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VOLUMEm. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNT!, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1003.
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IEF FACES NEW
PREDICAMENT
1HS FRIENDS EXPOSE ACTUAL
CASH WORTH OF BONDS.
3Ian Who Recently Wag Released
From Jail by Ills Friends Going an
Exceedingly Heavy Bond, Faces In
dignant Friends Names n Bonds
j Disclose Actual Cash Worth and As--sessor
is After Them Huet May
Have to Pay Additional Taxes.
San Francisco, July 15. Ruef, the
wld-tlme grafter, is again in trouble.
The troubles began afresh when the
- men on the bond discovered . their
woik of signing their names to the
lbond Is going to be expensive. ' The
announcement made, at the assessor's
office that the sworn statements made
y the persons on.Ruefs bond would
"be accepted as a basts for their tax
"this year, Is the bombshell that has
created such consternation. As a re-
. . -suit, increases from BO to 100 per cent
are to be made In tho assessments of
" nearly everybody who signed Ruers
tionds. In one instance an amount Is
d bo raised from $600 on unsecured
personal property to $15,000 In the
bank, which the bondsmen told the
court of, but forgot to mention to the
assessor.
Delegations of imlifmnnt tim.!-.....
"have been calling on Ruef through-1
out the day. A story has gained cir
culation that Ruef will be asked to
jV8y d'fferenCe h'" frlends' taxe
REIGN OF 1IOKHOK ENDS.
Advices From Tnbrlx Say Horrible
Mumacrc Took Place Recently.
Vienna, July 15. Tho culmination
of horrors of Tabrla comes In the
form of bombardment and a massacre,
which wiped out the remaining revo-
Jutlonlsts and left In the city in com
'let control of tho Cossacks under
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THE FAIR
Summer
Clearance
Prices
$2.50 Royal Khaki Suits 1.59
Boys Suits wilh long or short pants, con's
made in Norfolk siyle wilh bells, all sizes
at the Special Price : : : $1.59
SPL We"'S 6C
$3.00 Ladies' Shirt
Waist Suits $1.59
in all white Indian head linen tailored waists
trimmed in straps, plain gored skirts with
pleats at seams, splendid values special
now at only
$$&$$ Saved
By Coming to
The Fair Store
4M4t $)
pay from the shah, according to a
news agency message. A hundred
were killed. ' The bombardment was
directed at the Umlrathls quarter of
Tabrla. The firing was continued un
til the place , was completely de
stroyed. The Cossacks literally swept
the .streets with bullets. Bodies of
the victims marks the course of fir
ing. This marks the end of the terri
ble bread riots following the first
massacre by Cossacks.
TllilELK IK
ISCHTH
GROUND IX THE VALLEY
IS SUFFICIENTLY SOAKED.
Though There Are Few Sections of
the County Where Rains Have Not
Been Entirely Sufficient, Still There
Is a General Air of Satisfaction and
Content With Amount of Precipita
tion Dry for a Time, But Ground
is In Fine Shape Now.
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The rains of this week, which have
been almost Incessant, have so thor
oughly soaked the dry ground that the
farmers are crying "enough," though
not In a tone to Intimate more rain
would be damaging. Farther out in
the valley the rains have not been so
general, and a shower or two would
not be amiss. As it is, a large portion
of the valley will produce the usual
acreage this year, by reason of the
timely showers this' week.
The climatic conditions are the re
deeming features of this valley. The
farmers are some times worried, but
before It Is too late, rains come and
frosts stay away until the crops are
harvested. There Is a pleasing Im
provement In the appearances of crops
today compared with that of Satur
day. F. S. Bramwell Is In Haines. He
expects to return next Friday night.
of the utmost interest to the stay-at-homes, as nellasthoss
who are going to take their summer outing in the riojnt
tins or at the coast read these items and prices carefully
and remember there are hundreds of equally good'
bargains in all summer goods all over the house. : :
Men's Summer Suits $7.35
In single or double breast skeleton,
quarkr lined, coathin twon three piece
suils teg. pr. $l2.opU.50 now $7.35
10 '5 S,JawJn cloth halsall Styles
Ladies' Lawn Kimonas
39 cents and up
a splendid assortment in long or short Ki
monas In the daintiest lawns, beautiful
patterns of all colors, in all the wanted styles
regular7Sc and up now : : 39c up
$1.59
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SAN JOSE STENOGRAPHER
RELATE HER PREDICAMENT
Pretty Stenographer Who Entered and
Hoblted A House Last Night and
Then Tried to Kill Her Victim, To
day Tells Her Story Has a Mania
to Rob and Says it is Inherited- A
Sister Did the Same Tiling Recent-
San Jose, July 15. Suffering from
a nervous breakdown, on the verge of
collapse, Miss Jessia Turner, a pretty
stenographer of Palo Alto, who last
night robbed the home of Mrs. Ma
bel Seale of this city and later tried
to kill her victim whin she tried to
summon help, toll her story to Sher
iff Langi'ord today, the says she Is
an orphan and belitvr-g she Inherited
her mania for robbery.
"I was driving past the Seals home
last night," she said, "and noticed the
blinds were pulled down. The though'
flashed through my mind that Oil?
would to a good opportunity to ente
the place: I found the key In tht
door and entered. I took everything
In sl-ht, but I cannot tell why I did It."
Tho woman has a sister who com
mitted a similar crime a few months
ago. Mlsj Turner lives at the home
of Arthur Crane, a San Francisco
business man. She took the Crane
boy, aged 13, with her and had him
open the house.
Sixty Men Ecapd Death.
San Francisco, July 15. Sixty men
had a narrow escape from death thlt
afternoon In a collision between the
British bark Yeoman and the French
bark Brummlr. Tho two vessels were
moving out of their berths prepara
tory to sailing when the accident oc
curred. 4
Don't miss this
Opportunity to
Save Money
ARGUE CASE HERE
NODIXE CASE APPEARS
IN COURT SATURDAY,
Governor Chamberlain One of the
Many Attorneys Who Will Present
Arguments In the Noted Nodlue
Case Dray vs. Dray Case Also on
Saturday Perjury Case Set for
Same Day Historv f vi. -l
p to tho Present Time,
The divorce case of Dray vs. Dray
and the perjury case against H. T.
Briggs of Starkey, based on private re
lation of Henry Hill, are set for ar
gument Saturday. On Saturday the
noted Nodlne case will appear In court
again. This case Involves much val
uable property and a number of
prominent citizens of the county and
state. Governor George E. Chamber
lain will ue here on Saturday to rep
resent the Interests of the Alnsworth
Notional bank of Portland, one of the
defendants in the present action.
History of the Case.
In April, 1894, Fred Nodlne found
himself Involved to the extent of
about $57,500. Nearly all of his lands
were mortgaged to secure about $30,
000, and the remainder was In the
form of numerous Judgments against
him. Times were hard those days and
money difficult to secure, and In order
to pay his debts and have something
left, If possible, Nodlno entered Into
an agreement with F. A. E. Starr, to
handle and sell his real property, pav
the Indebtedness end turn the bulnnce
overHo him, Nodlno. Nodlne agreed
to give a warranty deed to his lands
to W. T. Wright, the trustee selected
by himself, and T U Richmond, the
trustee selected ry Htnrr. and their
consent was necessary before the lands
could be sold, b:' Starr. The deed In
trust was maiH nut April 13, 1894, and
all his persons! property except some
horses and eattl.) wero turned over to
the trustees. They assumed mnnnir,.
ment of the farm nnd. mainly through
Richmond, condui t'd'lts affairs until
the fall of 1S95, w'.cn they rendered
to Nodlne n stiten.f-nt of their ron-
lr.rt of hU afrulrs. In December the
ivmnlndiT of tho pe:r,ninl property
v'x i.old to W. J. Tmvr!ry, of Union,
;U Iho Winds rented to., him for one
cnr. Tnwnley gave a note for $0000
for this lease, which n te was after
ward turned over to fio Amsworth
National bank of Portland. Starr nnd
tho trustees, In the spring f 1890,
round themselves without any more
property of which tlicv could c'lnnnu.
lu re were no funds hi lonrlnrr tu Ore
trust, nnd the creditors beiin pressing
for llndr claims. J. P. M'i r'i n't
n-liler of the Alnsworth bank. cavs-d
the sheriff to levy uimii nn l cftrr
wards sell a considerable part of fie
lands. Shortly afterward, npnn nn
execution secured by V.'. T. V.'r'thf
"f the Union National hank, W. J.
Townley bouiiht nt sheriffs snln the
remainder of tho Nodlno holdings
The Nudlne's, In July, IS'.iB, Instituted
a suit against the bank, the trustees.
!:h litn.iud ami several others to have
the contract with Starr and the deeds
to Richmond and Wrlxht declared a
deed of assignment for tho benefit of
all the creditors and for an account
Ing from the trustee for all tho prop
erty that had passed through their
hands and for damages and to have
the deeds to Townley nnd Marshall
set aside. The case dragged along for
several years and was finally decided,
In the main, against the plaintiffs.
After the husband's death Mrs. No
dlne began suit against W. J. Townley
for her dower rights In the estuto.
This case is now pending, as Is also the
csce of the administrator of th estatr
vs. the defendants In thn first suit, al
leging thnt, although the testimony
adduced before did not show consplr
acy, tnat new evidence now In the
hands of the plaintiffs will prove that
there was actually such a stuto of af
fairs, and alleging perjury In the for
mer case hn the part of the defend
ante.
Attorneys Lomax ft Anderson of Ba
ker City, arc conducting the prosecu
tion. Cochraa A Cochran represent
Tnu-nluv T xt r .
. viuuiih appears lor
Wright, and Oovernor Chamberlain
for the Alnsworth National bank..:
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Stove Adams Acquitted.
Grand Junction, Col., July .15.
Steve Adams .wag found not
guilty this afternoon of the
murder of Arthur Collins, the
Telluride mip0 superintendent,
who was blown up with a bomb.
OIL FEDS III
CRIP UF FLAMES
TWO MEN ROASTED IN A
BURNING OIL TANK
Fifty Thousand Barrels of Oil De
stroyed and Two Men Roasted to
Death In a Fire Near Santa Barbara
Ths Morning Flames Still Raging
lire Fighters Keep Flumes From
Houses Horrible Death Suffered by
Two Men In Burning Tank.
Santa Barbara, Cal.. July 15. Two
men killed and 50,000 barrels of oil
destroyed with a loss aggregating
$200,800, resulted from a fire which
Is still raging fiercely at the little
town of Orcutt on the Santa Maria oil
fields today. At noon the entire coun
tryside was on fire. Desperate efforts
are being made by the Inhabitants to
check the flames, which are threaten
ing a tank containing 25.000 barrels
of oil. Through hard work by the
volunteer firemen the fire has so far
been kept from the houses of the vil
lage.
Tho conflagration was nrobablv
started by sparks from a locomotive
which set fire to the dry grass and
brush.
Two men were killed In a horrible
manner. Both wero working on the
runway above the huge nil tank when
a plank Ignited and collapsed. The
men fell Into the burning oil.
Orcutt Is the oil distributing town
of that field and has a population of
700.
BILL BRYAN, FARMER.
Democratic Candidate Turns Fanner
on Fair lew Form This Morning.
Kalrvlew Farm, Lincoln, Nab., July
15. William J. Bryan, Ihe candldote.
was "Iinr Bryan, tho farmer, today.
Ho went out early to see to affairs of
the field, which wero allowed to lag
somewhat during the convention ex
citement. Ho appears Interested In
overy feature of the crops, and gives
(hem his porsonul attention, directing
Ihe men himself. II.) will probably
spend th afternoon outlining his
speech of acceptance.
Several 'farmers nround Echo are
going to experiment with thornlnss
cactus, tho new Hurbnnk creation, re
cently exploited In that county.
OUGHT TO BE THE
7
ol every citizen to so live and act that his fel- j j
low citizens will esteem him for his goodness, j ;
his kindness, and his usefulness. The principles of I
good citizenship should constitute the code of rules i
for every kind of business whether public or private.
This applies particularly to the drug business, be f
X cause, owing to the limited
a-.., .... .
ui uiuss uy wies-cntrai puuiic. u rouows tnat the re- T
liability of the druggist
good service.
HILL'S DRUG STORE i
I La Grande
By LFJTERHHDS
COMMERCIAL CLUB LETTER
PAPER TELLS TRUE STORY.
Salient Features of Attractive Value
Compiled hi Comiact Form and Set
on Commercial Club Stationery In
Romftrk,,ljr 6mn,l Space Juuuuw
,',Li'.v , lum 'mm Abundance) of '
Truths For Use of Commercial
Club and Boost Club.
Sentence sermons will be preached
by every letter that goes out from th
La Grande Commercial club or the ''
bureau of publicity and Information
commonly known as the boost club of '
this city. On the letter heads which .
the Commercial club secretary and
manager, P. C. Lavey, of the Boost
club, will send out In their routine
correspondence, are chock full of In
formation themselves, and tell the
homeseekers much aside from what
he will learn i on the space set aside
for letter purposes. Across the top
In flgmtng letters Is the sentence," Sit
uated In the heart of the Beautiful
Grande Ronde valley." After giving
the personnel of the Commercial club,
the other matters requisite on the or
dinary letter head, the reading darta
orr on the following:
The city with a great future, sur
rounded by untold agricultural and
tftlneral wealth,
La Grande Is located In the heart
of the famous . Grande Ronde, the
most fertile and most beautiful valley
In Oregon.
La Grande Is the Pay-Roll city.
Railroad shops, planing mills, box
fuotory, sawmills, sugnr factory, brick
yard. Monthly payroll over $60,000.
La Grande Is tho county seat of
Union county, on the main lino of the
O. R. & N. railway.
La Grande, as a shipping point. Is
unsurpassed, and is a most desirable
location for factories of all kinds.
La Grande has fine chuches and -
schools, electric lights, water works,
sewerage system, and Is an Ideal home
and business city. Her streets are tha
best lighted In tho state.
La Grande want's more factories and
Industries, and the fine vacant lands
that surround her filled up with good
farmers.
La Grande Is a winner.
" Another Mine Accident.
PlttHburg, July 15. Eight men wcra
killed by an explosion In a s'.iaft la
one of tho Williamsburg collieries
operated by tho .Susquohunna Coal
company today. Eight others were)
rescued, but are suffering from terri
ble burns which may probably prove
fatal. JIor men who remained lit thn
shaft wero trapped by tho cxploidon.
Tt Is feared the death list wl'.I rcrovr.
An effort ,h belnit m td'j to reach th
Imprisoned men, but flames inn's i It
difficult.
HAPPINESS AND CL0RY i
knowledge of the qualities f
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is the chief guarantee of
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