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VOLUME XIII.
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, ORE., THURSDAY, MAY 27f 1909.
NUMBER 187.
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CURTISS RESIGNS AND
CANDIDATES ARE APPEARING
When Council Meets Next Time It Will
he Confronted by One Petition at
Least For . Naming A Successor to
G..M. Curtis Resigned Curtlss
lias Changed Headquarters -Pre-snnied
That Others WW t uter The
Field In Near Future.
' ivcbiueiiis or isorth La Grande or
the fourth ward eb It is called In
municipal circleB, are looking about
for a successor to Councilman O. M.
Curtlss, who has resigned on account
of having made Telocaset hia perman
ent headquarters while employed by
the O. R. & N. It will become neces
sary for the council to fill the ap
pointment, of the holdover council
man, but before the council acts, the
residents themselves will exercise the
Influence of petition. , Already such a
paper is being circulated' yytrieiyis
of Jeff Bull and Mr. WllSvill,!) held
tip by them as their n'ior. the
place.' ' " ;:-'-i,Vy
It Is likely that the ;conucjr 'will
take action on this niat'ter v-ftt the
next election and it la also probable
that other petitions will be presented
at that time.
LUMBERMEN RETURN.
Several Prominent Men Return From
Tour of 5orth End And Wallowa.
A group of the northwest lumber
men, who were In the city" Tuesfct,
to, attend the convention of lumber
men, returned today from Joseph.
When the special train went west
from here Tuesday, some of them
went to Joseph, Imbler and Summe r
ville. These have all returned end
after conferring with local lumber
men will return to their respective
homes.
Our
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SATURDAY, MM 29th
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CHARGED WITH LIBEL.
Officials of Sun Fi-uucInco Call Cliarg
. ed by Labor leaders.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 27. Clam,.
Ilng that he was abused of Rn at
tempt to betray the Union Labor per
ty by an article appearing in iho San
Francisco Call, P. H. McCarthy presi
dent of the Build'n.t Trades Ciunei'
and inayorality candidate,' yestar';ay
swore to a coin.ol.il it charg'n Er
nest Simpson, Managing Editor, and
Charles Hornick. General Manager of
the paper, with libel. L , .,
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THREATENS TO BLOW BANK TO
TIECES WITH BOMB.
Women Trampled Under Foot in Mud
Rush For Safety.
, REDWOOD CITY, Calif.. May 27
Voicing wild threats to drop a dyha.
mite bomb on the tiled floor at thu
Redwood City National Bank uuleHa
JoO.OOO were paid him lmmedi:;;ely, a
dangerouB escaped maniac from, the
State sylum at A?news, creatad o
panic amonf a score of bank patrons
late yesterday. -
In the wild rud'.i for doors seeru!
women were trampled down. Cpon
entering the bank the maniac made
straight for the assistant ; cas'i'er,
Frank , Towne'9 wlnr'ow. , "I want
flftyfhousand lm:ncdiately or1 I will
blow, iie, place up with a bomb,' he
shouted t'Tbe -public oweH me mon
ey and I am going r. get It."
Mi8 Mary Anni Giihs, a tno?
rapher, saw the rush and thinking tlie
bomb would burat at any moment,
she screamed and,rfa'ln?d. Preser.tly
Deputy Sheriff Hotcton arrived aiiS
arrested the man.
Attorney Denham came up from
Elgin this afternoon to appear at
motion day.
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ON SALE
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La Grande, Oregon
HECLECT CAUSED
PALOUSE FAILURE
DEPUTY EXAMINER THROWN
OUT FOR HIS NEGLECT
That the Failure of the Paloune Itauk
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Recent!) Was Occasioned by Poor
Management Under Administration
of Boone, Now Deputy Examiner, Is
Slatllng Charge Made Total Short
age Around Fifty Thousand Ex
amlner Not Notified.
" . SEATTLE, May 27 Following a
conference with Hay, State Dauk Ex
aminer Mohundro today fssued order
suspending Former Senator Boone as
deputy bank examiner, finding an
investigation of the fctia,?rs of tht
defunct Palouse State ban of which
Boone was president for many yea.s.
Boone sold his Interest In January
to W J. Manklnson, the vice-president
Mohundro said: "Hanklnson md
the Old Notional bank of Spokane, to
which the Palouse bank was indebted,
went to the superior court at Colfflx
and askad for the appointment of a
temoporary receiver, without calling
tn my. office, or making the band's
condition known .to us. We discovered
on examination that the books v.? re
about $50,000 in the hole. It may be
more or less, in my opinion all due
to poor management on the part of
the bank officials prior to and during
the Boone administration. It la not
known whether or not the suspinHlou
of Boone will be permanent." -i
The Prizes Tjils Week, v
Mr. Fergsfionrgot 'tAry this mon;5ii
at , the Indoor Rifle Range, raising
the Bcore to 28. G. R. Carlock stands
second with .27. . A hammetiess shot
gun is first prize, Becond prize $51'9. ,
Fast Train Late."
No. 7 the fast passenger train was
slow today, arriving here at 12:15.
Usually the train (a on time. !
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MYSTERY VEILS
Ml
JURY ATTEMPTS TO HOLD
. INQUEST THIS MORNING
Body of Stranger'KIlled at Ttloeasei
Brought to La Grande Last Even
Ing Seems Man WaS Killed or Sui
cided Before Being Mangled by
t relght Train Strange , WeaponsJ
tound In his Possession Eiident!
A fpanlsli Nobleman.
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Winn, B. F. Wade, Ceo rue
Ball, C,PV Ellsworth, M. McMuri'y and
H. O, Walker were called this morn
ing as Coroner's Jury to hold an In
quest over the remains of the Span
lard or Cuban who was run .over by
the engine of an extra ept bound
freight, yesterday morning ' at Telo
caset. After viewing the remains and
calling in Dr. Hall to examine a
wound that gave indication of hav
ing been made by n gun shot, the in
quest was postponed until the arrival
of No. 7, upon which was oke of the
train crews needed for'"' wltnees.
The man Is fearfully mangled. iS$W
lngly every bone In the body a fero-
ken several times, and the spinal eoWftJoeB not say anything about women
umii Is ground into small pieces. One
arm was torn off and also both feet.
The top of the head Is crushed and
the brains were squashed out. In
ternally the body is a conglomerate
mess.'. .. '
Dr. Hall made as thorough an ex
amination In search of a bullet as
was possible under the circumstances,
but could find none, and It Is prob
able that the supposed knife or bul
let wound was made by a bolt end. .
In spite of the supposition that the
man was traveling as a ; tramp an
air of mystery surrounds his death,
for , from the numerous papers and
letters upon his person he seems to
have been a person of some impor
tance. He was heavily armed, and
from some kind of an injury he had
bled -quite freely before the engine
of the extra train struck him. Moie
over, the dotted blood was outside
the rails, showing that he was wound
ed in some manner several hours be
fore. It la probable that screams
heard by Mrs. Canfleld and Mrs.
Green as No. 5 was passing Telocaset
Tuesday night came from the Injured
man. Eut whether he fell from No.
5, was murdered and laid on the
track Immediately after the train pas
sed, or was killed while attemntlnc
to board the passenger will probably
never be known.
When No. 7 arrived the crew was
held a few minutes, but Juror Ells
worth had misunderstood the hour of
the arrival and was missing so they
were ordered to proceed to Pendle
ton and return tonight on No. 8. The
crew of the extra was examined, be
ginning at 1 o'clock and continuing
for several hours. From their testi
mony It Is certain that the man was
dead before struck by Engine 355
Conductor Cherry testified that as
soon as he arrived at the head end
and went to the plate where the en
gine first struck , the man he found
blood spattered over the ties and on
the gravel that was clotted and dr'ed
up. After noticing this he felt of the
arm, which at that time was the onlv
part of the body that he could get" at,
It being wound up in the engine, and
found It cold. He is certain that the
man had been dead for some f ine
The testimony of the rest of the crew
was substantially the same. Tonlgt t
after Conductor Waffle and his crew
get in, the jury will hold another
session in the further effort to learn
if possible, how the, man was fim
hurt. ;
The gun which was found at lie
spot is of a very old natf.frii, helni? n
double barreled affair, shooting bolls
of Immense size. 11. O. Walkar. one
of the Jury, says it Is the kind car
ried by many Mexicans. His ' name
is not postively known, but Is thousht
to be Alonzo.
It is apparent that the letters fouii 1
on his person are written In Span
ish, and sometime before the jury
finishes Its deliberations, George T.
Cochran, the local attorney, will be
called to translate the communica
tions. . ,
A verdict may not be reached until
late tonight or tomorrow morning.
Southern Town Submerged.
JACKSON. , Miss., , May 27. The
town of Quitman, is submerged to
day as the result of floods. Business
Is suspended and residents are in the
upper parts of houses. The loss is
heavy throughout the state. Miles of
railroad is destroyed.
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llfllL LILLHOLO
BOYS UNDER SIXTEEN REQUIRED
TO CARRY PERMITS.
Boys' Licenses For Fishing Can be
Ha Free of Costs.
SALEM,' May . 27. According to
opinion by Attorney General Craw
ford, rendered this morning, boys un
der 16 must have a fishing Iicensj,
which they can get free from the
county clerk. The new game code
getting licenses
The matter of licenses tor boys un
der 16 was raised and rushed through
the attorney general's office as the
time is already at hand when the
license law Is effective. Boys with
out licenses are deemed to be sub
ject to proseceutlon like , adults, If
I apprehended without the needed pa-
per. ; ;'" 0; A .
Harrlinan Takes Passage. - '-;
NEW , YORK, May 27. -Ha rriniRn
today took passage qn the liner Kai- !
ser Wilhelm, which sails for Europe j.
on June 1. . . r 'i
Change of Vandetllle.
There will be a . comp etj change
of vaudeville at the Scenic ' tonlKhl.'
Xew pictures were shown last eun
Ing and like the vaudeville, werd mt
Isfactory to the theatre goers.
STARTLING CHARGES . PREFERR.
ED AGAINST SLEUTHS.
Contradictory Evidence Introduced in
' Calhonu Trial. "
SAN FRANCISCO, May 27. That
the prosecution in the Calhoun trial
will try to prove that Luthern, G.
Brown and Thomas Gibson, United
Railroad's detectives, gave testimony
they know to be untrue, was the as
sertion of Heney today. The state
ment was called for by objection of
fered by the defense attorney, King to
Heney's qtistion to Dr. Guy Brown of
Oakland, who was on the ' stand.
Brown has testified he was in the
James Gallagher home at Oakalnd,
Sill BOYS TO
SLEUTHS LIED
CRIES MR. HEMEY
when It waB dynamited, and that Gal- tario into Boise, The treasurer of
lagher was also in the hoime at tho j Malheur county has already obtained
time, contrary to the testimony of- possession of a sum, $10,000, but Mc
fered within the last week. Mahan is on his trial. , ' ?
liLET MAKES
PORTLAND. May 27. Ing miles
of sage brush and bunch grass lands,
are traversed figuratively In the fed
eral court this morning, following the
defense Introduced in behalf of William-
Uanley, charged by the govern
ment with "fencing" 80,000 acres of
public land in Harney county, Oregon.
A. Faulkner, the civil engineer, Burns,
also a surveyor In Harney county,
produced maps of the contested lamU.
FillHAL CASES
PEW THIS TERM
ON THE OTHER HAND,
CITIL CASES ARE MANX
Grand Jury Met This Morning Ana
Went Into Session at Once Coming
Term Replete With Civil Suits, But
Few Criminal Ones Two Cases of
General Interest to be Heard Mo
tlon Day Brings Attorneys Before
Circuit Court. J . .
THE GRAND JLRY.
W. H. Bohnenkamp, foreman.
Peter O'Sullivan, La Grande.
T. P. Ficklln, Union. '
T. B. Martin, Medical Springs.
F.' A. Day, Island City.
J. A. Holman, Island City.
J. P. Halley, La Gvande.
At 8:45 this afternoon the grusd
Jury reported Ix true bills, but only
one was ' made public, that of L7 S.
Conoway, charged with robbing the
Islnud City Flourlug Mill on May 15.
The others are held secret. Conway
was arraigned and will plead Friday.
Union county's grand jury Is In ses
sion, but What the substance being
worked on is like. Is of course a mys
tery yet. It convened this morning
and ; will no doubt make no reports
until later in the week. The coming
term of the circuit court will evi
dently be light, as the docket at pres
ent shows onjy two criminal cases of
any great importance. The one of
them Is the case against Parker and
Halley, charged with taking lard from
the E. V. Oliver residence some time
ago. Parker was brought back from
Northern Idaho recently - to stand
trial. The! other case is that of the"
short change artist, Wilson, who Is in
jnll awaiting trial.- - ,
The civil docket; is much heavier
end this department .will keep tiia
court sitting considerable time. .
Motions of .'.various kinds and de
BCiiptions were heard today. ,
SALEM ATTORNEY AT YALE
CORRAL TREASURER.
Having Temporarily Stalled Crater
.' Road, Goes to Yale. : , v
SALEM, May 27. -L. H. McMahon,
who thinks be has stopped the expen
diture by "the state of 1 100,000 for
construction of the Crater Lake road
by filing proceedings in the circuit
court of Marion county, has gone to
Vale to file a suit in that count' enT
joining the county treasurer from ap
plying funds' appropriated by the leg
islature for the construction of a
bridge across Snake river from On- '
The purpose of the defense la to show
no care was taken of the fence
which enclose both public and private
lands. Faulkner showed where fen
ces were down, and up, leaving the
impression that the fences like many
others of great length, where repal.-.
Is a task of. magnitude. . Some of
Hanley's employes were put on the
stand by the government.-, The testl
was .unimportant. The government's)
case was closed yesterday.
STRONG