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VOLUME VII. tA GRANDER TOIOJT COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAT, MAY II, 1908. NOinEIt 210. 11 A El UHTIIL AUOUST FIRST I V 3 DEfMlI AT nni is BEHIND DELAY CARRIER LIST 18 NOT SUFFICIENT AT THJS TIME. Tostmaster Rlehey Informed That the Department Will Not Inaugurate the Free Mall Delivery System at Till Time Two Reasons Given Are That Carrier Lint U Not Complete and That Service Is Never Started on the Beginning of a Quarter, the First Available Date. . . Knights of Columbus Meet. Fresno, Cal., May 11. Knights of Columbus are arriving here for the first event of the long program to be carried out at the state convention of the order, which lasts until Thursday. The nreoaratlon for the reception of the many visitors Is complete and there will be no difficulty In accom modating the crowd."'" General 'head quarters were opened at the Hughes hotel today and the officers were kept busy Issuing credentials and badges to the arriving delegates. Prior to the opening of the business sessions to morrow morning me aeiegaies will at tend solemn pontifical mass In a body. Bishop Conaty will preach the scr- 1T1 FOUGHT ST DEATH BE CUM PLAY AT 1 Disheartening Information 'reachel TPostmaster G. M. Rlehey yesterday -morning, relative to the free delivery csystem which should have been put -into, effect on June 15. La ' Grande residents will continue to go to the "postofflce after their mall until August 1, and perhaps longer. The postofflce department at Wash ington advances two reasons .for this undesirable delay, namely: That a -sufficient force of carriers was not tsecured at the recent examination held In La Grande, and another must be held to fill vacancies, and that the de partment prefers to open the system on some other date than the beginning -of a o.uarter, which U the first avail able date. Only two applicants suc cessfully went on tha eligibility list at the recent examination when' there iahould have been three, at least. LHence, as announced heretofore, there Is now pending another examination for carriers. In regard to the date of commence ment, the department prefers not to -.start on the first of July, as It Is In CASTRO ACTS TIE T AH ONLY AMERICAN REPCBLIC NOT REPRESENTED. President Castro Is Only Olio of flu1 South American Republics Who Did Not Send Cablegram to Elalmruti' Affuir at Washington, Where Co nrrotoue to Pan-Amerlcnn Bureau Building Is Laid Glr.wmg Tribute Paid to Roosevelt. Washington. May 11. President Castro of Venezuela- did not send message of congratulation when the fdormal ceremonies attendant to the laying ot the corner stone of the home ol the International Bureau of Re publics, which were held today. Ven ezuela was the only 'mportant nation In the wtstern hemisphere whose ruler did not ?nd a cable message express- MRS, GUNNESS ALLEGED , j VICTIM DEFENDED HIMSELF. Police and Doctors In Examination Discover That Andrew . Hetgaline, Ono nf tht Vtottmo. rtn4it Tfk rifle Struggle Before Receiving the Death Blow Police Now Wilting to Accept Theory That Crime Fiend Died in Burning Building. ... La Port, lnd., May 11. Evidence came to light today Indicating that the body of Andrew Gelgallne, one ot Mrs. Beuteh Gunness' alleged victims, did not fall a victim to the death blow until after he had made a desperate fight for his life. . Dr. J. H. Meyer, who made the ex amination of the corpse, reported to the cornoer that he found several brown curly hairs in the clenched fist of rTi!"il'n rl;ht hand. . It Is supposed that In the death struggle he pulled the hair out of the scalp of his slayer. The police are now willing to accept the original theory that Mrs. Gunness died In the fire which destroyed her home. Evidently believing that Mrs. Gun ness Is alive and not agreeing with the police, the city council will tonight of fer a reward of $5000 for her capture. WELL KNOWN WOMAN 18 SEVERELY INJURED, G. O. P. Split In Louisiana. I New Orleans, La., May 11. The re publican state convention which as sembled In this city at noon today Is composed exclusively ot the so-called administration followers and the four delegates at large will be instructed tor Secretary Taft. These delegates will be contested at the Chicago con vention by those selected by the other branch of tha party, known as tha old line regular republicans. Ing congratulation and the omission the beginning of a quarter, and thla'ls ' significantly due to the strained re- nntmrv tn nrar tlee. It In Impossible lations which now exist between Cas- -to start the service on May 15 or on June island July 15 Is not so deslra y,e as August 1. May Bo Delayed Then. It is not positive that the service will tie startod on August 1," eveiuv' An In spector will visit 'La Grande shortly (before August 1, arid If ha finds the houses properly numbered, the street properly placarded and tha sidewalks satisfactory condition, he will ad--! -e speedy adoption of tha free mall wV.'lvery system. If the city has not ne Its share to secure the service l'V that time, more delay will follow. T.-.e sidewalks at this time In North La -.-ande aro not serviceable and need vtemslve repairs. ' This will, of course, ie done before August 1. Pled. May 11, the Infant child of Mr. rilrs. Don Feebler of Ladd Canyon. and tro's government and the United States. - Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore de livered the - Invocation and Bishop Cranston the benediction. The exer cises were held at 3 o'clock In the presence of an enormous crowd. John Barrett, director of the bureau. Intro duced Secretary of State Root, who presided. V - k The building and site cost 11,000,- 000. In addressing the big gathering Ambassador Joaquim Fabuco praised President Roosevelt and Andrew Car negie. Facing the prwldent he said: , "No president of tie. United States will leave In the history of Pan Americanism a deeper mark than you are cutting from ocean to ocean to change the sea routes of the world, so as to bring nearer peoples and cities of the front of our continent." - Andrew Carnegie made a short ad dress. ' Spotted Career of Mrs, Berths Larch WlU Likely End at Marsh field as a Result of a Shootlnc Affair Tills Morning Waited Outside of Saloon j lor Bartender and Later the Two Went Out on Bay Man : Shot In Belt-Defense. . - . Marshfleld, Ore., May II. Mrs. Bertha Etta Gordon Lurch, well known in police circles of Portland, Sacramento and San Francisco, Is ly ing In a Marshfleld hospital, dying be cause ot a bullet wound In the kid neys as the result of a quarrel with H. Anderson,' a bartender, early this morning, Anderson Is In Jail, and says he ' shot the woman In self- defense. . Thn woman came to the saloon and watted on the porch several hours for Anderson. - She displayed a loaded re volver several times. Finally Ander son came out and 'the couple took a launch to go to North Bend. In a few minutes a revolver shot was heard and the launch put back with the wounded woman and Anderson. He immediately gave himself up. Mrs. Lurch declares she would have shot Anderson, but could not make her revolver work. Federal detectives (have been watching her for some umc -.-'7-- - : It Is said and believed that she Is a -part ot a gang passing counterfeit Defunct Idaho Bank Reorganised. Boise, May II. Plans for reorgan- erne mm . NOTWITHSTANDING, JACKIE8 SEE ALL THE SIGHTS. Sixth Day ot Atlantic Fleet's Visit to San Francisco la Cold and CUxady, deposits of over a million, was ap proved by Judge Wood today ,and May 28 was fixed as the day for re opening the institution. IIOTICES BJCHT DISPUTE OVER LEGALITY .. WITHOUT FOUNDATION'. Attorneys of the City Have Been Asked to Render Decisions on Manner of PoNtlng Election Notices and Find ings Corroborate Statement Made Last Week That Liquor Election No tices Are Correctly Posted No Question About It. , . , . Cnkc is Active. Drain, Ore., May 11. Judge H. M. Cake arrived In Drain this morning to deliver a speech in his senatorial campaign here to- day. He will then speak'at Cot- tage Grove. It was announced by the CaUe prty today that Judge Cake's Itinerary would de- mand three speeches a day from now until election day. ' ' . REACH EI T III MCE WAR EX-SHERIFF SMITH IS FOUND GUILTY BY JURY money about Coos Bay. The woman was arrested In Port land some years ago as a member of a counterfeiting gang, but , was re leased,' and later gained notoriety by claiming to be the wife of Edward Sam Gordon, the Coos Bay lumber man, whom she afterwards married. The county clerk's office Is the scene of many heated discussions rel atlve to the accuracy ot the election notices which have been posted. As stated by The Observer several days ago, no legal flaw can be found In the work as done, and this statement Is corroborated by many attorneys of the city. The question of legality In the method In which the liquor election notices were posted, has been so per sistent, that several attorneys have been asked to render findings, and In all Instances the decisions have been SOCIALISTS TO ITEATOHCE It has been our experi ence and the experience of PH0T GET If 111 YOU m FOB? tier m who have tiled a Royal Tailor Suit that thej are Fre-emkntlj the HOST SATISFACTORY Made-to-rneasure piMfa.f)u,cai) hj, . This years eicluslie pattern.. ,to gefar illh trie Royal Tailors LEGAL GUARANTEE that eier) si lite mate WILL HOLD STYLE and FIT until warn out males' thera more deslreahi than ever. . Cone Id and look dim Hie samples. ' 5811 Exclusive Patterns to Choose from I . IT S17.50IUP - ' THF FAIR THE FAIR For Hie First Time In the History of Central Oregon Itunge Wars a Ver dict Has Dcm noturood Agalnwt a Cowman Ex-Mierllf Smith Today Found Guilty of Hurtling ei-Con-grrsnian J. X. Williamson's Shoep- shearing Sheds. Prlnevllle, May 11. Ex-Sheriff C. Bam Smith has been fAund guilty by a Jury of burning the sheep-shearing sheds of ex-Congressman i H. Wil liamson, after the Jury had deliberated on the evidence for over IS hours. Smith was convicted on the evidence of Larkin Elliott, a former accom plice, who confessed on the stand. A new trial will be asked for today. This Is the first verdict in Central Ore gon given against a cowman in range war troubles. Ex-Sheriff Smith was given a four- year sentence, same. that the method used Is that prescrib ed by low. District Attorney Ivanhoe Is not in the city and consequently a- decision from him could not be obtained today. The subject in discussion Is thut as the notice of liquor election was not Included on the official June election notices, the election will be Invalid and cannot come before the voters In June. ' Many Automobile) Parties During 'the Day Police Guard Bailors a Thcy View Chinatown Champlosw .ahlp Baseball Game. San Francisco, Hay 11. The sixth, -day of the fleet's f tay In San Francis ' co bay was cloudy and cold, but the unfavorable' weather conditions did ' not deter hundreds of sailors and of fleers from making numerous little side trips in autos and observation cars. ' .' ' '-. ' : . Headed by a detachment of police, ' ' 150 gaily decorated machines left Market street and turned Into China- town and the Latin quarter.. In the party were Admirals Sebree, Swlnburn, Dayton and Sperry. ' . . . Mayor Taylor of San Francisco and ' Mayor Mott of Oakland, were with the officers. Tonight a boxing tournament opens and this afternoon the championship ' fleet baseball game is being played. Son Francisco Hospitality. San Francisco, Cal.. May' ll.--San . Francisco continued today Its long program of entertainment for the sail ors and officers of the American bat tleship fleet.- v Thousands ""of bhie jacketa came ashore to enjoy the ob servation car trips and other features arranged . for -theii' entertainment. Golden Gate Park was corwded tor the athletic events this afternoon. For the officers of the fleet another large reception and ball has been arranged to take place at the Fairmont hotel to night. The battleships were again open to visitors today and . ; were thronged during the entire day ' by crowds of men, women and children. Including many 'visitors from a dis Elliott was give.0 thi Another Southern Tornado. Woodward, Okla., May 11. Level ing everything In Its path, a tornado of unusual violence swept over this portion ot the state tod jr. causing heavy damage at Arnett, Vlcf, Cooler, Grand and ether small towns. Bomo loss ot life Is reported at Arnett. Thi tornado passed over four counties and covered a district of 71 miles. The towns visited are oil the railroad and only meager reports '. the disaster DELEGATES MAY HOLT l'NLF-SH UNIONISM IS CPHF.LD. Sharp Conflict In Convention on Na; ttonol Ko-uillMtlc Deln-rote t Chi cago Today Will Nominate I-rcsl dentlal Candidate on Thursday Carey. Heads the National Comnilt toe Wisconsin Dcelgatloii Wants Tradea t'nlons Favored. Chicago, May 11. John F. Carey of Massachusetts, this morning elected chairman of the socialist convention. Indications today are that the conven tion will nominate a candidate for president Thursday, and adjourn the next day. Guy Miller of Tellurde, will today extend to the convention the greetings of Ernest Miller, secretary of the Western Federation of Miners. ' i In an Impassioned address, Victor Berger of Milwaukee,' demanded that Jthe socialist party declare In favor of trades unions. Members May Bolt. He warned the convention that he and friends would bolt If unionism Is not favored. For a while the conven tion was In an uproar because of the tight between representatives of the American Federation ot Labor and the Industrial Workers of the World Unique IlHtlMilon. The girl baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Adna B. lingers yesterday, was the first child born at the Grande Honda hospital. This child Is to be chris tened Genevieve Ituth Hannah, after l.er aunt Hannah Rogers, and a strange coincidence Is that she bears the same initials as the Institution In which she first saw the light of day. More "Graft" Cases. -Harrisburg, Ta May ?1. The sec- ! and of the alleged "araft" cases having to do with: the building and furnish ing of the state capltol was called tor trial today. This Is, the metallic fur niture case, In which the defendants are Architect Huston, . .Congressman lCan8ell, former Auditor, General Sny der, former state Treasurer Matheus, former Superintendent Shumaker and Traveling Auditor Irvine. Former Governors Stone and Pennypacker are among the notables who are to be sub poenaed as witnesses at the trait. J. F. Johnson, formerly proprietor of the Spokane cafe, but now located at Pendleton, arrived this morning from Huntington, where he bas been on business. He visited friends here IT 1UGHT TO BE Tilt HAPPINESS AND GLORY every cltlz 2,1 to so live ail act tlu his f el-J tow citizens will esteem him for his ioodness, i his kindness, and his usefulness. The principles of iood citizenship should constitute the code of rules t: - for every kind of business whether public or private. This applies particularly to the drui business, be-f cause, owing to the limited knowledge of the qualities of drugs by the general public, it follows that the re- t-'-- liability of, the druggist Is the chief guarantee of ! good service. HILL'S DRUG STORE La Grande j . ' Oregon bare been received. today. . it mm tr-.. )
