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.??-7-5 iff n if vm rf mv v ltd sa: if S Li mi: Ret i.i Cit; C3 1 j VOLUME IS ( ;.rrr. 9M i -.. fB SMS KILLED ifi t .. CLLLS s HESIBOUTS OF 1MEIUCAN . SOCIALISTS IS A MYSTEItr. lithor of Barbarous Mexico Retells Some of the Cruelties Practiced by Ifiico on its Prisoners Does not Bclicie the Senorlta Returned to Mexico on her own Yoliatlon Sex o rnnildoratlnw In ''"r!'?!cs Prisoners. Venb-e, Cal. Nov. -."If Teresa Vil leral was thrown into a prison at Torreon, Mexico ,a week ago, It would be useless tor any one who la famll Uar with the conditions of prison life touth of the Rio Grande to even haz guess as to whore she may be ttiJt' declared John Kenneth Turner, the author of the famous book "Bar barous Mexico." "In Mexico," con tinned Mr. Turner, "the federal auth orltles make no distinction between the sexes in their cruelty. Of cour30. the senorlta may still be confined at Torreon or she may have been trans ferred to another prison, ' where she Ill i nn 1 Iwui m an proDaDuuy remain unuis covered for years. Very often polit ical prisoners die In these Jails, In tact any woman who Is sent to a Mex ican prison had better die as soon as possible. If, however they should not happen to die, they alwys get the opportunity of facing a rifle line with their faces to a mud wall. Where DrVfMers fllc-ntiv Vir.rt'T.r'n'flpnth In IthWcells. it saves trouble for the authorities and the conditions of nil of their Jails is such as to Induce this tod of a death which quite frequently happens before execution." . Turner put no faith in the report that the senorlta In company with her father returned to Mexico voluntarll m savs bluntly that she was ab utted and taken back for the ptir- iose of getting her out of the, road. 0 A:.- WARREN IS ON AT "KING" HIE ays Itockefeiler's Millions; Are Not Wanted I Atl, a'i'a, Ca. Nov. 1. Declaring that is an insult to the' South, Bishop arren Chandler of the Methodist Wfh is agitating against the accept- of Rockefeller's gift of a million tors tor a fund with which to fight e lu&k worm, for the purpose of 'eatlng this pest. He said: "It is to be hoped that our Pie will not be taken with Rocke Uer's million dollar hook worm fund 1 tuimnlsBion. It seems to be the 1 of these moneyed men to single t the south for all kinds of reforms, aedies and enlightenment. A too acceptance of these funds have t some of our people in a bad light 13 ooes not redound to the credit of r South country. Rm kpfpllAr wnulri charge of not only our heads but J stomachs as well. The gift follows Publication in one of the magazines lot of sensational pictures regard f the curse of the h ook worm to snUth. With this million dollars to 'PTTVhe sensational press of the te"a.tes would portray our coun 88 something accursed. We begin ond r what other slander la being related against tL" IIP GOES 01 . THE WARPATH LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, NEW RVfES.IN AFFECT TODAY COST MOKE TO REG1STEK MATTEB IS TOST OFFICE. Today Sees Higher Registration and More Security. Washington, D. C. Nov. 1. The new order of the PcBtofflce Pepartment of the United States, by which the fee for the registration of mail is ' in creased from eight to tan cents, while at the same time the liability of the government lor indemnity in car of I loss, theft, or destruction of a regis- tered article !n transit is increased from $25 to $50, went into effect to day. The increase of the registra tion fee was ordered by Postmaster General Hitchcock upoi the recom mendation of the committee which has made an Investigation of the reg istration btn ice and found that this division ha3 1 ten conducted at a con siderable iosH to the government, It Is expected t that other Important modifications of the registry system that should lessen considerably the cost of Its operation, will be made In the near future. APPLE EXHIBIT WILL EXCELL ALL FINEST EXHIBIT EVER SENT OUT. Entire County Interested in Apple Show. H. H. Weatherspoon, representing Elgin and its rapidly increasing fruit interests, Robert Withycombe, repre senting Union and Its adjacent . terri tory from a apple standpoint and Fred !. Currcy, standing. for the apple in terests of this side of the valley, met n conference yesterday and this morn ing in this city to perfect and de vise ways and means for a proper rep resentation at the national apple show In Spokane. - Elgin and Union already have their show exhibits ready for shipment, and the commercial club here a going to H;atiicr its exhibit between now ami the tenth' of this month. On the in'h Mr. Weatherspoon and a .Union nun probably W. J. Towuley, ari l Fred B. Currey will be in Spokane to arrange the exhibits and will remain in charge until the. show is over. This, world known ' Mecca of fine apple growers and apple culture educators, will have. I the finest exhibit that ever went out of Union county, say the men who are behind it. and as no expense has been 'sparred, this will of course prove true. The fruit Is here. ' The representatives who - gathered here yesterday and today for the final preparation conference are elated over the exhibits which they have In view to put on the shelves of this big show Union county will have' three sections together In the non-lrrl gated depart ment,' and the exhibit' will be fully as exhaustive as any there. ' The 0. R. & N., has announced x rate of one and one-third fare for the apple show from this city. This makes the rate $10.95 for the round trip and tickets will be sold from the 14th to he 19th inclusive with return limit on the 22nd. No stopovers will be per mitted either way. Looking For Trouble. , New Orleans, Nov. 1 . Governor Williamson of Kentucky, who has been one of the Taft party, Is today enroute for Frankfort, having received the news that he had better be closer to home as trouble is threatening in ex tra large bunches at tomorrow's elec tion in that state. Upon recelp of the news the governor started north Im mediately. .....i ...... I.... - .r i ES Us, CONTROLS STATE HIS NTItl'GGCES OF THE PAST FOR FEFORMAT10V ENDS. Hereafter Governor Hughes will Hold Whip Hand Over Entire Political Situation So Longer , eccessary For him to Whip his Reform Mens ures Turongh the Legislature The Death of One Man Gives Needed hold On the State, , ew York, : Nov. : 1. Governor Hughes is today In a position to 1 se cure and hold the republican organiza tion of the state of New York solidly at the next national campaign for the first time Bince he has become a prom inent . politician he has practically taken hold of the leadership, this is so especially if he appoints a practically loyal man for the comptrollership to succeed Comptroller Gaus who died yesterday while on a hunting trip -in Canada. If he appbints a loyal man the en tire state patronage will then be in his hands as the comptroller has much patronage. Such a move will also will give Governor Hughes the control of the state legislature and will make it possible for him to put his pet re form measures through the legislature without having to use force. His friends now say that Hughes will be the republican candidate for president in 1912. Ever since he assumed the leader ship of the party machine in the state the leaders of the republican party have been against Hughes and most of his proposals. Every point that he has gained has had to be accomplished by the use of force and good geralship. Hughes Now a Boss. Hughes as a political boss will be a new figure in the political world. The naming of the new comptroller is awaited here with intense interest, and the successful candidate's personality record will be subjected to immediate scrutiny. , DETECTIVE ROBS THAT HE GAURDED Detective Maintains He Is Innocent of Crime San Francisco, Nov. 1. James Boyn ton, a PInkerton detective, is in Jail charged with robbing the California Neckwear Company which he was be ing paid to guard. The man was cap tured by two of the sleuths belonging to the Curtis detective agency, who had been employed by he proprietors for the purpose of watching In turn the PInkerton man. When he'was captured last night he had removed his coat, climbed through a window carrying a dark lantern but no weapons. Several days ago the managers discovered that the locks of various receptlbles had been tamper ed with and suspected Coynton of the intention of robbing the company. He then hired the outside detectives for the purpose of watching the PInkerton man. Boynton declares that he had no thought of robbing the company, hut was only looking for possible bur glars. . ' Catholic cLi ich will coon be bull. In Dallas. y;.,. ,jTlIWyrjS'y rnu DETECTIVE IS THIEVING M MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1. W ELElTllS Oil 1,1 SEW YORK CITT ELECTION OVERSHADOWS ALL OTIIEUS. Day of Election Comes Tomorrow wltu the Entire Country Centering Its Gaae on New York Where the Tam many Fight is Waging Fiercely Philadelphia, Cleveland,' and San. Francisco' among the Cities' Taking Action, Too. Washington, D. C, Nov I Though full State Tickets are to be voted for in only th-oe Btates tomorrow, there will be scarcely a commonwealth of the Union without its election of min or officials, municipal or congression alcontests 6r a ballot on proposed contsitutio-ial amendments to occupy Its attention. ; The states which are to choose, f;cernorB and other state officials aiva Massachusetts, Rhode Island and v ginla. Politics Ik Massachueet and Rhode Island loom up unusually large for an off year. Governor A. J. Pothler is the republican candidate for re election In Rhode Island. The dem ocrats have liomlnated Olney Arnold,a Providence manufacturer, who was defeated by a narrow margin a year ago. In Mifsachusetts Governor Draper and Lieutenant Governor Frothlngham bead the . republican ticket for the second tij)e, Arrayed against thW ou the democratic side are James H. Vahey, who was unsuc cessful a year ago, and Eugene N. Fobs, a W'lil'hy manufacturer and a former republican. Alleged extrava gance in the management of state affairs forms the chief Issue In the Massachusetts contest. . In Rhode Is land the fight hinges on the question of reapportionment and several pro posed cha.iges in the system of gov ernment. New York Fight Overshadows AH. Of more inttiest throughout the country rcaa even the state elections is the rnayo.-aMy content in New York City.- A:;.iin it. is tbffl bUry of Tam many and nnti-Tam:auiij, Again there is a lii; ee-eorvorod fisht in volved in ihe elemental situation, with Wilii.vu It. Ilea, at, running as an independent' ; candidate n?,nn a prime factor a:-- he w:s in the last municipal campaign in the 'metropo--lis. The Vi'inmany candidate ' in ' William Gsynor, M'li personally has' been an opponent 'of ring organi zation Ihi-'HRbout his career. The republican crKnnizattoa, after vain ef- 10ns to worn out a .uston program, uomlnatcd to mayor Otto T, lian nard, a financier of ttfandlng, a man with a clean lecord, but one who lias never .bee i rtgressivly engaged' in politics. lh' result of tne three cornered tight cannot bo forecasted with any iMree of cerla.'nty. Today on the eve of the election each side Is claiming v.ctoiies by pluralities rang ing from f.f ,000 to 100,000 votes. Many' Cities o Vote. Interesting municipal contests will be decided in iinmerois ' large cities throughout tho country In Phila delphia a bltVi' .contest U on for the district attorneyship and two minor offices, w'.i'n a strong Independent movement as&in9t the domlnent re publican organization. While the contest is m.med by tha independents a "fight for civic righteousness" it la a fight between 'the Identical ele that clashed la 1905, with State Sen ator James P. McNIchol a political boss, on one e'de, and D. C. GIbboney, independent candidate (or district at torneyship, on the othrsr. As the district actoraeysnip ia regarded pi Htically a the most. Important o 0 outside tin ir.ayoralty, th' is re garded as a contest of greater im portance man that of lour years ago, when the rjnbllran organization was defeated ty ?,000 majority. The coafent in San Francisco Is HALLOWE'EN , PASSES SANELY ONE Jil.NOH PK.VK COMES TO TIE I OTICE OF POLICE. ' Hallowe'en Has Unusually Quiet time Of It In La Grande. Hallowe'en passed In this city with scarcely a trace of the customary pranks. The police has not been ap prised of anything more serious than the laying of a board crosswise on the railrnf H ,SlCt .IS.'.''' only bit of fun any crowd seema to have had. It is apparent that the fear of serious complications' resulting from practicau Jokes was to blame for the laxity of the boy on that night. It was by far the most ane Hallowe'en celebrated here in years. similar In many respects to that in Philadelphia. The tight hinges on the district attorneyship, with the continuation of the graft prosecution as the moat prominent Issue, Dis trict Attorney Francis J. Heney who conducted the graft prosecution, Is a candidate or re-election. He la opposed by Charles M. , tllckert who was nominated on the republican and Union Labor ticket and Dr. T. W. B. Leland as the democratic candidate. The Union Labor party has its own mayoralty candidate. Johnson Again a Candidate. , Mayor Tern L. Jobnuon, of Cleve land, is a candidate for Lis fifth con secutive term, and is opposod by Herman C Baehr, the republican can didate. In Clacinatti, uu interesting contest is on for the mayoralty be tween Dr." Louis Schwab (republi can) and John Weld Peck (demo crat.) Mayoralty contests in other cities of Ohio and In Nsw York and New Jersey pi esent more or less in teresting features. Boston does not elect a nmyar, but the oters will de cide upon th? choice of two plans looking to non-partisan government. Topeka will accept or reject a plan for the coi nu'eslon fq-ni of govern ment. ; In the Second Washington District a Represe itat ve in Co igress will be elected to eucceed tha late Francis W, Cnshmni. The re.i.ibllcnris have nominated j.mge W, W. MeCredle, ot Vancouver r,rit the Jemof rats have named Karnest Lister, or Tacoma. Tom L the Ixsne hi ( kveliuid. Cleveland C, Nov. t.--Tlie voters of Clovelaai ore to .decide tomorrow whether Tom Johnm Js' to .have a fifth term nn n.-ayor. f-'inco the sired car peano- olau -.went t (trough, the Is sue of the. r.uii;,jdfn b.n become puie ly one .f ''Ji.Si;n an.l cutl-Johnsoii. Today cvm f.iKy b!ng wagered that May.tr ..'(ilmson wjij win.. Ills opponent fr niayor on tne republi can ticket Ib'Liermau C Baehr, who Is serving; lits third term as re corder. Pvtse on the trail. Glmli, Manitoba. Nov. 1. A posse is diligently searching for an unidentifi ed German who is reported to have :nurdered a woman and two children living on a farm near this city, yester day, According to reports reaching here, the German was the guest of the farmer, He pounded his guest Into In fc'nBlbllity, ran into the house and killed the farmers wife and two chil dren and then escaped Into the coun try. Helesotes (o Convention. . New Orleans. Ot.' 1. The delegates to the waterways convention made up for lost time by rushing their work which Was left Air. .".ul shed Saturday night on account of the lateness of President Taft's arrival. Today's ses sion will be occupied with a report of she committee on resolutions, which It adopted will advance definite plans for the deepening of the Mississippi river and will also include the esti mated cost thereof. Athena ai'.et- an well tiewn 750 feet and ;ti 'mr crt -et . NUMBER 8 GIVES LIFE TO SI i 101 ll.:i.Ll.GH AM WOMAN FATALLY II CRT IX MOUMNG PIKE. Lowers Thn-e. Children to the Ground And then Falls to the Pavemeut and Breaks her Bark One Other Known To Be Dead and a Third Body Is . 2II..Iu8 c iMiuen yuirkiy Spread to Adjoining; Stroctures Woman can. not SnrTlre. .;; """' ,- Bellingham, Wash. Nov. 1. Mrs. Josie Kramer, a v.ldow, had her back broken during a fire this morning and has but little chance ot recovering. ' The fire started early, 'his morning and besides the fatal injury to Mrs. Xramer the body of Billy Dawson and Frank Gorman was taken from the ruins. Mrs. Kate Gusslin was hurt fatally when she Jumped from a sec ond story window to tho pavement The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is thought that It occurred In he room that Was supposed to have been occupied by a German who recently came here from Dawson. The fire oc curred in a row of two and three story frame buildings and they burned so quickly that they were practically a mass of flames within a few minutes . after the fire had been discovered. ; Mrs. Kraemer and her children oc cupied a room on the third floor of the A. B. lodging house. She was awaken ed , J) t'ie smoke pouring Into her rooms an "wKheTthree' "babes tridtl 1 to rush the hallway for safety but bad not progressed far before she found tha tshe was cut off by the flames. She then returned with her children to her rooms and with the aid of a clothe line lowered the chil dren from the window to the pave ment in safety. She then tried to de scend the clothes line herself but lost her grip on the line and fell, striking on the outer side of the curbing and breaking her back The physicians say that the woman cannot live. VET TD DEATH POSSE AFTER NEGRO WITH VIM. If Fellow is Found Will Roiiehly Handled. Be . .Terre Haute, Ind. Nov. 1. A posse la searching the entire country for" a negro by the name of Sam Swope, who last night "kicked" to' death Arthur Smith,. n aged civil war veteran. If the negro Is caught he will be hung without court or Jury. , i Smith, who was an old mau, was walking down the street past the spot where some negroes were shooting craps on the pavement, and acciden tally kicked the toe ot his shoe against one. of the dice,, sending It across the street. He turned arid apoliglzed to the negroes but was Instantly knocked down and Swope. a big burly negro kicked the old man to death before aid could reach him. Swipe then made hiB escape into the couutry and the sheriff and posse are searching for him as well as numerous other parties. Hook Worm In Seattle. . Seattle, Nov. 1. John Hoffinger, a laborer aged 23 years, who recently arrived here from Texas Is in the lo-. cal hospital suffering from a dioeas which the doctors have diagnosed aa hook worm." This Is the only casa that has been reported In this city. ' . a ,' 1 13 i . V 5