La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 31, 1910, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextLA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1910 PAGE THREE Tailor and Cle nor 8, BAKER Prep. oartment L. SPANGLER, Mgr. A New De IVc have for the benent or rie com- A mercaJ and busfnes man, opened a night A shop. We will call for clothes, clean and press and deliver them while you sleep. Last call for elbthes 9.30 P. M., delivery not later thanl A. M. vy 1118 Adams Ave. Phone Main 735 W. I JUNE i IP l I M (nnnm r -runup i piinnnmr buuru luniia H OUfirillJL s ' Jl 'a NOW in stock; J. T. SCOTT Kerlzman, Steinmy, Wellington, and Ludwig Piano. G Second Annual Ofego n Thr eshesr Association U Albany, Ore., June 2 and 3, 19W Round trip rate of one and one:third fare on the certificate plan will be made by the 0. R. & N and S. P. Co.'s. Tickets on sale May 29th to June 3d inclusive, good for re turn untilJune 10th. : Important subjects will be discussed in cluding an address by a Special Representa tive of the United States Government.' For further information as to rates, dates of sale, etc., call on any s : 0. R. & N. or S. P. Agent New Jewelry I am daily receiving the latest designs in Spring and Summer Jewelry, which when added to my already large stock will give my patrons the Desi selection ot anv store in Eastern Oregon. y You can have your watch repaired in first-class shape for a less price that you can have it spoiled . for elsewhere. : : . '"r:''i I have fitted eyes for twenty vears and have been located here permanently for that time. You ; can ask any of my customers and they will tell you y. . my glasses give perfect satisfaction. Everything I tnat leaves this store is guaranteed to give you sat- isfaction. 'v.. - 'i I H Pajh-o La Grande's Leading Jeweler, i n. reare, : . ;. opposite l lll'RUY MARRIAGE SCHEDULE TWO DAYS AXD SURPRISE FRIEM)S. Lot 'Snodgrass and Miss Satterberg Married last Evening Here, v ; Opposite Land Office Turning a neat surprise Jon their friends and relatives, L. L. Snodgrass and Miss Augusta ' Satterberg, lately of Minneapolis, were married last eve ning at 8 o'clock by Rev. Ford Ellis at the reverend's home on Washing ton avenue. As the wedding had been announced for tomorrow, the occa Bion was entirely a surprise to all hut two or three who had been let In on the secret yesterday. -The bride is a sister of Mrs. S. 11 Dalton of the Dalton Supply, house, and since her arrival in the west from Minneapolis, has been staving at Pendleton a greater part of the time. Whil9k really a stranger here Bhe has nevertheless moulded many warm friends . who wilt be glad to know that she is to remain here per manently. The groom is the young est son of Mrs. W. J. Snodgrass, and has grown up from childhood in La Grande. He is now holding the po sition of ay clerk in the Sommer house where he circulates genial smiles to patrons of the hostelry. Lot" turned a surprise and is now squaring It with bis many friends in .the" city, -f " y? '-v. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Snodgrass will be at home in this city after a short wed ding tour. ... THE PASSING OF MURDOCK Br AINSWORTH RHODES - Copyright, 1910, by American Press , Association. "I have taken mj life In my bands.'' said the western sheriff, "when tbertf was every chance against me. J have shot down men in a flght or when I had them on the run, but the hardest Job I ever had to do, the Job against which mj sctoslbUltlcs most revolted, was In the killibg of John Murdock, desperado. Murdoch waitf far superior to the general run of otitldwiV J don't know what made him suchV tri( 1 al ways fancied be got started In try somV unfortunate circumstance, such as kflJ lng some enemy illegally - or , being wrongfully accused. Be this as it may. he was physically a splendid specimen of a man. and I always thought that his distaste for the life he lived, to say nothing of his conscience, made bim choose at last a speedy death in pref erence to prison walls. But the true cause he gave himself. After a train robbery In Texas by a single masked man It was my duty to follow Indications that he had left be hind him and go in search of him. A man named Gllson told me that in passing through the chaparrals he had picked up articles to indicate that the robber had dropped tbem. . There were pieces of torn letters and a gold chain could tract 'him. .., ' I started with Gllson. earb of ua being armed with a pair of revolvers and a Winchester. Uo took me to the place where he bad picked up the Chain and bits of letter, aud wr fol lowed the trail. It consisted f tut graft through open ground and au oc casional bit of paper dropped by the way. It seemed to me then and it seeniM strange now that the man should have been bo careless. (Jilnon neemed to know instinctively the direction taken by the man we were following and led the way.- Be simply agreed to pilot me and forewarned me that he would do no shooting to kill unless it should be necessary In pur defense. We traveled about six miles when we suddenly came upon a man with M buck to ns sorting out valuables, it was evident he was the mat we were after. We bad proceeded o silently that we bad made no sound to Indicate our approach. We got within easy shooting distance of him when we stopped, and 1. drawing a bead on him with my Winchester, shouted: "Hands up!" :: The man turned, rose and stood erect before us. He did not throw up bis hands, but folded his arms. While turning be bad nelzed a revolver in eacb band, and they were now pointed In opposite directions, sldewise. lie was six feet high and admirably pro portioned.. He looked me In tbe eye and said: ,-,' ; "I don't wish to add murder to my other crimes. They are many enough and black enough without my increas ing tbem. Tbey began by my being mistaken for another man, ana tney are to end on account of a letter re cently received from my mother, who doesn't know what kind of a life. I have been lending. Slf 1 die now she may never know. If 1 am Jailed for a term of years she will likely know, and If I kill one of you men It will do me no good. 1 am not to be taken alive: therefore I ,, would prefer that you should shoot me down bere as 1 stand. Only I ask yon to finish me with one shot. lam known as John Murdock. That's not my name, but my real name no man in the Htate knows. I'm ready. Fire at either my heart or my fore bead and aim true." . . As I stood there looking at this splen did specimen of a man calling on me to shoot him that his mother might not know what he was I realized more fully than ever before that man is a superior animal only In heredity and influence. This man who had been contemptible enough to rob de fenseless men and women could stand up to be killed that he might save his mother the distress of knowing that the child She had borne and reared was a robber. Whatever of influence for good, h bad. received as a child was telling bow in trumpet tones. Qad lack not been against him doubt' less this influence would have been sufficient to make a fine man -of him.' 'Tou bad better surrender," ) said to him. "At any rate, I wteh you would. I'm a sheriff, but I don't like the role of executioner.''' "No. I have made my peace. Sev eral times since I was wrongfully made a felon I have exposed myself that my career would be finished by a bullet. J have no desire to live.. I can't undo the past. I can't live a re spectable life. I can't De a comfort to those who have Joved me. You will be doing me a favor to kill me. But don't let your sympathies cause you to bungle. You know - how to shoot straight Put your ballet .where it will do the Job at once." . , I wished I could turn the work over to Gllson. But it was my duty, not his. It must be done, and in mercy to the man 1 was to kill it should be done at once.. Fie was nerved to meet bis fate, and bo would not wish to be unnerved by delay. Then I summoned my own nerve and did the Job as a surgeon plunges a knife into a patient swift and sure. That was tbe last official act of mine as.6beriff. I sickened of the duties and handed In my resignation with my rpport of th!a killing. z T NAVA L DRILL Practice That Keeps the Crews In Fit Condition. ' CLEARING SHIP FOR ACTION. A Uvst Tim While if Seek? AYf Being fitrippsd of Everything That Woutrf Imped th Fir of th Qunsv Working W Torpdo Nt. ; ; It Is a littler after two bells lri the forenoon watch; or. Id shore going talk, 0 a. m., and the officers and men of the battleship wear an' Expectant air. The ship's company is fallen In at stations-tor. general exercise.' The com mander, surrounded by his staff a midshipman, a bugler and the1 chief boatswain's mate la standing-' on ton . at various evolutions. I On the after bridge tbe glasses of the signal boatswain andhls jepmen are glued on the Uagslilpr' FresehUy i ! j couple of gayly colored flags are hoist- ed at her main. Hardly have they left . the rail' when the slgual boatswain spins round. "Signal's 'place net de-l feuse, slrf" he cries. , "Out nets!" bawls the commander, "Out netsr shout tbe boatswain's mates. Instant ly hordes of men dash at the neat roll of wire nets lying on tbe shelf round the ship atul push it overboard. One edge being held In place, It unrolls as it falls, making a veil on the side. "Clear the net shelf!" The men van ish. "Mau tbe purchaser1 Somewhere above a bugle blares out a "G." The marines, handling large bearing out spars, shove the upper ends of the booms, from which the nets hang, out board. They revolve slowly about their lower ends, which are near the. water line and, hauled by the steam capstan on one side aud the seamen on the purchase on the other, extend them selves at right angles to the hull "Break T bellows the commander, and a slgualman Jerks tbe halyards. A. red, white and blue pendant, hitherto waiting in a ball at the topsail yard arm. breaks from its confinement and floats out on the breeze, announcing to all and sundry that the ship has finished the evolution and la now pro tected from torpedo attack by. her crinoline or nets. "First ship, sir, re ports tbe signal boatswain, and tbe men, once more at their general sta tions, grin contentedly and make con temptuous comments on the struggles Is a short pause till these are ended; then another hoist rises from the flag ship's bridge. "In nets" is the order, and the ship's company Is once more galvanized into action. Amid a scene of orderly confusion the huge booms return to. position, shut back against tbe ship's side, the brails witch pass beneath the uets every few yards are manned, all hands haul with a will, the mass of steel meshes Is rolled' up and secured on Its shelf, and the bright pendant at the topsail yardarm la again broken by the signalman. " A short "Stand easy!" follows, soon ended by another 'signal. "Clear for action!" To the mind ot the bewilder ed spectator pandemonium follows. Hut it is only . In appearance. Each man knows , what he has to do and does it. Under the onslaught of the seamen davits, stanchions, rails, stove pipes in fact, all things that can pos slbly restrict the fire of the guns dis appear with a rapidity that gives the impression of their being mowed down skylights are masked by steel hatches. boats are turned in and aeevred, and lu two or three minute the docks are stripped bare and the men again fall en In. awaiting the order to replace gear. . This done a longer Job, but itiil accomplished . with celerity the Inst and most exciting signal ot the forenoon appears "Away r all boats' crews; pull round the.fleet." . : The men tumble into their boats at tha'davlt, the lowerers pay but the falls, and In a few moments the cut ters, whalers, gigs and galleys are pulling for dear life, a midshipman in charge of each. On the after bridge the commander. . waving two small baud flags which control tbe huge Nieam derrick, is lifting the pinnace aud launch from tbe boat deck and depositing them In the water. Men drop into them, double and treble banking tbe long oars, and soon these are pounding after the lighter boats. ' Tbe evolution is a race, ship against ship. .Who will have, the first boat back? .Who will have all boats back aud hoisted first? . Midshipmen, prob ably with nets on the matter, are urg lug their crews on. Every mau. la putting his back into It for the honor of his ship. Telescopes watch prog ress from all the vessels of the fleet. Here comes the galley the captain's boat,' manned by a picked crew and dancing through the water under the long sweeping strokes - of the oars first boat back. Again the tricolor ed pendant flics out, and the captain's "doggie", (midshipman) climbs out of tbe galley's stern sheets, beaming all over his boyish countenance. '; The boats are hoisted as they return, the men left ou board manning tbe falls and running away with them to tbe sound ot tbe ship's band playing on the shelter deck. Presently all is square again. The boatswain's ma.tes pipe, "Hands carry on' smoking." The forenoon's drills are over, and officers nnd men alike are " in good ' tnifhor, proud of tbe final signal received from the all powerful flagahlpr ", ? "Evolutions smartly performed." London Globe. , '. . o bre io inke"7uckT. o the i.'.ai.e lu Ua tolled States supreme Court tn;Hle va- of the after barbette. A kind 'of tense hush is over all bands arid. Indeed, over the rest of the squadron at anchor I felt sure from these finds that the j ,a the bay- lt ,s a general drill morn robber after leaving the train had lnff' nd e 8nll)!f of tb-squadron are passed over this ground and that ibout to compete agalbf each other cant by the death of Justice Brewer. "Uugbes?' Who is Hughes?" people were inquiring when he first came into prominence. Tbe country quick ly fouud out, bis work filling columns In the press of tbe nation, and be bus been talked of frequently as a strong candidate for the presidency. Up to 1903 he was little known outside of New York city. lie bud never been politician. He had never Joined la campaign work. He was simply a hard beaded, hardworking lawyer of moderate practice. In that year came the gas Investiga tion in New lork. The legislature decided to look Into the charges of ex tortion by tbe gas and electric lighting! companies, and the committee appoint ed employed Mr. Hughes for Its legal inquisitor. The results were astound-Ing-to the gas companies. Next came the life insurance scandaL " Again this hardworking, clear brained lawyer who bad so great a genius for figures was called to tbe task.. Again the re sults were astounding. Jnst as the Insolently Inclined gas barons had been taken down by this keen minded law' yer, Just so the haughty life insurance magnates were bumbled. , These In vestlgatlons attracted worldwide atten tlon, and the work made Mr. Hughes a figure of national prominence.. After the nomination of William K. Hearst for tbe governorship by the Independ ence league and the Democratic party tbe nomination ot Mr. Hughes was urged as the only chance of a Repub lican victory In the state.. Mr. Hughe J accepted the nomination and was elect ed.' 'After his election Governor Hughes made a state Issue of tbe question of race track gambling and 'secured the passage of laws prohibiting it He also obtained a law creating 4he public service commissions. lie was re-elected In 100S after a -campaign in which be was opposed by Lieutenant Gover nor Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler. The principal reform advocated by Gov ernor Hufhes during bis second term was the system of direct nominations. And now as to Hughes the man and his early career. - The governor in ap uearance is not robust He Is about five feet ten Inches In height, with slight but ' well proportioned figure His forehead, which Is high and rather narrow.. Indicates Intellectuality In high degree. His blue eyes are wide anart and deep set. lie has a trick of allowing the lids to drop until they half covet the eyeball, which gives him an expression of anything but alertness. At the same time he devl tallxes his features In tbe same man ner adopted by a poker player who wishes to hide bis emotions. His mouth Is large, and his lips are full and behind them are large, regular white teeth shaded by a heavy mus tache aud short, thick beard. . i Mr, Hughes graduated from Browd university In 1881 and, inclined to en- ter.the. fle'd of education, made many applications for the position of teacher in various Institutions of learning For a year he taught Greek and math ematics at the Delaware academy In Delhi, N. Y., and then In 1882 went to New . York and entered the Columbia Law school, frdffl which be was grad uated In June, 1884,' and, w45 flml5; ted to the bar that same year. He taught law at Cornell university from 1891 to 1893 and tfien began to prac tice law in New York city. He was senior member of the firm of Hughes, Bounds & Sc human when be first rad for governor., y , ... ,. : ' In his first' campafgn Mr. Hughes wan only a moderately good speaker. Now be is - regarded a one of the ablest, most effective speakers In pub lic life. His one hobby is the law. He can get endless amusement out of wrestling with Intricate legal prob lems. Those who know him Intimate ly say he Is one of the soundest law yers In the country.- ; . . California Apricots ' California Cherries Home grown Berries, 15 cents per box y Wax and Green Beans New Potatoes Hughes' Rise In Five Years I 00404000)400000C I YE years ago a comparatively unknown lawyer, today select . ' ed' a member of the highest Judiciary body in the land thla Is the span crossed in that Urn by Charles Evans Hughes, governor of -New York, who wilLrestn that of- Royal Grocery AND Bakery.