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Mi fjj iiri!iti 1 Ell 11) II I1F1---IJ t I 11 f ) J ill!'. 3 1 vol. xir. SUICIDE aifiRKS "EtIDOFK SORROW k - : . i ' 1 ' ' ; '' 'S ' ; W. H. DILWORTH, XEWSPAPER MAS SUICIDES AT EXTEB- V PBISE EARLY TODAY. . IVIFE LEFT ENTIRELY ftLONE Following Seance With Dead Children M He Cries for Help and While Wife In Gone He Blows His Brains Out-i- Death of His Two Bojs at Enter priseDeceased Gifted Writer. Enterprise, Oct 3 -Special Tragic sequence to the drowning of two boys here several months ago, was enacted at 3 o'clock this morning when'NV. H. : Dllwqrth, a well ' known newspaper . man committeed Buicide tn ' his own , home. The suicide occurs as the after math of the drowning of Mr. and Mrs. Dllworth's two boys last spring in the . city water plant reservoir. The young boys met. death accidentally and the father grieved over the loss of his loved ittle ones until he became de- mented and during the past several weeks his friends have noticed his ' flickering senses grow more and more dim. During his stay'of about one yeai- In Enterprise, be has made himself a potent factor in the newspaper world and several short stories written, by his fluent pen have appeared In var ious publications. His style and Eng lish made his newspaper writings the envy of eastern Oregon scribes, v Death In His Own Home. ' Death came this morning when he had held an imaginary seance with his dead boys. He claimed to have held several such seances within the past several weeks, and his prior faith In Spiritualism made. him all the more convinced that he had conversed the spirits ,of his boys. At 2 o'clock this morning he called his wife, and after lighting a fire, held a nervous seance, awakening to Inform his wife that his boys "wanted him to come." "I can't stand it any longer! Go call v the neighbors," cried the distracted man soon after that. Mrs. Dil worth fled to adjoining homes at the behest of her demented husband, but'on her return, it was only, to find Mr. Dil yorth had shot himself through the mouth, Inflicting Instant death. Mr. Dilworth was a young man, comparatively, but - has never been himself mentally and physically since the accident several months ago. He was connected with the Enterprise News Record for ncfa time and for several months was correspondent of the Observer, the Oregonlan and other daily publications throughout the country, besides contributing to magazines and periodicals. Even in his long and heart-breaking sorrow . The unfortunate wife, left a wi ow by the rash act, has the sympathy of the Pacific Northwest where the news of the suicide - has reached. When her husband was most greatly depressed, she was a silent suffer er as well but her mind and body withstood the test. The last shock was too severe and physically she Is a total collapse today. ' :' Mechanics' Exposition. . . Boston, Oct 3 When the doors of the vast Mechancs' Building were .thrown open this morning,, the great est Mechanics' Exposition ever held in New England or perhaps in this -country was Inaugurated. All of the most' recent Inventions of Thomas A. Edison are shown. A shoe factory la in full . operation and numerous other factory processes are Illustrated. An automobile show of 1911 models occu pies the entire lower floor. . One of the most Interesting exhibl tlons Is that of Edison's new storage iatterlea, which he declares will soon L AGRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREG OX. MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1910. take the place of horses on"the farm as well as in the city. The New Jersey wizard recently declared' that horses must soon be banished from the city Btreets in the interest of public health and cleanliness, and he offers the stor age batters as a solution of the prob lem.:' - , GAYXOB BACK IX OFFICE, Large Crowd Follows Executive to .. His Office In City Hall. New York, Oct. 3 Mayor Gaynor returned to the Mayor's desk today for the first time since he was shot by Mallaghour, a discharged city em ploye. He went to the city hall In a street car, followed by a large,, crowd. He appeared somewhat feeble. Gaynor refused to discuss politics. GEAXD PRIX IX DAXGEB. Fatalities Saturday May Put Stop to Classical Auto Races. MIneloa, La., Oct 3 Owing to fa- UHuos Mccompanying the Vanderbllt cup .race Saturday, it is believed to day the Nassau county supervisors will not permit the. running of the Grarfd Prix race which It planned on even a greater scale than the Ameri can classic. : . HUNDREDS JDIM debris of Times building is :.. TCBXIXG OUT BOXES. Twenty-one Missing- and It Is Feared All Were Burned Up. Los Angeles, Oct. 3 With five wick er baskets each containing a , little heap of bones and ashes in the , city morgue, scores of laborers are today endeavoring in twisted steel beams to recover the bodies of at least seven more men. Four bodies were recover ed yesterday from the debris of 'the "Times" building, biown up Saturday morning. The bodies were found at day break today While It is not act ually known how many are dead the "Times" gives out 21 missing.. Three hundred men are working in the debris. The committee of - citizens appoint ed by Mayor Alexander to adminis ter $25,000 voted by council to probe the dynamiting is already In posses sion of clew. Attorney Earle Rogers with two detectives are enroute to San Francisco, to. investigate clews. The Merchants and Manufacturers association has called a mass meet ing today for the purpose of planning a campaign to hunt the dynamiters and to Increase the reward offered. $18,500 Is now offered. . ' More Dynamite Found. A dozen detectives were set to work today to Investigate the discovery of four sticks of dynamite and box of caps 4n vacant house on Alise street near the plant of the. Los Angeles Gas Company. The dynamite was wrapped In an old newspaper. Officers are working on the theory that the stuff was tored in the vacant house to be used In blowing up the plant It was found by a watchman. . , : OXE DEAD) TWEXTY HUBT. Foot Ball of Eerlsed Xature is Not Free From Casnltles Even Yet New York, Oct. 3 One death and a score injured Is today summary of iooi can games pjayea Saturday on Eastern gridirons. Although the sea son s Just begun the llBt of accidents leads former years. It is believed that the new rules do not eliminate the danger and that the game Is as risky as before the rule revision. . Dr. Barton TIL Doctor Phy of Hot Lake was called to Baker City last night to treat Dr. Barton, who is seriously Hi. CIRCUIT COURTHEftRSTREADYTO II GBAXD JUBY DBAWX AND COM. MEXCES ITS DELIBERATIONS EARLY IX F0EEX00X. JASPER HS GRID JIM Important Canes Will Ooine Up for Trial This Term Minor Cases First on Docket Bat More Import., ant ones are Coming; op During the president Week Grand Jury ' Will Indict Murder Suspect Is Be. lief. ; ' . . oooooooooooo $ The Grand Jury. Er E. Grout. W. R. Jasper, (foreman), U L. Cross, J. N. O Nice, T. B. Marlen, C. E. O Dudley and Nelse Scbobn over. Grand Jury bailiff, John 4 Baker; Jury bailiff, . L. B. $ Stearns; court crier, L. B." Hillts. Clerk of the court, Ed. Wright and Presiding Judge, J. W. Knowles. q'O oooooooooo ; Paving the way for the trial of two alleged murderers, and hearing other , suits of considerable impor tance, the circuit court wasNconvened by Circuit Judge Knowles this mora les this morning by -the appointment of court officials and drawing of a circuit court grand Jury. W. R. Jas per Is foreman of the grand Jury. It la generally conceded that the grand Jury will return a true bill against the man accused of killing Waldo Perry, and if such Is the case there will be two murder trials for this term to try as the Elgin man indict ed for murder will be given a hearing this week. . .' A minor fcase opened the term. It is that of Lefebure against Henry et als, involving a minor dispute. The more important cases will be taken up this week.. . BAIX XO IIIXDBAXCE TOsFIXAL FAIB PBEPAEATIOXSv SommerrlUe People Start Things Go lng With a Fine Display. Despite a constant . downpour of rain, exhibits in groups and singly are coming into, the fair this af ternoon. Summervllle la the first to make Its appearance with a com munity display bringing In enough to fill a large exhibit space. The sum merville exhibit Is a hummer and If others which are to come In tomor row and Wednesday forenoon are in keeping with the Summervllle show the results will be startling. , Arrangements for. having all the exhibits in by Wednesday noon con tinue for after the hour of twelve the doors close on exhibits and positively no exhibit will get In after that hour i , , . . rte rain is not hindering progress SUMMERVlLLE IS CONGRESS f ET HERE WITH A WITH LARGE DISPLW MICE OPPOSE THE DEMOCRATS WOULD RATHER ASSIST THE BE PIBLICAXS THAX HELP THE TAMMAXY HALL CEOWD. STIf.lSOn WORKS WITHTR. Unless Independence League Puts a ; Ticket In the Field, Hearst Papers miu omng uver to ; Republican Banks Hearst to Direct League's Affairs While at Sea, Using wire, less as His Lieutenants. New York, Oct 3 Indications are that W. R. Hearst will endorse the re publican state ticket soon or place an Independent ticket in the coming fight. Hearst appears today to denounce the democratic state nominees selected at Rochester, declaring it a part of a plan of Tammany Hall to control the entire stated The convention of lnde dependent league -will be held Wed nesday. Hearst will be at sea but will be in wireless communication and so be able to dictate the league's actions. Tomorrow the republican state com mittee will meet to elect a man of Roosevelfa choice.- It la; reported Congressman Parsons doesn't want the Job. . 1 . ' . SUmon and Teddy at Work. ! Oyster Bay.Oct 3 Roosevelt and Henry Stimson, the republican candi date for governor New York, confer red today and outlined the principal Issues, of the campaign. It is under stood the campaign will be an assault on Murphy and the democratic nom inee. Roosevelt and Stimson are to work together it is rumored. It Is re ported Roosevelt ' will favor either Charles Francis of Troy or Robert Fuller, former secretary to Hughes, ror state chairmanship . to supplant Parsons. sLabor Men Meet. Los Angeles, Oct. 3 Eleventh an nual convention state federation la bor opened here today. XATIOXAL IBBIGATI0X DELE. GATES ABRIVIXG. Inland Empire Metropolis Is Buzzing With Many Attractions. Spokane, Wash., Oct. 3 With the Inaugural of the fifth International Dry Farming congress and exhibition and the seventeenth Interstate Fair as a double attraction, the capital of the "Inland empire" is today overrun with visitors from all over the Un ited States, Canada and Mexico. Fed eral and state officials from all over the United States, Canada and Mexi co. Federal and state officials, heads of agricultural colleges and experi ment stations, representatives of I wmuicinw uitauuauuui null Dr&C- tlcal dry farmer8.. makft up the e,e. commercial organizations and prac- gates to the great Dry Farming con- gress Marvelous Improvements In methnrfi of dry farming have been made in the Jr uu tuttao win oe UlBCUBSeu by perts. The congreM pufely an last year and th?.se will be discussed educational body, but Its practical effect has been the reclamation of millions of acres of semi-arid land which was formerly considered whol ly unfit for agricultural 'purposes. - A harness meet will be held In con nection with the Interstate Fair, with the Inland Herald stake, valued" at $2,000, as today's feature. A spectac ular feature of the fair will be the re production every night this week or the battle of Clearwater, which was fought between Chief Joseph's In dians and the Unltted States troops Under General O. O. Howard. Sold iers of the Washington state militia will play the part of Howard's men, and 300 IndianB In ihe attacking par ty will give ian air of realism to the battle. FIRE IX BAKER CITY. Resort Street has Fire and Several v:3 Houses are Destroyed. Baker' City, Oct 3 Special Three structures in the. restricted district and three "cribs" were destroyed by a fire here, yesterday evening. The lOSS ' iS fully covered hv hmiirn. Absence of a wind is responsible for the small zone of the conflagration which, for a " time threatened the en tire restricted district No 'one was injured. , . . TlfiTHl BOAT IB IT AXOTHEB CATASTBOPHE MABKS HISTOBY OF THE XAYY. Xone of the Bodies Drowned Satur. day Xlght are Located Today. New York, Oct 3 Owing to a strong ebb tide prevailing in North river, divers searching for 29 members of the crew of. the battleship New- Hampshire,, were unable to find any of the men who were drowned when a whaleboat overloaded with Bailors ( ov erturned Saturday night Divers said that probably the bodies were all carried seaward and it will be sever al days before any of them will be re covered. A board of Inquiry is investigating the affair today. It is reported no mat ter wnat is findings are, Ensign Chev ilesr, commanding the launch, must face courtmartlal. Buffalo Exposition. ' Buffalo, N. Y., Oct 3 A display ful ly representative of the varied inter ests of the city was opened today as the .third Buffalo Industrial Exposi tion. The big show will continue two weeks and is expected to attract a half million visitors. Jewish Xew Year. New York, Oct. 3 When the sun goes down tonight the people of Is rael throughout the world will begin the celebration of Rosh Hashano,' the first day of the year 6671, which com mences the Jewish autumn festival season. The year 5670 which closes today, was an embolistlc Imperfect year of 383 days, but the year E671 will be an ordinary common year of 354 days Rosh Hashano literally translated, means the "head of the year." and is also sometimes designated Yom Hazzi- karon, or Day of the Memorial, as the annual memorial of the creation of the world, from which the Jewish cal endar dates. It has still another name Ybm Hadlnfl or Day of Judgment from an ancient belief of the Jews that on this day all men stand in Judgment before Jehovah, to answer for their sins and transgressions during the last year, and that their fate for the ensu Ing year Is recorded on Rosh Hashano and this Judgment la sealed on Yom Klppur, or the Day of Atonement The observance commenced tonight will be f Continued tWO daVi bv thA nrthnAny jewB jj only onTdayy theeform continued two days by the orthodox ed Jews. THIS OVER ; --.. - .i,.;; NUMBER 2S9 DESPOTISM AT EllCllli THIS WEEK COXSTITUTIOXAL M 0 X A B C II Y WILL SUPEBCEDE OLD METU. OF CHIXA'S GOVEBXMEXT. - LOQD SHED IS MM Movement Commenced Four Years Ago Takes Shape In Meeting of - a, .Mwuiwi, tin n ii irniYf Constitution for Parliament That ; Will Be Bepresentatlve Movement ' Marks Ends of Aged Despotism. Pekln, Oct. 3 With the heritage of a civilization which was well estab lished when the people of western Eu- J rope were living in caves and dining on snakes, the Chinese are Just awak ening to the desirability of a consti tutional government to replace the despotic rule which has held sway ov er the destinies of the Empire of the Dragon since the dawn of history. To-" day at the call of the Son of Heaven and the Emperor of China, an assem bly of ninety-six members, represent ing all grades of society and all Dhaa- es of Orientals thought, met tn the cap ital city to prepare a constitution and pla for a ParHment, to which two- , thirds of the members will be elected by vote of the people. Whether the change from a despo tism to a constitution monarchy may be accomplished without the shedding of much blood la now a matter for so ber thought not unmixed with fear. All over the empire there are rumb lings of discontent which presage the coming of a storm. In the interior and the agricultural districts the mas ses of the people are opposed to any change In the historic forma nf Gov ernment and a revolution, worse by" far than the boxer uprising, may be ' the answer of the people to the pro jects of the reformers. The discontent ed countrymen hold that the propos ed change j are due to the Influence of the "white devils" and presages the rule of the hated Christians. In the cities and thlcklv noDulated din. trlcta, the constitutional regime : la ' largely favexed and this Influence may be sufficient to quell the "barbar ians."-, The movement which culminated in today's v meeting of the National As sembly had Its origin four years ago, wnen ine late impress Dowager, act ing through the weak-minded earner- or, promised a constitution to China, Certain definite steps were.outl&ed for the change, which have since been T , carried out by the prince regent The latter is a Manchu, and this has serv ed to give rise to an antl-dynastle movement 'which seriously threatens the stability of the empire which may interfere with the constitutional pro gram. The present Emperor of 6hlna Is an Infant and It will be ' many years before the prince regent will be retired from power. Although he has been roundly criticised by Europeans for dismissing some of the best pro gressive of his officials, he is appar ently In sympathy, with the oroirres- slve movement. Not only has he called the constitutional assembly, but he has Inaugurated a program of railroad building, telegraph extension, im proved steamship communication and a postal system that will place China In the forefront of nations. He has al so made great Improvements In the defense of China and is rapidly bring ing the army and navy of China up to a point where the empire will no longer be at the mercy of foreign In vaders.' ' Conclave of Woodment. Sedalla, Me., Oct. 3 A great, con clave of Woodmen was held here to day on the grounds of the Missouri State Fair. Over $2,000 la prizes will be awarded the winners In the drill and contests. , : ... -4