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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1909)
iX HfiP TTnir ' ' ' " - mnoH oototr Oregon, Wednesday, auqust is, mm. '' nuiibeb s" l 101 EKSnMERS. HERE HALF HOUR $1,250,000 IS TOTAL OF RICHES t EQUALS PLYMOUTH CROWD CARET AWAY BOOST LITERA TURE TO PERUSE LATER. COLLECTOR MEETS TROUBLE SOW RATISG MANIAC BECAUSE HE WAS COLLECTOR. HI! M , AI SUFFEIIC Rig Assaulters Flaeed In Jail to Await Outcome of Trouble. BERKELEY, Calif.. Aug. 18. Charles FiBchell, Is a raving maniac according to his physicians, follow ing a beating alleged to be given him by W. W. Woods, Mrs. Woods and .A, Cox, yesterday when he attempted to collect a bilL It Is not decided whether Flschell's mental condition Is permanent or. temporary. The Wood's are both under arrest charged with battery and Cox Is charged with assault with a deadly weapon. RIVER STEAL1ER SUIIR BY CRASH fll THFIR W&Y M MIT UKF Half-hour Visit by Prominent Busi nessmen of Worchester. One hundred and one businessmen from Worchester, Mass., the noted rich and Industrial city of 60 odd thousand inhabitants, Bpent a half hour in La Grande this forenoon when the special train on which they are traveling from Seattle stopped 1 Favors Income Tax. OLYMPlA, Aug. 18 The house to day passed a resolution favoring the , . MmAndmant and tha TVIPAH- fc - ure now goes to the senate. The Scblvely hearing was contin ued In the senate. HOMEWARD BOUND PAST BOAT CARRIED ABOUT IN A CHAIR STILL PERSISTS HIS ILLNESS IS TRIFLING. , KTIOIIS BELIE THEIR STATEMENT DANItl KERN IS AT RIVER BOTTOM ELDER PASSENGERS PANICKED TERRIBLE CRASH FOLLOWS THE STEAMER COLLISION.. PASSENCER CLUBBtO TO SAFETY BOSTON CAPTURE BY CLEVER MOVE Coining Home, Unable to Gain Health at Badgastfin Baths. here to serve breakfast to those who, -BLUES" DEFENDING BOSTON" ARE DRITEN BACK. Retreat Done In Orderly Manner Though Muddy Fields. In two chair coaches, were traveling locally. In that brief space of time the eastern capitalists, for the ag gregation was conservatively estima ted by one of the members to rep- ,nt a total of $1,250,000 foun.l wnsTOV. Autr. 18. The "Red" time to walk at more or less leisure amy stacking Boston, and command over the principal streets and con- ed by Brigadier General Tasker Bliss rae with nublicity and real estate d a baclc the defending "Blues," Thv piirnr with them a veryttI1- Midineboro this . morning In nat hand book which they distribute mock warfare. i rvrnfiiBA numbers, and they gobbl- The .Biues" retreated in good or- ed up all the reading matter pertain- def thouga the muddy fields and lng to Union county, that' came to roadfJ Tne "Reds" landed 80Q men their reach. ' in the night, and the entire Red army Mayor Fletcher is One. advance was opposed by only three Mayor E. E. Fletcher was one of reglment3 0f the "Blues". The de- the company. They call attention to fender8 are rushing reinforcements 11 . nlnAManra tllAt . . 1 . A n1n a fact, as a pecuua iumv.-i to me lureuieucu v"- without special endeavor to uiu . 4 Via ntirtV Id A. renllca. from stand- point of numbers, to the intrlpW crowd which landed at nymu about 300 years ago. Tired out as they were, the men were given new spirit when tney viewed the valley and aspects of the city which appealed to them. The w rnmments were to the effect that the city must be an enterprising one Columbia Steamer Now at Th5 Bot tom In Wrecked Shape. OLD WAR VETERAN MURDERED LOS ANGELES POLICE AIM TO FIND MURDERERS. Yitals And Lungs Punctured by Heavy Blow oa Chest, LOS ANGELES. Aug. 18. Convinc ed that William Saulters, an aged, and wealthy veteran of the civil war, was murdered Saturday, the police today, Is investigating: Saulters, aged 74, was a resident of Tacoma, and was spending the summer here. He told his landlady he never went on the streets nights, fearing violence at the hands of a party he had beaten In a hitter civil suit. , The night before he was murdered she saw him talking with a man whose descrintlon Is given to the police Later Saulter'B body was found, an autopsy today revealed he had been struck in the chest by a heavy blow 4...r.4 ttoaf hon. the ribs and puncturing the lungs and vitals. - HEtlEY LOSES POLITICAL 101 FIRST RETURNS ARE MISLEADING PECULIAR RESULTS FOUND CHARLES M. FICKERT, REPUBLI CAN IS NOMINEE. CHERBOURG, France, Aug. 18. All doubt of the serious condition of Edward H. Harriman was removed today when the railroad King was carried aboard the liner Kaiser Wil- helm. Harriman was apparently too weak to walk, and his appearance indicate the trip in search of health has been a failure. He attempted to veil the evidence of weakness so he wouldn't affect the stock market He said: "I am not In a serious condition at all. The baths at naagasiein weakened me, and the German food disagreed with me." Harriman was accompanied by his wife and two daughters, a son, a pri vate secretary and three servants. He arrived in a special train, from Paris. His weakness and lassitude were shown when he was helped from his private car and lifted to a chair rolled to the tender and taken to the steamer. It was clear he was unable to walk. It is Intimated he would retire to his country place at the Arden, Ny., when he reaches America. ASTORIA. Oregon. Aug. IS. With a crash that could be heard nearly a mile the steamer George W. Elder struck and almost Immediately sank the steamer Daniel Kern near Water- ford lights oh the Columbia river. 80 miles from here, today. A 'core of passengers on the Elder were thrown Into a panic and Inter, fered with the Elder's crew In rts cuing the men on the sinking K.rn. They rushed to the side where tr.e Elder had a gash in the bow above the water line,, careening the Elder so she filled slightly, and was In danger of following the Kern to the bottom. Officers drove the passenger back, and the men rescued the Kern crew with small boats. None were Injured. The Kern Is lying In 50 feet water with her topmasts showing.. The El der Is here for repairs. - PROPERTY WILL UN RICHER MED UITU MEETS OEFEIT Heney L(yt Democratic Nomination by Small Margin. FROM TEN TO FIYE PER CENT IN CREASE ESTIMATED. Paving Committee Reports on Work of Assessment Done. DECISION III III BOOZE CASE SUICIDE SAKS the city mo . - Dortal3 SEvTEXCE CARRIES JAIL to M appwyi - Tcvrp nr .1 DtYS. SEN as has been done wun au sign over Depot street. They left for Salt Lake at 11:20. TWnrA tbe train got away again, 125 booster books from the Commer clal club, 125 Farm and Fruit Jour Atkinson Filed Notice Through torney to Appeal. At Twenty-five dayB in the city jail, NAVAL BOARD REICIISATM-P GIGANTIC PARADE SEEN IN ME ATTLE TODAY. Four-day Affair Filled With Stunts of Interest. Motoi The council committee appointed to assess the value to be derived to abut ting property where street paving has been or la to be ordered, filed a report this afternoon which gives from Ave to ten per cent increase to that property, if improvement is made. The report is signed by A. V. Andrews and J. T. Williamson. This report will be read to the council tonight and acted on at tonight's meeting. If the report is adopted, the cost of construction and the kind of im provement to be used will be decided and offers for bids advertised. With the report is appended a com plete list showing the exact increase In valuation over the assessed valua tion of each block and lot In the ter ritory. ' We. your committee appointed to examine the property on Adams av enue from Fourth street east to Wil low street and Depot street from Jeff erson to Washington avenues and to SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18. Incom- plete returns of the first primary leo- ' tion ever held in this city, yesterday, shows the regular' organization both Democratic and Republican, : won. The peculiar contest for district at- . torney developed that Charles M. Flc kert, won the Republican and Francis . J. Heney. the Democratic nominations. The successful nominations for mayor were William Crocker, Republican; Dr. T. B. Leland, Democratic; P. tu McCarthy, Union Labor and W. Me Devitt, Socialist ; "The Bulletin" a strong supporter of Heney, and the graft prosecution this afternoon concedes the nomina-" tlon of Charles M. Fickert, the "reg ular" Republican, by the Democratic as well as the Republicans. Heney lost the Democratic nomination by a acant margaln. ! UD, HO - mOT f twn rash fines. $100 ... nt hv the La Granae iovctl- ainerent , g fn!nv had been distributed predicament facing Ralph Atkinson rD heTenny' doctor F. E. Moore Lay. Through his attorney Wm. M. lound some old acquaintances, and Ramsey, he has served notice of ap le too was instrumental in distrlb- peal to the circuit court where o her IHne litlrature to the crowd. cases are now pending against him. No delegaUon in ,recent months This morning when Atkinson ap has been so thoroughly provided peared before Recorder Cox to hear wHh reading matter as this crowd. Judgment on the outcome of the hear In speaking of the total wealth of mg yesterday, he was confronted In speaKing oi Bentence. He ZTZu Mt what we are Mediately filed the appeal noUce Si,?wSSrS conservatively be when the Judgment of guilty nd the Placed at 11,250.000 nnes , . . iLa flnA nroa Tn thP tirHt instance, VU imo . T..A-nrwia rrM i v m t r.. i LIEUTENANT SUTTON'S DEATH BROUGHT BY HIMSELF. Portland Lady's Effort to Uphold Son's Name Is Futile. WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. The nav al hnnrd lnvcstleatlne the death or Lieutenant Sutton of Portland, found he committed suicide. It was announc ed today that the board had decided: "Lieutenant Sutton was killed by a revolver shot fired by himself with out intervention of others." Decision is official repudiation of the charge of murder made by the mother of the dead officer. In rendering the second tlstle Temperament Differs. NEW YORK, Aug. 18.-Mrs. uaisy B. Davenport, wife of Homer Daven port, the cartoonilst, is suing for .p.roHnn. charring abandonment. Friends of the couple say there are differences to the "artistic tempera- mmt" The wife's attorneys refuse to say whether the suit for absolute divorce will be filed later. SISTER LOYAL TO HARRY. Harry Thaw's Sister Walks 20 wiles to Aid Her Brother. MEGANTIC, Maine, Aug. 18. Near ly exhausted from a 20 mile walk through the woods to endeavor to In duce Justice Mills to pardon her broth- court was as lenient with Mr. Atkln- son as was possible. Charter stipu lations outline the course of proced ure in such instances, and the court was obliged to affix a sentence of S125 and a Jail sentence of 25 days. . AirinHnn la out on ball. In the two cases In the city court of which he was found guilty, 8400 in bonds covered his reappearance in the cir cuit court, and In the state cases In Justice Stewart's office, there are sauu von Ar Wm. auaranteelng his apr ' . v-itrinr I o.n. in the circuit court on three In Spain tne miui.. , and I the Minister of War are fighting, count, filed by the state This make. That's safer than on the firing line. $1300 bond money under which he Is SEATTLE. Aug. 18. The great otrminiii tiarade in Seattle's his tory passed through the streets of the city today, Inaugurating the great four-day motoring carnival to be held under the auspices of the exposition and the Automobile club of Seattle. A hill-climbing contest, which has J many entries, will be held, tomorrow. On Friday the carnivau will be con tinued on The Meadows track, when the following raceB will be run: Five mile, ten-mile for amateur drivers, twenty-flve-mlle, fifty-mile and hundred-mile -races. Cars In these events will be stripped stock cars only, and the. prizes will be silver cups, sliver medals and bronze medals for the first, second and third prizes, respec tively. There will also be one, two and five-mile races free-for-all, in which no entry fee will be charged. These events will be run againsi time, and the winners In each event will be given silver medals, and a special gold medal will be given the car breaking the track record. At s o'clock in the evening the assess the benefits to all lots abutting on said streets and avenues, derived; from the paving or otherwise improv ing said streets report as follows: . On all lots abutting on Adams avenue from Fourth to Fir street, and all lot abutting on Depot street from Jeffer son to Washington, five per cent. On all lots abutting on Adams av enue from Fir to Greenwood eight per cent. On all lota abutting on Adams av-; enue from Greenwood to Willow or to the city limits on Adams avenue, 10 per cent 58SBSS3S8E WAIT HERE FOR lOUR FRIESDsltSE OCR PUBLIC TELEPHONE THE HOME OF QUALITY er. Marry maw, kubd u " , - - , formerly Countess Yarmouth, left last twenty-four-hour race for stripped . . . . ,. I v o.a orin Vi Btarted. The cars night for white flams to rejoin nr ry. After a long aiscussiqn oi me case. Alice offered to poBt 11,000,000 to guarantee Harry's good behavior u released. Mills refused to consider the plea. Three Harvesters Ruined. Three combine harvesters have been destroyed by fire In Umatilla county within the past four days. The first one went Saturday afternoon, the second, Saturday night, and the third was burned yesterday. Pendle ton E. O. Btock cars will be started. The cars win he taken oft the track at 2:30 on , the following afternoon and held In control until the events of that day h.v. been contested. This will be the main event of the carnival, and the first prize will be $500, second $300 and third $200. At the option of the winner plate may be substituted for the cash prizes, i ten-mile rat tor stock motor .vri will be the first vent on Sat urday afternoon, for wklch a silver, cup. sliver medal and bronze medal will be the 1st. 2nd and 3rd prizes. OUR CONSTANT EFFORT IS T 0 MAKE THIS A STORE WHERE THE IDEA OF QUALITY IS AT ALL TIMES PARAMOUNT. IN SOME LINES OF BUSINESS THERE MAY BE GOOD REASON FOR HAYING A YARIETY OF GRADES NOT SO IN THE DRUG 111?. WHEN DRUGS AttE NEEDED ONLY THE BEST WELL DO. ANYTHING LESS THAN THE BEST IS DANGEROUS. WE CARRY THIS PRINCIPLE OF QUALITY THROUGHOUT OUB ENTIRE STOCK. IN SOME LINES, LIKE BRUSHES, WE CARRY THE FINER GRADES WHICH CANNOT BE FOU&D IN THE ORDINARY STORE. NEVVLIN DRUG COMPANY LA GRANDE, ORE. LEAYB YOUR PACKAGES TO BE WE DELIVER FREE JO ANY CALLED FOR ii v iui.. I 'i th -Moors. now at iioeny IdViUQ