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(fir x - ft ii if lo STRAIICE ACT TRANSPIRES AT , EL PASO TODAY PBESIDENT TAFT AND PRESIDENT DIAZ CLASP HANDS OX THE BRIDGE. iiigiiiiwf mm mu .. - - I II kill Tor the First Time in the History of The United States President Is Out of Native Land. and la Mexico. El Paso, Oct 1C President Diaz in carriage at the Mexican end of the International bridge, was met by a company each of United States In fantry, artillery and cavalry , and es corted to the middle of the bridge where President Taft awaited hla ar rival. The soldiers' completely sur rounded the presidents during their conference and no ' civilians outside of the presidents and their immed iate staff's were alowed to be present. President Taft grasped the hand of President Diaz,, warmly and. told him that he was glad. and proud to wel come him In the name of the people of the United States and expresed the ardent hope that th present cordial relations existing between the two great republics for so many years past would "continue ; for ever. The two presidents conversed for some time but no record was permitted to be made of the exchange of greetings. El Paso, Texas, Oct. 16. Custom rules and regulations were almost T (Jrand introductory Candy Sale Choice TO ACQUAINT YOU WITH THE FACT, THAT WE ARE OPENI NO A CANDY DEPARTMENT, WE WILL OFFER FOR SATURD AY EVENING AFTER 6 P. M. STRIC TLY FRESH, PURE AND WHOLE SOME CANDIES SUCH AS: . ' . Candy"! Gooseberries ' reg lar 25c per pound, tonight 10e per lb. , , V Jelly Beans, other stores ask 30 and 35c per lb. for them, tonight : , . "' lOe per lb. . Cream' peanuts, 'something' new, try -them tonight for Idcjerlb, Cream covered dates, an- other delicious confection .'' ;' ; - lOe per lb. WE ALSO HAVE AS FINE A where AT- 50c TO 75c PER POUND. VUti rnito oe x-civ nu. jHg air LA GRANDE, FAIR CLOSES AT MIDNIGHT "ACLD LANG STNE" TO BE SUNG BY THOUSANDS. Booming of Guns and Songs of Popn lace to Mark the Event Seattle, Oct 16.-Wlth the firing of a salute of 21 guns from the govern ment life savin ' - Rtntfnn anil tVA singing of "Auld Lang Syne" in one --.- i.wiiuuiuiiK i l. firm ma nri a - . - - w v UMU a of voices, the exposition will end to night at midnight. A carnival spirit marks the closing hours of the great fair today and will grow wilder as the night approaches. completely nullified and the line "di viding the republics of the United States and Mexico vanished, before the enthusiastic hosts which crossed and re-crossed the Rio Grande to day in the wake of the chief execu tives of the two nations. Gringo and Greaser mingjed amicably and all is as merry as a wedding bell announc ing the marriage of the once warring peoples. Even the sons and daughters of the Texas Republic forgot Santa Anna and the Alamo' long enough to pay a rousing tribute to the gray and grizzled chief magistrate of the Republic of Mexico,' Long before the arrival of Mr. Wm. Howard Taft and Senor Porflrlo Diaz, an unprecedented crowd had gathered in El Paso and Ciudad Juar ex. They emptied from the incoming trains like swarming locusts and fill ed the streets and hotels and places of liquid resorts to overflowing. Swar thy Mexicans, proud and haughty Spaniards, cowboys in regulation at tire and plain citizens in store clothes rubbed elbows with dark eyed senor- itas and Texas' belles in the gaily 1 (Continued on Page Eight) ATTENTION! andies ; M Nut Wafers, regular 35c lb ons ale at , '' 10c per lb. Jelly Strawberries, you've no! Idea how good they. are till you try them . ; , 10c per lb. . - ' Cream Dates, Just as good'1: ' M the name, sounds. ,;. . t 10c' per lb. Cocoanut Bon Bons, other Dutchess gumdrops, the fla- stores ask S5c per lb, our' ' , c vor is truly royal prlca, ".' '; . :' '. ,' J ; i ;.. ',' lOe ier lb. ' ''''.: 10e per lb. , ' LINE OF HIGH GRADE CHOCOL ATE3 AS YOU WILL FIND ELSE- J air UNION COUNTY, ORE. ISOII 11$ FHDD KETCHELL ONLY A FEW ROODS DOES THE WHITE MAX SHOW EQUAL ITY WITH C00X. " . . - UCPOnTio rinnnrn iiriimu ntuiiiyo ftuuncu nCAVILT KetcheU Knocked Out in the Twelfth Bound After Fast Fight John son Works Constantly. . , Clt-an Knockout Ring Side, Ocean View, Oct 16. The greatest crowd ever packed Into an arena witnessed the Johnson Ketchell fight this evening. The weather is ideal and long before the gates were thrown open the crowd hung about the outside of the arena Hge a living sea. As soon as the gates were opened the crowd surged In and Boon filled the arena to suffocation. In : order to pacify the immense crowd a preliminary had been arrang ed by matching Prankle Smith and Jeff Perry. Frankie . Smith won in a ten round bout and afforded the spec tators an exhibition "of - some hand-: some sparring. '' Johnson. and KetcheU finally made their appearance and were greeted with a loud burst of applaus'e. The two big fighters did not stand on any preliminaries nor red tape but got down to actual business at once. First Bound. ' Slow fighting characterized the (Continued on Page Eight.) BY KNOCKOUT FAIR .... Imitation Almonds, a delic ious confection , ' ' ' , 10c per lb." . Also fresh salted peanuts, 40 cents, per, lb at other stores, our price ; 10c per lb. ' Dairy drops, a real creamy confection ;.V . ; . 10c per lb. r air Jhe SATURDAY, PITTSBURCIS CHApPIOII TEAL nnucu Ul i lit. WILD BILL D0X0YAX WALKS FOUR MEX IX ONE IXXIXG V MILLIX FINISHES. I n 1 II 0 pnni inn ctiiiA r ... HunnoouutflnunLtAilL! Detroit Shut Oot la Final and Excru. tlatiagly Interesting Game- Wagner Slams Out a ; : Three Bagger. - 2 3 4 0 6 7 8 9 Pittsburg 3 1 11 0 3 0 0 1 -8 Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 v:'-',v '"' ::-'" . . r h e Pittsburg g g 0 Detroit.. .; V.V.O 6 2 Detroit, Oct 16. The Pirates twist ed the Tiger's tail .this afternoon and tied eight knots in it and won the championship of the, World. To Adams the Pirate's pltcherf more than any omer is tne creau due. Three of the four games won by the Pirates were due strictly to Adams' prowess. "Wild Bill" Donovan was wild today, and Mullln, after two fine innings was no better. Detroit is Crazy. Never in the history of baseball has there been ' such a rush to secure seats as there has this afternoon at the final contest between the Detroits and Pittsburgers, which will decide whether the Tigers shall purr or the Pirates nail the skull and cross bones at the top of the mast Society has simply gone base ball crazy. Detroit who Is three times winner has abet ter chance to take the chamnionshio than she ever has had before. Detroit the Favorites. In all the previous Beries the od- ponents simply mopped the ground the Tigers.: This series Detroit has stubbornly fought every Inch. For the first time since the series began Detroit goes in ten to eight favorite. A large delegation of Pittsburgers are present , - ' '' f--' Jennings sent in Wild BUI Donovan for Detroit, while , for Pittsburg, Adams came in. GlbBon (Pittsburg) and Schmidt (Detroit) were the catch ers. Hyatt soon replaced Absteln at first base; T. Jones was at first though suffering from hemmorrhages he re fused to Quit , . r , .First Inning. . Donovan hit Byron on shoulder. Nobody covered second on Leache's sacrifice. Leach out at first Byrne out stealing third. Byrne taken from the field arter, the collision With Morarity. Clark walked. Miller forc ed Wagner. ' ; . , , i -i D. Jones fouled, Bush hit by pitcher and Cobb filed. Bush out stealing sec ond.' "' vV-'"' In the first Inning Morarity collided with Byrne and Byrne was taken to the club house. Leach replaced' him at third. Hyatt went to outfield. : . , Second Inning. Absteln ! walked and stole second. Wilson bunted safely. Gibson popped. Adams walked and Hyatt filed out, Absteln - scoring. Leach walked and Clarke walked forcing' Wilson home. Wagner filed. Crawford out infield. Delehnn!.y walked. Morlarty doubled. 3'oriety limped andO'Leary ran f r him. T. Jones filed and Schmidt gat infield. - Third Inning. " Mullln batting for Donovan, filed. Wilson rolled Infield,, Absteln forcing Miller off third. Then Absteln started nDin WU1LU Contlnued from page 1.) OCTOBER 16, 1903. RHODES WILL VISIT SUNDAY TWO BIG MEETIXGS WILL BK HERE TOMORROW. All Morning Pulpits to be Filled By 'Y. M. C A. Agent.' Tomorrow at 3 o'clock the Y. M. C. A officials of the state including Sec retary iven B. Rhodes, will. conduct all interested in what the organiza tion is doing, are Invited to attend. During the morning, all church pul pits will be fillod by representatives of the Y. M. C. A., and the afternoon service will be open to all." " . Again in the evening a union meet ing will be held; at-the Christian church. At that time Mr. Rhodes will again speak, using lantern slides. in i n BAND AND ORCHESTRA MUSIC OX THE SLATE TONIGHT. Last Opportunity to Secare Valuables On Sale Offered Tonight Soring an ' unprecendented success, the park bazaar has entered , on the last lap of its career for 1909, and after a blaze of interest and gener ous participation tonight the event will come to a close with well earned and much needed pecuniary benefits. Music and song Is to mark, the, close. The La Grande band and the Misses Hume's string instrument orchestra which commences its medley of ear soothing tones at six o'clock and will play for one hour, will be the chlel features of the evening. ; f There are innumerable races for honors to be .finished tonight . and many elegant articles are to be raffled spontaneously, but not all things are to go by raffle, for the auctioneer Is to be present For this reason the public should attend enmasse, that some valuable article may not eo by unsecured when presence might have captured some muchly desired piece or work. - .-. ': .v' '.. ;"v Vr The crowds last evening were not quite up to expectation but they have swarmed the nlace todav and fckva helped to Increase the receipts. .The financial jutconit will be most Batis- laciory, ana especially o u a large crowd comes out . for the . closing night',.''" :': ;:V (Continued on Page Four.) . WHIRL GFFUN LA GIIABJB Caldwell, Oct ' 16. (Special.) Running t'xf" y'3fds for a touchdown after catching Irwin's perfect forward pugs in the second half of the game here today, Myers spelled victory for La Grande in the fastest game of the past three years In this city. Bolton failed to kick goal. . La Grande outplayed the home tsam using forward passes and quarter back kicks and end runs with Ham ilton and Chllders doing effective work. The visitors kept the play al NUMBER 203 flllMLlWr T BY OGn BULLET NOTORIOUS CHASE EXDS AT A POINT WHERE HUNGER OVERTOOK INDIAN. Body of the Suicide Indian Fugitive Was found by the Combined FossesUsed Last Ballet , Oa Himself. ' v ,(Dy W. R. Madison, Staff Corres pondent of the United Press.) San Barnardino, Cal. OVt-16. Billy Boy the Indian murderer ; Is dead. With his only remaining cartridge the Indian outlaw sent the bullet through n his brain. He died In his granite fort ress where he made tb.9 desperate , stand against tho sheriff's posse last week. :: ; i. The outlaw's" body was hastily cre mated by the officers who had run him to his death on the Colorado desert and his ashes remain to be scattered broadcast over the sandy home of his . forefatH " ' 'v'';:V; ;' " : tv::.-- Early yesteYday the combined for- ces under Sheriff Ralphs arrived with in striking distance of tho murderer's lair. Line aeouts were thrown out and the fortress was surrounded. After several shots had been fired and no, answer had been made to them one of the daring Indian trailers crept forward and saw Billy Boy's boot exposed. The Indian took a shot at the boot and ; It remained unmoved. . The fort was then entered.' There the posse found , Billy Boy, . dead. lie had removed him shoes, placed the muKzle of his rifle against been dead for a week. From indica nts heart and fired. He had apparently tlons it appears that Billy Boy's wa ter and food supply had given out and rather than suffer from the torments of thirst and die In the desert he had killed himself. The posse quickly got to work under the directions of the officers and a large pile of cactus and dried grease wood was gotten to- , , gether and the body laid upon , th , rudely constructed pyre. The posses started for their homes - v this morning after a night spent in the desert, well satisfied that things v have turne out as they have, as Billy ? Boy's stand against the officers had - aroused the admiration of some of his tribesmen and a general uprising of the tribe was to be feared. 1 Attend the Bazaar tonight at the Elk's Hall. in C4 : 2U most entirely In Caldwell's territory. . The forward pass from Irwin to Myers worked -like machinery. Sim ilar plays were pulled off successful, repeatedly, but this time especially did It work nicely. Using all his speed and all his dodging ability Myers ran throuph the. broken field or a touc h down. ' The College of Idaho never was Ik dangerous territory. Final score, La Grande, five, Col lege of Idaho nothing. 0 0 i