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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1905)
? I TODAY'S NEWS TODAY 1 ' - 7 '7: : " fawn " t . . : I . If MIUlII od tomorrow. .... .... . if I 'I' I i .r A :( i.i-r. VOLUME IV YESTERDAY'S STORM ! I QUp XiENERAL Considerable Damage in Union, Baker Umatilla tj ;l!t' ' Th wind and dual ttorm yesterday afternoon was surely a record breaker, ; Md tbe way Umatilla . ooonty real mUU cam failing over the bill was not alow, and with, a Telocity tbat moved everything tbat wa i not well F fastened. - Quite annmberef ohitnnsys shad tree war blown ovar and y in a few instanoes boaaea wera wreoara ?. and nameronswoodhanaea wars razail. Tba woodshad at the Methodist ohurcb waa blown ovar luto In atraat and tha bareb steeple waa eluhtly damaged. Tba entire olty waa In darkoesa for about twe boon bat moat of tba , city waa lighted attar eight o'olook Tak ; f log It aa a whole tbera waa cooaider- able damaga dona In various parte of ' Stown. v.. f i; - i,;-S v p Id May Paik the orchard i were el- m-t completely eboit, of, their fruit. Kj ft la aatimated tbat William Hall baa 1000 bote of apple On the gronnd, i?.nd all the oher are heavy losers. i Tbe oioh irda In Fruildale were e!o I damaged In way of loaa ol fruit " How i iwt tbe grower are elated over (be jg'M that wry lew of their treea are " 4t mined. ; . Tba Con ley ware houses at tbe Con- ley spur were wrecked and strewn $ across tba track of tba ' Elgin branch ' M br tha track bad to be built around them. Feooea were more or . aa wrecked all along tba path of tbe lor no. the iniurv to baibed wire irnn. ta waa alight tod most of tba fencing la tbe valley ia of tbia kind. The report from tbe 8ummtrvilU aertfon are to tba r fleet that tha only damage waa tba loaa of aome fruit in aeveral orchards. "" - , '. At Ialand City several large treea! wrra blown down and tha birn on the i GREAT SALE OK SILKS Commencing Monday, August 213 s Another opportunity offered to the public to purchase good staple merchandise at very loW figures. For one week we will place on Our bargain counters our stock in black, ; colored, plain and fancy silks. ; ; " - l .. .... i . '..' ' 1 36 inch Block Taffeta, rogular vlue $150 tf OA! Speoial J -y i incn oiacK tanewi, regular value 00 centa ;! Special '.; ,t. . . . . y 45 inch blkck QrenadineB, regular value fl 60 and l75. Specihl 24 1 la ( Satin DocLest, regular value 50 Special . . . .". . . . , . , 21 inch black Satiu Ducheas, regular $1 50 Special '.t...... 24 inch black Satin Duchess, regular value $1.25 Special 19 inch black Satin Duchess, regular value $1.00 8pecial .1. j 23 inch Peau Da Soie, regular value $1.60 .Special K. . 20 inch -Peau De: Sole,-regular value $1 10 ' Spacial 19 inch Peau Da Soie, regular value $1.00 ' 8perial 19 inch Colored Taffeta Silk, in all the leading , ; shades, regular value 85cent8. 8pecial. .. . . . Fan j silks in all the most wanted patterns for shirt waists and shirt waist suits, regular ' vaiuea, ai.w anai.zo. npeoial .. '- v RIBB0IM SPECIAL 600 jards of all silk extra iulity Mesaelioe. satin Tiffeta, and tbe wanted . ;vld. , especial price LA Counties McCall place la reported badly damag ed'. "- . To add to tha terrora of the wind, a fire wa diaowered in a mannre pile and atraw etaok on the farm of J W Mol;ater, one mila aaat of tbia oity, od it rrqoired heroio efforta of all, iwt h A P ' Dim: And fln Ran. gleadorlf to keep it from destrnyiDg the large new btra) , ' ' Mr and Mre ' Jadd Geer drove over front the Oove thla morniog reporting tha road a wera all awept bare aud free from doat and that mora or leaa damaga waa done to tba orobarda In tba Cove. . .. ' , BAKER CITY ? ; ' Tba atom etro.uk Haker City . - The wind coming from the ana b caaght theblgeew dust pile of the Oregon Lumber Co. and aoatrered tbam all over tbe city. Quite a a Dm her ol abade treee ware mined and aeveral buildinga wrecked. ; ) AT fENDLETON - ; The wiree between La Grands and Pendleton are down, but paaaensera on the moroinir train etate that they never aaw anything like it before In Umatilla, oonnty. They are elat d tbat it did not iait while harvest waa n fnll Maafct'Signa; treea and fenuaaj wra dam ged in many aectiona of the I city. , , r . AT MILTON ' Reporta from Milton are tbat tha torm did great havoc to the heavily ladened orchard ot tbia violnitv and hat the damaae will tun Into tt.a tbouaanda ot dollar. at north powdfr " .. Tin wind an I aand waa quite notice able bnt beyond heing diaaareeabla. little it any damage waa dona ber. .73 1.19 1. 10 1 10 '.89 .74 W .79 -.69 .63 .70 25c oft effecls, 6 inches ... . ... ....... GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. MONDAY. AUGUST 28. One field near flalnee have been Injured AT UMATILLA , Tbe wind blew ao bard aloag tb Colombia tbat In one place tbe paaaen get train waa compelled to atop antll the wue-et waa over, fearing It wonld be awept Into the river. NORTH POWDER STABBING AFFAIR i . . 'm 1. . 1 - ' Obaerver Special f North Powder Aug iS . 8atardey evening el Ilj30 a , tba reault of a drunken row, it I alleg-d F Murray atabbed Will I'eron. The 'wound la over tbe heart and (be victim la In a wrloua condition. The trial will take plaoe tomorrow if Pearaon la able to attend , Both are farmbanda Who ar living nearthiaeilf. . j ,M I . " r ! v.- :) f Sorlppa Nawa Aoolatloa Wooeter Aug 28 A Mr Tag gar t entered coort tbi morniog prepared to Uke tba atand, will awaiting, tha attorneya of the opponent engaged tn a controversy. " Weria and 8m veer called each other liar and the coort threatened to pnniah them both fi r contempt btfor order waa reatored. . Mra Taggart while on tha aUnd aoiri that when aba joined her huaband in tb Pbilllpinea attar a Ion aamratinn aha found bim a greatly changed jnao and believed tbat tbe bardablpa ot the tropical ' campaign , bad injured bl mind . 8b eald he waa ao jealoaa, inat ne magniflad innooant happening into terrible offnnoea.i 8be aocoaed Orrivile goaaipa of having 1 poisoned the uipia a'a mind wifc anfoandeJ aua- picion. FIRE raging! AT GOVE The foreat fire which had been raging la tba foothill timber aklrtlng High valley, whloh lie four, mile oath of Cove, waa carried north over tba ridge Into tbe Cove range yeatar- day and had tha wind not changed ; to tbe north the damase wonld have been very great. At one time the Ore waa within one quarter ol a mila of tha power atatloo of the Grand Bond Electrlo power a tat Ion It did bora tba houa and barn of George White about one and one-half mllea from the Cove ooatoffioa. ..Thla fl destroyed a great dtal Of good timber aDd while at praaent it I not acattpr. Ing, any wind 1 liable to make it a menace to the farmtra In tbe vicinity. Chicago Market Bcrippa New Aaroclatlon Chicago. Aug 28 Wheat cloud at 79'4', corn at 63 and oaU at 20. : SHIPMENTS TO THE ORIENT Ban Pranclaoo. Ana 28. Tha ahlo menta of freight to China by the ateainar Mongolia, which sailed todav. did not auow any aflect of tha bovoott ot American gooda In tb orient. Tbe nip carried 18,000 tonaof merobandia Inolading 1180 too of flour for Hong Kong and 15,000 bale of cotton do mestic for Shaoghai. Gold From Nome Seattle, Ang 27. United gtalea Aa. ayr Frd Wing, in chart af th local aaaay office, baa mad" tb state ment that hie estimate of tbe gold oat pat of Nome for tbe season of liWfi wa $10,000,000. - Thl amount will U tb record for Noma and will exceed tha output of last year by $3,000,000 Mr Wing baaea hi eetimate on tha amount ol gold which baa been aaot ont ol Noma ao far tbia year. Adjourned Horipp New Aaeoolation Tokio Aag 28 T' a ooaaoll ml min. later adjoarnad tbia afternoon. la reported to I . I , g-'-j ? Luumiiuncii vonrcss Hciippa New Aaeociation Portland, Aug 28 Tba National Educational Congreaa convened ber thla morning at tha etpaaition Audi torlom Addrae were delivered by alate oommlaalonerg of ed action, W T Harrl and 8 A Draper, their subject being Unsettled question of onanla ationaand admlniatratlou of ac.hoo'a " Sen jamin Ida Wheeler also delivered an addreaa opnn "Relation of the Pao iflo Coast to the Eduoation of tbe Orient." The aitondanoe I good and the interest la vary marked. The con greaa bid fair to be on ot the moat Intereatiog and beneficial yet held at tbaetpoaltion. ;I ' ' . ; - ; 5 Daring Deed By Borlppa News Aaaociation ; Seattle, Aug 28. Eugene Lambley, a Aortas, saved three oompanioos from drowuiog one half mile opposite the town of Short Lane, Waah , laat ulght. Tt: rrr" rn,td into the water from a canoe daring g utorm Moneooold ewim- Lambley took all aahore then swam three -mile across the lane to gat a boat to . bring lb party Daoa to Beanie. . Tbe leat waa remarkable beoame the water waa io cold and a baavy aea running. WIRE "-"'X i ::' ' i . Coronor J. O. llenrv tbia afternoon received word tl.at Lenord Carrjl, waa aeaj rrom th affeot of ooming In oontact with a live wire. Iha facta in the eaae aa near aa can ha larned at thla time ar tbat the Grand Ronda Electric company' wire are' down at a point near the Hemp brother' farm, wniro l aboot three mllea eaal ot Hot Lake, and that partlea living near there bad plaoed tha wirea upon the lence ana trial yoona (Jarroi knew thla lobe a fact and waa allowing1 aome persona where tbe wire bad been, and plaoed nl hand upon the fence, bat not directly npon a wirer. The inc board, formed a oondaotor and tbe entire current passed through the plank and into the yonog man's body, causing Instant death. ; Lenord Carrol was about twenty three year of age and unmarried. He is related to Mrs Cooper, .of ynlon, and was. In the employ ot Hempe brothers at the time tbe accident took plaoe Tbe wire bad been down since yesterday' atorm. bnt noon in th naigbborhood bad taken tbe trouble to inform tbe company of the fact. ' " ' " ' .", Taft and Party Arrives. (By Bcrippa News Association. ) ' Manila. Aug.. 28-8irelarv Taft and party arrived at Olonga, Olongapo loaay at nine o'clock.. Olongapo Is tbe naval base for the Island Went Down ; n ; , Sorlppa News Association Jaokaonuill, Fla.'Aog 23. 1'he American steamship Tecoulc runnlna betwein Philadelphia and Mew Or laona carrying coal was caught In a gala last night and sank earrvlnor duorn twanty of tb twenty two men wblcb comprised the crew.- The two aarvlv- reached Amelia ialaod t jday. ' Struck by Lightning (8crlppNw Aaaociation) . Portland. Ang 28. Whll examlnin. tb reoord Uftt.v mountain ollmbera ou tbe commit of Mount Hood yeoter day, ur. and Mr M W Lyon, of tb Smithaonlan Inatitnte, and golde Mark Walgart, were struck by light oing and wer proatratad. They were reacucd laat night br a Dartv from Cinud Cap. in a aeml couaciou eco- dition. .: v ' Fireman Killed lly Hcrippt New Aaaociation l4naport, lud., Aug 28 A Pan handle axcuralon train from Cincinna ti v derailed ber thla moruing. rireaian Waller Overman waa kllle uJ aaginaer Patrick Grady fat all), huit and Ave paaaeogera were allgbti LIVE KILLS 1905 JAPAN YIELDS ASKS NO! fcrlpp Newa Aaaoriatlon i Portsmouth Ang 8 Witte this morning waa akid about the report sent out to the effect that tb Presi dent bad been authorized by Japan to waive all question cf Indemn'.ty and to offer to sell Baghalin. Th redemp tion price to lie liied by a mlsed com mission composed of the representa tives of the neutral power ol Europi He a tales i "That it waa merely at Inoorrect version of what I explained a few day ago. It i. an altemnl of Japan to get indemnity noder another name, Russia Kieoted it." t i Fortamooth Ana 28 3 n m BulUtlnL The Japanese envoy have roeivd a cable from Tokio and sy the counoll of aiat at iu z.1 'n-?-'' - cessions to Knssla and trat a new pre position ill be aubmitted at tba mu ing tomorrow. i : Ji': Great Increase j ' fieri pp Kw Association. San Francisco Aug 38 Th director of th Southern Pacific at a meeting held In tbia olty today voted to in crease tbe capital stock of the conf pany to one hundred sixty million dollar to provide a complete new qnipment and alsor to tak np all outstanding mortgage Issues. Ta money baa already been raised. ' ' j Will Investigate Borlpps Newa Association Seattle, Aog 28. A special dispatch from Washington state that teeretary Bohnapart will mak a thorough in vestigation of tba alleged graft in th foget Pound navy yard at ' Bremerton SAVING jWIJETHER YOU BUY OR SELL : v ' . .. . . V " ' ''' " If you have any second hand , school books to sell you'll fain by bringing them In wi'th-J out a day's delay. If you wish to buy SK0ND HAND You will get bottom prices and the - pick of the best ones by buy ing at onse, ; We have to turn these books quickly to, come out j even and urge you to attend to this at your earliest opportunity, nothing can be gained by waiting.-. j ' ;.zx We have a superior line of everything In school supplies this year and are prepared to make it worth your while to see us. ' ; NEWLIN " Jt!MOrr ' ,ti iiwiulk UJ INDEMNITY PorUmoulh. Aaa 89. TK i.t. ' VI tn peace negotiation. K... . i : bvany maaas. Man maaaaaaa tr. pataed between tbe. envoy and tbelr govaramenU but annonnoameat has bean made tbat nothing baa been re ceived that change the situation In . w toast. Botb side are .landing arm. Hpokeaman for Mn .xA v. mttra aay that there la ao bod far Pc. - A :., ,.,, , . MAf GET TOGETHER ' ! Portsmouth. An VfL a .or m . Tbat there la high authority for the statement that thar la an nnofflolal undsraUndlng whloh waa reached Sat urday by th envoy which waa based apon tb withdrawal of Indemnity by Japan upon tbe demand of Baaaia and th giving aaauracoe that ibay wonld tat ap iim ww umswUm h ... " ,r; ot concluding paies, It (a ald that' this waa liiacttsaad today by tha Hifca do with tb ministera. - . . Foul Play (Scrlpps News Aaaociation) Butte, Aug 28.I4Jm. A Baed, wood chopper, who baa bn mlaaing lac early In Jan; we fcohd war dered yesterday Dear Phlilldaborg. U had bran shot and earth piled over hla oorpM and a tree felled over M tad grave. Bobbery I believed was tb motlv for hi murder, '.v;-.: cT j Land Frauds r--. . ? .xj i r? ; ;. , : ; : c:"i . : By Sotipp Nws Assoelatloa Portland Aug J8- BUpben Frrl ot Portland, aud John Mitoball ol Lln oolo, wei witnesses bslore tbe federal court investigating land frauds on Billets raaervatioa tbi aftarnoon.l 1 SCHOOL BOOKS DRUG CO. ?