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WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER, 151909.
ItUlIBEPw 43
TENTATIVE
CONTRACT ON
FIRST DEFFimE STEP TOWARD
BRINGING CHAUTAUQUA TO A
. BEAD NEXT SEER : j
DATE SET IS JULY I TO L; ;
THIRTEENTH SET TEAR
Chicago Hoase will Famish Tour Big
MmbeVs nit Vtbew from Other '
' Sources Is Adldtlon.
Tentatively, a contract has been
signed between the La Grande Com
mercial Club and the Chautauqua Man
agers Association of Chicago and ha
tween now and January 10 the city
and county 'will have to decide defi
nitely If this portion of the Chatauqua
4. tn ha riinchd..;The contract .was
V signed yast evening? following a un
amlnous support of the other members
of the club at the meeting last even
ing. The members included la this
will not form all of the program., but
Ashland, Oregon Citv (and al of the
other Pacific coast CnatuKUH towns
have already closed final 'contr.vis
with the sanw company fr the Pa me
people. . ' " -' ' r'
"; Date a S1c4l4 mMJy'A
The date for La Grandee firsl Cha
taugua it being cQi:-del that all
"if have been.eliitiiTiaid lii July 3
to 13 inclusive, a tiro tli.it Is espm-Ial-1y
attractive. . The date could not be
better. --- w-.-" t -'s:-:-
FonrBIg Number '
Th!S Darticalar" company ' mutUo
)four big attractions. " They ;;wlll be
oiKramantari - hv nthfir - numbers . from
other companies later. - .'.'..
The terms carried In this contract
are: .. , - --;. .7. .
Governor Folk of Missouri, Lectur
er, v. '
The Doctor Sadler Company, carry
ing fowpeople. a lecturer, an tmper
sonater, a reader and a trained nurse
who explains -features of domestic
science, care of the home arid Other
Instructive features! ' " ,;,..
Castle Square . Jntertalners, ' con
sisting of high grade musical attract
ions, funmakers, aoloist, musical mon
-clogaa and other features. ;
Brush, the great Hermann of "to
day. ;': V.V r UI:' :
TO TOO BOYS
AID SOCIETY BOYS HELD PEND
ING RECOYERT. ?
Two Boys from Elgin Beaded for Aid
School but Met with Delay. ;
) Tne two little boys who were to be
brought up from Elgin and committed
to the Boys and Girls Aid Society at
Portland have ben unable to be moved
on account of one of them halvng the
canet fever. These children were4
adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Hall of Elgin
from the Society. Mr. Hall died and
shortly after his death Mrs. Hall gave
birth to a child of their own and be
ing left a widow did not feel as If tshe
was able to" bring no the three chil
dren and U contemplating returning
the two adopted ones to the society in
Portland.
: Sailors Hungry.
) Port Burwell, Ont Dec. 15. Maroon
' on a car ferry which went ashore
on the shoals near this city SO sailors
re suffering from hunger."
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Srrirrh nri v
ILYLll ULLfll
- : Special Heeilnif.
La Grande lodge No. 41 AT P. ft A.
will hold a"" special meetktg f'rl
day evening at which tiua there wl'.l
be work In the Master Manon DegTte.
CUNNINGHAM COXES HOME.
Injured Conductor Brought Home
from Baker Last Evening.
Conductor Cunningham the man
hurt at Pleasant Valley a couple of
days ago and taken to the hospital at
Baker City, was brought to La Grande
last evening and Is now at home. He
had rallied enough to stand the trip
home. - ;
Mrs. Cunningham was called to-Ba-ker
at the time of the accident and
she returned last evening with her
husband, v V v.f' "- '
DISCOVERED
RABIES CASES
DISEASE IN TIKULEJiT FOR
V t . FOUND AT BERKLEY
IS
Disease has Spread from Fasedena to
Many Other of the Towns
Berkley, Call., Dec. 15 From ' the
University of California comes the an
nouncement that Rabies, In the most
virulent form exists In California,
- Fourteen suspects cases have been
detected by the Labratory tests com
pleted today.. The disease has spread
from Pasedena to Stockton, and It is
feared that. It has fastened Itself on
all oLthe other cities In both the gan
Joan and Sacremento valleys, , -
GOVERNOR S, STILL , IN . CRITICAL
' 7. -IV. CONDITION. ?XC ;-v
Physicians Administer Opiates
';; Indace Sleep. ' :
to
Guthrie, Oklahoma, Dec 15. Al
though GovernorXharlea N.. Haskell
who Is suffering "from acute Indiges
tion la reported to be Improving today
his condition still cald to be serious.
Throughout the night it la said that It
was found necessary tor the attending
physicians to administer opiates '' for
the purpose of inducing sleep. Toward
morning De governor secured a few
hours rest. ' . -U -
STATES SOON
PRESIDENT'S OBJECTIONS MUST
'' BE ERADICATED Vi 1
ArUona and New Mexico mast abide
'.y
By Taft's ObJecUons
-Washington; D. C. Dec 15 Chair
man Hamilton, of the house committee
on territories Bald today that Arizona
and New Mexico will, be granted sep
arate statehood at this session of
Congress'lf they do not Insist on in
cluding In their governing laws the
feature that President Taft found ob
jectionable In the constitution of Ok
lahoma. "' '.':";:.'.,;.'
Chalrmaa. Hamilton stated that It
was his belief that the President would
withhold his approval if otherwise.
fiASiltLL ILL
AT GUTHRIE
ADMITTED AS
TRAIN RUNS
INTpEEK
TWELYE KILLED AND 40 INJURED
IN A SERIOUS HECK IN
KC3TH CAROLINA
CONDUCTOR HERO OF THE
mSASTEOUS ACCIDENT.
Dead aad Iml-r-i ti Vzlzx T
- t
Feet of Water When train Goes'
, late Stream.
Charlotte, N. C. Dec 15. Twenty
persona are reported to have been
killed and probably ' as many as 40
Injured when the passenger train No.
11 of the Southern Railway, speeding
southward at the rate of 85 mfles an
hour, plunged over a tressel and fell
bodily Into k'idy Creek, 25 feet below.
The acldent happened four miles
north of Greensboro. H
The train In Its plunge turned over
and the dtad and Injured are burled
under three feet of water. - ,
The news was Hashed from Greens
boro only after Conductor George Ca
ble had dragged himself for nearly two
miles to the station and- given ihe
warning. Conductor hfd his leg badly
crushed and broken In the smash and
could not walk a step and In order to
reach the station hopped and crawled
along the track for a distance of over
two miles.;' ,'.;.; ' I'-'f' ',:zr ''Uj'
As soon as his news was received
a special train- was Instantly 1" made
up and with nurses,"T)hysician8 and
'scue- yere hurried to the scene f
the. disaeteri' The scene of the wreck
' j a frightful one. The water covers
ed the coaches for almost three feet
and the dead had to he extracted from
the wreck by divers smashing the
windows of 'the-coaches and diving to
the Interior. Some of the -coaches
were broken apart . and their living
cargo thrown Into .. the stream and
on this account the. list of fatalities
were greatly decreased. The engineer
and fireman were . pinned beneath
their engine at the bottom of; the
creek and it will be some days be
fore they, can be gotten out- George
Gould, a son of Jay Gould, was on the
train' but escaped unhurt . Following
Is a list of the dead aa far as can
be ascertained at this time: ,' -:
JOHN A. BROAD AX, Qreensboro.
i A, HOLCOMB, Mountain Air, N. C
ED. SEXTON, Denton, N, C. ,
"A, P. CONE, Supt: Richmond divis
ion Southern Railway ?
? D.VC NOLAN, Pullman Condr. '
- a H. .JVHITB," traveling auditor. '
- FLAGMAN, name unknown.
TWELVE OTHERS, unidentified.
SUGAR Hft
PAID FINES
New York, Dec IB. Arbuckle Bros,
the biggest competitors to the Ameri
can Sugar Refining Company, today
paid Into the government treasury the
sum of $695,573 in back duties, follow
lng the recent disclosures of Irregular
Hies In the weighing of sugar on the
docks. '"Z,
TO
BUILD VALK
; The dty this arternoon gave Turner
Oliver official notice to place the side
walk fronting on his property on O
Avenue, on the stret line. This Is the
walk which the city tore up the other
day. , ".'';r.::y-.u
ORDERED
TARS READY
TO ADVANCE
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fJEAOER MESSAGES SAY YANKEES
WILL TOE CITY OF
CCEINTO TONIGHT - r
UNCONFIRMED "REPORT SAYS
CRUCIAL BATTLE BAGES
aouwaa aotci up Munitions ef TYar
'Daring Nlgh-Tfeather Prevents
Clear Messages. "
Panama, Dec' 15. Wireless mess
ages In fragments that have been pick
od up by the local station here in
dicate that the marines from the TJ.
S, warships have either been landed
or will be landed today at Corlnto.
Adverse weather conditions, prevent
ed a full text of the messages from
being learned. Another dispatch .- In
dicates that Managua Is still In the
hands of the mob and that the people
are clamoring for Zelaya's overthrow.
, Believes Battle Is On.
, New York, Dec ; 15. Unconfirmed
Colon advices Indicate the long ex
pected battle between the Insurgents
and Zelaya's troops in the vicinity of
Rama Is taking place today. The rer
olutlonlsts are reported to hive taken
the- Inlatlave . for the . first time . in
lapre than a week, has precipitated the
engagement. Four machine guns with
1,000 rifles and one million rounds of
cartridges were conveyed to Estrada
headquarters before day break under
guard , of Several companies of Gen
eral Chanvjoro's .division.
. Evidence ef Resigning., -.Washington,
Dec.; 15. Dr. Caldera,
the United States consular agent at
Managua, cabled today that Zelaya has
published a statement promising to re
sign In favor of Senor Madrlz.. who
is reported to be with him In the pal
ace at Managua. Tho dispatch 'also
goes o nto state that that Madria' is
very unpopular with the people and
apparently Is not the choice pf the
Nicraguans. ; Zelaya's fulfillment of
this promise would do little If any
thing toward smoothing over the pres
ent difficulties. ;;' '
PROMOTION
Washington, Dec 15. Secretary of
War Dickinson today announced the
selection of Major General Leonard
Wood, now the comamnder of the de
partment of the East to succeed MaA
jor General J. Franklin J. Bell of the
chief of. the staff of the United States
army. Qeneral Bell will retire next
AprlL ' :z
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DETERMINED
WILL AVENGE CRUEL SYSTEM OF
TREATMENT OF WHITES.
One Man Dipped jn Hot Water and a
noman Burned In Her Bed.
Gsceola. Ark. Dec. 15. The sheriff
with, a large posse of deputies are on
duty today guarding the Jail ready to
repulse a, mob which are marching
from Shawnee's with the announced
intention of lynching bIx negroes who
are held hre upon N charge of bar
baric cruelties.
It Is alleged that the negroes had
YNCHERS
organized a gang for the purpose of i
Kicked by Horse. .
Don Turner, a resident of South
La Grande, Is suffering much pain as
the result of injuries reeclved ' last
Sunday night when he was kicked by
the family horse. The . blow Btruck
Mr. Turner on the knee and it is badly
swollen and painful. There was no
fracture It is thought Dr. Bigger, the
attending physician believes the suff
erer will be able, to walk in about
three weeks. :' . - " ?
T Mrs. Shearer Hart.
Mrs. Maggie Shearer a pioneer' of
North La Grande sustained a simple
fracture of one arm this morning in
a fall at her home. Doctor Bacon set
the break. Owing to her age It will
require considerable time for the
STRIKERS
CilEBACIi
FORTY THREE OF THEM RETURN
(TO WORK AT BUTTE.
Big Copper Companies la Butte Re.
same Operations Again.
Butte, Mon. Dec 15. As the result
of a conference between the strikers
empoyed In the . Butte yards and W.
M. Clark, of Indianapolis, vice presi
dent of the Railway Conductors, or
ganization and Robert Mclntyre of
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
40 of the strikers returned to work
in the yards today. The Amalgamated
Copper Companies local mines also re
sumed operations this morning.
SINKS AGAIN
Brussels, Dec. 15 The condition of
King Leopold took a marked change
for the worse this morning. The
physicians who have been attending
him were Immediately called Into con
sultation. . '
King Leopold suffered another stroke
or sinking spell late today. It Is now
feared that the aged monarch la near
his end. . v- .
attacking white people. Among their
alleged victims was Mrs. Cummlngs
whom they wrapped up in a feather
bed, poured oil on the bed and ignited
it,' after roblbng the house. One of
their victims was a white man whom
they captured, dropped Into; the Icy
threw him tot oa tub of boiling water,
waters of the MlssUsipp and then
HAND
New Leather,' New
OPOLD
We Have the largest, the best, the most
up-to-date line of - Ladies -Hand Bas and
Purses ever shown in La Grande. We have
the Alligator. Patent Leather, Real Seal, Wal
rus and a line ot imported feathers that we
know are good, and of the latest styles.' We
are offering these goods a J a ost . reasonable
pricet for this class of goodc. Our goods are
right and we know the prices are. Let us
show you while our line is complete.
HILLLS DRUG STORE
LA GRANDE; - - V - OREGON
CITY FEARS
LONE THIEF
SAN FRANSISCO: BAFFLED BY A
nCUJ niEDEKER AD
I ECDSER
STRIKES TWICE IN THE
' SAME FRISCO DRUG STORE.
Last Night Adds Another Crime- te
- Bis List Under Nose of the
Cjtj'i Dctecaves. . (
; San Francisco, De- 15. Farther
away than ever from a clue the police
of this city is In a desperate battle
with a single handed bandit-murderer
who have baffled every effort that has
been made to capture him and laugh
sneering In the faces of the o.Hcers
since December 4. Last night he com
mitted another robbery, the boldest
of hla record. While two policemen
marched up and down In front of
the Gleason Couneen Drug Store'
which he has twice robbed previously,
the bandit outlaw entered the Char
lott candy store only three doors away
and held up the place. He then made '
his 5cc3sful esca after Informing t
his victims that there .were two po- ''
llcemen only three doors away and .'
that they could go and console them-.,
seleves by telling their troubles to the
police. ' . , . 'z :
; The bandit up to date has the most .
remarkable record of any outlaw that
has ever been hunted In this or any '
other city. He commits hold ups, mur
der and robbery imder the very nose
of the police and In the busy marts of
tha-city with apparently no thought
of ever belflg'-cpptured. . In fact he
gives the impression that he Is doing '
his work under the noses of the po-;
lice on purpose for the fun of the
thing as there Is plenty of places In
the city where he could operate with
a great deal more security than In the
busy streets. :
MARGARET CUNDIFF DEAD.
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Former La Grande Teacher Passes
- mi Away at Frisco. -
Word has been received her from
San Francisco that Margaret Cun
dlfit Wither, two years ago a member
of the La Grande High School faculty,
died last Sunda yof pneumonia. Mrs.
Wither was married shortly after re
signing her position here. Her aged
mother Hying at Eugene survives her.
Mrs. Wither graduated from the Uni
versity of Oregon In Q7 and waa 25 .
years of age at the time of her death. .
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