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- c.:--1- -JiiJ' I TdfaAVS NEWS TODAY Weaker Fair tonight Tonicrrow warmer." , LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. MARCH 10. 1906. ' ' - : NHMRFP 101 1 TRIED fOR VIKHiAFI rScrlpp Nrwe Association) , Kaisersiautern. Marsh SO. A trial for Witchcraft which iust cam to a conclu sion in tha Upper Palatinate illustrates tha dtth of ignorance and superstition in which Urge districts of Southern Germany ara abll sunk. A farm laborer named Hirtner vas employed by a woman namad Koalbl to look aftar her bona. Hirmar, however, neglected hit duties, tha horaa became tick, and to excuse himself Hir- mar assented that tha animal had bewitched Every morning he found it bathid fa swtat and with ita mane and 'tail plaited by unearthly hand. Ha ad vised Fray. Koalbl to aaeura tha services of a neighboring witch doctcr. a certain Hartwig. JAt daad of night Hartwig en tered tha (labia, fixed a croirifia, with two burning candles, at tha horse's h$L wrote soma mysterious lattaraon tha wall with "conaacrated chalk" draw a magic ' cJrcJa around himself, ppanad hia book and . baesa incantations la some unknown jar- gon. Ma shivered With tha vlolehce of v hia amotion, and after three" quarter of an hour revealed that tha witch who had "poesessed' tha horse waa a cartein Fnui Schaumbargar. At tha trial tha judge at first waa not inclined to convict Hartwig. , ebe regarded tha witch doctor aa .par fee My sincere, but 00 reflection ha con- . damned him to four waak'a Imprisonment aa an impostor. - nwmwt mm flfertpe rrawe AssoeiatSe) . ,. ewHa.Con"Msn 10. Tha an nual intercollegiate debate between teame . of Harvard and Yak win, take place here ; this evening. Tha subject 0.' tha debate will be aa Tollowe: "Resolved, that R would be for tha interaat of Haw York City to own Ite own atraat ratiwae sys- tam, tha term atraat railway being taken to mean elevated, aubway and aurfaca lines,', ..- . HAtt ro us PETERS SHOE CO 3IUU& StUMJO, b. m w i la - '7 SI il 12.00 .? ?vrjr yf X " Z.50 V sfisV a : : PETERS ) V SVMO0M J : xto. Sunset MMMtMlHvHH STKKI KEVlTASlf (Bcrippa Newa Association) ' , -San Francisco, March. 50 President Mapon, cf tha local official carment' union ara in executive aeaeion today pre paring their formal proposition . to be submitted to tha traction company. Arbitration is to be suggested. It is not bilisved that tha company will accept and a strike seems to be inevitable. Washington Mar. 50 Tha Prasiden received a telegram 'from President Mitchell, of tha United Mine Workers and Robbins who represents tha Opera tors, declaring that at least fifty percent of tha operators ara willing to sign tha wage scale demanded by tha miners. This is taken to v mean that tha wi tiie iniiMie uiai there it .' no ' cause for President Roosevelt to interfere. The convention this afternoon adopted a resolution under which there will be no strike anywhere except where the local mine operator refuse to sign tha 1905 scale. ' ( - Mitchell wired Bear aaying inasmuch as there will be no agreement after April 1, that lie bad ordered all anthracite miners, eicept the men at tha pumps to preserve the property, to quit work. He told Baer that ha waa now awaiting a re sponse to the suggestion of a Joint meet ing next Tuesday. - : Mitchell said the-tonnage represented by tha operators who were willing to comprom'se was not only in tha central districts but also in the southwest IOWA OPERATORS WILUNa Dae Moines. March 50. The operators of tha mine workers in Iowa this af term on agreed In a meeting that they were will ing to sign tha agreement if tha 1903 ecale waa adopted by tha Indianapolis convention: Mitchell made a long speech discussing at length on the resolution to sign the individual scale. He said he had telegrams from operators whose interests voted against a settlement aaying . if the Pittsburg Coal Company continues to operate at tha advance that they would do so and expressed regard for . those whose judgement differs from his. (Bcrippa Hewa Association) Washington Mar SO Commissioner J. A. Garfield and other officials deny abso lutely tha story which emulated from San Francisco,' that tha department in spected California so aa to exclude allbut Standard Oil What do you Want to pay for Shoes ? No matter what price you want to pay, we have a mm in to meet it - and our rep utation behind every pair J ft 1.501 AT THE SPK1AL (0011(11 MEETIHG LAST. EYEIG MAYOR STODDARD ISSUES A FINANCIAL STATEMENT Of THE CONDITION Of THE (ITY Pursuant to a special call by the mayor, tha city council met last evening and took up the matter of the proposition made by the Ladies' Park Association, 'which was in effect that if the city would fence the land which was purchased for park pur poses several years ago by the ladies and deeded to the city, conduct water to the ground and have the city engineer lay it off suitable for a park, they would eeed it and set it out to trees, stating they had sufficient money on hand for the purpose. The matter was referred to the Ways and Means committee who were also instruct ed to secure a deed from the O. R. & N. Company in fee simple to the property now occupied by the city jail.. The pres ent deed contains a reversion clause whereby when the property ceases to be used by the city It reverts back. . The proposition made by th Grande Ronde Electric Company to furnish the city water and light, which we published in full Wednesday evening, was refered to the Water and Street committees to investigate and report. .' . . : THE MAYOR'S MESSAGE The following resolution, "was passed with reference to the mayor'e first message:. t '. "Resolved: By tha city council of the city of La Grande on this the 29th day of March, 1 906, 'that the , annual ' message of the mayor as read to the council at the meeting of March 1 9, 1 90Q. be and the same is hereby accepted and '. ordered placed on file, and be it-1 , "Further Resolved: That each and every subject treated upon by the mayor's message be refered to the ' proper com mittees with power to investigate and. re port to the council as to what may be done under the different propositions con tained in the message.' " US BY PETERS snoEca TLOUIS MAOCFOffUS PETERS SHOECQ aTMuia. Sunset Shoe MAKrOR US PETERS SHOECQ KM Reference to be made to committeee as follows: Judiciary committee Charter and or dinances. Rules and conduct of business. Franchises and bonuses. Fire, insurance, etc Fire and police. Civic improvements. Pound master. '. i Health, eewer and water Sewer and water. Health and morals. Hitchinn posts and watering troughs. Streets and alleys committee Streets and alleys. Side walks. City parks and street lights. w Finance committee Filing system and records. Books of account Finance and indebtedness. Ways and means committee Warrants against the general fund. Sources of revenue. Taiation. Mayor Stoddard has made an exhaus tive research of the city finances and read the following message, which brought 'orth quite a general discussion regarding the same and as a basis .of future guid ance the city treasurer and recorder were instructed to submit an approximate statement of the revenues to be d r.ved during the present year, 'the evident idea being to keep within the receipts. i . FINANCIAL MESSAGE To the Common Council of the City of La Grande: , At the time that I submitted to the council my annual message I had not had the time nor opportunity to inquire . into the history and conditions of the finances of Jhe city, nor as to the expenses cr loss es of maintaining an(roper(Blij4jv3ter works. : - . . ' Through the Courtesy of the "treasurer and recorder and the valuable assistance of these officers, and having access toahe city books and records 1 have been en abled to prepare statements of receipts and expenditures for a period covering some fourteen years past I find that during the three years 1892-3-4 the city expended money received from the issuing of bonds to construct the water works in the sum of $50,000, .and in warrants, on the general fund some thing like $42,000. The hard times came on in the meantime so that, the revenues were hardly sufficient to pay running ex penses without paying interest' on the bonds or reducing the outstanding war rants. It took 7 years to finally pay put the heavy issuance of warrants that were ssued during the three years mentioned, .n the meantime tie council (that it be Cuntinued on page 4 ' WHEAT AND PASTURES DEVASTATED (Scrip pi News Association) Lodi, Cat, Mar 80 The Mokelumne levee near Sacramento, on the San Joa quin border, broke during the nic'it Thousands of acres of wheat fields are flooded and probably destroyed. Pasture lands are flooded. The washout has cut a deep gully a quarter of a mile longj Stock grazing oh the pastures art' seri ously threatened, . flGIIT ON . TRAIN 1 wo laborers, Harry Swan and Gust Nelson, were arraigned in tne justice of we peace court last night on a charge of committing a disturbance on the Elgin tram last evening. The prisoners with ""' wwe naving impromptu DOUtS. 'On t!ie train and the two men in question were so active that some damage was done to the furnishings of the car. When the train arrived at Island City, the fight r conciuoea to leave tne scene of action and quietly slipped from the car. hi mediately upon the train s arrival at .. La Grande the police was notified and Chief Rayburn and Night Officer Waldon drove to Island City where they approhended tha would-be pugilists and brought them before Justice of the Peace Hough. A fine of ten dollars each was imposed but as the prisoners were unable to pay the costs, they were lodged in jail. GRAIN MARKETS ChicaffO. March SO. Whual nnnl . . biusea corn opened at closed at 44 V; oats opened' at closed at 80V. T -I J .... . . 44 I v INQUEST TODAY (Scrippw-Newa Association) r Stockton. March 50. The coroner's in quest which was set for this morning de veloped a good part of the casa wherein Mrs. Emma La Doux ia accused of the murder of Albert McVicar and placed his body in a trunk. The report of F. E, Ray .a.local chemist who analyzed the contents of all the bottles found in the valise of Mrs. Le Doux, which is now in the hands of Southworth and determines positively that the woman had a two ounce bottle' of cyanide of potassium less than half full of the deadly fluid. The .report from (he demist frsm San Francisco whoanalyzed the murdered man's stomach showa .that tha tissues are saturated with the same poison and furnished tha connecting link in the chain of evidence which the coroner relies upon to show the cause of d'eathi , SETTLING fOOTBAll REEORM (0DE . (Scrlppe Newa Association1) , . . . New Vorlii Mar. 8.0 Tha American Intercollegiate Football Rules Committee ie holding another session at the Murray Hill Hotel today and this is believed to be the final meeting, in which the new foot ball code will be finally adopted.' The work was practically completed after the last meeting, but it was necessary for the representatives ofN the various uni versities taking part in tne- deliberations to report to their insWions,- before' definite and final settlement could be reached. " MISSIONARY. MEETING . (Scrlpps News Association) i Newark, N. J.. Mar. 80. The annual spring meeting of the. Women's Foreign Missionaro Society of the .Newark Pres bytery opened here piisorning .at the South Park Prefbyterian Church. The delegates were'" welcomed" by the' Rev. Dr. Lyman Whitney Allen, of the .South rark .Church. . Several .prominent a,Jkers 1 will , address .the '..meeting. Ihere will be a conference for young rv A i.a : v HTERffRE Willi ixEUTiON .Scripns ifw Aoctatlon) V '-. v pjiWmora, .. Maralw ZOfc-jJbia ' jrining naoroer prevails at I ownsen. tha Countv seat of Baltimore county, "where, the. aumunuos. are.jienaeavonrigj, to hang a a negro who murdered aH.'aged tollgate kespaft named Reinhafd. The excited mob tore down ,'th'e -barricade 'about the jiil yard. .Th trees and house tops trwl Hlle0.witb people. . The pofice arauriahle vo cupe wnn me crowds which are so dense that the 'sheriff and hi deputies are unable to execute the prisoner, ,. THE "'V;Vvt STATlGNttkY I People Who select stationery at our store will will be sure of three things -j.--. " I They are . sectini from : That the papers are made : r. vln the That they are getting the bekUa'ues possible to live I l- in stationery J.-.H' ''.fi wry a Very large, stockaof writing paper by the.'box, Ublet , tablet or in bulk'. "There's not another such a' showlng in the city as ours. .. Wben you want stationery for you wan't here. " ' Tli nsw spring styles In dainty cqrresppjence will appeal to . people of good taste. They are limply 'beautiful both in tints and tectures, .They are inexpensive too. By the box, 10c to 60c i , .at See our window j NEWLIN DRUG COMPANY I La Grandej Oregon, . TVEHTY ; DATS III n (Scrtppe Newa Association) - ' ' Lena, France, March. 50 Tnlrteen mlnara hav inA twnt 4h in ah - mine that caved in, the 1 0th of March." Exploring parties have searched contin ually, and it was only this morning that the entombed men received light and air. With one exception the men ara well, but would soon have dad because of starva tion and want of air. When the explosion took place on tha tenth, the miners found refuge in a stable where mules wereept Tha men lived for some days on lunches that their com rades had brought 'down with them tha day of the accident. Later . it became necessary for them," to eat tha, grain and drink the water tjiat was originally In tended for the stock. . ' , i A late dispatch states that five more miners have been rescued alive. ' ; STUDENT ONEERENd V 8crlpps Newe Association) ? i Santa Cruz, Ma 80. The annual students conference; of the Young Wo men's Association of the Pacific slope,' opens tonight at., Capitola, the well known sumfner resott near thia city. The 5001 delegates ara -in charge of Miss Bec'tha Cohde, the national secretary. . Will JHEXAeKEAl TO PRESIDENT ' (3firlpps'?awa,iMaoclatlon) ', " Indianapolis, Marv80 Tha question of sending an appeal tdhe Presidsnt from the operators, was considered this morn ing, and-f)jed,for fura reference. Tha question bfgning tie scale in Individ' na"I distrtotg askjd by Operator A. L Robbjns, was taken uo and discussed. ' - . ... . 0)ev'lNi4w AsMti'Xation)' -V . Lejk Ahg"ajes Ma 80 A movement wa started this mofning to recall all nine ttvernbrsof the Jity council and el ect non partisian members in their places. This iggitatiqrjis thOesult of the council voting to give away f railroad right of way to a local contractor for an unknown company. 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