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VOLUME III.
LA GRANDE. OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23, 1904
NUMBER 67
OBSERVER;
0"ly 15 dkys more f Only 15 days more
Annual Clearance Sale
Only 15 days of our great apnqul ' clearance tale
gone by, during which time we simply surprised our
selves at the wonderful patronage the prices we are
selling merchandise brought to us, and there are still
15DAYSLE FT
For the public to secure the greatest values ever of
fered iu Union Couuty at prices so extremely lo
that competition is not a comparison N
WE DON'T THINK YOU'RE FOOLISH "
If you tradt. elsewhere . We simply think you' are
misguided or li we not investigated. Take an hour
OfY and let us show you some of the advantages to be
gained by trading here. Within the last twelve
mo nlli cotton hits advanced 55 per cent. You'd hard
ly think ii to see our present prices on cotton goods.
Iwpop raw w iw mw
During this tale up to date, we have sold i more
mens suits than we anticipated and we can candidly
state that every department in our store has moved
likewise. If the people who have not seen the bar
gains offered by u9 during this sale wero lo call at the
store aud compare prices and values, they would go
away with their arms full. We are positive of this
from our sales during the past 15 days. Remember
yu have 15 more days to get iu on these
SLASHING PRICES
Every article iu our store reduced except thread,
Patterns, Douglass and Reed shoes. See our
$5 Ivleras Suits $5
$1 Shoe f ounter J I
11 Shoe Counter f 1
The Chicago Store,
MURPHY BROS., Props.
1209 Adums Ave. La Grande, Oregon
LEADERS IN LOW PRICES.
I M. BERRY
Annual Inventory Sale lasts until
T ANUARY 25th.
Heavy cuts ou goods you want more and also on
goods you will need after awhile.
We have quoted no prices yetbutllw bargains
we have already turned out in our Men's Furnishings
'and Suit department, and our Ladies' Suit Depart
ment speak for themselves.
Men's Wear
Any Suit in the house " " " $10.00
$16.00 and 118.00 Overcoats " " $12.00
Everything iu Men's Furnishings reduced.
Ladies' Wear.
Ladies'" Tailor Suits One-half price. All Silk
Waists at COST. Ladies' Jackets One-half price.
All Dress floods at one-fonrth off. All ladies' Furn
ishings reduced in prices.
BOYS WEAR $10 Suits for $7.50; $.50 Suits $7.00
$5 00 Suits at $3.00 and up.
CHILDREN! WEAP Reduced nue-half, and many
reduced to eo9t.
SHOES. A livdy reduction on Men's, Indies' and
Children's SHOES.
We defy competition on -this sale. Prices talk
and everything marked iu plain figures. Avail your
self of the many bargains offered.
PAID
THE
DEBT
Armstrong. Murderer of Minnie Eris
minger, Launched Into Eternity Yes
terday Morning at 7:04. Uis Last
Words Were "I Forgive You."
Baker City, Jan. 22-8peolal to the
Observer Pleasant Armstrong wa
hanged at 7:04 o'clock this morning.
Long before the light of day dawn
ed tbU morning (he orowda began to
gather about the County Jail
The Sheriff had already taken the
precaution tbe night befoie to etrttob
ropea al a safe distauce from the en
closed bcafTold nnd appointed Depu
ties to keep, back the surging mass.
There were enough of those holding
invitations to fill the space of ground
enclosed about the ioaffold and in
spite of this prominent oitixeus who
anpeared at last moment wers jve re
mitted to squeeze in to witness the
execution.
Patiently they stood, only surging
back and forth like a swell of the
ocean occasional y when the living
mass at one point would try to get a
restful footing.
This was Ibe inside of the high
night. He bad oallera until one
o'clock in the mornirg. Probably
two hundred people called within
that time. Be ate one or two small
lunches during the nigbt and was
peileotly composed all of the time.
He played bis violin to please bis
gucBtf,Beleoting waltzes principally,
for their entertainment. The music
was unusually soft and low and often
brought tears to his audience. At no
time during the night did he show
any symptonsof breaking down I at as
be staled to the Herald representative
this morning be was a very sympa
thetic man, and the emotion of his
Iriends canted slight exhibition of
sentiment on his part.
It was one o'clock in the morning
before be laid down to rest.
''I did not sleep," said Armstrong
"I merely lay and thought ovar the
matter."
Fa'.her Olivetti arrived at four thia
PLEASANT ARMSTRONG
wall that enclosed the gallowa. On
1 he outside it wts different. Because
.hey could see nothing, the morbid
crowd, partially disappointed, partial,
ly mad from cold and delay ran bout
from plaoe lo place trying to gain a
von age grouud, pres-iug closely e.gain
st the ropes guarded Ly th3 Deputies
More venturesome ones bad cliinod
trie trees and some bad even ascend
ed the roofs of the houses in the dis
tance. But all was disappointment
and a low half-suppressed murmur
occasionally leached the more for
tunate ones on the inside of the en
closure. The delay was tiiieome to al)
but finally tbey were rewarded for
their iarly rising and long exposure to
a bitting frost.
Armstrong did not sleep during the
morning nnd was in constant prayer
with (lie condemned man to the hour
of hie death. At 6:15 Armstrong ate
a hoartv bioakfast, composed of an
omelette, pancakes and potatoes, and
drank two cuS of coffee
At 6:30 he bado hia brothers good
bye, who had been with him through
out ti c eight
-'Be brave, boys, and do nothing In
this old world. Hold your nerve and
you will come out all right."
At 0:45 Deputy Sheriff William J
Lachner enteied his cell and read the
death warrant to Armstrong The pris
oner leaued against the cage aid lis
tened attentively
At hearing the death wurrcnt, Arm
strong said ;
"I am readv."
The Preast and Armstrong then en
tered the letter's cell together and con
tinued In prayer.
The night and day watches and the
Herald representative wore the only
ones presennt besides the P'lest and
prisoner. ,
Sheriff Brown and the other attend
ants then entered the Jail. They form
ed In Hue, two Deputies In front, the
Priest and prisoner next, ai.d the
special Deputies and death watches
forming In twos in the rear. They
then went out through the back way
of the Jail and through the side exit
into the inclosnre, and mounted the
scaffold by the stairway leading thereto.
The condeninod man entered the en
closure at 8:49 accompanied by Sheriff
drown and the death party.
Mounting the gallows Armstrong ad.
vaneed to the front of the platform with
the priest at hia side.
The order of procedure was as follows :
Sheriff Harvey K Brown, Chief Deputy
Sheriff William J Lachner and Supt-rln
tendent C w James of the Oregon Peni
tentiary, Father Oll.eltl, PLEASANT
ARMSTSONG, Sheriff Storey of Mult
nomah county, Deputy Sheriff Johnson
of Union county, City Marshall Louis
Rayburn ol La Grande.
From the gallows, Armstrong deliver
ed quite an address, in which he said.
'1 am sorry for whit I have done, I
have asked God to forgive me and 1 now
also ask him to forgive you.
"I die in the faith of Christ and in
the bosom of His true Church'"
The murderer was moved to the
oenterof the platform immediately over
the drop.
Sheriff Story of Multnomah county,
adjusted the blaek cap. Deputy Sheriff
Junnson of Union County, assisted by
others strapped Armstrong's arms and
legs. Sheriff Harvey W Brown plue.nl
tho noose around the neck of the con
demed man.
Armstrong was cool und iinooiu'crneil
duriug the piocesi of pinioning.
Atti;oUilie hlnek cap was adjusted
audSheirilf Brown naked If all w.tn
retnly. At d:f,(i::0 the trap was sprung
ai.d the niurdorci's soul ttiis hiuiieliid
into eternity.
JiiBt an instant before the trap was
sprung, Armstrong shouted :
"I forgive you all."
The crack of hi breaking uei.k could
be plainly heard,
The boly hung quivering mid convul
sively shuddering for fully two niinnti'R.
At seven o'clo k and four minutes l)r
McDuuiel announced ,
"lie is dead"
Sheriff Brown, on the platform uhove
cut the rope and the body fell into the
arms of the bystanders. Fred Eppinger
of thu undertaking rJrm of Patterson &
Kppinger, Immediately took chargu of
the reojaius.
The funeral was hold this afternoon
at II o'clock' Interment was in the
Catholic cemetery. The funeral cortegu
was small, only the brothers and u few
of the murders friends being present.
Armstrong was 26 years of age.
High Five Club ,
The High Five tdub was entertained
yesterday afternoon by Mesdarnes Grady
and Bonenkamp at, the formers . bonis.
The flr-t prize was awarded to Mrs
Grady and the second to Mrs Eubanka
of Kansas City, Mo. ' .
Use Foreign Ships .
Washington, Jan. 22 In his report
to the bouse filed today in favor of
'.he hill authorizing a coniniiision to
consider the question nl ship subsidy
Representative Grosvcnor, chairman
ot the committee on merchant mar
ine nnd finherius, says: . ,-.
"There is no legitimate expendi
ture possible within the wide'scope of
national jurisdiction that the Ameri
can people do not rush into, even to
the (x em of promoting experiments
in areial naviagtion. We flatter our
selves, justly, that we are a leading
nation great., and yet we are a subser
vient nation and a helpless nation : in
one of the great factors of national
wealth ami oatiotisi independence.
O'.her nations carry cor products to
the markets of the world."
General Orosvrnor fays that of a
mot a bi'lion dollars' worth of export
to Europe during tbo fiscal year 1902,
only 1 3 4 per cent was carried in
American vessola. Of o-aily $500.
010,000 ol imports durii g Ibe year
American ships carried only $30,000,
i 00 worth. He says that had it not
been for the Anieiioan line suhsidiz
td by poBtal subsidy the total ol our
trade wi:li Europe curried under the
American (lag would not have excetd
ed one sixth of 1 per cnt, ' For the
earring of that trade, General Groove
nor says, we paid $200,000,000, which
amount, he tnuiiilaiiin, should have
gono into the pockets of American?,
A JIMBER
DEAL:
Smith and Stanley Sell
10,000 Acres of Tim-
ber Land Near Elgin
; toG. Palmer. of Iowa
I Consideration Was
$i5o,ooo. i ; ,
The largest timber deal ever oonsu
raale iu this county was closed in this
city yesterday. The property transfer
red was formally the property of L. C.
Stanley and Robert Smith and is sit
uated oa the Grande Konde river be
low Elgin. Mr. George Palmer a
banker snu capitalist of Iowa is the
purchaser and - the consideration is
said to bo in the neighborhood of one
bund ed titty thousinl dolhrs. It
has been ponding several weeks but
tie papers making tho legal Iran (or
were not signed until ycate.day. Mr,
Palmer does not intend to operate a
mill thero but will Him ply hold too
t nier ai a in 3 t n int. Th ds il al
so included tho holdings and business
of the Elgin Lunibor Company wtiio i
was owutd by Messrs Stanley - and
Smith, and the number of acres trant
ferred . is laid to be about ten
thoueand." ' . f
Only For Members
On aco.iint of limited hali room,
inly members ol my dancing class
will bo admitted to the character
party at Maud City next Monday
evening.
T. W. A. Simpson.
He Is Right
A well to do farmer who wag In the
city yesterday stated within lioaring
of an Observer report! r that farmers
should refuse to tin their tennis at
the hitching rucki furnished by the
citiz'ni of La Grande until such time
the holes in front ol (he racks Bre
filled up. In iheir pri'suit rondition
i is wrong to stand a horse on bin
'end, at in . nl tho lacks. Theao
ides sh ml I hi llilfd up.
Installition
Bowona Temple No 0 at their last
meeting installed the following officers:
Cora Lewis
Kate Hanson
Lena Johnson
Ithoda rimith
On Lincoln
Wiurjifred d.root
Hulda Umphry
Muril Good mugh
ME 0
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Minagir
M of It & O
, M of F
Protector
Guard
Mrs. Anna Kmsey Installition offlcor.
I. J. LILLIS
PRACTICAL
Phone 1223
UPHOLSTERER.'...
5 hops P. St. between 3d and 4t
Typhoid at Leadville j Senator Mitchell's Son
J. M. BERRY
Denver Jan 21 Claude E Coopf r, I
Secretary of the State Board of Health,
has returned from Leadville where lie '
has been investigating the typhoid sit
uation there. He said tbe situation
was serious, not only became ol the rap-.
id spread of the desease iu Leadville
but from the fact that there is danger In j
the waters of t e Arkansas river becoin- I
ing contaminated, which would jeop-'
ardizethe health of the towns along the '
borders.
Secretary Cooper said there were DOC !
caws of typhoid in I.eiulville, and ex
pressed belief that within the next week
or two the number would be grettly In
creased. While the cause of the ephleui
Ic has not been determined, Stcretary
Cooper inclines to the opinion that the
water supply of Leadv lie has become
Impure.
M K Wait who has been in San Fra i
ciaco tor sevetal days has returned
b me
Washington, D. U. Jan. 21 Lieut.
Hiram F. Mitchell, son of (Senate r
Mitchell, who has been here for tbe
past three weeks on leave, was today,
alter examination by tbe chief sur
geon. U. H A. ordered to the general
hospital at Washington barracks for
treatment on account of an injury to
his leg leceived on his trip to Alaska.
Double Installation
Comrad Faulk wishes all the nu m
bersottheG AH post to remember
bat there will be a lot of woi k to do lit
the Oliver V Morion P.mt at La Grande
on Saturday, and that it is desireiihle
tint all be on hand a' 1:30 p m. The
officers of the Woman's Relief Corps anil
of G A R ire to be installed, lollowiug
which there will be a lunch and much
social talk.
ID.
I Ul V SISU
PROTECT YOURSELF
IB AGAINST COLDS ,,
Dining lliix cliungcalilo weall or. Lay asiclo your
linlit weii'lil worn iniderweiii' nnd Inkfl ariviinlnge of our
sticriiiee prii:p'n:i undcrwrnr during our Clonranco Snip.
Note tlio PriiM's Curcl'tilly.
A
WNilI
Men's Underwear.
1-50 and $1.75 all Wool vicuna ' 1
and natural gray made from t Ift
line oomeil wool pi.ly
$1.25 nk'.niil gray all wool good
weight, with fleece lined nmk
ing them warm and comfort ihlo OyC
$1.1)0 Hliavy Itiii ed wool, we a'sa
include our peoial IflOO valnekO.
in line eoft wooi at- OC
Also Good values iu rhis Jot at
Ladies' Underwear
ALSO UNDER PRICED.
$1 25 all wool ribbed lo white and gray,
fine finiphtd and silk tninimed
Will Return
Hubert Smith left lastevening (or Port
laud. Mr Smith states that while th;
sale of their timber land near Elgin,
alinoLclosed out their interests here he
has n it left Union County by any mans
and that the epleol this county nisy
expect to see blm return at any tin e
ready for business,
One thing Is certain the peopleof (.a
Grande and Union comity will ever
welcome Mr Smith's return.
The hnitso of representatives paised
lleyburn's pure Inod bill on a risinu
vote of 211 for and W against. If thi
nasses the Senate It will be risky hiutl-
nosstosell poisinous, rotten or filthy
food in the United Htates.
Pleasent Dinner Party
One of the most delightful dinner
parties over given In this city was given
last Wednesday by Mrs Win Allison at
her ho ne. Thotc present were, Mesdum
es Simpson, Finn, Siia'iey, Moidc ,
West and Mis Fred Kiddle of Island
City,
ent heavy flieceil in ribbed and Hit
go id, assoraal colors al
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