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4 RY AND FIND IT IN TOWN BEFORE YOU SEND AWAY-IT WILL PAY YOU NT YrairfMra' VOLUME V LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1908 NUMBER 123 A fTWYtrtir A PI mm D Mill! E mm (3crlpps Newi Assoclatloa) Chicago, Aug. 10. Hundreds of notes in blank form as far as the amount was concerned and bearing the alleged signa tures of Chicagoans. were found today in the vaults of the Milwaukee State bank. Authorities ' ive declared that Stenaiand, as much as the present- shortage. The signatures were evidently traced from genuine s gnatures and then worked over in ink. ft WILL PROSECUTE LYNCHERS (Scrlpps New Association) Springfield, Mo.. Aug. 10 The Sheriff of this county today swore in thirty more deputies to aid during the trial of the men indicted for lynching the negroes a few days ago. State officials have been confering with Governor Folk as to the advisability of sending out, the militia. THE OLYMPIA fOR THE MIDDIES.' (Scrlpps News Association) Norfolk. Va.. August 1 0. The protected cruiser Olympia. Admiral Dewey's flagship will be - assigned to the Naval Academy next vear for use in the crus3s of the midshipmen and for general instruction purposes The Olympia is now at trie Norfolk Navy Yard, to be put in serviceable condition. A board of survey will make a report on the necessary repairs to be "made before the cruiser will be fit for service. The midshipmen are now on their summer cruise, and some time will elapse before the Olympia will be in demand for such purposes. It is hardly probable the ship will be available before next summer. TO IflHt i v a. is MEN KILLED III PLAHS Of OLD VETSARE ( I D UnDER ARREST ILY.Y.t OCEAN RICE (Scrlpps News Association) Vineyard Heven. Mass., Aug. 10. The start in the ocean race of the New York Yacht Club, in connection with the club's annual cruise wasmae this morning. The (jjtrf will be from here to Sandy Hook. AmChg the best boats who started in the race are Wilson Marshal's Atlantic, George Lander's Enuymom, Dr. Lewis Stimon's Fleur de Lys, anj Edward R. Coleman's Hildegarde. iScrlppe Newt Association ) Oyster Bay, Aug. 10 President Roose velt's secretary, Loeb, was this morning served with papers instituted by Made Dorce, and othores who were arrested in Washington last winter. The suit is for fifty thousand. Loeb said today that if the woman has a case it is against the police, as he had nothing to do with her arrest. The arrest was made outside St John's church which is Mrs. Roosevelt's church. (Scrlpps News Association) Manila. August 10 In a hand to hand fight with the Pulajanes at Julita. First Lieutenant John James and two privates of the eight infantry, Contrast Surgeon Snyder, and Internal Revenue Collector Williams was killed. The outlaw natives hMj wuuiuuiuiu tne iius ueuujiunetii Munitions and ten men were captured after the struggle had lasted nearly an hour. The Pulajans were driven back and are now in the hills again. JUMPED fROM CAR WINDOW (Scrlpps New Awoclatlon) Cleveland. August 10 Estella Bloom - ingdale leaped through the window from the flyer Band O. this morning while run ning sixty miles an hour . and was fatally injured. Weeping and wailing she exclaimed, "1 have been bad, and do not care to live any longer," then made the fatal plunge through the window. Judge Lawrence today refused to issue an injunction requiring mayor Tom John son to replace the tracks he assisted in tearing up for the municipal ownership street car line. Y ANGER AND HERMA1 TO EIGHT (Scrlpps News Association) Indianapolis. Ind., August 10 Benny Yanger and Kid Herman will fight a ten round bout before the local Athletic Club this evening. The fight wai orr finally bad for Terre Hiute. but had to be pctjAned and transferred to this city owing to the interference of the local ; authorities in Terre Haute. I KING EDWARD AT RACES (Scrlpps News Association) Cowes. Eng., Aug. 10 The King, and the Prmce of Wales are active partici pants at the races today. Kaiser Will- hiim's meteor is entered. GRAIN MARKETS C.i.eago Aug. 9 -Wheat opened at7254 closed at 72: corn opened at 49 closed at 49 ' : oats opened at 31; closed 31. NELSON WILL FIGHT GANS (Scrlpps Newe Association) Reno, Nevada, Aug. 1 0 Battling Nelson who will fight Joe Gans at Goldfield on September 3, arrived here from Salt Lake this morning. He intended to train at Reno but manager Nolan prepared for him to train at Goldfield and he left this this morning for the latter place. Nelson is in a fine condition and will put up a hard battle. It is only a knock out blow that will end the fight. Goldfield, Nev., Aug. 10 Manager Nolan and Joe Gans met this afternoon and signed the articles for the coming fight. Nelson will get two-thirds and Gans one third of the thirty thousand purse which is up. If Nelson loses. Nelson. Gans and the club will each get one third (Scrlpps Newe Association) Minneapolis. Minn., Aug. 10. Anange- ments are complete for the G. A. R. en campment next week. National Com' mender Tanner arrived this morning and was received by a battery of national guard. He refused to ride to hit hotel in an automobile and could not shake hands because his right arm is tied up in a sli-g on account of a felon. It it expected that two hundred thousand visitors will be in the city and that twenty-five thousand will participate in the parade. LETTING MATTERS BE READJUSTED (Scrlppe New Association) Manchester August 10 The New Hampshire Fire insurance company stated t:day that tuspension of the pacific coast was due to the dosire of letting the unsettled conditions readjust themselves before taking further liabilities. The company's Sar. Francisco liabilities will be settled for about a half a million. HANGED FOR MURDER (Scrlppe Newe Association) Birmingham Ala. Aug. 10 Earl Flet cher a negro was hanged here today for killing a fellow convict in the mines. He denounced the trial and the judge while on the scaffold. EXAMINATIONS FOR CORNELL (Scrlppe Newe Association) Brooklyn. N. Y August 10. The ex amination of candidates for free scholar ship in Cornell University, which was held last June, having been declared null and void owing to some crookedness on the part of a few of the candidates, a re-examination of the students who were ex amined in June is being held today. Act ing City Superintendent John Walch it in charge of the examination and great care hat been taken to make it impossible for any of the candidates to crib or try some other dishonest practices. Only those whs took part in the June examination are ad mitted to this new examination. DIES Oil MP f OR MURDER EVADA - MIDSUMMER SPECIALS Must be closed out at once. Summer Wash Goods in endless varieties, at a decided reduction. Shirt Waists, small lots of ladies' hats, ladies suits, and many other summer specials INDIAN ROBES L'Jwe are Agents for the World Wide Pendleton Indian Robej. See our New Display $ 6.00 to $ 7.0C RtMNAU COUNTER On our Remnant C:wXir you will find many choice ends at a K dsumwer saving , which includes. Gx.gham.s. Percales. Prints. Woolens. S '.its. Oitlrgs.' and many Staples. COMFORTABLE CORSETS American Lady Corsets gives elegance and comfort, and are-beyond a doubt one of the best corsets on the market. TRY ONE AND BE CONVINCED Prices $1.00, $1.25, and $1.60 PETERSf I SHOEffei I : SHOE TRAOE We want to impress on your mind the good points of our make of shoes. Seven years of successful shoeselling convinces us that our shoes have merit. We Fit Your Feet. ROYAL TAILOR made to measure samples for 1906--? now in. Become one of o xx many pleased customers. ( IS (Scrlpne News Association) Boise. Aug. 10. William Henry Hi Bond was hanged in the Idaho penitentiary at eleven minutes past six this morning for the murder of Ovaries Daly. Tbe murder was committed o the night of OntoKar . t OO P,VJK was also sentenced to be banged at tha tame time, wat reprieved by Governor Gooding at a lata hour last night until October third. ESCAPE (Scrlppe Newe Association) Reno Nev. Aug. 1 0 Pedro Pslizo who it terving a lift term for murder. Quy Vernon and William Blackwell all, desperate men, dug through the wall of the Nevada Penitentiary at Carson last night and ascaped. They are still free but blood hounds art on tht trail and it it thought that they will be caught. Cells in which they were carcerated were be ing repaired and the prisoner were in tem porary cells when tha escape was made. i Their abssnca wat not discoved until three hours later. ',-' JAPAN PROTESTING (Scrlpps Newe Association) Tokio Aug. 10 The Japanese govern ment will make a protest regarding the killing of Japanese poachers at the island of St. Paul. C7 Phone Black 130 Vergere No. 27 NEGRO MURDERER HANGED BROOKLYN YAKHMAN ON CRUISE (Scrlppe Newt Association) Norwalk Conn., August 10 The tquadron of the Brooklyn Yatcht Club, now on its annual tummer cruise, reached Sheffield Island yesterday and today it on its cruise to Black Rock, where the Brooklyn Yatchtsmen will be the guests of the New Haven Yatcht Club. The distance it only 28 miles. Tomorrow the squadron will remain at Btack Rock to tike part in the race of the Bridgeport Yatch Club. On Sunday the squadron will sail to New Haven a distance of SI miles. (Scrlpps Nu-s Association) Birmingham, Ala., August 10 Earl Fletcher, the negro convicted of the mur der of another negro, a fellow convict in the Flat Top mines of the Sloss-Sheffield Company, was executed by hanging at the county jail today. MARKSMEN TRYOUI (8crlpps News Association) Santa Cruz. Aug. 10. Cracksmen from all over the country are here attend ing the three days trap shoot which is be ing held under the auspices of the Santa Cruz, Monterey and Salinas Gun Clubs. DIED KELTZ In this city, at 9 a m. Aug. 10. 1906.D. K. Keltz. aged fifty-six years. D. K. Keltz was born in Wheeling, W. V.. in 1850. and came to Oregon 20 years ago. He was a member of La Grande Lodge No. 16 1. O O. F. and Local Lodge No. 3. Stone Masons and Brick layers. Ha leaves to survive him seven brothers. S. V. and George Keltz of this city and five o'hers. He has been sick since the first of May w.th stomach trouble. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2:10 o'clock from the Odd Fellows Hall. Interment will be made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. INDIANS CLAIM HORSE Two Umatilla Indians are camped on the court house steps and :ntend)to remain here until their griviances are remedied They arrived in the city yesterday looking for a lost horse, and went to Sheriff Childers with a claim which says that they have the horse spotted in this city. The Indian agent has been sent for and when he arrives the question will be taken up and if the Indians are successful in prov ing that the horse rightfully belongs to them tht animal of course will be given to them. AMERICAN KILLED AT PORTO RICA (Scrlppe Newe Association) Washington, Aug. 10. The war de partment has been notified that John Mi bourn, an American at ("or to Rico and who had charge of the Santo Domingo customs, was killed at the Haytian fron tier on August 6 In the vicinity of Las Mates. HELD WITHOUT BAIL (Scrlppe Newt Association) Kansas City, Aug. lQ. Albert Cont wat today held without bail to answer for the murder of Berth a Boulin hit forme tweetheart. He tlugged the . man who wat walking with tht girl and thrtw him over a cliff. INDKINIM ROT UKELY (Scrlppt Newt Association) Cleveland Ohio, Aug 10 Is it unlikely that Rockefeller wiU be indicted by that goverment official. ' Those who will. however, are those intimately connected with the Standard Oil's official. Rockefeller still manU ins that it is twelve years tine he held any office with that company. 1 TROUBLE fOR MUTUAL (Scrlpps Newe Association) New, York Aug. ' 0 . Internationa) policy holders' committee hat started a vigorous campaign to secure the actual mutualization. The moat active campaign . it the ettablithment of a press and publicity buraau under O). F. Carrigton, No expente will be spared to gain tha assistance of the small holders and get control away from the office. PECULAR SUICIDE (Scrlpps Newt Association) Eureka Ut. Aug. 10 John Sullivan today secured a couple of sticks of dyna mite from the mines and attached a fuse. Then deliberately stood over them and , waited for the explosion. Both legs were torn off causing his death soon after. Before he died he re greted that he had not done a better job of it. DENIES BIRTH Of CHRIST (Scrlppe Newe Association) Cincinnati. Ohio. Aug 10. --Re v. Georgo Clark will likely have to face a charge of heresy for writing to Bishop Vincent in which he makee statsments that compare) with those of Krapsey'e. In ths letter he denies the virgin birth of Christ, denies bodily resurrection and the doctrine of original sin. OffKERS OUSTED (Scrlrp Newe Association) St. Petersburg, Aug. 10.--A regiment of infantry this morving repudiated their officers and elected successors to fill their places: OUR IDEA OF I TRADE - BUILDING I We belieave that peopl6 wish to trade where they can do best, and that to get their trade it is necessary to do best by them. This is the principle that we have tried to apply, and it has proven effective. We are sure that our business will keep on growing. It will grow because all those features that huve brought trade are still in operation. We want your trade, and we ask for it solely on the basis of our intention md ability to do you good, and we ask you to come 1 whenever you need anything that a druggist ougr sell, and feel sure that if you come once you will tenue to come. ere to m- NEWLIN DRUG CO La Grande, Oregon.