La Grande evening observer., December 29, 1908, Image 1

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LA CRAXDE. CXIOJT COOTI, 0RXG05. TXESDAY, DECEMBER X. ItOa.
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SPECIAL SESSIOII
OF CITY COUHCI
WATER PROJECT BONDS
TO BE FILLY DISCUSSED
not expect that anything would b
done until after the charter had been
adopted, but since they have rvmalned
o painfully silent since the election,
which took place November 24. the
council haa decided that the Chicago
company must either take up the
I bond nr. f, o? nt ikt.W'c j
IK id more matt probable that some
thing will develop at the meeting to
morrow evening; that will disctose
thai there are other companies who
desire a chance at the bond l&sue.
SOUTHERN ITALY 0EVASTAT1
IS WORSE THAN FIRST
lx-tluirR)- on Part of Chicago Bonding
Company Relative to farther Action
on Bonds, Worrit Council Water
Committee Held Meeting Last Eve
ning to Discus Plana Otliers Will
ing to Take Hand In Deal if Xcu
tenne Gets Out.
The city council la becoming Impa
tient with the seemingly Inattention
to business aa reflected by the action
of John Keuvenne & Company of Chi'
cago, who bid for the purchase of the
41(0.000 Beaver creek water bonds
Members of the water committee held
a session last night and after going
over the matter thoroughly decided
that they would recommend at the
next meeting of the council that the
matter of taking up the bonds must be
acted upon immediately by the pur
chaser or the bid would be cancelled
by the city. '
Mayor M. K. Hall, upon learning of
the action of the committee this
morning. In order to facilitate mat
ters, Issued a call for a special meet
ing of the council for tomorrow eve
ning to consider the bond question and
all matters pertaining to the water
proposition. Marshal Waklen served
the notices this forenoon.
The facts are that the purchasing
company h&s done nothing aside from
asking- for a transcript of the records
and after receiving notice that their
sent ail 01 me iniormaiion asaea ior,
and after the voters adopted the new
charter the recorder wired them that
It had been carried. The council did
Scotty Was Poolln.
San Francisco. Dec. 29. Walter
Scott, better known as "Scotty." left
here today for New Tork. He declares
he was only Joking when he entered
a recruiting station for the marines
recently, and announced his Intention
to enlist. He took the examination
and then asked for a leave of absence
to settle up his business affairs.'
TOTAL DEATH LIST W11X TO It'll THE EIGHTY
' THOUSAND MA UK, IS EAI5LT ESTIMATES.
E. Stewart and Walter Zwelfel have
gone to the mountains to hunt deer.
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WIFE OF CAPTAIN ANNIS L1STEMS
TO TALE OF MURDERER
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Mewiua. Skily. U Hi Center of DeM nation Looter Clash With Soldier
' While They Try lo Steal Two I Ye I of Mud Coers Mcxdna, Covering
Many Vnto Sufforat Ion Many Are Without Medk-al Care awl Suffer! lis
Front Injury and Hunger la Appalling Terrible Conriagratktn Ragln
Threatening to Destroy Cities No Entirely Obliterated by Tidal Wa
and Eartliqaake -America, England aud France Coming to Aid of Suf
ferers With Subscriptions. ' v
Rome. Dec. 19. The complete de
struction of Messina, a large seaport
town of Sicily, with a population of
1S0.049, waa today confirmed In an of
Hclal dispatch to the Italian govern'
menu The dispatch fears Ragglo,
across the straits of Messina. Is annl
htlated. and It is also feared most of
the towns on the strait were de
stroyed.
Cant Check lire.'
The messages say the fire Is spread
In ranldlr over Messina, with no
means of checking the flames.
squadron of battleships left here today
for Messina, which is the second city
In Sicilv. It was established by the
pirates In the eighth century, B. C.
Take Refugees Away.
Railway communication Into the
Flushing. I.. Dcf ?9. Mrs. An- stricken towns has been estaoiisneo
nls, widow of William Annis. for Transportation is connnea to onng'
whose murder Thornton Halns is on Ing in supplies, government troops, and
trial, and a number of members of the taking out refugees. Dtspatcnes mai-
Bayside Tacht club, were In court cate the city Is doomed. Even If wa
when the trial was resumed this ter Is provwea, mere w no orgnnna
morning. Witness Tlerney was con- tion to fight. When they arrive at
fronted by Mrs. Annis when the hear- Messina, the battleships will be divided
ing commenced. He said he did not to patrol the coast of the devastated
see her at the time of the shooting, district.
t. m cmv triA h iiiii-i nt ... A lat edition of the Ttibuna estl-
Cantaln'Peter Halns were those of an nw'" the number of dead at between
"exceedlnalv eccentric nerson." C.,e00 end 75,000. It says twice that
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ELEVENTH
AHnuAL
SALE
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If is unnecessary for us to go into detail as j
lo our ability at January price cutting. Every:
thing in our store has to go under our magic
prices.
Nothing Reserved
Everything in the house reduced. We are
the people who keep the prices down.
IMF MR
La Grande, Oregon
many were Injured and are suffering
A relief committee Is rushing food
supplies and medicine stores to the
stricken place. . There Is a fearful
loss of Uvea and the suffering Is ap
palling. Hundreds of thousands are
homeless, most of them without food
The soldiers are doing good work. In
nearly all the cities affected, orders
to shoot looters are carried out. The
heaviest da mare was ssutatned by
Messina. In Sicily., and Reggio In Ola
brla.
The destruction of Messina wa
j.iore the result of a tidal wave than
'quake, according to refugees arriv
ing here. They say the dead Is offl
dally reported at Messina at 1S00, bu
It Is probable there are as many as 12
000.
No Medical Care for Wounded.
Cantanraro. Italy. Dec. S. Report?
this afternoon Indicate that eight per
cent of the cities of 25.000 Inhabitants
are either dead br wotnded as the re
sult of the 'quake. Martial law pre
vails. All supplies have been seuied
by soldiers and given to the suf
ferers.
Food Is In great demand. Most of
the survivors arecamplng In the open
country about the town. Hundreds
severely wounded, have received no
medical attention.
Roosevelt Condole King.
Washington, Dec. - 19. President
Roosevelt has cabled a message of
condolence to the King of Italy. H-
said the Red Cross would Issue an ap
peal for contributions.
Mud Covers City.
Naples, Dec. 19. Twenty-five thou
sand deaths is the best estimate made
today of the loss of lives by the earth
quake and tidal wave, which devas
tated southern Italy and Sicily. Klng
Emmanuel passed through the city to
day en route to Rome. The king re
ceived reports from Messina, saying
the tidal wave left a two-foot layer of
mud and slime over the city, and
scores were smothered.
Clush With Looters.
A clash between- soldiers and looters
at MpMna today resulted In many
death.
The autdlera fired on the looters and
drove them into the mountains. Gen
eral CoAta. who Is also an archbUhop
and commander of the garrison at
Messina, la among the dead.
Catania. Sicily, Dec 19. Signs of
volcanic activity were noticed today
at Mt. Aetna. It U feared an eruption
U imminent
Vk-UtM ruder Ruins.
Talermo, Dec. 19. Twelve thousand
are dead at Mevlna. according to a
report received here. It is feared hun
dreds are alive under the ruins and
Tin be roasted.
.a-h Milps to Mcwdna.
fan, ivc. I. France, today or
dered the battleshtpa Justice and Wr
ite, and three destroyers to proceed
under forced draught to Messina.
New York Italians Donate.
New Tork. Dec. J9. A benefit per
formance for the victims of the earth
DUNBAR UPHELD
RY IKF FAKIII
VXLAWFV1XY COI.LECTED
FEES SCANDAL IS OVER.
(Continue on aa l.
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FICHT TDO EARLY
BURNS ASSERTS HE COULD HAVE
LICKED KEGRO IF PERMITTED
San Francisco, Dec. 19. A friend
here has received today a cablegram
from Tommy Burns, the former hea
vyweight champion, defeated by Jack
Johnson, the coon, in Sydney, Austra
lia, saying the police stopped the fight
at the suggestion of Johnson's second
and affirms that Burns was - still
strong and could have won the fight
The Burns cablegram rtys: -
"Sydney, Australia, Dec. 29. John
son's seconds Influenced the police In
.topping the contest. I waa strong. I
had a chance as Nelson did with Gans.
Johnson " was turning. The pictures
;vlll show everything. Am willing to
fight Johnson again. . Can beat him
'Vill arrive home In two months."
MINERS MISJIDGED.
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Kentucqy Miners' Leader Pleads
- Justk-e by the Publk.
for
JuMk-e Fakln Write Dcvl-Ooa In See
retary of State Duuliar Case That
E.vticratc Former State Of fk-UU .
Waa Done VtUaw fully. Hut IVea
Tims Collected Are Property of
k
Tluwe Front WIknu Collerted Or.
dees Cae Dismissed.
Salem". Dec. 19. On the ground
that the defendant was not accounta
ble to the state for fees collected un
lawfully, but to the .persona alone
front whom they were collected, the
supreme court today reversed the eaa
against F, I. Dunbar, former secre
tary of state, prosecuted by Attorney
L. H. McMahon of this ctly. to recover
1100,000 alleged to have been exacted
unlawfully during the Dunbar admin
istration. The money waa collected between
1899 and 1907. The opinion waa writ
ten by Justice Eakln. who ordered the
case reversed and dismissed.
The opinion says: "It la contended
that fees received for filing articles of
Incorporation, Issuing commissions to
notaries and the appointment of com
missioners of deeds, miscellaneous
commissions, warrants of arrest wera
unauthorized, but were collected un
der the code. The fees received as X
offtcla Insurance commissioner were
to compensate hint for services render
ed aa such, and are fees, perquisites
to compensate him for additional serv- .
Ice aa insurance commissioner and
not construed as collections for the
benefit of the state. Unauthj ied fr
actions of fees by art : officer eannot
operate to give the atate and county
title to money so received. They ara
the property of the person from whom
they were Illegally exacted. The state
haa no right thereto, nor can the de
fendant be held accountable."
County Treasurer Robbed.
Sioux Falls, 8. D., Dec. 89. Two
masked men today robbed Michael
Meier, treasurer of Sanborn county, of
15097, and escaped. They entered
Meier's office with revolvers, and
forced him Into the vault, where they
SILVER CITY Ifl
DYNAMITE RESORTED TO
WITH CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS
Town Near Boise Threatened by a Fire
Whk-h Destroyed Eight Building
Chinaman Commence IxxHlng the
Burned District jold!ers Guard the
Property Saved From BulUlinp
Total IiOHB Front Fire Reached Flftj
Thousand Dollars.
Boise, Dec. 29. Flames starting In
a Chinese restaurant destroyed eight
buildings and caused a total don-arc;
of 950,000, and threatened tv.c de
struction of Silver City. mining
camp in Owyhee count". 'irly today.
The liberal use cf dynamite with
which the buildinsrs were blown up.
saved the big War Eagle hotel.
- Aeam-i-fftsvs p-y.ccu-c- tkt- gouts
removed from homes and stores. Sev
eral Chinamen were caught looting,
but were driven away with six shoot
ers. Three hundred miners fought the
fire for fonr hours.
Cincinnati, Dec. 19. Berry Simp- I
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son, , the alleged leader of the strik- secureu me ,uvnr. ..
In miners, at Stearns. Kv.. who fouirht treasurer in anu roue away
deputy sheriffs and United States
marshals, in a letter to . the United
Press declares the miners are unjustly
pictured. He says if the- governor
would Investigate he would find "good
citizens" guilty of crime Instead of the
miners.
: Sentence Ruef at 4:30.
Sun Francloco, Dec. 29.
Judge Lawlor this morning post
poned sentencing Abe, Ruef un
til 4:30 this afternoon, to give
the prosecution an opportunity
to submit affidavits In rebuttal,
showing the Jury was not guilty
of misconduct and was not Intimidated.
Castro In Fight.
Port of Spain, Trlnidud. Dec. 29.
isews ol an engagement at Mneuro be
tween adherents of the depost presi
dent, Castro, of Venezuela, and offi
cers of the new president, Gomee, In
which. 20 were killed and 60 wounded,
was received here today by the gun
boat Miranda.
Mr. and Mrs. George Crandall, who
arrived here ChrlHtmns morning to
vlBlt their mother, Mrs. M. J. Cran
dall, are now in Baker City visiting
relatives and are expected to return
this evening and remain a few days
'before returning to their home in
Spokane. This la George's first visit
home In eight years.
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A GIFT WAT PLEASES
is not always the expensive one. Something bezu- i
tiful and useful and in good taite suits best. One
thing that is always acceptable, and which will re-
main a plhasant reminder of the giver, is good per- I
fume. We have a nice line ol
CHRISTMAS PERFUMES I
put up in fancy gift packagt: crwe can sell you t
the same odors in bulk. When you are at a toss
what to buy thin of these. Just what yon want for I
lust what you can pay. The quality is the very best I
Afewm Drug Co.
La Grande, Ore.