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VOLUME VII. IS -SOLID FOR TAFT BIG GUNS OF THE REPUB- LICAX8 CONGREGATE. MISSOURI State Committee of Missouri Gathers In St. Louis and Drafts Resolutions Endorsing Taft for the I'rcKluYnoy Missouri's Delegate, Wliluiut a Doubt, Will Be One Mara for Big 'Secretary State Convention to Be Held Tomorrow. . ' St. Louis, Feb.'2. Missouri repub lican leaders are gathering In St. Louis today In advance of the state conven tion, which will be held tomorrow. There Is little doubt that the delega tion from the state of the "mysterlouB stranger" to the Chicago convention will be soliuiy u uu; ci th -ndl-dacy of Secretary Taft. With only one negative vote, the state committee passed the following Taft resolution: y '"Be It resolved by the republican state committee of Missouri, That this committee recognizes that the sentl-ment-of the republicans of Missouri Is - practically unanimous in favor of Wil liam H. Taft as the candidate of the republican party for president in 190$. And this committee declares its belief that the republican electors of the state have absolute confidence in the patriotism, high, character and-.pre-ljninent abilities of Mr. Taft, and be- )11eve that In his character, his learn ing and experience as a Judge and as en executive officer, and In all the affairs of life, William H. Taft has un equalled strength as a candidate and r"sseeses In the highest degree the Vitalities that must be possessed by a republican president. "Kesolved, That this commtltee 1 els confident that the nomination of Vliliam H. Taft would unite and '. .cngthen the republican party In i'lsyurl more than could the nomina tion of any other person suggested as a candidate, and with that belief we feel it to be our duty to so express our- Market To 'he Public, Friends and Patrons: 1 is our firm conviction and prediction that the "La C. jn e Market Day" will be a sp'endid success. People from afar and near will be here to buy and sell; you will not only be able to dispose of an):hingyou may want to sell, but there will be splendid opportunities to renew old friendships, discuss questions of mutual in terest and have a general good time. Speaking for ourselves, individually, let us say, that we are not only going to take part in the Iollifications, but will do our utmost towards making you feel that you have spent one of the most pleasant and profitable days in years, by offering for that day Special shopping, and money say- ving opportunities, such as youhave seldomit ever enjoyed. Watch for further announcement. . Yours for A Successful Market Day, - r 1 - viivn.' niMMUill, r MIKl.iUI SO, 1908. " f - selves as to center on him the sympa thy and support of the republicans of Missouri." . Alarmed Over Anarchists. -vVlenha. Feb. 26. Secret police are anxious because of the fact that they have failed to arrest more than 10 of the 15 Armenians who recently left the United States under vow to assas sinate the sultan qf Turkey. Ten were captured yesterday. Great se crecy is observed by Constantinople police who are here directing the search." Pennsylvania Democrats. Harrlsburg, Pa., Feb. 28. Members of the democratic state central com mittee met here today to select a time and place for the state convention. It Is thought that Harrlsburg will be se lected, and that the convention will be held early In May, probably on May 6. HUAU MbiiilE J. TIIIXKS BRYAN CAX WIN OVER ROOSEVEIr Man Wli i stands Hiah in Railroad Cir ri Cun See In Bryan a Sure Win ner anil the Only Candidate for tbe Democratic Party Personally Wa Not In Favor of Bryan When Free Sliver Wag an Issue Firmly Be lieves Bryan W1U Be Elected. Pasadena, Cal., Feb. 26. "I am for William J. Bryan for president of thf United States, and I think he wijl be elected," was the declaration of M. E. Ingalls, chairman of the board of di rectors of the Big Four railroad, to day. Ingalls Is a former president el the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad. "In 1900 and In 1896 I voted against Bry an, but now that he has recanted his free silver heresies I believe him to be the available democratic candidate for the presidency at this moment. I be lieve Bryan can defeat Roosevelt," PICKS W BRYAN Day LA GRANDE. CMOS COUNTY, OilEW)X. WEDNESD AY, FEBRUARY 29, T VALE SIX FEET LA GRANDE INVESTORS INTERESTED IX FIND. Late Lawt Evening; the Malheur OH & Go Development Coniiwiiy Struck Oil at Vale S.iouts About Six Feet Stockholders Live In I'nion and La Grande, But It is Not the Prop erty of the Coniiwiiy Centering In ThU City. ' Vale, Ore., Feb. 2(. (Observer Special.) The Malheur Gas & oil Development company of Union, Ore., has struck oil here In what seems to be paying quantities. At any rate, Vale Is highly excited today as a re sult of the strike made here late last evening. !.' thin afternoon the oil Is still uowing, spouting about six feet In the air. The exact quantity Is not ascertainable at this time, but from all appearances the flow Is a splendid one. The property on- which the oil was found belongs to Union and La Grande parties. It Is not, however, the com pany which has Its headquarters In La Grande. There are several La Grande people Interested id last night's strike.' The principal stockholders live In Union. The Information and details secured this' afternoon were sent The Observer 'from Cashier Clark of the Vale bank,' and 'considerable velght Is given the. report, In view ol the fact that Mr. Clark has stamped It is true and not overdrawn. PRESIDENT OF EQUAL SUFFRAGE If.-- ' " Washington to Be CuiiviifmhI by Wo- mun of Considerable Note. . Spokane. Wash., Feb. 26. (Special.) Mrs. Mary Arkwrlght Hutto,n, au thor and candidate from Shoshone county for the., legislature of Idaho several years ago, wife of Louis W Hutton, a millionaire mining opera tor In the Coeur d'Alene district, east of here, has accepted the presidency of the Spokane Equal Suffrage asso ciation, which will make a lively cam paign for the ballot, in the state of Washington, Mrs. Hutton addressed her audi ence as "fellow citizens," following a speech made by Mrs. Emma Smith de Voe, national organizer and president of the Washington Equal Rights asso ciation, and quoted a letter she had received from United States Senator Borah of Idaho, refurrlng to her "sister," and adding: "I art surprised not to have heard from you before in connection with -some woman's suf frage movement In Washington. Get busy." Mrs. Hutton said to her hear ers: "So now I propose to get busy, and this association with others in the Evergreen state, will demand a 'square deal' for the womenof the arious Communities. Miners and 0MTatoro Confer. Indianapolis, Ind., Reb. 26. Miners ind operators of the central competl Mve district, Including western Penn sylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, will meet tomorrow for their adjoirrn d Joint conference. Consideration will be resumed of the question of calling a Joint wage convention re-establish the Interstate wage agreement. Upon this agreement Is based the wage scales of the other districts of the Unlte,d Mlneworkers of America. The special convention that will probably be called as the result of the confernce tomorrow may meet at Chi cago. It win be a national convention and not confined to the five districts In the central competitive field. Such a convention to ratify the wage agree ment will cost the miners' organiza tion 175,000. Because of the fact that neither the governor of Indiana nor the mayor of Indianapolis welcomed the delegates to the national convention. It Is un likely htat the general convention will ever again be held here. St. Louis will be the scene of the next regular meeting. , OIL SPOUTS CD. RECEIVE BIG CUT SEVERE TIE-VP OF ! BUSINESS IMMINENT. Effects of the New Law Forbidding Telegraphers to Work More Thau . Nine Hours Are Being Felt In Uw West Great Northern Face Gen eral Strike Affected Operators Are Voting on Notified Cut Today Big Strike Believed Coming, Butte, Mont., Feb. 26. A railway telegraphers' strike Is Imminent on the Northern Pacific railroad. The management has notified Its men that they will be cut from 15 to $10 per month. ! - The cut goes Into effect- March 1. and Is directly due tothe new law which compels railroads to limit the woi'Kui ur3 of !"fii for keymen to nine hour t Today tfie telegraphers are voting on the subject of accepting the cut. If they decjlde to reject it. It will mean a complete tie-up of the system for some time at least. , The new federal nine-hour law will compel the employment of hundred! of additional telegraphers and will probably cause a shortage In the r"r ply of skilled operators In this coun try. ; - '" Ohio Republican Convention. Shelby, O., Feb. 26. Secretary Taft gained more adherents In the national convention as a result of the congres sional convention of the republicans ol this district today. SPECIAL MESSAGE READ. Short Message and Full Report or Waterways Read Before Congress. Washington, Feb. 26. PreHlden Roosevelt's special message to both houses of congress in the inland wa terways commission, was read today. With a 2500-word message he present ed the preliminary report of the com mission In full. The president's ap pended message was simply a heart; endorsement of the report as com piled by the commissioners who wen appointed about one year ago, ant consists of Hon. Theo. E. Burton chairman; Senator Francis G, New lands, Senator William Warner, Hon lohn H. Bankhead, General Alexander Mackenzie. W, J. McGee, F. II. New ell, Gifford Pinchot and Hon. Herbert Knox Smith, TA RIABY FOR FLEET REGARDLESS OF OBJECT CITIES WILL ENTERTAIN. While Pairi Coast Cities Arc Making Extensive Plans for the Entertain incut of the Pacific Fleet When It Readies Tills Const, Japanese Arc Busy Drawing Plans of Forts am Rays falllornluns lon't Conslde, JaM Flh table. Santa Barbara, Cal., Feb. 26. Whether a frolic or a fight awaits Ad miral Evans upon the arrival of th fleet, much of the principal action ol the fleet will take place In Santa Bar bara channel, within view of this city Santa Barbara citizens, like those of San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego, assume that It will be a frolic for they haven't respect enough fot the Japanese to think of fighting them irtd no one else has been offered as a possible foe. Ho they aro going alieac! with preparations for a frolic, tlia' will last from the time the fleet reach es Kan Diego until It has passed awaj from the coast of California. In preparation for the coming of the big fleet. Admiral Swlneburn lately was here with his squadron of cruls- KtYMLN T 1 BARBARA era. the Big Four that lately arrived 1 from the Asiatic station, and careful surveys of the shore line, both of the mainland and the Islands, have been made, fur the advantage of the naviga tors of the butleshlps and those that accompany them. Japanese agents also have been busy in the channel. , Only the other day the captain of the Pacific Coast Steam- ship company packet found a Japan ese passenger In the act of taking a series t.f photographs of the Islands arid the mainland here. Japanese passing themselves as fishermen are known to have com pleted full drawings of the channel shore lines and made soundings and maps of the channel. . But It Is not of war that the people of Santa Barbara are thinking. It is festivity. - A flower festival, to be held In April when the fleelxls here, already Is planned to hte fullest detail. : ' VOTE TO STRIKE IF CUTS COME SPOKANE DIVISIONS WILL BE TIED UP. i-uiiintiiig lievclpt of Instructions to Expect Material Cut hi Wages Af ter. Murch I, Telegraphers on the Great Northern and Nonhern Pa- fll le Around Spokane Have VoUhI to Strike Reductions Are to ; Vary From Five to Ten Dollars. ., 'v..,'.;.' Spokane, Feb. 26. As a result of a vote taken by the railway telegraph ers on this division of the ; Great Northern and Northern Pacific rail roads, the railway telegraphers will go out on a strike If the threatened cut in wages Is made on March 1. The men assert that' the railroads sre attempting to make them pay the expense of the recent federal nine hour law which compels the railroads to hire a great number of extra teleg raphers in order to relieve the pres ent force. Today tbe men work ,12 hours per day for $75 per month, on an aver age. The road's talk of cutting pay from IS to $10 per month. Senate Wants the Letters. Washington, Feb. 26. Without ob jection the senute today passed a res olution asking the president to give them the correspondence passed be tween Venezuela and the United States relative to the controversy now pending "concerning the wrongs done Americans and corporations In that country by the Venezuelan' govern ment," Hearing on Stoi k Ganiblliln'. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 26.The assem bly committee on codes has scheduled a hearing for today on the bill to pre vent gambling In stocks. The meas ure was Introduced by Assemblyman Wagner. v There Is no more vital tie family than , that of the prescription. There should gardmg prescriptions. We lust "according to the doctor's ' -' IFrescriptioifsl . :: ;; :: . : HILL'S DRUG STORE La Grande m NUMBER ft. E EH FUNERAL OF FATHER HENDRICKS REMARKABLE. Denver Priest Who Was Assassinated . by an Anarchist Last Sunday White Dignitary Was Conducting Services) ' Before the Altar, Was Burled Today lug Ever Asttembtod in Denver Murderer Arraigned.' Denver, Feb. J. The most re- ' markable gathering In the history of Denver today attended the funeral of Father Hainrtchs, who was assassinat ed before an altar Sunday, by Alio, the anarchist. ' For. three blocks all ' the streets leading to the church were blocked. Only members of the parish In which Helnrtchs worked were al- iuwbu io aiiena tne service, . . I"u.,u TV " dramatic coincidence choir boys were chanting their eonor- - uus uppucauons ior ine repose ot tne soui ot me murdered Father, arraign ment of Gulseppe Alio, the murderer, was taking place in police court . Father 'William O'Ryanl pastor of St. Leo's church, delivered an eulogy and a sermon against anarchy and so cialism. The funeral services were at tended by (00 members of the Knights of Columbus and the entire body of the Knight of Si. John' and other Catholic orders. -k'1- ' !' : i Gulseppe Quaranccla Alio, the mur derer, has - talked freely concerning himself and his act, for which he de clared he had no regret. : Ho said he was a native of Sicily, 56 years old.' He became a socialist and anarchist at 25 years of age. He Is a shoemaker by trade. He came to America two years ago and has sines been, touching. anarchy, worklnsr-but little at; his trade. H lived, before coming to Denver, In Paterson, N. J In Vnlafllt -Ml Mh.. milt . .... - - u.. v. biivi ... n-i mill lunus Jk Massachusetts, and In Chicago. He came to Denver two . weeks before Christmas, '.. ' Postofflee Safe Robbed. Bakersfleld, Feb. 26. A safe In the postofflee was broken Into last night and $650 In postage stamps stolen. There Is absolutely no clue to the rob bers' Identity. Ths safe was entered by means of a sledge hammer and chisel.,- Afterwards the lock was re-1 plRced by means of tallow and whea the clerk tried to open It thl- morn- .... ; :.i -"'. Hearing on Bubble Bill. ' , ' Washington. Feb. 26. A hearing . will be held tomorrow by the house Judiciary committee on the Cocks bill, which provides for the regulation, registration arid Identification of mo tor vehicles engaged In Interstate travel. Chairman Jenkins of the commltte has stated that he is op posed to lho bill for the reason. that It Interferes with the rights of states. question to be considered In J compoundieg of the doctor's t be no half way methods re- 9 use pure drugs, compounded orders." V h Oregon MARTYR DPRIEST BURIED ATDEHV X -a.........