4P i-.y i r iui VOLUME VIII. la gkande, iniox coi'xty, oregox, ani iisdav, February n, NUMBER 160. : i 1 . - I MANY DILLS IN i-SHJlt M mow EASTERN' OREGOX EXPERI MENT STATION HILL PASSES. Aside From rating Way for Sinter jind King to Supreme Court Judge kIiIIm, the Semite Passes Muny Bills or Interest to Eastern Oregon Dep. ii ty Clerk for Supreme Court In Pendleton Judge Smith's Sulury Is Raised Over Veto. Kitl.nt, Feb. 11. The house paused the senate bill today, creating two ad 1I t lona I Htipreme judges. Commis sioners King and Slater, demoeriis will be annotated. The senate also passed a number of salary bl!W over the governor's vetoes. Including eie . Increasing the salary of the circuit judge at Baker City from $3000 to 94000. A senate bill was put through the house requiring seats for motor men, and for a deputy clerk of the supreme court at Pendleton, and ono for the eastern Oregon experiment .station. ISLAND CITY ITEMS. George Wade and wife of Summer vllle visited here Friday and Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Holmes left Tues lay for Wallowa Ms, to be gone a week. Mr. Holmes Is on a business trip. Several from here plan to attend the minstrels at Grange hall Friday night , Don Meyers of Grand Island, Neb., -spent Wednesday " here with friends, ; He left Thursday morning for Elgin, to take a position In the mill at that place. The high school and seventh and eighth grades are having a vacation while Prof, and Mrs Shurts are tak ing the examination at Lu Grande. FIRST Our first showing of lust received from New York's suit makers best uirs These suits wilt give you an idea of the style Tendencies for Spring Ladies We invite you to call and see them. You are welcome, buy or no buy. THE FAIR nnrn VV LI WHEAT SOARS SKYWARD. Chicago, Fell. 11. May VillCUl WCIlt to 8 1. IS n bushel today, breaking all records of lh mst year. The uinrkct started In under very bullish condl- HONOR TO JIM Ml'. Japanese la America Hemeniber A fcnslou of First Nippon King. Seattle, Feb. 11. No business was transacted In Seattle today by local Japanese, who are celebrating the as cension of "Heaven born" Jim Mu to the first throne of Nippon. - Toklo, Feb. 11. The people of Ja pan are today celebrating in commem oration of the granting of the consti tution. Visitors of all parts of Japan are at the capitol. COLD ITER ON JAP BILLS HOUSE AT SACRAMENTO DISGUSTED AXI TIRED Willi Great mid Potent Forces Against Them Tticy Give Up Fight Against Jap Bills. Sacramento, Feb. 11. In view of yesterday's activity In the house in killing the Johnson anti-Japanese bill it is doubtful today if the investigation will be seriously mentioned again this session. Most of the members of the house are disgusted with the whole affair, as It is too much work fight for bills with President Roosevelt, Governor Gillette and Speaker Stanton against them. The senate this morning refused to take any Interest In the great ques tion. The senate refused point blank to pull off Its scheduled debate on rec ommendation of Its committee that no ant'Japanese legislation -be enacted 1 this session. Senator Aantfiony and (one or two others showing anxiety to I open the debate, when Senator Miller called President Porter's attention to the fact that there was nothing be fore the senate to discuss. That end ed the talking. IT II inn iEHEIB APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AIMS TO REBUKE HOOKKVKLT After Congress Adjourns a Committee Will Proceed to Find Out if Roose velt Told the Truth About Secret Service Ucllinghuin Not the Only Coast City to Benefit by Xiivnl Ap propria l Ions Entire Souud Needs .More Protection, Washington, Feb. 11. President Roosevelt may be rebuked by the sen ate appropriations committee for the assertion that restrictions had been placed by congress on the use of the secret service and the service has "been of benefit only to the criminal classes." A sub-committee, is Investi gating severr-.l phases of the case ant' is ready to report. It recommends an investigation continue, after congres adjourns to secure complete details ol the character of the service performed by the secret service. Representative Humphreys of Washington, is informed by the bureau of ordnance, which recently took up the matter of fortifications In the vi cinity of' Belllngham, that while thi proposed protection Is not included In one general plan for fortification ot the Puget sound, such a showing huf been made and that the matter war favorably reported to the secretary oi war. It was shown that a hostile war ship might reach Belllngham bay with out coming within 12 miles of any sort of fortification. Ilackett Mill Starts. Elgin, Feb. 11. The Hackett lura her mill at Elgin started today. The olid slaughter house near Hoi Lake was consumed by fire Tuesday night, with but trifling loss. "PRESENT Fittinc TS It) 4J- TROUSERS jL U ; II See the Stvle See the Point You Need the pants that give you satisfaction TA? price is $3.50 JhVfM REACH CLIMAX nmnm defense pits ox its , stak witness today. Negro Miakcn Hut Little In Grueling Cross- Examination Tells His Story About as I'uiiiorcd Denies He Was Out of the House on the Night ol the Eire Corroltorutcd in Part by OlhVr Wltm-sKes Case ."Scaring tlie End Tonight. WILLIAMS OX STAN D. Joe' Williams, colored, vtns put on liio stand by the defense In the circuit i-oiirt case of widespread Interest, this afternoon, and under oath vehemently denied lie had left the Znhcr house the nlit'ht of the fire. Eor more than un hour he was. under fire of a gruel ing cross-exajiilmitlon by the prosecu tlon. To all appearances the seusu tlonal case Is about over. Enormous Crowd Present. The circuit court yesterday and to- lay played to "standing room only N'ot since the county seat has been moved to La Grande has there been o much interest manifest In a single case as in the case of the State vs. Joe Williams. No doubt the fact that 'hat the state in this case, like in most arson cases, must rely entirely upon circumstantial evidence and iside from the natural Interest, thcr is considerable curiosity to know just what the state will be able to bring out on the one hand and to what ex tent the defense will be able to offset it. On the presumption that the defense would attempt to prove that he was lot in the vicinity of the fire, nor out in the street on the night of the fire when the state closed its side of the case there was a general belief that It lad presented a much stronger case than was expected possible, In other words, had secured conclusive evl- lence by no less than four witnesses 'ho swore positively that they saw Joe either going or returning on Spring avenue, which leads direct to the scene of the fire, in a direct route to the place where Joe rooms. This morning when court opened ind the defense began producing Its vldence, there was much Interest whether or not it would attempt to ihow that Joe was or was nut on the Tc-limoliy Con) limed. Last evening after The observer id gone to press, the following tes tified. Policeman J. Black: Assisted hief U'alilcn In arresting the de lidant und he protested that he knew nothing of the fire until the follow ing morning and further that lie had lot liren up town for three or four Ight.-i. Mrs. I'". S. Ivanhoe: Lived In prop rty burm-d. Before retiring that ni'ht I he.'iil a peculiar sound; know- that Joe and Mr. and Mrs. Hueii Uere having trouble. It occurred ine it iiiiyht be Joe, and I stepped into the I lit t Ii room, turneil (.nt the libt, and stood still; heard a voice wlieih distinguished as Joe's. Joe lad told ine regarding Ills troubles. Ileging that Buehler's were trying to et lu. Molllor to discharge him. It seemed to nil' joe lived in this vicin- i I v continually. He was ebout there II times of the day and night. 1,'ev. O. II. King: I am pastm- of i i'!ir'tian church: on the night In iwstion speelaj services were being held In the church and services closed i t iter than usual, which must Ki e ' been several minutes after i I' nk. It was ptohably 9:4 when I -..ached j holm-. I was reading ' '- n the fire j bell ran.; I walked , ; nf my house I and up to the corner of Mrs. JCuber's residence, when I luet Joe. We talked regarding the bx ntion of th fire, and s eing no evidence. liei -lot d it might ! be a chimney; 1 returned home and Joe went Into the rear of the Zuberj residence. There was nothing In Joe's j general appearance that attracted my attention. ! George It. TiltoSi, engineer for Pal- j mer Lumber company: 1 saw Jnc ' Williams as I was returning from the! services held In the Christian church; passed within four feet of him, Just r ahout at, the alley wi of Mr. 'An-1 saw a man and a woman oit the ttvrt at the same time. The clock struck 9:30 Just after I reached my home, Motion to Acquit. Immediately upon the state resting its case the defense made a strong ef fort to have the court direct the Jury to bring in a verdict of .acquittal, ul lcgtng the IncufTlciency of the Indict ment and further, the state had made no case. Had not proved that the defendant was In or . even near the vl city of the fire that night. The court denied the motion and Dr. Mol- (Continued on page 5.; LONG HIKE IN WILDERNESS ntOM VALDEZ TO SEVTTLE W ITH A DOG TMM. To Win agr 1oiu Man Starts I'rom Wilds of Alaska Bound for Scuttle Exposition. Dawson, Feb. 11. To win a wager, William Cooper left here today on a long "mush" overland to the Seattle exposition. He began his Journey at Valdez. Nineteen hundred miles arc ahead of him through a dense wilder ness and through an untracked stretch he faces 1000 miles in British Colum bia with no guidance except a Cana dian telegraph line. In order to win he must reach Seattle by April Iff:" He takes a team of six dogs all the way. John L. Lewis Is In the city today visiting his son, who Is at the Grande Ronde hospital, recovering from an operation for appendicitis. Mrs. D. , W. Tastlt of Washington, D. (.'., arrived In the city this after noon to Join her husband, who holds a position In the United States land of - flee In this city. BENCH OF GUKEKS SENT IX) RESCl'IO PASSENGERS, STRIKE. After Winking an Hour to Rescue' Passeujicrs Subsisting on Canned . Salmon. Greeks Go Out oil Strike, Chicago, Feb. 11. Greek laborers hired to rescue 3M passengers stalled In two snowbound trains at Skyburg, , Minn., struck today, demanding more pay and a warming room. Skyburg Is 50 miles from St. Paul. The trains are on the Great Western road. One train left Chicago on Monday I night, and the other left Kansas City -the same night. W hen the trains ran Storms In the east have raised havoc into the snow bank, 100 Greeks were 'with the cross-continent traffic. Last sent to dig them out, as passengers night the evening trains from the east ire subsisting on tunned salmon, ter woeklng a n hour they struck. Af-j l THE DRUGS YOU USE Should be pure Should be fresh Should be of right potency Should be dispensed carefulty Should cost you but a fair price v Should be bought amid cleanly surroundings. Everything at our store is as it should be. You can place utmost confidence in our goods, and our methods will surely appeal to you. WE WOULD LIKE AflVLiV DRUG STORE LA GRANDE, OREGON Trnnu Tn nniin II . ILUUI llll RECEPTION' TO ATLANTIC FLEET PLANNED IX DETAILv On February 22 the Mayflower With President Aboard, Will Fire Unci Sam's Salute to the Rctundng War Vessels IYosldent to Visit Each of the Vessels lu Turn Dinner In Hon or of Officers lu Command of I Mag Cruise. Washington, Feb. 11. With Presi dent Roosevelt aboard, the presiden tial yacht Mayflower, with Secretary of the Navy Newberry and a party of officials, will leave here on the after noon of February II, for Hampton Roads, to review the Atlantic fleet as, the closing ceremony of the famous world cruise. According to arrangements an nouncedtoday, the Mayflower wll anchor In the vicinity of the Bug light ' at the entrance of the Roads on the. morning of February 22, the anniver sary of Washington's birth. The fleet will appear in lower Chesapeake at 11 o'clock and pass In review before Roosevelt, and , then proceed through the roads to anchorage from which they started on the cruise nearly a year ago. While passing the Mayflow er will fire a salute of 20 guns, and at. 2 o'clock the president will receive Rear Admiral Sperry and officers of the fleet aboard tlTe Mayflower. Af ter an informal luncheon to the offi cers the president will visit each of the 16 ships and depart for Washing-' ton at S o'clock. . Roosevelt at Lincoln Homestead. Washington, Feb. 11. A special 1 train bearing Roosevelt and party to the Lincoln homestead in Hodglnvllle, Ky left here at noon. CiMt Going to Rome. Rome, Feb. 11. It Is stated posi tively today that the czar will visit King Emmanuel at the Qulrlnal during March next. Find Bodies In Ruins. Chicago, Feb. 11. The ' bodies ' of two men were recovered today from the ruins of the Wabash railroad freight depot, which was burned Inst night, entailing a loss of $600,000. It Is believed another body Is still In the ruins. 1 WESTBOUND TRAINS LATE. Storms in (lie East Cripple and Retard Traffic G red II)'. were late and today the morning train due at 9:1!5, arrived at 3 o'clock. YOUR TRADE i