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About La Grande morning observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1901-1904 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 27, 1904)
GRANDE EVENING : OBSERVER. VOLUME III NUMBER 273 V LA GRANDE. OREGON. TUESDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 27. 1904.1 DEATH LIST GROWS Wounded in Southern Railway Wreck Die. Knoxvile Terin Sept! 27 Tbe death list from tbe wreok of the two paeaen- ger train on tbe Southern railway wSiob occurred Saturday eveoing 30 miles east of here continues to grow. Kilty-four were killed outright and 135 injured. Of the ' injured eeven have ainoe died and many" more are mangled b'yond all hope of reoovery Conductor W B Caldwell of the eastbonnd train has taken the reipon. eibility for tbe wreak upon hiauell and ie raving in delirium ba ing totally collapsed after reaching tbe hospital. He misreai the meet order issned to him and his engineer and bia mis understanding of the order caused tbe wreok. Both engineers were kill ed, f :: The Pope Protest Borne Sept 27 The Pope has ad droased to tbe cardinal vioar a pro. test againtt the congress o! Free Thinkers beM here last week. The tut will be published by Oaservatore Komao tiis evening with a letter from tbe cardinal vioar inviting the Oatho ho oopuUtton to attend the aervioe o atonement to be held in all tbe basili cas of Rome on Thursday. Deputy sheriff Killed Blaokfoot Ida Sept 27 Deputy Sheriff E f Sweet was killed Seotion Foreman W E Fitzerald probably fa tally wounded and an unidentified tramp fatally wounded as a rssult ol an attempt toarrea; three tramps who were attempting to hold up and rob a gang ol Japanese section hands here late yesterday afterdoon. OaR We bave just received a small shipment of our FALL STYLES of COATS and SUITS. If you cipeot to buy a SUIT, it will pay you to look our line over, as it will be tcryour advantage and you will be sure to get the RIGHT THINGS. The Chicago Store THE BUSIEST STORE IN TOWN H AcUms Ave.. La La Grande, Oregon 5 ' -1 u V ' HOUND CHASE INCENDIARIES Ogden, Iota, Sept 27 The blood hounds used to traok train bandits at Let) a efk go were plaoed on ihf track ol the inoendiaries who , were responsible tor the wholesale Ore here today. Barns, stacks, oomoriba and I even dwellings have been aet on fir and in some diatanoea the smoulder ng aibes saturated with kerosene uia d a atartlng the plaoe were found. '. A poaee ol farmers ia following tbe I doga and tney hope in a lew hours to oome on tbe oulprits. Tbere le eome talk of referring tbe casts to "Judge 1 n'oh's ooutt ahould they be oaught son. Vesuvius Still Active Maples, Hept. 27 The eruption oi Mount Vesuvius continues and al though somewhat decreased it is stil most imposing and the vividness has been already augmented by the erumb lirg away of tbe orust around tbe orater which has ben re-sjeoted wilh the haking'i, rumblings and explo sions and making it appear aa if tbe whole mountain would ba rent from top to bottom On the Pompeii aide the eruption is very threatening and a great, quantity of aanea is being ejected. ' ' '' ' " Labor Unions Downed Chicago, Sept. 27. The opening to- day of the Deering and Mc.Cormlck plants of the International Harveater Am6rioan warship only by the earnest Company, and the Pullman works on protestations of the government repre the "open shop" basis, has alarmed Mtatlvea and onlv after they had the union labor leadera. - The see in it a systematic move on , the part ol I ait offered " the Amerioan flag , and Chicago employers to down the anions. 1 peopi,,- a public and trtHisually hnmbre The hsrvester company refused to 0D0 For a time an Amerioan war renew its agreement with the onion,. 8hi0i flled with . earnest seamen but took back 7000 employes at 10 rownea on the plaoe but tbe repre hours a day at a 10 per ent reduction. J Betations of the local authorities and Pullman employes etpeot a 10 and 20 per oent out in wages. Senator Hoar Passing Worcester. Sept, 27. Senator Hoar took no nourishment during tbe night and little medicine, fie is very weak but will probably live for several days HOAR IS UNCONSCIOUS Worcester, Mass Sept J27 At 3 o'clock Senator Hoar is unconscious. FALL STYLES : ' l JAPANESE PORT ARTHUR AGAIN Bombard the Fort With London, Sept. 27. The Chee Foo correspondent of Renter's saya that . forts thqy are attacking bave been Bl atter (our days' bombardment the Jap- most disbanded, by the artillery fire, aneee made a general assault on Port Arthur, and were rapulBod with heavy loss. '' " '". NO JAPANESE LOSSES Rome, Sept. 27. A message from 1 Chee Foo states that the Japanese are bombarding Port Arthur today. The ' leasee of tbe attaoking forces are in- significant, owing to tbe (act that the Japaueae fortify all their positions, u. S. Flag Oolon, Sept. 27. A seotion of a fl.tnth A mArlnan rpnuhlln was smved 1 ,. , ui tha m. v.. an I ... ni.,,a anninnia an in. ! j ... nrnmla. , bt Booi forever after auad' the wrath of Commander Sigs- bee to swerve. Tbe trouble began some time ago when tbe Ameri'an consulate at Car tagena was beamlred with filthy by some of the ribald Colombians. . Cartagena is a seaooast town of con -aiderable oommero'al importance and has about 20,000 Inhabitants. It is in the repnblio of Colombia and a com - meroai center of the region, ASSAULT but are Repulsed Loss.. and do not employ Infantry until the ,30,000 tilEFENDEBS OK THE FORT St. Petersburg, Sept. 27. Unoon fimed reports received here today, place the Russian losses at Port Arthur on September 16 at 1100. killed and 3000 wounded. Between September 16 an(j 22 the losses were 5500 killed and wonndedV Tbe number of available defenders; at Port Arthur now is eett- mated atmOOO. ; Correcting a Mistake. It la always with pleasure that the Observer Jjoorreots any mistake that oocurs in its pages and we are always thankful to tbose who call attention to snch errors. In our isiD9 yesterday we published the marriage of J R Reeves to Hannah A Rogers, and to day our attention was called to tbe mistake tn the n,itne of tbe bride by herself stating that her name before uniting . in lawful wedlock to Mr Reeves was not "Hannah A" Rodgnrs bnt "Hester A Bodges" and that she did not want the world to think that her husband -had. two . wives, Again l'n the report referred to in our pages. It was stated that tbe oontraoting parties would reside in the future at North Powder, when in trnth and faot, they will reside at Baker City Mr Reeves is an old pioneer of Oregon having been here for fifty two yoars, and his wife is an enthUBlaatio Sal vation Army worker and will bave charge of the Salvation Army Work. ingman's home at Baker City, and al so have the charge of tbe La Grande district 'for collections and presents for the fall festival which will last three or four days. Challeng es Dubois Observer Speoial Spokane, Sept. 27 A 'challenge to Senator Fairbanks, republican nomi nee for vice president, to discuss the Morman issue in bis two speoohes in Idaho was made today by United States Senator Dubois. Mrs Irene Jones Dead DIED Sep: 20th, 1004, at tbe home of Mr Emery . lloiquet, at Island City. Mrs Irene Jones, aged fifty two years. Tbe funeral will be ureathed Wed nesday at tbe Island 1 ity church, tbe Kev J O Walker of Union officia ting, and the remasna will be in terred at the Peach Cemetery at Is land City. airs Jones is ad old resident of this oonnty and has many friends who will mourn ber death She leaves three aons, Emery, Herbert and Frank Jones, and two daughters, Miss Stella Jones and Mrs Cora Bousquet. Mrs Jones was a devout member of the M E Chnrcb. Tbe relatives have tbe sinoere sympathy of all who knew bar. DIED JOHNSON In Pruitdale, Just north of this city on Monday September 26, 1901, t'bris Johnson. The funeral took place this afternoon from tbe Mor moo ohnroh and the Interment In tbe Motmon cemetery. Deceased oame to this yalley about three years ago from Montana for tbe benefit of bis health and purchased tbe Frank Nesaly place across the river. He leaves a wife and several ohlldren his wife having given birth to twins early this morning. Deceased was held In high esteem by his nelxh bors and bis family bare tbe deepest ympathy of the oommunity. UT IN AMI I C UliwUV- ERED IN TIME Jamestown, Calif., Sept. 27. Tbe management of the Rawhide mine dis covered an Infernal machine under the nnnn nlanfc tjulnv whllft mnlrlnv M. I oil.. n-,nl.t.J im! pieces of thi'rte Inoh pipe filled with 60 pounds ol dynamite, connected to cop per wires leading to a distant part of property. Ban Francisco deteotlves bave been sent to work on the case. The owner of the mine declared for the open shop at the time of the strike last Friday. v ' ' After Our Lumber The Weybauser syndicate, one 'of the largest lumheripg outfits in the world, is now purchasing timber lands in Southern Oregon. This sjndioate la from Minneapolis, Minn , and as their lumber Interests in that state are about closed, they bave been looking to the northwest tor the last few year.. They bave purchased large holdings in the State of Washington and along the Colombia river, and it now seems bey are diverting their attention', to the western portion of tbe state. Orants Pass Journal. Lank Fraud Cases V (Observer special) Portland Sept 20 Proceedings leading up to the trial of Horace Mo- Kinely, Mrs Watson Marie Ware aud others on cbargeB of defrauding the government of yublio lands were com uienoed today by tbe United States district court setting Thursday as the day for hearing the demurrer to 00m- plalnts. - .. . . . , , . Vl Grusadet--iiot-C)etatned London Sept 66.. The owners of the British steamer Crusader from Port land Oregon wbloh was reported seized by the Japanese, have reoeived a cablegram saying that the vessel left Moji for Shanghai after ooallnar. No mention was made of any detention. WANTED A boy . to learn tbe cigar mukln trade Apply at Paul'e Cigar Factory. Hept. 27-30)' T im;iii ii "- ' rvisstf THE BARGAIN STORE An elegaut assortment of i.:'J )::-LM J ; TAILORED HATS And another lot of those new and stylish oapB just received . . , ; P 8. Bring your heads and have them flitted. E M Wellman & co " Adams Avenue. ''.'' ' f; ; mm The Most Stylish and Most i Modern Fall Millinery At Prioes Far Below Any : Previous Offer J 5 Now on Exhibition Mrs. J. R. Forrest, I Masomo bulding on Adams avenue. ' ' ' aT r- r A TP iU KG A I ORE BODY Discovered in the Heart of the , , City. t Leadville, Colo., Sept. 27 .-All , previous gold discoveries have been:1 eclipsed by strikes Just announced on : the old Ooronuda ground, in the heart of the oity of Leadville, . Colorado. ' TheCoronado. discovery la Of... auoh magnitude that tbe importance of Leadville, Colorado, - in the mining world can hardly be estimated. Tha valne of the newly found depoa. 'it is estimated at 120,000,000. Tha new ore body is 1,500 feet long, 400 feet wide, and 200 feet thick and of a sulphide character. The i Western Mining Compaby, wbteh is practically the Guggenheim Exploration oompany under another name, is operating the Coronado property, i, BandGoncert The La Grande Cor. cert Band will play a short program on Thursday , , , evening Sept. 29, at the oorner of de pot and Adams striate This will be tha last out door concert of this series this . season,' Tbe Band has notdeoldid on any plans for the future. But here- with extend, their ap eolation ol tb4)wt.r-. generous attention and applaai,and hope muoli good may be dona fr good of musio next season.. tbe i Valuable Bogs , Sir Rlolinrd San key estimates that ' Ireland's boRS contain the equivalent of 5,000,000,000 tons of coal, and ho ad vocates creating poer tor varied in dustries by converting the fuel' Into eleotrlolty on tbe spot, . , , iniimi i d