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About La Grande morning observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1901-1904 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 10, 1904)
V. 1,4 iTTdAAirvC OBSERVER VOLUME III LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1904 NUMBER 259 EVENING VERY BUSY PLACE The La Grande Knitting Factory will Run Day ; and Night Com Night meriting Monday In Horrible Plight Bt . Peier.barg, 8 j t 10 A dis patch (ro d M'iktiro dfso b? the hor rible pliitbt ol the tco ilrai and i-liolter-lera soldiers. A d-miled statement ol tb- attioka on 'tbe Buaaian forces wbiob in promised 10 he isxued lute to day it (waited with intense in.errtt. Tbe genenl expedition in that Inaaea approzimat 1 10.00. 1 as against 30:000 for the Japanese. Care n( the wounded bag taxed the bpapitals to their utmost. : One corre spondent rays that 12,000 wounded bad pasaed through to Mukdeu hospi tals up to Mobday and only the moat severe caees could be attended by tbe noreea and surgeons '7 Bids Accepted Tbe La Grande Knitting lactory doing a ruahiog business theee cays aud oommenoiDg Mouday will run da) and night to keep ab-eaet with their orders which their trvdi g men ate tending in Iron Eattern Washington Montana, Idauo and the Ioland Em pire. Mrs. Baybouee ol Boise Oity ba jutt arrived and will ch rue ol tbe fin lulling department. - The lactory is now InrniBhing em1 ployment to sixteen and this will be inoreasei' the first ol tbe week. They made au ts in prices are ranging Irom $2 tc $15 but he bulk ol their orders are for tbeir $4.60 to $6.00 suits. . Washington, Bept. 10 Acting Sec retary of tbe Treasury Ryan has ao oept-d bids lor 16,318 acres of eurplu- i lauds ol Grand Sonde Indian reserva tion, Oregon 'or which the govommen will rwwivi $66,687.00. Tbe land biob will be at id under a tpeoial act ol congress will be disposed ol la quar ter section traots to dfffi rent purobaa JAPANESE GIVE UP THE CHASE Big Wheat Sale ' IOberter Sraolall , Pendleton Pept tlWbrat sold for 70 I cents In Pendleton yesterday. Italfour- uutbrie company, through A L Knight, ' local agent, purchased 200,000 bushels of Umatilla county wheat' at that fiiinre tor the Chicago market. . ' . This Is tbt biggest sale at tbat top '.., ' j notch figure of the seaion. Three weeks The Russian Army is Safe at Mukden, KuiiStSlSK iytateiday. This wheat purchased is jfor Immediate delivery end will at once be shipped to the Chicago market. It It the biggest single shipment of wheat ever leaving Umatilla oonnty lor Chicago. ' ' ' Yi s kin Losses- 20,000 Meh and Oyama 30,000. f TRIED TO KILL HUBBY WILL MOVd TO NEW YORK Union Destroyed Kansas City, Sept. 10 Less than 16 o'it ol 20(H) strikers who reported for work at tbe packing bouses this morning were taken back. Tbe men oenture Donnelly lor calling off tbe strike. They think tbe union is de stroyed, ' . . Great Loss by Fire Progreeo, Mcxioo, 8ept. 10. Fire willed out an ntlre block ol business houses today. Tbe Inst it $1,000,000. ' New York, Sept. 10 There is reason to believe tbat Alton H Parker has made arrangements to oome to New York Cliy fur temporary resldenoe soon as turner's acceptance is made public The move rmkes it better-for him to carry on the campaign. Local Option Petition Pendleton Sept 10 A petition it in circulation In Pendleton fur the snb miteion to tbe voters cf this county at the ooming November election of Horns ingor not licensing saloons for the ' sale of intoxicants. At noon today it bad about oi e dozen-aignatures St. Petersburg, Sept. 10 Now tbat the battle of Liao Yang is bjarory of finer 'of trie general staff that General (Curopetkio'a army at Liao Yang con dated of twenty btt'alionsol Infantry 147 squadtons of cavalry and 700 guns approximately 108,000 oayooets 16,000 sabres and 10,000 gunners. Portions ol two European oorpa aud Siberian ooi ps had been left at Mukden and number of these reserves were brought 'it to tbe fight. The site ol the Japanese army baa not been definitely established but its actual fighting force is supposed to have bad aupf rnriry in numbers - ol from 60,000 to 60,000 moo and were considerable superior in artillery. Is Mayor . Mayor elect J D 81ater took hit oath of office this afternoon and is now our ohief executor. Attention Factoymen All men employed by the Amalga mated Sngar Co at the close of the 1903 campaign desiring their old posi tions again this year and all those who have made .application for work In the 1901 campaign will please report at tbe factory on Battirdny, Sept. 17th, 1904 at potitiona will be assigned on that date, for tbe ooming campaign. Amalgamated agar On. by Cbas. Wood boo ae, Sopt. St. Petersburg, Sept. 10 It eeema to b. a definitely established fact tbat Field Marshal Oyama't tired troops abandoned on Wedr.eeiay tbe attempt to heal off General Kurona'kin. whoas lor bas arrived salelv at Mnk den all frightful experiences, floun dering through mud and mire over Mnj urlan roads. ' It is evident tbat the last determin Bought Line ed effort of the Japanese forces to bring Kuropatkln to bay was made onToesday, but the Russian com man- der-in-chief faced adout with two oorps and wltb artillery beat off the J tpaoets while the remainder ol the tited troops onotinued tbe marob to Mukden . Alter tbat Ibe Japanese could only hang oa tbe flanks of the Russian army and try to shell the re treating columns Irom the surround ing bills The out potts are still in oooiact, bus they are not even ex changing shots. A dispateb from St. Petersburg tayt word has been received from General Sakasreff saying there waa no fight ing September 8. The Joseph 4b Elgin Telephone Com pany have sold thelrliue to the I'aol. c State Telephone Company and on or a bout the first of October they will hae full control ol tb line from this Baker City Women Ob jects to Husband's Attentions to an Actress Misaoula, Sept 10 -Mrs. Jack Keith whose home Is in - Baker City Ore,, fired two shots at her husband in a hotel In this city tonight, neither of whioh took effect. . She then a' tempt- . her oity to Elgin ; The oompany has also purchased tbe f armer's 'telephone line whioh runs from Elgin to La Grande and throuiih the Grande Rondo valley connecting many of tbe farmers of ed to jump from the window to that looality with the two towns. Per i death. sons living in Joseph who may desire to talk with the residents ol ton Grand Bonde valley can now do bo by apply ing at the local office here Hearald : Mrs. Jay Van Rnreh entertained the ladles ol the Kaffee Klatuh at. tier home Friday afternoon. . Her husband is employed In a locil piny house. ' bhe charged him with lit consistanoy and nam.d an uotrest, at prestnt playing In a theater here, aa the cause of her anguiih. She wi s permitted by tbe poll e to return to her home In Baker City, Eleven Million Jews ! A Jewish year book jnst ".Issued for tbe period from September 10' 190t, to September 10 1905, the Jewish year 6605, contains statistics shoaing that that the Heb-ew population of the world is now 10,932.777. Of this num ber Bueaia has 6,169,101; Austria Bnngarv, 2,076,378; and the United States 1,253,318 Getmany ooraes next with 686.941. and then Turkey with 466,361. Of the 000.00 1 Jews credited to' the state of New York, about 600,000 are lesideits of New York City. . A list of bequests and gifts by Jews to various institutions covers fourteen pages of the book. Amuug other bio graphical statements- is 'one to the effect that 41 synagogues were dedicat ed in tbe past year. , TOBACCO CQMPANYS ,' CONSOLIDATE Were Three of the Larg Tobacco Firms in United States. OAR-FALL STYLES New York Sept. 10 By aotion oi tbe directors of tbe Ameriosn Tobacor oom pany , Consolidated Tobacoo oom pany and Continental Tobacoo oom pany, a meeting of the stockholders of ibeac three organisations bas been called for September 30 at whioh time plant will be put before the stock holders for a oonaolldation . of the three concerns into one corporation to be known as the American Tobro- oo oompany. - - -- "' The earnings of the three oompan ies amounted to something more tbsn $22,000,000 in 1903. - John Ellsworth Hurt Bnms Ore. Sept 9. J W Ellswoitb, representing some firm In Baker City met with a serious accident In tbe Sllvies Valley last Wednesday, by the horse on which be was riding bolting into H wire fence, ills leg was cut quite severely below tbe knee He found it necessary to nse bis handker ch of and a ttrip out from bis pants to bind bit leg tbat tbe flow of blood be even checked. A farmer brought him to tble oity Thursday morning and tbe doctors found it necessary to take i eral stitches In the wound to close it. He Is at the Fienoh Hotel wltb every Indication of a tpeedy recovery. We have just received a small shipment of our FALL 8TYLE8 of COATS and SUITS. If you expent to buy a SUIT, it will pay you to look our lioe over, aa it will be to your advantage and you will be sure to get the RIGHT THINGS. The Chicago Store . THE BUSIEST STORE IN TOWN Adams Ave., La La Grande, Oregon. SELLS BOATS TO RUSSIA New York, Sept. 10. It Is reported here tbat Jams) J Hill has told bis two new mammoth s'eamert Minne sota and Siberia, whlob were Intended for the Oriental trade on the Pacific, tl the Russian government. A ship broker it sals' to hare. received S35,0u0 for con luctlng the sale . When seen and questioned in regard to the rumor, Mr. Hill denied it, but a remark be made some time ago lends color to tbe report. Not long ago, It is claimed, Hill said be regretted building the two vessels as they were 1 1 1 L.- A I AAmuA to the Wise. flTtl u Sharp, Shrewd Buyers Make ' Early 8"lt"oiions. The Top Notch " Vulut-s Thow -1 That -Strike the Popular'- Funcy sell , out first. We fully r. Blue the tru h of this and net nccording- It is equally true in ' your cate, therefore, if you would choote from the . truly choice, make your feleciious early " Pi OUR LADIES TAILOR SUITS F0I1 FALL Are nearly all. here. They are the choicest lot it bus ever been our good fortune to offer. Style, fit, finish and workmaueliip to please, iu such varieties of material that you cannot fail to find -'YOUR SUIT" here. Prices are also most attractive. 9 TO $25 Ladies Street Hats , In all the popular shapes now on display. Our pricings . will ' be an agreeable surprise to you, Udles Water Light in weight, comfortable and fushioniihle. Misses and Children School Dresses. Good serviceable worsted goo'la lied, blue, brown, etc, in plain and plaids, neatly made and trimmed $125 to 1 75. ft New Pompadour And Stray Lock Combs NOTICE: Suits, jack ets, tikirts and long coats ol all kinds made loyoor measure. About SOU tarn (iles to "elect from. All man tailor work. New Ladies . Hand Bags And Purses .B o operate them at I lots. . '
