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f Ay VOLUME VHL LA GRANDE, CMOS COUNTY, OREGON. Villi). VV. NOVI.MBER 20, 1008. NUMBER 41. PIXCHOT FOR CABINET. BABY DIES. Infant Child of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gil- mora of This City. ' DISASTROUS TO SHARLS ERRATIC ARTICLE REVIVE am '-"-8PMP6 Chief Forester Reported ApiKilntcd lo Tult's Cabinet.' . ' sharp rebukes hurled - at dIifexse Attorneys, I'roratllnga of the Ruef Trial Today Have Docn Disastrous to et-Hoss of Gruftert Court Step and De- fends Gallagher, tlie Star Witness for ProHWUtloit Burn Flics His Charges AsatiiHt Guards Who Per- ' mtttcd Haas to Suicide.- San Francisco, Nov.. 20. Repeated rebukes by the court to Attorney Ach, for the defense, characterized the en- itlre morning session of the Ruef .trial. Ach declared he would show that Jas. Gallagher, the prosecution's chief witness, was an "arch-partisan of the graft prosecution," and then pro ceeded In an attempt to impeach Gal lagher by pinning him down to min ute, points of time. Rebukes .were ad ministered in this connection. The whole session was disastrous to Ruef. Charges Are Preferred. -' Dttectlve Burns last night filed charges against Charles Kolley and John C, Attrldge. the two Haas guards.' It is through the hearing of these charges that the prosecution ex pects to learn why the police depart ment Is antagonistic to the graft prosecution. Kansas Bunk Falls. . 1 . Fort Seott, Kan., Nov. 20. The First , National Bank of this city was closed today by order of President Grar.t Hornadr.y. The Washington 'author!- jf ties requested the appointment of a receiver. 'The.U;i.bllUlwi are' 662.PO0 and the assets $789,000. The cause of the failure is not announced.. Horr adny has publicly ' declared that his -private fortune will protect the depos itors. " '. . t OVK PEOPLE DENY IT. (Siifflul Report to Observer Affirm Eloper is Not nt Ranch. , Cove, Nov. 20. (Special.) After a careful investigation by several par ties in and about Cove, It Is the con sensus of opinion that Conley Is not ' here. Neighbors have kept close tab on the Conley ranches of late, actu ated by reports that the wheat king was at his home, but the most careful scrutiny of the home has failed to re- vetu me lugiuve. Aosotutely no ere lcnce Is given the report here. Based on known facts, it can be def initely stated that the police at Port land are in earnest about locating Con ley. Many surmise -that because the shrewd paramour of the Williams girl has eluded the police so long, that the effort to locate hlrh is only half-hearted. Union county officials have been notified to be on the alert for any ap pearance of the wheat king. CIRCUIT COURT NOTES. Acitliier Applies to Court for Ortlcr of Kale of Rank (Structure. Receiver Walter Nelclner this after noon applied for a bill of stile for the Farmers Si Traders national' bank building at $25,000. Circuit Judge Knowlcs will return from .Wallowa county tomorrow or early next week and action will be taken soon after.. Mabel Mitchell vs. E. C. Mitchell Is the title of a divorce suit that has keen filed with the circuit court. The plaintiff alleges desertion. J. N. Watsehke has brought suit against Perry D.appe to 'secure an alleged payment due. Oreson City Murdrri-r Mot Dans. Oregon City, -Sov. 20. Matthias Jancljag. ,cn icted of the murder-of Mary Pcbiuraker. his sweetheart, was today sentenced to hang on January 8 t PHrrv v . " ' , '"".. " - The total cash value of the fruit crop of the Walla Walla valley fruit growers this season will amount, in round numbers, to $ 1,000,000. Washington, Nov. 20. It Is Rtated ford Flnchot, chief forester, has been offered the agricultural secretaryship In Taft's cabinet. It Is also reported that Overton VV, Price, assistant forester, will be Pln- chot's successor. 15 mil in FATAL ACCIDENT 'S PIPE CAUSE OP FIFTEEN RIGHTFUL DEATHS . Brooklyn, Nov. 20. Fifteen men were killed in an explosion of a gas main 25 feet-below the level of the street while constructing a sewer. A mass of planking caught fire, making escape Impossible. A fev cf the. vic tims were carried into the furnace by a cave-In and burled alive. ' A water main broke flooding', the neighborhood, loosening the earth un der the tenement houses and the lat ter are tottering. Twenty-one men were In tho ditch at tho time of the explosion. A workman amoklng a pipe started the explosion. Horrible Death Result. Samuel Prout, In an attempt to save a woman and child from slipping Into the flames, fell In himself and was roasted to death before the eyes of hundreds. The woman end child were saved. Prout'a wife tried to. ;Vimp Into the fire after her husband. Milton will have a big ice plant to cost $18,000. . FRANK PHY ELECTED TRUSTEE I H SCR BER'S BANKRUPT ESTATE Frank Phy was unanimously elected trustee, with bonds at 110,000, this to be Increased as the referee may deem necessary. . There were - several thousand dollavs of liabilities presented at the meeting that does not appear on the schedule made by Mr. Scriber. , - " . ' Referee In BankruptcyJohn S. Hod gins is busy tortny presiding ovp- . meeting of the creditors of J. V,'; .:.,: ber. bankrupt. There are quite a num ber who are Interested from outside points filing their verified claim-.'. This Is one of the largest, If not die largest bankrupt estates ever adminis tered upon In this county. The fol lowing Is a copy of the petition filed by Mr. Scriber, showing his assets and liabilities: - ' Assets. ' Real Estate ' .. Two-story brick .. .V. ... .$35,000.00 Lots and land 1.200.00 Home residence 6,000.00 Total r Personal Property Gee. Krelger, note .... G. R. E. Co., note .'$42,000.00 .$ 4.000.00 3.000.00 Walter M. Pierce, note 2,000.00 J. B. Thomson, note 1,000.00 F. M. Rutherford and wife, note 50.00 Wearing apparel ...... 100.00 Total .., $10,200.00 Due on Open Accounts. Baker Oil stock :.$ 16S shares of F. & T. . bank stock ............ 6"vt shares Hot Lake 8in- toriurn 1.6 Electric Light stock 1200 shares M. O ft G. Den ver Co 134 shares F. ft T. bank . . 100.00 1.000.09 8.330.00 300 -Ml ACCUSES THAT ROHY OF BE ING LAZY AND IMPOTENT, Colonel Dryttu Writes la Ills Com ' nioucr a Letter That Upbraids Tom . many' for Not Carrying New York ' for Democracy If Not That BnlyV Fault Then lie Picks ' 1'our Iar mount Questions and Gives Rome : dies lor Kuch of Tlieiu. . Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 20. That Tam many Is either Impotent or did not work for the success of the democrat ic party at the recent campaign will be charged by W. J. Bryan In an article to appear in the forthcoming issue of the Commoner. It says:' ." "Murphy, at the head of Tammany, says Tammany did the best it could. If Tammany was treacherous it might promise to be good next time, but as It did the best It could, what hope Is there for the next time?" Four Paramount Ismic. . The article continues: 'If Tammany did the best It could lind could not carry the city of New York for the democratic national ticket, several questions arise. First, was 1 It the fault of, the, candidate? Seprtni, was It the fault of tho plat form? Third, was It the ' fault of Tammany? Fourth, Is there 'a Nsw York deniociacy, outside of Tammany? "If the democratic candidate was objectionable to Tammany, the rem edy Is to nominate a candidate next! time who is satisfactory .to Tammany, provided. that is all that Is necessary to Insure", a' victor?'. If "it was Xhc democratic platform, the remedy Is: Let Tammany write the next, platform, provided such platform will Insure a victory." , , ' , ' 15 shares La Grande B. O. E.' No. 433 .. ..... Life Insurance ......... 1,500.00 2.500.00 Total $12.30.00 Schedule B. ; ' Property In money, stocks, -shares, bonds, etc. ......$31,500.00 Land at Ontario ...... 12.800.Q) Notes transferred to same,. 7,000.00 Securities transferred to Bol- , ton & Bodmer 3,418.00 ; .:t.cst In land conveyed., 6l0.00 VnwcurcU I.luhlllticw. Fi ::'.; of Elgin $ 2,600.00 J. :i. Klnehart, Summervllle 400.00 L.' W. Preston l,00t).00 Colfas National Bank ...... 3.000.00 Geo. Ackles .'. 2,180.00 W. R. Hamilton l.noo.OO V.. 'L. Owsley , 1.000.00 J. D. Casey 3OC.00 C. W. -Berry .... 750.01' L. J. Trumbull ...... 400.00 Traders National Bank, Spo kane 2.900.00 Walter M. Pierce ......... 3,000.00 Liability, as trustee, old ' creamery 1,200.00 J. B. Thorsen 1,750.00 Lloyd Scriber 725.00 Leonard Scriber . ..... 1,000.00 C. J. Scriber :'. 400.00 First Eank of Joseph ... 400.00 Wm. Murphy, Washington. 2.300.00 Julius Rocsch 6.000.00 Henry Striker 6.000.00 J. D. Slater, balance on ac count 100. 00 Total i. $39,403.00 Creditor Holding crurltic. Joseph Palmer, secured by Electric Light bonds ..-..$ 1.000.00 First National Bank. Bakes City, security SO shares F. ft T. National bank 2.500.00 German-American Bank, Portland, security Elec tric bonds and F. ft T. CEXTCRY STORY CUE- . AT1XG GREAT SEXSATION. German Emperor Gave Interview lost Summer That DUekwc Interna- , tlonnl Policies and Secret Plans Pi-cdlcli Ixmui of Many Big Colonies : by Knglaiul 1 Another Incident of Liberal Elucldatlou on German Em peror Part. . London, Nov. 20. Another sensation was created here by the publication of what purported to be the exact inter view by Dr. W. B, Haleon, on board the Imperial yacht at Bergen, Norway, from the kaiser on July 19, which was announced, to appear In the Ctntury Magazine, but was. suppressed. The story printed here says the emperor Is very bitter against England and full of "yellow fever." It declared England was a traitor to - the white, man's cause an(j "predicted she will ultimate ly lose some of her colonies through the treaty with Japan.' " -.;The story further states that the In vitation, to the American fleet to visit New Zealand and Australia was In tendud to serve notice on England that those cMonles were with the . white man and not with the renegade mother country. ,The emperor declared that Japan was even how fomenting' In surrection In India. He said there was a complete understanding between himself and President Roosevelt ' on this point, " They Intend to divide the east against itself by becoming recog nised rriends oTXiiilna. f "Negotiations were progressing fa vorably for months. A high Chinese official," the emporor said, "will soon visit Germany and the United States. Later, terms will be made guarantee ing protection and the Integrity of China and the open door. ; "Every statesman now realizes," he declared, "that Russia is In a great struggle with, Japan, and is really fighting the white man's cause-flght-Ing It miserably." He expressed sym pathy with Russia, remarking how dif ferent It would have been If the bur den of carrying the white man's stand ard was placed upon his. , Invincible battalions. ". The emp?ror Is keeping friends- with the Mohammedan world, even supplying them with rifles, be I'ugj i lirnii in a iiifnt, mann ing between the east and west where it can break the first fire, of attack. The emperor declared he believed the United States will be forced to fight Japan within the next 10 years." bank stock 2,300.00 Mrs. H. M. Hassett, security 30 shares F. & T. bank .. 3,000,00 Capital National Bank, Sa lem, , F..& T. bank stock security 1,000.00 C.W. Preston. O. R. E.'Co. bonds security 1,000.00 P. L. Willis. Portland, Light and Hot Lake bonds 6,000.00 National Bank nf Poise, se cured. G. n. E. stock .'. . . 2,000.00 J. K. McCormack ........ 1,500.00 Jus. G. Stevens, Cove, G. R.. E, stock 4,000.00 Merchants National Bank, Portland. G. R. E. Co.... 5.000.00 W. R. Hamilton, La Grande, F. & TV bank stock ..... 1,500.00 Ladd & Bu?h, Salem, various stocks 7.500.00 Oregon Mortgage Co., brick block 11,000.0ft Eank of California 400.00 Total $35,400.00 Summary Matemcnu Assets ... , . ....$97,930.00 Liabilities 94.803.00 Baker City Boys Relca-d.. Portland. Ore.. Nov. 20. Edward and Harry Eaton, the Baker City boys accused nf making counterfeit money, were released on their own recognld ance today pending the outcome of their case before the grand Jury. They were unable to furnish $1500 bonds. of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gllmora, who reside In North La Grande, died. The funeral arrangements are now being made. Mr. and Mra. Gllmore moved to this city front Elgin about one year ago. . GIL KING UNDERGOES ERUELLIHS V CROSS-EXAMINATION TODAY f New York, Nov. 20. "I docline to answer unless the government attor neys insiBt," is a new answer sprung by John D. "Rockefeller under the grilling cross-examination y Deputy Attorney General Kellogg. MortU Ro senthal, the Standard Oil company's thousand-dollar-a-day attorney, fram ed the answer for Rockefeller. He used it three times In defending se crets. ' .' ' Kellogg asked: "Do you consider hazardous any business venture start ed in 1882 with a capital of $77,000, 000, and paid dividends, of $591,000,000 and accumulated a surplus of over $300,000,000?" , "I do not consider the amount of money made by any business has any thing to. do whether It Is haaisrdous or not." V'..V. .'".':v. Three Hm Rockefeller was asked certain questions concerning the ap portionment of cash, property and ;uat. cfj-tltlcaiwi sine the promulga tion of the trust agreement in 1882. "I Ill 1 0. CROl'JS REAL SAUCY-LIKE decline to answer unless counsel for the famlIy vm have a number es the government Insists," he replied. 1ecla,.y adaDted to their special re Auto Kills Two More. Chicago, Nov. 20. While running at terrific speed, an automobile con- talnlng four chauffeurs and four wo- men es their guests, plunged Into the Calumet river today. Joseph Meyer and Margaret Atkins wont down with the auto and were drowned. The other six were rescued. The machlno swerv ed from Its course when approach ing a bridge. ' Seven Section Hands Killed Chicago. Nov. , 20. Seven section I fen- Qulncy railroad were killed today when !. a suburban train collided with a hand car west of here. 44 4 4 4 4 4 CoMgrove Is Falling. 4 Paso Robles, Noy. 20. 4 .Governor-elnct Cosgrove of 4 4: Washington, Is practically show- 4 lng no Improvement. His condl- .4 tlon is causing some apprchen- 4 sion. He Is suffering with Blight's disease and It Is be- 4 lleved his condition Is serious. 4 At first he showed Improvement. 444 44 444444444 STOP THE FIRST COUGH Early fall coughs often pave the way for many later ones, by set this up a chronic Inflammation of tho air passages. , , Cure the first cough promptly and rightly and you will thus be taking, precautions against liability to later annoyances and danger. Tor any kind of a cough at any time, we know of nothing better than j Newlin's White Pine Expectorant I ' It is a remedy that we can highly recommend, because It cures In , the right way. and Ita value has been demonstrated by years of use. Price 23 and 50 Cent. i NEWLIN DRUG CO LA GRANDE; ORE. ENORMOUS SCITS AGAINST FRISCO WATER COMPANY, Alleging That Terrible Coiiflagratlois Following San Francisco Earth quake Would Have Been Avoided With Prope Mains 100 Property Owner Bring Suit for Seventem Millions Same Action Agaliiht tlto 'Frisco Gm Company. San Francisco, Nov. JO. -Announc-' lng that the' general conflagration would not have followed the earth quake if the water mains of the Spring.. Valley Water company had been prop erly placed In the ground, a suit for $17000,000 damages against the water-company was filed In the United States circuit court today. The suit represents an aggregate of 8000 claims owned by 100 property owners. It Is understood a similar action will be. started against the local gas com pany for damage resulting from tho explosion of gas from loaklng pipes on the first day of the fire. It Is intimated that the water com pany will fight the suits-on a demur- ; rer to a higher court. A decision ' against the company would mean the - loss of its entire capital. One feature of the complaint Is that , the water company permitted the water system -to be managed carelessly, and for pri vate profit of many ' directors and stockholders personally. " "V The pastime. The new change this evening' will give the entire family an opportunity to have a- -delightful -evening. . The nrosram Is such that every member quirement. The songs by Messrs, Klatt and Ferrin, will surely please. Mr. Hlatt will do a coon song In cos-, .tume. Patrons of the Pastime know j what this means. Do not fall to see the new change which takes place fhla . evening. Late Curtain. Remember, that the curtain at Stew ard's opera house will not go up to morrow, evening until 9 o'clock. This is done in order that the business men will be able to attend and not neglect tut1 uuoiiicoD, 4 4 4 4 WhlMky and Jealousy. Portland, Nov. 20. Craxed by 4 Jealousy and whisky, William Grandjean, after attempting to 4 kill Carrie Swofford, his sweet- 4 heart, with a meat.ax. rushed up 4 stairs to a room in the Terminal 4 hotel today and committed sul- 4 clde by taking carbolic acid. 4 The girl was attacked In - the kitchen of the hotel where she 4 was employed as a cook. He was 4 prevented from swing the ax by 4 a waitress, . 4444444444444444 i x