VOLUME ra.
LA GRANDE, CMOS' COUNTY, OREGOX. SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1008.
NUMBER 23.
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ASSURED FACT THAT THE "
." . MURDERESS STILL LIVES.
Expert Testimony Shows That the
Body Found In the Ruins of the
GuruietM Home la Not Tlial or Mrs.
Gunness, But of Another Polk
Arrest Woman In New York Who is
Believed to Be the Supposed Mur
dcrcu Detectives at Work.
La Porte, Ind., Hay 9. Convincing
THOUGH
TOBEK.CIIIES
v - evidence that the body of the woman
- iound In the ruins of the Ounness
; 'farm house Is hot that of Mrs. Beulah
Ounness, was pronounced today by
; Dr. Harry IL Long of La Porte, who
nade a scientific examination of the
charred body. I
i. He avers his sxamlnatlon proves
the body Is not that, of the supposed
"murderess. Long declares he knew
iAr. Ounness well and is convinced she
-is still alive. It Is believed that the
"body found. -was substituted and the
tflre started In order to throw off sus
picion. As a result of Long's discov
ry the police have wired a description
-of Mrs. Ounness all over the country.
Arret SuMpec-t In New York.
tTtlca, N. Y., May . Efforts are
"being made today to Identify the wo--man
found on the New York Central
train as. Mrs. Belle Gunness, the al
leged murdereBs whose back yard was
-converted into a private graveyard for
Tier supposed victims. It is said she
jL,."has been recognized by a man who
--claims to have known the woman 4e
rfore she became Mrs. Belle Gunness.
It may be necessary to take her back
to La Porte for complete Identifica
tion. If, In the meantime, she does
-not prove that she is not Mrs.' Belle
Gunness, this will be done.
;, The man who recognised her got
. -off the train at Rochester and notl-
-fled the police, who wired, to Syracuse
-where detectives were put on the trlan.
At I'tlca she was taken off. She still
"'..'persists that her name Is Mrs. A. L.
."Hearon of Chicago. "
ikuui .luimi mi -limy,
Syracuse, N. Y May 9. Chief of
'.Police Condln declares that he be-
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"lleves the woman arrested on the train
sat Utlca last night, charged with be
'lng Mrs. Beulah Gunness, is not the'
woman, but Is Mrs. P. B. Herron of
'Chicago. Further proof of this came
. .iiuu, ,'iaiiMiui ft., tuutiy, in urn niittuc
f a message which stated that Mrs.
. Herron has been visiting her mother
-who lives' near that city. This is be
"lluYtd to be conclusive evidence.
Accomplices In the West.
La Porte, Ind., May 9. Evidence
'lins been discovered which Indicates
that Mrs. Gunness had an accomplice
'In berdeen, 8. D., for the purpose of
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-misleading relatives of her alleged vic--ttms
as to their whereabouts. An In-
tance Is given In the case of Bert
sse, who lived at MlshawakA, Ind.
Chase told his brother that he was
igoing to visit a widow near La Porte.
'This was the last seen of him. He
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was next heard of In a telegram from
Aberdeen, S. D stating Bert Chase
had been killed In a railway accident
Investigation at Aberdeen by a brother
of Chase revealed the fact that the
message was a fictitious one."
Aslle Helgelln, a brother of Andrew,
whose body was found In a sack lii
the "murder graveyard," today re
ceived more letters which passed be
tween Mrs. Gunness and Andrew. He
began writing Mrs. Gunness In August,
1906. ' . '
One of the reasons for Dr. Long's
belief that the body of the woman
found In the ruins of the Ounness
home Is not Mrs. Ounness, Is the fact
that the finger nails of the dead wo
man were manicured. Dr. Long Is
positive Mrs. Ounness had never been
Inside a manicuring parlor. Mrs.
Ounness weighed about 125, while the
to Jy iti lu woman found could not
have weighed over 1(0.
No mors bodies were found today
and It Is thought that the last have
been dug up.
Ray Lamphere, arrested for com
plicity In the burning of the Ounness
home, Is hysterical today, crying out
constantly that Mrs. Ounness Is haunt
ing him. '
TELEGRAPH WIHES ARE
WRECKED BY BLAZE.
Uncertain Reports From Cohlcndalp,
Wut.li., State Ttiat the Little City is
Seriously Threatened by Fire The
' Ulnze Originated In Center of the
City Tills Morning and Was Beyond
Control. at Last Reports Property
Damage Is Heavy.
Grants Station, Ore., May 9. A fire,
which by 3 o'clock this morning had
swept clear across the town of Gol
dendale, Wash., 25 miles from here,
and melted down all the telephone and
telegraph wires and destroyed over
$50,000 worth of property, was still
raging uncontrolled an hour later, ac
cording to the best reports here. .
Goldendale Is the county seat of
Klickitat, Wash., and has a population
of about 1500 souls.
' The frle started in the Jewelry store
of Smith Gunning, and spread to
the adjoining buildings. The entire
town was soon threatened. - The hard
ware store of J. W. McKenzle and the
merchandise store of J. E. Gappel
were gutted before 3 o'clock this
morning.
To Observe Labor Sunday.
New York, May 9. By request of
the department of church and labor of
the Presbyterian church, 11,000 min
isters of that denomination In' the
United States will hold special Labor
Sunday services tomorrow. All of the
local labor unions affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor have
been asked to co-operate with the
New York churches In the observ
ance. -
It has been oik expert-
THF FAIR THE FAIR
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CUES
IU1
EVANS STARTS FOR
THE EAST TONIGHT.
Atlantic Fleet In Oakland's Harbor
and Sailors Parade the Streets Old
Sea Dog la Resting Quietly for Ills
Trying Jonrney Across the Conti
nentSailors Will Give Their Com
mander Rousing Farewell Cheers
When He Takes Leave,
Oakland. Cal., May 9. With rln.n
cheers and waving of flags and clap
ping of hands, Oakland paid her trib
ute to th fleet today, as the soldiers,
sailors and clvio societies marched in
a long, pared through the decorated
streets. .
An Immense crowd viewed the pa
rade. The Connecticut seemed to be
the especial favorite of spectators.
Evans Exhausted.
San Francisco, . May 9. Admiral
Evans remained In 'his room all day,
resting for the long Journey across the
continent. He was somewhat exhaust
ed by the brief visit to the banquet
hall last night and for a time It was
thought best to postpone the overland
trip, bujln the end Evans convinced
Dr. McDonald that he was strong
enough to start this evening.
Although the admiral's formal leave
taking of the ships was Informal he
cannot prevent the men who are on
shore leave from giving him a rousing
good -J) y at the Ferry station tonight.'
Several thousand will be there to bid
him good-by. At Oakland more of
ficers will bid him good-by.
MRS AYRES INJURED IN A
Mrs. S. M. Ayers sustained a broken
knee and Mr. .Ayers was thrown vio
lently from his hack .late this after
noon in a runaway which occurred on
North Birch street. Mr. and Mrs.
Ayers were coming from their Sum
mervllle ranch when the team became
frightened, and ran away. In their
wild dash up North Birch street the
team ran on a sidewalk, throwing Mr.
Ayers from the rig. Mrs. Ayers re
COED WEATHER
The elements Interfered today In the
successful culmination of the auto day
program. Early this morning the raw
winds put a quietus on enthusiasm,
and the committee was early In the
day receiving regrets from various
parts of the valley, stating that the
cold weather was keeping many at
home. As a result the auto day com
mittee cancelled the events.
Something Great Soon.
On the day on which the market
day had been planned. May 23, the
committee will give an auto parade,
and conduct an auto race meet at the
tic TO
As has been announced several
times, the Women's Federation of
Clubs will meet here next October and
a number have Inquired as to th ob
tcct of this federation. In order that
the people may understand Just what
this federation of clubs stands for, we
publish an article written try the pres
ident, Mrs. Sarah'Evans, of Portland.
The club women of La ' Grande are
making elaborate" preparation for th
entertainment of the delegates from
the different clubs of the state. The
convention will be in session about
three days and there will be about 69
delegates present. Below Is the arti
cle: What good will the federation do
us. If we Joint It 7 This to always the
first question asked when a club Is
Invited to Join the state or national
organization, and this la the question
the club extension committee of the
state federation has asked this depart-
n
BE
ELGIN COMING TO
LA GRANDE TOMORROW.
The Elgin Game With the Local pro
fessionals Will Be Pulled Off To
morrow 1'nlces It Snows Beck Able
to Be In the Game Again After a
Brief Sick Spell Full Llne-Cp for
the Locals Elgin Coming With
Many Others.
1 " - " :r.0".Y- luuiuirow, and the
weather man says It will not, the 21-gln-La
Grande club team baseball
game will be played at the city ball
park. Fans will be given an oppor
tunity of again seeing Beck, the popu
lar shortstop, who was Injured re
cently, back in the game. He will play
at short tomorrow. Elgin la coming
with a large crowd of rooters and will
help their nine struggle successfully
with the professionals.
The club team will line up as fol
lows: Furnler, c; Lodell, lb; Obrien,
2b; Beck, ss; Van Horst, Sb; Kooser,
If; Zimmerman, cf; Cotteman, rf, and
Fuechel, p. ,
Forty Years a Jailer.
Toronto, Ont., May 9. After serv
ing over 40 years as governor of the
Oxford county Jail, at Woodstock, Ont.,
John Cameron today voluntarily I re
tired from that position. He Is over
80 years of age.
W lllle Spence has returned from
Corvallls, where he has been attend
ing the O. A. C. for the past year.,
tained her equilibrium, and an Instant
afterward received a terrific Jolt
when the team collided with a tele
phone pole. Badly brulstd and In
jured, Mrs. Ayers was taken to the
Peck home to await tne arrival of phy
sicians. Her knee is broken. Mr.
Ayers was not seriously hurt, but sus
tained bad bruises. The Injured lady
Is about 40 years of age.
PREVENTS PARADE
fair grounds. This will be In connec
tion with Market day and the stock
show. A full day wfll be required to
see all the attractions for that day.
The committee will Immediately bogln
to receive entries in the real races at
the fair grounds, and when May 23
comes around. La Grande will be one
of the busiest places In all Oregon.
The streets today, notwithstanding
the disagreeable weather, were well
filled with farmers who had come to
the city. All merchants did a lively
business.
ment to answer. We would first,
however, answer it by a question
What benefit will you be to the fed
eratlon T
If this la satisfactorily answered the
other Is a foregone conclusion, for In
nothing Is there greater reciprocity
than In club federation. . It la slm
pyl an equation composed of "give
and "take." The club that goes Into
the federation only for what It can
get, had better, for Its own sake and
the sake of the federation, stay out
of It. The club that goes In believing
that It Is a duty to give the larger work
of the state organization the strength
of Its numbers and Its small financial
support will find Itself not only grow
ing and expanding, but every condition
under which It exists Improved and
benefited.
Let us make a personal application
of thla statement Ten years ago
there- was not a town in the state of
BECK WILL
SEEN AT
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COIIENI
Oregon that could appropriate a dol
lar of public funds for library pur
poses.' One club In the state under
took to have a law passed that would
make this possible, and failed. The
state federation was then organized
and at the very next session this united
strength of numbers and state-wide In
fluence had the bill promptly passed.
Out of this has grown our very effi
cient state library commission which
makes it possible for every club In
Oregon to have a reference library
brought into Its midst The federated
clubs gave their numbers, Influence
and money; the federation returned to
the clubs the benefits of library legis
lation. Other benefits along other
lines could be cited, but this Illustrates
the mutual benefit to be gotten out
of fsderaHnn f'v ; .....
matter of legislation, have not all been
satisfied and there Is much yet to do.
What club Is not Interested In Improv
ing the conditions of our public
schools, our food supply, putting our
state. Institutions under civil , service
rules T Or what club doea not know
of some young girl who would like to
be helped by the loan fundT About
(Continued on paga t.)
WALDEN ARRESTS HIM "
AFTER HOLDING POW-WOW.
The Blue Front Saloon Was Scone of
Clio of the Liveliest Puimts In Many
Moons, When Real "Bad" Man En
ters and Calls for Quadrille Every
Body RCNMndH and Feet and Knees
Shake Waulen Makes Arrest and
fines Lorn of Human Blood Now
In Jull.
Loungers In the Blue Front saloon
were this afternoon suddenly inocu
lated with high life when a real bad
man staggered into the place and, with
a Colt six-shooter demanded that
everybody dance. There was no re
luctancy. Everybody got busy with
their feet at least those of them who
were not frightened ln?ta statues.
While no bullets whistled, still the.
loungers were badly frightened. The
man's demands for two-steps, quad
rilles, waltzes and Jigs were so stren
uous that everybody danced. The bar
tender managed to get the police on
the scene by telephone and then ex
citement was over. Chief of Police
Walden made the rapture without ac -
cldent to anyone. When he reached
the scene of the disturbance, the bad
man had temporarily put up his sun.
.,,.,
and Chief Walden boldly removed the
weapon from Its Intoxicated owner be-
fore It was brought Into action.
The fellow gives his name as Jones
of Idaho. ( He Is a Iransiont resident,
and has been seen here before.
He will be arraigned Monday.
' "ftttH
OUGHT TO BE THE
IT
i every cmzen to so
1 III THE
Tin SALOON
low citizens will esteem him for his goodness, X
his kindness, and his usefulness. The principles tf I
good citizenship should constitute the code of rules X
fof every kind of business
t This applies particularly
cause, cw'ns to the limited
of drugs ty th general public. It follows that the re- X
liability of the druggist
good service.
HILL'S DRUG STORE
I La Grande
EECIII
ED TOR
IS
LEADER EDITOR NOT TO
BE FOCND ANYWHERE,
Through Some Mysterious Means Edi
tor H. H. Palmer of the Newly Es
tablished Weekly Paper at Elgin,
Has Disappeared and la Still Missing
Last Seen Wednesday Evening In
Tliia City His Partner Now at El
gin Arranging Matters. .
. Editor H. H. Palmer, of the Elgin
Leader, a weekly paper recently In
augurated In that city, has mysterious
ly disappeared and Ms wife and
friends have seen or heard nothing ef
him since last Wednesday evening.
Wednesday evening the editor, and
Mrs. Palmer cam to' La Grande to
attend to v some . business matters.
When last seen he was arrangtng to
have some printing done at an early
hour the following morning and set an
engagement with The Observer job
department, to be on hand at an early
hour on Thursday. ' Morning came and
Mr, Palmer failed to appear.
An Investigation disclosed the fact
that Mrs. Palmer hsd awakened on
Thursday morning to find that her
husband had not come to his room In
the Hotel Foley at all. i After search
ing tor him to the full extent of her
limited time, she returned to Elgin on
the morning train. v
The Elgin Leader has not been pub
lished this week. The mechanical
force suddenly left him the day on
which he came to La Grande, and as
a consequence Mrs. Palmer was the
only person directly Interested In the
publication's regular appearance.
A partner In the firm, a Mr. Snyder
of Aurora, was called to Elgin by tel
egraph and Is now there trying to
straighten matters as best he can.
Where the editor went or where be
now is Is not known. No fears of
disastrous accident to the gentleman
are entertained,' the general opinion
being that he has taken silent depart
ure for points now unknown to hi
friends.
CROWDS CHEEK CAN Dl DATES. -
Cake Stumping l'p the Willamette
River Before Big Crowds.
Portland, May 9. Judge H. M. Cake
Is working up the Willamette valley
In his speaking campaign for the XT.
S. senatorshlp. ' Today he speaks at
Ashland and at Roseburg tonight.
Governor Chamberlain Is In Pendle-
! ton today- Both candidates have been
. Bdd,eMlnK rge crowds.
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Alienist Huli-Iilio.
Chicago. 111.. May 9. Dr. J. San-
aenon Chrlstlson. a noted alienist
and writer and also a student of crlra-
Inology, killed himself today by lock-
,ng hlm,elf ,n a "oon "1 turning on
. .... , .
Mr. Llneberger of Ladd Canyon, was
seen In town today.
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HAPPINESS AND GLORY
live ani ast tfnt hli fcl-1
whether public or private. X
to the drug business, be f
knowledge of the qualities t
Is the chief guarantee cf I
Oregon i
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