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1 . -. : . M : - ... . '... OBSERVER. VOLUME III LA GRANDE. OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1904, NUMBER 27 GRANDE t x ft m if GREAT SUIT IS " SETTLED Great Northern Securi ties Law Suit Settled at Last Harriman is A Winner. , .... rhmg-, t-'fpt. 80 Financial and railroad oirolea ia NeW York, Obioago and the entire western oouotry were startled by tbs preliminary announce ment veeterday of the proposed plan for the eettlemenii of the Northern - Securities litigation. There it now . ! no doubt that the plan as originally rumored it prjctioally in prooen of 1 being oarried out. ., K Ibebaaiiof itallie the se.tle tnentof tbe merger suit aod a distribu tion of tbe property. involved on a baue ihetis satisfactory to all the. in ternet concerned satisfactory to iome perhaps because there it no other fe J tiblt way out of the difBonlty. The i. batii ol tbe settlement it tbie : The Peoiflo or more properly speak- .'. ing tbe Harriman and Boekfeller In- teretU to take tbe Coloagj Burlington A Quioey railroad which is auw part o( the Northern Securities company. . -d. Tbe Jamee J. Hill interes tt to re tain intaot the Great Northern. ' The Ohioago, Milwaukee A St. Panl ... tf Boekfeller holding to Uke tbe Nortn rn Paeiflo thus securing a through line to the PaoiSocoatt which it long - bat deaired and which became alruott - Vital' to it after tbe Burlington wu taken ovrr by tbe Northern Paoiflr. '.'V All thit bat been tbe result of ex- . Aided conferenoet beld in New York . where all the ioterettt were represent ed Ijy Metart Hill, Harriman, Morgan Caasatt, Berwind and otbera. vIt all means the p'rsot'e&l elminatlon of oei tafy bitberto greatfigurea in tbe world otjtllroid flnnoi;i matin tbe re- strio ioo of the enterprises of Mr. Hil and it meant that Mr. Harriman in conjunction with tbe Boekfeller inter ests ooooplet a potitiuL of vastly lu created power and strength in the transcontinental situation. Portland Markets" The egg market still remains firm with fresh Oregon at 25o per dozen. Bluettem wheat boosted at 87o to 88o per bnthel and club at 83c. There is no change in the market as it re mains qaiet and firm. There la a slight change for the better in the poultry market. . This season the state of Oregon con trols tbe world's hop market and prices are "made" here instead of in New York and London, where in form. er years the local dealers found oat what to pay. This season New York i making aome attempt to make prices, bat as Oregon has the hope, the deal era there are compelled to pay tbe local values if they want the goods and present indications are that they need them badly : .. . ' Wholesale prioea today are as follows : HAY AND GRAIN Wheat, export price... .....83c to 880 Barley, best. ........ .$22.50 to 823.50 Oats ...126. to 127.60 Hay, timothy 815 to 816 BUTTER, EGGS AND POULTRY Batter best oretmerr 27Xo to 30 Batter, ordinary.... 26c Eggs, per doien...... 23c to 25c Chickens, "per pound..' liJao ; BRUM'S AND VEGETABLES . Potatoes per owt............81 81.16 Onions, per owt $1.50 to 11.75 Apples, beat, per box 75oto 81 Peaobes, best, per box...... 6O0 to7So Beets, per sack.. II 26 Cabbage, per pound. .....2c LIVE STOCK Steers .82.75 to 13 Cows... 82 Bulls ..' ............;.81.75 Stags ,i. .........82 Hogs, best... . 8600 Hogs, feeders 83.96 Odell Won't Resign (Observer Special.) ' New York, Sept. 30. An aothora tiva statement le made that Governor Odell will not resign as governor nor retire from the obalrmansbip ol tbe republican party In New fork. KILLED SON BY MISTAKE Father Mistakes His Son for Kills j Rifle a 4 Burglar and Him With a '5V iJ Oauvell and fell on the porch. She will probably live. She Is 21 years did end a cripple. Her mother deserted her when she wat a little ohlla. . ., y Charleston W. Va., Sept. 30. Ar nold Kinoaid, 16, was shot end instant ly killed last night by his father, John Kinoaid. ' loung Kldcald retomed borne late and stopped in his sister's room to look at some photographs. Tile father heard a noiee in that room, and think ing it was a burglar, crabbed a rifle and weiit to tbe door. , ? ;vjT He saw the dim form of a man stand ing at the dresser and fired once. The ballet passed through the boy's bead. John Kinoaid, who was a railroad engineer, was - Injured in 1 a wreak a year ago and elnoe then he has not j been entirely responsiole. -. - Deface Czar's, Pictures St Louis, Bept, SO When the Roe- sian exhibit In tbe varied industries building at the worlds fair wae opened today, it wat discovered that several valuable oil pain tli gs of Emperor N lender) had been torn from the wall and multilated by some unidentified person or persons. Another portrait of the emperor a handsome and valuable panel done in colored silk, bad been torn from lie support and subjected to .the greatest indlgnttiee, The oil paintings were torn and there were marke showing mat we leatoree ol the -emperor bad been stamped upon, FILED FOR PROBATE Court Martial Officers Savangah, Ga Sopt SO Intense In tense Interest oentera in the eourt martial which Governor Terrell recent ly ordered begun here today of all the State militia officers save one who were) In command of the troops at Stateaboro at tbe time the mob die armed the militia and burned the ne groes Rdld and pato. The court mar tial will take, up the cages of Capt Bltob who was in command of all the troops and : of Lieut Melt Griner. I Morrison and Cone, Lieut Molntyre, the only officer who n.ade any resis t tanoe and who waa hadlv wnnnHiul I while fighting tbe mob, was completely j exonerated by tbe report of tbe board Observer Special) ' ef inqoity. , Col, Clifford L Anderson ' Washington, -Bept; SO. A farther I of Atlanta, who commanded a Georgia bearing in the case of W B Hearst i 'eglment t ' Manassas, is (presiding against the ooal carrying roads in tbe otneer 01 the court martial . anthracite regions in PtinaTlnl ' . . . -r will begin before the Interstate com- I - ai merce commissioner in Chicago, Oot- - ,ICW Line ohar 11. 1 L xoev new iapnonaUnftbetwen this place end Imnabahas at last been r j completed and oneoan now talk to re. efilenfa of that Diana nm. ih. hu SUICIDEiJutM'reU m they can in Mew York Chioami or Enterprise. This line has been wanted for some time by the re staents 01 imnaba and villi till a long luiiwanf. iiinrerprise Ubleftain. ' International friendly agreement wel. comes the annouoo ment of the presi dent of the United Btatea that he pur poses to call a new conference." The oongress voted down the reso lution on whtch the committee bad reported unfavorably to tbe effect to call a new nnairm. - - Anti-trust Fight CRIPPLE ATTEMPTS Millionaire Henry Wein hards Will Filed For Probate-Contained in One Page v ' : Portland, Oregon, f-eptember 30, In the probate ooutt of this county this afternoon the will of the late Henry Welnhar.1 was filed. On a sin gle sheet of paper waa oontalned the words ti-at disposed of the estate of the late millionaire brewer. Very few people wore present at the time of fil ing of the will, because It . was not known when the document . would be presented for' action .pt the probate court. ';. The will divides the late Mr. Vein bnrd's property as follows: Ten thousand, dollars to each of bis grandohildren, remainder of the estate to be divided equally between Mr. Hen ry Waggoner,' Mrs.- Paul Weaslnger, bis two daughters, their husbands and his widow, making the estate to be dl vlded into five parte after 110,000 Is given to . etoh of his grandohildren, Mrs. Weinhard, Henry Waggoner and Paul Wetalnger are named as the exe cutora, to serve without bond. Judge Webster made an order admitting the will to probate, after hearing tbe test! mony ef two wltneeses, There were no publiobequeBts. I Walla Walla, Wash., Bept. 80. Nel lie Miller drank carbollo acid at mid night last night In an attempt to end her life. She lives alone with her father. She was on tbe streets laat nigbt and her father brouubt her home and scolded her. 8he drank the poison and then rushed to the borne of Will Q6R TALL STYhES ase We bave jmt received a small shipment of oar FALL STYLES of COATS and SUITS. If yoaexpect to buy a SUIT, it will pay yon to look oar line over, as 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. ' The La Grande flouring mill is 1 o me uigin Dranon on nai oars ana are very glad indeed to even get those, J Lawyers Congress . , . . (Observer Speolal) St Louie Sept 30 At the nnlversel congress of lawyers, the following resolution on whiob tbe oommlttee on nations had reported ... favorably was adopted by the oongress with .nnani. mity aa follows; j- ;;. a a ', "Besotted that thr universal con. gress of lawyers and Jurists, sympa tbizing with all movements to bring about peace among the nations by an EASTERN OREGON , A '"SUPPLIES J MARKET; Eastern Oregon sbeepralsersare sup pling the Chicago market with sheep at the rate of a tralnload k da. The trains average about .18 cars, and it Is ., aald that alnoe tbe movement began two weeks ago about 30,000abeep from tbe apian- around Baker City, . Hep pner, Arlington, Pendleton and Hunt ington bave started tor the. slaughter pens of the Chicago packers. There . are three grades, first' of which ' will go direct to the marketJthe second .-: will be pat off in .the corn , belt aud i , fattened a tew weeks and' the third . nines will betaken to lowland granges east of the mountains and (.brought up to condition. . The prloes are about the. same as last year and Oregon sheepmen are not complaining. Ore- gon Journal. Will Contest Wilf" New York, Sspt. 30 Gcore H Orooker of New York and Ban Fran- -oitoo hat inslruci'd bis attorneys to neginsuit for the p eovery of 120,000 . alleged to bave been paid a well known Peril surgeon and discoverer of a se-' rom (or tbe treatment of cancer, .The treatment was givn to Mrs. Emma Rutherford ' Orcoker last spring in : Prsooe but she died a hw ' months iater in Newport ft. t. having beeri brought to America altar bopi of sav ing her lifei was abandoned. Hr. Orooker asserts tbtt tbe injec tions, oj ser.n.m only, weakened,, tbi pa tient and finally were discontinued. He had been compelled to pay tbe full fee in advance and has instructed bit attorneyt to turn over any mm they may recover to the. Pasteur In stitute of Paris for Its use. ; , i j i, 1 The. La Grande High Sohool -will ..k soon have a foot ball team that will be :-, otn, lug ohlps on their sbouldera un til they get a obanoe to oonteet honors with somrof tbe teams In -tbw Inland empire. '.; ' . .-'. 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A wide $15 selection of fabrics in every style, and unus ually big value in our Autumn overooats at Smar t Ilab.irdashery a id Hats In a great varieties and at pr'. e that will surely tempt you to buy, if correct styles aod the best quality appeal i ymi, .. Come and see the new things. The La Grande Cash Store. j i li ' it'? r ,; i rtw 'wjwinr"