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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY. MARCH 16. 1906
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(Scripps News Association)
. Washington, D. C., March 16. It li
givtn out thit morning from good author
ity at th Whit Housa that Secretary
Taft had potibvtly daclinad to accept tha
appointment of Associate Justice of tha
suprtmtcotrt of tht United State. Ha
ha held tha matter under apecial consid
eration tha past few daya and arrived at
the conclusion lata last night -, . -
' The following statement is given out at
tha White House that after . Secretary
called at tha White House and announced
hit intention of declining" the" honor, "Tha
President will consider longer the list of
names given him, which will'contain that
of Secratary Taft, but no announcement
willb given out in "the near future.
When tha secretary was told of thitttatt
mtiitTh't merely said "that's all right,"
At noon today Secretary Taft was
seen by a representative of tha Scripps
Newt Attociation, and said: "My decision
regarding the acceptance of the judgeship
dot not really effect tht question definite
ly. Clt simply will result In tht postpon
meni of tht appointment. ' It it not defin
ately settled yet"
? : DPPOSmON KILLED
(Scripps News Association)
New York Mar. 1 6 Disappointed in
surance officials say that , Hamilton
speech bat practically killed oppsition to
tht proposed Armstrong bill which it now
before tht legislature. " "
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New skirts, in street and dress wear 2.50 up
New ladies' Jackets - 6.00 up
New shirt waists - - - J5 up
t New corsets - - . .50 up
New ladies shoes ., ,.- - 1.50 up
New men's
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. .. RUSSIAN REFUGEES
(Serlppe Newt Association)
. San Francisco, March 1 6. Aboard the
transport Thomae from Manila, among
other passengert, wat tht wift of Consul
R T nMr nf VIHIf 1 ...
forced to flee for her life during the riots
of January 25. The vessels brought nine
Russian stowaways, five of whom art
Cossacks and admit belonging to tht
Russian army. They all claim to have
plenty of money and will be permitted to
land. .
BOTH ACCUSE
(Scripps Newe Association)
Lot Angeles. Mar. 1 6 At a culmina
tion of tht graft charges. Mayor McAleer
attempted to forcibly throw Councilman
Houghton from his office thit morning.
Houghton demanded that tht mayor provt
tht charges. . Tht mayor and tht council
accuse each other of grafting in connec
tion with the franchise of tht Salt Lake
road. , ' -
THEY ARE
(Serlppe Newt Association)
New York, March 16. When District
Attorney Jerome wat questioned about
tht Hamilton speech and at to what act
ion he would take stated, that he had
nothing to say regarding the situation at
this time. There it a panicky feeling in
insurance companies. They are afraid of
what Hamilton may tay if he it pressed.
Af RAID OE
HAMILTON
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THE OPPORTUNITY
brings something new, and there is not a day that you
or sobe kind. They are always pleasing to the eye. and
style than usual, not to forget the prices, which are
MENTION OP A FEW OF THE LATEST ARRIVALS
shoes - -
New ladies' collars
New ribbons -New
shirts -New
Petticoats
New fancy vests
New men's hats
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THE HORROR
UTAH AND CALIFORNIA EXPRESS AND THE IFADYILIF
LOCAL MEET DURING BLINDING SNOW STORM '
(Bcripps Newt Association) " "'
Denver, Mar. 16 One of tht most
awful wrecks in the history of western
railroading took place thit morning at two
twenty at a little station known on tht
railroad map at Abode, four milet tast of
Flortnct. Tht wreck it tht rttult of a
collision between the Utah and California
express and a Leadville local. Tht Utah
and California train wat doublt headed.
At the time of tht accident a terrific
snow storm wat In progress. '! - v' " "
According Jo the first reports mort than
forty passengert and trainmen art known
to bt dead. The cause of tht wrtck It
said to havt been tht result of a miscar
riage of orders by tht dispatcher at
some divitsion point A ftw moments
after tht trains struck. Art brokt out
among tht wreckage and many were
burned to death. Expreti messenger
McCartland wat badly injurtd and pinned
under tht wrtckagt and burntd to death
while friends stood helplessly by unable,
to render tht least assistance. They
threw tnow over tht burning man in tht
hope that they might save .hit lift but
there efforts wtre unavailing.
. PRBPARINO DEATH LIST
The railroad auditors aro preparing a
report of the dead and injurtd. Dozens
of tht injured have been taken to Pueblo.
Many of those taken there it it thought
will not turvivt day, at many of them
were not only injured by tht splintered
timbers, but art also badly burned.
. COOKED ALIVE ' ' -'
A man and hit wift while trying to
escape Mirough a . broken window were
caught by a rod and wen burned alive,
whilt willing handt were in tht vtry act
of effecting their rescue. A lint wat
formed and men grasped tht man's han Is
and drtw him' from tht coach. Whilt in
tht act of pulling him forth, tht flesh
came from tht bontt of his hand, and he
died a second after reaching a place of
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2.00 up
.15 up
.01 up
50 up
.85 up
1.25 up
1.50 up
GRAHD OFflClAL REPORT
OF SITU AT10N
safety. ' Hit wift and their child wert
burned before a rescue could bt made.
EIRST OOACA A DEATH TRAP
A majority of tha dead passenger
were in tha first coach of tht west bound
train. - Tha exact number of the dead will
never be definitely known, at this coach
with tan mort wtrt consumed bv fira.
Nothing remains now but tht blacktned
timbers, tht twisted rods and piles of
human ashes. '
THOUOHT OP OTHERS WHILE BUrNINO
One man, whose 1 namt will probably
ntvtr bt known, though whilt burning by
inches, and with a horrible death .con
fronting him,' wat tvtn then considerate
of hie fellow sufferers, and though badly
injurtd and pinned under the burning
wrtck, called to those who were endan
gering themtelvet to rescue him, to tavt
themselves. He called in a loud voice,
every syllable expressing anguish and
torture, "I am too badly injured to want
to live, aava yourselves." A few mom
enta later he had ceased to breathe.
BOTH TRAINS LATE
Both traint wtrt late and were trying
to make up lott time, and the survivors
state that tha west bound train wat run
ning it a terrific rata of speed, -and that
when the collision took place, tht shock
was sufficient to throw tht passengers all
in one end of the coaches and many of the
seats wert jarred loose and were hurled
upon the passengert. Firt brokt out al
most simultaneously with tht impact of
tht two traint.
This it without doubt tht worst wreck
ever occurring in the state of Colorado. .
All occupants of the sleeping cart e
captd, and it it beleived that if tht wreck
had not taken fire the death loss would
have been comparatively light. Those in
the tleeping cart say tht impact oc
casioned by the collision wat very light
The mail clerk. L. H. Rose, of Denver
sayt that at soon as he discovered that
something was wrong ht jumped, and at
that time tht intirt tidt of tht train seem
ta to oe one mass or namt. I here wert
many hair breadth ttcapts, several being
thrown completely through the car wind
ows and tvtn then escaping , without
serious injury.
FAMILY OF NINE KILLED
Of tht Htwitt family, of Loeb, Kansas
which consisted of tleven members, all
but two wert killed. Tht two tuvivort
art badly injured and may dit. . ,
OPPICIA STATEMENT
Dtnvtr Mar. 16 At three p. m, today
tht official statement issued by the
Denver and Rio Orande places the death
list at not over fifteen, and tht injurtd in
the neighborhood of twenty.
Tht following it a partial list of thost
killed or injured. The list it incomplete
and it It thought improbable that tht
complete list will ever bt secured.
KILLED
WILLIAM HOLLIS, division engineer.
' HUGH SUDDUTH, fireman on east
bound train
. HEWITT FAMILY, nine known to bt
dtad
S. H. SWEENEY, passenger, Trenton
Mo. .
INJURED
GEORGE BRADSHAW. Chicago
S. W. FIELDS. Uramie Wyo. .
' PHILIP PETERS. Florence. Colo.
' JAMES TROCIENE. Florence. Colo.
R. I. JONES, Denver, mail weigher.
W. A. WATK1NS. Denver '
W. R. PAGE. Yuma Colo
RALPH BRITTON, Brighton, Iowa
MABEL E. FIELDS, Wolcott Colo.
ARTHUR E. HEWETT. LeboColo.
MYRON PHILIPS, Salt Lake City,
ankle hurt,
W. F, PAUL, Portland Oregon, foot
injured.
L. C. RANCOTTAM, San Francisco,
neck Injured.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OROWS
Denver, Mar. 1 6 The railway officials
at three thirty today issued another
official statement in which they place th
estimated death litt at fifty and the
injured at twenty-five. Officials of the
roads wtrt at tht tctnt of tht accident
within two hours after tht wreck occured.
MANY PERSONS MM
BATTLESHIP OREGON
(Scripps Newt Association) '
Washington. D. C. March 16. The
battleship Oregon, now on Its way from
Japan to tht United States, has been, or
dered not: of wi..aw rf l
to the United States it will ' at once bt
taken to the Mare Island Navy Yard near
San Francisco, to be extensively over
hauled and thoroughly modernized. ; It Is
expected that the work on tha battleship
will probably consume alt summer and
the ship will not be placed In commission
again until tome time in tht fall. !
' COMMITTEE AT WORK ;
(Scripps Newa Association) ''
Indianapolis, March 16. Tha miners
convention it not working thit morning.
Fighta are being made before tha - com
mittee on the scale of wagos. The com
mittee has decided to reply to the anthra
cite operator's refusal to yeild to their
demands. , ,
.(Scripps Newa Association)
Omaha, Mar. 16 There it consider
able excitment in thit city regarding the
large number of hold-ups and murders
whioh have taken place here reoently. A
mob' gathered at the jail thit morning,
and demanded three negroes, who, it It
alleged, have confessed to the hold-up
and shooting of Edward Fluey, the ttrttt
car conductor who died yesterday. A riot
call was sounded, which brought forty
policemen who quickly dispersed the mob.
There wert some tort htadt but no ar
rests.
OMAHA
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La Grande, Oregon. " j . . J
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unions :
(Scripps Newa Association) '
Cincinnati, March 16. Jutige
Ferrit
today refused to grant an injunction to ;
the Campbell Perkins Company against f
their employes, who are members of tht '
Leather Workers Union, declaring that
while the employers had a right to hlrt
and discharge whom they see fit, tht tm- '
ploytt had tht right to quit with or with' "
out a specified reason. He alto said .tha
law gave .the men tht rights of organiza-. ,
tion and could do anything thati an Indiv-' -idual
could do. Ht laid that tvtn "pick- .'i
sting" wat undtr certain restrictions lagal.
LONO) OONPERENOI
Presideqt Mitchell for tha past two 1
hours hat been in conference with Rob-
bins, tht leader of tht bituminout operat-
ore. Upon retiring from tht conference .
he refused to discuss what occurred.
J REMOVES All DOUBT
(Serlppe Newt Association) C ; S
Lot Angeltt. March 16. Tht action of J
Mayor McAlttr In vetoeing th ordinance
prohibiting boxing contests, txctpting in I
certain ttctiont of tht tighth ward, rt-
moves all legal barriers against holding
tht Gant-Sulli van fight and tht match t,
will be pulled off tha chutes at tha bast- i
ball park at scheduled. Tht referee has '
not yet been selected. , . " -i
GRAIN MARKETS ,;J
(Borlppa Newa Association) :' j '
Chicago, March 1 6. Wheat opened at-- -76V
closed 7B?; corn opened at 45;,
closed at 45; oatt opened at S4,; ,
closed at 29. - '
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