La Grande evening observer., July 24, 1909, Image 1

VOLUME VIII.
LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, ORE.,
SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1909.
NUMBER 237.
HILL TO SECURE
$1 2,000 FOR LA!
BOARD REACHES A
DECISION
LESS 1HII Hill ISIil IIS
FINAL AGREEMENT FOLLOWS
LONG SESSIONS OF STUDY.
WE MORE fHAfi WAS UFFEHEO
if litigation Dies With Agreement of
Arbitration Board Today,
Twelve thousand dollars is the sum
allotted to Mr. Hill the owner of 360
acres of land in the Meadowbrook res
ervoir basin. This figure was agreed
upon by the arbitration board early
this morning, following a lone night
session.
' The board returned from its visit to
the property last evening, and Im
mediately went In to. session hoping to
reach a speedy settlement. Unanimous
agreement was not forth coming, and
adjournment was taken until this
morning when MesBers . McNapp of
Pendleton, W. J. Townley of Union,
and Frank Phy of La Grande, selected
$12,000 as an equitable settlement for
th3jfi0 acre . t- -.- vi
litigation Forestalled.
The decision is decisive and final,
and with Jt dies litigation in this in
stance. It is a means of hastening the
time when the directors can control
ySMAIjE FOR US B Y
iirii mtx i a ' ''iiti bi n mm mm muitm m iiibi
JUST RECEIVED AN ELEGANT LINE
SUEDE
They are the
lowest in price.
OXFORD GREY, BLACK, TAN
We want to show you our nifty patterns in Peters
Oxfords for both ladiss' and gentlemen's wear. It's
worth your while to see them, still more worth while
to buy a pair.
THE FMR
all the land in the baisln.
Hill is to be congratulated for
agreeing to compromise by selecting
an arbitration board. He did "not get
all he' asked for the land origin it.,
by i. the chosen figure is more than te
jbotrd considered equitable, but botu
r&rties are really fortunate In coming
io hn agreement
BE
1TGET SOUND PROTECTION IS
WITHOUT A FLAW.
Test Defense Yesterduy. ?
PORT TOWNSEND, July 24. Army
and navy officers are today discussing
the remarkable achievement of the
coast artillery at camp Fort Worden
yesterday, when with all gun and mor
tar batteries called Into firing service,
48 sub-caliber projectiles were sent
through a target nine by twenty feet
as it was towed in from the strait of
Fuc. The guns of Fort Casey and
Fort Flagler have yet to be reckoned
with, had the enemy been real, leaving
little doubt, but that the enemy would
have been sunk if it had attempted
to reach Puget Sound fortifications.
Roosevelt no Candidate.
NAIROBI, July 24. Roosevelt and
son'Kermlt arrived here today from
N'alvasha. He asked the United
PressHfOTTespwwdent -to tleny -the -re-
port of there, being a possibility of
him becomtng a candidate for mayor
of New York. He will remain here
several days. The rest of the party
is at N'alvasha. . , .;
FORT I 11
REMARKABLE
ANKLE STRAP PUMPS
newest in shape, longest in wear and
COME IN ANY WAY
MID
HOT!
RIS WIFE
LIFLEESS BODY FOUND IN CELLAR
OF FAMILY HOME
Hi HUB 10 PART TUMI
Widow First Denies
Crime But Finally Admits Guilt
i POKTLANU. July 24. Ur. K. A.
Miles Collins, a prominent Portland
physician was shot and instantly
killed early today in the basement
of his home. His widow Is under
arrest and Is being closely question
ed concerning the death of her hus
band. With a bullet through the heart,
the body was found by Dr. Frisby
who was called in by Mrs. Collins.
The revolver with which the physi
cian had been killed was found on
the basement floor. (
"I may have killed him. I have
been taking medicine that made my
head reel," she declared to the po
lice. Collins was 34 years old, and she Is
13 years older. They were married
a year ago, and Bpent their honey
moon In Honolulu. After they re
turned they quarreled frequently on
account , of another woman whom
Mrs. Coillns Imagined was trying-to
steal the affections of her husband.
They had agreed to 'part today,
and all the household goods were
packed, when Collins was killed.
Admits Her Guilt.
SEASON'S
DMTlEsl
OXFORDS
KILLER
BY
QUARREL
DURING A
BUT TIKI NTE1IEIED
Connection With
When pressed for answers this af
ternoon, Mrs. Collins broke down,
and confessed she had killed her
husband.
. "I am guilty", she moaned; "Now
how long will it take to . end this
misery?''
"Where was the revolver?" asked
peputy Prosecuting Attorney Fitz
gerald. .
"We had two. He always put one
under the p.Mow." - -
"How many times did you fire?"
"What a question," the woman re
plied, "I told you I was guilty; does
It make any difference how many
shots I fired?"
Detectives now report two bullet
holes in Collin's chest.
Mrs. Collins told a rambling story
to Chief Cox of her domestic troub
les in - which she often mentioned
her husband's first wife who evidently-had
re-entered his life. She
admitted life between her and her
husband ..had become unbearable.
She declared she did not want sym
pathy, but wanted to detail the whole
truth of the affair.
The peculiar actions of the woman
are almost unaccountable, She at
first declared she was the first to
shoot, and a moment later said If
tiobody else did it, she was guilty.
1
TO CLEAR NAME
MRS. SUTTON WILL SPEND LAST
CENT IX courts.
To Take Case to Criminal Courts if
Suicide Theory Lusts.
ANNAPOLIS, July 24. Evidence
introduced at the present court of
Inquiry into the death of Lieutenant
James N. Sutton will be brought in
to the criminal court if a verdict of
suicide is not reversed at this hear
ing, according to an announcement
made today by attorneys represent
ing the dead officer's mother and
sister.
Mrs. Sutton 1b satisfied her son
did not commit suicide, and is will
ing to spend her last cent to establish
the belief as a fact.
. Mrs. Sutton's Trunk Killed.
The apartments of Mrs. Sutton,
mother of Lieutenant James Suttan,
whose death is being investigated,
was entered and a trunk rifled of
important papers bearing upon the
case, according to Information re
ceived here from Washington. M.-s.
Sutton has gone to investigate.
Wheat at $1.09 1-8.
CHICAGO, July 24. July wheat
closed yesterday at f 1.11 3-4. but
touched 1.09 1-8 during the first
hour of trading today. September
fell sympathetically. Patten agents
are the heavy buyers.
TWINS WERE BORX.
Principal And Mrs. Snider Frond Fa
rents of Twin Roys.
Twin boys were this morning born
MOTHER ANXIOUS
to Prof, and Mrs. Manuel Suldo; ft
this city. Mr. Snider is om of ihe
grade school faculty, being nrlm-lpttl
of the White school.
The young pedagogues are husky
lads and will soon be applying for
positions with the school board.
Dunlin Joins Philadelphia. -
PHILADELPHIA.' July 21. Direc
tors of the' Philadelphia ' National
league baseball club announced to
"day they have secured tha services
of Mike Donlln, the premier 'slugger
of last year's New York Giants.
AT
LA
FOREIGNERS IX GREAT NUM
BERS WAXT FILING RIGHTS.
Applications Denied to Applicant
by County Officials.
MISSOULA, July 24. During the
past 20 days a total of iliS applica
tions were made in the district court
for first and second naturalization
papers by foreigners, desiring to reg
ister for Indian lands. Many were
refused because they were from out
side of Missoula county.
A Spokane train this morning
brought 800 western applicants.
There was a total of 2369 registered
yesterday.
In Clrrnlt Court
The findings of the court In the
case of Sommer Brothers vs. A. II.
Gray were today filed with the coun
ty clerk. Plaintiffs gain Judgment by
default, and are entitled to recover
the sum of $100 with interest with
their costs. and disbursements. '
In the case of H. E. Cowan vs.
A. S. and "M. O. McGee, a suit for
foreclosure, plaintiff gained Judg
ment for the amount Bued for, $600
with interest, and attorney's fees
amounting to $100. " '
According to the articles of ar
bitration signed by Mr. Hill and the
Grande Ronde Reservoir comnanv.
the findings of the board were today
filed with tin county clerk.
vrueso ::i:::j!t at a-y-p.
I! ii ma i) Scalp And Mutilated Ear on
Show In Government Uuildliiir.
SEATTLE, July 21. A human scalp
and amutilated human ear are two of
the most gruesome of the displays of
the Dead Letter Office In the govern
ment , building of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
exposition. '
These articles wetit through the
United States mall and finally reached
the Dead Letter Office In Washington,
D. C.
The scalp is apparently that of a
woman as the hair is several feet
long. A tinge of brown Indicates that
It is not the scalp of an Indian, but
that of some massacred white woman.
It Js carefully stretched on a hoop
of wood and is well preserved. As
no sufficient indentlflcation was , In
cluded in the package in which it was
sent, it will always be a mystery. What
horrible massacre and murder' this
package is a relic of, will probably
never be known.
The human ear which was sent
through the mall, it is beleived by the
postofilce officials, la a momento of
some barbarlous lynching bee. The
ear is dried and hardened, but there
are still the marks of where it was cut
from the head with a dull knife.
It Is clearly the ear of a white man.
There is little doubt that It Is a sou
venir of some terrible murder, sent
probably, to some Interested party.
"Frara" Commander Killed.
CHRISTIANIA. July 24. Capta'r.
Englestad, the scientist naval officer,
who was to have commanded the ship
Fram when It starts for tha North
pole next summer, was killed by
lightning today.
: He was taking meteorological ob
servations during a st Ji m . when
lightning. struck the copper wire by
which he was trying the kit. -
T
ROAD FRIENDLY
TO WAREHOUSE
OBJECTIONS HAVE
t 1 .
ALL GONE
ISLAND WAREHOUSE SURE
PIXLIMIXARIES AS TO BI ILIUM
SETTLED TODAY.
luonQTiHT i nrn utcTiur ticoc
MM Wilt III! I UUVIIL IHkll lltU llllll.
I'sanit Decided Agency j ifiii, a(
. Late Iloir This Altei
This afternoon the members of the
Farmers union who were in atten
dance at the meeting of the' 1
Grande local had" a Ion discussion,
ns to the bettor course to pursue la"
retard to' the establlshmc' of a
n:eiket agency. The purpj. of such
V agency would be to secure dlwt .
ficm buyers and io transmit to tii
different locals the latest prices on
!'.. grain and other product ot the
farm as well as to malntiiu an iufor.
mntlon bureau regarding: nu.kcta
and prices on fruit, eggs etc. -
Puch an agency for tiic Kraln
growers has already been esciblifch
cd In Walla Wa'.ia, and wiii furawt
ci.fct qtotationsto all t! terriny
tributary to that point, including '
Umatilla county.. The In'oa couoty
amen Is asked to Join in che venturo,
end may do soj but. the preponckn
a&ct of sentiment in the La Grande
local seems .to ' be! in favor' of un
rfrfney for the bene? of this county.
0. R. X. Gives In. "" i
The O. R. & N. is not going to
stand between the ' Farmers' Educa
tion -,ftiyp Co-operative Untfon jot'
thb county and a grain warehouse
at Island City. The railroad company '
first refused to permit construction'
of the union warehouse; tat" a point
where it was most dsirftd near the
warehouse at ' City. , Today
however, th gom.a'ny v ha notified
Mr. Norrls.,of the local ..union, that
the construction can' proceed at any
time. i -
Will Have W'arelionstv. " f
That . the : farmeia will btril.I . j
mm (-house in thi vlciiiitv ar fsl;:i J
City Is. certain.'; The" ext' lo.amn ;
ii not''et'det!!'uVned,. 'but lt i3:'un-i
dcistood that the grain growers hava '
i)n offered the Inl- A of two si:""-,
one almost equally advantageous as
the other, ' The course to be pursued j
will probably be determined this at-'
ternoon. .
Graft In Chicago.
CHICAGO, July 24. Ten indict-'
ments were returned by the grand;
Jury against Police Inspector Ed--ward
Mc"Cann, one of the highest po-
lice officials, In a big crusade against
graft, started by U. S. Attorney Way--man.
McCann Is accused of malteas--aijce
in office by accepting bribes.
Roller Rolls OIen.
SEATTLE. July 24 After one of
the hardest struggles of his career.
Dr. B. F. Roller, of Seattle, won a
victory from Charles Olson, of In
dianapolis last night. He threw Ol
son In 42 minutes on a knee and neck
hold and again In 26 and a half min
utes on a leg hold, with a Half Nel
son. '.'.'' ;
BI Wall of Water.
AUSTIN, Texas. July 24. A wall
of water seven feet high swept the r
Colorado river last night and Was '
(allowed by another . re of nine
feet. Hundreds of acres of land are, '
Inundated. ; ..
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