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About La Grande morning observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1901-1904 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1904)
IM GRA EVENINa OBSERVER! VOLUME 111 LA GRANDE. OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 22. 1904 NUMBER 269 NDt DOUBLE MEDAL CONTEST Miss Maege Thomason 'Master Cecil Bolton Prize Winners The doab!e medal dotes given last evening at the Central ohnrjb in well attened and the yonng people without ezoeption did remarkable welt Tb!e deper'ment of the W. O. T. 0. Is under tbe management of lira. S. B. Bolton end sbs 1 certainly t j be oom -plimeoted in the success which bs attended tier tfforU. : The medal winner Utt evening were Mite Hedge rbomason sad Cecil Bolton. However Mrs. Bolton gave etch of the contestants n herd some souvenir. - Those who bee never t tended one of there contents would be very much surprised et the iutereet taken el eo the bemfioial result that oaonot help hot follow. meat i bie I Harris has reopened his market on North Ft street, be ad. American Fruit ' The American oroharde alter sopplv iog tbe 81,000000 of onr home people with halt exported targe quantities. The Crop reporter for Bept 1900, reo-ived mil Wednesday a pepr pub lished monthly by authority of tbe Seeietety of Agriculture contain! tbe following: : "The export trade in froite baa in creased enormously within reoeot yean. From a value of $4 858,617 In 1894-95 this trade increased to $11- 486472 in 1899.1900, declined to S8, 415 108 in 1901-2, and again increased 'o20,84639iu 1903-4, ; American (mitt are now known in markets of man; of the principal onantrie of the world. Tbs varieties most abundantly found on foreign markets are apple and prune. In 1903-4 there was (hipped front the Coited States to foreign oouutrie 18,237,894 worth of apples (including both fresh and dried) against 18,160, 436 worth io tbs previous year; and of prune during the respective years 13, 410,47 and $3,612,607 worth. In point of value apples constitute over one-third, and apples and prone, com bined over one-ball of tbe , fruit sent from tbs United States to foreign oco somers. : ' ... During tbe 1903 4 we imported fruit chiefly tropical valued at f 18 964,930 Valuable Find (Observer Special) S iattle Spt. 21 Three Alaska na tives last week found ambergris val ued at 161.000, While Ashing near Dixon entrance, the nttives saw the a mbsrgria floating in the water. FINAL ATTACK ON PORT ARTHUR -.' THREE NIGHTS. U OF DRAMA 30CiallSt The Japanese Attack from Three Points on Land, The FNet Co-Operating. (.Observer Sperfal) " f wbirb tbs railway passes to Port Ar London, Sept. 21 During the scare-tbor from the north ity ot news at Mukden, attention Is , Tbe Tien Tela correspondent of the reverted to Port . Arthur, Aocordin j Daily Telegraph say Japanese gun to tbs Post's Japanese correspondent, ! boats left finlcow on a preliminary tbe two Russian forts, the Japanese scout are malting a final , attack on are said to have occupied, in the Port Arthur. The Telegraph' Bhang vicinity of Phlosbiying, are Nantes bai correspondent, cabling September and Chadgdlatun, tbe object ot the "20 says; . ....... , . ; Japanese being to thrust a powerful j "General attack frost three point wedge in the gap between the eastern on Port Artbnr was' resumed yester and weste'n fortUcatloos through dav. tbe fleet co operating." ' At Steward's Opera House oommeno- Tbnraday evening Sept. 22, pupa. ar prieai 10, 20, 30 cent. Mr. Stew ard has secured the well known Sutton dramatic company tor an engagement ot three nights with a change of play and specialties each evening. Tney will present "A Ruined Life" tor the opening play Thursday evening Sept 22. The Fayette press of repeat ' data hat to say of the oompsny. "The Sutton company is giving very meri torious exhibitions of good acting in the rapertol'e presented thi week, : Mis Sutton is a clever and conseien- i tiout actress and her tupport Is strong and laodabla. Tbe character work of Mr. Oantis Is worthy of special men tion, while Ueorge Kohler, Mr. Cobb, Wm. he Comptj- (Jhas. Mailoyy Wm. Richards, Mica , Irene Lswtoo and Fannie Eeeter are ait well Sited to present tbe plays ot the repertoire." New specialties 1 and new 'moving picture between the acts, , THE BARGAIN STORE A new and handsome line of American built PATTERN HATS E M Wellman & co 4.dama Avenue. Chinese Admission Made Easy when the statements were taken there was bo lawyer present to advise the Chinamen what to say. The effect of tbis ruling will make sdmissioa easy to a Urge number ot Chinese upon : shoae first statement the government based the application for deportation. A Strange Wager, ', Observer Special Portland, Ore., Sept. 28 By the ruling of United Staves Commissioner McKee, tbe fiiit statement of Chinese taken after arrest being illegally with in tbe boundaries of tbe United State by tbe Chinese in'pector or any in jeotois can not be need by the ov ernmeot aa evidenoe. The deoietoo was made during the bearing of lib sa against your,", replied Dong Sam neld for deportation. Im mediately after bis arrest Dong Sam made a statement to tbe Cbinese in spector wbioh 1 prima facie evidence that tbe Chinaman was sot legally entitled to remain in tbis oounty. When thi statement was offered and tbe evidence not admitted Commis sioner McKee assigned tbe reason " Mrs 0 S Znber has purchased the B D Hamilton residence on Cedar St the consideration being 11800. Om FALL STYLES ' eayjjj 8. W fa" Juat received a tmall shipment of our FALL STYLES of COATS and 80IT8. If you expect to bay a SUIT, it will pay you to look our line oyer, j it will be to your advantage and you will be sore to get the RIGHT THINGS. The Chicago Store THE BUSIEST STOKE IN TOWN Adami Ave., La La Grande, Oregon. Sedalie, Mo Kept 22 Charles E Bile staked his life last night on a game of cards lost and paid the penalty a few minuets later by committing suicide Bliss was tbe sen of a Seventh Day Adventist preacher ot Pern, Ind, Shortly before midnight be called np- ou "Ted" Moore, a notorious woman with whom be was Infatuated and challenged hr to a game ot pitch. "For what shall we play?." tia wo. man asked. "I will stake my life Bliss, The cards were dealt and the woman won. Bliss put on his hat and went to near by drag store, where he puroha ed a bottle ot carbolic add and ended hie life. Be died before a physician could reach him refusing to take aa antidote. Canadian Strike Ends Winnipeg, Kept. 21. -The strike o! the Canadian Pacific Boilermakers is at an end, tbe men returning to work today The strikers are to receive an ; increase of 1 per cent and an- hour ail round. t-.. ' . . . - The company promised tbs boiler makers to investigate the amount of wages paid bnilern.skera on railroads in the states parallel to the Canadian Paulas and will; grant a further in crease if the Ameiicen wages prove to be higher than those paid here. . ; , ' Steamer Caaghtr Fire . ' ' - 'Observer Specif.!) Forfoik, Pa:: Sept.-22. Fire broke ont Si. the bold of tl.e steamship Min nesota of the Great Northern line, while the vessel was loading coal for fuel at Lambert's point piers today. The flames vers extinguished after trifling loss. The Are waa caused by spontaneous combustion. Strike; In Italy , Observer Special ' Rome, 8ept, 22 To protect against a conflict Between striken and tbe police io which two strikers Sardin ian and a Stmiian were kilted tb so ciaiists bave ' decided on a general strike throughout Ittiy, -f -It bgao today at Milan and threat ens to epiead through the wbalt pen ntaia .'. . Tbe government has taken estrsor diatry meararei to suppreaa tbs strike and baa stopped aii telegrams referr ing to it . . O C Williams Dead Mr. O W William, whoas serions iliness was reported in yesterday's Ob- server, died tt Sogeca, Oregon, yf terday and was bsriad tbsrs today. Mr. Williams was an old resident of Ia U ramie when be was la busiBSSS for a number ot years and where be is well known and rsxpecte t for bis upright ness and integrity of purpose, lis leaves a wife and ftssr chiidreu. Miea Mabel and Bay of Eugene, Sher wood of this city and torn of Weverly, Washington lie also leaves a samb- r of; relatives in 'bis city, . Montana Politics Helena, Fept. 21. The populist and labor party conventions are in session bars today and have appointed, cam mitteee to confer with the object of agreeing on a state ticket, The pop ulists have aiso selected three presi dential electors , . ' ' ; Harroun u r At Larfie ':::. XJ r-- l..f-.W.. ... Speeisl to t!i Observer St Joseph Mo, Sept. 23 W H Har roun a grain operator of, 6t Joseph charged with forgery of bills of lading to the extent of a million dollars is evading arrest, 'A deou y sheriff of Kansas City arrived tonight with two warrants Tbe officers scoured tbe city bat Barrens was notified from Kansas Oity and disappeared.? 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