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VOLUME VII.
LA GRANDE, CMOS COUNTX. OREGON. FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1008.
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. Ill III MIL
ALL EVIDENCE BROrGHT
AGAINST HIM IS FACLTY.
Shirt Clue and the Gun Clue Both
Knocked Out dt Evidence by Recent
- Discoveries of Uie Portland Police
A Will Be Arraigned Next Week
Damaging Evidence Which Detec
tives Believed They Had Against the
Prisoner la AU Faulty.
f Portland, May 8. Edward Hugh
"Martin, accused of the murder of Na
Khan Wolff, the pawnbroker, may be
released. The tide has turned and
4 he situation of the drug- victim ap
3ears In a more favorable light
- The police today announce that they
Slave completed the Investigation
gatnst Martin and that the evidence
-will be turned over to District Attor
ney Manning today. A preliminary
Shearing will probably be heard next
. week.
Much evidence that the police hoped
o present against Martin was not
found available. His wife will not
testify against him. Even the dlscov
, ery of the bloody shirt, which was
heavily counted upon as direct evl-
-dence agaimit Martin, Is now discount
, d by the fact that the peddler who
asold Martin the three shirts, states
that he had four In his possession, all
the same, and that he Bold the fourth
"to an unknown man. The manufac
turer of thee shirts states that there
--are probably 10,000 of this same pat
tern In the vicinity of Portland.
The revolver borrowed by Martin
the day of the murder, was found to
3e of .38 caliber, while the bullet In
"Wolffs show case Is said by the po
lice to be .32 caliber. The collar
found In the store Is No. 16, while
Martin wore a 154 collar.
Lectures at Conference.
Baltimore, May 8. As the first of
ta series of lectures In connection with
4lhe Methodist Episcopal quadrennial
, 'conference,' Bishop Charles B. Gallo
"way, . of the Methodist Episcopal
-church, South, will deliver an address
tonight on "L. Q. C. Lamar, the Great
Pacificator." Dr. James Buckley, edi
tor of the New York Christian Advo-
cate, will Introduce the famous south
ern clergyman. As marking a tennn
; -cy toward conciliation between the
vo great Methodist bodies of Amerl-
ea, divided on sectional lines by the
war, the appearance of Bishop
T,allo
lowny Is awaited with sreat inter
est. William Jennlngrs Bryan has aq
k ' nted an Invitation to address the
"Conference on May 19. when he will
T peat his lecture on "Tho Prince of
.Vtace.
Ftorlda Pencil Pushers.
St. Petersburg, Fla., May 8. Edl
fc rs nnd publishers of scores of lead-k--.3
newspapers were present when
d'.ie annual convention of the Florida
Press association was called to order
lure today. A feature of the program
N an address by Abraham J. Lawshe.
When Night Officers McLachlln and
w-arr lnnt evenlne arrested three sus-
K "
-rfilclouB characters, they unknowingly
lam Tmfir nanus on inree uux w mir
"bers. The suspicions to this effect be
came assured facta today when the
w'.dest f the three confessed to the
clns of ths gang. Their names have
"been" given as Volney Burt, Jesse La
!ue and t "L. McFerron.
The last named Individual Is the old
test of the three and he Is being held
In the ceunty JaB pending his arraign
riwrt "before the circuit court. Fol
Jfwlng the confession that the three
jad titered a box car somewhere be
t fHtrejrnd Baker City, the prls-
iStweT Indicted for larceny from
n inn. tar-
The two others are mere
l.oys, and are still at the city Jail.
Their loot was principally shoes,
Men' 1m a me led the police to
Tvlleve that they are members of the
rsnf which baa practiced a long scr
rs of rsidr on bos cart In eastern
SUSPECTED BOX UR Tli EVES CONFESS
third assistant postmaster general,' In
which he will explain tho provisions of
the new postal law relating to delin
quent subscribers.
. Famous Men' to Talk. '
Philadelphia, P., May 8.r-A ban
quet, at which speeches will be made
by President Eliot of Harvard, Gover
nor Wilson of Kentucky, Owen Wlstar,
Austin G. Fox, Charles F. Adam and
other distinguished men. will be a
feature of the 12th annual meeting of
the Associated Harvard clubs, opened
here today. Alumni from over the
whole world are participating in the
reunion, which is under the auspices
of the Philadelphia Harvard club. -
W. W. Berry Moeta With Accident.
W. W. Berry met with a painful ac
cident last night, while attempting to
dismount from a moving train, on
alight from a moving train, on
which he was delivering some goods.
In some way he lost his balance and
was precipitated to the groundand
struck In such a way as to break two
fingers. While ' not seriously hurt,
Mr. Berry narrowly escaped going un
der the train, which would have been
certain death.
Athletic Meet at Tome.
Elkton, Md., May . Schools and
colleges of several states Will partici
pate tomorrow .in the sixth annual
scholastic field track meet at the Ja
cob Tome Institute.
SOF
ONE SEAMAN ROBBED BY.
FOIR THUGS TODAY,
Sailors on Board tho Atlantic Fleet
Given Shore Ixuve unci Many Ex
cursion About the City . of Son
FraiM'iM'o Result Thuite Attack One
if the Sailors on Shore and a Frac
tured Skull Results From Struggle.
San Francisco, Cal,, May 8. Shore
leave was granted 3000 men of the
Atlantic fleet today and numerous ex
ploratlon parties left the big boats to
see the city. The presentation of sil
ver services to the cruisers California
and Nebraska will be among t:ie for
mal features of tho program today.
Governor Gillette will present the Cal
ifornia silver service, and Governo:
Sheldon of Nebraska, will present thi
Nebraska service.
, Secretary of the Navy Mctcalf re
viewed the combined fleets In the bay
this morning. The review was sur
rounded by all the formalities of nava'
regulations. '
The Metcalf- party boarded the
Yorktown at 9:30 o'clock this morn
ing and, starting at the head of the
column, passed down, between the two
lines on the east of the anchorage and
back between the two lines on the
west anchorage. As the Yorktown
passed, each ship saluted.
Four., thugs attempted to hold up
James Ftldow, a bluejacket from th
Vermont, and as a result bf the strug-
Oregon for several months. Later de
velopments discredit this theory, how
ever. .
As yet the officers are not certain
as to the exact location where the rob
bery was made, or as to what they got.
The confession made disclosed the fact
that the thefts were made, and noth
ing else.
The two night officers made a luck?
catch. It demonstrstes the vigil whlcl
the department keeps.' The susplctor
of the officers was aroused when they
noticed, the new shoes worn by the
three hoboes who had alighted fron
an Incoming freight. The "hunch'
proved a good guess.
The O. R. A N. company suffer lit
tle loss from robbery In Union count;
without the criminals being - appre
hended, and the local officers are du
the little meed of praise from the pref
for their alertness, and the rtllros
company could show Its anpreclatlo:
la a more substantial manner.
MB
CONEWTO
III ATLANTA II
WHOLESALE DISTRICT
IS SWEPT BY FIRE.
According to Rough Estimates the
Loss From a Fire In Business Dis
trict of Atlanta This Morning Will
Total One Million Five Hundred
Thousand One Hotel Burned, But
Inmates Esrapre NoVFatallties Re
ported Origin of Fire Unknown,
. Atlanta, Ga., May 8. A conflagra
tion sweeping the wholesale district
of this city has already destroyed sev
eral big buildings and more are ap
parently doomed.
According to a rough estimate made
by the fire chief, the loss will reach
$1,800,000 and may be more.'
The firemen are having sjteat diffi
culty In fighting . the flames and at
times they appeared to have lost con
trol of the blase. ".'.'
The origin of the fire Is unknown.
The loss is understood to be largely
covered by Insurance.
The fire started at 3:8Q this morn
ing and burned four hours. It de
stroyed an entire block and damaged
60 buildings. The Terminal hotel Is
a total , loss, but all the guests eS'
caped. . '
As far as known no fatalities have
occurred and no one was seriously In
Jured. Just when the water was neei-
must me pressure iauea anu tne
flames gained headway. One sub- j
postal station burned but the mail
was saved. I
. ----- two. daughters, Mrs. Cora Ackerly of
gle Flldew lies' In the hospital with a Waverly, Wash., and Miss Mertle Al
fractured sliull. ' drlch of Spokane.
SPECIAL MEETINCOFCOMMERGIALCLUB
The matter of permanent quarters
for the new Commercial club Is meet
ing with considerable good natured
dlacussion, and to dispose of the mat
ter to the satisfaction of a majority
of the members, President Collier has
called a meeting of the club for next
Monday evening. The president and
the board Itself wish to have the mem
bers discuss this subject and come pre
pared tq advance Ideas and decisions.
Whether or not the club shall main
tain a set of club rooms and keep It
lupplled with reading matter such as
he leading periodicals, or whether the
.lub shall maintain office rooms only.
His auto throwing mud In every dl-
"ectlon and scattering the crowds that
had assembled In front of the opera
house stairway to await the coming of
Governor George E. Chamberlain, the
itnte executive dashed into La Grande
ast evening from Union, to conduct
his senatorial campaign speech, a half
tour late. Before he had fully
ihakcn the clods of mud from his
oal collar and smoothed out his gray
nustache, close to tOO people had
teated themselves In the opera house.
As soon as he was Introduced by
ittorney Turner Oliver, he commenc
ed to scatter flowery compliments ,
ibout the beautiful snow-capped
nountalns that encircle the Grande
tonde valley, to speak In glowing
erms of the people who live In this
Vtauty spot that was likened unto a
larden of Eden. ' , .
There la No Partlaamdilp. j
Eventually however, the governor i
ook a hitch in bis . metaphors and
Imlles snd got down to the business
or which he came to La Grande.
N'aturally enough, one of his first as
ertlons was that there Is no partisan
hip. However, before settling down
O his set speech he apologized for
telng here. He wanted Gearin to take
He nomination, .but, that man de
llncd. Then friends of the chief exe
cutive came to him with urgent re
uests to plant within himself a sens
orial germ ' but he declined like
Gearin had done. In the end. Mr.
AD
DEAD AT SPOKANE
LIVED IN LA GRANDE
FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS.
WeU Known Lady of This City Suc
cumbs In Spokane Yesterday After
noon After an .- Illness of Three
Weeks Lived in La Grande Until
Two Years Ago Remains Coming
to La Grande Tomorrow . Night
Funeral on Sunday Afternoon.
Word was received hers this morn
ing of the death of Mrs. Mary Aldrlch
at Spokane yesterdnv aftornnnn
o'clock, after a spell of sickness last
ing about three weeks. Ths -remains
will be shipped to La Grande, arriv
ing tomorrow night and the, funeral
services will be held at the Methodist
church Sunday afternoon at I o'clock,
-For IT years Mrs. Aldrlch made her
home In La Grande, and of the scores
of Intimate friends she claimed In this
city, each has many words of praise
for the kindly disposition, the upright
and exemplary life led by the deceased.
She was an active worker In the Meth
odlst church and a strong factor In the
W. C. T. U. of this county. The f une
ral services will be held from the
church In which she spent years of
conscientious labor. Her death Is
mourned In La Grande by her scores
of warm friends. "
i Tne news of her death came as a
shock, as extremely few knew of her
illness.
She was 6 years of age and leaves
will be decided at that time.
Following Is the official notice from
the president and the secretary:,
S!Wlul Meeting.
A special meeting of the Commer
cial olub will be held Monday eve
ning. May 11, at 8 p. m., In the Elks'
hall, Scriber building, for the purpose
of considering the matter of perma
nent quarters for the ' club. ; It Is
earnestly desired that all members be
present In order that this question be
given the fullest consideration.
JOHN COLLIER,
F. G. TAYLOR, President
Secretary.
Chamberlain consented to tako the
nomination If the democrats of the
state destred It. Thus he was here
last night, trying to aid the ambition
which his friends Inculcated into him.
His speech was Interesting.
Summary of Address.
The general run of his address was,
briefly:
That he was one of the oldest fath
ers of the popular legislation Idea; and
that Cake Is a recently converted
apostle of that popular method.
. That those who have committed
wrongs under the old Oregon political
machine are the ones who predict
calamity In the eelction to the United
States senate from a republican state,
of a democratic senator.
That It Is a business proposition to
place Chamberlain" In the senate, Cake
having straddled too much and Is go
ing to fall between.
Various Panic Panaceas.
1 That panics of the past are not re-
sultant of either republican or demo
cratic misrule, but of sins committed
by seekers of predatory wealth.
That the principal panaceas for pre
vention of future panics are postal
savings banks, the funds from this
source to spply to state and United
States treasuries respectively, to pro
tect the depositors; employers' liabili
ty act, and several other popular
measures.
Cliamplons Oriental Exclusion.
The climax to ths numeration of
these many popular. Ideas' that the
democrats and the republicans have
agreed upon, came when the speaker
precipitated boisterous applause by as
serting that one of the principal pana
ceas for the prevention of panics Is to
put up the bars that are now permit
ting immigration of oriental labor. .
The eight-hour law was also cham
pioned by Hje speaker, as was addi
tional reclamation of the scml-arld
lands of Oregon, by the government
and improved rivers and harbors.
That Union county la Interested and
will be benefited by ' Improvements
done to the Columbia river was an
other statement made.
Tariff Not In Vocabulary.
Then, as a fitting close, Mr. Cham
berlain retouched the muter of par
tisanship, dwelling at length on those
policies which the two political parties
have already agreed upon local Is
sues mat brings Into their ' band
wagons every seeker after publlo of
ficebut failed to touch upon nation
al Issues where there are party lines
and which are boaes for contention.
Ths word "tariff", was not heard -In
the speech. v
Ro(evoH th Greatest
Branding William Jennings Bryan
as the greatest man in the United
States, except one, and asserting that
the men who decried Bryan when he
first advocated Issues which Roose-
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COST OF PAPER TO
ItE REDUCED MtClf.
ruin sow on Foot in Wisconsin to
PRINT PAPERS
D& POORER CRADE
:. ' '' -:' ' ' . ' .. !
Revolutionize the Manufacture ofl1"11 worlel1 uPn by tne Police.
"Print" Pu-or Wood Fiber Is Not
Necessary to Mnko Bluck Pa-mr,
r.nm j-roiMMru tor Rews Print.
Paper Effort to Got Paper Mnnu-,
fueturcrs Interested.
Appleton, 'Wis., May 8. The Wis-
consin paper manufacturers today put it was thought she was among those
forth a proposition that may revolu- killed. The girl will take steps to o
tionlse the newspaper and print paper quire her share of her father's estate.
Industry. They propose that news. I '
papers be printed on what Is technic
ally known as black paper, a cheaper
grade.
This paper can be made out of old
newspapers and rags, while white pa
per requires spruce and hemlock
wood. ,
The move would assist In the pres
ervation of tho forests and reduce the
price of print paper about one-half.
Eaftern manufacturers are to be con
sulted nnd It Is hoped to brlna about
concerted action with
the publishers
of. the country
Cake at Grunts Pass,
Orants Pass. Ore.. Muy 8. Judge H.
M. Cake spoke here this evening be-
fore a large crowd. He was greeted
at the station by a band. He will
speak at Cnnyonvllle this afternoon
and at Riddle tonight. ,
Mittl,t4AAAf f
jOUGHT TO BE Tilt:
l every citizen to si
Jlow citizens will esteem him for his goodness, f
w
his kincness, and his usefulness. The pr Inc. lis of
good citizenship should constitute the code of rules f
- -
for every kind of business
This applies particularly
cause, rwinj to the limited
of dmss iy th general public. It follows that the re- t
ILbitity cf IU' druggist
good service.
HILL'S DRUG STORE
La Grande
S HORROR
EASES
DALY
TWO MORE SKELETONS ,
UNEARTHED TODAY.
After Short Delay Searchers on tho
Ganness Ranch Are Again at Work
. and Find Two More ' Skeletons
Both Were Dismembered Woman's
- Shoes In One Box Police Believe
She Left Corpse or Lady Victim to
Hide Her Own Escape. .
La Ports, Ind., May 8. The Oun
nass horror Was Increased this mum.
Ing when searchers, whose work had
been Interrupted Thursday by a heavy
rain, dug up two additional bodies,
making the known number of sup- ,
posedly murdered by Beulah Ounneas,
"V--i"V.W .-V- tKr
The searchers first came upon a '
body that had not completely disinte
grated, but it was In such a staU that
the sex could not be determined. ; '
Bones In a Box.
A few minutes later, not far re
moved from the flrs corpse was found
a skeleton that fell apart when dig
gers attempted to removed It The
bones were lying In a box and with
them a pair of women's heavy calf,
skin shoes, The body apparently had
been partially, burned. Both ; bodies
were dismembered. ,
Attorney Worden believes that Mrs.
Gunness, when the house was set
afire, was still alive and that she left
the corpse of a woman to throw off
suspicion. Worden' believes that Lamp
here knew the woman was a mur
derer and that sho was well a wars of
the fact He believes that she feared
i that Lamphcre would expose her and
1 planned to escape. This theory Is be?
A Daughter In Wisconsin,
Janesvllle, Wis., May 8. One of
Mrs. Gunness' victims turned up here
today In the person of Bwanhllda
(Gunness, aged 13, who Is a child of
. Mrs. Gunness' first union,
As she had
not been heard of for some months.
' Guernsey Cattle Club.
Peterboro, N. H., May 8. Accord
ing to the announcement of Secretary
William H. Caldwell, the American
Guernsey Cattle club will hold Its an
, nual meeting at the Hotel Imperial,,
New York, next Wednesday. Several
Important matters of Interest to
breeders of Guernsey cattle will be
discussed.
To Organize Godlewi (linreh.
Great Bend, Kan., May 8. A mcet-
Ing has been called here next month
of the members of the Church of Hu-
inanity, an organization which teaches
that "God Is a myth, like Santa Claus."
Organization wlll .be effected and
plans made for the extension of the
propaganda throughout,- the United '
States. V
Hllii)1t...tt.
HAPPINESS AND GLORY I
Hveanl asttlut his fcl
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whether piitrlic or private, i
to the drug business, be-1
knowledge of the qualities
is the chief guarantee of
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