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LA GRANDE. I'XIOX COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, FEKIH'AHY 5, 190.
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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.
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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;
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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
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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."
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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.
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