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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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-
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-"'. 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."
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MARTYR
DPRIEST
BURIED ATDEHV
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