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'.A-- ... .' . ' ..... . . .. A. '-.s . : :.- "'-vA ' . 1 . VOLUME VIII. LVGIUNDE, TOIOX COCXTT, OREGOK., , SI OX DAY, NOVEMBER 10, HM8. xun;::it it. V. AUTHORIZE II : . Ul HLW MWliUW A.;i ,--J ,; I jt'ARMEKfc TRADERS DANK BUILDING TO BRING $23,000. llamscy Is Legal Adlcr for Receiver Yet Chance for Public lrotest Bid of fulled States Xiillonul rixik Order of Sale to lie Mude Soon IXe ort Tliat G(K-8 a Wellington Id ttt tviLraglu? to Reficr Kept Seerct. - 4 "The report of the Farmers & Traders' Bank, which has been sent to Washington, Is encour- aging. In fact, so much so, that It exceeded my hopes." Walter Neldner, receiver of the defunct 'bank. . tttt That the building In which the de. , funct Farmers & Traders atlonal bank is located, will bring $25,000, with. a Temote possibility of more than that, la now an assured fact,- as th! bid ' made "by the promoters of: the United States atlonal bank, to be organized In this city, has been authorized by the comptroller of the currency. Receiver Neldner was advised this morn. Ing that the $25,000 bid was satisfac tory to them, and unless a protest Is iri" against the sale to be ordered by Civvjt Judge Knowles In the near fu ture, tha negotiations will culminate in the transfer of title ot the building- to th new banking concern , Hvvever, he bid does not end the deale li may be protested at any tiro before the sale Is finally ordered and con summated. The bid has been-considered so favorable by Mr, Neldner and the comptroller "as well, that It was authorized at once. Legal steps will Te taken to give others an opportunity t bidding in on the structure, but if Tione are presented that range Above 2 5,000, the United States National people will land the new building. Did Is Favorable One. " Public estimation has valued the " building at the figure which It is bid vin, but any one versed In the results of forced sales, knows that such a procedure seldom brings what the property In question Is worth. The several official estimates placed on the property by local ' business men called into service by Neldner, have Invarittbly been less than the sum as sured. The deposltons are fortunate in realizing this lucrative sum for the 1ul!dtng. . In the event that the present id Is eventually accepted and the court or 1erSthe sale; tbe purchase price will lie placed la the hands of the receiver on January 2. Itamsey ibd.Rttl Advi.vr. Attorney William M. Ramsey, of the tu rn of Ramsey & Oliver, has been se lected as the legal advisor for the re ceiver. His appointment followed ad vice from the comptroller after a long list of prominent attorneys of this city liad been presented to the head office for consideration. Mr. Neldner was advised that Mr. Ranjsey was the log ical man for the place in view of the ,fact that he was originally called in toy Claude., Catch to give his opinion on several legal matters. Mr. Ram sey's appointment has reached him.' Door Open Today. Only in a few instances have certifi cates from theVoceiiier been issued. The bank doors are open today and there has been a constant stream of depositors at the window who are anx ious to loam material facts and to at tend to presentation of claims proper ly vouched for. There Is consl Jerable "red tape" In this connection. .When the proper time comes, all depositors will be presented with a certificate from the receiver, giving In turn, a prof of claim whkh wlll go to the Washington office. ' i'hurnl W'Kfc SiwmiliK. The report oa which Receiver Neld Ber has been working for many days, has been forwarded to the comptrol ler. Though closely guarded from the public eye, the rerelver did affirm that It is encouraging beyond his san guine hopes. The assets are kept secret, but as announced before, are hlg4itr thun first thA-'ght possible. What the lia bilities are will not be known until tin- time limit for filing claims has ex- ' the receiver has been able to ascer tain quite closely the exact llnbllltles. but fom time to tlmu new. certificate, and unheard of loans are liable to bob up. Tills may, and probably will con tinue until the time for filing claims has expired. .. . ' Rumor NH .Substantiated. While Mr. Neldner hopes that the rumors regarding the action of weal thy relatives In coming to the sW of depositors by making good Scrfber's defalcations, he knows nothing beyond street rumors.': With assets that are encouraging, and a possibility" of these relatives making good the deflc. de positors have reason to feel elated at eventual payments. , , flVJATORS FACE . DEATH AT SB THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF SAN FRANCISCO DALLOOXISTS. Transcontinental Balloon Race' Slarts Off Mlth Mishap Pilot and Awlst- 1 "X ant of One Rulloon Narrowly Escape Death at Sea Balloon Drops With Terrific Suecd When Land Is Reached Within 20 Feet of the Sea at Ono Time. ( - '. Los Angeles, Nov. 16. After being .... , . ... r . driven to sea four times and losing all his ballast except two Backs of sand, the balloon "American," the first startern the transcontinental race, landed a mile east of Hermosia beach at 8:30 this morning. Captain A. E. Mueller, the pilot, and J. E. Hutchin son, his, assistant,, narrowly escaped death in the ocean. They were up It hours. ' i . . ' - J. K. Hutchinson, the assistant pilot, says they were threatened with elec trocution' when the drag rope became entangled with the power wire car rying a heavy current. 'At one time they were 20 feet above water. Af ter he pulled the rope from the elec tric pole they, went to sea again, and returned to land at a height of 2700 feet. Abandoning all hope of making the trip further east, they pulled the trap cord and dropped to within 50 Settle Boundary Dispute. Washington, Nov. 16. -Valuable timber lands along th Columbia river were declared today to be a part of Oregcn by the United States supreme court, ending the boundary line dis pute existing between Washington anC Oregon for several years. In 1905 a suit was brought by Washington to restrain Oregon from disturbing the people of Pacific county, Washington. In possession of their land. AfiSiESSED VALUATIONS. For B0U1 City and School Districts Increase 0er Last Year. .- County Clerk Ed Wright has fur ..nlshed City Recorder Cox with s transcript of the assessment ' roll, which shows the taxable property of the city of La Grande for the 1908 as sessment to be $1,362,402, an in crease over the previous year of about $100,000. The valuation in the school district is $1,574,241. Attorney Robert H. Lloyd JT Elgin, is here on legal business, expectmg to return In the rooming. Hie Efore'tIA Ijih. . Lewlston, Idaho, Nor. 16.- The 'eecuMtf'-itctary fcw'TII- Vlo'rln" "v forces In fieeklng sociM beUer- inent of the city was Scored to- day when Judgo Steele ordered the slot machines In saloons and cigar stores confl'KCted. Word had preceded the sheriff, who 4 found very few. - iSTPiKr, rai CHIEF BIGGEY ANI HAAS' ' BODYGUARD UNDER EIRE. v. ..... . . - . Indications Point to Another ficandul In. San Fraiwlseo Ietcetlv Buriu Finds Suspicious Acts om Every Turn Specific Charges to lie Frc fcrred AgahiHt Bodyguartb I'olht Act a ThotiKh Tliey Were Mhleltlhu; the Aasstu. Sun Francisco,. Nov.; 1$. Detective Burns is preparing to stir up a hor nets' nest by filing charges againsf Guards Kelley and Attrldge, who fail ed to closely watch, assassin Haas and prevent his suicide Saturday nJght, anc'. to learn why Burns was not permitted to see Haas. Burns Intimated the out come will' be charges against Chief ol Police Biggey, who will be asked why he gave statements declaring the at tempt to assassinate Heneir was not the result of ft conspiracy. Burns thinks Mrs. Haas jtased the revolver w ith which Haas" killed him self. Blggey insists Haas eafrlod thf gun when he .entered th- JhII. and says Captain Duke falied to closely search the assassin. Duke says this is not true. . "From what I can - team," said Burns, "I am certain Mis. Haat passed the weapon to her husband. In view of the fact that he killed himself under guar)l of the men who were de tailed to watch him every raomcntHfcf--ter I had been denied admittance b the same men and later securing from Haas a confession directly "contradic tory to their reports, the case assumef a bad phase, which demands a sweep ing investigation. We obtained Haas' confession after the police - reported him crazy. That would end the cas Is the wishes of the police department were acrrled out." , ' , , TAKE MOUNTAIN TRIP. , La Grande Girls With Automobile Paity Crowing Blue Mountains. ' F. D. McCuUey, accompanied by hi' son, Wilbur, and two younger sons, ar rived In La Grande last evening in the' monster automobile that hereto fore has done duty as a stage beteer Wallowa and Joseph. The big aut was- today taken over tne Blue moun tains to Heppner. via Pendleton. Mr McCulley will , attend a woolgrowc'rp convention at' Hepprfer tonight. Ir. La Grande Mlsnes Rose Chumberlalr and Martha Cahoon Joined the part: -nd set out early today for their des tination. It Is' to be supposed thi mountain trip was a cold one, thougl nevertheless novel.. The huge machine had troubles while en route to La Grande last eve nlng, and L. C. Smith, of the Smitl irarage, was called out to to It 1) from a point three miles north of Im bier. The neeessary repairs were made early this morning. GRANDE RONDE POTATOESy Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jenkins went to La Grande last week and returned Friday. Mr. JInktns feports a very en joyable trip and Informs us that he purchased another car of potatoes. The potatoes he bought were raised without irrigation and Sam claims they are the finest ever. Pilot Rock News. TUCKER ACQUITTED. Enterprtso Jury Returns Verdict Acquittal in Riot Cate, of Enterprise. Nov. Is (rpecial.) George Tuckef was late today acquit ted of a, charge of rioting by the Jur;. WiTTttl' Msiri ti.K -td.rf. -afiV -ff-.T..v; dc'.iljerstlon. The cra has been be fore the circuit court and with th- jury so long as to merit gAeral Inter est. Tucker was accused of creating a riot several months ago, and the pro ceedings of the trial has caused con siderable animosity' etween the two elements Involved. "OLD 111" OF It .a, . , . . . . t . J. i. mm IMED SAME DAY THAT EMpEROlt PASSED AWAY. Generally .BcIWned Both Were Ilm-t-ly or ludlrcctly Habteited to Tholr Death Vvur RevolutUiii In Orient AnHTlrau Ilit-t to Stay Clone at Hand Ioei I'lot of Scheming Chi-iK-he Umtn mil Believed s Aged Woman Poisoned. Toklo, Nov. 16. It was learned here frim a high official source at Pe kln that the dowager empress of China died Tuesday morning and that the death of the emperor occurred later tiie same day. Suspicion Is growing tht both rulers were ' murdered, olther directly' or by slo wpolsonlng. An Imperial, edict was Issued today proclaiming Prince Chun, a brother of the dead emperor, as regent.. The latter' son- is emperor. Real Heir Was Tricked. , San Francisco, Nov. 16. Prtnce Tsahl Fu, a nephew of the late em peror of China, is next in the seniori ty for the elevation to the Imperial throne and lost the opportunity to rule the nation by accepting a post of en voy to America In the eommlslon of thanka for the remission of the boxer Indemnity by the '. United States. Whether he was the victim of cir cumstances or of te ' plot of hlgl) enemies who anticipated the emperor's death, has not been established.' San Francisco Chinamen think the prince the victim of a court clique and that, he was deliberately shelved to uermlt the ascension of Pu Yi, the present S-year-old emperor. Calcula tions were overthrown by the death of the dowager empress. '. -, Yl haa ascended the throne, but the strong hand of the, father of Prince Chun, as regent, took control of na tional affairs. An awakening of China Is predicted. It is also reported that the ministers who surrounded the em press have been dismissed. Envoy Tsal. with Ambassador Tang Yl. will Boon arrive here . on the steamship Magnolia and await in Uructlons before proceeding to Wash ington. ' '.'' 1 ; licet Held lu Orlen. Manila, Nov. 16. It Is generally be tleved here that In the event, of a rev. olutlon In Chlr.a as the result of the leaths of the emperor and empress, J '.he American fleet 'alii be ordered toj .niua. IO pruivil mruiau unci ma, The fleet will probably not leave'orlen 'al waters until China is quieted. IYIRAKER SEEKS TOGA. Is Exonerating Himself of Charge pf Ik-Ins Oil Employe.' Cincinnati, O., Nov. 16. The final statement of United States Senator J. ii. Foraker preliminary to his fight for 'the senatorial toga will be for warded today to members of the leg islature who are to vote for or against him. The statement consists of a letj ter from Virgil P. Cline of Cleveland, purporting to bIiow the exact nature of Foraker's employment' by the Stan dard Oil company. ' It declares the statement should "satisfy any fair minded man." Brutal Assault Near Mcdford. Mrtdford. Nov. 16. Cleo Htut, a :s'lrl of 14 of this city, was kidnaped Trldav nleht and returned home at 3 Shis morning In a precarious condl-.' tlu'n, after lvlng brutally mlstreatf-.l. . She Uft her home with ' her p jnd- mother on a visit to nelgV'i-ir She; was seized and thrown lto a carriage, j She remembers B-V.hinjr until she ; awoke In her home. Her assailants are unknown. Nom'i'ate on Tlmr-ilay. , J Denver, Nov. 16. The labor eonven- t!on developed today Into Jurisdictional : dlspuUs between the various unions. ' Officers will probably be nominated J Thursday. Gompera'. re-election Is as-, sured. , PoH'"H (allllll'll JlllllltH. Romt Nov. 16. iiiilllant cerenion li'rt niark'.'d the celebration t-day of the fiftieth anniversary of the or.ll- i Rations were present representing the king of Spain, the emperor of Ger many and the emperor of Auslrla. lu addition to an autograph letter of con gratulation the kalsor sent lLs Holi ness a gold and diamond seal bearing the pontifical arms. The Spanish del egate Is Duque do la Contjulnta. Pon tifical high mass was celebrated by the pope at SL Peter's, and it was attend ed by a large number of church digni taries from all parts of the world, as well as by the delegations from all na tions having diplomatic relations with the Vatican. Tho ceremonies will 'ex tend through the week, and will be of an elaborate nurure. . ARRESTED HERE BUT RE LEASED OX IDEXTU'lCATION Oakland Woman Wqlklng From Hunt lngtou to Siokane Refuses Money With Wltleli to Travel Lost Her Way at llilsrai-d and Wandered ' About the Mountains Will Work lu La Graudo and if PoHslble Ride Train From Here to Destination. A sttv't "built 'wenap giving -her name -aa ' Aitoa'hdy " Johnson, wos brought Into the city yesterday morn ing by Sheriff Childcrs oa the sup position that she was mentally wrong, bu( such Is not warranted by her J atory or actions. She left Oaklund, 1 n h.ApaIn far as Huntington, bound: for Spokane, j fee,ln of T"et , . . , ! nununjiun, uuu y District Attorney Langdon had a where she haa relatives and where he,long confgerence with Heney today. formerly lived. From Huntington she Waht Chance o$( Venue. . walked Into La Grande and proceeded Alleging that the llfe of Abe Ruef on west. Upon, reaching Hllgard she . is unsafe In San Francisco and that took the wrong railroad track and In a "fierce, burning prejudice and blaa due time found herself at the end of exists which makes It Impossible to the logging camps of the . Grande secure a fair trial In this city," the de- Ronde Lumber company. She was- fendant' attorneys asked for a change given shelter for the night and the-of venue when the trial was resumed next morning one of the men assisted this morning, ; under heavy guacd. her with her two grips to the top of They then asked for the discharge of the hill Bnd directed her on the road the Jury whlcli took four months to- to La Grande. In some manner she secure. The prosecutors asked time missed the main road and remained , to file affidavits In 'opposition. Court out all Baturday nlgnt. Bherltt cntl- then adjourned until tomorrow m' ders was notified and met her. She was offered a ticket a portion ot the way, but refused, stating that she was not an object of charity, and this af- tornoon secured a position and expects to soon realise sufficient money to buy her ticket to Spokane. Quartet Returns. The L. D. S. quartet, which has been holding a series of concerts In Wal lowa county, returned this evening. T--i.it .a mm Rnmrnil. ' who!".' accompanied them, expect to remain several days. STOP THE FIRST COUGH Early fall coughs"often pave the way for many later ones, by set ting up a chronic inflammation of the air passage. - Cure the first cough promptly and'rlghtly and you will thus be .taking precautions against ilability to later annoyances and 'danger. For any kind of a cough at any time, we know of nothing .better than Newiin's White Pine Expectorant It is a remedy that we can highly recommend, because It cures In the right way. and Its value has been demonstrated by years of use. Prlc 25 and 50 Cents. NEWLIN DRUG CO. U GRANDEORE. , J BULLET IBM .riiUI.I II1L liLUl FEELING OF RELIEF AND rilOSECUTOIt IS IMPROAVING. OiMTatlon Tills MoruhiR Iutw Bul let In HeueyV Nwk Near the Sur fa Oiratlon Sutful ThO Churches of Oukland Condole. Wlfo or Slrk keni I'rowx ulur I.a:iedot 'i Has Lons Conference With lleney . Much B'tter at Notn. '' San Francisco, Nov. 16. The bullet In Francis J. Ileneya.V neck wus removed this morn- Ing. The operation was entirely v successful.- His condttton at 11 4 o'clock was greatly Improved. . . Minister Extend CtnidoIeiK-o. if Oakland, Nov. 16. A committee of ministers of the Oakland Church Fed eration today sent Mrs. Heney a Copy the resolutions of condolence adopt-. ed at yesterday's mass meeting of Oaklandchurcheb. The Introduction reads: '" ' f Gracious God, bless, Bad restore speedily to full health your husband, and thus bless our state. Is the prayer of the Church federation which met In the crowded First Methodlsthurch of Oakland. We extend to you the fullest sympathy tn your acute suf Min .""-'"'' " ' ' . Bullet Iiodged Near Surface. San Francisco, Nov. !. Dr. Wal lace Terry, chief ot the , emergency service, did the Operating. ; The bullet was near the surface. Mrs. Heney haa not left the hospital since her hus- band was takenthere. The removal of the bullet has caused a general Ing. The defense's affidavits ; say soma of the-Jurors heard the shot, .making : it impossible to give Ruef a fair trial, - There was a hush when Ruef and his attorneys entered, the court room. Ruef looked straight ahead. Tha court room la railed off from the spec tators by a stout fence. Ruef was returned to Jail with nine detectives guarding him. ' . George Stoddard, who has been lit Wallowa county fon several days, re turned on the afternoon train.