lie FLAYS
IfJiPROPER ACTS
fllfcST QUARTERLY 'REPOIIT
READY FOR COMPTROLLER,
fbrniithU'Of the F. A T. ST. Bank To-
ntlu imported to the Comptroller
-l.Soircs Any Man Who Would Take
Advniiatge of tlio Muddled Affairs
-cria Mm Worts Than , Scribe
Minpelf Bur Budget of Details to
lie Seut In Soon.
'The condition of tho defunct Far
ters & Traders' National nan at me
cae ol'Wslness December SI, 1908
nown ea the first quarterly report,
ill be prepared and sent to the
otnptroiler of the currency within five
ays by Receiver Nledner.
This In the most voluminous budget
h.a.thns ever gone out from the bank,
n contains an enormous volume of
ctfuls. Others that have preceded it
ave haj to do with the condition of
he Institution at the time it wart de
lared Insolvent, but this one has to
o with the affairs today. Its prepar
lon hrts required the burning of mid
night oil by the receiver and his as
jioUnts. It records every step and
(very lt m that has been transacted
ilnee the receiver took charge.
In an Interview today relative to the
hatter of claims against the bank, Re
(elver Wilter Nledner said:
"If any man attempts to take ad
antagv of the muddled condition of
lis bank and profit by it, because the
coords have been improperly kept and
some Instances destroyed, I con-
Hdr Mnva. wqrs culprit that th late
mlifer. '- Tre is no' evidence 'that
jlber was seeking personal benefit,
knd as his assertion that he was sin-
fiGHT Warms up
GOLDEX STATE UNITED I.V
FIC1ITIXG FREIGHT RATES.
Monoy Tours hi From All Section to
Prnttit. UaUwt. .Hates Effective
Xext Saturday. Vw .
San Francisco, Dec. SI. Pledges of
financial support have poured In to
day to the; executive committee ap
pointed by the California shippers,
who are protesting against the pro
posed advance In railroad freight
lates by transcontinental lines In the
state. As a result of the meetings
held throughout the state yesterday,
brewers, manufacturers, merchants,
agriculturists and commercial Interests
are now united in a common cause. It
is possible action will be taken by
shippers to enjoin the change In rates
before Saturday, at which time the
increase Is scheduled to become effective.
t
ESMIS
out or lie
nlng In a futile effort to save the life
of the sinking Institution, has not been
contradicted, I say that for eny one to
take advantage of, the affairs for per
sonal benefit Is a contemptible act"
' WOX HIS WAGER.
But It Nearly Cost Him Ilia Life In
Currying Out Agreement.
Oakland, Cal., Dec. 31. John Rob
bins, of Frultvale, proved to the world
he was such a "game" spprt that he
could put a billiard ball In his mouth,
but he Is minus several teeth and is
half dead from the nervous shock. He
has a doctor's bill to pay as a New
Year's greeting, but he won $2.50. -
While playing billiards yesterday a
friend said: ."I'll bet you $2.50 you
can't put that ball in your mouth."
"You'll lose," said Robblns, and wlt'.t
great difficulty he forced the ball into
his mouth. Then trouble came. The
docior said it was Impossible to re
move the ball before several teeth
were removed. While this was v'"
done Robblns nearly choked to U?.i:'-..
WITHDRAWS FROM OHIO SEX-
ATORIAL CONTEST FOR PEACE.
Dick Faction Will Hold Full rower In
Ohio Charles Tart to Succeed Dlek
Two Years Heliee, Is the Belief
Representative Burton Thought to
Bo the Successor of Foraker Chas,
Taft Values Fence More Than the
Honor of Solon's Tor. - -
Columbus. O.. Dec. 81. Charles
Taft, brother of the president-elect, to
day announced officially his with
drawal from the Ohio senatorial con
test. Politicians say this means he
will succeed Senator Dick two years
hence. Representative Theodore Bur
ton Is now almost certain to succeed
J. B. Foraker, Taft withdrew In the
cause of harmony. y
1 Burton Is a republican of Cleveland
born at Jefferson, Ashtabula county
Ohio, In 1851. He first went to the
legislature In the 51st session, meeting
defeat for re-election the next time
Then he was elected to the 53d, 55th
56th, 67th and 58th, and re-elected to
the 59th. ,
Charles Dick, until this year the
junior senator, now heads the Ohio
delegation. His office expires March
4, 1911.
Foraker Withdraws.
An hour after Charles Taft an
nounced his withdrawal from the sen
atorial contest, Foraker made a similar
announcement, leaving a clear field to
Theodore Burton. s
' Miss Emma Gocck is suffering with
a slier'' Attack of appendicitis.
:
ELEVENTH
AMUAL
.
pOficiT
1H HEW YORK cm
ATTENDED MEEfING
.NORTHWEST SUPERINTENDENTS
HOLD INTERESTING SESSION'S.
NATION'S METROPOLIS TO
' t -
f BE "SOUSED" RIGHT.
NW Year W1U Bo Ushered In In Hilar
Ions Munner Thousands Wanted on
Expensive Wines In Which De
bauotiers Become Liberal Speudv'
One Quiet Moment During Cole
bratlon, Juxt Prior to Midnight
Trinity Chimes Will Ring Tonight.
It is unnecessary for us to go into detail as
t ' . -J. I. x I. XX FT
to our auiiny ai January price uuung. every;
thing in our store has to go under our magic
prices.
Nothing Reserved!
.
Everything in the house reduced. We are
the people who keep the prices down.
FAIR SI
La Grande, Oregon
New York, Dec. SI. New York be
gan Its annual New Year debauch this
afternoon, and It Is conservatively es
tlmated that by 1 o'clock tomorrow
morning a third of the city's adult pop
ulation will be "soused."
To thus welcome the New Year In
any of the popular resorts Is an ex
pensive pleasure. For a fee of from
$5 to $50, according to the would-be
guest's means, a table is reserved for
him and his party. Often this reser
vation Is made la July or August, be
cause every year the rush for table
on the night of December 31 grows
greater.
And, as if hiring a place to sit were
not enough, most , of the big placet
have a rule that nothing In the way of
drinks Shall be sold except "wine"
which In the patois of 42d street and
Its vicinity means always champagne
Indeed, some proprietors go even fur
ther and stipulate that nothing less
than a quart may be bought.
To the person who has not had the
forethought or desire to hire a tabic
and add to the profit of viniculture
Broadway Is on New Years eve a
moving picture, The sidewalks arc
Jammed with a iri'try mob, ' moving
aimlessly north and south, blowing
horns, . shaking "burzers," throwing
confetti, and . using those "ticklers'
against which one police commissioner
railed In vain, although certain wag
gish spirits had Instituted the custom
of concealing a sharp tack or nail at
the head of the stick among the feath-
ors. It is early in the evening that
this out-of-doors 'celebration begins,
Patrolmen are detailed at the ratio of
two to a block, and although the crowd
Is In the main good natured, there are
always fights to be settled by the arm
of the law plus the nightstick. This
year matters will be facilitated by the
night court, and it will be Interesting
to know what luckless weight will be
gin 1909 by being fined or committed
at 12 m.
There in one ffntiir of Kiw York'
New Year's eve that many a visitor
from out of town has anticipated. It
Gil 111 ii Return From Merlins Where
. ;uh swoJi. rrou:e: in-
livers an Addrcw.
IIE17 HORROR li
E
UAK
ET
Presided over by Bishop C. W.
Smith, In Centenury church, Portland,
and Inspired by his quiet and business
like dignity, a convention of the dis
trict superintendents and other of the
northwest met for a two-days session
fui'm'ny sr.d Wednesday of this week.
.'..uf were present ' Superintendents
Sulliger of the Pugct Sound country,
Holllngshead. Rowland, and Dunlap,
of the Willamette and the Klamath
regions, and J. D. Olllllan of our city,
representing this portion ot the Idaho
conference. Mr. GUlllun returned
this morning.
Questions and themes ever every
where valuable, but now particularly
pertinent to the needs of this western
rapidly growing semi-commonwealth,
were prominent In evidence. The
proper name for the meeting was "An
Institute on Home Missions and
Church Extension."
Mrs. C. L. Weaver of Chicago, gave
an address on the work- of, the Wo-,
man's Home Missionary society; Its
place In the church. '
Mrs. C. W. Jones explained the work
of tho Woman's Missionary league In
Oregon conference, a sort of susten
tatlon fund-maker to assist needy
charges In supplying the needs of their
ministers.
T. S. McDanlels gave a history of
the Oregon Laymen's league, and
President Homan of Willamette uni-,
verstty showed the relations between
our denominational schools and church
benevolences.
Reports of the work - of foreign
speaking peoples were mado by. thf
following missionary pastors now at
work In the c(lty of Portland:. E. E.
Hertzler for the Germans,' John Ovall
for tho Swedes, H. P, Nelson for the
Norwegian-Danish constituency; Chan
'Continued on naire S
SMELL OF BUnXIXG FLESH
SICKENS THE SURVIVORS.
Government Give Out Estimate of
Pood at 118,000 Separate Widow
From Remains of Dead Hun band,
But She Follows Body to Flames
Aid Being RuHhed to the Districts
King and Queen aro Working Un
. flluchlngly in Suvot. .
Official Death LUC
Rome, Dec. SI. The govern-
4 ment today Issued the follow-
ing official estimate of dead:
At Messina, 60,000, . v
At Regglo, 40.000. '
At Monteleone, 1800.
At Bagnara, 1000.
At Oazzlri. 1000. .
At Falml, 600. , v
At Semlnara, 400.
In country districts, 24.000.
Total, 118.806.
The press estimates the nam-
ber of dead at 200.000.
"
Rome, Dec. 81. Dispatches . from
naval officers at Messina say the num
ber of dead there Is 185,000. The
whole southern part of Italy and Slti-
ly is one vast hospital and morgue.
The suffering at Messina and Reg
glo Is appalling. Tha streets are tem
porary hospitals, with no means of
moving the injured.' , V
Soldiers raised the roof from a
wrecked railway station at , Messina
aad found scores of corpses packed
solid. No effort was made to count
me ueau. . - , y $
" The burnlngof boe,4',"contlnue
(Continued on page I. )
llERAISilllH
OF RIPC II THE HEW YEAR
This has been one of the finest more are to follow,
building winters . for many years. Zacharlah Lilly has purchased four
While these words are being set in lots on North Fourth street and Ur
The
is the church bell chimes, especially
those of Trinity, ringing out over the
graveyard and along the "silent"
reaches of Wall street and lower
Broadway. '
And while the street crowds hall the
midnight bells with clamor, the pa
trons of some of the restaurants have
a pretty custom that has grown up
through the years. Just as the hands
of the clock are within a moment of
overlapping all the lights In the res
taurant are turned out. The orchestras
stop playing. Everybody keeps si
lence. Then with the flashing forth
of the lights once more , everybody
knows that the new year Is a fact, and
a tonst Is drunk standing. But this
Isn't the only toast, for New York, and
more especially the "white light" dis
trict, sees to it that the sun has al
most risen before the festivity closes.
FEUD ERICH
IIJH1T; CALL FOR TROOPS TQ
UACKSON COUNTY IN KENTUCKY.
i .
Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 31. Governor
type, the hammer and the saw are to
be heard in all portions of the city.
Two large stone piers for the $60,000
M. & M. company's building . were
raised today and new houses are in
evidence In all sections of the city, and
now gathering material for a neat
' cottage. , ' ' '
Mrs. Sullivan's new house on Adams
avenue Is nearlng completion.'
, . n.v.u ,. . .-'. . W ''
' (Continued on page 4.)
sage from the county judge, other of
ficials of Jackson county Joining with
him, asking troops proceed there Im
mediately. The message failed to say
why the. soldiers are wanted. It Is
supposed a bloody mountain feud, in
which the Hargls family has played
such a prominent part, has broken
out again. The disagreement of the
Jury that tried Beach Hargls for
murder of his father recently, may be
at the bottom of the trouble.
SALOOX ROBBED.
Barkeeper Bound and Gaftgd Safe
Robbed of $3000.
San Francisco, Dec. 31. Bound and
gagged, James C. . Mllholland, a bar
tender In the Golden Gate Avenue sa
loon, was found yesterduy by the pro
prietor, bleeding from a gaping wound.'
The place had been ransacked by rob-;
bers who secured $3000 from the safe.
Mllholland was alone when the thugs
entered.
A GIFT THAT PLEASES
is not always the expensive one. Something beau
tiful and useful and in good tatte suits best. One
thing that is always acceptable, and which will re
main a plhasant reminder of the giver, is good per
fume. We have a nice line of
CHRISTMAS PERFUMES
put up in fancy gift packages or we can sell you
-the same odors in bulk. When you are at a loss
what to buy thin of these. Just what yon want for
iust what you can pay. The quality is the very best
Newlin Drug
La Grande, Ore.
Co.