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VOL V
IA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON.
THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1911.,
NUMBER 218
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, GODS ARK
BODY TORN WITH THE
HORNS OP JUNGLE '
BEASTS.
EXPLORER LADEN WITH ,
FIRST HAND AJBjCAN LOBE
.1
A
Audience Tonight Will Be Taken Over
the African Continent With the Man
Who Followed lit .Tracks of Stanley
Went Orer the Roosevelt Hunting
Grounds and Knows Africa' by
Heart
Seven years in darkest Africa pro
duced Gabriel Maguire as he was this
morning when he arrived in La
Grande to appear before the Chautau
qua tonight with snakesklns and gods
trinkiots and idols gleaned by costly
experience In the Congo country pro
duced him as he Is, his tongue glib
with first-hand knowledge of African
heathen rites, custom and geography
and h1s physical ocdy scarred with
wounds not long Binee healed that are
life-long paranthesls which accenta
ate his narrow .escapes with jungle
beasts. Even though ho was diaem
bowled by an enraged buffalo and be
cause of remotnn.?s3 from iuedicnl
care washed the wounds and bowels
in a weak solution o: carbolic acid
and allowed hea'.ng by granulation,
even though he carries a gruesome
scar today that must be -protected ly
belt and pad, eye't though his back is
torn horribly b.the snout of an en.
raged rhinocerpii-TsVhi-trb'.e
to picture by the word method albeit
hia rich Irish brogue crops out
scenes from the darkest Africa as no
other man can. He saw the Congo
immediately after that intrepid ex
plorer, Stanley, had come down, and
therefore can picture It as hie saw it
before other other white man changed
leven slightly it may be, the customs
and heathenish rites of Africa.
Same Trip Tonight
Tonight at thie chautauqua grounds
Rev. Doc. Maguire, explorer, humorist
and god toter that he is, will take his
audience through the same jungles,
the same streams, the same hospitable
rites and land them at Zan&ebar with
out actually having to forego the ter
rible hardships which he did.
In an .interview today he told of the
heathen customs, of the terrible slav
ery of the femalie, of witchcraft as a
practice, of a score of other Intense
ly interesting things, but to repeat
them would rob him of his thunder to
night at least lessen the Interest in
his chain of discussion.
Tonight his audience will start up
the Congo to Yellala Falls. , From
there, supplied with a capita (Inter
preter) the crowd and lecturer start
cross country by canoe, by caravan
and lastly as the Jungle thickens, -by
single file on foot to the capital of the
Maduda tribe of Africans. There the
crowd will first eat the dish of peace,
exchange human blood, buy a house
for a knife worth six cents, then a 10
acne ranch overlooking the capltol for
an- eight-cent knife, and then will
come a minute description of marri
age, funeral; religious rites that wilf
picture in a most realistic manner the
conditions as they exist
He camie with his bags and bag
gage the gruesome snake skin, the
gods; the Idols, the trinkets that his
baggage contains will be strewn on
tables before the audience bringing
vastly nearer the topics which he dis.
cusses. Eventually the audience is
landed at Zanzebar safe and sound
and mnch the wiser.
Truly Gabriel Maguire Is an explor
er among explorers. Space and time
alone forbids elucidation on his ex
perience which perchance be may not
have tlmie to dwell on tonight. He
ranks with the foremost explorer
that have pierced the dangerous, fever
laden, beast-lnflested heathen land of
the African Jungle:
MAINE DISASTER STUDIED.
Washington, July 6. General
William Bixby,, chief of the.army
has returned from a personal in
spection of the work of raising
the Malms, and asserted today
that the exploston was caused by
ignition in one of the battleship's
three magazines. He asserted no
such effect could have been pro
ducted by an outslcje explosion.
He said the primary cause of the
explosion will never be known.
SEW RAFFLES FOUJfD.
Mlllolnalre'g Son Robs Hundtredg of
. Brooklyn Homes for Living.
New York, July 6. Eclipsing the
career of any Baffles who ever shown
in history Karl Voemtz, son of a mil
lianalre Norwegian banker, a graduate
of Heldleburg, speaker of five langu
ages, was today arrested -for whoe
sal robbery of Brooklyn homes. He
confessed to 16 robberies and said, "I
had to do it to keep up my style of
living." - : :
Pawn tickets aggregating $5,000,
were found in his apartments and also
letters from 500 women.
HOKE SMITH
SEEKS TOGA
GOVERNOR SOW TOUTED AS A
LIKELY CANDIDATE.
Terrell SOks Re-Nomination for Six
, Iftit Terra Contest WariuP " '
Atlanta, Ga., July 6. The senatorial
situation is attracting much attention
with the near approach of the date
when the Georgia legislature will
choose a successor to Senator Terrell
in the United States senate. The bal
loting will begin next Tuesday and all
signs point to a spirited contest. Sen
ator Terrell, who was appointed to
fill th seat of the late Senator Clay
until the legislature could choose his
successor, Is a candidate for election
to the full term of six years. The lead
ing candidate, however, appears to be
Hokra Smith, who was secretary of the
Interior under President Cleveland and
who has Just been inaugurated for the
second time as governor of Georgia.
Governor Smith, It Is .understood, has
long aspired to take a seat In the Unit
ed States senate and his supporters are
now preparing to make a strong fight
for his election. On the other hand,
the anti-Smith element, which includes
many politicians who are prominent in
all sections of the state, will leave no
stone unturned to prevent his election
A number of other candidates for the
toga are receiving more are less at
tention. One of those whom it is be-
lfevied could make a formidable show.
Ing should he decided to make an act
ive fight is Pleasant A. Stovall, the
Savannah editor. "Tom" Watson, the
former populist leader; W. A. Coving
ton, one of the authors of the state
orohlhltlon lawi and several others
k
have announced their candidacies.
2,000,000 Union Planned!
New York, July 6. President An
drew Furuseth . of 4he International
Seamen'g union today is working on a
scheme to bring about the organiza
tion of labor union which would In
volve a membership of 3,000,000 migra
tory worbers who are scattered
throughout the United States.
He has submitted his plan to Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor.
Clark! Loses Big Sums.
Washington, D. C. July 6. Owing
) to the continuous session of congress
' making it impossible for Champ Clark
to neport for a lecture tour. It is said
that he is losing $1,000 a week. Clark
had contracted with a Chicago lecture
bureau to take the platform July 1, but
his duties as speaker of the house In
terfered' with all plans;
SHOWERS GREETED AS
. SAVIORS OP HU
MANITY. -
CHICAGO EXPECTS STILL
MORE RELIEF TONIGHT
Total Deathllst From Heat Through.
out last and Middle West the Past
Week Lluns Into Hundreds Chlca.
go Lead) With 1M Fatalities Mor
talfty Among Infants Etb Greater,
It Is Sal
',
Chliago, June 6. Cooling showers
and bneezes today broke the backbone
of the heat wave throughout the mid
dle west today. Indications are strong
that tonight will see the beginning
of a real cool spell relieving millions
who havie gasped In torrldlty for 1
week.
Statistics show, 700 adult lives and
perhaps as many more Infants were
sacrificed during the. hot wave which
was the most enduring and severe in
41 yearB. Tho temperature is 15 de
grees cooler today than yesterday.
The following cities deathllsta
show the heaviest in Chicago with 156,
New York 110; Boston 29; Toronto
S3; Newark 26; Cleveland 33; Pitts
burg 21; Kansas City 16; Trenton 9;
Cincinnati 9; Toledo 11; Flooria 3;
Hammond, Ind., 12; Detroit 9; Phila
delphia 75; Minneapolis 8; St. Louis
18; Baltimore 11 and Washington 6.
Conference of Bank Examiners.
' Chicago, 111., July 6. National bank
examiners from North Dakota, South
Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wis
consln, Iowa, Michigan, northern In
diana and northern Illinois rounded
up In Chicago today ior their annual
conference. The texamlrcrs will spend
two days In the discussion of methods
with a view to arriving at the high
est grade of efficiency in the examina
tion of banks. Co-operation among
national, state and clearing house ex
aminers is one of the Important sub
jects that will receive attention.
IciCITI
FARNAM MACHINE IS
BEING SET UP THIS
AFTERNOON.
FIRST MACHINE TO BE
SEEN IN LA GRANDJJ
Machine to Be Used In Flights by
Walsh Saturday and Sunday Reach
es La Grande This Morning and It
Will Be Ready for Use by Friday
Noon When Walsh Will Give It the
Final Test
Farnam's bl-plane the first flying
machine ever seen in La Grande to
be used by Aviator Walsh in this city
July 8th and 9th. Saturday and Sun
day, is being set up in this city this
evening following Its arrival here In
charge of J. Manning and H. E. Mann
ing, the owniers, this morning. ' The
machine, closely bundled Into casings,
does not occupy a great ileal 0 Spice
and by tomorrow noon will have been
placed piece to piece so that Its work
ing principles can be seen. It was
planned to have the machine in work
ing order by this evening but this was
found Impossible, because of the de
lay in reaching La Grande this morn
Ing.
':. i Walsh Comes Tomorrow. '
Mr: Walsh, true man who does the
actual manipulation of the machine, 18
coming Friday morning and will spend
the day here acquainting himself with
conditions and giving the final touches
te'i?s machine before leaving terra
"rm a Saturday,
JOHNSON TO FIGHT.
$ London, July 6. Dublin dli-
patches state that a match be-
tween Jack Johnson and Patrick
Curran has been arrange for be
$ tween August 1st and the 5th, the
exact date being unsettled. Un-
der the agreement the winners
gets $25,000 and the loser $2,500.
The winner also gets 45 per cent
of the gate receipts' after all ex
penses are deducted.
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SWORDS BEAT BACK RIOTERS
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Two Thousand Policemen Needed to
Quell Riots Among Strikers.
Manchester, July 6. More than 200
were Injured today by a-riot of the
striking teamsters and carmen and
were checked only by 2,000 policemen
usintg swords. A company of 700
Scotts guards wera ordered to hold In
readiness to aid the police when the
rioting ls at its height.
Gate8 Is Suffering,
Paris, July 6. John W. Gates, who
ls suffering from a catarrhal affection
of the throat Is reported not to be in
serious conditton. it is expecwm W
will be out In a few days.
DUBLirj AIIIS
ROIL GUESTS
STOKES TELLS
1
BLACKMAIL
Stimson to Inspect Canal.
New York, July 6. Secretary of
War Stimson sailed today for Panama
to make his first Inspection of tb pro
gress of the canal work and the de
tails of its fortification. Incidentally,
the secretary will also stop at Havana
to view the ruins of the battleship
Maine and will also visit Porto Rico
' to Inquire into questions of sanitation
and the pnesent method of choosing
I municipal Judges.
EX-GOVERNOR HANLY A BIG MAN
It would seem unnecessary for the Evening Observer
to reiterate the statement that Gov. Hanly, who delivered
the Fourth of July oration here, is a big man, but such is
demanded in the face of the attempt to belittle a charac
ter such as he is.
"We want to say to the people of Eastern Oregon who
assembled here on the Fourth that no such a man has ever
made a speech in La Grande in the past ten years, and
doubtful it is if there has ever been a speech delivered
within the corporate limits that any way compared with
the magnificent effort.
That speech alone, with nothing whatever following it,
was worth spending the day in La Grande. Opportunity
for hearing men who have been seasoned with, national
experience and who have proven their character, is sel
dom oered in. this interior country. - You say,
"There" should have been a parade instead
cf paying Hanly the price for making that
speech!" Then, you should be pitied. You put
momentary pleasure against learning; feasting the eye
for a second against a life-time of knowledge delivered in
a concise and understandable manner? .
No, we cannot believe that the people of Eastern Ore
gon choose to put so low a price on learning, on experi
ence, on citizenship. That one speech was worth every
j arade, every greased pig, every balloon ascension this
city has pulled off since the day of incorporation.
Just think a little bit before passing judgment on the
efforts of one who has worked to gain knowledge; don't
enlist yourself among those who choose to look at paper
flowers and clowns rather than obtain thoughts from a
master mind. Don't do it, for the day will come when ex
perience ripens you so that you will remember how fool
ish was your attitude.
MILLIONAIRE FACES GIRLS WHO
. JTRIED TO MURDER UlM.-r .
Hotel Man Tells Court How He Came
to Be at Apartments,
New York. July 6. Facing Lillian
uranam ana Etnel Conrad, the two
girls charged with an alleged attempt
to murder him, W. E. Stokes, the mil
lionaire hotel man today told his side
of the shooting which occurred in
Misg Conrad's flat after he resisted
an alleged blackmail attempt.
StokeB said he went to the flat for
letters which which Miss Conrad tele
phoned MIbs Graham had left for him.
He said after he i arrived Miss Gra
ham, revolver in hand, Jumped into
the apartment and told him to sign a
retraction concerning things he had
said of herself and family. Then Miss
Conrad demanded $25,000. They both
threatened to kill him. Then he grap
pled and shot and the .fight started
which ended In the arnests.
He said, after h grabbed MIs9 Gra
had she yelled.r'"Go, get your gun,
you said you would kill him if I fail
ed." The Conrad girl then got the
gun, shot him in the ankle, and then
I managed to get Miss Graham be
tween and we rolled out tile door."
Mass Meeting at Vancouver.
Vancouver, B. C, July 6. Tomorrow
night a mass meeting will be held at
which the entire question of reciproc
ity with the United States will be dis
cussed by Dr. M. Clark, member of the
federal house for Red Doe, Alberta,
Hon. Wm. Templemfn and Mr. Beach
man, of Vancouver. They are con
ducting a reciprocity campaign
throughout the province, and declare
that they find but little opposition to
it anywhere.
Wears Overcoat In Hot Weather.
Boston, July 6. When a big husky
cop saw Alexander Petrofskl wearing
an overcoat on the street here, while
th mercury wag breaking out the
top of the glass, he lost no time in tak
ing' him In. Alexander fought bitter
ly, enthusiastically, but unsuccess'ul
ly. At the police station it was learn
ed he had escaped from the state In
sane asylum.
Howard for Life Savins: Device.
Paris, July 6. Plans are now un
der way by which the French govern
ment will offer 110,000 as a prize for
the Inventor of the beat life saving ap.
paratus which can be attached to an
aeroplane.
ORANGEMEN ANGERED
AT TOUR OF THEIR
MAJESTIES
PETITION KINO ASD QCEEX
; TO CHANGE THEIR PLANS
Plans Now Call for Arrival of King
and Queen of England1 at Dublin Sat-
ttrciy Morning and to Remain Four
V Days Royal Purple to Be Worn by
Guests While Going Through Land
ing Ceremony.
Dublin, July 6. All Dublin, and in
truth, all Ireland, is on the qui vivo
in anticipation of the coming of the
king and queen. Crowds ane pouring
in from all points, and it is estimated
that the normal population of Dublin,
about 350,000', will have swollen to 1,
000.000 by Saturday, the day onVhlch
their majesties will make their entry
into the city. - ,
The royal visit to Dublin will extend
OMer four days. The official arrange
ments are calculated to keep their
majesties busy almost from the hour
of their arrival to their departure.
The day of departure, by the way, falls
on July 12, the day thw Ulster Orange
men hold their great annual -elebra-'
tlon. Some of tfte leaders among the
Oranamen have not been slow to
take offenao at the king departing from
the country on that anniversary, and
have petitioned him instead' "to visit
Ulster's capital, Belfast As all the
arrangements for the royal visit were
concluded " months ago, howeviar, It
was Impossible to make any change in
the Itinerary. Furthermore, It would
not be at all expedient for the king to
visit Belfast on Orangemen's day as It
would almost surely provotoe rioting
between the Orangemen and the na
tionalists. ' The king and queen are' expected to
arrive at Kingston on the royal yacht
Victoria and, Albert (early Saturday
morning. They will land at the Victor
ia wharf at about 10:30, and will be
received by the lord lieutenant and
countess of Aberdeen. At the Dublin
city lfmlts they will be met by thu
lord mayor and council In their scar
let robes, and mace bearers in uni
form of blue and silvers. -Soldiers will
line the road as a guard of honor,
while behind them will be cordons of
pollen, lancers and militia.
On their arrival at Dublin castle,
the king and queen will be received by
the lord lieutenant bearing the, sword
of state. The apartment which their
majesties occupy at the castle have
been completely refurnished and re
decorated for the royal visit. A new
and much-needed supper room . has
been built at the back of tine state
apartments. Th additions and alter
ations fyive allowed, a room with a
beautifully decorated celling, which,
hitherto was not available, to be added
to the viceroy's residential apartmenti
During the royal visit It will be uti
lized as a small dining room..
On '.the afternoon of their arrival
their Majesties will leave the cast!
and proceed to the Royal College of
Science for the opening ceremony.
Afterward they will be escorted to
Trinity college, where an addmss will
be read to which his majesty will make
a reply. '
Leaving Trinity college the king
and queen will go to the Phoenix race
course, and will drive thence to the
viceregal lodge. The first day of their
visit, in Dublin will conclude with a
state banquet at the castle, for which
Invitations have been Issued to several
hundreds of the officials and best-
IrnAwn raoManti rP fit a Tttatt onfta1
auv n ii i vfliuuuio vi vi v as iou yayitat
, A full program has been prepared
for Sunday, beginning with the at-
tpnrfanro nf ihtt lrinff and fmmn unA
their suite at thie service in St. Pat
rick's cathedral, followed by a visit to
uie.ATiann industrial bcquui. , mitr
ln the day their majesties will Inspect
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