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Mw(E LA GRANDE GROW AND WE WILL ! ALL GROW WITH IT fa to rtiie Mm VOLUME V LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY. OREGON. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 6. 1906 NUMBER 275 MJSiW CAPTURED MARAUDERS MUNICIPAL (IUB OPENS TODAY (Scrlpps Newi Asaoclatlon ) 1 New York. Oct. 6 The Municipal Club opened chis afternoon for the season, and will hold ope.'! tonight. The usual open ing on the 29th of September was post poned on a;c;jnt of the unveilirg of the statue of Washi-igwn at the plaza of the Wiiuan-.sbar; Br,d;e. The club took a trip around the harbor at the invitation of tne uock uapartment, especially to in tact tns C leise-i improvement and the new German Llyod piers. The members dined on their return from this little trip. AUTO RACE WOR THAN (Scrlpps News Association) Havana Oct. 9 Two hundred insurg ents rode into CariJad a turburb of Puerto Principe today waving machetes and .threatening the people. Twenty American marines were rushed to the city and' arrived there in time to arrest thirty-nine of the raiders. The frighten ed remainder who led by a rebel, general rode to the commander of the marines and demanded a release of their comrades. Washingthn, Oct. 5 Owing to the ap pareni ytistactory status of affairs in Cuba, 'dJizovernment has asked secre tary Taft if the nine hurdred soldiers that have been sent would not be enough to quiet matters in Cuba. Taft has not answered yet and in the meantime, pre parations are going on for sending the force originally ordered. QUICK DIVIDEND PAYMENT iScrlpps News Association) Goldfield. Nev. Oct. 8 The Frances- i Mohawk Company paid a dividend today of five cents a share, amounting to a distribution of $45,000. This is the quickest dividing of profits that has so far been made by any company in this region, as the company was organized only last June and has since been oper ation a lease of the Mohawk. The Frances-Mohawk holds the record of iMiiitf inaua uin riiiiiesl shipment of ore yet sent from the Mohawk. BULL fid The American cars did not show at the finish, but Tracy an American, drove the fastest lap of the day. The time was not approached even by Wagner, the winner. The hard luck of the American cars is attributed to swarming of people on the course, for the Americans showed not quite so much reckless dependence on the spectators getting away, as did the foreigners. MAYOR A! iillMAR T a ROBBERS RIDGEWAYS' WEEKLY LAUNCHED (Scrlpps News Association) New York Oct. 6 Ridgeway's Weekly the new "militant weekly for God and Country" to be published by the Ridge-way-Tahey Company similtaneously in fourteen places from New York City to San Francisco, begn a publication today. The ojftjr places are Boston, Philadelphia Pitts'JSfe. Cleveland, Chicago. Minnea polis. St. Louis. Denver San Francisco, Seattle. New Orleans, Washington and Atlanta. The new enterprise excites much interest, as it certainly is a unique 'move in thh literary world. COMPETING AT OLD TIDDLERS' CONTEST (Scrlpps News Association) Brookhaven. Oct. 6. The Old Fiddlers' reunion and contest of skill brought to gether here a large number of skillful violinists, but none were so prominent as Hon. S. D. McNair, president of the Miss issippi Railroad Commission, who accept ed the invitation of the Progressive Union to enter the contest. McNair is an old Brookhaven boy, and as for many years one of the best fiddlers in the state. Ha looks forwa d to tonight with very pleas ant anticipations. VALUABLE COAL MINE DISCOVERED f'crlpps News Association) Mahony City. Pa., Oct. 6The Read ing Coal and Iron Co., announce that they have discovered a very valuable seam of coal in JftMohanoy valley. It is a miie ar.d an tyrtth wide, twelve feet deep and estimated to contain coal valaed at $30. 000,000. TO EXHIBIT PREHISTORIC ANIMAL (Scrlpps News Association) Nome Ala.. Oct. 6 J. E. Chilburg, president of the Alaska-Yukon exposition has purchased a mastodon for the fair. This prehistoric animal, very similar to the dephant. was f und embedded in a glacier by p rospectors near the head of the Moyukita. The expedition starts next spring to bri ng the body out. TRAP SHOOTERS' LEAGUE OPENS (Scrlpps News Association) Holmesburg Junction, Pa. Oct. 6 The Trap Shooters' League began operations for the year at this p'ace today with a large representation of members. (Scrlpps News Association) New York, Vanderbilt course, Oct 6 The Vanderbilt automobile race was run today at a sacrifice to human life and limb. Throngs lined the course and crowded into the track despite the efforts of the authorities. The start was delay ed fifteen minutes on account of the fog The track was poor and slippery, caus ing many accidents. Joseph Stadler was run down at Long Island City by a car, His back was broken and he died soon Gegan became excited and confused in crossing the street at Stand 2 avenue and was knocked down and fatally hurt by a car driven by Henry Sands. A Rus sian had his Is; broken by a car while trying to cross the Hoffman boulevards. F. E. Shepard's racer cutoff an unidenti fied man's legs at Norwich on the sixth round of the tace. President Peters took the man in his car while Shepard contin ued the race. During the night people flocked to the sides of the course that they might secure a good view. When the race started there was the greatest number of people lined up that ever before witnessed an automobile race in America. Every hotel and private house was rented. During the fog of the early morning, there were innumerable minor accidents to pedestrians crossing the streets of the course. Dr. Weilschott an Italian driver of a 1 20 horse-power machine struck a boy spectator and his recovery is doubtful. Wagner won the race. DEATH OF CUP RACES "There will never will be another race for the Vanderbilt cup in this country. I am shocked at the deplorable accidents" said W. K. Vanderbilt this afternoon This is dashing cold water upon the defeated racers who are already discuss ing the plans for lifting next year's cup. "1 am too depressed by the tragic t to talk about races said Vanderbilt. CIRCUIT COURT The attention of the c rcuit court was taken up today with the case of Helen Lockhart, wherein she is charged with removing some ninety dollars from ths person of Henry Belmer without his con sent. The case is being argued by the grand jury as we go to press. Die Grand Jury returned not a true bill this afternoon in the case of Percy Harris, of Cove. This is the case where- n Harris was charged with the crime of arson. URGE ACQUISITION Of LUMBER LAND (Scrlpps News Association) Vancouver, B. C. Oct. 6. A company at present operating mills in Washington state have acquired a very large tract of lumber land in British Columbia measur ing upwards of eighty square miles. TRIED f OR Rlf LING THE MAILS (Scrlpps News Association) Lockport Oct. 6The trial of Ralph Tillotson mail clerk on Lake Shore Rail road for rifling mails began here today. JOHN D. JR. AT PICNIC (Scrlpps News Association) New York, Oct. 6- -John D. Rockefeller Jr.. took his Sunday school class for a picnic today in the Pocantico hills. I l GRAIN MARKETS Robbersjare no respectors of persons ' A few weeks since residents, busi nessmen and ministers were roooed or household goods and money. But now. the mayor and a member of the city coun cil have suffered losses at the hands of unknown persons. Last evening or ni"ht the Stoddard Lumbar Company was robbed of every cent of currency and checks there was in t e safe This morning, when the Mayor and his assistants, arrived at the office they found the safe door open and the boits thrown. Further investigation disclosed that the inside door'was locked and the key missing. Leon Stoddard was called to me oince. wnere witn the use or a duplicate key he unlocked the inside door only to find that the cash drawer was locked too, and that key missing. Howevsr another duplicate key soon brot the emyty Cash drawer to light About forty dollars in gold and checks amounting to nsarly thirty dollars are missing. It seems that either the robber knew the combination, or else on leaving the office last evening, the combination had not been properly set. In the latter case, a simpls turn, accidsntly administrated to the combination, could open the safe. After prying the money drawer, the party by the use of the keys laying in the drawer.Jlocksd the drawer itself and the insids door, then threw the bolts of the outside door while it was still open. This made it impossible to close the door or open the inside door, unless, as it happed that a duplicate key could be had. COUNCILMAN DUNN NEXT Down at the A. B. C. Laundry, thieves were also at work. By the use of a skeleton key the robbers entered the front door. However, fortunately, there was no money in the building and the thief took revenge on the firm by removing about ten dollars, worth of silk under wear that happened to be lying handy. Councilman Dunn makes a practie of not leaving any money in the safe over night and for this reason, was not "touched." UUAKSbOUNO This morning, when W. B. Denny, deliveryman for the Stoddard Lumber Company, went to the yards to gst a load of lumber, he found lying behind heap of lum ber. eleven boxes of cigars. The cigars were taken to the office) where they will be held untill the local police can feret out the proper owners. It ' is surmised that the thieves have broken into a box-car and in this way got pose- , ession of the weeds, but not being able to smoke them all at once nor having suffi cient pocket room to tote them about, the robbers had hidden them in the lumber yard for further use. The police is hot on the tracks of what seems to be an or ganized gang of thieves. At a late hour today no arrests have been made. ! BARGAINS Bargains Bargains Bargains Scrlpps News Association) Chicago, Oct. 5 Wheat opened at 74, closed at 74.; corn opened at 42 closed at 42?t; oats opened at 341 closed 3 4 If. . SEATTLE RESPONDS TO YEll "EVERYBODY HELPS' Seattle Oct. 6 At noon today the sub scrintions in the hands of the officials of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition amounted to $608, 530. The committee has not yet been able to get In all the subscriptions and the amount of the subs criptions when finally checked up will be much larger than this. T he subscriptions were received from 6.600 persons and corporations. The enthusiastic manner in which the citizens responJed to the slogan "Every body helps" yesterday has inspired the committees in charge of the exposition with confidence in the success of the ex position. COVE BANK OPENS This morning at nine o'clock the Cove branch of the Eastern Oregon Trust and Savings bank was opened for business Gso. L Cleaver, cashier of the ba nkhere is todav in the Cove superintending the initial day's business. Geoige Stock is the cashier of the banch and will transact the bank s business. During the past week, banking furnit ure has been installed in the building for merly occupied by the barber shop at Cove, and this morning everything was in readiness for business. THE RAILROAD WORK The Central Railroad Company is stilt grading toward La Grands and the grad ers ars at present near the Grande Ronde River. The work of surfacing on the Union end of the road is going on and the ties are being scattered along the grade out in the valley, twenty teams being em ployed in this work. Several cars of steel are now on hand, and one car of steel was laid immediately, but a large quantity of angle-bars that were to be with this ship ment have not arrived. The company as soon as this was ascertained, wired immediately to Portland for the necess ary bars, and will upon the arrival, con tinue to lay steel toward the Cove. The company has all nacessary ties In sight and is doing1 all in its power, sparing neither labor or expense, to Cove and vi cinity. Union Republican. . 3. DEATH OE JOHN WILKINSON John Wilkinson, an olH and respected citizen of Union county, and a resident of High Valley, died in Walla Walla Thurs day at 4:16 p.m. The immediate cause of his death was the amputation of a foot made necessary thru an injury to the foot which caused blood poisioning. Mr. Wilkinson was Vibout 67 years of age, and leaves a son and a daughter of his immediate family J'inourn his loss. Ths rsmains wllF4 Vsadh Union Friday evening and the funeral will take place at 2 p. Saturday, from the Methodist church. Union Republican. FOREST f IRES RAGING (Scrlpps News Association) Monterey Cal. Oct. 6 A forest fire started last Sundayr fom hunters four teen miles south of here has gotten be yond control of the ranchers and has al ready burned a strip four miles wide and twenty miles long. There is danger that the fire will reach the Santa Lucia forest reserve. Over 76,000 acres are already burned ever. All feed for cattle of that ' region has been destroyed and many ranchers have been laid bare, althongh so far, no lives are lost in the fire. Sev eral hundred men are fighting the fires today. f ASTEST AND BEST CRUISER (Scrlpps News Association) Norfolk, W. Va.. Oct. 6-The cruiser North Carolina, the fastest and most heavily armoured cruiser in the navy, was launched today. There were thousands present at the christening and the cere mony was superintended by Rebekah Glenn, the daughter of the governor of North Carolina. TEXAS fOOTBAll GAME (Hcrlppa News Association) Austin, Tsxas. Oct. 6 Today the University Football Team meete the United States regular army team from Fort Sam Houston, in this city. This is ths first gams of the season, but the Uni versity team has been practicing since Sept. 2nd. hone Black 130 k rm j-'ir w )- j.m-r m -f f . w J' ... -. , , . Verger e No. 27 A fINE BANKING ROOM Stamelsand Jarmen have just complet ed the Rainting of the outside and decor ating the inside of the Farmers and Trad ers National Bank. This, taken together with then marble front makes one of the finest banking rooms in Eastern Oregon. The Bank has up-to-date furniture and has safety deposit boxes for rent, and has the only absolutely fire proof vault in the city. They advocate the policy of paying interest to its depositors and with its con servative management is doing a very successful business. IT'S f OR YOU You are not obliged to come out again after you have settled down for a com fortable evening, even if drug store goods are needed Call us up by phone any time before 9pm and state what is wanted and our messenger will be at your door in a jiffy. You can have your pre scriptions fi'led just as easily for we will send for them and deliver the medicine promptly. To save you steps is the reason we have provided Our Free Delivery Service Newlin Drug Co. Forty-one and one-half steps East of the rost Office. i Right Rubber Goods! At Right Prices. Tne season is at hand when a variety of rubber goods is in demand. I This is a line in which price is an imperfect guide. The name of the maker and the reputation of the dealer counts more. In keepirg with our policy to piotect the interests of our customers in in all respects, we select our rubber goods with care. While it is necessary to handle more than one grade, we sell these goodsfor just what they are and recommend the purchase of ti e best. HOT WATER BOTTLES. SYRINGES, AND SICK ROOM GOODS NEWLIN DRUG CO. La Grande, Oregon.