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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1908)
VOLUME VIL LA GBAXDE, FSIOS COUNTY, OREGO.X. WEDNESDAY, A PHIL 1, 1908. XIJIBEH 10. I ., FAIRBANKS Tl HIS LETTER READ BEFORE HOOSIER STATE COXVENTION. When the Tariff la Revised U Must B by the Men Who Stand Finn in the Faith of the Protect! Te Theory Letter to Be Used a a Basis of Tar iff Plank in Indiana State Republi can Platform Endorsed for Presi dent. Indianapolis, April 1. At the repub lican state convention that is meeting here today Vice-President Fairbanks declared in a, letter, which was read to the delegates that a revision of the tariff must come but It must be done by men who stand firm In the faith of the protective theory. WIlUHtU h44V UlJfUMUUU 144 bUU- trol the house after the next election," he said In his letter, "the Important subject " of tariff revision would be dealth with by a republican senate and a democratic houise. This would re sult In a compromise. If congress convenes Immediately after election It would be able to complete the work of revision before Inauguration of the next present This would put an end to the oppression of the business world much sooner than otherwise would be possible. This would be wise; patriotic statesmanship, good ,s politics and business." This letter will be used as a basis for the tariff plank in the state re publican platform. Charles W. Fairbanks, vlce-presl- dent of the United States, received his first endorsement for higher office In the gift of the people of this nation today when the Indiana republican convention placed the stamp of ap proval on both Fairbanks' candidacy and the Roosevelt administration. The convention decided, not to Interfere with the present temperance laws. It also endorsed the local option plan with each county as a unit. ATTEL IJf BAD SHAPE. Notion Not to Badly Hurt After Brain ing Contest. ' San Francisco, April 1. Both Bat tling Nelson and Abe Attel are -badly banged up as the result of the gruel ing bout last night. Attel looks worse than the Dane, although he probably did not stop as many blows. The draw decision was generally regarded as oproper. Attel outbozed his opponent, but the Dane' evened things with his aggressiveness. A draw decision was rendered after IS rounds. EKTEII1II 1 I O'BRIEX INFORMS A LA GRANDE MAN OF INTENT. Manager O'Brien of the O. R. A N Has Informed a La Grande Man In Personal Interview, That the Wal " lovta Extension Will Be Picked Up at Once Formal Announcement This Week Work, to Commence as Soon aa Ground Is Dry. To a La Orande business man who visited Portland this week. General FEtO SPIRITS OF THE DEAD SATURDAY EVENING . IS ANNUAL BANQUET. La Grande Chinamen Will Give Tlieir Annual Spread to Their Departed Fellow Countrymen at the Ccme tery on Saturday Evening Roaot Hog Coming From Portland, and Much Other Food Will Be Placed on Graves A Native Superstition. the state-, mundane sphere, will take place on j Saturday afternoon and It Is thought of unendurable, cannot be conquered as long aa I am In the sea air and aboard ship where my diet cannot be secured. It will be a sore disappointment to me not to be. able to be present at the many functions which have been planned for us." QUA HOTBED T FOB tl '. Company Quits Four States. 'Rome, Ga April 1. Owing to the state laws requiring a large surplus, the State Mutual Life Insurance com pany of this place, today retires from Tennessee, Virginia, Wset Virginia and North Carolina, Reduce Prlfc of Coal. Scranton, Pa., April 1. A reduction of 50 cents a ton in the price of an thracite coal was put Into effect to day. A heavy shrinkage In the pro duction of coal and the closing down of many mines Is predicted. The dead Chinamen of La Orande will enjoy a luxurious banquet at the Manager J. P. O'Brien said that Har- cemetery next Saturday night The rlman had ordered prompt resumption annual banquet arranged for the dead of the extension work In Wallowa chinks by those still remaining on this county. The veracity or ment cannot be doubted. ) However, quick resumption may there will be a joyful gathering the work where It was dropped by re-1 On Saturday morning a roasted hog, trenching orders on the eve of the , done up In barbecue style, will reach hard times last fall, this week or next ' La Grande by express, and with It will week, or even next month, as those come a liberal supply of fruits and who are In position to know say that delicacies. This will all be taken to the condition of the ground on the the graveyard where all that remains right of way is such that it Is not of the departed chinks, rests. This practical to send In crews until It Is event is awaited with much Interest partially dried out. There may be by the La Grande Chinamen. Accord some truth in this, but the announce- ing to the superstitions of the orient- ment, though It may bo carried Into nls, the spirits of the dead will return effect later in the spring, is Joyful ! and consume the elaborate dishes that news to La Grande as well as Wa',- are set out on the graves, and thereby Iowa county. gain sustenance to live until next year Mr. O'Brien Intimated to the La at this time. Grande man during the conversation, j The procedure Is carried on with all that the formal announcement of this reverence. It Is not a matter of for work would be made this week some ' mallty with them, but a duty which BURNS DEFEATED. Bed Forces Two Straight Falls Out of Farmer Burns. Omaha, Neb., April 1. Farmer Burns met defeat last night in two straight falls In the wrestling match ' with Fred Beel. It was the fiercest contest ever seen In this city. The first bout lasted 40 minutes and the second 61 H . In the first a half -Nelson won for Beel; in the second it was a toe hold and cross bar. e 4 ANTI-GOVERNMENT MOVE GROW8 RAPIDLY BTRONGEK. When China Surrendered the Tatoa Mara to Japan It Incurred the Ea . nitty of Many Natives and Revoiu tionlsta Were Quick to Take Advan tage of the Feeling Rich and Influx entlal Chlneae Among the Rerota tlonary Element. Pekln, April 1. Wholesale arrest Now Aartcultural Bureau. " lu - Washington. April l.-Professor J. government movement started by thMi Dakota opposea to me policy oi in foreign office In the Tatsu Maru lo ad district overseer V the bureau of c,.aenl' "evolutionary .eaaer. too form mangement for the district com-,,u,L,k "vantage of unpopularity of nrl-m. Minn-w. Wth rvnt. surrender to Japan and now prac- South Dakota. Michigan and Wlscon- Ucft"y verv to h,b, ot T"- 1 sin. The appointment becomes effect- ,utlnon and """.-government consplr- Ita rt ,4 Q , Tkn? f ,Ttnu,ll la nna ft aCy. 1 tj, li men either now at work or shortly1 to be chosen, who are opening' up a new line of governmental- Investiga tion. To each of these Is asslirned a large territory, his principal business trlct. where the government W so weak C. McDowell, of the North Agricultural college, has been appoint' An -unusual feature Is the numbef of rich and Influential Chinese who are aiding with revolutionists. ., Number have fled from their homes to dls being to collect Information at first hand as to the best and most profita ble methods of farming employed In his district. This Information Is then ' that it cannot effect their arrest. To Start Copper Mined. . El Paso, Texas, April . 1. Advice to be compiled and sent out through from Cananea state that the Greene- the dally and weekly press, the agrl- Cananea Copper company will resume cultural papers, and special bulletins operations early this month. The new Issued by the department of agrlcul- plant has a capacity for treating about ture. S000 tons of oro a day. time. . Annex to State Capitol. Newark, N. J., April 1. An annex to the state capltol at Trenton was opened In Newark today, when Gover nor Fort established offices in this city live high during the they believe they owe to their dead. Often DcHecratcd. It is due their silly custom that the enlightened race allow them to carry out their religious rites. It Is often the practice of young boys to spirit feeding to be In charge of his son. The gov- hours and It is partially due to this crnor will make occasional visits to fact that the superstition Is not stamp- Newagk, where he may be seen on ed out. The food set out Is generally state business by those wbo find It I consumed, not by the spirits of the Inconvenient to go to Trenton. dead, but by the living boys. T II PHILADELPHIA POLICE CLASH WITH PARADERS. BOB EVANS IS TAKER ON SIR E For a Time It Seemed That Philadel phia Would See a Repetition of the New York Riots With the Vncm . ployed and the Bomb Outrage The Crouds Dispersed Alter Stubborn Fight Trouble Started When Po licemen Charged Hie Parade. A cordial invitation Is hereby extended to YOU to call and inspect our new arrivals in Merry Widow Hats, In particular, Misses' and Children's Sailors, and dozens of captiv ating beautiful Spring Hats In every wanted style. WE FAIR Philedlphla, Pa.. April 1. Closely following the riot In New York which was followed by a bomb outrage the police, here clashed with a parade t eniployd rnd as a result several are Inju.'c" The riot occurred on the site of Hammersteln's new opera house. Po licemen charged the crowd and the unemployed fought back. For a short time It was feared that a repetition of the New York riot was to ensue, but the men were dispersed gradually. Ponce I'c Leon Celebration. St. Augustine, Fla., April 1. Hun dreds of visitors and tourists are pour ing Into old St. Augustine today to witness the elaborate program pre' pared for the Ponce de Leon celebra tion here tonight, tomorrow and Fri day. A reproduction of the landing of Ponce de Leon and other spectacular historical display will be features of the celebration. The entire affair will be carried out In a more brilliant manner than ever before. t Scientists In Sewdon. Ann Arbor, Mich., April 1. Annual meetings of the Michigan Academy of Science and the Schoolmasters' club convened today at the University of Michigan and will remain In session until Saturday. The American Patho logical association will hold It con vention here the middle of the month. HIS PAINS ALMOST UNENDURABLE, HE SAYS Old Sea Dog Must Give Up the Ship In Favor of a HoNplial and Hot Springs I.uiuIh tin Shore Today at Sun Die go and Tukru to Sanatorium Re KrcU He 1m Unnlile to Attend Socltil Function Ken Air Detrimental to Ills Health. M ' TM Raymond McCoy figured In an ac- of a serious nature sot In, he cldent last night which has already probably recover. In time. His cost him his hand and may even cost; was badly cut and bruised. him his life before the effects of .the Injuries are removed. Intent on riding the beams on thoj outgoing eastbound passenger train, he and some companions attempted to make the rods while the train was standing. Simultaneously, however, the crew commenced to cut out the diner and the section of the train will face Love MoKMugo In Bottle, Sunbury, Pa., April 1. A romantic love affair, which began with the placing of a note In a bottle by Mis Mary A, Erb, of this city, will culmin ate with an Easter week marriage, Roland McVeigh, of Conowtngo, Md., found the note and an acquaintance which harbored Mr. McCoy was started and subsequent engagement followed, backwards. In some way he was dl- lodged and his bruised and mangled j body was found a few moments later. ' At the hospltul last evening his wounds were examined. The left hand Camera Shooter Meet, New York. April' 1. Delegation from nearly all the cities an 1 towns of the stnto are In attendance at the con- had been run over and was cut off vention of the New York State Pwife. Just below the wrist. The cut was so slonal. Photographers' association. jagged and lacerated that Drs. Hall 4 oucon found It necessary to utnputaw the arm midway between the wrist and the elbow. Ills Condition T day. . opened here today. One of the most elaborate photographic displays ever seen In this country Is on exhibition. San Diego. April 1. The flagslil): Connecticut of the Atlantic fleet, with Rear Admiral Evans aboard, which was erroneously reported In the har bor yesterday Afternoon, arrived be fore daylight this morning and an chored off Coronado. Admiral Evans! will be transferred from his ship to the auxiliary cruiser Yankton from which the sick seamnn will be taken aboard the private car "Sacramento," and go to the Paso Robles hut springs. near San Luis Obispo. With his feature drawn and hag gard from the terrible strain of months. Rear Admiral Robley D. Ev ans was carried from the Yankton to the private car today. .At 2 o'clock this afternoon he left for Paso Robles. The auxiliary cruiser Yankton steam ed out to the Connecticut at 10 this morning 'and the sick commander was taken aboard. Upon reaching the wharf the admiral was placed In a teamer chair and carried to a private car. His form 1 wasted and Is hardly a ahadow of hi former self, HI face la very pale. Evan will be accompanied to the springs by his son, Lieutenant Evans, and Flag Lieu tenant Trln and Chief of Staff Inger- oil. To ths United Pre representative Evans mad out this statement: "( "I go to Paso Robles hot spring v for treatment. I am told my rheum Ulc Brynn to VlMt Iowa, Des Moines, Iown, April 1. William The injured man Is fully conscious j. Bryan has accepted an Invitation to speak at the Jefferaonlan banquet here tomorrow night. Several other democrats of national prominence have been Invited. The blcrest rath hour, to loam If the Internal Injuries cr)n(f of ,,.aung aemoCTIltl, ever held are severe, and unless complications In Iowa Is expected. today and remains In a condition vhero It Is hard to predict the turn of events. It will require additlunal IT OUGHT TO BE Tilt HAPPICSS AD GLORY! of every citizen to so live and act that ids fel- ; low citizens will esteem him for his jroodness, ; his kindness, and his usefulness. The principles of I good citizenship should constitute the coCe of rules I for every kind of business whether public or private. This applies particularly to the drug business, be-1 cause, owing to the limited knowledge of the qualities i t of drugs by the general public. It follows that the re- f liability of the druggist is the chief guarantee of good service. HILL'S DRUG STORE I La Grande - j? Oregoi J pain, which hav long been '"' jggMijitM rn-ri-Tf.-T"
