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I? VOLUME VU. Y LA GRANDE. CMOS COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, MARCH 80, 108. NCJ11HK . l il 10 IIILIlllnliJ DIE IS DUEL NO 6ECOND8 AND NO WIT V XESSE8 WERE PRESENT. Cndor Heavens ot Texas Two Ameri can Custom House Inspectors Face Each Other foe Deadly Combat , oth BuU Speed True and Bodies m1 Found Today Trouble Not Aikwi General 8toeasel Challeng d by Deposed Russian Admiral. . Et Paso, Texas, March 10. By the light of the moon and with no other human being In sight, two American cuefcra house inspectors, C. E. Jones and Charles Logan, fought a duel to' death. Both were found this morn Ing with revolvers gripped in their havds. In with bullets In their bodies, cold la death. Tna men iy aoou feet from each other. The cause of '' the trouble will probably never be y known. Logan was. shot through the lungs, and Jones through the heart . St. Petersburg, March 20. Latest challenge to duel Is directed against General Stoessel, recently sentenced to 10 years' Imprisonment In SS. Peter and Paul fortress for the surrender of Port Arthur during the Japanese war. The challenge for mortal combat comes from Admiral Nebogatoff, in , command of a portion of Admiral Ro t Jeitvensky's fleet who, like Stoessel, "gained unenviable fame In Russia for surrendering ships to the enemy while they were still In condition to continue the battle, and who waa also court- martialed and convicted. From -his quarters In the fortress the admiral .,, has issued the defl and' proposes that the battle take place In . the prison yard. - ".'" ' . 1 One Duel Called Off. ' F Petersburg, March SO. It la re- carted here today that General Smirn off Is Improving and may recover. The war ministry has forbidden the Fock-Gorbatovsky duel from being Consummated on grounds that the lat ter la only a colonel, and that Fock has a right to criticise the latter, If ha desires. At the same time he can not officially give heed to Gorbat ovsky's itttements. Echo of "Holy Roller" Tragedy. Seattle. Wash., March 20. Esther I Vjntchell, who killed hes brother, George Mitchell, In July, 10. and who for some time has been confined In the Washington State "hospital -for the insane. Is 'reported to have fully recovered her sanity and may yet be tried for her crime. The Oregon offi cials are anxious to bring the girl to - trial. The Mitchell case was one of the most famous In the criminal an nals of the northwest. Esther Mitch ell was lured from her home . by fif -Prophet" Franx Creffleld, an Itlner ' 'ant preacher of the "Holy Roller" eect. Creffleld was killed by George Mitchell, who was maddened , by the wrongs suffered by his sister at the , liands of the "prophet." The young man was acquitted, after a sensational trial, and while he was receiving the CAR A Oirill! n I ROCK SPRING GOAL ' JUST RECEIVED PHONE Each GRANDE CASH congratulations of relatives ' and friends, was shot and killed by Es ther Mitchell. The girl was adjudged Insane and lodged In the Washington State asylum. . Japan Wants Fleet to Visit. Washington, March 20. The mika do of Japan has personally extended an Invitation to the Atlantic fleet to visit one of the Japanese ports on its trip around the world. The cabinet at Its meeting today, In discussing the advisability of accepting it. The in vitation was presented by Ambassador Takahlra to the state department. Evans to live at Santa Barbara.'' Los Angeels, Cat, March 20. Ac cording to a story emanating from Santa Barbara, Admirals Evans will make that cltyk his home after re linquishing command of the Atlantic fleet. It Is stated that negotiations are under way (or the purchase of a 10-acre orange orchard." 4 4 44444444444444 4 , Mare Cannon Delegates. .. 4 4 ' Springfield, 111.,- March so. 4 Cannon delegations were se- 4 4 lected by the convention of the 4 4 23d district today, and more will 4 4 be chosen by the 18th district 4 4 tomorrow.' ' ' 1,- . ' .T 4 4444444444444444 r PCNISH ARMY QFFIC ER. ' Captain In Boise Barracks to Be Givtta . Four Months.' bnprtwmment. . Vancouver, Wash., March 20. Cap tain Clarke D. Dudley, of the Boise barracks, charged with cruelty to en listed men of the regular army, and also with destroying post records, was sentenced to four months' confine' ment within the limits of the post and to severe reprimand by court martial. ' The comment made by Colonel Woodbury In reviewing the case was pertinent. He"-eeJd: -,,;; a:;'- '"Iti nf HMtrtlnn, mi this post were excessively high while Cap tain Dudley was in command. He has been guilty of unjust and tyrannical treatment of enlisted men for whlcti the reviewing authority can se neither excuse nor palliation." WANTS TARIFF REVISION. Senator La Follette Ha Scheme to Rectify KxlMtlng Wrongs. Washington, March 20. Senator R. M. La Follette today Introduced a bill which was temporarily laid on the ta ble, providing for a tariff commission, The bill provides that a permanent committee of nine members shall be appointed by the president. Before the appointment, each member will be required to show that he is pos sessed of the required amount of In formation on the subject of Interna' tlonal tariff law. The duty of the commission Is to Investigate the cost of home and foreign production of the various commodities under tariff. . Mrs. Bum Dying. , Detroit, Mich.. March 20. Mrs. Thomas Burns, wife of the prlie fighter, Is seriously ill at the home of her mother, at Preston, Ont., and Tommy has been cabled to return with all possible speed. It Is probable that Burns will throw up all engagements nd return at once. . OF MAIN 6 Phone RONDE COMPANY MMMM. 1.1 TRACE OF BOY Bin FOUND CECTL BRITTAIN BEEN , , AT MARSHALL JUNCTION. After Two Years of Complete Oblivion Five-Year-Old Bor of WalU Walla, la Believed to Have Been Seen Be ' came Soared and Ran Into the Wood When Questioned In Company With Man and Women Reward for His Discovery Holds Good. ; Spokane, March 20. Cecil Brlttaln, whos kidnaping two years ago aroused the Interest of the police all over the country, and for whose return a re ward of $.500 Is still offered. Is sup posed to have been seen yesterday at Marshall Junction, ... Wash., by J. A. Klppart, formerly of Walla Walla. a r m,Mnn th I boy, but this frightened the child, who ran Into the woods and bas not yet been found. - He was with a man and woman when first seen,, but. the adults left the child When ' they ' no ticed they were", being observed. The trio are supposed to be in the railroad camps near the junction. - 1 : -' The little fellow disappeared from the camp of his mother , and ' father near -Woodard's tailgate, In the Blue mountains. Searching parties, were sent out and covered every , yard of the ground in the vicinity of th place from whence . he . disappeared At numerous times, the parents have been led to believe that trace of his whereabouts were found, but In each Instance they have proved false. The father has been called to Arizona on such an alarm. .':. Walla Walla, Wash., March 20 Mr. Brtttaln, the father of the boy, today heard of the supposed discovery of his lost child, and Is awaiting the in formation from Spokane detectives be fore leaving for . Marshall Junction. The news came as a Joyful surprise. h having given up hope of- ever finding his son again. He will leave thl evening and be present to Identify the child when he Is found again. Stanford University, Palo Alto, Cat., March 20. The student affairs com- mlttee today refused to reinstate the 12 men suspended by the student af fairs committee, because of the fact, that they were known to have been members of a crowd of 200 men who mad a demonstration in front of the horn ot Prof. Clarke, chairman of the ommlttee, because of the unpopular tiling made by that commtltee In re lation to the drinking question.', This action brings the situation at Stanford . to an acute crisis. Three Kindred students yesterday signed itatement that they weer equally .ulpable with 12, and that If ht sus pended men were not reinstated, they would walk out Yesterday afternoon the entire student body met and passed -esolutions apologising for the dem onstratlon and petitioned that the men tuspended be allowed to come back The action of the committee was con' Prohibitionist Minna a Leader. Columbus, O., March 30. With the prohibition national convention now ess than four months away, the lead ers In th movement ar yet "up In the air" a to a candidal for the pres idency. All of the other parties have "logical candidates" In profusion, but th opponent of th "rum '.demon have not been able to agree on a man, and the choice Is still apparently far away as ever. Dosen of men have been mentioned as worthy of the honor, but few have more than local reputations and the prohibitionists it desirous of making the race with 1 strong man of undoubted atatesman- ship and ability. With a gain of a talf-doxen "dry" states In ths lsst -ear, and hot prohibition and local option campaigns being waged In many other states, liquor has become DPLti WAR IN STANFORD UNIVERSITY BISHOP FOWLER PASSES DEMISE FOLLOWED AN OPERATION LAST NIGHT. Bishop Charles. Henry Fowler, Well Know on the Pacific Coast, Died In New York Today Was One of the Most Prominent Divine of the Methodist Church Today Suffered Operation for Diabetes and Never Fully Rallied From It. New York, March 20. Bishop Charles Henry Fowler, presiding of ficer of the Northern Conference of the Methodist church, died here to day after an Illness lasting about a year, following a nervous stroke suf fered while the aged divine was awaiting hst train In a Pennsylvania Tallwav denot at Jemev Cltv. ' Death was directly due to failure to rally from an operation for diabetes performed last night. His wife and one on, Carl, a New York attorney, were at hte bedside when the end came. ' Bishop Fowler was 71 years old. For eight years h waa engaged in work on the Pacific coast and waa a prime factor In the establishment of Maclay college In southern California. 'Charles' Henry" Fowler was born In Burford, CanadaIn "1837, graduated from Syracuse university In 1850. He immediately entered the ministry of the'Mfthbdlst 'Episcopal church, where his ability was soon recognhted. He held various charge in Chicago until 1872, when he became editor of the Christian Advocate, which position he held until 1880, when he resigned te Accept th.$KtUoB' 'mlasiouuy e retary. During the tour years he was secretary, his executive ; ability, wsf recognised and In 1884 he was made bishop. The following year he visited South America, and organised an ef- recuve missionary work. While on a tour of th world in 1883 h founded the Pekln university, also the Nankin university In central China, and organ' ixed th first Methodist church In St Petersburg, Russia. He was one of th prime movers In th organization of th Nebraska Wesleyan university. demned by th entire Stanford stU' dent body and it Is said that many of the faculty were opposed to It. In fact, one of the student affairs com-l mlttee resigned rather than follow President Jordan's orders In regard to I the drinking question. It was the In troduction of this policy by the new oemmittee that caused the outbreak. Tonight a mass meeting of studentt Is expected to take radical action. This afternoon 300 students, who I signed the confession are in Hne be fore the committee rooms awaiting an opportunity to personally declare the fact that they were in the crowd tha. made the demonstration. It Is probablt 1 that more than the first 300 will en ter pleas of guilty.. , - It Is rumored on the Stanford ram pus that Stanford alumni body Is tak Ing step to request the board of trus tees to ask Dr. Jordan to resign. a mor Important Issue than ever be tore. The campaign, manager are hoping and praying that the man may yet arise who can lead the prohibition "hosts" on to victory, or at least to nearer approach to it than ever be fore. The national convention will be helC here on July 15, with 1612 delegate - representing th various states and as territories. , ' Dividend by Georgia Bank. . Atlanta, Oa., March 29. By ordei of the superior court, th Central Bank st Trust corporation will today pay th depositor of th defunct Neat bank, with the exception of the tat and certain bank, a dividend of 20 per cent The amount of th divi dend will b 3341,383. 0, and H will h paid en an ladsbudaea of 11,714.- 43.08, which Is the amount' the Neal bank owes after Its Indebtedness to the Fourth National Bank of New York, the Atlanta Clearing House as sociation, and the state of Georgia have been deducted. To these credi tors no dividend will be paid. The receiver has approximately 1450,000 cash on hand. -. Observe Birthday of Ibsen. , : ' Christlanta, March 20. The birth day of Henrlk Ibsen will be observed by special productions of his dramas In all the leading theater of Norway, Including an especially elaborate pres entation In th ' Royal theater : of "When We Dead Awaken." Since the death of th famous dramatist - on May 22, 1101, his dramas have be come Increasingly popular In Norway, as well as In other countries. Re cently translation of several of his work have been made for presenta tion on the Japanese stage. 44444444444444 4 4 4 Fulton Coming Home. 4 4 Washington, D. C, March 30. 4 twmaiur C v, . Futuiu out. 4 leave for Portland tomorrow to 4 4 begin his campaign for re-elec- ;4 tlon. .... 4 FROM STATE PRINTER..; Pamphlet Containing Copy of . All MMMures Referred to the People. ; The Observer office Is In receipt of I pamphlet just from the press of th nate : printer, which , contains all of the measures ."referred to the people by the legislative assembly," and. '.'ret- trendum ordered by petition of the ?eoplo' and "proposed, by Initiative wtttlon,", to be submitted to the le- al voters of the state of Oregon for heir approval or rejection at the gen ral eloctlun to be held next June, to- fotjier , with ha, arguments filed -a orlng and opposing certain of said neasures. ,-, . V.-. ,y;; It Is supposed that each registered oter In 'the state will be mailed a copy. If not, they can easily be se cured and each voter should make an effort to secure thl volume and read ach measure carefully, so he can east in Intelligent ballot. CHICAGO HOTEL BURNING. Grand Pacific Hotel Reported to Afire t in Windy City. Portland, March 20. A flash over 'he wire of the' Western, Union here tstes that the Grand Pacific hotel Is burning in Chicago, and that a num ber of sensational rescue have been made. Th Grand Pacific hotel Is one the big hostelrles of the Windy "lty, located on Adams and Dearborn ttreets. It Is a ten-story structure. Solon Seriously 111, Washington, D. C, March 20. Seri- ltor Bryan of Florida, youngest mem- v-r or th upper house, suffered a tevere hemorrhage today and Is in a crlous condition.' His recovery Is loubtful. t , ' - Mrs. I. W. Faulk of South La Irande, has been confined to her bed 4nce Monday, and Is gaining strength lowly. MM...,M. Pre Then is no more vital question to be considered In the family than that of the compoundieg of the doctor's prescription. There should be no halt way methods re garding prescriptions. We use pure drugs, compounded lust "according to the doctor's orders." HILL'S DRUG STORE: La Grande m I M M I EM DC URRIERSHIPS EXAMINATIONS IN COM MERCIAL CLCB SATURDAY. , Only Four Applicant for CarrlersbJhs In Free Mail Delivery Service Whlcti ' Will Be Established Here May 1 Questions Cover Large Field and As Rlfrtil Imperative . That Homae Numbering Be Attended to Before , Service I Started. V Four applicant will be at th Com merclal club tomorrow' when Clyde . Finch, deputy secretary of th ' civil service - commission,1 of ' Pendleton, comes here to conduct the examina tions for carrier In the free mall de livery service, which will be stab- ' llshed about May 15. , MsifV havs taken out th applies tlon papers,, but for some reason or other there, will only be four to take . the examinations, and a part of these may fall to be On hand. The question come from the postofflc department and all the deputy wtll do I to con- duct It The department also grade . the paper These examinations are quite rigid. ' Not alone because, the carrier must be ' well versed in the science of reading, writing and geography, but that he may be fitted to take a position a, mall clerk on the trains, Any one holding a. commission, ap city carrier I eligible for clerkship on a mall car. . Mr. Finch will reach here from - Pendleton on the morning train and the candidates wtll then learn what hour the examination will commence. ' Theywwttl! brhelolrt th trommereia! club. ..'-.! ' '-v-s- . , In connection with th examinations It might be well for the citizen and property owners of this city to bear In mind th official notice from Chair man Monroe of the street committee of th city council. ; It appears else where in thl Issue 'and deal with th . house number. It 1 imperative that this he given attention before the service can be established her,, as announced. ' . . From the four applicants, two will , b selected, and perhaps on ot them placed on th substitute list The sal ary for th first year's-work 1 100, for th second $860, the third l00,' and the fourth and subsequent year 81000 each, until the local ' office gains a higher business capacity. threat Butting of Bees, , Wsihlngton. March ?0. There will be a great bussing of presidential be In Masonic tempi on the night of April 15, If plans now being made by the League of 8tate Republican club are fully carried out,' It Is announced that President " Roosevelt, Secretary Taft. Vice-President Fairbanks, Gov rnor Hughe, Senator Knox. Speaker Cannon and all th other presidential aspirants will b Invited to the ban' qut, and all are expected to b presv ent . , '- : '. v..?, J,. L.J ' 1 ,. i 1'U..L-1.J1L ' 44Z schptiomi ' .'' Oretron , - A ''1 t- i 1111 a is t , , , Hi i)m'( T 1 1 " 7""
