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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1905)
TODAY'S NEWS TODAY LA ORANO) E mm' mm A -Hi-w n i ll V- ILM EV1 t 1 VOLUME IV LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON THURSDAY, MAY 11. 1905 . . ' . MBW- 11 " ' 1 . I TttfENTY PEOPLE KILLED FRIGHTFUL WRECK AND EXPLOSION (By Pcripps News issooistlon) Harriaburg Penn May 11 The bandog of an air hoe on a freight train on thePennsylrania road aoath Of HrrUKr..j.tc-3 n,ornIBg caused the 1 mi of about twenty Ijvee and injury to a hundred people on the second aection of tbe Cleveland and Cincinnati! expreia. Tbe pas senger train waa destroyed .by fire as waa also part of the freight. DYNAMITE EXPLODES Tbe borating of a hose in tbe mid dle of the freight train at Cedar street caused several eara o7 freight to fall onto the main track. The passenger, West bound, oraahed lot j these oars on tbe main track, causing the ex plosion of two oars of dynamite and strewing tbe ground with dead and manglpd bodies. TRAINS CATCH FIRE The explosion set fire to tbe wreck of both trains. The terrific explosion of dynamite destroyed windows all over tbe city, and then there was an explosion of the engine boiler, which left the locomotive a mass of taogled iron. RESCUERS UFLPLE88 The a' arm of fire was turned In, he fire department responded, together with hundreds of hands from the steel mills in the vaclnity, bat all were practically helpless in the work of rescue, aatbe Intense heat ktpt the rescuers from approaching the bu ra ng mass of wreckage. The physicians from all parts of the city were called. Tbe railroad company made up a special and carried all the wounded to onion station. Engineer II K Thomas, of tbe passenger train, was Instantly killed. Hie flreuian, R R Diokey, was thrown down an embankment and re ceived tut few soratchee. , SOME NARROW ESCAPES Several paaseogere were thrown Into the river by tbe force of the. oolllslon or explosion, some of whom managed to reach the bank without assistance while others were dragged ashore. Mrs Hilmira Erlckson, of New York, escaped almost uaked. She . was thrown from her berth by the colli sion and crawled through a window. A Miss Gordon, of New York, esoaped to a shanty near tbe wreck with noth ing left of her clothing but a shred ol her night gown. A Q Cope, of Pltte buig, says that he was caogbt between two seats and held fast until the second explosion which freed him. He says that tbe passengers In -his oar were killed outright, or thrown through the windowa WITNESS HORRIBLE SCENES John B Reynolds, tbe mansger of Blanche Walsh, tbe actress, was thrown from bis berth at the Brat explosion and Ml Into the aisle. He helped a woman and a child through the window, and when the seoon-l ex -plosion occurred, he was knocked nn ooosclous. Afterwards he recovered consciousness and crawled from the wreck. He said: I never want to wit ness such a scene again. Women were screaming, children were crvlns and strong men were wandering about dazed and belplets. Tne traoks were strewn In all directions with half naked men and women, some of them dead and others seriously injured. BUBNEI) BEFORE PASSENGER8 12 M The dead so far identified are Mrs Robert Daugberty ot Philadel phia and Jicob Silverman of Bridge ton , N J. The list of dead may reach twenty-five. Many of the dead are burned beyond recognition, making identification impossible. It is re ported that at teast ten bodies are still under the wreck. Many of the dead were roasted alive in sight of the other passengers who wtre powerless to help them. The HarrUburg hos pital is crowded with the most ser iously wounded. The list of the in jured may reaoh one hu dred and twenty-five. EIGHTEEN BODIES RECOVERED 2pm Tbe eighteen bodies from tbe wreck. A thousand work man are now busy clearing the track, and mere are eight miles of freight - train stalled along In line. - - " Million Dollar Fire By Sorippe News Association . DownaW Va.May 11Tbe care lessness of en operator dropping a matohvaoseda fire wbioh destroved the Standard Oil tank at this place. Tbe tank oontained 12.000 tallons of oil. Several houses In tbe neighbor. hood were destroyed, and lbs fire cost the Standard Oil Company nearly a million dollars. have been recovered Passenger Agent Here MrAL CraUr. General Paaacnirer Agent of the O B & N. - otty last night on business. He left this forenoon for Elfin in the Int-raat of the passenger department, and will return lonignt Mr Uralg states that the prospects for an immense attend- anoe at the Levis and dark Fair are bright, and will exoel any event in tbe history of tbe Pkolfio const. Tbe OR & N is making preparations for the transportation ol passengers to ' and from the fair, and la doing everything possible to give them tbe best service and accommodation that can be obtain ed. Lecture J V Coombs, tbe Hoosler lecturer, will give his descriptive and humorous lecture on "A Flight across the Con tinent," In (.'antral Church of Christ, roesdsy evening, May 16. Many who heard Mr. Coombs In the meetings laat winter will be glad to hear him again, Admission 25c. Children under 15, 15o. Tickets msy be bought now of E 1) Bolder, 0 L Thome, J E Coffey or W N Monroe. Seats may bo re served by applying to O H King. . Illinois Tornado (By Bcripps News Association) Streatorlll May 11 A tornado struck Rtreator from the aouthwAt shortly after eleven o'clock today,' on rooting trees. The drmage done will amount to several thousand dollars officials report that Several people were slightly injured but none fatally. BARGAIN BOX SALE Saturday afternoon from 1:30 to 3:30 These boxas contain merchandise which is in actual use in every home, everv dav in the week. There are TEN GRaNDE PRIZES as follows: , . 7 I I I pair $3.50 shoes I $2.50 Ladies' Shirt Waist I $2.50 Ladies' Hat I $1.50 Dressed Doll pair $1.00 silk hose pair 50c Fancy Hose 75c Ladies Hand Bag I 75c Ladies Purse I 50c Ladies Purse I 50c Ladies Purse Srturday afternoon between the hours ol 1:30 and 3:30 you may take your choice of these boxes at We guarantee to refund the money for any box that does not contain 25 cents worth of merchandise. A LUCKY BUY Ladies' Suits at a Saving of a lot of dnmmers' samples of ladiea' man- Silk suits. Lustre suits, Worsted suits, in ish Covert Jackets, enables us to offer you, stripes to suit every taste aud suitable for while they last, regular $15 and $16 Jackets traveling, outing and street- wear. WE for GUARANTEE TO SAVE YOU MONEY $10 $9 to $22.50 . NEW CRAVENETTE COATS ' NEW LADIES' SHIRTS for ladies, just received, regular Gi C A A In Sicillian, Pongee and many other fabrics $18 values S,,v',v,v just received. -. -,. t - r- - . t ffsrn . J&1 a r EST JVMAlJ DEATH DEALING! WINDS TORNADO SWEEPS; AWAY WHOLE CITY EMPLOYERS WILL YIELD NO POINT (By Scrlpps News Association) Oklahoma City. O T May 11 Five bnnri iH . -z:'i '.:u or injured as a result of a tornado which swept the town cf SoyJer, forty miles , West of here, at eleven o'clook last night. All telegraph and telephonio com munications in the " town areaone. and only meagre information is ob tainable. A tra.n, loaded with doe tors and nurses, left Hobart at - mid night k - for the scene. Another train baa gone from ' Qiianah, Texai Belief trains Lave also baen made nn at Frisco City and Cbickasha. . EVERY HOUSE DESTROYED It is said that praoiioally every house in tbe town, which bas a pop ulation ot two thousand five hundred was wrecked. Shortly after two o'clock this morning communication between Gblokash and Hobart was established and the earlier reports were confirmed. Later reports say that every home in ton, with tbe exception of Way's hardware house and tbe Frisco Round bouse, have been destroyed. An estimate of tbe dead is .two hundred. A relief train reaobed Snyder at eleven o'clock ' this morning from Hobart. A OAR LOAD OF GASKETS Oklahoma City, May 11 Ten under takers, who were attending oooven tlon of funeral directors, left at nine o'clock this morning for Snyder with a car load of caskets. HORRIBLY MUTILATED Tbe property loos is estimated at three hundred thousand dollar. Five relief crews are at' work. The entire northwest section of the town is wined out, and only eight buildings In that section left standing. The dead are horribly mutilated, end many of the injured have frightful wounds which will result fatally. Borne of tbe dead bad their beads snd legs crashed off. and In some Instances timbers were blown tbrongh the bodies. ' ONE HUNDRED DEAD lpm At one o'clock this after noon tt is reported that over bun dred were killed outright or have suo- comed to their wounds. Fully three hundred persons are injured, according: to the operator at Snyder, and - many of these will die. The cotton comprene and all tbe hotels were blown down. and fifty freight cars were reduced to kindling, wbile the railroad is torn op for blocks. Much suffering is report ed among the injured fIXTY KILLED Hobart OT Uay 11 3 n m Bixtv killed and sixty injured by the cyclone is the latest report that bas been re oeived from Snyder. The Contest On A N Mayville baa adopted a anlaue plan "to advertise tbe products ot bis faotory by allowing every purobaser of his eigars one vote on tbe following list of nominees. Tbe one reoeiving tbe greatest number will be sent to the Portland Fair. Nominations olosed Wednesday night and the vote now stsnds as follows: Genevieve Christoffeeon 290. Katv Klein 160, Sybil Eldridge 70, Tilly IT 1 MM If.Ll. mi . uvuuiugau, mauifOieoey , , May Lilly .. Queenle Schilling 27, Blanche Coffman 18, Mary Warnick 14, Ella Goeck IS and Margurite Noble 10. The vote will be counted and published svery Thursday evening. Hon GecrgeWtbb, arrived in this eity last evening from Pendleton and will remain sometime the guett of his daughter, Mrs Jasper H 8tevens, Mr Webb states that he feele tbat La r t- ( i i . ; i . . Ivm.uuo uii uumn ana toei ne ntey decide to remain here peimanmtly. (By Hcrlppa News Association) Chicago May 11Tbe visit of PmsI "lent Roosevelt, his strong exoromloo ot sentiment on the subject of main taining order, accompanied by tbe in ferential remark that mayor Dunne would receive the Federal support if necessary, has apparently strengthen ed the determination of the employers to yield no point to the teamsters' strike. One of the prominent mem bers of the employers' association stat ed that the merohanta would close their stores if neoessary, before con ceding anything to the strikers. AaM iiuui getting tboir position before tbe publio, the presentation' of their peti tion to the president seems to have so- oomphsbed little if anything fir tbe labor leaders. The Illinois Manufao tursr Association meets tonight in order to take steps tor arranging for the delivery of goods to all houiea; whether boyootted or not. Such a move will be a severe blow to the strikers. The employers stated this morning that they would aend out twenty two hundred wagons today. Two Hundred Dead By 8ciipps News ociatio 6t Peterabnrg May 11 Later report from Jltomar, w'tere the masaaoie of the Jews baa taken place, estimate the dead at two bond red. Convicts Fire Prison By Soripps News Asuooiation 8an Baefel 01 May 11 The jute mill of tbe San Quentine prison was set on fire three times by the oonviott yesterday. The last fire was discover ed at 8 o'clock last night. Loss es timated at 15,000. Conviot Davis confessed to warden Reason tbat they thought it would give them an on- portunity for a general break.' The warden, wbile looking for firearm this morning, found his own revolver on a convict. Tbe convict bad pick ed bis pocket the day before. Martial Law Declared Soripps News Association 8t Petereburir. Mar 11 A nrltata telegram received today estimates tbe nnmoer or Jews killed and Injured In the riota at Jitomlr- at one hundred and twenty. Martial law has been de clared, bat the rioting ttill continues. Renorta from Knvnft. KlmnfanaVv -- - ; , i that fighting continues In the Jewish quarters. Successful Trial By Soripps News Association Los Angeles, May 11 The air shin "Hullet" made a successful ascent this morning at Playa Del Rey, an d start ed on a flight to Los Angeles Mr L E Trombly ie making a trip alone. Cossack Captain Killed By Soripps News Association Nijni Novgordoda May 11- Captain Gronhour, commander ot the Gosssck patrol, was aessieiuated laet night and tue amaiwln bas been arretted. THE NEW FURNITURE Our Car Has Arrived And we are able to say that bet ter or more up-to date furniture was never seen in La Grande. We are proud of our present assortment and will consider it a real rjleasnra to ahnw von nil our neve arrivals. The car came through without a single break or scratch. This furniture was bought right and w j are able to soil it at an extn low. price and still make a ligitimate. Call and see the beautiful dis- not be urged to buy. E. G. ADCOOK Successor to E Andross. . Andross Old stand Phone 9-1 THE SORT THAT WILL PLEASE 3 Tbat is the sort of groceries we sell Our aim is to please all of our customers We realize that iu ordet to do this we must cell only First Quality Goods We also know that our prices must be right, and that our service in ust be correct. A child, can do the trading at our store A trial order over the tele phone will convince you. We solicit your patronage. North Fir Street I -sBaaHnHBnn FOR YOtXR VROTJE C T ION The prescription department is the important part of any drug store. Our's is modern in every repect. In tbe character of the drugs use j, in the methods of compounding, in the skill of our pharmacists, it is thoroughly up-to-date . We believe that the service rendered has a value for you beyond any money value, aid it costs you nothing extra whatever. Our prices are aa low as good prescription work can be done anywhere. Lower than the usual cost in most places. NEWLIN DRUG CO.