1 5 ' r-ir rii '' " ' -j ' ' -- -"' ' ' . v:. . .. '',. ...,".., .' .- "' ' U vvv;;,f : - ' GRANDE. UNION COUNTY. PRECOX. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 80, 1808. - USE BOMBS TO KILLCAPITALISTS OF WALL STREET SUCH IS MOTIVE OF ." j 1 inflammatory circular, Calelrlee of Stock Exchange in Wall Street Crowded with. Spectator Today, Following Rumor That Bomb ; would Be Exploded in the Pit Placards Celling for Indiscriminate Destruction of All Financier Have ' Been Circulated Police Working on . the Affair Death CaU la Broad and Merciless. , . New York, Feb. 20. On the heels ef the rennrt that "Rlack Hand" threats have been made against J. P. Morgan and following a crowded stock . exchange gallery, because of a ru mored blackmailing and a threat that 'bombs would be hurled on the floor 'tf the pit, Commissioner Bingham has made public the action he has In con- temptation relative to the inflamma tory circular which has been dlstrtb uted, advocating a slaughter of flnan- : clers and , advising workingmen to march In force upon Wall trt.. Squads of detectives have been sent to trace the circular to it source and make arersts. . - i , . Placards headed ''Workingmen, help yourselves,"; is the climax of reputed i threats launched . against speculators . JtVlng the last 21 hours. The placard calls fort the wholesale destruction of capitalists, wid financiers, without re-'k- Karl to thtlr standing ; In the com- mlty.V, H:V ri-'s.' '.'" - i-r,""-. ' ; , ' ,' ':-..'.:, , Bone tor Munleat Critics. ' ; , ' Xew York. Fm JO. In ''PealleaA e.t -ttellsa'hie." pehuesey' lyric drama, i which',' was given : its American 'pVe ' ir.Jere st.tHe Manhattan opera house . " 3.)rr evr-nlng, musical critics have beei fi ct a hetv bohef to tilck.whfclf Pi"vn i J r to. result In as Interesting a eon r troversy as that which raged about a ! Ml $15.00 Ladies Waists, this Men's Fancy i. White Vests $1.50 to $6.00 s In all the newest styles, three, four, a d five button effects, and ; including all the novelty color effects of the season Your Wants in Fancy Vests can be supplied here. $1.50 to $6.00 "Salome." Upon its first production InParls the singers were almost hissed off the stage, despite the fact that Mary Garden appeared In the role of Mellsande. "It took four, years to establish 'Pelleas; In the repertoire at the Opera Comlque," said Miss Garden. "At first It was anything but a success and it could be only given once in two weeks. 'Aphrodite' was a success from the start, and I played It 50 times without stopping, three and four times a week. That never could have been done with 'Pelleas.1 It was revolutionary and needed cultivating. The . American public, which, I am told," Is fond of Maeterlinck, may appreciate Its sub tlety at once, but they didn't in Paris." Destroyers Reach Chile. Washington. Feb. 20. According to advices received at the navy depart ment, the destroyer fleet is expected to reach Its next port of call, Talcahua- no, Chile, today. i it i a 1 1 it a rti r-i ry HUN MINI TO SELL s MAIN LINE AND THE v " BRANCHES THEN MORTGAGED. " 1 v':" - Hhuv Seonrlug a Mortgage on the Main Line of the Union Pacific In 1897, Several Branch Line Have Boon Bit lit and it is Reported Today That the Latter Claw Win Be Heav , lly Mortgnj.'ed Soon Bonds Will Bo . Vsod to Pay Off Debt. . New York, Feb. 20. Directors of the TTnlon Pacific railroad have de cide J to soil at once, according to a well-founded report, not less than Sj, 000,000 of bonds to pay off a floating debt. It Is said the bonds will he Secured on I860 miles of track In Missouri Iowa, Kansas and Colorado. There Is already a mortgage on the main line of road, secured in 1897. Since that -time the lines about to be mortgaged, have been built. Bonn $12.50 W ists. and Waists Ladies' Embroidered Lawn and Linen also Net and Silk Special this week This sale includes every one of our $12.50 Embroidered Linen and Lawn Waists and all Net and Silk Waists which we sell regularly at $12.50 in embroidered and drawn work effects, special this ueek $8.34 ' Full Dress Shirts ' in the never-bulge-bosom style, also the very popular pleated . bosom styles-all 8lzes' $1.50 to $1.75 Ties for the "Elks' Ball" No matter what your tie-want may be we cin satisfy you. Urge assortment in Rjya! purple, in plain or self colored patterns, S0c and 75c ... 7 LA QRAHOS. E3 OR3CH THE AGGRESSIVE EVANS' FLEET REACHES 4 CALLAO IX SPLENDOR. Salutes and Replies Thundered Over the Waters of Callao Bay This Morn ing When the American Fleet En ters the Harbor Japanese Situation In Diplomatic Circles Changed Since Advent of New Ambassador at Washington Uncle Sam Is Alert. Washington, Feb. 10. Diplomatic circles are greatly Interested In the curious change In relations between America and Japan stnes the depart ure of Ambassador Aokl and the ar rival of Takahlra, the new ambassa dor. The diplomatic situation is now reversed and Japan Is on the offens ive. The Manchurlan question has come to the front with startling suddenness and Is increasing dissatisfaction in the state department with reports of Jap anese aggression in Chinese. Manchu ria. The administration Is alert for It will not tolerate any action on the part of the Japs in closing entrance Into Manchuria. Fleet at Callao. Lima, Peru, Feb. 20. In single file, presenting a magnificent spectacle, near-Admiral Evans' fleet of It bat tleships steamed Into Callao this morn ing. Thousands of people lined the shores cheering as the great vessels passed In solmn graudure. Salutes were fired by Peruvian , warships in the harbor, Evans' guns booming out America's reply to the southern re public's compliments. 4 Blockade Lifted. ' Omaha, Feb: 20. The 48-hour blockade on the Rock island road was raised today and six stalled passenger trains were re- leased. The blizzard has block- ed all traffic. , 18.84 week, $10.00 IT! COcilT OVERRULES FISH IN BALLOT OF SHARES. After Montis of Bitter Fighting E. U. Harrlma Proves the Winner in the Control Of the Illinois Central Fight Judge'saU Favors Union Pacific In His Decision Adjourned Meet ma; of Directors Will Be Held March the Second. ' " V Chicago, Feb. JO. The long and bitterly foitg ht contest between E. H. Harriman and Stuyvesant Fish for control of the Illinois Central was de cided in favor of Harriman this morn ing by Judge Ball. Ths decision, which favors thi Union Pacific railroad, a Harriman enterprise, upholds the right of cor porations outside of the Illinois Cen tral to control and vote the stock lu Illinois corporations. '.; In sustaining the rlsrht of a KTaw Jersey holding company of the Union Pacific, Judge Ball dissolved the tem porary Injunction granted Fish to pre vent Harriman from yottng contested stock in the annual election last fall. The suit was Instituted by Fish and others to restrain ths voting of 281. SSI shares of stock In the Illinois Central Railroad company, at the annual meeting of the corporation last fall The adjourned meeting of directors will now be held March S, it is an nounced. ; . Touay.s decision will have an Im portant bearing on, ths outcome of the battle for supremacy and control of ths Illinois Central. The decision was contrary to the general rumor that Fish would be sustained In the contention, , SILiRP CONFLICT AT OPENING OF CASE. Evidence on the Immunity Contract Granted Rnof for Ills Confession on Trolley Line Bribery Were Taken Today Judge Lawtar Kettles Bis pute by Excluding Argument ami WlUM-fuK-H Relative to Objection- Submit Evidence to Court- San Francisco,' Feb. 10. Taking of evidence on the Immunity contract granted Abe Ruef to determine ths le gallty of his arraignment on ths trol ley, bribery case was begun this morn Ing In Judge Lawler's court. Members of ths graft prosecution and Rabbis Nleto and Kaplan, who were prominently Identified in secur ing Ruefs consent to the confession In return for immunity, were in court Ach, for ths defense, opened the pro ceedings by attempting to read Kap lan's affidavit, but ths prosecution ob Jected on grounds that time for lum- mu.ilng witnesses has not arrived Ach protested cad said that after he had finished the reading of ths affi davit, he would call witnesses. T. 3. Heney declared that Acb's statement was a bluff. Lawler then settled the argument .by taking up evidence al ready tendered, and after excluding all witnesses and arguments in rela tion to objection of tbs prosecution, reading of affidavits tests begun. It is finally stipulated that affidavits should be submitted to ths court "' View Yale Statue of Hale, New Torh, Feb. 10. A private view of the model of the heroic statue of Nathan Hale, which the Tale alumni propose to erect on' the Tale campus, at an expense of I.O.eot, was given this afternoon at the studio ef the sculptor. William Orway Partridge. Ten years have been spent by the IIC III TBI RllE Iff CASE llf HEARING his life for his country. Another"p!7 vate view for Yale alumni will be gtven next Thursday. ' It -was while serving the cause of the revolution that Hale was ' cap tured by the British and executed as a spy. . Mr. Partridge has preserved the schoolmaster's garb In which Hale was captured. v The statue represents a young man In his strength and com llnesa the athletic Hale history rec ords performed feats of valor at New Haven calmly moving on to his fate. He stands firmly on ths right foot, the left foot thrown baok and Just, leav ing the ground. The hands are caught looselr brhlnd a rope hanging from his wrists. It is expected that the model will be cast In bronze and placed on the Yale campus within a year. Among ths prominent men, in addition to Tale alumni, who subscribed to the t.0,009 necessary to erect the statue, was Andrew Carnegie. .. Cpimirnu pninu ouuinLnu ouluii WAS COLLEAGUE TO SEN " , ATOR BEN TILLMAN. Asbnry Chnrt'hwcll Latimer Bios In Washington This Morning, Follow ing Operation for Appendicitis Term Would Have Expired on March 3 Next Was Prominent Farmer of , His State Had Served In Congrnw Several Terms A Democrat, : Washington, Feb. JO. United Btates Senator Asbury Churchwell of South Carolina, colleague to Ben jamin Ryan Tillman, died this morn Ing In the Providence hospital follow ing an operation for appendicitis. , The deceased solon was born In Ab beville, S.C.ln 1851, and a large part of hU life was spent in agricultural pursuits. He took an active part In the campaign of 187 and was prom Inently Identified In democratic poll tics in his state In 18.0. He was elect ed to the 6 3d and 57th congresses, and then elected to the senate to succeed John, L. MrLaurin, He took his seat in March, 1903, and on March 3, next would have given up his seat again. He secured his education in the common schools, which existed at that time, and when a middle-aged man moved to Benton, his present home. In his last political campaign he de rented J. Q. Evans by a majority of 17,700 votes. Michigan Opinion Moldcra, Saginaw, Mich., Feb. to. Molders of public opinion to the number of over 100 are hers today for ths mid winter meeting of the Michigan Press association. Addresses on newspaper topics will be made by some of the state's leading editors. A banquet at ths East Saginaw club wjll be ten dered ths visitors. The convention will continues through tomorrow. y There h no more vital the tamitj than that ot the t J f a a SUCCUMBS TODAY rrescrwt pnsenpuon. meresnouia be no nan way methods re garding prescriptions. We use pure drugs, compounded X lust "according to the doctor's HILL'S DRUG STORE SERBS: ATTENTION FREE MAIL DELIVERY SER VICE MEANS CORRECTION, Now That La Grande Has Been Prom Ined Free Mail Delivery System, 11 Becomes Necessary to Make Every Trivial Correction In the House Numbering System at Once Fourth ' Ward Especially Full of Mints kes . Many Houses Not Numbered at AIL There Is urgent need of immediate and effective effort to perfect ths numbering system In ths city of La Orande, If the promised free mail de : livery system Is to be established on May 15th, as arranged for by Repre sentatlve W, R. Ellis, and announced In Ths Observer last evening. When postal otticiais insoeotea , Grande's streets and house number' ; Ing last year, they found many defects and a large majority of them have not yet been straightened out This is es pecially true in the Fourth ward, or North La Grande. . Streets are named and for the most part posted, but the houses are in, error in many cases and in some Instances there are no num bers at all. The latter condition Is more or leu true In all parts of the city. ... ; . ,, .. , ... It Is a well known fact that these numbers must be correct and on every , residence before the mall sen-Ice can ' be instituted. Therefore something should be done at once. Various Plans Advanced. There are several plans unofficially NEED being advanced for straightening out the tangle. The most current one is tor the council to name an Inspector to be kept at work until the number ' Ing system Is correct. He would have to work ob is duttl 1 plan for where there are "numberi, but "wrong 'ones, it is. hardly" ju-r to the property W& be put to ths expense of renumbering . V his house when hs placed one there In good faith. Hence It Is Suggested that the Inspector correct such num-: bers at the expense of the city, when he should find a house not graced with a number, he could be authorised to place the correct number at the ex pense of the property owner. Thle would prove an effectual and equlta .... ble scheme. j The announcement In last evening's Observer met with general comment and declarations of delight, for ' the ;r. goal towards which La Grande has ' worked so consistently since the post office receipts Justified the system, came as a surprise, notwithstanding that the system bas long been sought. However,. the advantages cannot be ,' enjoyed until the city has met every ,v. requirement of the government postal authorities. - ' i - ' " Parties, who are in doubt can re ', dues the cost of eventual perfection to . v a large degree' if they will Inspect an.'''.;, official plat of the city, which can be;, ;t . (Continued on page 4.) lonsl question to be considered in compoundkg of the doctor's t . W orders." I La Grande m Orcffon sculptor la completing the suae ef uve rrrolulioMry hero who gave uP,ttatttattit(I