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VOLUME VIII.
LA GRAM) IS, fMOX COUXTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1901).
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A TEDDY HEROINE
MOTIIKK or 19, HIT IS MAR
LAST DAY PRIOR
GROIVIMG COTTON
l"OSTOFEICE EMPLOYE IS
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MAKING NOVEL EXPERIMENT
RECEIVER
REVOLUTIONARY
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LEADERS
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OTHER SUITS AGAINST
STOCKHOLDERS PENDING
Ilccclvcr Xlcdner Swears to Cuniluin(
, to Sue Aim B. Thomson to Recover
B000 Note Willi Interest Prom Aug
ust S, 1 803 Humors That IniinunJt)'
Will Be Shown Sonio Stockholders
Is Erroneous Effort to Set A'
Ignineuts Aside by I.avv.
Asa B. Thompson Is named defend
ant In a suit to be brought by the re
ceivership of the Farmers & Traders'
National bRnk. to recover $6000 on a
note, with Interest from August 3
1903. to date. The complaint has
leen sworn to by Receiver Walter
Nicdner and service will be made In
the near future. This Is the outcome
of the troubles which originally start
ed J. W. Scrlber,' former cashier of
the defunct Institution, on the down
ward path. Thomson was at one time
receiver of the United States land of
fice in this city and Is now located
In Umatilla 'county, where he holds
extensive land titles.
OtlitT Suits Pending.
. Against those who have flatly re
fused to pay their assessments of 100
per cent levied by the government
against the stockholders In the Institu
tion uults will be fijwl Im:i4 lately
after March 19, and In a few instances
may be filed before that date.
Receiver Nledner has received a
letter from one of the stockholders
who previously paid his assessments, j
ut later has been maliciously ap
prised that the receivership may not
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Dainty Waist &m
What lady is there
does not want a
waist. Call and
them.
THE
Fair
La Grande,
Washington Woman Establishes Ret-
on! for Roowveltlsm Aged 57, She
Marries Once More.
Issaquah, Wash., Feb. 19. Already
the mother of 19 grown children, Mrs.
T. Gobdell has returned to this place
from Seattle, where she became the
bride of James Hall, who Is the father
of five grown children. He is 68 and
she Is 67 years of age. She has 48
grandchildren and was a widow' of one
year. He was a widower five years,
NICHT RIDERS TO
CAIN flEj LEASE
ON EVE OF HANGING RIDERS GIV
EN A -
Jackson, Tenn., Feb. 19. Although
this is the day set by Judge Joseph E.
Jones, at Union City last month, for
the execution of the death sentence
imposed upon the six night riders,
Garrett Johnson, -Arthur Cloar, Sam
Applewhite, Fred Pinion, Tld Burton
aid Bovjtansom, the rondemutsAtnen
have secured a new lease of life
through an appeal to the supreme
court, which Is expected to act upon
the case during the May term at Jack
son.
Attorneys for the men are confident
thut the appeal to the higher court
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AXXOr.NCEI) THAT RUSSIAN'
'BLOOD" COMMITTEE DIES.
Berlin DUatch Affirms the Revolu
tionary Tactics Resorted to In Rum
sla. for Many lears Have Been
Abandoned Chicago Item Explains
Matter One Prominent leader of
Reaclloiutry Forces Was Really a
Government Agent.
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Berlin. Feb. 19. The Deutsche
Zcitung Is authority for the state
ment that the Russian revolutionary
committee Is dissolved. It announces
that Prince Aussulltlch and other
leaders have abandoned the move
ment. Without them It Is believed the
revolutionary activities In Russia can
not continue.
Message Misleading.
Chicago, Feb. 19. A political ref
ugee at the Defense League of Amer
ica, with headquarters here, declared
the news saying the Russian revolu
tionary committee has disbanded Is
misleading. It explained that the orig
inal intention was to abandon the ter
rorist movement. Following the dis
covery that Azef, a leader of the revo
lutionary movement, was really a
Russian government agent, the revo
lutionists decided to accomplish their
-n1 either by organized force or edu
cation or the Russian people. Whether
or no they will accomplish their pur
pose in this manner, they can o
longer resort to terrorism.
SiiHM-cted Preacher Wanted.
Chicago, Feb. 19. Rev. Policy H.
Powers, pastor of the Monroe Avenue
church, Is sought on an order of Cor
oner Hoffman, following the deHth by
suicide of Mis. Brock Venneers. Bo
fore her death the woman said she
loaned the preacher $13. When
asked to return it he caused her ar
rest on a charge of blackmailing. She
was fined $10, after which she went
home and swallowed corrosive sublimate.
CILLETT SIGNS ANTI-BETTINC BILL
Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 19. Gover
nor Gillett today sinned the Otis
Walker anti-race track betting bill.
It becomes effective In 60 days, mak
ing bets on racing unlawful through
out the state.
The governor Is being criticised for
delaying his signature. He explained
TIE SERVIANS
AUSTRIA WILL DECLARE WAR
IN FORTNIGHT, MAYBE.
uslriiiii Government Sends Mandate
to Scri;i That Depredation by the
Scrxiini LrifciuuU Must Ccusc at
time Anuria Rcudy to Rush
Troojis I') llic decile Now.
Loudon. Feb. lit. War Ixtvveen
Austria and Strvia Is closer today than
ever. I h Is is evidenced by a note s. nt
Servia by Austria, demanding that
Servia disarm lier troops by I ebrua rv
7. or Austria will declare ,n anl
ush troops to the frontier. The not,.
Ii-ilar-s that Austria will no hinder
olernte depredations by Servian hands
n ine produces m Hi-rr.egovina and
Bosnia.
The general Impression here is that
WD" will be di dared within a fort
night, as it Is not believed Servia will
MR
THREATENS
NORMAL SCHOOL QUESTION
IS NOT YET DECIDED
Eastern Oregon Asylum Bill Now Up
to the Governor for Signature-
Both Houses Adjourn Tomorrow
House and Senate Working on Each
Others' Bills Today Looks Gloomy
for at Icast Two of the State Nor
ntal School.
Weston School Hit.
Salem, Feb. 19. The senate
at 8:30 this afternoon Indefin-
ltely postponed the Weston' Nor-
mal school appropriation of
$106,000. The Monmouth ap-
propriation was also knocked
out by a vote of 17 to 12. This
throws these two schools into a
serious predicament, that may
mean their abolishment this
year. The Ashland bill was
turned down without division.
Salem, Feb. 19. Both houses are
working on bills from the other, a
this is the last day before adjourn
ment. The senate killed the drastic
local option bill to suppress liquor
salos In dry districts and the seizure
tn clubs and private homes, by a vote
of It" to 13. The senate has passed
the following:
A bill for a branch asylum In east
ern Oregon, carrying an appropriation
of $300,000.
A bill creating an Insurance depart
nient and Increasing the salary of the
labor commissioner to $3000 per an
num.
The house passed the following
bills:
A senate substitute for the Jones
free locks and canal at Oregon City.
A Joint fisheries committee bill
unifying Oregon and Washington laws
and regulating the fisheries of the
Columbia river.
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by saying other bills preceded, and
tliut VtC will uiiij uii uiiiH in (he
order they reach him. Advocates de
clare the governor purposely deluyed
so us to give the racing Interests plen
ty of time In which to race before the
law becomes effective.
S STEAL A
NO ON WETS
WASHINGTON 1XICAL OPTION
BILL STILL I P IN THE AIR.
Warm Times in Ol.vmplii Continue to
Attract Interest Litdc Else Done
Except to Continue SMirring .Match
ii Passage of Im iiI 0)iiou Hills
sit Tomorrow.
olympla. Feb. 19. The s.nat
b
al option bill was refern d ! lie'
house committee tin public tt."..;is in
tli" house this morning, th. :.s steal
ing a march on the . Although
tv. ! ris.i.-p ,,: . ,.. immediately !
transmits 1 b n it pu.-s.'d the senate, j
it did not n in b the house until after!
the n trul, ir o.-t.-r wns j..-ssi ,1 for i-t-n-sih
'atlon of si nate. bills. Before the I
noon rcrf8 Bell procured consent to j
return the regular order of consid
eration of senate bills and then won I
PostoMce Has In It a Miniature Cot
ton Field Plants Thrive Well and
Blossoms Eilectcd.
Arthur Van Fleet, one of Uncle
Sam' trustees in the local postofflce,
has transplanted several cotton pods
and at present has evidence of an ex
tensive cotton field in the near future
The plants have been propagated with
considerable success, and already have
attained a height of several Inches.
He Is anxiously awaiting the time
when he can see the. plant bloom.
The experiment Is a novel one.
F
GAS BLOW-OUT" AT ONTARIO HAS
REMARKABLE FEATURES
A dispatch to the Baker City Dem
ocrat says:
The strong flow of gas at the On
tario oil and gas well still continues
nd shows no signs of weakening. The
lS-as escaping from the well was tested
yesterday and shows a pressure of 160
pounds. The full pressure Is un
doubtedly 200 pounds, as the gas must
now force Its way 2210 feet through
mud and water. When the mud and
water is cased off, the pressure should
be at least 200 pounds. Jt Is claimed
that 100 pounds pressure will light
and supply fuel to a city the size of
Portland. If this Is true, there is now
gas enough escaping from the Ontario J
well to furnish light and fuel to Boise
rid all the towns In the Snake river
valley.
The company Is now utilizing the
(as to run Its drilling machinery at
the well and will dispense with the
use of coal In the engine. The drilling
will be continued In the hope of strik
ing oil, and the Indications are very
strong that they will succeed, ns the
flow of oil from the well has greatly
ncrcased with the last explosion.
I'he fumes of gas can be scented a
tuarter of a mile from town.
Eight Escape Jail,
Oakland, Feb. 19. A wholesale Jail
ellvery occurred here lBst night,
hen eight prisoners cut a hole
through an nak door in the county Jail,
nd escaped. They climbed a roof
djolnlng the court room and lowered
themselvcs to the ground. Posses ore
ursiiing them.
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TOTAL APPROPRHTIOXS BY
CONGRESS REACH $I35022,09l
Ways and Means Committee SUpe M
HooMcvclt by Allowing Same Secret
Service Limitation Clause Ilaunta
la Recommendations Panama Ca
nal Given a Fat Sum Riven anil
Harbors Work Coutlnued and Pub
lic Buildings Fare WeU.
Washington, Feb. 19. Despite rec
ommendations of President Roosevelt
the sundry appropriation bill reported -In
the house' today, contained the
same clause limiting the activities of
the secret service.
The biggest appropriation is $3S,-
668,000 for the Panama canal; $19,
674.514 to continue rivers and har
bors work.
The budget contains s, clause grant
ing the secretary of the Interior $1,
000,000 to detect and prevent frauds
In public domain. It carries a total
appropriation of $135,022,000; $!!,
618,646 for the construction of pub
lic buildings. .
Ask to Remove the Maine. , ,
One clause authorises the president,
with the consent of Cuba, to Invite
proposals for the removal of the bat
tleship Maine, In Havana , harbor..'
Congress can then decide whether the
battleship be removed and the cause
of the explosion definitely deter-
mined. The sum of $2,500,000 was
appropriated for the construction of a.
building In Washington, to house the
general land office, geological survey,
Indian office, and reclamation service,
A sum of $1,092,000 was appropriated
to maintain public buildings already
erected.
The action in Inserting the clause
limiting the secret service tn congress
Is Justified through testimony given at
the recent congressional hearing by
executive officers bearing on opera
tions of secret agents, the officials
testifying at the Investigation that
fraud would not be hnmpered (by lim
iting activities. Three hundred .and
fifty thousand dollars ; was' appropri
ated to carry out the provisions of the
Hepburn act authorizing' the examina
tion of railroad accounts.
S, P. Issues Controvertible Honda.
New Tork, Feb. 19. The South
ern Pacific railroad has authorized
an Issue of $82,000,000 worth of 20- -year
convertible bonds at 6 per cent.
The directors authorized the Issue.
An annual meeting of stockholders Is
called for April 7 to authorize an In-
crease of common stock to $200,000,-
000 to finance the bond Issue.
I. Id.
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