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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1909)
-W' i JMV !:( Lit J 4i VOLUME VIII. ; LA GRANDE UNION COUNTY, ORE.V MONDAY; MAY 17, 1909. NUMBER 173. FOOD NO TIMBER. MISS KIDDLE TO El'KOrE. --'.- t! I; WW I I I i in KUW m 41 K IK Spokane Country Net Favored With Suitable Timber flaliu. on; .James Elsworth, Clint Irwin, Albert i Wadell and Mn MeDougall all four young gentlemen r of Island City.' at midnight last evening adopted an im promptu role 'of Sherlock Holmes and captured a bold thief who was making his way with nearly $500.00 of money, besides, loot . from several utores In the suburb.. The man caught red handed has confessed and Is now In the county Jail anxious, to com mence servicer of a penitentiary term 8 punishment for his rash act. The four boys in question were re turning to their Island City homes last evening, and when passing the new flouring mill saw- occasional flashes or lightning from within as of a lighted match. Mustering a supply of arms and ammunition they stole up to the door and alarmed a bur glar who was abou to escape. , RifleB, .steady and true, covered the' vital spots of the man's anatomy the in stant he emerged from the building. Discovering' that he was caught, he quickly threw away a bag of money i and surendered gracefully. The cap-; tors marched their prisoner to a near-j 1P room and telephoned for the sheriff j who appeared on the scene and con-j veyed the man to the county Jail. In i the meantlmte, the stranger Informed! the men where a considerable hum- her of smaller pieces of money: had been thrown In the excitement of the capture. These were found In a sub sequent search. . The stranger refused to divulge his J name, saying he landed in Island City yesterday morning from Colorado. He j has a wife and baby there. j , Several Lesser Crime. "Before making the climax burglary, the stranger had entered the Smith j blacksmith shop and procured a ham mer, punch and chisel. With these he worked his way to the coffers of the milling company. The meat mar ket was burglarized and robbed of $2.40, while the soft drink shop at the Island was "touched'" for a ronnle joules of near beer. Thoroughly Frightened. During the interim that existed be tween the notification of the sheriff and the latter's arrival at Island City, the fellow was under a continuous glare of rifle barrels. His nervous condition was rather shaken when the sheriff arrived and docile hardly ex plains the manner in which Mr. Thief followed the official to La Grande. MAY SESD TEAM YET. Probable That Four of Truck Team Will Attend Cenalll Meet Once more the Corvallia trip for four of. the high school track team .is being discussed and the faculty has about decided to send : four , weight and Jump men. If any go It will li kely be Frank - and Jay .Millering, Waldo Geddes and Fred Young. D. C. Brischoux, the timber cruiser, is home from a trip to Spokane and adjacent terltory, where he went in search of Ukely looking timber claims. He found nothing to his' likng how ever and, tomorrow will leave for Wal lowa with a prospective locater. Taft Will Take Tour. WASHINGTON, Muy 17. President Taft tommorow night will' depart for Petersburg, Vo., to unveil Fort monu ment. He will then go to Charlottes ville, . N. C, where he will assist in celebrating the anniverrary of - the Mecklenburg Declaration of Indepen- . .;.,.. ,,,....,,'. .-.,,-... DEUY REPORTS SEEMS THE PLAtl If HIV IS SEAM TO CaLL SPECIAL - SESSION AT ANY TIME Masons to Entertain Soon. A group of Masons Trow, this city will go to Enterprise next Tuesday, May 25, to initiate a drill team at htat Place. .... (;.,V: .f '" ' Never Seen Again. . . SAN FRANCISCO, May 17. Hope lessly blind as the result of a bullet fired into his brain with suicidal in tent three weeks ago. Eugene Moore, son of a wealthy capitalist of Plain field, N. J., will leave for his eastern home with his brother tomorrow. OLYMPIA, May 17. If the report of the legislative committee shows that Insurance Commissioner Sehively is guilty of irregular conduct In bis of fice, but that it cannot jje reached un der the law, Goyenor Hay, it is be lieved here today, will call a special session of the legislature to take up the question of impeachment proceed ings. . It is Intimated that the government is anticipating the report of the com mittee and has a call for a session, ready. . - ' . . Just when the report will be sub mitted is a matter of doubt, but ac cording to one member of the com mission it will not be handed in until inquiry into all state offices, which are to be Investigated is concluded, and this will 'be some time in July. Fashion's Choicest Sehciions New. Lines for Spring and Summer wesr have been arriving daily and we are certain that never before have we had such an elegant showing of new and up-to-date merchandise. , Wevir Wash Suits and Dresses in all the newest colors and eery one from the cheapest to the most ex- : pensive is elegantly tailored. - ' ' - Wash Suits from $4.00 to $17.50 Wash Dresses' from $2.50 'to...:''. $27.50 SKIRT Come in and see them. 1H You are always welcome at m-wi r Talented Daughter of Suburban Feo. lle W ill Tour The East. Mibs Netta Kiddle, daughter of Mr! and Mrs. Ed Kiddle of Island City, and who returned this morning from the University of Washington at Seattle, leaves in a week's time for points in the. east to join a group of relatives in an extensive tour of Europe. She will be with the party through the principle points of Interest to tourist a:.d will return late in the fall. Carnegie's Visit King. , HOME, May 17. King and queen of Italy today received Carnegie and his wife and daughter at their court. The King praised Carnegie for gifts to the cause of education." v ' ' , ' ' FLUSHING. May t 17. Captain HninB was this morning, sentenced from tijrht to 16. years In the peni tentiary for killing William Annis, the Journalist who won his wife's at- Halns was aparently the least con cerned of any person In the courtroom. He sank heavily In his chair, but In no other way showed dissatisfaction. Judge Garretsou delivered a most HEA V PAMPHLET SOME MARKED DIFFERENCE IN MANNER OF MAKING PMOOrS New mining laws have been com piled In a pamphlet sent out by tfie Secretary of the Interior to the land offices the local office among them. The chief change in the re-arrange ment which contains all the late laws on mining claims, is that the appllc anttfo hual proof "must show a more specific nature of the lode on the claim, and the exact nature of tha ore from several points of view, must be set forth. , in II. A FAULTY HABIT ACCORDING TO SAN FRANSISCO MERCHANTS, IT DISCRIMINATES 8ALE.M, May 17. The California Commission of Merchants transacting business in Oregon has filed a com plaint with the railroad commission here charging the O. R. & N. com pany with discriminating against shipments received at Portland by op position steamship lines from San Francisco. To get low rates San Francisco merchants are giving trade to the ships competing with Harri mau ships. As a punishment, it is charged the Harrlmnn railroads In Oregon delay moving such freglht for weeks at a time. scathing arraignment of unwrittenlaw ever heard in a courtroom. He re fused to take into consideration At torney Young's plea for clemency, al- '.t,Z'my tl uuuppoitea DT ' ttt"1 prosotutlon. It Is expected the de fense attorneys will apply for vrlt of" reasonable doubt, and then carry the sentence for conviction for man slaughter to a higher court. ELUDE S SUCCESSFULLY PURSUERS UP TO BATE SPOKANE. May 17. No arrests have been made in the holdup of (the Great Northern train. 14 miles from Spokaue, Saturday night. Police be lieve the same two men who held up the Northern Pacific train near Haus er Junction, and rifled the mall two weeks ago, and the Great Northern train west of Spokane last November are the same who robbed the mall car Saturday night. If the men are: caught, prove to be Involved In all the robberies a total reward of $04,000 will be paid for the capture by the Government, ' Great Northern and Northern Pacific. Postal authorities say little money was tken. straff V. care, Eugene. Oregon. May 17. Sheriff Harry Brown made a freish start from here North this nioming for the des perado who shot at.' Mrs. .Win. Hen shaw and killed her horse on the road near Eugene three days ago, and elud ed -posses ever since. Brown expects to meet the robber on the road. 1 The posse had man surrounded In the thicket near Darin, Saturday night, but. lie ; escaped displaying remarkable speed in dodging the posses. Farmers are nervous because It Is not known what time they will be at tacked as the robber, who Is knovvu to be armed. The posses have already covered 43 miles. The man hunt has lasted three days, and the whole of Southern Oregon is watchful. AUTHENTIC LIST ADDED TO . . II SUICIDE PACT I A RELIVED EAMES NEVER INTENTED ' TO FULFILL HIS PART SEATTLE, May 17. Herbert O. Eames of Tacoma, who entered Into a suicide pact with Mrs. Grace Ba i ke, formerly a Portland girl, which- was fulfilled by her at the Hotel ( Veil, Sat urday afternoon, will probably be prosecuted under the state law for abetting the woman. Eames is held at the city jail in solitary confinement. The police think Eames did not take poison, but that his part was all ''bluff." Eames says he was Just joshing the woman about the pacti . . New names have been nominated to the list of carnival queen candi dates as follows: Miss Winnie Orm ond, Miss Mae White, Miss J. Barbeau and Miss F. Schumway. The authen tic list of 'candidates, Including the above, is: Mrs. M. K. Hall, Misses Florence McCall, Sjra Kuhn, Ethel Gulling! Carmen Stoddard, Jean Mc Donald, Etta (Foley and Mrs. A. U Richardson. ; : Ballot Boxes Are Up. . ' The ballot boxes where votes can be cast at 5 cents a piece were set up this afternoon at SUverthorn's, the Red Cross drug store, O'Connel'a Ci gar store, Leavltt's and Paula cigar stores and at Van Daren's News Stand. With this list, the autheutlc one by the way, there will be lively competi tion for the honors going with a vic tory and by tomorrow the Observer i .... .f .. . hopes to be able to announce that the race is on swift and strong. Nil! KILLED 1M I TACOMA, May 17. Engineer Will lam H. Dale was killed, and two pas sengers injured In a head-on-collision on the Northern Pacific, between the Tacoma Limited No. 17 from Spokane, and a St. Paul train No. from Ta coma, near Ellensburg early this morning. Dale was scalded. Miss Clara Knhl was bruised, and John Bond, suffered bruises. The Limited struck the other train as It was run ning on a switch at Dudley. Both locomotives were derailed. Telegraph orders were misconstrued