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About La Grande morning observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1901-1904 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1904)
;"Wi"'"-i-i,r--Ti ifiir i i """'-iimiiii i ' mmiltimV 'ri - ' ' ; n'jrtWWWiriirrt-iWf - Bflffir Wrf-iff VVm'i'ir-' iii' . .. ' TohlgU iM ' fjfosEntWT fair, '. k I fc if In A 14 I I I . H u F B .Ml I B 14 I if ' iyr IV B If H B " B 1U F H - B 11 LA UKA1WC C V Cll WUiODSiEK V EK.Sd VOLUME II! LA GRANDE. OREGON. MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1904 NUMBER 239 NOTHING DONE YET Idaho Democrats In State Convention At Lewiston Dubois in Control. Leaiston Aug 15 The was no more in the Demnoratie game until 4 o'. lock thin afiernoo there being only one delegation here outside of Nez Peroe up to that time. At 3.30 the train from the north brought in the delega tion from Shoshone Kootenai and Nez I'erse. There is a prrtty good attend, ance from those counties. Penator Da bois on the train. At 6.30 the boat arrived with the southern delegates. The representation from that section la scattering probab ly not half of the delegates having come. Judge Joe Rich represents Bear Lake and William tinnay Blaine, while Cassia hss no representation. -Krom all appearances Dubois will have full control of the uonvention. On the train from ihe so.th a boom was started for Rtenneuberg for govern or bat it was promptly suppressed when the delegates gut in here. In this part of the stute there has been much talk of going no farther on the Mormon question than indorsement of the national platform but this has also been vetoed. Friends of Senator Dubois now sny the convention will adopt strong Mormon resultions bated in those adoptpd in Ada county. These provide for giving effect to the consti tutional provision on polygamy and de- clare in favor of disfranchising mem- hers of a churoh that teaches polyga my or maintains it has a right to dic . tate in political affairs. i : Chairman Donnelly prefers In the test oath of 1891. It seems certain that Heitfleld will he nominated for governor, but thore has been no gene ral orystaliizatkn on candidates there having been too little time yet for an exchange of views. May Now Mediate. Obioago Aug. 14 A decidedly hope ful tone has been given to the strike situation by the develop entsoftoday wben Mayor Harrison line ag-eed io LADIES' SHIRT WAISTS A.t Stupendous Reduc Hons IN PRICES VISIT OUR iVM 10c ill COUNTER meet the ritailera aod dieouea i plio lor mediation in the ureal meal war. The retailera ate "doing politio " and are in a poaitiuo to do much to settle the dispute and gain oouosssions Irom the packeri. They are alto on (nendly terma with the strikers, hence the lortheoming negotiatona way re sult in mutual surrenders of . noted point Women In Riots. New York Aug. 15 Rioting whioh began at daylight with an attack npin a nonunion mso, in wbiou a aumncr of women participated, aod oontinued io a desultory way all day, marked the meat strike situation in this city today and unusual police precautious have been taken to prevent further serious diaturoances. Both the paokera aud the strikers declare they are saliefiid with condi tions, snif preparations are bsiug made by the strikers for a long strike. They established national headquarters to diy. The union otfioials derl-re they have the situation well in hand, that tbestrikera cannot bs beld responsible for the rioting, wbioh they say is fre quently started by tome disinterested persons. Efforts ul the Scbwarscbild & Sulz berger ooai pan y to replace the strik ers io t eir osttlerun fail. Michael Donnelly, president of the Amalgamated association, will arrive Id New York Tuesday, not to take charge of the stiike, but to make an investigation There is a strong probability that a conference will be arra ged helweeu Mr Connelly and Ihe Sobwarizcaild & Sulzberger com piny. This conference, it is started wu Id bs agreeable to both s.des, but the strikers will have nothing to do with the United Dressed Beef com pany which tbey believe to be an ad jtinct of Bwilt & Co., the head of the meet trust. Lawn Social. Wedne day evening the ladies of Ihe Methodist ohuroh will give a lawn fo oial at the rosideooe of Mr and Mrs A 0 Huntington. Ice cream and cake will be served and a general good time is assured to all who may attend. Closed. Sundwy evening the Salvation Army Every waist at regular prices ns adver tised n aw going are you rendy at prices only a little more thau HALF $4 0C waists nt $2 85 3 00 " t! 28 2 75 " 1 98 2 50 " 1 89 2 25 " 1 09 2 00 " 1 49 I 25 " 93 1 00 " '9 85 " 04 AM Mfi.'g Suits At Kedued Prires btirack in this city, was indefinitely olo-ed. The ttloris ol the fa'ti'ul people for the pa-t three joara has been discouraging aud the looal oops reoeived oidir to suspend further labors here until some future t me. - Big Separator Burns. Slarbuck Wash Aug. 13 Hancock Bros, fep'trat u burned here today, en tailing a loss uf 20i-) T'efireit supposed to have been started by frio- llon Prince Wounded Tokio Aug 14. Tb lmporiul Prinoe Hiiois u Kwchi was slightly wound ed abroad the battle hip Mtkasn in last Wednesday's engagement. Mrs. Bodmer Dead News resell, d this city late Saturday evening that Mrs H A iiodmyr, who was in the Portland hobpital, had died. The remains roailiod this city on this morning's train, accompanied by Mr. Bod titer, who was with his wife all during her ill u on a, Mrs. Ingles, Bister of the ilerea-ed, Mr. Armin Bod ner and Rev. W L Van Nuys, of Pen dleton, who officiated nt the services. Henry & Carr took harue of (be re mains upon arrival, Messrs. E E Rom ig, W B Siirgent, J W KuowJu-j, C D (ioodr.niigh, E W UnrtiVtt and Joe Oarr attiuit as pall roarers During the hours from 10 until 1 o'clock, friends of tlio family viewed the remains and at 2 o'clock the laat sad rites were pm forme i. The inter ment was in the Musniiio cemetery. Mrs. Bodmer v;is born iu Maaoiivillu Wood county, Wim ouuin, June U, 1870, and was married August 10, XtM7t since whiili time La Oiuutlo has been her homeland has always taken an aotive part in all matter- of a public nature. Mr. Bodmer, ilto bereaved hiishand. has for the p.tst eleven years been identified with the tiriu of Uoltoia & liodmer, one of tho lo.iliiu ari ultur ll dealers in the county, lie en jo j a a wide acqnaiiitnin-e who cttnd their deepest sympathy to him aii l his litt o bve year old daughter in tiiuir hour o aflliction. Shows a Decrease Tacoma, Aug 11 Thu output of the Nome district in Alaska for 1904 ia estimated at betwom;,000 0O0ami 5, 000,000 by J W Wright uf the Nome News I ahlishing company, who had just ar rived from Nome. Up tj 1903, stare the gold rush, the output has equaled 23,000,000. The miners are now de voting their attention to the bunches, most of tho oreek beia having been worked out. The output for the your will be great- lY decreased oy the sanity ot water. tlieseason navmg ueenexi.euuittgiy dry TKl StVtlLL' I- JK1F.T New Ladies Skirts We have ju-t opened an udvinr -lii-rocnt of the famous BEVKIM.Y SKIRTS These famous tailni s of 1 i 1 1 nil p)iiti have fairly outdone any of ;li ir I'.nnrr elforla in ttyle, fit and workiutinlii;'. In fuel t'tey are truly HIGH ART SKIRTS Come in and see them t BOYS IN TROUBLE Three La Grande Boys Seized with a Desire to Have Some Fun are Seized by Officers. At this wrltin; three La Grande youths are in the custody of the officers under a serious cbkge, plaoing ob structions on the railroad track while bent on momentary (un, not realizing what might result (rom their thought- Saturday night Qeorge Aokley, John Voung and E J Btultz left this oity for iiame a and started home Sunday morning expecting to eaten a freight before reaobing home. Before reach ing Steel's Spur they passed a Japanese track wi.lker whom tbey jollied for a few moments aud then passed on. A little ways further on they came along side ot some wood and thought it would be a capital joke to pile a tew sticks on the track which would give the aforosaid Jap a little exercise lo re move when he came to it. The .fun was all one elded up to this point but it suddenly changed. Section foreman W L I'riUaisn was returning from the timber with bis shot gun and ooaaing iu view of the track at this point im mediately saw the young men at work and turned his gun looBe to scare them away and it certainly did- for the boys wore soon lost in the bruBh. At this junction in the proceedings an extra froight train was heard lo whistle. Mr. Prilluian knew be hod not time to re move the obstruction so ran ahead and flauged the tiain and succeeded in stopping it iu time. Mr. Frillman then proceeded on the train and soon overtook the boys who were on their way home. He took them in charge to illlrfurd where thry were detained in the depot and officers MoLaohlen and itayburn were notified. Tbey immed iately left on the b witch engine and soon returned with their prisoners. Vesterday being Sunday, the boys have had ample time to review the folly of their action. Attorneys Oliver aud Ramsey ap pealed for the defense, Jos. F Baker and prosecuting attorney Ohas. Cochran for the prosecution. Tbo defense waived examination aod Justice Hough held the defendants in the S'im of $200 each to appear before the October term of the circuit court. What the final outcome of the matter will be depends largely upon the view theOK&NCo., may take. Under the circumstances they think they were indeed vrry fortunate for had not their aectlon foreman by accident arrived wben he did, the freight train would bavo ran into the wood, and as the grade at tiiat point is 110 feet to the mile, It iB only oonjectnre what the re sult might have been. If they conclude that the boya have been sullloiently punished to insure no more tampering with their roads and the notoriety of the case will serve as a warning to others, it may be the boys will gut out uf it, otherwise they are up against a very Berious oharge. As the boys are all iu their sixteenth year, have leaidcd here since thnir hitilhood, their parents all honorable citizens, it is hoped that events will a-ivnge themselves so that the cate n :ed not be pushed and the lesson the bi.es ma) learn will be lasting and it needle's to say it will be. Battle of Antietam Kit s in his history of the United - nt a stylos "Antietam the most ter- r . II.- u.nl bl'oilit st battle of the war" ol the rt-lieliiuu. He givos the union iw!b at i,0!0 killed, 0,4 Lt) wounded a d L,U4 priiioiiers, a total loss to the in. ion Ioitcb of 12,101). Tlii baitle was fought on September 17, 1, 10:!. The union forces num li r.'il sT.lui and the confederates are placed at 40,000 by Ellis, others place it at rrom 40,000 to IK),0OO. The loss of confe leratus is nut definitely known. E U. a late writer, puts the confeder ate loss at 1,500 killed, wounded 2,000, prisoners 0,000. An Explanation. In the Editor of the Ohaerver; In your Isrue of Saturday you state that I made an nnjnstflable assault o viior nipt oilman and In answer wi I Bay that yon were either mlsnn farmed or unfair in the matter, as ittion was the direct result of abuse A Bouncing Big Boy ' The heir to .the throne, of all the Kusslaa recently born weighed 10.7 lb lie has' dark hair showing the Peter the Great Stock. . j ' r Wants Cheap Labor Finanoer Hill who controls railroads and Democratic Conventions recently declared against Ihe tariff and in the same senteuoe declared it as bis opin ion that wages are too heigh io the U S Hill is logical. He wants cheap labor and knows that a sure way to get It Is to reduce the tariff. . . PRESIDENTIAL BETS ' New fork '.'Aug.' 15 Some big offers ou bets on tho elttlon were made to. lay in Wall street. M K Mend hum of the stock exchange house of Mendham Fit ob, offered $10,000 Parker money to $20,000 Roosevelt money. Wazerman I'ros also of the mock exchange offered $10,000 Roosevelt money, but . wanted 10 to 8 for It. Small bets are being made at the lonier odds but as most of the.' betting is by professionals who bat on both sides always striving to swing the odds round after placing half their money, the differences in price are of extreme importance, j . .. Here in an offer of betting that is ex citing interest In Brooklyn; "I would like io bet $100, on each uf these bets both to be taken together; That Roose MID For ihe next thirty days we will offer all Summer Goods at Greatly Reduced Prices. - If you are in need of anything for Summer Wear it will be to your advantage to look over our stock before purchasing elsewhere. All wash goods on sale at one third off. , A 11 wash wash shirt waists at a reduction of 25 per nent. On Wrappers, Kimouas, and Dressing Saques we will save you 20 per cent. Just what you will need for these warm day. The Ior A Few Days We Will Sell Any Box of TPaper In Our Window For my v.-It carries every state .iu the union that was not a slave state lo 1861. "1'hut Parker does not carry all the states that were slave states in 1861. 'Furthermore, I will bet $50 to $50 that I will win both bete." William F Q SlianUB ot 347 Ninth street Brooklyn says be will taie up all the money that is brought to him ou the above proposition, 11 predicts the Republican candidate will carry New York, state by 60.000. la Grande Won Those who enjoy a real slugglog mutch certainly were satisfied with the game of ball between Elgin and the homo team yeBterday. Elgin started off in the second laning by sending six men across the plate, and held their lead nntil the laat halt of the ninth when six successive hits by the h nne team earned Bve runs and won the hardest fought contest of the season. So far this season La Grrmde has won two of three games played with Elgin and twelve of fifteen games played altogether. The next game will be with Pendle ton at Meacham next Sunday. J C ChriBtsnaon came Saturday from Elgin to be ready for the ball game. Cashier and Mrs J B Thorson of Elgin spent Sunday with friends In the city. .... The residence o! Mrs W J Bnodgrass Is being resblngllng and a new fenoe is being built in front. SUMMER CLEARANCE Chicago 10CENTS TO TAKE THE PORT Mikado Has Issued Or ders that Port Arthur Must Be Taken At Any Cost. St. Petersburg, Aug, 1 Ths) Booxf flazette has received the following from ' its Llao Yen correspondent: "Twelve Japanese regiment have left in the direotion of Port Arthur.". "It Is stated on trustworthy authority that the mikado has ordered that Port Arthur muBt be taken at any oo.t even it it necessitates the suspension of op. erations in Manobura and it Is quite possible the main Japanese force will proceed to Port Arthur within few dsys." "Rain has stopped all operations," Await Togo's Report Tokio, Aug. H Tho Japanese gov ernment has declined to make a state-' ment regarding the-Che Foo engage ment pending the receipt of a report from Admiral Togo. SALE Store , -. '), NEWLIN DRUG CO. and insult from the Water Sapt to iny wilt nnd myself and which no man I with a sense of honor can take in sileure and unresented Reap J F Synborst