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VOLUME IV
YESTERDAY'S STORM
! I QUp XiENERAL
Considerable Damage in Union, Baker
Umatilla
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' 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
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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. ; ;
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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. - .
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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--. . ?
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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
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