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VOLUME XIL
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1908. '
NUMBER 873.
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MUCH ENTHUSIASM OVER ,
SHERMAN NOTIFICATION.
Vice-Presidential Candidate on Re
pnbUcan Ticket Will Be Center of
Much Attention Tomorrow Great
Preparation Going on In New York
. for the Ceremony Senator Burrows
WiU Tell Sherman the Secret of His
Nomination at Chicago.
The formal notification ceremonies
will begin at noon. Senator Burrows
will make the address In behalf of the
committee and Mr. Sherman will speak
I In response, formally accepting the
j nomination, and making an announce
ment of his intention to support Mr.
Taft In all his policies.
Addresses will also be made -.by
Secretary Root, Mayor Wheeler and
president Stryker of Hamilton col
lege. The members of the notification
committee and other distinguished
guests will bs entertained by the city.
SOUTH SEA FLEET
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. Utlca, N. Y., Aug.' IT. No pent-up
.,' enthusiasm will be allowed to go un
expressed in Utlca tomorrow, where
' the people of the city and surrounding
,,' country will paj glorious tribute to
their most famous fellow citizen, J.
S. Sherman, upon the occasion of the
formal notification of his nomination
as the republican candidate for the
Vice-presidency. All is In. readiness
for the great celebration and thous
ands of dollars have already been ex.
pended In decorations and In Strang'
f ing various amusement events for the
benefit of visitors.
The morrow will be ushered in with
the firing of guns and the exploding
of fireworks and the din will have all
the noisy characteristics of a Fourth
of July celebration. There will be a
big parade of republican clubs, with
bands from Rochester, Albany, Syra
cuse, Troy and other cities. Scores
of automobiles, decorated with polltl
cat banners and flags, will also be in
Y"l,ne,
j Athletic sports will form an Import
ant part of the day's program, Includ
Ing a baseball game between the Utlca
' and Scranton nines. The musical pro
gram Is elaborate, and includes a sing
Ing contest In which many societies
will participate. "s.
-The electrical and fireworks dls
plays In the evening will be of an elab-
orate nature. The" decorations of the
j city were put up by the same profes
t sinnal decorators in charge of the
decorating at the Taft nomination, and
are now practically complete.
JAPAN MUST HAVE A
" LARGE FLEET FOR PEACE.
Old Worn-Out Vowels Put Into Com
mission to Fill Out South Sea Fleet
Tliat is Portectlng American In
tcrcttUi JoancHe Leader Maintains
Large Navy and Army In Japan Is
Indispensable for Peace on the Pa
cific Ocean,
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AGED FARMER WHO DISAPPEARED MYSTERIOUSLY AT
UMATILLA, SEARCHED FOR BY RELATIVE.
Relative of Aged Fanner Who Disappeared, Are; Searching Everywhere,
Offering Reward for Information En Route to Ashland From Wisconsin
When He Left Train for Moment No Alarm Felt Until Several Days
. ' Afterward Search Will Now Be Carried Into Walla Walla Country, After
Futile Investigation In Eastern Oregon, --
Washington, Aug. 17. The navy
department is under considerable em
barrassment for ships, according to a
reDort from officials with a part of
the American navy in the South seas.
With demands for protection . for
Americans in Santo Domingo, Venezu
ela and other Central American points
It has been found necessary to put
Into commission vessels which have
long since been out of use. fhe
Wheeling will be placed In commis
sion at the Bremerton navy yard.
Big Fleet Necessary. '.
Toklo, Aug. 17. That the Increas
es military and naval strength of
Japnnjs Indlspenslble to the malnte-
nance of peace In Asia and on the Pa
cific Is the gist of an Interview given
by Prince Ito, resident general of Ko
rea. He said:
'It is necessary for Japan to have
a great army and navy If peace Is to
be maintained In Asia and the Pacific
ocean." " .
' Personal search . and Investigation
for Ephralm Hedberg. who mysteri
ously disappeared at Umatilla several
weeks ago, was made In La urauu
yesterday and this morning, when O.
Hedberg of Ashland, visited the
city to learn of any possible clue to
the whereabouts of the missing far
mer. ' - ',
The dally papers of the state have
spread afar the news of the Incident
Nearly two weeks ago Hedberg, ac
companied by a grown daughter, left
Cumberland, Wis., bound for Ashland,
Ore. On reaching Umatilla the aged
man stepped from the train, and failed
to return before the train was again
put in motion. The daughter, think
ing he would come on the next train
paid little-attention to the matter
She reached Ashland, but after days
elapsed and nothing was heard from
her father, relatives became alarmed
and instituted a search for him. At
first the telegraph wires were brought
into play to find the missing man, but
that system proving unavailing, G. H
Hedberg, a lineman of Ashland, com
menced a personal search. Between
The Dalles and La Orande, he spent
an entire week, searching everywhere
Imaginable for the missing farmer. In
La Grande Hedberg turned backhand
Is now going to the Walla Walla coun
try, following the railroad from Uma
tilla. Various 0iiilon8 Formed.
The continued absence has originat
ed many theories, but the one advanc
ed by Hedberg is, that, being without
Peculiar Addition to library.
We notice among the dispatches
that a minister who Uvea In a "dry"
town In Delaware, was much embar
rassed when he received the follow
ing message from the express office:
"Dear Sir There is an express
package for you marked books. Please
claim it at once, as they are leaking."
A messenger was at once sent for
the "leaking books." Not all books
leak as these did, nor do they Indicate
so clearly the strength and the odor of
tha contents.
Mil STUTTERS
about Umatilla until he was hungry,
and this, augmented by the fact that
he might have been excited oyer his
inability to reach his destination, has
driven him Insane. Me nau uut Vw
11 in loose money at the time, al
though he carried more than J 1000 In
bank drafts, which he could not likely
cash at any of the towns where he
might visit on account of being an
utter stranger. ...
Death Fears Not Entertained.
The relatives were at first inclined
to believe that Hedberg had met with
foul play. This theory Is supplanted
by the one advanced here this morn
ing.
Description of Aged Man,
' Mr. Hedberg and the other rela-
tlves will be. highly grateful of any'
one who can lend a clue to his where-
abouts. He Is a man easy discernible
once his description Is known. He Is
6J years of age, though appears much
younger than that. He Is S feet or
7 Inches tall, with heavy black hair,
sandy moustache and rather shaggy
chin whiskers. He speaks with a
slight Swedish accent. When he dis
appeared he was dressed In a light
gray, small checked coat and vest and
soft gray trousers. He wore a soft
tan shirt His money was In the form
of ijj-o Cumberland, Wis., bank drafts.
one fur 1930 and one for $100.
Any Information relative to the
missing man will gladly be received
at this office or by O. H. Hedberg,
Ashland, Ore.
Reward Offered.
A reward of 1100 will be given to
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GUFFEY "SELLING OUT.1
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President Van Cleave Has Pushed a
Knotty Question Up to Bryan and
Democracy Bryan Struggling for a
Suitable Answer to Bunk Question
AImo Denies Tlutt Uie "Sold Out'
Story Is True Sold to Have Bern
Cheated Out of $20,000.
ready cash, the aged man wandered any one" finding any trace of Hedberg.
Falrvlew, Aug. 17. William J. Bry
an today declined to reply to the at
tack upon him by James Van Cleave,
president of the Buck Stove Range'
company, but said he may reply later.
Van Cleave asked if Bryan did not
know that his platform charges are
false. Van Cleave asked:
"Does Rryan know that the vicious
povlslon of the Denver platform for
the payment of depositors In Insolvent
banks would penalize the honest and
careful banker for the benefit of dis
honest bankers?" '-.
Bryan today denied that he "sold
out" In the case of Colonel Guffey ol
Pittsburg, for 1200, OOOVimTl fatlcd to
receive the money. The stor from
Pittsburg says Bryan for that sum
promised to use his Influence to have
Guffey and his friends ousted from the
national committee.
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Galatea Cloth Suits, $10 Values $6.50
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short sleeves. This season's most popular
styles in stripes and checks. For Choice
" $6.60
1 JIIIIEMEIIT OF SITE FOB
FEDERAL BUlLDItlC III Li GRANDE :
That a year may yet elapse before
La Grande will be notified of the se
lection of a site for the federal build
ing was the somewhat disappointing
Information gleaned from J. H. Mc
Dowell, government agent who has
put In a busy day here looking over
the proffered sites.
Mr. McDowelL arrived yesterday
from Pocatello and after a short tour
of the valley in which he and several
La Orande people visited Hot Lake,
the agent got down to business In
earnest He has met as many as a
dozen men today all anxious to Im
press upon him the various points or
special features In the sites that have
been offered to the postal department.
That he will not Intimate to the least
possible dearee what his choice will
be, Is readily ascertainable, when ad
vancea of that nature are made. On
the strength of location, convenience
width of front, and a score of other
points, he will make a first selection
and a second choice. The course
which they will follow is a circuitous
one, and while tho recommendations
may go through the red tape system In
six months. It may also require a yesr.
When the deed, with a clear title Is
turned over to the government, the
bids for the construction of the build
Ing will be received.
The recommendations which Mc
Dowell will see fit to make wilt go to
the secretary of the treasury, Oeorge
B. Cortelyou, and from him they will
go to the department of Justice, to be
perused as to clearness of title an
other leml points. Then, after a visit
to the United fitatei attorney at Port
land, they will again go back to th
Justice department for final Inspection
a to perfection of title, and then,
office department. When It Is known
that there are 250 other recommends
tlo'ns to be made within a month, It Is
clearly evident that the slow wheels of
the government will not grind out a
decision in many months.
McDowell is not of taciturn nature
In other matters, but he Is held be
tween sharp tongs relative to public!
ty over his recommendations. Aside
Steamer Horror.
Petoskey, Mich., Aug, 17.
Three are known to be dead and
as many. as (0. passengers are
missing as the result of the ex
plosion of a boiler on the
steamer Leslana, on Carp lake.
Three bodies have been recover
ed. ' It Is believed a doxen per
ished. The panto which ensued
was terrible. Many were In the
state rooms and were caught
without any chance of escape.
Those on deck were hurled Into
the water. Mrs. Isabel A. La
berla of Travers City, Mich., was
Instantly killed.
Taft Preparing Speech.
Hot Springs. Aug. 17. Wm. H. Taft
from saying that he would make two wa, busy today preparing his speech
SPRHiCFIELD, ILL
GRAND JURY TO PROBE
BLOODY COLORED RIOTS.
Presence of Three Thousand Sokllers
Today Has Quieting Effort on Riot
ers In Callptal of Illinois Learned
That Man Who Wag Killed Satnr
' day Night Was One Time Servant
of Abraham Lincoln One Confes
sion Has Been Mode.
Springfield, III., Aug. 17. The riot
ers who held this city In a reign of
terror since Friday, were only checked
by the " presence of more - mm
soldiers, heavily armed, today. The
soldiers are In complete charge. On
the governor's orders a special grand
Jury will convene tomorrow and take
up the case of George Rlcnardunn,
whose alleged assault upon Mrs. Karl
Hallam caused all the trouble. The
Jury will then be ordered to' Investi
gate who Is responsible for the riot
One of the first cases to be taken
up will be that of Abraham Rayman,
a Russian Jew, who confessed that he
Is one of the members of tha mob
that cut the throat of William Donl
gan, the aged negro Saturday night
Negroes are leaving the city In great
numbers, fearing additional outbreaks -of
rioting and bloodshed.
Dead Negro Hind Distinction.
It was learned today that Donlgan,
the negro lynched by the moh, was a
bootmaker for Abraham Lincoln be
fore the latter left her for Washing
ton. General Palmer, A nominee of
the gold standard wing of the demo
crats party for the presidency In 1896,
was also one of the negro's custom
ers. , ':
Investigation to Bo Reel.
It was announced this afternoon that .
the investigation would be real, and ;.
not of a whitewashing nature. The
homes of the leaders are being search
ed by tho sheriff's agents In an effort
to find relics of destroyed business
houses as evidence. The court has
ordered the grand jurors summoned to
appear In court tumorrow morning.
Rlngllng Borthers' circus, which U
scheduled to appear hers tomorrow,
has been notified that It cannot show
because tha appearance would have a
bad effect.
At noon 80 arrests had been made,
Kate Howard, accused of Inciting the
riot, of burglary and of larceny, has
been admitted to bail.
Wrong Man Prrtiaps.
From a statement mads today by
Mrs. Hallam that she could not Identi
fy the assailant It Is believed that
Richardson Is the worng man! It Is
reported that a number of reliable
citizens are ready to prove an alibi
for the negro; The negro and his
wife had borne goad reputations.
recommendations, he refrained from
making further urtterances on that
Important point.
He leaves tomorrow miming for
Pendleton, where he will go through
a similar grist of bids.
to be delivered before the republicans
who gather here Friday to greet th
candidate. All told 5000 are expected.
Bunday's Bam'tall Scores.
Los Angeles, 5; Portland, 4.
San Francisco, 4-t; Oakland,- 1-2.
BURNING VALUABLE OIL.
Thousand of Dollars Go Up In Smoke
Because of Vofc-ano Fire.
Tamplco, Mexico, Aug. 17. Despite
every effort made to stop It, the Mln-
lanute volcano of burning oil In the
San Geronlmo district continues un
checked, consuming a hundred thous
and barrels dally. Workmen are to
day 'pumping an Immense quantity of
ssnd and mud Into the crater. Since
the well began burning on July 4.
more than five million barrels of oil
have been destroyed. The oil Is valued
at $1 a barrel.
lake a Little Soda
For Your Stomach's Sake
Attend the Meeting.
Fred G. Taylor, secretary of the La
Grande Commerclul club. Is preparing
a circular letter to be sent out to the
citizens of the valley, urging them to
attend tha Irrigation mass meeting
which will be held next Saturday eve
ning. A large attendance Is desired
Every one who Is at all Interested In
the upbuilding of this county, should
be on hand and be there early, and
This Advice Certainly Holds Good uitli Everyone
This Sort of Weather
' Soda served at our fountain is more than a
tasty thirst-quenching beverage. It is tonic and
refreshing and every glass a strengthener for
the stomach.
Our Soda is absolutely pure, strengthening,
reviving, refreshing and healthful. It .''lands di
rect" on the "dry" spot and quenches thirst as
nothing else will, because we serve it at just the
right temperature. .
MILL'5 DRUQ JT0RE
LA GRANDE, OREGON
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