
friends. The fifth time he felt direct
ly In front of the royal box." Queen
Alexandria arose, and waved encour
agement. He was then within 10
yards of the tape. " Friends rushed to
him, gave him brandy, lifted him to
his feet and literally pushed htm over
the line, where he fell in a dead faint
After he was revived he was support
ed by Hayes, Hefferon and Forshaw
and taken to the royal box, where he
was Introduced to the queen.
Americans Protest Marathon.
Dorando's time In the Marathon
race was 1 hours, 64 minutes and 36
seconds. The Americans protested his
victory, alleging that the crowds closed
In on his tracks at the finish, and
that he was actually assisted across
the line. John F. Hayes, of the Irish-
American club, was second. Heffer,
of South Africa, third; Joseph For
shaw, of St. Louis, fourth. A big gap
separated these four from the next
group, which was headed by Bele of
England, followed by Longboat.
The Marathon race at Athens In
1904 was won by Sherrlng of Cana
da, In 2 hours, tl minutes, 21 t-l sec
onds.
Hayesj Declared Winner.
John F. Hayes, of the Irish-American
Atheltto club of New York, was
declared the winner of the Marathon
race this afternoon by the Judges, who
uphold the protest again Dorando. the
Italian, who crossed the line first.
Hefferon was given second si ace,
and Forshaw third.
Protest to Filed.
A protest was filed with the Judges
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that Hays was assisted one point near
the finish.
Longboat Drops Out.
Because of one of his legs falling
him. Longboat was forced to retire In
the twentieth mile. He forced the
running too hard at the start.
It waa proved to the entire satisfac
..C . U. juuaoa mat uorando was
assisted acorss the line.
Cook Qualities for Pole Vault Finals.
Cook, American,, qualified for the
semi-finals In the pole vault by win
ning combined sections four, five and
slxr America captured third heat In
the 1400-meter relay race, from Eng
land. In the finals of the pole vault event
took and Gilbert, both Americans,
tied for first place, each going over
the bar at 12 feet 2 Inches, breaking
the record.
.London. July 24. With 60 contest
ants entered In the Marathon race. It
started from the east'terrace of Wind
sor castle this afternoon at a signal
given by the Crown Prince of Sweden.
King Edward and the royal family
saw the start from the terrace.
Teams representing America, Eng
land and South Africa were together
at the start, and clung together for
several minutes. Then Tom Longboat.
the wonderful Canadian Indian, forc
ed ahead at a terrific pace.
Protests against Longboat entering
the race were overruled at the last
minute today. The Americans object
ed to allowing the redskin to compete
on the grounds that he is a profes
sional. as tns start the runner were
grouped in rows. Among the men in
the first row were A. R. Walton r
Chicago, Sidney Hatch of Chicago, M
J. Ryan'ot New Tork, and Tom Mor-
rlssey of Tonkers, N. T. Ther were
no Americans In the second row. In
the third row were John F. Hayes of
the Irish-American Athletlo club of
Now Tork; Lewis Towlnlna of th
Carlisle Indian school; Joseph For
shaw, of the Missouri Athletlo club.
No Americans were In th fourth row.
Thousands watched the race along the
course of 26 mile and 28 yards. The
course led from the terrace, through
Windsor park to High street, across
th Thame river bridge Into Eaton,
past Eaton college, along th Windsor
rosd to High street slough, then fol
lowed a winding course to the Stadi
um, where the race ended. Twelve
Englishmen. 11 Canadian, seven
Americans, four Swedes, three Aus
tralians, two South Africans, two
Greeks, two from Denmark, one Ger
man, one Finn, one Russian, one Bel
gian, one Austrian, one Bohemian and
one Italian entered.
KmltliMtn Again to the Front.
Tlelng the Olympic record of 12
2-6 conds, Forrest Smlthson of Port-'
land, today won the second heat In
the semi-final try-out for the 100
meter hurdle race. Th Oregon boy
Is In perfect condition and Is strongly
backed for first place In the final
heat A. R. Shaw of America, won
th first heat In the same event, In
16 1-6 seconds, qualifying for the
finals. Smlthson entered the second
heat and won without apparent effort.
His expert trainer marveled at his
speed, and declared that If Smlthson
attempted It, he could hsvs lowered
th record. Ha did not try to us all
of hi speed In th semi-final. The
showing by th two Americana puts
nsw life Into th other boys from th
United State.
Everything seemed to be coming the
way of th American contestant when
Rand carried off th third heat of the
110-meter hurdle and Ollbert added
another victory to th list by wlnnlnr
combined sections two and three In
the pol vsult, by clearing 12 feet,
which Is six Inches less thsn the rec.
ord mad by Oounder of France, In
th Olympic gsmo at Athens In 1106.
Osrrels, of America, raptured th
fourth heat In tti 118-meter hurdle.
In 16 4-6 seconds.
SKY riLOTH PLAY BALL.
Spoken, Wash., July 24. Spo-
aane s Methodist ministers will lay
aswa their clerical garmonts tomqr
"" uonmng the, uniforms of
baseball players, will meet the city
fathers In contest for supremacy on
the diamond. Proceeds of the gnme
win be used for charitable and rtii
purposes and Nutninri,.
win doubtless be crowded wlih fun.
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Great confidence is expressed In th
Methodist camp, as the "sky pilots
have shown up well in practice.
me Rev. Dr. Honry I. Rasmus.
pastor of the Firm M. E. church, and
Rev. Edwin B. Lockhart will ha th.
battery for the gospelers, while Mayor
i Herbert Moor and Ben H.'RIce.
chief of the police department, will do
me twining and catching (or the ad
ministration, Asa V. Bradrlck has
been selected to officiate as umpire
for the ministers and Edward J. Can
non, counsel for the Northern Pacific
railway, will hold the Indicator for
the Moore cabinet. .
SAYS KER.V W U,L CARRY IN
DIAN A -LOV ES EDWARD,
Former Tammany ChMuiln Is Inter
viewed Hope Bryan Will Bo
Fl.vuxl Hughe Jlchmgs to Solva
tion Army No Store Roosevelt
Wanted In Tlii Country King Ed
ward la Popular-WouId Bo Elected
President of the World If Election
' Wa Held. y
New York, July 24. Richard Cro
ker, former Tammany chieftain, takes
great Interest In the campaign, and
hopes that Bryan will win. In an In
terview granted at hi horn at Olen
calrn, Ireland, h ask who Kern Is,
nd when told, ald h ought to be
able to carry Indiana. He said:
"America doe not want any mor
Roosevelts," and declared that Gov
ernor Hughes beldngs to th Salvation
Army. Croker says that King Edward
Is th most popular man In Chris
tendom, and that If over an election
for president of th world was held,
Edward would be elected.
GRAIN FIRES.
Lightning Ignite Field of Barley and
Wheat.
Two grain fire In th neighborhood
of Waltsburg are reported as a result
of th (ever electrical storm. W.
Lloyd, whose farm Is about one mile
southwest of Waltsburg, la said to have
lost a large amount of wheat, and D.
C. Eaton had a ,large acreage of bar
ley destroyed. As the lightning put
many of the telvphones out of busl
noss, details sr meager, but a report
from Waltsburg eirly In th evening
was to the effect thst the loss will ag
gregate several hundred dollars. Th
flames were plainly visible from Wal
la Walla.
OUt ASKS
ABOUT Si
Take a Little Soda I
For Your Stomach's Sake
This Advice Certainly Holds Cood with Everyone
This Sort of Weather
Soda served at our fountain is more than a
tasty thirst-quenching beverage. Jt is tonic and
refreshing and every glass a strengthener for
the stomach.
Our Soda is absolutely pure, strengthening,
reviving, refreshing and healthful. It "lands di
recr on the "dry" spot and quenches thirst as
nothing else will, because we serve it at Just the
right temperature.
IIILL'5 MqQ JJ0RE
LA GRANDE, OREGON t
I I MUUU I U
DEED
KILLED
MAN MIRDERFJ) IV BASE- .
MENT OF MEAT PLANT WITXB
Offk-lat of San Mateo Comity, cl..
Jiiinuug for Man Who to Supposed
to Mava Killed Watchman of Plant
Only Witness Who Could Convict
Slayer of Two Others .Finger Only
Clew to Man Sought, V
South San Francisco. Julv 24. Th.
sheriff of San Mateo county and hi
deputies are today scourlnr tha coun
try In this vicinity for the unknown
Greek, who Is accused of the murder
of Btovan Steff, the only witness In a.
murder case here, who could cnnvlft
the defendant Steff was stabbed seven
times In the face and seven times In
the body. In the struggle he caught
the right forefinger of the murderer,
and bit It .off. The finr.i I. Y,au
used as a clew. The murdered man
Is the third member of a former bak.
ery firm of five members to be killed
within three months. The fourth
partner, Toderklproff, Is now In Jail '
awaiting trial. He Is accused of kill
ing the other two men. Steff was the
only wltnosa against him. and waa
some days ago murdered In the base
ment of th Western Meat company's
building In Alameda, where he 'wa
employed as a watchman.
Th authorities now think that
Steff knowledge of th murder of
th two members of th bakery firm
caused him to be murdered.
Robberies at Pendleton.
Threa Houses Broken Into A Forty
Pound Clock Taken.
Pendleton, July 12. Robber last
night brok Into th residences of A.
J. McAllister and Nat Raines, and
after" ransacking th places mad an
attempt to gain entrance to th old
Stock Exchange building, in.th ten
derloin district, where they evidently
nopea to rind liquor. From McAllis
ter's th thieves carried away a heavy
clock valued at $60, but which will be
very hard to dispose of. At th Ralne
place their total booty consisted of a
small bank containing a few dollar.
The officer have arrested two men
for th Stock Exchsnge affair, but
they say they will be able to quickly
prov their Innocence.
GASP1PE TIIl'OS TO HANG.
Brutal Murders In San Franelsro Its.
t!elled by Nearnes of Execution.
San Ouentln. C! Julv tl rnk
fllemsen and Louis V. Dabner, th fa-
mous gasplpe thugs, are sentenced to
hsng next Friday", and this morning
were marched from their cells to th
death chamber, which Is within a few
steps of th gsllows. Blnmsen I
showing signs of a breakdown, but
Dabner maintains a stole attitude.