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About La Grande morning observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1901-1904 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1904)
WEATHER FORECAST ... Tonight and ,c ,. A n tirv - inn un tn WrkAtr-ii linn, iw; VOLUME III - LA GRANDE. OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 30 1904 NUMBER 225 REPORT IS NOT BELIEVED thy drainage water, tod craMed but nadi r the edge of tne sidewalk. Reports to the Effect that Port Arthur Had Capitulated Is Not Confirmed. London, July 39 A report- wai cm rot thia afternoon that the futressof Fort Arthur bad oupituUtrd but on confirmation ol th report or oar nova ol any kind has reached London for the morning papers. REPORT DENIED Che Foo, July 30 Refuge' t just ar rived from Port Arthur confirm the pievioun reports that a general assault has been begun by the Jpaoeee and deolare that tbe Russians aresanguine that tbe Japanese oouM not suoceed in capturing the place, even though tbey bad twice as many troops. The Unseiaua, according to the refu gees' stories, are stil hopiof for succor Irom Kuropr tkio. Tbey are unwilling to believe the reports of his defeat at Ta Tobe Kino. The refugees confirm tbo reporis that tbe Rusnian fleet is in a state of repair, but say the fleet was unwilling to attack that of Admiral T''go on account of the mines which tin Jap anese place uiginly at tbeenlrace to the harbor. It is blieved at Port Arthur that if the Vladivostok fquadronor reinforce ments from Kuropatkin should arrive the Russian Beet would lake the riBk of going out. Amunit on is said to bs growing scarce and the large fi-rt guns are not often discharged City Jail Break Pendleton, July 30 At 3:15 this afternoon tbe escape of three men from the city jvl was discovered. As nearly as can be ascertained the es cape was made about half an hour be fore theii absence was noted. The miesiog men, accorJug to the re maining seveo men in the jail, exorted their united strength so pull up the o'.oset bow) and insecurely lastened Door boards beneath. Then tbey drop ped down into the bole Blind with 61- FEDERAL JURY INDICTS MANY New Yr'rk, July 30 The federal grind jury tiday pieseoled the result of the investigation of the Klooum disaster o Judge Thomas and it was agr'ed between the oourstl and I be pourt that those indicted appear next Monday to plead and offer bail. Dis trict Attorney Buanef admitted that the indictments inolude Captain Van Schaick and Inspectors Lundbarg and Fleming.' Kromothei souroes it is learned that Frank J. Barnaby, presi dent, James K. Atchison, secretary and Frank 3. Dexter, treasurer of tbe Knickerbioker Steamboat cowpany and Captain Pease, . of tbe steamer Grand Republic were also indicted. The bail w 11 probably be fixed at $5 000 in eacb case. Nelson Wins - San Francisco, July 29, In one of the fieroest battles ever witnessed iu this city "Battling" Nelson of Chicago toniiibt defeated Eddie Han Ion of Ban Francisco tbe end coming in the nineteenth round, It was almost an even thing until the fifteenth. After tbat the tide of battle began to go toward Neleon, i'be going in tha eigutee th saved Uanlon from defeat and in the next round be came up so badly dazed tbat Nelson had blur at bis mercy and was battering bim around tbe ring until the looal lad beoame so helt.neas tbat the spectators protested. Simultaneously with a signal from the police to top the contest, a towel was thrown Into tbe ring from Hanlons corner and Nelson was declared tbe "PAUL REVERE'' TO CINCINNATI Day too, O. July L L Lmb, tbe "Paul kevere ol tbe West," was in this oity today en route to Oicoinnati tobe operated on. ; Loeb in tbe fall of 1902 saved thou sands of lives in Colorado by riding abtad und announcing tnebreakiug of a reservoir during a fierce storm. Itlnbis ride hewas seriously injur ml, and Iparalysie' of.-his.leftiside re- . 'Masts' "'" . '.' i ... Big Judgement. The Baker Oity Herald says Judge Oalklnsou Thursday rendered a de cision in oase of V F Curize and otheri against tbe : Iron Dyko mine giving the plaintiffs judgment fir $181,832 and tbe further sum of $8000 att rney fees. SENATOR FORAKER LEAVES FOR HAWAII Washington July 30 Benstnr-, For aker arrived bare today and will leave for Cincinnati the Inst of tbe week'.: - After arranging some business mat ters there he will go to San Franci co and from there to Hawaii. He will' be aooomapanled by bis family, and will be gone for sbSut two month,:. WANT STREAMS STOCKED FRANCE QUARRELS WITH VATICAN Paris July 30 Tbe oonncil of min isters today disoiisscd tbe differences with the vatio n government in a ses sion of three hours. Premier Combes afterward said tbe proprieties did not allow a statement from bim at this time. This is taken as an indicator, that a rupture has actually occurred TO SUCCEED VON PLEHVE St Petersburg July 30. M Duruove, who was M Vou Plehve's assistant, has teen appointed minister of interior ad interim. Gouged Out His Eye Corvallis, July 30. Jesse Chpsley, a timberman at the Benton County Lumber company's logging camp, a bove Philomath, had bis eye gouged oompletely nut Saturday. While com ing down a steep hill near the camp he stumbled and fell on a vine maple snag, striking it in such a way as to dig the eyeball out, but not to tear it loose. Young Ches-ley for. id tbn 1 Mil 1 bn k iiito its piece as be-t be could, and hurried to Philomath for medi nl assistance. Dr. Neath, the only sur geon of tbe place, was absent In San Francisco, and another pbysioian ould not be procured. Mr Ches ley, though suffering great pain, may yet save his eye. Mrs. L. Given and daughter Lois left thia morning for Pendleton where they will vieit friends. Miss Jeanette Clark left last night for Hilgard where she will te tne guest of Mr, and Mra. Luther Ward, craw A MENTION OF A PEW OF THE MANY REAL BARGAINS Which you can find on our shelves, counters arjd tables during the closing days of our MONSTER J ULY CLEARANCE SALE Not bargain goods but high cla-a goods of real merit and worth, at REAL BARGAIN PRICES. Don't wait, yesterday WAS, Tomorrow MAY BE, hut today IS THE TIME to come and get them. They will uot be here Next Year, next month and more than likely aot tomorrow TODAY? Yes, onme today. Ladies Hals HALF PRICE Ladies Shirt Waists, H ALF PRICE $6 50 Shirt Waist Sutis, now $4 85 4 50 Shirt Waist Suits, now 8 60 22 50 Ladies Black Silk Coats, 16 50 Vi 60 Ladies Champaign Silk Coats, 8 98 7 50 Champaign Brilliantine Coats, 5 30 2 00 Silk waist patterns, 4 yards, 1 48 75o Crush Leather Beltf, now 45o 30c Mens Underwear is now 19 cents 1 25 Mens Dress Shirts Reduded to 98c 75c-l 00 Mens Drf as Shirts now 69 cents 25 and 35c Mens Straw Hats now at 15 cenls. 1 60 and 1 75 Mens and boys Shoes now 118 Organization Formed Protect Fish and Game and Stock Streams with Better Fish V C Last eyenlug at a meeting held in the Commercial Club rooms tbe Ore gon Fish and Qame Association was or ganized. Tbe meeting was well attend ed and all expressed themselves as heartilv in favor of some sort of organ ization which would enable them to re stock tbe many streams with fish wbiob will enable tbose Inclined to 8P"nd a day trout fishing to And some thing worthy of tbe time and energy expended. ' Tbe following officers were eleoted : president, H J Hockenbeiry; secretary, Geo. L Cleaver. An execu tive committee was appointed which will prepare by-laws and open mem bership books.' The committee is as follows: Wm. Miller, A V Andrews, Geo. L Cleaver and Prof. H.J. Hock onberry. ' " , The object of the association will be to restock tbe streams in thia and Wallowa comities, see that the Hsu and game laws are not violated and assist the state officers to enforce the laws now eimcteu. Every member of the association is to consider himself a gan.e warden and report to the proper authority any infraction of the law he may discover. The association expects to te ure a membership of over three hundred. Every person who Is at all ntvrestrd In our uBhing streams abonld become a member of tbe association. RELIEF BUREAU : ESTABLISHED St. Louis, Mo., July 30. Members of the families of many of the striking iiacking houxe employes have applied to tbe managers of the bouses for aid, and a relief bureau bas been established at each plant.' All found to be worthy receive provisions. Most of the ap plicants aay the beads of tbe families would gladly return to their pluoes, bat are afraid of personal injury. Bridge Repair The atone mason work of 50 nnroh is completed and several men and team are working on the filling is nec essary to complete the d image wrought by the late flood to tbe Island (Jltv bridge and In a few days the job of .re pairer win De cornpletod Wanted in Portland Ponland, July SO. The . Portland police were notified of Joshua Cref- Ueld's capture. Oeffield Is wanted here on a charge of adultery. Deotivea will leave for Corvallis this evening and re turn with the prisoner tomorrow. - HOLY ROLLER UNDER ARREST among tbe three residuary heirs, Walla Walla Union. Lumber From Portland During July there was shipped from Portland to California; 7,800,608 feet of lumber. The exports to places outside of the Uulted. States from Portland for the month teached 2,400,000, making a total ror the month of 1,090,508 feet. Miss Delia Gutridue ami M!n Pn- nie Logedon returned from . woaLo outing at Ladd Canyon. LEADER TURNED PICKET. President of Chicago Teamsters Union Ar rested for Trying to In fluence Srrikers : Chicago, July SO President Geoige Q 1dm of tbs teamsters union turned pioket today and in attempting to turn baok a wagon from the yards was arrested by lospeotor Hunt. Later after a protest of the leaders, be was released on bail. Dio!rinf. tbe Lord bad commission ed him tj end tie strike, John Leed, a negro, oaused muoh excitement in the yards tiday. He was arretted afu r a hard stragrle and found to be orryiiig a huge loaded revolver. It is thought he is lusane. ' : Eighty negroes being transported to the yards in two oare on Ibe Lake 8,iore rei'roaa Here thrown into a panto by lurious attack by a mob throwing stonrs which demolished every window in the traio." Police men ou the train beat biok tbe rioters while tbe frighten-d negroes bid under i tbtir teats, and the train finally was permitted to pull away. An attempt to smuggle out - nm union meat from the yards by snbter fuge oompletely failed. Tbe meat bad -been loaded by the Amours into a : wagon of tbe Great Western Art com- . pany. The wagon eluded tbe piokcts '' at Ibe yards.- Shortly afterward tbey learned of tbe plan, and overtook the wagon and compelled tbe driver to re- turn where the meat was unloaded it': tbe yards. - ' Riots at the Nelson Morris bran ll in South Ohioago oaused the arrest of Ave men who attaoked retail dealers going for supplies. ' .. ' THE MARKETS (July 30) New fork-Silver S8 5 8Unlon PsolUo 95 5 8,1'fd 93 1-2 Chicago Sept wheat opened 88 3 8 -" a 80 5 8 and olosed at 90 1-1 Barby 12 a 50, flax 1.17 1-2, northwestern tl.ii : San Franoisoo Ceah wheat fl.tlT Portland-Wheat Walla Walla 07; MuestemTij Valley 78. ' Cattle Best steers 3 a $3.26; me dium (3, cows S2 a (12.25. ::'. Read this paper and The Wtaklx Corvallis, Ore., July 30. Joshua Creffleld, the Holly Roller apostle, wa discovered in biding under the dwell ingot of O Shurt In this city, this morning and is now confined in tbe county jail in tbls city. The bouse where he was found la the same at which household artlolee, musical in struments; wearing apparel and other articles of value were burned several months ago. When uieoovered Ureffield was naked and in a half famished con dition. During late weeks one by one tbe followers of thnseot bave been sent to the insane asylum and to tbe boys and uirls home at Portland. In all half a dozon have been sent to the asylum. Serious Accident Uyron Goodall, while working with a tiara at Morgnn Lake last week, was struck in the eye with a piece of bal ing wire and so seriously injured that he had to be brought home. - For some time it wsa feared by his attending physcian, Dr. Smith, that be would lose the organ but now be expresses the belief that he will be able to save tbe eye. MID SIIMMKK CLEARANCE SALE 1 For tbe next thirty days we will offer all Summer Goods at Greatly Reduced" ' Prices. :. ! " If you are in neod of anything for 8ummer Wear it will be to your advantage to look over our stock before purchasing elsewhere. All wash goods on sale at one :thirdoff.' "!;! ' -i'All wash wash shirt waists at a reduction of 25pernent. - - On Wrappers, Kimouas, and Dressing Saques we will save you 20 per cent. Just what you will need for these warm days. The Chicago Store GREAT NORTHERN TRAIN WRECK Seattle, July 30. A special to the Post Intelligencer from Leavenworth, Waab., Bays: Tbe east bound freight train on the Great Northern railway was wrecked between 4 and 5 o'clock last night near here and Engineer John McGourley killed. The engine struck a boulder that rolled down on the rails and was thrown with the tender off tbe track close to the water's edge. Jim Jtin $9,000 FOR WHITMAN COLLEGE Whitman Uolloiie will draw, it Is es tl mated, from $8000 to S9000 from tbe bequest of Mi's Priscilla Livermore, of Utixbury, Mass., reported some time alto. The rallege draws a definite leg ncy of 8O0O, and It is made on of t "! tbi- rnnliluary legatees after tbe S).eiin1 bequests aro distributed. Tbe latter, Including tbe S3000 to Whitman amounts to about $12,000, leaving the lialance of $30,000 estate to be divided iAAAAJ.ai J.aiiasnmiiiitii " "TtTTTTTTTTTT T T T F XT rwWWkr MIHI$IM$Httttlli A PRESCRIPTION DECISION . If you knew that the recovery ofj some sick 1'iiend depended on the strength and purity of certain drugs or on the accuracy of their compound-, iug, what points would you consider when deciding where to take the pre scription? The essential requirements, we think, ate theiie, and all of them . apply to this store: Drugs are sure to be freshest where t.'flde is largest. ' Stock is sure to be best where physicians go to buy. Remedies are most reliab.e where standardized and assayed drugs are used. Compounding will be most accurate wbere the presoriptionist has had greatest practical experience. NEWLIN DRUG CO. 1 ' .
