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VOLUME IV
V LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON SATURDAY. JULY 22.J905
NUMBER 225
TOD&ySKEWS TODAY
OBSERVER
J
a
ROAD
WORK
BEGUN
Mutiny Forestalled
By 8crippt News Association
8t Pe.eburg July 22 Orders beve
been iMaed for (he Ooesaoks to replsoe j
the merinee who beve been guarding
the Kalpino work outside 8t Pelers-
burg A plot od tbe put of tbe ink
rincs to mutiny wu tbe -eause of the
change, which m made aa eoon m
tbe plot was discovered.
MORE
GUNBOAT
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HORROR
. Observer Special '
Elgin July 22 H Wallow county
doe not Bad itself oonneoted with tbe
onUide world in the very near future
or even eoooer, it will not be because
of tbe lack of railway official, con'
traotort anfl dignetarieson tbe ground.
For the pact lew days tbe woodi in
tbu teotion of tbe stale nave been aa
full of tailroan people , as the gage
brush near Echo was of jack rabbiti be
fore tbe cannery oommenoed opera
'tone.
Tbe lent startling bit of information
to be advanced was. tbat tbe Wallowa
Valley Railway Company has been or-1 J
ihsd, v.:vvJCuua m pretidenU'
and manager. Mr Cook announces
Ibat tbe new company bat let the con
traot (or tbe const motion of ten miles
of road and tbat construction work
wsa eommeoesd this -jiorniog.: , Mr
Cook states tbat he bat filed a bond
witb tbe farmers and land owners pro
tecting tbem againU any expenre or
damage whic'i might arise by them
granting bis company a right of way.
Thirty Killed :
By Soripps News Association
- Constantinople July 22 At least
thirty were killed by the explosion of
a bomb thrown at the Saltan. Tbe po
lice batieve tbat the bomb throwing
was tko result of an Armenian plot
None of tbe neroelrators have been
detected. ' ' 1
m CALL
EXTRA
By Soripps News Association -J
Sao P'.ego Cel. Jaly 22 It-is be
lieved tbat the gunboat Bvnningtcn
is damaged beyond repsir. The
stern is in deep waaer and 5bM been
slowly sinking in spite of tbe pump
ing operations.. The band pumps
bar been reinforoed with steam
pomps and five engine'',' bnt - without
avail. At high tide t'ais morning tbe
water was up to the ' desks' and the
captain esbin was flooded .loot deep
Cantaio You off is of tbe opinion that
no Brest bole has been ' made in tbe
The caur-e of the explosion as definite
ly ascertained by examination this
morning ? was the ' weakening : of m
orown sheet oi the port forward boiler
wbioh drove tbat boiler biok, striking
another Mutter and breaking , tbe
stesm pipe.
MOKE IDENTIFIED
The body of 8 O Ehoffinan, a b!aok
smitn, was brought to tbe morgue
from the hospital at tea o'clock this
morning, making the list of the deed
from the Bennington disaster rnn to
fifty six. The others Identified; tody
were O fi Bussing, a coal passer,.!! O
Qulnn and E Bromslee, seamen, B A
Bogbes, ordinary ataman, A kiamer.
coal passer, 10 Dresk, ordinary seaman,
V Benael, coal passer, F W Brown,
machinist of the Brat class Claud
Bashing and A Nelson.
MAY HAVE INQUIRY 5
-' Acting Secretary of Vbe Navy, Dar
ling, .wired rear admiral Goodriob,
commanding tbe Pacific station, in
forming him of the disaster which
MAKE
OPENING
TALKS
REMAINS OF HERO
ARRIVED HOME
In Poor Condition
' (Soripps News Association) '
Wasbiogton July 22 The buteaa of
steam engineering says tbat none of
tbe reports of tbe condition of the gun
boat lieoniogttn's boilers Indi.aied
that the boilers ere unsafe, although
it is admitted that tbe reports stated
tbat they were in a poor condition.
Smelter King Dead
8cripps News Atsooiatoin
Omauo Neb July 22-E W Nash, tbe
so called smelter. King, end president
of the smelter trust, died here at four
' ten this morning. !Ue was stricken
with paralysis on May 22nd He
survived by his wife, one son and four
daughters.
SESSION
, .nnnn.iil I I. H.n.Hn4AB a M A In!
hiit. bat that tbe explosion . sprung r" . . . . .,
. .-.t... .u. t: U wuumihuo tnere-
, I Zooming in through tbe seams. The.
hospital ship Iris and the tag'Fortooa
will srrive here touiorrow from Mar
i Island.' Gaotalu Dr.ke'and the cor
poral of naval inspection are also ex
peoted to aruve tomorrow. , .. , . r s
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CAUSE OF EXPLOSION
Soripps News Aesocin tlon
Oytter Bay July 22 President
Roosevelt and secretary Root contin
ued their cousaltation this morning.
The secretary will probably remain
until late this afternoon. The Presi
dent takes daily exercises at tbe oars
anl swimming This afternoon the
President decided to call an extra
session of Congress (.bout ' Nov. 13.
The exaot date has not b en deter
mined. . "
Tbe list of deal as A result' of tbe
xploeion on the Bennington today
shows fifty-five, and there are fifty-
five still remaining in tbs several taos-
nitala and at nrivata bomet la the
city. This includes seven dead whose
names are unknown and who are
still entangled in the meshes" of' tbe
lorn machinery of tbe Bellington
boiler rooru; They oan not be re
covered until the water is pumped out
efnd the wreckage is olaired away. At
fbeiplloall last night, twenty-one
here reported misting, and. while.1
lome ol these may have gone ashort
Without l-av, following the disaster,
It is feared that many nave turn li
ved into tbe bay in order to escape the
xposion and were drowned. . Several
who jumped were picked up in l)aa
Jut before en-
Today's Grain Market
. rR Rnpinna Ndwa Association)
Chicago Ills July 22 The quotaV
tions on the grain market today In re
tard to tbe principal grains were as lUxhansted condition,
follows: wheat opened at $0 9('J and lUgo Perry died, be w;ote a
olosed at $0.92 5 8,, corn .opened atl,elegram tr bis wife and baby. A fe
fo66 and olosed at $3 56 J, oaa open minutes later, be folded his bands in
ei at 0 29 5 8 and closed atlO.ZU 9-J praver and peaoefally passed away,
with. Rear-admiral Goodrich is ex
pected at any moment, when ha will
oommunioate witb the department.
It is expected that Ooodriob will ap
point a board of inquiry after a oon
ferenoa with the Washington antbori
KNEW BOILERS CONDITION
i Washington Joly 21 Rear-adniral
Goodrich has reported bis arrival at
Benmngbam and the department baa
instructed him to proceed with, tbe
flagship to Sao Diego. Ilia ordered
tbat naval oonstruotor ' Event, from
Mere Inland, (nake a oomplote icvet
tigatioo of tbe condition ofl the Ben
nington. It wat ateertalaed tody
that tbe offioer in charge Of th) en
cines and boilers was a ycung mid
shipman just out of the academy on
April 14 last. The naval inspector
recommended repairs on tbe boilers in
October 7 latt and the commander re
ported: "Should the boiler furoaost
grow materially worse, urgsot neoet
slty for going to tbe navy yard may
'iW,n Y jit-,? 5
Porland.Or July r2-Yesterday In
the Federal Court the - Jury lor the
second trial of Congressmau Williamson
at al wassel eoted, there being very
little trouble In securing a panel. The
Jury aa a worn waa as folllows
James Green, farmer. Sweet Home,
A Bote, farmer. Jactson oonnty ( R B
Collins, farmer. Ulllrboro, W W8oott
clerk, Creewell: Ray W Porter, black
smith, Oregon City: John Mock,
farmer, Multnomah connty, S A Tharp
farmer, Benton oonnty, Henry Keene
farmer, Mat Ion oonnty; J B Lewie.
merchant. Cottage Grove: W D Bar
olay, Benton oonnty; George Kirk
' T - r. ' .amIh : ax n a dams. I
carpenter, Dayton.
Eight farmers, two merohanlos, a
merchant and a clerk form the Jury
tnat la to determine the guilt or In
nooaner of the defendants. : Not one of
the Jarors Is from eastern Oregon and
but one lives In Williamson's congres
sional district. ' v "
By Soripps News Association
Norfolk Va Julv 22-The fleet 6f
admiral 81gsbee, bearing the body -of
Paul Joces, passed tbe Virginia Cepes
thle mortlog at eeven twenty. The
fleet wae eeoorted by a battleship
squadron under command of rear
admiral Evaue
SQJADRON ANCHORS
Washington July 22 A dispatch
from rear-admiral Evans by wireless.
via Cape Henry, states that 8igbee'e
squadron enohorvd in tbe bay today
ten or fifteen milet bolow Annapolis.
They will get under way Sunday in
time to anchor ott Annepoli at ten
am. .
GROCERIES
FROM THIS STORE ;
ARE ALWAYS NICE
AND FRESH
STATEMENTS MADE
(By Soripps News Association) -
Portland Ore July ii & p ro The
opening statements made by tbe attor
neys were made today in tbe William
son land, fraud trial. The attorneys
for the defense insinuated tbat the go
vernment was persecuting and boo ad
log Williamson by hastening tbe tril.
"santw'j' y lfT .
cbrfn. NARROW ESCAPE
visum UKUVYllltU
Boycott Spreads
Sotipis Newt Association
Shanghai, China July 22 The boy-
oott on American goods hss now
I spred throughout the Southern pro
vinces. The area aff eoted has a popu
latlon of one hundred and fifty mil
lion people. Tbe belief is growing
that the boycott was managed by
Government cflioers at Pekin. ,
Seasonable Goods as
well as Staples always
cn tiand. . ;
QEbDEBRSJ
Nortb Fir Street ;
NEVER BEFORE SUCH VALUES,
NEVER BEFORE SUCH
TRULY BARGAINS IN MERITORIOUS MERCHANDISE
PRICES
f:
Abound iu every nook aud coruor of our big Btore The knife : : la making it roanda in
vrv deDartment. and it ia doing ita work well. Never before have we offered auch a
HIGH-cffi of ablolately NEW and SEASONABLE GOODS, at what may
almost be called Recklesaly Mutilated Prices, aa prevail during this .
CLEARANCE SALE
We aak you, in jastice to yourself, to make the
fullest comparison.
GREAT
Comparison ia the true teatof all things-
Ladies' Black Hose
Of good standard
quality, flat knit,
and made for ser
vice, this sale
7Jc the pair
Men's Shirts
Regular 76c and
85c soft front shirts
in a larg variety
of patterns, thia
sale,
43c
Ladies' Collars
in this assortment i
aie to be found 'a1
great many of oar
best 25c and 35c
sellers, this eale J.
10c
Soripps News Association
Poosbkeeptie N Y Joly 23 -Tbe
grandson of Alton B Parker, Alton
I Parker Oall,, ass rescued from drown
ing off Rsipus Island nsar the Parker
home today by fid ward Pretz, a photo
grapher of this oity. Yoang Hall waa
Ion Jadtre Parker's baok. when the
Judge choked and was nnable to swim
I in tbe swift current, and called for
helb. Ho was nnable to breathe and
threw the lad' off. The latter sank,
bnt was broaeht to the surface by
Frets. Both were helped ashore and
tbe boy was reaueoltated.
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THIS WEEK
$1.50
COPYRIGHT
FOR $1.10
BOOKS
SEE OUR
WINDOW
THIS WEEK
Ladies' Waists
of tbe regular $2.25
and 250 kind,
good styles and un
qualifiedly the beat
waiat bargains in
this country.
Choice this sale
$1.00 ?
Ladies' Shirt Waist Suits
We ask vou to note partic
larly the fact that .pricea
here quoted are little high
er , than , actual cost o
making. . ;
$12.50 Silk Shirt Waist Suits
$8.00
$10 Lustre Suits in
Brown and BlacK.
$6.35
Blue,
50 pair
Slippers.
$1.25 Children's
79c
CALICO, as much
as you want,'a yd
APKUra biiiunAivia
PERCALE -
None to Merchants
4!
4'
5'
All Ladies' Hats
HALF PRICE
100 pair, $1.50 and
Misses Slippers.
$175
$1.19.
Boys Suits
valuea up to 13.50, good
aeaortment .
$1.95
Men's Coats and Vests
in all wool, black and fancy
worsteds,, regular $10
valuea. . ." ,
y.ffw
$5.35
Men's Pants
$2.25 and: $2 50 panta, in
all wool and mixed wor-
attsd and chaviota.
$1.65
t
50c,' 75c Men'f Straw Hats
Choice 25c
LARGE GATHERING
AT DESTRUCTION
BySoripps News Association
1'ortamontb N . II July 22 A thou
sand people gathered here today to
witness the destrnotion ol tbe Bender
son Point obstruotlon In tbe Piscata-
qua rim by the explosion of forty tons
lot dynamite. All tbe vessels, In tbe
baibor were removed to a safe encnor
a?e, and every precaution was taken to
prevent injury to property or loss oi
life. Govenor UlUan and staff, to
gether witb other distinguished visitors.
arrived this morning and witnessed
I toe explosion. M i se Foster, the
I daughter . of superintendent Foster,
I touched the button wbioh sen', off tbe
I giant charge.
Killed By Bomb
(By Fcrir-ps News dssoolsllon)
BinlTstock Poland ' July U2-Thrs
were killeJ last nlgbt by the explosion
of a bomb Known at tbs ebief of police
at Plelklr. Thirteen others were
wonnded. Inoludirrg tbe chief and his
son. Tbe bomb wss thrown while the
otfiolal waa mfnsllug with the crowd
In the centre of the city.
Mrs Clark LambertOn," of Ord Neb
raska, ia In tbe oity visiting her sunt
FOR SUMMER READING
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Our etock of b oka includea the choicest works of
standard authora aa well aa the latest and moat popu
lar book by contemporary writera. We make a special
effort to secure the new book aa eoon aa their good
neBB and popularity are aseured.
If you wish anything in the book line for atudy
or pleasure, for home reading or to take with you ou
your vacation, it will be rofitabto for you to aee .what
we hrve to offer bfr fore deciding what and where to
buy. Our prkea are alwaya right, .
JjNEWLIN DRUG CO j J
.
WATCHES?
Yea, of course we have
watrhos, the very . bat
watches made. We also
have Clocks, and every
thing in the Jewelry line
J Ii PEARE
Old Jewelry made;to:iook like new Repair work given proirpl
Clocks taken ear of attention. V "
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Call us up on Farmers' Line.
Mra O W Coleman.
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