LA
GRANDE
OBSERVER
VOLUME III
LA GRANDE, OREGON. SATURDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 24. 1904.
NUMBER 271
i TRAIN
WRECK
Two Severely Wounded
and One Probably
' Fatally, .
Tblaoity was tbroira into intense
' exoitement tat evening about Bo'closa:
by the rapoit that tbe east bound pss
engor doe hers at 9 KM w wrecktd
n ear Patty and many passengers and
t talnmen w-r killed. : : ' ,
It was sometime nr.lil the exact
f aow oo old ba nbts.ined. '' Q1;. -
Tfeinmsater VYalib sent en angina
anl eoaob immediately to, the seen
with phytioians whiou upon their ar
rivsl tbey found only two men injured
Ooe ni a passenger J.J. Ferguaon
who bad bsen working lor ike eon
pant a Pendleton for esverat ssont a
and m returning t bia borne at Wi
ear. Us waa atanding in the amokiog
oar talking when the amaah Dp occur -ed
an 1 the next thing ba knew be waa
bains kindly eared for by nnknowa
frlenda on the train. He aoon regained
oooecioueoeta bia injoriee ware mostly
about (be need. Ha ia up and around
The other unfortunate man eeeioa
to bate bead riding tbe "blind" and
waa badly enl and brnlard in tbe bead
and wai brought to tbia ofty and oar-
lied on a atratober to the offios ol tbe
oimpeny pbyeioiana Dra. Baoon ft
Hall, In an unoooscious condition
and bat not fully rallied yet. ; . ...
The engine did not leave tbe traet
but the tender, b.ggege, mail oar and
ojaeu did. Tbe wreaking train " waa
on tbe aoene about tea o'olqek
it waa early morning before tbey got
tbe traot ol-ared.
Tbe damage to oara and traok will
amount to several thootand dollara. .
Twenty Men Killed
Siloant Springe,' Ark. Sept. 84
While lorty men were working today
on an iron bridge being erected over
Grand rivar near Grove, Indian Ter
ritory, forty milea waat of bare tbe
eoafi'ulding oollapeed. Twenty men
are reported killed and many o there
injured. -
Bm J D UiUilao returned from tbe
Wallowa, county thla areniug . and will
occupy the pulpit morning and eve
log tomorrow at the uaua' boure .. ''
Hra. J IB Hyde, who la ooti nested
with tbe Oreaent Knitting Milii ol
thla olty, left thla morning for a few
daya visit to Baker Ctly.
Cook Wanted
A B Cooler wanta a cook, women pre
tend, man and wife can secure employ,
oent. . Mr Donley can be lound at tbe
Sommer Houaa almoat any day.
Sept2I 29 . '
ADVANCE OF JAPS
UPON FU PASS
The Japanese Assume the Offensive and Ad
vance Upon the Russians
THE BARGAIN STORE
A new ana handsome line of American
EMWellman&co
;.' y-'- 4damt Avenue. .
St. Peteraburg, Sept. J4 Ganeral
Kuropatkia telegraphs that tbe Jape
neaa hate aaaumed the offensive and
have edvaneed from Beotalaputsa on
Fo Fata whiob ia off the railroad be
tween Mukden and Fuibun twelve
milae from Mukdoa. ,. ;
f fit. Peteraburg, Sept. 84 A dispatch
received here statee that the Japaneae
ban carried Karling Paaa . by aoault
after a devesting dm f mat all . . arena
TbeRawianeloaiSSOmen.
Borne Sept. 84 a. telegram to tbe
Tribune aaaerta that tbe Japanaw
heedquarttra bate beesf. tranaferred
from JLlaoYang to Teotai. General
Kurokl aooordlng to tbe telegram ia
gradually drawing bia loroee nearer
Mukden and baa now reaehad a point
26 mllee to tbe eastward of that eity,
SMALL JAPANESE VICTORY
Tokio Sept. 84 An offloial telegram
etatee that adetaobment of Japaneae
attacked a tone of Boeaiana near
Heiniuobuang on Sept. 86 . 'the Rus
sians were driven off to the northward
leaving 19 dead. The Japaneae lootee
were alight. . :'- "' s
, r (Special to tbe Observer t
Paris Sept 23-The Matin's St.
Petoraaurg eorreapondent telegraphs:
"Telegrams of which the ; general
etaff aa yet baa no knowledge reaohed
tbe ozar thla morning. I oan affirm
Iliad Mtci oeiiniii n Port Arthur, regard
general asaault, mora furioua than pre
tlona aaaaulta, attsoking tbe town on
three aides simultaneously, employ
ing their whole forces, beingdetermin
ed to finish the business.
"Tbe Russian mines blew up whole
battalions. V-
'General Pock dtstlngnahed bin::::!,
directing the fire from the wall, which
the Japaneae reaohed after aa inde-
scriable massacre.
The whole of Togo's and Kami
mora'S squadrons are aiding the atrug
gle which It la feared will be Bnal. The
besieged forces are fighting aa In fur-
naoa. A' perfect storm of sheila falling,
"In Bt Petersburg ths facta concern.
Inej tbe trmglo event are wholly ua
known. - At tbe court hope le not en
tirery abandoned."
M. Carlson Dead
Mr. 0. b. Carlson tbe anfortaaate
man wbo suffered the amputation of
an arm aetata! daya oauaed by aa ac
cidental shot gun wound died, at 11
o'olock last evening at , tbe home; of
Prof, and Hra. Henry Henaon where
he baa beei oared for slnoe tbe injury.
Tbe funeral will be held from tbe
Freabyterian obnroh tomorrow after
noon at 8:30. Tbedeoeaaed leavea
wife and four young ohlldren the eldaat
being eight years of age, tbe youngest
an Infant babe bora this wsek.
Mr. Carlton baa been .. engage din
tbe wood business at 'Kamela for
nomoer of yeara and wis highly rt
peoted by all. c. '
NINE GIRLS
KILLED
BATTLE OONriNaBD TWO DAW
Chetoo. Bent. 84 Noon A Japa
nese wbo arrived at Dalny says a bat
tle began at Port Arthur September 19,
and continued September '20, but be ia
unable to give detaile. On Mptesaps
21 and 88, the bombardment was eligfct.
The Japanese further aald that on
verfled rumors had. been , received at
Dalny to theeflect that tbe Japanese
had made some gains.
Ohlnem from a village near Port
Arthur confirm the foregoing and add
while off the Miaotao lalanda yester
day they heard firing.
' '. :'..Vi',.."i
Narrow; Escape
A apeoial train conveying the Arch
bishop of Canterbury from bar uar
bor, Maine: to Washington was wreck'
ed on' the H 4 A railway at a station
near East Brookfield, Mass. yesterday,
J tHTKt Sorgan. U WaU Jtreet
time, but neUber of the two proini.
nent men were injured : No serious in
inrles resulted, but several of the
train binds were slightly hurt
NOW FOR
EXHIBIT;
HALL
Commercial Club Will
Start Soliciting Com
v mittee.
Olnoinnati j Ohio; Sept .84 The
vault in tbe rear of the aohool bouse
at Fleas tot Ridge a suburb . U this
ol'y collapsed tbla morning and over
80 children in tha building are report
ed to bavn fallen into tbe vault. Eight
ol tbf m, all girls are dead. The build
ing waa a frame atruotura and bal
been standing for yeara. . : i ,
The flooring of the vault gave way
wbioh precipitated tha ebildren into
tbe death trap
li Beams that at recess time the
Tbe Commercial olub has taken the
up the matter of aeon ring tha Exhibit
Hall and the solloltlng committees are
expected to commence .securing funds
Uon iay. Two committees bave been .
appointed, one to solioit from the.
farmers and fruit growers and one to
viait the property owners and business
men of this city. -:.
Thla oannot prove otherwiae than a
good Investment At thla time of the
year there is a heavy travel to this
ooaat and as the great majority buy .,
their tlekets to the terminals, this ex
hibit will give those who Taa through
our city something to think aboat.
The building will be brilliantly Il
luminated with eleotrlo lights whloh
will make a handsome showing to psae-
ohildren made a playful ruth into an engera on both evening trains.
ontnouae wuen sue a our gave wey pre
OeiR PALL STYLES
FOB ' RENT Housekeeping, room
very nicely furnished. . Two ' blocks
west of High Sofaool, on the corner
of 1st and M st. 1
av
OiDitatlnt a largs number into . the
vault below. ? . i '.
The exoitement is intensified by the
wild complaints of the parents of the
children against the school officers
who aald the building'- and- gronada
had been inapeoted before the opening
ol aohool two weeks ago.: A few min
utes after theaooldent happened every
utensil available la tho neighborhood
was brought i.ito requisition and men
went into the vault and oarried out
.the b-rfloa and tbe sebool was trens-
At the time of the )f accident tbe
vault contained lour feet of water and
the nine that were killed aarved to fill
up the vault an that tba other 13 were
not drowned , .01 the 12 retoued it ia
reported tbia afssroocn tbat perbapa
eight will die of internal poitoning
and broken limbs. . - -
Russia Out
of Coal
i Vladivostok Sept 24 Overtures are
elng oondurUd through German
channels with Liverpool firms with a
ttsw to arranging for dispatching ooal.
ffeVrtirtalifrom ty
Russian warships. ."
; OFFER BIQ BON3S
' Liverpool Sent, 24--Russlan agsnts'
are offering 9 shillings a ton for. ooal
tor tbe far east 1 Another Offer of 15
shillings a ton is added to tbe 80 11 the
tbe blockade Is successfully run and
tbe ooal delivered at Port Arthur. .
'SB:
We
, bare lust received a small shipment of onr FALL 8TYLE8 of COATS
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as it will be to your advantage and you will be sure to et tbe RIGHT THINGS. .
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Boys Knee Pants x
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