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VOLUME V , ,. , , LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREQON, MONDAY, MARCH cs 1908, ,.?:; - ' : ' y y H'SerFTm'T
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Nw York, Maris.BAFronv tha ariru-
rowU bfor Jiistica Giiaesleeve of. tha
supreme Court today, upon tha motion
sklng it to compel -Standard OH" Roger
to Miidt Attorney General Hadley. of
' Missouri, jt developed that .the officfals of
ftta'Qtw,! rn -.. . - , ,
'-"."to, -decision pf the supreme court of
Missouri; that the official must answer.
, , Tbtir ttomy promised that Roger
. WottU'.aniwar all y question . without
further proceeding here; if the cat
finally jWant against .them in Missouri.
1 Court'adjourned until March 26.'
mt iwi a in met
(Scrlppa Newa Association)
Washington, D. C. March 5 Senator
, Flint called at tha White Hoase this
morning and recommended the appoint
; ment of J. P. Clum as governor of Alaska.
Senator Henenway proceeded him and
'. recommended ,W. ,B.-,Hoggart for the
am poition .,Th. President told Flint
that the selection had narrowed down to
Clara and ona otheV. Senator Flint
oeiieve the other is Hoggart
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(Scrlppa News Association)
Washington. Mar. 6 Determined to b
prepared for all possible contingencies In
the Orient the govemrnint is neglecting
no precaution and ha ordered tha trans
ports Meade, McLennay and Patrick to
be held at Manila upon their arrival,
pending development. The quarter
master's department has made a tenta
tive agreement with tha Great Northern
Steamship Company to charter . tha
steamer Minnesota and ' Dakota m case
they may be needed.
' MOTION OVEHRUIID ' ',':,,
Washington . Mar. 6. The ' supreme
court of the District of Columbia, this
tal in the case of Senator Green, of New
York who is involved in the postal frauds.
The court held that . tha government did
not have to show that Green 'used em
ployes money. It was enough to show
that he used , money to corrupt Geo.
W. Beaver as a government official. . '
'.The senate passed tha bill appropriate
ing i,uuu ror commodore J. S. bloat
at Monterey. California, also a bill con-
faring Jurisdiction in the ninth circuit
court' to determine equity rights of Ameri
cans in Bearing seaward. '
v FIFTY DROWNED ,v.
(Scrlppa Newa Association)
Trondhjem, Norway, Mar. 5 All' but
fifteen of the three hundred missing fish
ing boats have returned. Fifty are known
to have drowned. N
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&an francisco, UU Mir. 8 Captain
Mikelson, the Danish explorer, is expected
here tomorrow to make th i final prepara
tion for the Arctic exped wn, which will
tart from her soon under hi direction.
The expedition will . go to Bank Land
under the joint , auspices of -th Royal
Geographical Society of Linddh and th
American Geographical Uociety. The
American aociety gave th explorer
money to purchase a vessel on the Pacific
Coast There will be eljven or twelve
men in the expedition, six of whom will
man the vessel. vThe othe.-s will go down
th ' McKenzie River this summer and
meet Captain Mikelson at the McKenzi
Delta on th Arctic Coast.
Tha chief of the axpediti in is to expior
that part of the Arctic Ocoan to th west
of Bank Land, known as Beaufort Sea
A ledge journey over tha frozen water
will be undertaken with tlie idea a dis
covering the unknown inlands that are
supposed to exist there. , . Th theory is
based on the movements of the current.
Captain Mikilson expect i to b settled
at his Bank Land base by th beginning
of the nejet early Arctic w ntar. Then he
will establish a supply depjt to the north
of this, from which he w II start out on
hi final dash for tha pole early in the
spring of 1908. i He expicta to accom
plish a large amount of valuable scientific
work. - This will include observations of
magnetic and meteorolog'cal condition
and study of the Exquimiux of Wollas
ton Land. ; - , ,
Captain Mikelson will try to purchase a
staunch ship in this port, but if he should
be unable to find what he wants, he will
probably visit noma pf the' other port on
th Pacific Coast.
NO MEDICAL LMM1J1AT10N '
(Scrlppa News Association)
San Francisco. March 6. Frank Naill,
th fighter who under arrest for man
slaughter In connection with th death of
Harry Tenny. following a . bout at the
Mechanics pavilion last Wednesday, today
admitted that there had been no 'medical
examination of the fighters a reauired bv
law and that Dr. Day, whese name was
given by the fight promoter a having
made th examination was a mvth. Th
case haa assumed a serious aspect as
District Attorney Langdon has alreadv
announced that if no' examination was
held he would prosecute all connected to
the full extent of the law.
Attorney Ash who is defending . Neill
confirms th statement of th fightar and
said the responsibility rests with th As
sociated Fight Club manager o? which it
was evident that they were too parsimon
ious to hire a physician. Th health board
eeclare that ther 1 no such a ohnician
as Day and th question will b raised at
to who signed the bogus certificate.
JTWSIICOIIGRLSSMfllS ;, i
(Scrlppa New Association)
St. Petersburg, March 8. Th Jewish
Congress, authorized by the' government
met here today. - The attendance i very
large and representative from all parte
of th empira are present Many of th
most distinguished Jew of th country
ar In attendance. Th situation will be
thoroughly discussed during' th session
of th congress and an attempt will be
made to formulate om plan for Improv
ing th condition of th Jews m all parte
of th empire.. No definite plan ha so
far been suggested, . . '
:tMrm.AfIffiMlTaiEll
(Scrlpp New Association)
, New York. Mar. S John Mitchell, pr
sidsnt of 'Ji United Mine Worker, de
nies .that h entered into ait agreement
with Robbin to fore a etrik In th an
thracite region.' Hi friend say that th
report war sent out by enemies, hoping
to undermine Mitchell influence, -that
unles he forced th strike in the bard
coal district . tha bituminous operators
would discontinue th "chkck.off system"
by which th operator with-MId from
th miner th amount' of th Union dose
which a sotirc of great strength,
making th cUlection of th due certaia
ARCTI
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A REPORT
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of the grand jury today until two o'clock
this afternoon. There was but on wit
ness examined and that was an unimport
ant one. Attorneys for the prosecution
worked all day yesterday and late last
night drawing up indictments. It an
nounced that th grand jury will probably
report tomorrow, it
FUNHfJU Of (OL (URRfY I
Th funeral - of the late Colonel George
LB. Currey was held yesterday afternoon
from tha Methodist Church. There were
no service at th house. From there th
O. A. R. marched with the body to th
church. Rev. J. D. Gillilan, a warm
friend of Mr. Currey delivered th sermo
over th body of hi dead friend. Hi
rmarks war mor of th history of tha
deceased mingled with the warmert com
mendation. Rev. H. H. Mower assisted
in the services and Rev.' A. Eads, a life
long friend of Colonel Currey pronounced
th bndiction. ,.
At th I. 0. 0. F. cemetery the G. A.
R. and W, R. C. took charge of the ser
vices and pronounced the final words be
fore committing their late comard to th
grav.
OBITUARY .
Col. Geo. B. Currey wae born in Mont
gomery county, Indiana, April 4t 1833,
was educated at the school of Crawfords
vill and-Wabash college. He moved
with his parent to Oregon in 1 853, whp
took up a donation claim near Eugene'.
CoL Currey was soon admitted to praci
tice law after entering the (tat, and
opened an office In Eugene. When the
Indian war broke out in 1857 lie enlisted
a lieutenant under Captain William.
At th. clot of hostilities he opened an
offtc in Th Dalles. When the Civil war
broke out he was among th first to en
list in th Firss Oregon Infantry, at lit.
Lieutenant Th regiment naturally up
posed that they would b ordered East,
but owing to th unusually large immi
gration to th coast their service war
needed to ' hold the ' hostile Indian in
check. He was mustered into the service
on Nov. 12, 1861 by appointment and on
March 20, 1862, was made Captain of
th 1st Oregon Cavalry. On March 22d,
1868, he was made Lieut Col, and op
March 84, )865, was mad Colonel of
th regiment and on June 26, 1 866 wa
mad Commander of th Department of
the Columbia, to fill the vacancy caused
by the drowning of General Wright, who
went down on the steamer, Brother Jqhnt
athan, anroute from San Francisco to
Portland. At th close of the war h
resigned and took up the practice of hi
profession at Salem.
In December 18 1864 h wedded
Jenni C. Gaines a pioneer 1848 to whom
wa born two sons, Geo. H. and Fred B.
Currsy who survivs him,
: In 1880 h wa on of th Republican
presidential electors and in consideration
for his vigorous campaign of th state
h was appointed Receiver of the United
States Land Office. Retiring with Demo
cratic administration of Grover Cleve
land and with hi family h moved to
Southern Oregon where he lived ' until
1897, when Mr. and Mr. Currey moved
back to La Grand to b with their sons
who founded th Observer.
Beside a wife and two sons he leaves
three brother and six sisters. On bro
ther T. W Currey resides here, the others
ar scattered ovar th Pacific Coast and
th middl west - -
-'-'-JmWUPBO(BD,1
(Scrlpp New Association)
New York, Mar. 6 The. Claiche trial
wae interrupted today for a abort time in
an effort to gej the prosecution to agree
to a plea of guilty on minor degree of
murder, but th (Tort failed a th pro
secution refused, to change the charge
which Is murder In th first degree. Th
trial wa rsumd at on thirty.
f ;- SflOWSUDf BlOOvS TRACK '
(Scrlppa New Association) ,
- Provo,' Utah, March 6. A hug anow
lid at Fergus, six miles up th canyon;
blocked tha Denver Rio Grand, on th
Hebar branch and dammed up th river.
A large force of men are on scene. A
summer resort next by just escaped. .
. PREPARilW f OR TJ!f CCBYERTIOH .
(Bcrlppa New Association) '
' Memphis, Tenn, March 8. The gener
al officers of the Brotherhood bf St An
drews arrived here this morning for' th
purpose of holding a conference and , to
discus and decide on th preparatory
arrangementa for the ninth international
convention of. tha Brotherhood of St An
drews, which is to b held here October
18 to 21, of this year.. Among those in
attendance are Robert H. Gardiner, prei
klent; Hubert Carleton. general secretary
G. ' Frank Shelby, Western ecretary:
& C. - McAlister,- Eastern secretary;
George H.' Randall, , secretary of the
assemblies of Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, and
nionigan, and K; M. Adams, correspond
ing secretary. . . ' ' i
; The previous conventions of the j3rotiw
erhood were held in th following cities:
Baltimore, 1898; Columbus, 0., 1899;
Richmond, Va.. -l900r Detroit 1901;
Boston, 1902;. Denver, 1903; Philadelph
ia, 1904; Chicago, 1905. At the last
convention held In Chicago; 'there were
over seven-hundred delegates from chap
ters from the organization in th United
State and Canada and many represent
ativssrom England; Australia end the
Hawaiian Islands. '' - : '
HldHlANDKS START f OR SOUTH ,
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New York, Msrch 6. The Highlanders,
h'eaded by Clark Griffith,' Started from
here shortly before on o'clock this after
noon for the South. They ar. now on
their way to Birmingham, Ala, wher
their first stop' will b mad. Among th
players who started from her today are
Jack Cheabro', Al Orth. Willie Keeler,
Jim McGuire, Walter Clarksop.' Cohfoy,
Jimmy Williams, Pitcher Letoy, Thomoe
Elberfeld, Kleinow, and Newton, " ' . ,.
Several of the other player ar on
their way from the West and will join th
rest of the term in Birmingham. ,
vjiaiiats w ti TiaVal academy '.'
(Scrlpps New Association) :
. Washington. D.C., March 6. After
this date there art fifty-three cancies
Hi th Naval Academy ' to b filled - by
United State Senator and 198 by Rep
resentatives! and the msmbere of .'both
houses, who hav tuch. '.vacancies'' to .fill
hav bsen notified1 to tend in Uieir, nomi
nations. The number ' of ' vacancies'' is
nearly equally distributed over the differ
ent sections of the country. ' '",
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- Washington, March 6. The House to
day, without a dissenting vote, passed
the amended Senate bill giving 'Alaska a
delegate in the House, ' ,
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gun today With ghest ri!ifoa4 bridga
jn tho world.-' -Ifcls to bSxht actoss th
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nop 141 wi iimuus noyai.uorB mar mj ,
city. It will "b ' .80CKfeoE : abov thtt
hanging bridge." ,oTth7)5enr; A Rio
Grande Railroad ami will' b so high ft)
th air that th roaring of . th 4rknM
rivsr below will not be .heard find - th
powerful stream will look!ike a mere
thread of silver. ,Th structure' will b
erected in connection with th plan of
syndicate of "Sn Jose, ;CaI which i(
about to. establish an jntkrurJban system,
of electric railroad in Fremont county
from her to Florence and th top of thf
Royal Gorge. It la expected that th line
to toe top of Roat Gorge will be com-'
pleted and In operation"'; lorn , time this
summtr. " ' ' .
VKTIM Of THE IKiUCJ HA2IT
(Sorlpps Newa Association) '
San FranciscOijCaL. tMarch B. It Is
expected that the War' Department will
soon accept the resignation of Captain A
F. Curtis, formrlyo duty in fttw York
and near Washington, and lately in com'"
mend of a company of post artillery ort
duty at th Presidio. Captain Curtis wa
recently tried by jifTiieurt martial
on 'th ' dharg of intoxication and wa
in progress, it is allegaah bcam ni
toxipated ga!n, making necessary md'
diUonal chwgas.-'artfretwfatlon fo
ihbthef trial, ; Cajltaln'CBftiae'atharwisd'
has, a good 'record, ' and much regret'
i 'xprjed fdjrfhjiJXliiJoughoutlhe serf
vie.'. Ha'has admUdi hi r?ignation(
and its' accepunce is iged at e War;
Departmant bytnafly tnfluariai friend.
of th .Captain, , . , . .,
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, Chicago. Mfrch 4T,Rch.ard tvsns. th
alleged murderer of Mr. BessiXHolistr
today pleaded nof guiivytlib cfargaand
a motion to quash the indictment waa
filed but wae over ruled. - t
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