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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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. '
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