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p J i? ' . ' - ' VOLUME Tni. LA CRA NDE, VNIOX COUNTY. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY S, 1900 NUMBER 70. . fRESII FIGHT IS ON FOUR-INCH SHOW BETTtR C0ASTBALL WORKMEN ACTUALLY RAZING 'FRISCO'S CITY HA Lit.; VALLEY IIISALOONFICHT PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE NOW IV., CLASS .n BALL. -i-'AiAWilir (iivi (Miierhli of Metallic JElllty RUSK IS 'I. IfUHAAIIRF in All ISSUE RESCUE WORK IS J III ,. ! I . . " . . - ' - ' "... I . 1 Long Fight Ended at Last, VISITING CONSTITUENTS OX WAY TO LEGISLATURE. Believes United Slates Senator Will Be Elected on Flixt Ballot Also, That tho People PasMod tho Local Option and Primary Laws, and if Any Chaiigcai Are to lie Made tlie People Should Make Them No SiKxial Alourtureg to Be Introduced by Illin. Joint Representative Jerry Husk ar rlvcd from Joseph last night, and af ter spending one or two days in the valley, "will go to Portland and thence to Salem, when the legislature con venes. When asked if he thought there was liable to be any confusion in the election of United States senator, he plied that he did not, and that he- ex pected the first ballot would decide the matter, . . 3f Special Bills In Mind. In reference to general legislation lr. Rusk stated that he did not have any special legislation to introduce; that generally thfre was entirely too much. He recognized the fact that there would be an attempt to change Ith-e local option and primary laws, but he had decided that as the people made these laws, if any changes were to be fharie the people should make them, and It was not In his way of looking at things the prerogative of the legfs- tf J l u re to change or alter the laws as 5jmssed directly by the people through Vi I ttW I f i . 1 1 m ari a hallauad iYta erf a u , till TV V. 1111 llll UI.IIVI Llll. . 1. II 1 majority of the legislature entertained he same views and he looked for no change in either the local option nor primary laws. Pan Francisco, Jan. 6. Gangs of workmen today began raxing the ruins of the city hall after a spectacular fight waged by citizens who wanted it rebuilt. Now a fresh fight is started botween the contractors and municipal park commission over the metallic woman on top of the dome, each claiming they are entitled to it. postmaster George Hanson of North Powder la here for today. FIRE RECORDS IN LA CUE fTOTAL DAMAGE BY FIRE FOR YEAR IS ONLY $5,290.00. JOnly Eight Fires During 1908 and During Seven Month of the Your There Was Xo Lous Expenditure "TLor the Year hi Only About Five f .. . . tiunurcu. Fire Chief Joseph Jones has-filed iiis annual report with the recorder Jvhich will tie read at the meeting of he city council llfis evening. During the year only eight' firei-- avo occurred with an estimated total Carnage of $5290.. Duirng the months If January, March, May, June, Sep lember, October and December, thej-e ere no alarms. During the year th otal expense of the department was 570.13, of this amount 1240 was paid he several companies as their annual Upends and $240 was expended in outh La Grande for a new hose houss. avlng the actual amount expended n equipment at $126. Fire Chief Jones hopes the city will oon find it possible to provide a team nd three paid men who will be onstantly on duty. Then, with th? id -of the volunteer department. La Grande can be better protected than t present. This recommendation, owever, is not in his report, but are Is personal views. La Grande has cause to feel proud f its fire boys. In not a single in tance since the water system was in 1 ailed has there been a fire thai got eyond control, and in very few In lanres has there been a total loss. MYSTERY VEILS SEATTLE DEATH HUSBAND DETAINED WHILE OFFICIALS INVESTIGATE. Wife of Seattle Candy Maker Dies In Her Home Following; Quarrel Willi llusluiiul Find Revolver No Trace of Poison or Ylolciico No Bullet Wounds Found. Seattle, Jan. 6. Under mysterious circumstances, Mrs. Young, wife of James Young, a candy maker, died last night in her apartments following a quarrel with her husband, who is de tained pending the Investigation. . It was learned that a revolver was dis covered, but no bullet wound has been found. Joseph Roba, a roomer, says he took the revolver from Young, who says he did not strike her and did not see her fall. It was learned she did not take poison. BLIZZARD BREAKS, BIT SNOWSTORMS FOLLOW. Sleighs Freely Used at Union, Where ( live Inches of , Snow Fell- Oiher Valley Towns Snowed Under, But I J Uio Sleighing- Mcreury Never Touched Uio Zero Mark Here Last Evening JonciIi Stockmen Feel Lit ' tie Alarm at Storm. An average of four Inches of snow mantles the Grande Rondo valley to day. The blizzard which prevailed TENNESSEE ENTERS BITTER LOCAL OPTION STRUGGLE. Strenuous Effort Made to Drive Every Saloon IVoiu Southern State As sassination of Curiiinck Recently, Drove "Drys" to Dcict-ate Action- Take His Untimely Death m War Cry Liquor Dealers . Still Hopeful of Avcrtlnjj Uio Wave. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 6. "Remem ber Carmack!" Is the rallying cry of the temperance forces of Tennessee, yesterday has broken and people are wn ar Ktherlng In the capital dur again settled down to the regular rou- ,n the first week of the legislative tine of life with a shade more speed, I session, to demand the passage of a '.owever. as the sleigh has displaced prohibition bill that will drive every the more cumbersome mode of travel, a'oo. frm the state. Only three the wagon, in many Instances. All Tennessee big cities are now left In night long the blizzard of yesterday I which liquor can be legally sold, and there is every prospect that before long Memphis, Nashville and Chatta nooga will be rendered "dry." The assassination of Senator Car midnight it fell rapidly from 12 above J mrack, the edltor'of a local newspaper, IV.n l.ulntf Will Onlline Bcnclli to the Coast Towns. raged in this city, but broke again this morning to permit a short but heavy snowfall. At no time did the mercury touch zero, notwithstanding that at to 6 above. In the metropolis here, less snow has fallen than In other 'ocalities. Cove records 3 inches ol snow; Imbler, 4; Union, S; Elgin, 4 ind Summemll 4. At Union sleighs vere drafted Into service with very satisfactory results,' while at the other towns, the limited amount of snow If badly drifted in places, making sleigh' Ing unsatlsfacotry. On the mountain summits, to the east and west, the downfall of snow by a political enemy, has been made in Issue by the friends of state-wide prohibition. Carmack was lust year a "a ml Id :i to for the gubernatorial norn Inntlon against Governor , Patterson He ran on a prohibition platform, but was defeated by a narrow margin after i heated campaign in which the liquor traffic was the principal issuo. He did not allow his defeat at the polls to end he campaign, but kept the prohibition luestlon to the forefront through edl- was much greater and the severity of torlala in the newspaper of which he the cold much worse. Trainmen re port Dakota winters at Kamela, TelO' (Continued from page 1.) CENSOR RACE NEWS. May Prevent New York Papers From Publishing Odds on Races. Bill Sunday, the reformed baseball Slayer, Is afraid thugs will kill him. id those who have heard his lectures f e afraid they will not. New York, Jan. 6. Legislation to prevent newspapers in this state from printing racing odds is being prepared by Senator Agnew for introduction in the state legislature. The action fol lows a decision of the appellate di vision of the supreme court holding the selling of advance Information It not a violation of the Hart-Agnew rac ing law. ESCAPE FROM JAIL. Two Prisoners Dig Out of Watertille Wash., Jail Tliis Morning. SUITS SET E (Kill Wenatchee, Jan. 6. Word was sen; to this city that J. S. Burreil, chargiu with grand larceny, and O. Push, whi Is charged with forgery, escaped Jai. at Watervllle by digging through a rock wall. It is believed they will gt. to Wenatchee. SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IS MISSING. Goes Duck Hunting and Fail to Re turn to III Schools. Roseburg, Jan. 6. George Sawyers, principal of the Oakland public schools, in this county, is mysterious ly missing. He went to Red Bluff, Cal., shortly after Christmas, on a duck hunting expedition. He failed to return to reopen his schools Mon day. Friends and his wife fear he was accidentally killed. SOUTHERN PACIFIC-UNCLE SAM FIGHT LONG. Famous Suit to Recover Possession ol Southern Pacific IyUiid In Southern Oregon W.U Sfart March First lie fore Judge Wolverton In Portlund Long Case. Portland, Jan. 6.- The preliminary Daring of the Southern Pacific rail- ad's demurrer in the big suit Ir. a hich the government seeks to regain us.-i-sslon of Oregon land worth in ;'he neighborhood of $60,000,000, be gins March 1, before Judge Wolver- on, in the United States circuit court it Portland. Fifty years ago the government granted the Oregon & California rail road, which is now the Southern Pa cific, land in all parts of Oregon. Nos the government wants the land back. It will be a hard legal battle. was the editor. It was his devoted ad vocacy of the temperance cause, de clare his friends, that led to his tragic deatH In'a "duel on the streets of Nash ville. Now he is being hailed as a martyr to prohibition, and a state wide law prohibiting the manufacture and sale of liquor is urged as the most fitting monument to his memory. Despite reverses they suffered in the first conflicts with the liquor element, the leaders of the temperance army ire confident that public opinion will force the present legislature to pass a prohibition law. It is alleged that the prohibition bill vlll have more than the necessary 17 votes In the senate, and that nearly two-thirds of the members of the house are state-wlders, or will eventually be brought to that way of thinking by the force of public opinion. The liquor dealers have not yet Cincinnati, O., Jan. 8. J. Cal Ewlng, president of the Pacific Coast league. which has been raised to cIhhs AA. in a designation by tho national commis sion yesterday, will outline to fellow- magnates of the west the enlarged privileges conferred on the league by tho change. It means the strengthen ing of the coast tonms in Portland, San Franclsco, Los Angeles and Oakland, and any other city which is added to the league. KETCHEL VILL FICHT JOHNSON DRAWS COIXR LINE EXCEPT WITH CHAJIPION. Kctchcl Publishes Signed Statement at Grand Rapid to the Effect That He Fears Not Johiwon Nor Langford, Either No Other Coon Ilvs pt "Mr. JohiiKlng.' Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. . Ketchel announces in a Bigned state ment published hero today that he is thoroughly willing to fight Jack John son, the colored heavyweight cham plon of tho world, but bars all other negroes. "The fact that I am willing to fight Johnson Is proof that I am not afraid of Langford," Bnys Ketchel in his statement. "Langford ' must whiD fighters I have defeated before I will flghtdilm.A SURVIVORS DEVOTE TIME TO MINISTER TO LIVING. saved from the impending fate of pro hibition, and the botle between the "wets" and "drys" will be fought to a Ininh. Opponents of prohibition assert that the attempt to make the Carmack murder an Issue is absurd, and thnt the assassination of the former sena tor whs due to personal differences ind had nothing to do with the liquor ontroversy. OPIE REID IN FIRE. Springfield, Mo., Hotel Burned, But All Gucftts Fxnpcd. v Springfield, Mo., Jan. 6. Fire, start ing In the Baldwin theater this morn ing, destroyed the building, : and left the Colonial hotel and the Nlxen build ing partly ruined. The tola! loss iif 250,ooo. ; ? - '; ' Ople Reld, the playwright, was mong the guests in the Colonial who escaped. Six firemen were slightly In lured. The origin of the flr In unknown. Rome, Jan. . The Italian ship Bayern, chartered by American Am bassador Lloyd Grlseom, and laden with supplies furnished by American relief money aud contributions, will leave Civitavecchia tomorrow for Mes sina. It will go down the Calabrian coast, dispensing supplies. Court phy sicians today informed. Queen Helena that a complete collapse was Inevita ble unless she desists from working among the quake victims. The queen is extremely nervous. She Ignores the physicians' warning. Grave fear is expressed concerning her physical condition. No More Rescue Work. Catania, Jan. 6. With the exception of troops, Regglo Is evacuated today. and by tUe end of the week only sol diers will remain at Messina. Little further effort will be made to recover the bodies from the ruins. , The great est work now necessary Is among the refugee camps. .,j . r , Ships on Final Lap. ' Port Said, Jan. 6. While every fa cility for early departure is being of fered the American battleships from the fleet, ordered tp Italy, the jressels were delayed laBt night by coaling. They did not leave until early today. v i Coiwul Lupton Alive. ' Washington, Jan. 6. Ambassador Grlscom has cabled the state depart ment today confirming the fact that Vice Consul Lupton survived the Mes sina disaster. He has a letter written by Lupton, dated January 8, saying: It is practically impossible to tele graph the department any Information from here. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Chaney were burled under tons of debris at the consulate. It will take a week's work by 200 men to reach them. 4nXy 10,800 people are now in Messina." i 1 Th Chaney referred to was consul at Messina. Ar von Heblrf' to ihnt rnlnHn to buy Oregon made products? VALUABLE DOG SHOT. Hunting Dog Owninl by IKH Jackson Fatally Shot by Some One Today. ASK FOR RETRIAL. Government Attorney Ready to Argue Caws Before Land!. Chicago, Jan. 6. Assistant District Attorney Wllkrson appeared before Judge Landis today and asked for a retrial of the Standard" Oil $29,000,000 fine. The case is to begin at 2 this afternoon. Landis said he Is ready. Attorney Miller, for the Standard Oil company, said he would not be ready until Monday. A valuable hunting dug belonging to Dell Jackson, was the target for some man with a mean disposition today. The animal was able to drag ltaelf to 'lis master's home in this city. A bul let wound In the hip had done the business. Dr. Charlton was called to administer chloroform to end the suf fering of the faithful animal. Mr. Jackson mourns the loss as the dog was credited with being one of best dogs of Its kind in the state. "Nenp Boer" ('line. Augusta, Ga., Jan. 6. Nearly 200 dealers in "two-per-cent," a brewery product, are directly Interested In the test case of the "near beer" tax which comes up today. A heavy tax has been imposed on the dealers In the "near beer," which beverage is largely will In Georgia under the prohibition regime, and the test case will have an Important bearing on the traffic. The enrgia brand of "near beer" looks Ike beer, tastes like beer, smells like beer. Is made by the breweries and is put up In beer bottles. Yet it is claimed that it contains less than twe per cent alcohol and therefore do.:t not Intoxicate. Heyburn In Hotrc. Boise, Jan. 6. Ser.n'-r Heyburn ar rived from WashinjrK.n today In the Interests of his candidacy for re- the election. He found all opposition si- lvne-d. Decision Today. In the case of Roy Oliver vs. Eich enberger, a a result of a dispute in a settlement running from August, 1906. through 1907. Oliver sued for $193. 90 and received a verdict for $120.15. FJIenHburg Pioneer Dead. Ellensburg. Wash., Jan. 6. Martin Mehan, aged 72, who came to Kittitas valley In the seventies, and one of the oldest settlers,, dropped dead pf heart .disease this morning., . 4 ' h. THE YEAR OLD AND THE YEAR NEW We think it well to begin the new year by express, ing our appreciation of the good will and patronage ex tended to us during the year that is past. Our relations with our customers have never been so satisfactory as during the past twelve months. We have hied as never before to pitncie the in terests of those who trade with us and we have substan tial evidence that our efforts have net been in vain. In the coming year we shall maintain the highest standards of pharmacy, the highest quality of goods, the finest possible service and, as in the past, place the in terests of our customers above our own, believing that in the long run we thus promote our own interests best. Thanking all our friends and customers for favors shown, we extend to each our kindest regards and our best wkhes for a healthy, happy and prosperous NEW YEAR. o Newhn DruQ Co. La Grande, Ore. American Suppliea Will Bo DisMiwed Along Southern Count Tomorrow Regglo Evncuutco" Except for Sol- r lier McHMiua to Bo Deserted lu Week Xo l!oio to Suve Moro Vie tlins Queen Helena In ITecuriou Physical Condition, Say Physicians.