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About La Grande morning observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1901-1904 | View Entire Issue (April 12, 1904)
-1 . fjTVinn)a,Tia(i, LA VCH.UK2 III LA GRANDE. OREGON. TUESDAY MORNING. APRIL 12. 1904. NUMBER 134 GRANDE MORN NO OBSERVER;! . .'.. 41 . )) . ;! .tr'.,..r. HUMAN SKIN BEING OFFERED FOR SALE Medical Students at Salem Are Offering Tanned ; : Cuticle From Murderer Egbert's Back for Sale. Salem, April 11 A reation w sprung nere Saturday night when it DM announced that grewsome sou venirs, o tb shape of bits uf tanned akini ripped from the ' ack- of Harry Egbert tbe Harney eouniy murderer, hanged here a month ago were being offered lor tale. It U openly oh urged that some-one. b okeinto ihe directing room of Vi illaniHtte University the night ol io Ing Egbert's hanging and cut a pieoe ol skin 6x18 inch '6 in sizo (mm the back of Egbert's oorpie as il , lay on tbe table. ' The laooHy denies the chsrge and aya that Egbert's corpse wag not mutilated in this way but was given a decent burial after dissection und that the hits of human skin offered for sale, as souvenir are not from Egbert's body An investigatjnn will he demanded. Fats 40 Days App'etun, Wis, Apul 10 Miss Lis ie HultKlieini, sired 19 years, is dead I'm fust if 40 days oncYrtakiin w;lh the deliberate atci in pt, it is Raid, to end her life, from wfiicri nil p'easure hid been baiiitdied by i'On'.iniiuue ill health since her ih. He Slew Wife and Son' A r" ADIT A I Denver, Cot, April 9 A.D, Gal-' f ljf L oraito, inrmeriy manager 01 ine tope- aa mine, in Kusseti gu'oo, uupiu IIM" ooumy, in Jail here on the oharge of I 1 misappropriating the 0 mpaoy's funds - , a3l I La this afternoon oonfeesed tn hating murdered bis wife and little sod in in his oabin in Russell gulob in March A dispatch from Central City fays tbe oabia has bsen entered and the two bodies found in bed with the bed slothing sprea 1 or then, giving the bed tne appearance ol being freshly made up Both bad been shot In the nead, : Wade Sale O B Wade held 2,032,076 eLsree of mining stock which at tbe sa'e in Pendleton brought f 8,490 praotically 4 ots per share as follows: Goleooda holdings of 1,454,076 tbar es, to A. R. Bufford, of Walla Walla, for $7,670. Standard Consolidated 128,000 shar es, to Zoeth Houser, for $970. Red Boy, 460.00J shares to N.O Richard,of tbis oity, lor $220, There were no other . bidders than those mentioned as purohaeera lot the properties offered. The amounts paid are praotically the vuluea place.l upon them by the appraisers appointed by the referee in bau'unplcy. WE HAVE PLANNED FOR AN IMMENSELY INCREASED BUSINESS THIS SEASON IN Men's Superbly Tailored Suits and Topcoats To a 'Ootnplish this we n nll,8 that; we must place this Btore firmly ill the minds of "till, greater numbers of men as the safest, place In the Btate to purulmeo clothes. The lines t.ave been crefully foleeted after a thorough, personal inspection of the most reliHiili productions of trustworthy m.nof ict'ir rs. Cahii.Wiimpold A Co'e. superb line is our leader. The vaiui a have been made absolutely greater and more npparent Umn ever liefore for the price. Nobby Pinclienk' worsted suits Import-d Mark Thibet suits Swell Sio ch tweed suits SmoothflulBbeil Camimere riiiln Good Washington On w t nits Black clay rsled edie An enormuu catheiiii of tin dresale-t aeav l I r on met prim; and suiiitiier w nr. Coats cut in the i.ew :i bn tun and 4-bntti 11 Pit k. Al-o t-invje and double hren-led, Eviry garment is of tli.et cus tom tailoring sort, nit trnpi,luui etylta, hinli-il-is finishing-'. Ill fit every iirnieiit (niif. rin to the figure, n umtler wliu position y ti assume Stltcbli g. ven s anf hu'iloti hoes m.-nle to Mithetand eevere strains, luna! aid ei-i-tent w. ar IvXSm- '1 i . lH..dT.lkr.4brl 1,1 I 1 u" Will1 I 'w' -a uiiii.il 1 Fancy etrlpe worsted suits Mixa) Etilirli wurtfd suits 2 pi-re fiinrler Wuetl honie ppun nuits. "on, iT.h c at!) awl trousers Kftiiry mlxe l chev-ot topnoats Flue t-oveit clolli topcoats The it an in iIih pirture is wear- ' i u it 0 I i liMiiical with the onus we aio etlling. The arlift tlr-v this p cture of a J nun nottri jiohooi our gar men ib o rr to show ymi tlie exact ftp I p-araiu'e of ihia suit hi a trying I potiti m. You do t ot have to he of rptfu- j lar p oportiotiH lor us to fit you. Oar 9iws run in to:igf, slims j ami st -uts, eo that we rn meet i ihe rcqiii" in -nte of your figure a well as anv tailor. Ml our c irnipiilf 1e.vtle Union I i.noel the symbol of sanitary and : uorMiy hoihIs. ' Men sal b anil topcoats $16 lo $18 Baguia, 155 Miles North of Manila, will b? New Capital of Philippine Islands. ; . Wasbiogton, April 11 The new oapital ol Philippines will be Baguia, 165 miles nortn of Manila, on a pla teau 6,000 feet above sea - level. The site ie exotllent, the climate superb nd adapted to Amerioani of all olaar. Items The Socialist base a full county tioket in the field to . Baker county this year. ' . Tbe public lauds of the United Btates are passing into private owner ship at the rate of 2,0i .0,000 aores per montb. Congroes lias appropriated $476 ,000 to aid tbe Lewis and Clark Fair at Portland Oregon. . Tbe Democrats of Texas demand pure poll lien, which being iuterpreteil means that none but Democrats mutt vote or bold ofiioe down tbeie. Tbe problem Is how hig'i is tba uranae Komie river going to get tbis Spring? ,' Tuesday Musical 1 be Ladies Tuesday Musical mrt this afternoon tbe prngrnra whiob is ai follows arranged by Mrs Geo Currey L'fo of Scbuman. .. . Mrs Geo Currey Piano . (h) 'funlsman 8ung . h) I .yous Farmer 8hum.n Miss Lillian McCall . L fe of Brahms ..... Mrs leo Ourroy Piano Hungarian Uauoii ...,, Brahma Miss Hunter Vo al tfulo fbe S.ine heard one Sou lay N ion" Miss Bern-1 j Worstell PiiiioHolo..., Mrs W '.V llerry Guitar Hjlo Pijgiam's Chorus (" I'ann houser'') Wagner MrsAL Riobardson' Anthem, This is thedty Gaul Preshyteriau Choir usioal Contest... ......... Piano Mrs E 0 Moore THE CHICAGO STORE Called Meeting A meeting is oil led tor tba Lyle TU'rday Musioale and the Neighbor- h'jod Club foi 4 o'clock tbis afternoon at tbe club rooms. Important- busi- neks to be transacted. Our piotures have o me and. will be on i xhibitlon at the el'tb roons this afternoon. By order of both presidents. NO MATTER WHAT BOOK you wish, come here fi r it. Our bonk slock includes practirully everything Tor which there is pt to 'io a cull Some books we ore ab'e to fell for less (inn jiulilis lit-rr' icices, so you are likaly to suve bn'h time und money hy coming direitly here when'a book of any description is wanted. If wo linve not the hnok ynu seek we will order it for you and ti e cost uill he the same ns though it were in st i k. g.fl oci'iici'ins always appropriate, wuyc right, loo, whn you buy them Kernembur lojks fir al' , always ai'ceptuh'e. Tricca a here. NEWLIN DRUG CO. May Enter Politics ; Eugene, ' Or, April ; 10 Hoaer Davenport, tbe famous oartconitt. tpoke to lar(,e audlenos In Eugene bigb school assembly-room last nigbt Tbe lecture was illustrated with num. ero'is oartoono drawn before tba audl enos by tba speaker. Many who wished to hear tbe noted artist ware turned away, being unable to gain ad mittanoa to tba hall. In an interview yesterday afterno n, Mr Davenport gave out tbe information that be will probably do cartoon wok for the Rep ublican National - Committee during tbe coming campaign. Fight With Fire New York' April 10 After a bard figbt today that lasted two hours and a ball, the firemen suoneeded in sub duing a mensoing fire is the six-story iron, building at West Broadway and Franklin streets, oooupied by James Barron & Co wholesale dealer In paints and various household articlts all ol a highly i (Urotnabie nature Twioe there aere terrifl explosione that scattered ttiu fire, each time giv ing it a fresh start. Tbe. Joss was estimated at $160,000 - So great were the quantities ol water pouted into the builling thai West Broadway was llooden loa di pth of two lee', and tbe cellars of adjoin ing buildings wore filled. . . We Wonder The Democrats are making e loud ouicry in Congress because the Pen sion offloei at the suggestion of Preei dent Roosevelt has concluded to con sider an ex-solilier, 70 years old and ovor, is unable to nam a living by nianuel labor and is therefore entitled to draw a pension . We wonder bow many of said democrats would be will nig to pay said old soldiers full vagee or try to work on his cotton plan tation or io his tobacco field. New Phones 1710, G ALnooln 473, A J Webb 173 Cbas Dhqu 1890, H O Maotgnoiery 118, F Kraft 1971, B 8 Cowen 1395, W O Hisse 1084, O J Vanderpool 771, H B Haisten' Out lilt) abive-list of new residence phones and attach lo your card am I VOUr list will be lln In flats. llh lh,u additions there are now 610 phones in tbe oity. FORTS FIRE ON MERCHANTMEN Russian Nerves Under High" Tension and Their Gunners Bring Down , Some v 4 Non-Combatants. " v " ". " 7 ,"77" Niu Cbwang, April 11 A misun derstanding ol flashlight signals oaus ed great exoitment at midnight, v . The officers in command of ' - the (orlsvthougbt tbe Japanese were mak ing an attack and opened fire on . a fleet of pilot boats and merchantmen outward bound. Two Chinese , sea- 'Mi men struok by shells and killed. Sev eral shots were fired before the artil lerymen dieoovered the mistake. . . Themoident shows the mental strain under which the Russians la bor, feverish activity prevail among the military who are doing their beet to prepare for the expected Japanese assault. . , . 9 t-' Snow Eound ; Sioux Oity, Iowa, April 9. For 24 hours a Great Northern passenger train has imbedded in a out near ' Mo Lean, Neb, while green fields are show ing all around. A relief train has bbim btlked by four feet of wet annv,ptked lard, A Milwaukee A. St. Paul patu--nger train abandoned waa in tba drifts near Lane, S I). Stock is suffer, tug greatly. Not a Candidate ' . .'TV. 5 '. - k It was rositively announced in this city today that J H Mimnaugh would not permit his namo lo be "pieaented to the Demooratio convention lr . re- nomination for county olerk This leaves the democrats at sea ti. a oertain extant.. Deputy oounty clerk Eugene Sobaw is an asperant fur the nomination and it now looks -very muoli ttiat he will bae tip oppusitlon. OS-TE-OP-A-THY From its Intricate atruoturV aiid constant use the epino It peculiarly liable to sooid .ut; sligin li H and straim that were bard y notiersbbat their occurrenc e urn th" renl ciub of mostdisnases. Uttenpitlis n-t inly traoe tbo oauseii nf r ilin-i'H . to.t. these slips and twists, but ihey Kkillfnlly adjust the mal-alignment aud give Nature a ohanos to assert herself, and health ensues. '. Great Exhibition it Tbe following was received by wire- ; less telephone at 3:46 this morning: Yard Limits, April 42 On next ' Sunday afternoon at 2:30 - in . the morning, John Francis Iogue, former' ly ame mber of the Brooklyn. League team and late engineer on the O B 4 ' N will shoot the rapids oyer the , Qro Dell dam in a whiskey barrel. Mr Rihbaid Kelley and D Andrew Buck- T ley will sot as managers. The barrel will he ai; and waser tight: after Mr . Logne is enclosed within. He will carry enough oompressod "hot air" in . a high pressure cylender fastened In side the barrel to last btm two hours. Mr Logue expects to be fished out of; tbe water at tbe county bridge below -the rapids This Js Mr Logue's second pi rformanoe, having 'shot the whirl pool at Niagara Falls in 1903. ' 2,000 Die a Week Tae National Tridune a ' soldier,! paper' poblisbed..-at Wasbmgtoo' has, stated I that information at the pen' aion depaitmcnt i-how that 2'000 old : HuUliers are dying esob wee k in. this year the mortality being greater than ' ever befora ' , v LUMBER The Stoddard lumber Co lins secured the. iumlier from tbe mills of the Grande Sonde Lumber ' Co to supply the retail market in the - ,, city of La Grande. Colored Boll On Saturday evening April 16 will occur one of the events of the season given by the Simpwn Dancing Aiade my, A strictly Negro Bill in which all the particapauta will be iu Colored Costume- A Colored Orohestra will be in attendance. A Contest Cake walk will take place lor whioh three prizes will bi given threo elaborate oh lies are being mule and will bn on exibition in Roniig and Staples win dow on "riday April 15. All people in Costume or masked will je onmoplled t" give tliiir n imn to Mis Rimpwn at the diHir anil all C intiiHtan't in tbe Cako Walk must be those wbo have been members ol the dancing class 4 II I I I I I I I t t I t T mm.x,., .. ., .., H1 La Grande School of Mu.ic Opposite Bonlmer bouse, , One of tbe best musical institutions in the state. Four rooms used for musical Instruction 16 giades of music taught. Depsrtment 1, 2 room use) for the 8 first grades. Children at the age of 6 and older como oni hour every day. Department 2, 2 rooms fur giadea 4 to 16 for pupils of all ages.a Toe latest course best prae to! musical instruction. Mutloil oontests for niedsls every few wek E. Porter Day, Principal. Mm. Day, Assistant TEN AUTOMOBILES FREE This effer la of Interest to tl.e man about town and every other man who is at all par ticular about the kind of elothet he tars. If you will call at 'THE FAIR" we will explain this offer, made by The Royal Tsllors.'of Chicago, who are Justly recognised as the leading custom tailors in the United States. In addition to this offer wbieb means an ato Iniely free gift of from $10,000 to 118,000 they offer additional cash prizes of t800, and the clothing-wearing man or woman of La Urande and vicinity has a good chance to capture some of theee megnlflcient prises. Tbe Royal Tailors have a standing offer of 810.000 in gold for prcof that that they aver sell a suit, over coat, ladies' rki,rt or any garment that has not been made to measure for individual customer Two hundred anil fifty thousand satisfied, and regular patrons arc ready to lestify to their hlgh.i'lass ami linlividilnl service. The prices tKi,rfire remarkably low suite down to (12.50 ladles' tailored skhts down to $0.00. In spect the samples' of whith there are more than six hundred and get the details about tho automobile, ut "THE FAIR". Man Imloreil to measure luiliea akirls as mnde by llio RoynV TuilnrB have catiglit tho jioj.nlar funoy. The spring inodols are strikingly original while Hi o ileXuil euro bestowed on nunli garmonl giva il a style, toin pletetieoB and bnuuly of finish seldom produced except by the highest.priced exclusive ladies' tailors. Royal prices are remarkably low aud each skirt Is guaranteed to give entire satisfaction See The Fair about them. House Cleaning . (Lew 51 House cleaning time is at hand and many new household furnishings will be needed.' Cliiei among thera are new luce "curlaius f. We have planned lor und made, extensive;', proparaliou for this spring's house oleaiiu time and show the most complete Jines curtains we have ever pluced on siilejSSS"" . tiftil Nottiiiplianis, Bobbiuels - , point lace.' We bought thein bar : and so con you. Prices O'tni fat aa 3.60,3.25,8.00,2.76,2 1.60, 1. T HE i A , ::.: Halite ld alsortrnafA t j