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;- t H I' i ; VOLUME VIII. LA GRANDE. I'XIOX COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, FEKIH'AHY 5, 190. M.MI1KR 93. m WILL HEAR ID KIAH'S STORY lithe" n v Matftmov on EX .MASSE VISIT, IS PLAN Defendant and Eye Wit new to Vnlon Miootlng Havo Been Before Grand jury. Hut No Decision la l.lfccly I mil Lnnlun Story I Told the Jurors May Visit I'nlon and Hear Story From Wounded Man's Llpw Xo Re ports Since Tuesday. That a deposition by F. P. Lanlus, the aged man shot In the quarrel at Union early In the week, will be read iK'fore the grand Jury here, or else the grand Jury Itself will go to the bedside of Lanlus and learn his story flrst- lianded before a report In the case of ciHvton Smith will be made Ity the grand Jury, has become evident ac cording to authoritative Information. Smith and Clifford, the eye witness to the shooting, have been taken be fore the grand Jury, but It Is rumored nbout on good authority that the old man's story will also be heard. iMst Into Next Week. Anothy" fact whleh Is well estab lished today Is that the grand jury will be grinding at the end of this week, and may need at least one day of the coming .week to complete de liberations. There has been no report of anj kind since the first three were an nounced last Tuesday. None aro ex pected toduy. .-Thw Circuit Court Cac. Today-the clrcbil court Is he:irlii the appealed aese of Hoy T Oliver ugainst Kichenbtrger. In tho Justlct court the present defendant was V loser. It Is a jury case Involving a settlement of money alleged to be due. FIRST Our first showing of iust received from New York's best Suits These suits will give you an idea of the style Tendencies for Spring Ladies VJe invite you to call and see them. You are welcome, buy or no buy. THE FAIR BURIED MANY DAYS STARVING PRISONER UK. MOVED FROM RUINS Imprisoned for Days I'mlcr Messina Ruins, Kut May Yet Recover Very Strange Case. Nuples, Feb. 5. metmve from Messina says a man waji removed from the earthquake ruins today. Rescu ers heard a faint cry, and the volun teers worked all night to reach him. Early this morning they pulled him out. Although nearly dead from sturvatton, b,ls chances for ultimate recovery are good. BELL MAY COME. City Council of Philadelphia Acts on Petition From Portland. Philadelphia, Feb. 5. The city council finance committee Is now con sidering a proposition of sending the Liberty Bell to the Portland Hose carnival, and then to the Seattle expo sition. The bell will probably go, as the mayor has recommended It. E SPLIT XO ADVANCE OF DltV DILL SINCE YESTEUDAY. Iloth Factions In Washington House Frame t"p Counter Attacks Retal iato With, Petty Schemes Wei Held In Session Satnrduy for Spite Work Caucus Held. Olympla, Wash., Feb. The local option fight has reached a stage where members of the house are Intent upon imposing all sorts of petty retaliations upon each other. The actual pragr si f the bill since yesterday Is nil. Lo- Continued on page .) OVER 01 A E CALLOWS SET TO ACTION wllsiioko M.vx pays the PRICE FOR Ml KDKK. Waller Johnson I "Tenches liilrnipcr ance Sermon From (Allows Walks Firmly to Ilia Death Admitted III Guilt and Said He Did the Crime (or the Money There Was In It Evils of Intemperance ('nine In for Flay lily by Condemned. Salem, Feb. C. Walter Montgomery Johnson, convicted of murdering El mer Purdue.i of Hillsboro, Ore., on December 14, last year, was bunged at the state penitentiary at 12:40 today. When asked If he had anything to say, he straightened up and said: "I am guilty. I did not commit the crime In self-defense as was stated during the trial, but needed the money thnt was In It. I had been drinking heavily and was not myself. I am ready to pay the price." He delivered a short talk on the evils of Intemperance. Just as the cap was drawn over his , head Johnson said. "Be sure to break my neck." At 12:27 the prisoner left his cell ac companled by the prison officials and Rev. W. II. S-lleck. He marched tc the gallows and aseende dthe step? firmly. MAY DliOP 1XVKSTIGATIOX. Assaulted Japanese Ktudcnt Anxloti to Hush Vp Mutter Quickly. Berkeley, Cal.. Feb. B. Presfde-it Wheeler of the University of Califor nia, has received a letter from K. Kn neko, tho Jap who was assaulted laM week by students, In which he say he does not want Wheeler to Invest! Biitc, and desires the matter be drop ped so no International trouble will re sult. present; TROUSERS Fofm Fitting v- A AW v: PANTS See the Style See the Point You Need the pants that give you satisfaction Thi price is $3.50 - THE FAIR hi FRO! CILLETT C.II.I.F.TT SKXUS hPKOAL MES. 0 - MGKO.V EXCLUSION HILL. President Roosevelt Jolted by Action of Lower House n California Yea ' terduy Segregation Dill Was raw ed Glllctt Spends Most of the Night In Framing I'p SmvIuI Message House Ignore Reconsideration, Ap Mtil Completely. Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 5. A motion to postpone the reconsideration of the Johnson bill until Wednesday, was carried unanimously at the. request of Johnson,' following an appeal for do lay by Spaeker Stanton. The same dis position was made of Johnson's anti Japunese' municipal segregation cor poration bills. Urging a reconsideration of the bill excluding from public schools all Jap anese. Governor Gillett bus sent a special message o the legislature to day. ; Governor Glllclt worked late last night preparing his message, which feads: "Believing there should be furthi-i :tnd a most careful conslierntton ol assembly bill No. 14, providing that boards of school trustees haye power td establish separate schools for Jap anese children, and that thereafter they shall not be admitted Into any public school. Further, believing the enactment of the provisions of such a bill will; at this time, affect the inter ests of the entire nation, and perhaps seriously, 1 must respectfully ask you to reconsider the vote by which said l)ill was passed, and take the matte: up for further consideration. Within l few hours after the passage of the bill, the President of the United States was alarmed at the possible conse iicnccH of the enactment of such bill, find sen,t me a telegram In wljlch he sHld.i " 'TlKs is the most offensive bill of all: In my judgment is It -clearly un constitutional, and w eshould have a test in the courts. Can it not he stopped In the legislature or by a veto?" ' , "A telegram so forcible si s this com ing from the president of the United -Uiites. Is entitled to full considera tion." y ignores C.lllelt's Appeal. IMrectly alter Governor Ulllett's special message was read in the sen ate this morning. Senator f'amlnettl showed utter Indifference to the exec utive appeals by Introducing Grove juiiiisou im.-j.iian at .";-rj,': ml1 dren segregation bill which waij pass ed by the lower house yesterday, and made the subject of a second debate on reconsideration this morning. Action Jolted President. Washington, Feb. 5. It was an nounced at the While House today that additional correspondence be tween Itoosevelt, and Governor Gillett, regarding the pending anti-Japanese measure before the California legisla ture, was discussed In cabinet meeting today. The administration, figurative ly speaking, has not yet recovered its i breath from the unexpected jolt re ceived from California yesterday, it ,came when Boosevelt thought the matter was settled. CZAR IS Fl'IMOlS. Demand Investigation or Startling: Charges Against Officers. St. Petersburg. Feb. 5. The c.ar today ordered the cabinet to nn-i t the ouestlons and accusations of the lou- ma concerning alleged' purticipati" : of government agents in many i-s -slnatlons recently. The czar I- IjiIous over the revelations en! i i.-'.s n a thorough investlitHM !: I .o.e the dou nia February 13. I Senator Clark Improving. London, Feb. 5. Former United States Senator Clark of Montana, in ! jured in a fall aboard the liner Lu : r-nnla. Is mut-h (mrrivd today. He .will continue hls UlJ' M I'nrt- i a few days. CRISIS IN CABINET SIX XEW !HKAlX.l"iHTS DF.MAXDF.l) IX ENGLAND. Many Designations Will Affect Most of High Ofliclal Portfolio. In Kng land. London., Feb, S. -Oemands n the admiralty for six hew iiallcehTjkri.' the Dreadnaught type, costing $80. 000,000, has precipitated a crisis In the British cabinet today. The Dally Chronicle says the Impending resig nations will affect portfolios held by !avhl LI i yd-Grorge, chanceller of the exchequer; -Winston Churchill, presi de, .t of the board of trade; Lord Mor ley, secretary of state for India, and John Burns, of the local government board. - The Daily Mall announces the strug gle In the cabinet Is extremely stub born, and may result In open rupture at any minute. Premier Asqulth. for eign secretary, and Gray, war secre tary, favor a new program, and are reported to be planning to compel the radicals to accept it or get out. LAIS STILL E PATIENT HOME DETTER ) TODAY, SAYS PHYSICIAN. Attending Physician at Union Tele phones! Exact Condition of F. V. lanlus Did Not Au(li!:l-.:? Stale menl Hint I Jin I us Was Out or Dan ger Dckoi'Hhh Wounds. Talking for publication, to give the exa. ' condition of F. P. Lanlus, who 'was 'woiireled In the Union ghn fight. Dr. Cromwell of Union, answered The Observer this afternoon over the long distance telephone, that his patient was slill In the danger zone, though a trifle better today. In response to an assertion made in the morning publl- i cation, Dr. Cromwell affirmed he was unaware where the "official announce ment" came from, as It had not orig inated In his office. "I don't see "how the bullet missed his liver and it certainly cume near piercing the kidneys," explained Dr. t'loiiwell, in describing the exact In-, juries. Continuing, be said: ' "The bqllet entered the breast 2 Inches below the right nipple, tang ing downward in Its course. It went, between the ribs and lodged one inch to the right of the spine In the small of the bck, about bIx Inches from fjie !on..r vir..mltv of the spine. There re no surface Indications of injury. I consider the case a critical one, - In which Lanlus Is yet far from recov ery, and having passed through an ex tremely critical stage.- He Is better today? though I do not consider him out of danger." H DANCER Z II We Try to Satisfy Customers Our ever increasing business seems to signify that we are succeeding in satisfying cur trade. We consider that satisfying a customer 3 of more import than immediate profit. Besides providing the very best service we install every convenience that a drug store can contain. This h a store where trading is a pleasure. If we have not had the pleasure of serving you we hope to have it soon. You'll find our prices as low as right quality can be had for anywhere NEWLIN DRUG STORE LA CRASDE, 0RECQ& IT li1tlk done of acttal "taluk dciuxi; session. House mid Scnare Today Discos Maa Measures and Act on Few Bill t De Presented Excluding AU Asiatics) I'roni Orcgoit Is Sweeping Mentur House kills Dill to Have Sheriff Instead of Attendants Take Insane f to A)'luin. Salem. Feb. E. Speaker McArthur opened . the house with a roast fur members, for only passing two bills of any public merit and three-fourths of the session gone. A general Junk'it resolution was put through allowing mileage and "necessary expenses"' tof a Joint committee and to visit all the state Institutions when the house ad- ' Journs today. After a long debate the bill putting the state printer on a flat salary and abolish the fee sys tem, and the state to own Its printing plant was referred to the Judiciary committee. The house passed three bills, rais ing county official- salaries over ths governor's veto by a unanimous vote of democrats and republicans. In tha senate Johnson's road bill, which is being fought by the (.range, and far mers generally, was postponed until 1 o'clock Monday. The Nottingham bill to take con veyance of Insane persons from th hands of the asylum attendants and restore transportaf after commit ment by the sheriff, wW defeated. Oregon ADer Asliltr1 Sciatos- BaileJ"., mt to the, desk .a resolution' aiming at the exclusion of all Asiatics. The measure did not there In time for action before ad journment. Tho resolution is sweep ing. The bill names Chinese, Japan ese and Hindus, prohibiting their ad mission and naturalization in the state. , 4FFICEItS ELECTED. Literary ProTum and Election of Of ficer) Take t'p '.Afternoon. The -literary society of the high school elected officers this afternoon. The following are- the new ones: Joe King, president; Marbel Green, vice-president; Henry Heldenrelch, secretary; Merrill Chllders, reporter; Hazel Thelson, chorister; Leon Daw. son, sergeant at arms. During the afternoon the high school devoted Itself to things literary. Tha appended program was delivered: Selection, High school orchestra. High school paper ti), io ViuV son. Piano solo, Hazel Thelson. Selection, High school quartet. Recitation, Francis Carbine. High school paper (11), Joe King. Piano solo, Hulda Anderson. MIR PRODS LAZi LAWMAKERS f il: 111 i u: n 1 X r r . r . t k 1 t 1 ': f ! n I . t; n t: ! f i ? II. In ' I n f : 3 3 ; 1 W r ... m 1 ; ( - .-v', ' ' t 6,..' Ml ''"''I ii ! W