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; LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. MONDAY. MAY 2. 1910.
NUMBER 153
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SENATE EMOGLIO GIW1I
EVEN WORSE DAILY
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More Prominent Officials Befog Drawn
Into Illinois Bribe-Sack Affair
NEW FACES TO APPEAR BEFORE JURORS
Chicago. May 2 -Charles VA. Hol
der of the Illinois legislature today
conferred : with District ' Attorney
Wajrmanl preparatory to testifying
before the seand Jury regarding. the
alleged bribery , la, the , election of
William Lorrimer to the United States
Senate. Wayman , alleges, he was
patd $2000 to vote for Lorrimer by
one of his representatives. Wayman
announces the , whole mattter will be
thoroughly investigated. :
: Morning papers today, print a
statement alleged to have been made
by Albert Isley, declaring a member
of the legislature told him he. had
been offered a bribe to vote for
Lorrimer. This legislator, Isley de
clared had refused the money. Av
.The name of Isley 's informant la
withheld, but it Is understood that
Wayman will bring him before the
grand Jury.
! In an original statement by White
it , is alleged Lee O'Nell Brown, a
democratic house leader, Is the man
who paid the money for White's
vote. " ' .' V '
, Wireless Proposal ;
Chicago, May 2. The three-day,
courtship of Miss Louise Gaylord and
which terminated In a proposal by
wireless when her Impetuous lover, ,
Walter P. Dillingham was on his way
from his fiancee's home In Honolulu
to San Francisco, will be brought to
a long distance finish with a wedding
In Florence, Italy, today.
Today young Dillingham, who Is a
civil engineer and has charge of the
harbor improvement in the port of
Honolulu, will meet his fiancee at
her relative's home and the wedding
will take , place with all the porno
and ceremony of a wedding under
Italy's sunny skies. ' . ." . ..
" Exam. For Gunners - .'
San Francisco, May 2 Qualifica
tions of gunners for field batteries
will be tested by an examining board
which -met today at the Presldo. .
' explaining Meet
Rochester, N. YH May 2j -Projects
for maklnjr municipalities more beau
tiful and healthful will be discussed
In all their phases during the Con
ference on city planning here Oils
week.;, freventatlon of the conges
tion of population will be given spec
ial attention. Many experts on mu
mkcloai matters arrived today and
wilt be given a reception this even
Ing.' A banquet will be given the
visitors tomorrow evening.
NO PERMITS IEDED TO II
llfflffiliY':.'
Cily limits Alone Exempted from Free
Use of Torek' to Dispose of Rubbagc
All FIE MOST OE EniKIStD BY 7.0
VAVE OF Oil
FIGHT
JECWI :
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rn prize
San Francisco, May' 2. While the yesterday Bcored the' projected con-
body of Tommy McCarthy, killed in test. " , - A
the prize ring Friday night in a : A commfee of churchmen Is now
fight with Owen Morai. awaited bur- arranging for a mass meeting to pro-
lal today, popular protest throughout test-against the flgbt.
California gainst ' the Johnson-Jeff-rleS
fight gained strength and in yol-
umn.
; The Chronicle prints an ' editorial
directed at officials who permit box
ing; declaring the displays are a dis
grace, to the city. Other newspapers
Next Wednesday . in a?an-up Day
in La tirande, and wlth the Neigh
borhood club as tlie commander-in-
chief of the city, highways and alleys
will take on a'more sanitary and at
tracts appearance, rt. The Neighbor
hood club has. drafted a line of pro
cedure to aid the property ownerfi In
the work and when Wednesday night
comes, there will be a vast difference
In the appearance of the city. "
Through the request of the Neigh
borhood club,' Fire Chief Jones has
Issued the ukase that all persons out
side of the fire limits can burn ref
use from 7' tu m. to 7:30 p. m. wlth-
out Individual permits. Fires must
be extinguished by the last named
hour, however.' This phase of the
permit is Imperative and property
o-vners should bear (t Is, mind. ;
Every, individual , should give spec
ial attention to his . own alley and
back yard, instead of devoting over
abundance of time to his neighbors.
If every property owner will do this
and asBlst ' In cleaning up the va
cant lots where the owners are not
In the city,' one day's work wlllmake
a 'vast 'difference ln; the general ap
pearance of La Grande.'
BUILD ABOUT 100 YARDS OF MA.
4 CADAM ROAD DAILY
though Visible, still lacks
BRILLIANCY ,-.
i.'The press and pulpit are joints In
the protest and scores of mlnlBters have taken slm'lar action.
610
IS.
Booth Lane Being Rapidly Equipped
With Good Surface
Indications Are That. Present Week
Will See Comet Brilliant
Completion of macadam , road on
Booth Lane is progressing rapidly
Bridge Superintendent Campbell Is
rushing things to complete the worn
already started last year and some
was completed last week. :" He alms
to finish about 100 yards dally and
will keen at it as long as possible
About two miles of the worst of the
Booth Lane road a stretch that is
a veritable sea of mud ' during' the
winter time -and' as soon ai posbI
We and feasible the entire lane will
be treated with macadam.
Shortage of men Is considerable
fatcor la delaying the ..work.: . Mr.
Campbell was In the, city. this morn
Ing trying to get men to hurry .th?
V work through.
A "-.V.
Judging f rom the rapidly increas
ing brilliancy of Halley's comet as
noted through the Bardou telescope
owned by the C M. Humphries com
pany,, the; wanderer-will be plainly
visible to the naked eye with much
illumination within a very short time
It is approaching rapidly and savants
who spent an hour viewing the comet
nearly every morning, say It Is rapid
ly approaching that point in its Jour
ney, where the tall can be seen and
appreciated by the naked eye. With
in a week's time at least there, ought
to be considerable brilliancy with the
comet at early morning hours.
v s Dinner For Grlscpm. j
New York, May 2--Republlcans of
prominence In the nation and , state
will attend a dinner to be given to
night in honor of Lloyd' Grlscom, the
chairman of the Republican County
Committee.
Post Cards Were haughty.
New York, May 2 Anthony Corn-
stock appeared as camplainant today
at the hearing of .. Louis Stein, of
Brooklyn, and charged him , with
selling naughty - and improper post
cards. ,. ' - V .
TOUR EAST
WILL YIS1T OLD YIRGIJflA HOME
Plans Trip to WasUngtoa and Other
Side Journeys As WeU
District Attorney F. S. Ivanhoe
leaves . tonight for an extended trip
throuKh. the east. His final stopping
place will be Richmond, Va.,' but he
will mingle with the law makers,
swap stories with the supreme court!
judges, discuss much mooted ques
tions with President Taft, talk It over
with Czar Cannon, show Nelson Wel
uarth Aldrlch where he Is fa the
wrong, and In other ways and man
ners make his presence known, in
the city of Washington. : : ; '
This Is to be a Bide Issue of the
trip, however, for. the real object
of his four .week's journey la to
visit the back lot where he once play
ed three-old-cat In Londoun county,
Virginia. At Richmond he will visit
a sister, and hopes to again co-mln-gle
with the Inhabitants of the com
munity where more than 34 years ago
he was a native son. "If you can,"
wb&pered .the Cononel this ' after
nnna. Vmake It clear In tonight's is
sue that I am a personage of honest
reputation, known for mjri veracity
and Intimate that Oregon has been
the beneficiary by my existence in it.
Then! when I take the paper back
to the old stamping ground,- T can
prove to them that Westerns osone
has been the cause of a general ref
ormatton In me 'and that ' I am en
titled to be received with due hon
ors on my return to the old homo.
Leaving his flights of fanciful
dreams tne prosecuting attorney said
today that Chaa. Cochran will con
duct business of the state in the de
partment of Justice while he Is gone,
and that in Wallowa county, T. H.
Crawford has kindly consented to act
as prosecuting attorney. ;';
'.-'' Roosevelt In Denmark.
Copenhagen, May 2. All prepare
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tlons havp been made today", for a
tearty welcome to Colonel Roosevelt.
In the absence of the King,' he vl'il
I e recefyed by Crown Prince Chvls
tian.
' Arcannm Convention
;: Lakewood, N. ; J. May 2 Reports
rtreentei at the Krand council meet
ing br he Royal Arcanum today Bho7
a considerable gain in membership
;?''-'-""-To. Make.; Awards, , .j '?;, '
;': Pittsburg, Pa., May 2. Awards of
the International , Jury for the Htn
annual aire exhibited at the Carnegie
Institute and are expected to be made
today. ' -;
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London, May 2 Chinese advices to. In China.
both the British Foreign Dfflce and
London headquarters of various mis
sionary societies, ' indicates . that the
situation Is of the gravest possible
danger for' European and. Americans
Thourh the ChanKsha outbreak has
subsided, It is regarded by the best
authorities as by no beans over with
The foregn office is by far more on
easy than , the mlselonary officials.
DEAL
IS
COMPLETED
LOCAL PEOPLE BUY TnACT THAT
COSTS $15,000
Lewis and Russell of This City' In.
; vest in Wallowa County
One of the biggcBt real estate deals
of recent months was that made On
Tuesday of this week by W. E. A
Watson, when he sold to Press Lewis
and James Russell, both . of - La
Grande. 832 acres of land In one
block. In the Alden ' Slope district,
ava thb Enterprise News-Record,
PADDOCfflVES
bADDRESS ;
LARGE AUDIENCE AT HOT LAKE
HEARS' EPISCOPAL BISHOP
Conies From Hood RWer to Address
v Santorlum Audience Sunday
Hot Lake, May 2 (Special) Bish
op Paddock of the Eastern Oregon
Dloceso of the Episcopal Church was
a guest of honor at Hot Lake yes
terday, coming from Hood River to
spend the day hero and to deliver an
address last evening. ' He spoke to
nearly 300 people In the lobby or
Tha mnaMar&tion la reDortod as be-1 fi hnfM and sravA a stlrrlnic talk on
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ing $45,000. The deal mvoivea ine mi8sV)nary work m Oregoru ue is
DEATH CLAIMS HERMANN WILL
Yessels I Commlssloi.' ; :
Washington, May 2. By order , of
tlift Navy Departmenf, the battleship
Massachusetts and Iowa will be pliv
n in commission today, the former
t the Uew York yard and the latter
s the Norfolk yard. : V
V File ob Public Lands
Wlashlngton, May 2. Winners of
farms in the recent drawings for In
dlan lands In the' Northwest will be
gin filing today. The lands to be op
ened Include the Couer d'Alene res
ervation In Washington, the, Flat-
houA Innila In MnntnnA. and the Chev-
1 enne River and Standing Rock lands
ln North and South Dakota.
NOTABLES
I nun ALRXIJL .. ADMIRAL AND A
v SCULPTOR PSS AWAY
change of hands of all the stock, ma
chlnery. etc.. on the land. U Is said
that the new 'purchasers will place a
man upon the land' immediately to
look after . It, but ' that the ultimate
plan ts to have the whole 832 acres
cut up into smaller tracts and put
upon the market
Many eastern persons would be
glad to learn 6f this those who con
template purchase of small tracts
In Wallowa county. The opening up
of tracts from the larger holdings
Is one of the biggest . Inducements to
aafern settlers who come with only
two or three ! thousand , dollars to
work but V legitimate destiny Of con-
tentment and prosperity , in Wallowa
county. Placing this big block of
land on the market will prove a big
advertisement c tor enterprise
a stren aous worker' and good speak
er 2nd his audience ras highly pleas-.
ed with the "vork of the evening. He
took his departure for Hood , River
Immediately after the address.
CONTRACTS AI
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MERCHANTS HOPE TO GET (HEAP
EB "STREAMERS BATES
Yesterday Saw Deatk of Three 'la
' x yertaat PersOnagei - A
WMhliarton. Mar ' 2 Rear J Ad
miral Hlchborn. retired, is dead here
after 32 years of active service'. One
of his most important services as
preparing the American ships for the
Spanish war.'::: ''.''
"Kingston, Jamacla, May; 2,-f-Nord
Alexis, a former president of Haytl,
is dead. His health was broken
down following his exile by the revo
lution last year, during which he was
deposed. v" - . ; -" " ' 'r ' ':' ''.'
Well Known Sculptor Dead '
New York, May 2. John Qulncy
Adams Ward, one of America's great-
BECEIYES VISITORS; IX RECLIN
. IKO CHAIR BtHDAY'tvv
His Pfcsktaas Issao Balletin Sayiag
I f, ,t 'V'. Be Wnr Beeover : j (
) Roooeberg, Oregon ; . May 2, For
mer Congressman BIn'ger Hermans
Is on the road to recovery,-according
to a bulletin Issued by hta attending
physician today. ;;. '; ' ' .f " '
Ha received visitors Sunday in a
reclining chair. ,-f ;, ,'; .'..'A'
.'A ' Lace Workers'1 Meet 7 Kf
1 hiladelphla, May 2. Lace wi V
ers from all centers ( of the Industry
sn in attendance today at tbe ' eon
virtion of the Chartered Society nf
4 malgilmated f : Lce; Operatives; of
Arrerlca.;' r A? v. 'A.''.'' ,;'':
UeaBdescent Light Contract May e
Beiewed At Xower Bate' .
Weston Reaches Destination A
; New York May 2Edward Pay
son Weston reached 125th steet and
Broadway, Harlem at 10:30 this morn
Ing accompanted by a troop of the
mounted police. He took luncheon
at noon and declared that he was In
'H ? Sever Eastens' Storm " A' j '?
St Louis,: Mo., May 2 -A severe
storm swept Missouri, 'Kansas and
Southern UllnoU today and as a re
sult several were Injured and thous
ands of dollars worth of damage was
done. At Emporia, Kansas, 1 trees
were torn un by, the tornado and
buildings wrecked. Throughout Mis
souri the damage Is reported to be
heavy. . Crops already damaged by
the storm of a week ago, were fur-
-. it
Contracts entered Into' a year ago
today by the met chants and the East
era Oregon Light and Power compa
ny to supply incandescent streamers
onA Adams avenue and Depot street,
expired today, but there are to bo a
few - days of negotiations .before fi
nal actios Is taken. in' the; matter.
Th merchants have been hightly at
tached to the Illumination given by
the streamers but are also desirous
of securing a lower rate. - At pres- -ent
the price paid is ' i cents per
klllowatbut Superintendent Gore Is
now In consultation - with Manager
Harmon relative to securing cheap
er rates. . The next few days will
bring forth definite A announcements
regarding the future of the streamers.
est sculptors, died yesterdaynt hls5waik back to the Pacific coast with- ther Injured by the heavy rain that
home here, aged 80. ( out stopping to rest followed the wind storm.
SmaH Pox at Imbler
The hotel at Imblor has been quar
antined for small pox. , ;