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CONRAD President J. H. EDWARDS Vice President ALSO KAUSPELL TOWNSITE COMPANY mhmimm Lmtm Im KaUsmmH, tmm Fmatmmmal NATIONAL BANK II. W. HCll.MKHIt, Cnihlcr .nninin uniiuor. maadai ot rubber ' ? INOOIirUltATKU 1807. National Bank. Union County. Banking Business 1'nrtiof the World. LA GRANDE, OREGON WALLACE r. CHASE. Vlcm Prvmldmnf A. M OHAMt, Amtt. Oamalmf STATE BANK House in Central North Dakota its (a North Dakota. Foreign and domestic exchange bought H, W. DICKEY Cashier . N.TOBIE Aut Cashier Owmty Seat ml tmm Ft OsMMly WEEK DOINGS Newsy Items Gathered from All Parts of the World. Or INTEREST TO OUR READERS General Review of Important Happen, penlos Presented In a Brief anJ Condensed Eorm. ' Tho Oregon building at St. Louis has boon Bold. Thn Mukden situation rcmnlna un changod, Popo Pius lias ntniost completely re cosicd lils health. In tho Cnnadlnn elections just held tho Liberals won a great victory Tho Amerliui nrlbltrntlon treaty with Italy will bo ready for signatuies in a few doys. Great Britlan may ask Admiral Dew oy to represent it on tho North sea commission. President RoobovcU narrowly oBcnprd death while out tiding by being thrown front his hoiso. The coroner's jury nt Hull AikIb Hint tho RiiBslan slilps II red on the trawlcia without provocation. America nnd Franco will bo asked to nntiio a naval ofllcor 'to sorvo on tho Nortli sea commission. Twenty - ono Dtltish sailors ship wrecked on Mnenlra Island, near the entrnnco to tho Red Ben, Were mussa cred by tho nntiveo. Tho sinking of the .Tnpnucea battle ship Ynshiiua by Husalan mines off Dalny last Juno hits been conflrniod by tho Tokio govuinmcnt Ihierla fears that Uiitaln may yet stop tho llaltlc licet. Tho California airship has mndo an other BUccvHBful (light nt tho tit. f.otila fair. Great activity prevails in naval cir cles nt Gibraltar, but Urltain will not explain its meaning. Tho Russian squadron on tho wny to the Orient carries, beside", its tegulur complement, n largo number of lands men. It In claimed that Kmopatkin will retreat when Oyama again attacks, hav ing tho smaller number of men and guus. DandltB hold up tho Cody, Wyo,, Dank and killed tho cashier. "Buffalo Rill" will take tho trail in pursuit of them. UniUd-States" Mln!i?BririnioB,to Persia, has emphatically reiterated his demand for tho Just nnd proper pun ishirent of thoso responsible for tho murder of Dr. Lara bee, tho American missionary. Tho failing of tho Russian squadron from Vigo led tho British publlo to be lieve tho time wna at hand for war. The foreign ofllco explained that Russia was only to detain olllcors having know ledge of tho trawler incident. Tho greatest battle of tho war is at hand near Mukden. Tho Japaneio nro tightening tho linos around Port Arthuiv Tho Huflslan'warslilpfl at Vgo expect to remain for two weeks. China will allow no Jioro contraband to pass thiough her ports. A Memphis, Tenn, building collaps ed, burying a number of persona. The jury in the Ames caeo has again dieagreed, and Mlnncaplis ex-mayor, inditced for grafting, is likely to go free. Rothschild has guaranteed tho suc cess of the entire loan of 1270,000,000 to bo floated by Russia tho drat of the year. Russian papors are warning tho pub lio nut to le too cuugulnu of an entire ly satisfactory settlement of tho trawler affair. , Tho Et. Louis fair has reduced tho balance duo u,on tho United States government loan of f 1,000,000 to 1101,651. With both employers and employes confident of victory, engineers in Illi nois coal mines have gone on n strike, against a reduction in wages. Fifty thousand men are affected. Another great strike is threatened in Italy. John W. Gates has made 14,000,000 in four months dealing In stocks. Admiral Rojestvensky, commanding the Baltic squadron, has resigned. Charles Sweeney, of Spokane, may build a 1,000,000 hotel in Portland. Japan wanta an airship to use in ex ploding dynamite over Russian forts and ships. The work of rescuing the men en tombed in the Col dr ado coal mine Is proceeding slowly. The admiral commanding the Rus sian Baltic fleet clings to his story that he waa attacked first. The commission to fix tho blame for the North sea incident will be com poeed ot five members. From October 0 to 18 the Russians place their loes in killed and wounded at 800 officer and 46,000 men. Captains Joseph Kuhns and John F. Morrison, American attache! with the Second Japanese army, have been re called and ordered to Washington, The Japanese have taken several more torts around Port Arthur. DOOM IS AT HAND. Port Arthur Must Pail Within a Very Short Time. Ohofoo, Nor. 6. "Port Arthur is doomed." Tho correspondent of the Associated Press hero has received information, tho reliability of which ia beyond ques tion, that tho Japanese now occupy po sitions which placo the caBt Bido of tho town at their mercy. Jnpaneso arriving from Dalny today report that tho Japanese have captured Rlhlung mountain and Sungushu moun tain, which lies between the railroad and Rlhlung mountain. They also re port that tho Japanese have also cap tured EaBt Keekwan mountain. Tho last assault has gained for them positions which insure their ability to enter tho main forts whouovcr they are ready. It Is calculated by tho Japan ese that if tho Russians ;do not surren der, they wilt bo capable of prolonging their final stand at Liaoti mountain nnd on the Tiger's Tail for a month longor, with tho mete hope of prolong ing tho sttuggle. Long beforo tho Sec ond Pacific squadron arrives tho Japan cbo ting will wavo over; the wrecked cit adol. Tlila will end .Viceroy Aloxieff'a dream of an unconquerable city. Tho Japnncao have not occupied tho main forts nnd highest points of tho cast hllla, but they occupy in overwhelming numbers positions which will enable them to diivo the Russians back when ever they desire. RUSSIAN OrriCCRS AT PARIS. Witnesses In the North Sea Incident Confer with Diplomats. Paris, Nov. 0. Three olllceis of the Russian squadron, including Cat tain Cludo, who are tho principal witnesses in tho North sea incident, arrived to day from Vigo and went iinnudiatuly to tho Russian embassy, whuio they held n long conference. Captain Chido was on board tho Hag ship with Vice Admiral Rojestvensky, nnd wna entrusted with 'tho task of drafting tho olllclal account. After the conference the officers declined to nmko any public statement relative to the affair until the report In delivered In St. Petersburg, However, it can bo Mated that their visit mora than ever satisfies tho Rusalnn authorities that tho presence of two Japancfo torpedo bonta waa n positive fact, eye witnesses maintaining that their identification wbb unmistakable. Thero continues to Ikj as understand ing in Russian diplomatic circles that two reports will bo sent separately, ono from Hull and the other' from St. Petersburg, to The HgH ' for final hearing. . " .- IMPOSED ON LABORERS. Swlndllnn Employment Ajcnt Is Ar rested In St. Louis. St. LoiiIb, Nov. 6. Georgo K. Hall, of Kansas City, waa today arrested by a deputy United States marshal on tho charge- of having obtained a fee of f 2 each from 200 labotera for securing them employment and then sending them to Alaska nt their own expenso to work for a conitructlon company that did not exist. The specific charge qgninst him ia that ho used tho mails to defraud. It iu alleged that Hall rep resented himself to bo an employer of labor for tho Alaska Yukon construc tion company, that he secured 200 la borers to go to Valde, Alaska, nnd af ter collecting $27 from each, $2 as his fee and $ 25 as transportation, it is Bald he sent them to Alaska. Inspect ot Bennett "declareu that when tho laborers reached their destination they learned that thoro waa no such com pany as tho one named, and they madn their way back as beet they could, after much Buffering nnd hardship, Ex.Lealslator Convicted or Bribery. St. Louis, Nov. 5. John A. Sherl dan, an ex-member of the house of del egates, who was indicted on n bribory charge, convicted and sentenced to tho penitentiary foi five years, is dead at tho Jefferson hospital, from tubercu losis. Sheridan was not taken to the penitentiary, as his enso waa appealed to tho supremo court. Another Indict ment, however, was pending against him, and his caso had been eet for trial on November 10. Kleven weeku ago he was taken to the hospital where ho died. Bandits Cornered. Cody, Wyo., Nov. 5. Tho different bands of men hunting the men who kilcd the cashier of the First National bank have the robbers practically stir rounded in tho foothills of the Owl Creek mountains, 50 miles from here. It ia reported that a laige force of their friends are coming to their assistance from the Hole-in-the-Wnll country, and a number of men have left heio to re inforce the pnistiers, "Buffalo Bill," with Indian scouts and cowboys, has taken the trail, and a lively timo may bo anticipated. Poison Placed in Pudding. New York, Nov. 5. Two persons who ate n part of a pawling sent to a theatrical boarding house in West Forty-third street ate dying in Roose velt hospital, a third ie In a critical condition ami tho police are scouring that part of the city in an effort to lo cate the messenger who loft the package at tho door. It is believed that the sender of the package planned the death of the entire household, with an idea of revenge for some unknown cause. Coal Prices Go Up. Pittsburg, Nov. 5. Prlcea of all grades of coal have been advanced 35 cents a ton as a result of the increased demand for coal and tho strike of en gineers in Illinois. NINE DROWNED City Suffers by Breaking of Great Reservoir. SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE INJURED Disaster Occurs at an Early Morning Hour and 200,000 Gallons of Water Escape. Charlotte, N. C, Nov. 4.A icscrvolr of tho Municipal water works, located near tho center of Wlniton Balom, N. C, broko nt 5 o'clock this morning, causing tho loea of nine Uvea and tho Injury of four or flvo peraone. Tho north side of the resorvoir, which ia 30 feet high, tumbled ovor, falling upon tho homo nnd barn of Martin Pooplcs. Thoro wero about 800,000 gallons of water in tho resorvoir, and the stream rushed to Polos pond, a dlstnnco of nearly half a milo. Four tencmunt houses wero waBhed Boveral hundred yards. Tho resorvoir was built in 1881 by 50 citizens. Ten years ago it nnd tho entire water plant wore sold to tho city. Soon thereafter ten feet was added to tho height of tho reservoir. Tho citv had Just had a largo stand plpo completed. It is full of witter and tho town Is prepared to supply all demands. Tho thousands of gallons of wnter that flowed from tho reservoir formed a pond in tho vicinity nnd it was thought that several people might have been drowned iu this. Tho city council met nnd decided to drain tho pond in order to recover tho bodies. Tho reforvolr wna situated about live blocks from tho center of tho bnsinessl district of tho city and wna surrounded by n number of residences nnd small stores. It is understood tho structure had been condemned, but tho city authorities had failed to remove it. MINERS DASHED TO DEATH. Carriage Carrying Them to Work Gets Beyond Control. Wilkoflhnrro, Nov. !. Ten men wore killed and three forlously Injured ty an accident nt No. 1 Auchineloso shaft at Nantlchoku early today. Tho men were mostly all upon tho mlnu carrlngo to bo lowored to workings be low. Tho signal wuh given to tho en gineer who began lowering the men. The carrlngo had gono but a few foot when tho engineer lost control ot his engines, owing to tho reverse lovers falling to work, nnd tho carriage, with its load of human souls, ten in all, was dashed beyond the Ross vein, landing nearly 1,100 feet below the surface; and from thoro they wero precipitated 300 feet luithor into a sump, Thoso who may hot have been killed outiight wore undoubtedly drowned in tho sump, which is fully 60 feet deep with water. Up to 8 o'clock tonight no human aid could leach thorn. It may require two or three days ho fore any of tho dead can he recovered. TON OP DYNAMITE EXPLODES. Earth Shaken to Plve Miles, One Man Killed and 40 Injured. Mount Vernon, N. Y, Nov. 4. Tho explosion 'of ovor a ton of dynamite under tho Bond street bridge tit 1 o'clock today shook tho city nnd the sin rounding country within n radius of live miles, probably killed nt loast ono person nnd Injured nearly 40 others, two of whom may die. The man sup posed to liavo been killed was an Ital ian in charge of tho dyumalte, Ho waa Boon nt his post of duty just beforo tho explosion and no time of hint bus since been found. There wero 2,300 poumU of ilynnmlte stored at tho sldo of tho deep rock cut running from tho western limits of tho city to tho Now York, New Haven & Hartford railroad station, which waa used for blasting a path for additional tracks. The explosion tore a hole in tho ground fiO feet deep that Is now full of wnter from a hidden spring, wrecked tho Bond street bridge over tho railway tracks, and broke nil tho windows within n quarter of a milo. The force of tho explosion, as Is usual, waa down ward, but the uphcavol along tho sides of tho cut hurled larRo stones for blocks. Many houses wero shifted from their fonilatlons, walls wero stripped of plaster ami furnituro was splintered. Torpedo Boat Missing. Algiers, Nov. 4. It la stated that one of the torpedo boats of Admiral Rojestvensky'a squadron In missing, the torpedo flotilla having put in at this port. This dispatch, if found to bo founded on fact, would seem to bear out the reports which have been cur rent lor several days past that Admiral Rojestvensky fired orr his own boats. The admiral, In his explanation of tho Dogger Bank tragedy, stated that one of the torpedo boats which ho 11 rod on disappeared, and that may be tho boat now reported missing. Supplies Reach Vladivostok. Vladivostok, Nov, 4. Great excito ment has beeii caused here by the ar rival in port of a number of commercial vesttols with much needed supplies, Thero waa a heavy enow storm today and winter is Betting in. Most of the naval attaches have already left Vladi v oat ok. General Artamanoff, chief of division, who has been quartered here, left today. The general is popular here and his friends turned out and hade him a hearty farewell. Russia Again After Pket. London, Nov. 4 The Chronicle has ay dispatch from Paris stating that tho Russian government has renewed its efforts to buy Chiean and Argentine warships through William R. Flint & Co., of Now York. ISSUES PROCLAMATION. President Sets Aside Novemfer 24 as Thanksgiving Day. Washington, Nov. 2. The president yesterday issued tho Thanksgiving day proclamation, setting aside Thursday, November 24, "to bo observed as a day of festival and thanksgiving by all of tho pcoplo of tiro United States at homo nnd abroad." Tho proclamation was issued from the state department by Secretary Hay. It follows: "By tho President ot tho United States A Proclamation: "It has pleased Almighty God to bring tho American pcoplo in safety and honor through another year, and In accordanco with tho long unbroken custom handed down to ua by our fore fathers, tho time has como when a special day shall bo set apart in which to thank Him who holds all nations in the hollow of His hand for tho morclca, thus vouchsafed to ut. During tho century and a quarter of our national 1 1 fo we as a pooplo havo been blessed beyond all others, and fcr this wo owo bumble and heartfelt thanks to the author ot ell blessings, "The year that lina closed has been ono of peace within our own borders as well as bctwoen us nnd all other na tions. Tho harvests lave boon abund ant, and thoao who work, whether with hand or brain, aro prospering greatly. Reward has awaited upon honest effort. Wo have been enabled to do our duty to ourselves nnd to others. Never has there been a timo when religious nnd chnritablo effort has been more evident. Much has been given to us and much will bo expected from ua. "Wo speak of what has been done by this nation in no spirit of boaHtfulncss or vainglory, but wlthfull nnd reverent rcitllnxtlon that our Btrength isns uoth-' lug unless wo nro helped front nbovu. Hitherto we have been given the heart iest strength to do tho tasks nllotted to ua na they severally arose. Wo nro thankful for nil thnt haa been done for ua in tho past, and wo pray thnt In thn future wo may bo strengthened in tho unending struggle to do our duty fear lessly and honestly, with charity nnd good will, witli respect for ourselves and witli love toward our fellow-man. "In this great republic tho effort In combine national strength with person al freedom is being tried on it scale more gigantic than ovor beforo in tho world's history. Our success will mean much not only for ourselves, but for tho future of all mankind; and every man or woman in our land should feel the gravo responsibility resting upon him oi hor, for In tho last analysis tills success must depend upon the high averago of our individual citlienshlp, upon the way in which each of us does his duty.by himself and his neighbor. "Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roose velt, president of tho United States, do hereby nppolnt and eet upart Thursday, the 24tli day of this Novomber, to be obaorod na a day of festival nnd thanks giving by all of tho people of tho United States at homo or abroad, nnd do recommend thnt on that day they cease from their ordinary occupations,, and gather In their several places of wo ship or in their homes, devoutly to glvo thanks to Almighty God for tho benefits Ho has conferred upon us na individual nnd ns u nation, and to beseech Him that iu tho future Ilia dlvlno lavcr may bo continued on us. "Iu witness whereof, I havo here unto sat my hand and caused tho seal of the United States to be affixed, "Done at thy city of Washington, this 1st dav of November, in the year of our I old, ono' thousand nine hundred nnd four, nnd of the Independence of the United States tho ono bundled and twenty-ninth. "THHODORK ROOSHVHLT. "JOHN HAY, Seorutury of State. "By the President." China Refuses to Let Russians Sail. Chofoo, Nov. 3. Tho ollicers and crow of tho Ryeshitelni, tho Russian toipodo boat deatroyer, which was cut out of this harbor August 12 last by tho Japanese, went on board tho German Btean er Vorwaerta tonight, bound foi Shanghai, where they wero to join the officers and crew of tho Russian cruiser Askold, Beforo tho vessel, sailed, however, the RuHslans suddenly re turned on shore, the government at Po kin having at tho last moment rescind ed tho permission nhich had been granted thorn to proceed to Shanghai, Caught Trying to Smuggle In Drug. New York, Nov. 3. Custom agents in Iloboken havo attested it longshore man in the act of removing from n dock u bag containing 380 ounces of n drug used In tho treatment of consump tion, which ia said to bo worth in tills country $150 an ounce. The prisoner declared the bag as handed to him over tho side of a steamer just in from Kur opo, and that ho wbb told to carry it immediately to an address in Manhat tan, where lie would bo well paid. Cone of Crater Tails in. Naples, Nov. 3, Tho cone of the crater of Mount Vesuvius, which formed during tho lato eruption, fell into the crater today with a tremendous roar. Thero Immediately issued ex plosions which shook tho whole moun tain, follcwed by tho omission of a black column which gradually spread, falling in tho form of ashes over the surrounding country within a radius of 25 miles. The disturbance lusted but a short timo. Depot Contract Has Been Let. Seattle, Nov, 3. J. D. Funoll, as sistant to President Hill of the Gieat Northern railroad, returned from St, Paul today with the news that the con tracts for the union depot in (his city and extensive improvements to tho Great Northern's docks had been let. He refused to givo out the contract price. The depot will be built by u Chicago firm. SAILS JHE AIR "California Arrow" Proves a Great Success. AERONAUT WAS UP 2,000 TEET Prying Machine at St. Louis Turns In Every Direction and De scends Easily. St. Louis. Nov. 2. -After circling in every direction at a height of 2,000 feet above tho Cascades in sight ot thou sands of cheering, enthusiastic specta tors on tho World's fairgrounds, A, Roy Knabonshuo, of Toledo, in com mand of the airship "California Ar row," today returned to tho p.ace from which ho started over the same course that ho had come, covering the three mllea and a half of the round trip under his own power and demonstrat ing tho claims of tho inventor. Captain Thomas S. Baldwin, of San Francisco, that tho "California Arrow" ia not only dirigible, but that it can make headway against n moderate hroese. KnabetiBhuo started from the aero nautic course at 3:37 P. M., and re turned after his remarkable flight at 4 :05 P. M. On tho return trip the air ship moved slowly over tho exact spot from which it had arisen 28 minutes previously, and glided about 100 feet, (urtlior west, wliero it settled gtacefal ly to the ground. The descent of tho nrlshlp was the signal for a demonstration tho equal of which has not been seen sinco the whcola of tho World's fait started last April l;t response to the prcoaure of a key by President Roosevelt. ' Dozens of eager hands wero outstretched to grasp mo iraino ot trie airsmp una mo nying , machine with its daring navigator was ' carried around tho concourse upon tho MiouUlors Of tho Shouting men. Hats were thrown into tho nir, and when Knabenshuo called for threo cheers for hla homu town they wero given with a will, nnd another round followed for Knabeushue and Baldwin. CIRCULATION IS INCREASING. Philippine Currency Legislation Is. Proving a Success. Washington, Nov. 2. Tho bureau of Insular affairs today gave out a state ment touching conditions applying to tho Philippine currency. Tho secre tary of war has received tho following cablegram from tho civil governor of the Philippines, showing the effect of tho currency legislation: "The ftViiroachOL, October 1, when. tho flrat curroriuy taxing became effect ive, caused largo oxpoit of Mexican pesos commercially nnd large inflow of Spanish-Filipino coins into tho treas ury. 1 "In September 1,107.500 Mexican pesos wore exportod nnd 538,522 Spanish-Filipino pesos came into the treas ury and wore withdrawn from circula tion. During September tho actual circulation of new currency increased 1,081,000 pesoa. In October to date 1,082,005 pesos, American currency. Mexican havo been exported commer cially and 050,000 Spanish-Filipino by tho insular government for recolnngo. Havo on hand nearly 500,000 Spanish 1'illplno pesos for rccoluage. Increase of actual circulation new coins for October approximately 1,300,000 pesos." TERM IT WANTON. British Commissioners Investigate Attack on Pishermen. London, Nov. 2, Four commission era, representing the board of trade and owners, who wero sent October 26, at tho suggestion of tho foreign ofllco, to ascertain tho damage done to tho North sea trawlers by the Russian Second i'aeiflo squadron, have Juet returned and presented a verbal report confirm ing the report that some of tho trawlers wero seriously damaged by sheila and machine gun file, while othcrti sufferad in n smaller degree. Trawlers and fishing gear wore destroyed or damaged, they say, and fragments of n four-inch shell which bttiHt on the deck of the trawler Thrush and many othor evi dences of the "deadly and wanton" at tack weio found. Japan Gives Line on War Budget. Tokio, Nov. 2, Preliminary esti mates of tho budget, covering January, February nnd March, 101)5, and the fis cal year commencing in April next, have been completed arrd will be sub mitted to tho Diet at its next meeting, November 25. Tho wnr expenses aro estimated nt $385,000,000 and the or dinary expenses at 100,000,000. It Is proposed to provide for tho war ex penses by increasing tho tuxation to 115,000,000, by retrenchment in the administrative expenses and public works of 135,000,000. Sure Only Eighteen Perished. Trinidad, Colo,. Nov. 2, -Eighteen colllna wero shipped to Toreio today on an order ot tho Rock Mountain coal and iron company for tho burlul of the vic tims of the explosion which occurred a few days ago. The bodies have not yet been recovered, but local officials of the company who have canvassed the town now assert that only 18 men were in the mine at the timo oi the explosion. It ia conceded that none of these will bo found alivo. Chinese Bandits More Active. Harbin, Nov. 2. The activity of Chinese bandit" is increasing all along tho railroad, and the region is swarm ing with Japanese spies in Russian. Chinese and European disguises, who nro offering largo rewards for the Gh neao engaged in supplying the Russian commissaries, hoping thuB to crippla tho Russian supply department. i i i i , H' "-W ?