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VOLUME VIII.
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, ORE., MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1909.
NUMBER 148.
SENATE PRUNES
3I0DJE.SKA Mil I ED.
Large Crowds laj Homage to Memory
of Dead Actress.
MODJESKA WEALTHY.
Nevertheless Has Spent Moot of Her
AMERICA!! CLUBS
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SEN ATE ltKl'OItT MAKE
LOWEU KATES IS U ALLY
Actual Number of Reduction Arc
About Three Times Tbe Number of
lnrmises According to Semite Fl
nance Committee lteport Ordered
Reported to Senate Today Articles
For Common I'se Are to lie Restored
to Free List
"WASHINGTON, April 12. Payne's
tariff bill, as amended by the senate
finance committee, was ordered to tbe
'.senate today after the committee
meeting. In main, the rates as re
ported from the finance committee are
lower than the ones passed by the
house. The actual number of reduc
tions are about three times the num
ber of increases.
A considerable number of articles
for common use are removed from the
dutiable list, and restored to free
trade. The house rate of a dollar
per thousand feet on lumber Is re
tained, being a reduction of a dollar
from the Dingley rate bill.
Duty on lemohs Increased, pine
apples reduced, meat products un
.changed, wines Increased consider
ably. The annual revenue from wines
Alone will be $3,000,000 annually.
Hoodoo's Wheels Hack.
The main drives of hoodoo passen
ger engine No. 19 have been returned
from Albina, and aer being put into
place today.
Win. C'antrell and son William have
returned from the Oxbow country and
will return with their families. They
are pleased with tbe progress ot that
country.
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MonarchH
We have just received an extra large consignment of MONARCH Hose
for men, women and children and we know of no better way to adver
tise this magnificien- lT.e of hosiery than to offer them for a short time
at prise that will be a great inducement to.you to buy.
You buy a few pair at the pricas we are selling them at this week and
we feel confi ent that in the future when you think of hos'.ery you will
think of the MONARCH Hose.
ALL STYLES, ALL WEIGHTS, ALL COLORS,
See Our window for Prices this week
Men! Do you
1 need Socks?
Why not buy
them now?
LA
LOS ANGELES, April 12. Last
rites over the body of Helena Mod
Jeska, the actress, was performed
here this morning. Thousands pM
homage to iher memory. St. VIMana
Cathedral, where solemn requiem
mass was held, was crowded before U
o'clock, the time set for the services.
ER
TO EJFJU0
IMPERIAL REPRESENTATIVE CAUGHT
IN SWINDLING GAME
PITTSBURG, Api
of Chinese Miniate. mig Fang
at Washington D. C. at the Instance
of Secretary Knox Is threatened today
because It Wu's alleged association
with two countrymen In a mining
swindle of which local Chinese vic
tims. Richard Kelly, the police de
partment's Chinese expert, claims to
have evidence that Wu wrote letters
threatening Chinese with deportation
if they testify against the swindlers.
Lo Si Ski, imperial Inspector of In
dustries in China, and a companion
Yip Ven, a wealthy Chinese, were ar
rested on March 29th acoMaed of
swindling. Through influence exe
cute bdy Wu they were discharged.
Many Car Wheels.
Storekeeper Martin received into
account today 32 pairs of qar wheels.
These wheels are made in Taenma
ad mounted on the axle at the Albany
shops before being sent to La Grande.
osierydpecia.
FOR ONE WEEK
MONARCH HOSIERY is bought
THE
GRANDE, OREGON
MIIJI LI) II AVE HLLN
WITH KECE1VEU NOW
Eildentlv Delayed In Transit lie
ceher Adirso d 'J hut Ihldend
Check Have Keen Sent Will He.
quire Time For Segregation After
Arrhal-Eath Train Will be Watch--d
Announced lu Observer When
Depositors 31.t j Apply.
Forty-five per cent dividend checks
to depositois in the Farmers & Trad
ers National bank are speeding tow
ard La Grande and will be here to
night or tomorrow according to let
ters received from Washington by
Receiver Neldner. A Communication
was received Saturday night by him
which explains that the checks have
been sent, but for some unknown
viton did not arrive when the letter
Unless they have been delayed
In transit by transfers, the money
paper should come in a day or two. '
Fro m pi Announcement.
The Observer will announce when
the checks arrive. Due to a long task
of seggregatlng and arranging in-order
of the different checks, at least
one day will expire from the time they
arrive until the lawful owners can
have them.
In the event that they should come
tomorrow it is likely that Thursday
will be the day set for distribution.
Eiich check must be signed for at the
receiver's office by the individual to
whom it is made out.
tai.lIA.M STILL ILL.
"Jim" Gilliam's friends will be sor
ry to learn that Instead of being able
lo work today as he expected, he Is
:gain ill and In bed.
Monarch Hos
iery, Knit to
Fit and Fit to
Wear.
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DCU1.EY EVANS Ji:i:kI.I
FKO.M M'EEDIXti TKAIX
M'Uut Is Considered a Kciuarlulilc
Freak In Itallroadlnir Occtired Helen
kamelii This .lloriiliiii Itrut.ciiniit
Iliidly Cut And Hruised no Hones
.Broken How Voting Mao .Hissed
Being Draped Cutler Train is a
MjMery to Railroaders.
Dudley Evans, a young brakeman In
ijhe passenger service between Pendle
ton and Huntington, miraculously es
caped death but did sustain Injury
In a fall from No. C early this morn
lug as the overland was speeding
down the steep grade from Kamela
to HUgard. He was jerked from the
lower steps of one of the coaches as
he was leaning out watching for re
tainer:;, and- how ' he escaped being
thrown under the wheels, neither he
nor anyone else can quite explain.
Unnoticed to him the train was pas
sing a pole set near the tracks, which
has to do with the signal service, and,
almost Instantly, the accident came.
Before he fully recovered froni the
shock that all but dislocated his shoul
der, cut and bruised him In a dozen
places, he was left alone In the moun
tains. Sufferiug with pain he man
fully tntriged buck to Kamela. but be
fore going far was overtaken by a
freight train and given tt lift to the
susl:nlt, from. where lie was taken to
La Grande on a light engine. Doctor
Hull dressed the bruises and sent
Avails to his home In Pendleton
where lie bus a wife and two children.
His right shoulder received the
brunt of the fall, but his face la badly
cut and gashed. No fracture was
noticeable in the hurried examination
given the injuries.
No One Sit" Htm Fall.
None or his fellow trainmen .wit
nessed the fall. He is lu the dark
as to particulars about it, but Is
thankful that nothing worse resulted.
He wil ble lible to return to lii "work
In a weK or Bo. - -
ipi ml liisiiTr
AMLUIil IMAIt
TIKES HIS LIFE
SMUT AND BED POST USED AS
MEANS OP 'ENDING HiS LIFE
TACOMA. April 12.--Ole Braget,
.'Ked Tl. and a former student of the
I'atilic Luther Academy at Oliver,
Mex.. and who Is an inmate of the
wHjstern Washington hospital for in
sniif, committed sulfide by hanging
ycsierdny. He left a note saying he
bad not slept since Christmas, anidit
ting he was a great sinner. Suicide was
effected by making a noose out of his
shirt, and fastening the other end to
his bed post.
M.ITK TKAIIILK'S
SALEM, April 12. It has been de
cided that the next state teachva'
coiivintion will be held June 20th and
.K'lh and July 1, 2 at Albany.
WHEAT STILL CLIMIIS.
CHICAGO. April 12. May -.heat
i ..,..,hpi ft 2 eiHh at pnr.n i'..,;iv The
bruadetiltiK of tli in-!-- . - as a. j.K:? -!
direct into the h-i'' 1' I'atUns who
unloaded Ja'rgM quantities of May
: wheat at thi't p.ite, adding to his
already immense profits.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Didion have gone
to their Milton ranch for a few days.
They are putting out a large con
signment of fruit trees. Pendleton
Tribune.
LOS AXGELUS, April 10. It was
learned today that Helen Modjeska
left a fortune amounting to $125,000,
Including personal property and jew
els. This Is all that remains from
the 1 1.000.000 earned by the actress
during her years on the stage.
CAH SLAUGHTER
ii cm uns
PRESENT DEFECTS TO BE REMED
IED BY NEW ORDINANCE
Eighteen years ago yesterday lack
ing one month, the city council of the
city of La Grande passed ah ordinance
"to ' prevent and remove nuisances,
and to declare what Bhall constitute
the same; and to make the expense
of abating a nuisance a lien upon the
property where such nuisance ex
ists." Yesterday one Tom Bourns, a Greek
who had the contract for feeding the
gang of laborers who are now quar
tered in the yards, killed a sheep on
the O. R. & N. grounds. '
He was arrested by Oillcer Rayburn
this morning, but because the old
ordinance doeB not make It an of
fense to slaughter for one's own use,
It was necessary to release Mr. Som as.
An ordinance or an amendment to the
old one to remedy this defect will be
prepared by City Attorney Baker at
once, and with an emergency clause
attached, will likely pass at the next
council meeting.
l ine Elk's Autlerx.
One of the finest pairs of elk ant
lers ever seen In La Grande or any
where )se came on. the Elgin train
thig afternoon.- They were shinned, by
10. L. Moore, of Wallowa, and consig
ned to a Taeonia fur house.
nil nilANTITY
uiu
tUIIII I I I
FOUR HUNDRED CARLOADS ROL
LING FOR LA GRANDE CHUTES
Workmen are busy today clearing
away on the ground east of the coal
chutes ' so that more coal may be
stored. There are already 1.1,000 tons
in the', yards, but there are also li'O
tars of coal at Huntington and be
tween here and there that must be
unloaded in the near future.
WASHINGTON'. April 12. The Wa
ters Tierce Oil Company was finally
ousted from Texas today by a de
cision of tho I'nlted States Supreme
Court, which denied a rehearing in
three cases of the company vs Texas.
LAC ICR CITV. April 1 1. Assuran
ces that advertisements for bids .for
the now Tvlojr post office will be pub-l;-'itrd
Aliliin a few weeks, probably
within the present month, were re
ceived last evening by PoBtmaster V.
J. La liner, from J. K. Taylor,, suuer-
ir.vit.-'-i l- :'J- -.;s .Wi'Ash ry -u-.-.
partment.
I0 VOI K PA It r.
The ladies of the Park Association
have put In time and money, and yet
there are some who are not helping
the project along. Give your dollar
for a membership, and then boost.
You will enjoy the park as much as
anybody, and will be well repaid In
one season.
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DKTHOIT HAS PEXXAXT
(OLon oce ttni.T
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Huston Already Picked for t'e'lur
Due to Lake's Seemingly roelinh
Trick 'ew 1'ork Ktperiiuenlioif
with Vouiigsters (hlcaifo Vlilte
Sox Hill be Weakened hy Absence
of Fielder Jones lteile of Ameri
can League Clubs.
(By United Press Correupoutlent )
NEW YORK, April 12. Hardly
knowing how he managed f sj.vlva
since the last world's championship
baseball game, Mr. Buaeball Hug w'll
come unto his' own tils aftKuboa
when the teuth season of the A jiio' l
can league will get under way. Mr.
Bug has had a hard winier f It, l ut
today indicated that he It asjul-i la
fine trim, with lungs In order nnd
eyes far more discerning than ihos
of the umpire.
Two factors add special Interest
to the American league nice this
year; the first being the unusual
number, ot youngsters wno a e being
given their first opportunity In a
major league and the other the
struggle for Detroit to wiu a third
successive chainplonthi') and thereby
establish a record for the league.
Tigers Look Mnii.
From the Tigers caniii com, con
tinuous growls and Hughey Jennings,
tht human stoise buttery of eneigy
who guides thJTteam of City of
Straits, declares that he will not
have to wait this. year until next to
the last game before having the
championship won.
The unprejudiced observer is fenc
ed to admit that unless the other con
tenders have strengthened mateiial
ly, there is good, grounds for Jen
ning's boast. The only faces miss
ing from the T'p I'he up this year
will. b third baseman ... Coughllu,
catcher Thomas and substitute In
lieider, all of whom were let out by
Jennings, so U is tP be inferred thajr
their alsence will not weaken the
team. In Thomas' place as secontl
catcher, Detroit lias two recruits lii
Reckendorf and Stauaue. . both . of
whom show unusual promise. :
As additions to lil3 Strong box
corps of last year, Jennings has lure
good youngsters In Korks, Suggs and
Laflete. Wil let and Summers, two
new Btars In the American leagU
firmament last year, will shine With
added luster this season, Jennings
says. So the Titan-haired Hughey
cun't see how the Tigers can be shut
out of their third successive iiennant.
CleM'land Himgerons. ,
The adldtion of old Cy Young, who,
like a corner lot, improves with age,
to the Cleveland pitching staff, make
Lajoie's bunch look dangerous.
Cleveland has looked dangerous so
often, however, only to have the fuse
go out, that it not generally pick
ed for the front seat. Bradley is be
lieved to be weakening at third and
with a big question mark after Terry
Turner at short. ' due to tangled
shafting in his tbiowlng arm, the
inner works of the Naps look none '
too strong.
Chicago a Stndy.
Minus Manager Fielder Jones, It
Is hard to Hgnre the Chicago White
Sox any stronger than last year.
Jones refused an. offer of $15,000,
which shows that ball players may
now speak of their salaries rather
than wages. The White Sox bid fair
to remain the "Hitless Wonders."
winning a majority of games by
fif.;r;8 ir.rft-'i'.d- jX .3iratn...JT.n& .VfTz :
Sonne! will be pncrtieally uiicnaiiged.
with, the exception of Joifs.
The oiher upper berth team ot
last season, the St. IxjuIs Browns, ie
picked to put the same scrappy game .
and is sure to b a factor. The ad
dition of Lou Cilger, the old Bostca
ratche.r to the team will bolster it
up where It was lamentably weak.
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