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i Al iy !' 1-' : i'M . Al 5 :i fl 0 I ! " i l s 1 I vLA CHAITDi:. UITI 7-CL. XI i22, 1910' ::: i: SUCH EXTRA BAGQI' i . 'txriositij icuxivr A iff nj (.f-: ; Jesepb Train E rafts Additfoaal Bag. gsge Car Inie Service. d ;ia-.-lrl"iihL-i r.Tfni Vile at jb.ice foacpsh', Kir ' f Xl'ro.Clyccrinc. ) :m. aldsicii ." .y': . . y I . . . - . . Ll'Jl iJtfki, II liLlii KinXLIClJT LEADERS' SEAT 15 SENATE TO'"' BE- FILLED BT ; ONE of HIS OttX KIND, y 4 BALLIMR LAUEID AT SEATTLE; gtement lasmed frsin political dr. ties saj Aldricfc wfil attempt ta J dictate whs shall sneceed him and he wB Itake aeUre steps t effect tls wishes la the matter-nAttacis ColUera, : ?T -; " ' . ' ; : .' , - y-. t tf7 IUI1UC1RV, . . --- . senator from. Rhode Island to suc ceed .Senator Aldrtch will, be mado of the .uSlIdrlch atamp, and such plana are being drawn here today, Judging .'blind boss" of, republicanism. Bray ton deel ared Aldrich a leaving ; be cause he wants to and not': because he has to. and Aldrich. has notified him,: he Vaid. ' that' he took the Uvll- eat. interest 'In .Wa'.wuccessor and he would contrane his Interest until the new senator had been selected. SEATTLE LAUDS BALLIXCEB Seattle Bar Association Maintains he : : isr5ot;Gunty.y: :Sf:J Seattle, April 22. Characterizing the recent attack on Richard A: Bal llnger by Colliers' association as a "wanton and vicious assault without any foundation whatever in fact," the tviseatue uar wawutuuu wuaj :u.viv r "jHiblic the result of the investigation of 1 he charges. A apecUJ, meeting w'Treta-iat night - when a resolu ti(irf lauding the Secretary of the In- tetfor and flaying the weeKiy was drwn tip. :::''y- V;;'' " ' i VltiiAon Miners .Killed. Amsterdam, ; Ohio, April 22. The bodies of six miners: were recovered today from the, ruins of the Youhlo gheny Coal company's mine, where aiil : explosion from 'fire damp took place last night, fire following the explosion. Twelve other bodies are believed to be in the shattered mine, and there la no hope that they, are alive., ;-' , r . COMMITTEE OF FOOt RETURNS FROM PORTLAND TOIT. " laspecter '"'.Various ' Sorts of Paving ) and Will Report Soon. jWlth a Bealed verdict tucKed away in their pockets, their note .books and ctanlums filled with paving data, and ready to make a conclusive ana nnai report to the council next week, the four business -men . of this city who re sent to. Portland to study pav- fcg, returned this morning.' A unan imous decision which the committee reached in the matter, will not be ttadft Tinhlin until thA next council i Meeting, but it Is said that the Junket t jilted In cheaper paving for ' the i Practically every root yof - paving pt has been laid down in Portland as thoroughly Inspected by the oom- Ittee, consisting of Councllmen . A. Andrews and W. J.' Church and W. liolinenkamp and J. E.iPoley, for - businessmen and property owners me city at large. Paving con ns came to their; aid.' and gave m columns of data, pertaining to Prions kinds fo navlpc. showInK pWlitT, popularity, ' prices and p other important "features.; 9eveit Sim at Star tTJieatre Ar. COEIITEE 0N,IIW CHINA An extra box cat. filled with bag gage today which bad overflowed from the regular baggage equipment on the Joseph train. While there la always a great deal of travel on the branch it. la seldom .that the baggage assumes the proportions which it dlC today. . ' - ; . ' ' LATINQ HETT . 8IB2 TBACK. 4 AsdlUoaal Yard Facilities Alaost Completed at Depot Tsduj.y , - . The new aiding over which all the main line passenger trains will ! run to touch at the depot 'platform. 'has been practically completed today. It will reduce the number of traina run- nlng by the depot platform. : ,--,v .. ; . ;. -y ,y DECOBATIXG BALL. Wk Aodltorlam Made Collegreike With Many Penaaata - ' Ull 1 II 'f.' t -1 'llMHwUlAkVIIlM hall as it "appears on the interior, the term ' "cozy corner" in a co'lege corm.! would be very fitting. The place fah-ly abounds with pennants and other token of college life are to be seen at every turn. The deco rations are for the first annual ball to be glyen by the Union County as sociation of O. A. C. studens, this ev ening, commencing at 9 o'clock. Many guests are coming from out of town. Passenger Train recked Terre Haute, Ind.. April 2?.-Two men were killed and five injured, two wm , proDaDiy yaie, wnen passenger train No. 4. rah into an open Bwitch and collided with - a ; Construction I a " r m ' , ai ' 1 iram ai oanrora loaay, aoe ueaa are Engineer Robert Ely of the pas- senger train Iri Drkketoan M. -Drls coll. It is supposed - that . the switch was left open by 'mistake, after ! the construction train , took the siding. Many apssengers were Injured by Ing thrown from their seats. .Twentw-six Bodies Recovered. Birmingham, Ala., April 22 Twen- ty-six bodies have been , recovered from "the Mulga mine where an ex- plosion occurred last Tuesday.' The rescuers entered the mine today and the bodies were taken, out ' . .'" STUDENTS BURNED AND TORTURf ED TO DEATH. , , ;.w Native Christians Killed Outright by Tprlsers In China. London, April 22. The foreign of flee late .this afternoon received dls patches from Pekin saying that riot ing had been renewed at Chiang Sha Many Chinese converts to Chrisianity have been slaughtered and dozens of students who attend the mission training schools were burned or tor- tured to death. ; No foreigners had been killed up to the time the refugees fled Wednes- day, although the Chinese are threat- enlng them with death. Among those who left for fear of their lives was the British counsel. : Situation Ominous. Washington, April 22. The - Bitua- Hon at Chang Sha la omnious accord- Ins to reports from Minister Calhoun and American Counsel Baugh at Han- ba rnihnnn rennrta nn Imnrovement in the Bltuation inwthe Huna. provin- ces, and it is feared the trouble will spread. ,y The cruiser Charleston has alrea dy been ordered to protect the Amer ican Interests at Chang Sha and Is on the way to, that city today. It is nativity was a numoie cawn in im probable that no more Bhlpe wlll be rid, Mo., which at that time marked ordered from CaVfte: ''V; I ',:. the extreme triage of rentier settle. Advlcee from Pcldn say the gHi meet.' His fareiU were JehttjMar.: MS LIFE'S -STEIJi 6 TIXALLT S5AfS v HAEEB ASD, ioKtSSlTH PASSES ; AWATE00JSTF.LT ; LJ.'' V ,y CS35TS EI3 'DEIS I STKPATHETIC STATESESi v -"'.-. . . ; 'f , . saiiuel mnm tens cma mimmzmntx: (Special' cable, to -tha Velted Prer. ' ' by Theodore Roosevelt) i Paris, April 22, "It is with deep and sincere regret , that' I learn o? the death of Mark Twain. His posi tion was like that of Joel Chandloi Harris, unique not only among Amer ican men of letters, but throughout the literary world.;' He was not onlv remarkably humorous, but a great philosopher.. and, bia, writing?. form one of the chief . assets "of worda achievements of . which we as -avjja- tlon' vhayea.:.vighi proua.'rT-; Redding, Conn;,' April; 33.-The b6- dy of Mark Twain, ho 'died last ev ening- after ,h6verltg Ani tlie death sl aflows for several daya.' lies in a room ktx the villa here .today, await ing5 transfer to Eimlra.-, N. Y., where he willt be buried in the family; plot next Sunday. :-. : -: ;: V ; ' ' i : Died Millionaire; y New York, April 22. Mark Twain. according to ' Ills ' publishers, Har; pers & Bros., died a millionaire, even after sacrificing one great fortune in paying up the debts of Webster Pub. highing Co., which failed. The humor ist cleared ; up an almost Incredible flum from his. writings. A member of the flrm 8ald lt,A&y that Twalns books I were selling more C raptdlyr at ' this hat(i day than those of an v other au thor, living or dead. V ' ; ; y v Old Friend Weeps " PariB, Missouri, . April 22. B, Farthing, friend and pchool mate of be-Ufark Twain, and the original, "Hue kleberry Finn,? ; was profoundly. n.U ! fected by the death of the., humorist! j Tears stood in his eyes today while he spoke of bis old time companion. "Knew 'some well," he sald, 'was the greatest . llteraryv genius . of the Ub In . hie : particular line. 5 Mourn bis passing. He delighted the whole world and as a citizen of the world his death will be mourned by, all na tions." 1 i'i i Mark Twain's death remefves from the International field of letters tfie creator of American literary humor and , one of Its most; distinguished Uterateurs. :": :' ; ; - ?' : With his passing, the. people of the world the militant and persua sive doers of things alike have lost a gentle, sympathizing friend and a fearless champion. For almost 75 years he lived, and for two-score he unmbe'red his admirers by figures that rival the census of the enllght ened world. y ; y He drew his personal friends from from every condition of life and held them steadfastly by his' engaging, wholesome personality and; earnest understanding. Snatched from the obscurity of his gentle , birth by flcLle forjune and reared in tne university of the world to bcome, the master of wholesome; humor, Jlark ' Twain retains to the last his delicate distinctions of light and shade, giving the world its dear-'; est smiles and drawing from it ' its most wining, sympathetic tears. For (withal -his humOr the public eye has seen no happy life punctuated, with deeper sorrows. He has known every travail of the soul, and few there , are whose spirit of sound humor would have 'survived bo many on - I siaughts of a whlmBlcal and c fate, In 1835, while there were less than a million while Inhabitants in the great empire west of the Mississippi Samuel Cleghorn Clemens was born It was Nov. 30, and the scene of his K: Mi - ' f J, .Mi TTCULtt LEXOTTSrJ . 1XT& i v ! . v " : ' l i r. .' ' A good wife, who; wee Jane iLambton of Kentucky. ; , y yyys; Clemens; parents, . victims , ef'.'thc wanderlust, left their small prert' 1 fntLexlngton tor a new hoAe at' Jamestowa on the Cumberland 'river! in iTennessee. Next they traveled to ' iiEsoun, paseinj su uiuis, xuta a city, of 16,000 coula,-for what seemed ta them a land of brighter promise. Mf., ui .ua, m if Muwx., i uescnoea Dy tne aacivor m iater years as -the. first- settlement Wat prides ; ? It was there .that the f utdir Marlf ? twain wa;,Dorn, ana nere ,.u was mat ne nrat encountered that capra- clous fate,' which at the age of three years foretold the' auomalies of-Mb career. , .- .j'..-: ,,U-!f . A brother's print shop became his high school. At Intervals,1 shortly af ter, he was li years old, he edited the little newspaper to the amazement o the subscribers and the .dtecora fiture, of the elder brother . whose re sponsibility "ofVf publisher bore Jhs brunt of hostile complaints against thej "personal Journalism" of the ,Jd Venile. ': ;' Time and 'again In leisure tours the, boy "was fished out of the river almost drowned, but-the fond mother out! of her utter' confidence In ..his future would remark each time, 'It Is ho ' matter," , One who was born .to'- ibe hanged , fs surely safQ In the water. .'"v;? y.". '- ;';' ' Stricken with si sudden fit of In herited ; wanderlust 1 young Clemens disappeared from Hannibal in 1833. By taht Wme he was considered a fit itinerant typesetter By dint of hard work and the saving fo money for wotid's falr at New York and visited all the eastern cities, but was fi nally compelled by financial stress, to seek cover near home. ' i ,y, " ;' ' Goes on River. :yr z,. At Keokuk he appretlced" himself to Capt. Blxby'to learn the infinite mysteries of, steamboat piloting. . .The carried guns and fought their way by a singular code of honor up and . down the myBtic river, famed for - Its capricious habit of changing beds over night. In "Tom ' Sawyer,',' 'Huckleberry Flnn'Puddin'; Head Wilson" and "Life on the Mississip pi "; which came from his pen la later years, every incident of this vanish ing estate is dwelt upon lovingly. In the midBt of this phase of his career the clvfl war,, was declared, and, born of slave holding parents, the youth piloted his boat through the blockades to the north and Joined the ; confederate army. ; This army experience ' lasted two weeks, when he resigned, assigning the reason to "lnacpaclty by ''fatigue ; through re jSistent. retreating." ;y ; !; . Returning to Hannibal' he rejoined . his brother, Orion, who had accepted j the appointment as first secretary of l , new territory or Nevada. Sam uel accepted the private secretary J 8hlP which his brother explained ws a good-Job, with nothing to do and no salary.";, j'.' . Assnmes Cognomen. x At Virginia 'City young Clemens amused himself by writing letters to . the Virginia , City Territorial Enter- prise, "-and . was finally . engaged as legislative correspondent at . Carson City. Jo these letters he first sighed , the name ."Mark Twain," which he adopted from the old Mississippi riv er term for a. two-fathom sounding. Tiring of his Job as city editor of the San Francisco Call Mark Twain penetrated , the Sierras In search of gold, but being Inapt as a prospector he sailed for Hawaii as correspond ent of the Sacramento Union, arriv ing JuBf In time to report the sensa tional burning of the clipper Hornet, .' Ttie good tc3 or.HUnM has been All gog for tha past tew days ovor the isroverj- la the heart of te 'ciyt of a cylinder of nttro glycerine, U. prepared for shoptlng, suSciant ,Ct blow he whole near metropolis ti the se?en corners, says the Baker City 'Herald. The find was made in bij jobbing concerns had gathered near the depot. Fuse and caps were attached to the explosive and it need M Dut the word ta blow a hole 'in the heart of little- old Kalne al. Voost bireTonih to hold urfuture.' A 1 '.-.bpinloa la divided as to how. the explchre came In its hldinsVplaco or 'tU purpose for which it was p ra pittS,. One Idea was. that it was the .Intention of some person who bad ; a grievance ..against the owners of the wood to shoot It. V Others of equal standing contend thut it was but the- temporary hiding place- of eome yegg" men who had prepared . 1 th. ahot.rnr h. M-U-e .....i.vi' ln and had been f lightened off from their designs, , pr6grm cancelled.- Conillct Ofcnrred; and Baseball Bee. ' fit Is Postposed One Week. . On account of a conflict with other functions tonight, the program at the high school by students of the school for the benefit of the baseball team has been postponed one week, ;and positively, next Friday night,, the pro gram will be rendered, It was found best not to hold the event his even ing by reason of the O. A. C. ball. Absence of the baseball stars them selves was another reason for call Ing the event off.. ' ' ' ADVERTISING MAN IS HERE. J R. i Scott CeenecU Hlmsellv' WUh ''" tlie- Observer, O. R. Scott, who :wlIl have charge or the advertising and circulation on the Observer," arrived last night from Portland where he has been for a short time. Mrs. Scott and their lit tie son remalnde In Portland, for a ahort time but will arrive here' later. JfUSRE'S STORY 1'NIMPEACHED. State' Testimony Remains Unshalieil y ' ; During Cross-examination. " Kansas City, April 22.Pearl Kel lar,i Colonel Swope'e nursef whose tesUmony le strongly for the prose cntlori ln the murder trial, continued on the witness stand today. After finishing her direct testimony,1 she was severely cross-examined by the attorney! for the defense. Her story "wa sapparently unshaken. . ; Second Annual Ball. On the evening of May 2d, the la dles of the Maccabees will give their second annual ball In the Elks audi torium. This will be one of the' best events of the season. i'--4-21-22. ;';: Thorough It is more, than- a simple campaign against dust and dirt. The spring cleaning. should Include the exclusion of germs and insects and the renewing of varnished work, etc., .that , ;has become marred or dulled. In other words, spring clean-. Ing should be a -general overhauling, cleansing! purifying and ' . brightening. - '' 'y.' y : ; - : If you need such materials as our stock affords thorough work can be done' more easily than tho "lick and a promise" kind of work can be done without them. - - , Ammonia. . , Insect Powders. ' Borax. -J: ' ' : Moth Destroyers. Potash. : . : y y Sponges ' Disinfectants , Chamois Fumlgators. .'Brushes, etc. - See us before you s: art In with your cleaning. We s. nndbubtedly give you points that will save you. much t.me" and labor. . ,;' ;. . .. NEWLIN DRUG GO. ' LA CRALDE, OR. At'tEST C? STTE2 $YTI2 TILL 3- riUOWEI?. BT ,IXSSST 'fi ,'CSE2UTC2T';'SEECS - ' rc:iTUMTtS.LEtrrrjLnr::;:3 ObjeeUeiA, to baeylet garbage ps'' Is beeeralag one of ' ."tie serioss ejiestlons la ladftdalstratj Sayer Meyers predicts a crematory will be ballt here sooa to meet demaad ef fabllc health, y V .Crematory facilities will rollow the advent of sewers here,' and adminis tration circles can seVthe day in the. near future when public health will. UOUIMttU - crematory";.- i ms rs "on of the. problems to be wrestled' With '' by the " present , council,", said Mayor' Meyers today In voicing his opinion , on ten matter. "We are now Id com munlcatlon i'with crematory builderi and we. f.nd1that manufacturers can build them In residence soctlcna of large cities and not incur the objec tion of the nearby residents. They -are'bulltln such a way as to consume refuse '.and garbage , without the , "slightest Btench or oppressive gases reaching the surrounding atraoe- ; p'here." .. ' However, U will not be necessary for La Grande-to build In the resi dence district, as the city has re cently purchased a site for the dis posal tank for the sewer system, and on this tract of land would be a very suitable place to build the cremato Such, iacIHtiik cost btween $3000 and $7000 usually. Objection Is'com-,"' tng form districts where dumping grounds are now Invogue by virtue of necessity, and the time Is- past when the back lots may be maintained as garbage dumps. The matter Is assuming greater , and ' greater pro portion every day as summer ap proaches : and ' actual necessity will hurry the council in this matter. No I tow greater exponents of healthful , communities can be found In city life than good sewers and efficient garbage disposal plants. ' ; v ' Sewer Bonds Sold. Unusual good fortune ' camped on the trail of th council In disposing I of the sewer bonds. The $40,000 Js- sue was Bold to John Nuveen & Co. of Chicago for $40,510, free bonds1 an item of $100 accrued Interest, if any, until the money for bonds are needed, making an' aggregate of $40, 610 which the company paid for the $40,000 Issue. : The $510 are bonua money premiums. The company Is so well acquainted .;. with : the pro cedure of administrative affaire In La Grande that the process of liquid ating the bond Issue will be simple and routine without delay and added expense. The council was extremely fortunate, Indeed. ; ' - . ' Housecleaning t : ' 1 ttra cbsrte far 4-!sfin." -"-..--...i, ,. '- i-