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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY. MAY 13. 1910
NUMBER 1C3
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GRUESOME SCENE AT WALLA
WALLA SCAFFOLD WHEN MAN
DANGLES FOR 20 Ell
NUTES
to snap his neck. The. trap was
sprung at two minutes after five this
morning and the body shot down to
a slight earthquake here: last,, night. ; , Miners Left to Their Fate. j
No damage waa done. -. ! White Havenj England,.' May 13.
Outside In Ignoranee." , ? The one hundred and seven miners
Port Limon, Costa Rica, May 13. entombed In ' the ,-WellJngton tnrae
have been left to their rate. Tne mine
was sealed today In order to smother
Telegraph lines Into the interior of
CoBta Rica were put out of commis
sion' suddenly today and it la feared
that another disastrous, earthquake
has occurred In the devastated dis
trict '; :
';. Wallah Walla, May 13. The thir
teenth hanging In the Washington
pententlary at this city today, was
i the most grueiow k4.iutt.u m.
the prlBon. For 20 minutes after
Richard Qulnn had dropped through
the trap he hung pleading; with his
, executioners to draw him up again, j "My God, this is awful. Pull me up
r and drop him the second time to end boyB and drop me again. Hurry me
the agony. He was brave to the last up and down again.
Refuses the Priest 1
Qulnn would not have the priest : uter before he wavered and finally at
nA Bhowfirt unusual bravado until 1 2:22 he was dead. Qulnn murdered
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the last. His first - indication, of a
weakening came when the drop failed
the fires 'whtcl are raging: In the
lower workings. Following yester
day's unsuccessful attempt to rescue
all hope has bWh abandoned. - -
LOCAL DEALER HAS CONTRACT
FOR B MONUMENT.
JUDGE
CALLS
Ganzaga College, Spokane, May 13.
A slight earthquake was recorded
shortly after midnight, probably 3000
i'
miles distant. It Is believed that the IE. C. DavlSi the local stone cutter
destructive trembler may be in Cen-: and his field igent J. W,. Earls, went
tral America. t , - . j tq Wallowa county today where they
,:- i LftllS EOT llcllh " 'nvivoowv m n'Tii tin :itnwn nv t ! .. .. ' . ...
Dangling at the end of the rope In I , . . ' . . , I
a horrible manner, Qulnn shouted h ; 'OMU ; I ' --r
iqwa is aonaiing me ironumeni . 10
the late Masonic leader and hardy
pioneer. . The unveiling will take
place on May i9th with considerable
'pomp. : "C""..'--"'v
; Once more rLa . Grande's place In
commerctalj Eastern Oregon Is found
for the local dealer was the best
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equipped- for erecting the costly mon
ument, it being of Barre granite and
I weighing 6500 pounds.
RICHARDSON CIRCLES THE
VALLEV BY AUTO AND WILL
BE DINED THIS EVENING
The cries lasted for several mtn-
hls wife at Everett,. Washington, re
cently.' - . : , '
1 speak with him in most of the meet-
Vines. I shall be in La Grande with
New York, May lS.--CorneliuB Van-
derbllt has received a telegram from
Theodore Roosevelt saying the Crtr
nel will arrive in New York on Sat
urday, June 18th, despite the death
of King Edward. ' ;T;';. .
Vanderbilt Is chairman of the re
ception committee and definite planB
of the reception can now be made.
"Three or four thousand dollars In of banquets, the business men of La
advertising funds will be raised at Grande feel that they owe It to him
Enterprise, headed by two, subscrip- to give an Informal dinner party at
tion of $25 a month from jwo of the which he and others of this city will
leading business - houses of , Enter-! deliver afterdinner addresses this ev
prise," fairly shouted Tom Richardson ening. To whet appetites and to fan
this afternoon upon his arrival In La booster spirits, a caravan of autorao
Grande. "Rich and fertile Wallowa biles carrying business men and Mr.
county haB take a sudden awakening.
We had a most enthusiastic meeting
and your sister county will adver
tise and be heard from In the fu-
r'.chardson are touring fruit districts
this afternoon. The junket started on
the arrival of Mr. Richardson from
Enterprise where he held an enthusl-
ture," supplemented Mr. Richardson sbUc meeting yesterday afternoon. To
Is his usual expressive manner. . j night, on the return from the trip
' RichardHon Tours Valley. , ' - through the valley, Mr. Richardson
; Even though Tom Richardson yes- will be the guest of honor at a dln
terday gave his explicit disapproval ner at the Model. ' '
FOR AID
STATE ROAD IMPROVER ;SlvS
' , FOR GOOD CROWD. "
Suitable Place to Hold the Meeting
, Will be Fonnd Soon.
hini, and it wll be a part of our ef
fort to further the organization of a
Good Roads association in Union
county. ' '-:
"It seems to me the occasion of
this meeting affords a great opportu
nity, for your county to get actively
In line In tbla grea movement for the
development of "tbe state. I hope you
may see' you way clear to give pub
lldty to this meeting and that you 1 Portland, May 13. Officials of the
j w'ill 'glve It as much attention as pos- United States treasury department,
representing the comptroller of the
currency ai;e en route to . Portland,
P FRCF RHIFF V TNFSS
1 mMUmJmU Ullllil Hill
IN SCRIBEROTl'TODAl
ENJOYS MEAL IN KITCHEN CAB
INET WITH FRIENDS
While no suitable place has ' been
decided upon in which to hold , the
good roads meeting when Judge Web
ster and the government expert, will
be In La Grande for an afternoon and
evening meeting, . all other arrange
ments are going,, on with dispatch
and satisfaction. Further elabora
tion on the plans of the state asso
ciation is made clear In a letter ta
the Observer from Mr. Webster, the
Intrepid good roads man of Oregon:
Portland, Oregon, May 11 The ed
itor, the Evening , Observer, La
.Grande, Oregon: Dear Sir "As you
have already been advised, there will
be a good roads meeting in La Grande
on the 19th of this month. ThiB meet
, ing will be addressed by Mr. Morris
W.' Eldrldge, who has. been sent out
by the Good Roads Division of the.
Department of Agriculture for the
purpose of delivering a series of lec
tures In connection with the , good
roads movement here. These series
of lectures will beein at Ontario, and
It Is expected will include most of
' the Important towns and cities of
the atate. '' ;;
"As representlhg the Oregon Good
Roads association I will accompany
slble. Let us get the people together
It ! la their work and their Interest.
All of this Is voluntary work so far
as the people are concerned at least,
and it will certainly be to their ,ln-
with the original report made by J.
W. Scrlber, the former cashier of the
terest to take advantage of it. The f armers ana . Traders National nana
very fact that the government is giv- of La Grande, Oregon.
ing Its assistance to the work here
ought of Itself to afford great en
couragement to our efforts In this
state. Everything you can do to as'
sist in giving the widest publicity' to
this meeting will certainly be in the
interest of better roads, better condi
tions in every way, and will futrher
the development of the state, and es
pecially of Union county. '
Very truly yours.
- LIONEL R. WEBSTER
Chairman Executive Committee. 1
The government expectes to show
that the alleged illegal dealings of
Scriber had been done to deceive the
bank examiners., .-.'.." 1.
number of witnesses to corroborate
Gatch's testimony yesterday regard
ing the alleged shortages. Walter
Pierce was the principal witness and
said that after the failure he tried
to locate a bond of $8000 which be
longed to the Grande Ronde Electric
company, and which was in the pos
session of ( the bank, but that Scrlber
told him he did not know, where it
was. it, was finally located in the
possession of the Bush bank a Salem
where Scrlber had given it as secu-
The: government, today ..brought al.rity for a loan.
Cameron After Bribers.
L Portland, May 13. District Attor-
a
ney Cameron and deputies today be
gan an investigation Into Juror Bar-
vious to Morris' conviction yesterday
been made to bribe him while he was
sitting on the W. Cooper Morris em
bezzlement case. He said that pre
pense of $1500. The enthusiastic sup
port she 'received at that time from
Eastern Oregon, generally, confirmed
her belief and she decided to take
another enormous risk, engaging the
Damroech 1 Orchestra of about sixty
Col. F; S. Ivanhoe, well known in
Union and Wallowa counties has reach
ed the nation's capital and In a let
ter to C. E. Cochran the Colonel tells
of a dinner at tbe new Wllllard hotel,
which, is. commonly known as the
''Irtttttiin tnKtnat" in ifttr&a Y-Ta raj.
views the appearance of Washington
D, C, expressing delight with many
things he has seen. On his trip east
the Colonel was. for tun ate in having
Dr! Seeley, a brother-in-law of T. J,
Scroggin, for a traveling partner and
the two men enjoyed each other's com
pany, as far as Chicago.
The Colonel has met many of the
nation's shining lights and1 stated he
would like to remain at the capital
for Beveral days, but was compelled
to Journey on to New York and other
eastern points. He Is enjoying good
health and requested that he be re
membered to all Inquiring friends.
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LOWELL TO
HERE JULY 4
CHAUTAUQUA HOLDS IMPORTANT -v;,
MEETING UST NIGHT.
Several Matters of Prominence Are
A-
Given Attention,
picked men who will play a magnl-'
flcent program under the baton of i
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WILL
ADMIT LOCAL STUDENTS,
The ITnlvrnlfv nt - Wlnnntialn ,
vious to Mirris' conviction yesterday , Walter Damrosch, probably the best MadIson( hR8 opened its portals to
No Wrestling Bout May 80
Chicago, May 13. Mayor Busse an- on an indictment for the embezzle- known educator in America. There
nounced this afternoon that he would ment of $75,000 from ; the Oregon WU1 a,so 08 a 01 8ungun-
Trust Savings bank while cashier, a ea "nsefi: Maaam bara Anderson,
stranger appeared and offered Barton of Concert Garden. London; Madam
noi allow the Gotch-Sebysco wrfiBt
ling bout to take place on Decora
tion day. He Instructed the police
to arrest the promoters if they made
any attempt to statge he bout. "Dec
oration Day is sacred to our head
heroes and I will not permit It's des
ecratlon by. the promoters of the
wrestellng match," said Busse.;
Mr$. w. R. Scott of Seattle is reg-
Mr. Eldrldge on this trip, and will Istered at the Foley hotel.
Cleveland, May 14. Selsmographt
have registered a heavy earthquake
shocfc today, the vibrations beginning
Bhortly after 2 o'clock and continued
many minutes.-; ii Jls" believed the
shocks originated in Costa Rica. The
shock was greater by, one minute than
the one which destroyed Carthago
a few days ago with appaling loss of
life.' :. ' :
Felt In St Lonis. ; i
St Louis, May 13. An earthquake
by the seismographs in the St. Louis
university today.' It is believed the
center of South America or the west
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coast of that country was, the dis
trict affected. ; V ,r,:'!i 'I
.. . California' Towns Shiver. I
San Barnardo, Cal., May 13. The
earthquake here, last night resulted
In no damage,, although the tremble
lasted several seconds.
Redlands Trembles
$1500 to hang the ury. He decllrfed
then and reported to Cameron. How
ard Guilaoed, a private detective, was
arrested by Cameron and was said to
day to have confessed, implicating
Beveral local attorneys. Cameron ex
pects to unearth a wholesale plan of
bribery in connection with all the
Oregon Trust cases. i.
. Pavilllon Stairs Collapse. V
Salt Lake, May 13. Searching par
ties today searched under the wharves
of the Salt Air pavilllon outer stairs
which collapsed last night and hurl
ed a hundred people Into the lake
snd injured twenty. No bodies r were
found. ' The' accident occurred daring
the boxing contest between Thompson
and Sullivan. Five thousand people
were , In attendance when the stairs
over hte water collapsed. '
h 'astlng 53 seconds was recorded J Redlands, Cal., May 13. There was
MRS. THOS. C BURKE CONTRACTS
- FOR ATTRACTION
Van der Vos, who has had great sue
cess abroad; Fred Miller, one of the
foremost American oratorio singers
whose tenor voice Is said to "re-echo
Caruso's." and Marcus Kellerman of
the Royal Opera of Berlin, a baritone-bass
of " Bplendid reputalton.
There will be solos by some of these
singers, and a musical treat is prom
ised such as has never been heard in
Eastern Oregon, fou unquestionably
there is no music comparable to a
magnificent orchestra. It is capable
of a variety of expression and of stu
pendous climaxes Impossible to even
the greatest of stars.. : ;
"The brilliant audience which greet
ed Schuman Heink encourages Mrs.
Burke to believe there will not be an
empty , seat, bo prices down stairs
are somewhat lower than before, .A
numbef of La Grande ' music lovers
have signified their intention of com
Ing and it Is hoped that an excur
sion may be arranged. ; Decide at
once to embrace this opportunity to
hear such music as is usually pos-;
. Bible only in large cities,
. The Quartette from Riggoletto,
the graduates of the La Grande high
schools without examination accord
ing to Information received by Prof
J. D. Stout today. This Institution is
ranked as one of the first three in the
educational Institutions of the United
States, and is very high In Its en
trance requirements. However, on
.the recommendation of Prof. Stout
local "grads" can enter and be given
a six months trial without examlna
tion. .. . " ... :-u ';
Joe Ingle, the local high school ora
tor ' and captain of last year's foot
bal team, has decided to accept the
course offered In the Badger school.
The . engagement of the famous
DamroBch Orchestra of New York,
for an engagement at Baker City on
May 28, is of extraordinary Interent Llzt's First Hungarian Raphsodle.and
to the music lovers of this section, other favorite numbers will be sung
Mrs. Thomas C. Burke, believing that, and played with perfection surpas
Eastern Oregon would support first ; sing your dreams of great music.
clasB concerts, brought Schuman Phone or write Mrs. Burke . if you
Heink to Baker last March at an ex- wish seats reserved.
A woven wire fence will be at once
erected around the -city park where
the Chautauqua assembly Is to be held
according to the decision of the com
mittee that met last evening.
All members of the committee were
present with, the exception of Presi
dent Collier, who is absent from the
city. ' ' -"':-:
. A , communication was read from ;
Stephen A Lowell stating that he
would be delighted to be present on
July 4th and boost the American Ea :
gle. This is good news to all who 1
know Mr, Lowell for he 1 rated as"
one of the best orators west of the
Rocky mountains. He has. an" origln-
ilstyle that fairly bristles with elo
quence and his comparisons aud Il
lustrations are always first class. It
matters not tho kind of an event, he
Is always ready with a good speech.
( Other arrangements of the grounds
were discussed and the plan 'f lay
ing out suitable camp grounds is rap
Idly taking shape. ,
Census Books Close Soon. .
Tomorrow night the c?n?9 books
close in 'this tUy &hd after that flatd
it will be I everlastingly too, late to
be enumerated In the 1910 'census.
It you are missed now you will gf
ten years more without having Uncle
Sam count you. ' 1 . ;
STATE'S ATTORNEY VEEPS
AT DEFENSE'S PLIGHT
Kansas City, May.13. Hyde said to
day that he expected to be acquitted
Friday, May 13, and that he did not
expect and "bad Inck" as he was not
superstitious. Ten indictments -; re
main against him and it is not prob
ble that he will stand trial again If
he Is acquitted this time. , Mrs. Hyde's
condition Is delicate and her friends
fear she Is on the verge of a collapse.
STATES .. .. .. for Hyde ..
Declaring that not only Hyde's life
but that of his wife and Unborn child
depends on the ury's decision. At
torney Brewster pleaded strongly for j
the life of Hyde in his closing argu-
meats today. r He brbught. tears to
the. eyes of -even : Prosecutor. Conk
Hng. Brewster told the Jury the au--thorltles
could not hang Hyde on clr
cumstantlal evidence unless they said
so. Conkllng is speaking to the Jury
this afternoon and the case will prob
ably go to the Jury tonight 4
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