La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, October 22, 1906, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextKep Your Mo n V At " H r m a a - a t . . ' . w . , v w , u c n i n e Town G r o ""iiinr r ' " ' ' - LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 22 1906 ' - - . NUMBER 2 3 mm, snow shim MINNESO TA But fiercest or ail is t&e Wind rod Snow storm mat has Raised Havoc With Oftdem Uta&-Transcontinental Passenger Traffic (Scrlpps News Association) Elli. Kan.. Oct. 22-There it a terrific storm raging here. Passenger traffic both east and west is at a etandstiU Kansas was swept by today by one of the worst storms in years. Eastern Col orado is banked with snow. Local It it not likely that passenger number 5 will arrive in La Grande tonight. hereJi morning did not arrive until after he o'clock this afternoon and the additional storms in Wyoming will com pletely annul passenger trains from the east. Numbor six this morning will no doubt be turned and come back as num ber I tomorrow morning. Mobile. Ala., Oct. 23 The steamer Harold this morning reports a terrible hurricane in Honduras on Oct. 12. Ves sels were wrecked and buildings in the The Myriad Service Garment Have you ever consiclerecf how desirable a "Mackinette' Rain-Coat is? P.cpe? ovist garment for Fu!! Dr"5 zn.i Ir.f'irmal occa ians: reliable during rain or :-ir.e. sv.it :'oIc a a Spring; i'V' .K.rrowrv in short, ' .:vc. .'...I outer gar .f0.---.j;i. v. : if. one erst '. r c v.gct the ;;' i:!.,.....i-Model meet You are cordially invited to. inspect this beautiful line of Raincoats A. V. Andrews : TAILOR. HABERDASHER aaaavassst I L J H. PEARE. S WW OVER COLORADO KANSAS WYOMING inland towns destroyed. The fruit crops were ruined and the plantations' damage will reach the million mark. Ten thou sand bunches of bananas were washed into the sea at Ruatam. The damage was tremendous thruoutthe West Indies. FRIGHTFUL AT OGDEN Ogden. Oct 22 For the past thirty six hours Utah has been in the clutches ot a snow storm and wind storm that hst shut off all communication with outside cities. The city has been damaged to the extent of one hundred thousand dollars. Buildings are blown down, plate glass has been broken, in fact there is scarcely a whole plate glass in the business dis trict. The Catholic church on lower 26 street has blown down. The new smelter is a total wreck, the Weber State Acad emy and Normal school for the deaf and bline is badly damaged, and over a hund red residences are unroofed. All traffic between Salt Lake City and this city has been cut off. Trains from the east are tied up beyond here. The blizzard is reaching eist across Wyoming. One man was killed here. His name is Heber Biggs and just prior to his death was walking on the street. A flying plank hit him in the neck break ing it instantly. Several have been injur es by flyingdebris. SALT LAKE STRUCK Salt Lake, Oct. 22. The city was again in darkness last night owing to the storm. For twenty-four hours the wind w.iich blew at the rate of sixty miles per hour abated before midnight. Two thous and trees are down, telephone communi cation is cut off, chimneys destroyed and many res:aences unroorea. inree men are reported dead and many casualties.The district between Farminglon and Brigham City is the storm center. An automobil ist reported that haystacks were carried miles, barns demolished, farm houses oveiturned. No trains have left the Ore gon Short Line since Saturday afternoon. The depot at Farmington was blown ocross the tracks and it is impossible for the wrecking crew to woik in the wind i The waves on Salt Lake ran as high as twenty feet. The Utah Independent Pack ing Company's plant in north Salt Lake was blown over and ruined by "fire: The street car service in the city was resumed today and this is considered the worst ttorm in the history of Utah. STORM IN MINNESOTA Duluth, Minn., Oct. 22 A snow ttorm visited the entire northwestern portion of this state today. Communication has been interupted and traffic is at a stand still. Aramillo, Tex. Oct. 22 A panhandle grass blizzard is ragging here. The ranches are covered with ice and the loss is unknown but it is certainly large. FARMERS BUSINESS CONGRESS (Scrlpps News Association) Kansas, City, Oct. 22. The Farmers' Co-operative Business Congress con vened here today. The interstate com merce commission also began an investi gotion here today in regard to the rela- ; tions of the railroads to the grain, elevat- ors and grain handler. SEEING IS BELIEVING is a proverb especially true of our business. If we examine your eyes and fit you with glasses you must believe in us. For you will see better than you ever did with those old window glass spectacles EVERYTHING to aid the sight can be found here. And vou know or have heard .of our moderate charge method. Repairing Promptly done Jeweler and Optician CANDIDAET ARRESTED "crlppt News Association) Boise Oct. 22 Coroner Farmer wat thit morning arrestedjat Weiser by sheriff Landen of Washington county, charged with embezelement and falsifying the public records. Landen it a candidate for secretary of the ttate. The arrest has caused a political stir as the camp agin is now on. .TOO EXPENSIVE (Scrlpps Newt Association) Indianapolis, Oct. 23 After years of work, the special committee today report ed to the governor that insurance costs tne people too much on account of the companiet excesses and recommended a yearly dividend la w. DIAMOND JUBILEE (Scrlpps News Association) Cincinati, Ohio, Oct. 22 Founded on the 22nd. of Oct. 1831 the Catholic Tele graph today celebrates its Diamond Jubi lee. The Jubilee edition is adorned with a cut of Archbishop Moeler and St Pet ers Cathedral and contains much ecclesi- ostical data showing the growth of Cath olicity in Cincinnati. ( ine wucox Lumber Company, com posed of H.G. Wilcox, pres., H. E. Wilcox secretary and treasurer, and L. H. Russ ell of this city, manager, has been organ ized with a capital stock of $100,000 paid up. The company has purchased the mill and holdings of the National Lumber Company on Ladd creek and in addition has purchased considerable tim berland in the same locality, in all about 30,000.000 feet and in the market for more. In the spring they expect to build an up-to-date new mill with capacity of 60.000 feet per day. The two Mr. Wilcoxs' have rented two new houses of Mr. Bohnenkamp which they expect to occupy about the first of the year. They left last night for their home in Indiana to arrange their business and their families will return with them. Mr. Russell, the manager, will commence log ging and preparing for an early run in the spring, in a few days. This means anoth er nice pay roll for this city. REV. JONES DEAD The funeral services of the late Rev. Dr. Dixon Jones will be held at the Episcopal church at 1 1 o'clocd Sunday morning.This is the hour at which the deceased rector had made arrangements for a special children's service and the day before his death Portland friends had endeavoerd to induce him to remain in that city over Sunday, but he refused explain ing that he would not disappoint the children of Pendleton under any consider ation. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. A. A. Morrison, rector of the First Episcopal church of Portland. Pendleton Tribune. TAfT WILL SPEAK (Scrlpps News Association) Washington, Oct. 22. It is announced today that Secretary of War William H. Taft will make political speeches in Idaho, Ohio, Baltimore and possibly in Speaker Cannon's district. BUSINESS CHANdE J. G. Wagner today sold his harness business to Chnstofferson & Stringham, and the stock will be moved to the room occupied by the latter firm. Mr. Wagner has been a resident of this city about five months, but during that time he has made many friends here and his departure will be regretted by many. He will leave in a short time in search of a new location but hit family will remain here until the first of the new year. ANOTHER SAW1 OMPANY WABASH RAILROAD BONDS INCREASED (Scrlpps News Association) Toledo, Ohio Oct 22-A special meet ing of the stockholders of the Wabash Railroad Co. was held here today at which it was decided to incease the $2,000,000 of 4 per cent bonds and the capital stock to the amount of $1S 1,000,000, These bonds wnich are refunding are to be for fifty years and the existing bonds are to be retired and the amount left after this is done will be used for the betterment of the property. Of the increase in capi tal $16.5000,000 is to be preferred stock and $91,000,000 is to be common stock. SCARCITY OF LABOR (Scrlppa News Association) New YorkT Oct 22 So great it the scarcity of labor in Georgia, Alabama and Kansas that the progress of several railroads it being greatly retarded. In Georgia the construction of teveral linet it almost at a standstill and the same complaint comes from Arizona and New Mexico. A labor agent here has announced ffc ! p ' ..... uiiwiiiati mm iimuj at 20,000 up tomorrow. ROBBERS THWARTED (Scrlpps News Association) Vergennes, III.. Oct. 22 Robbers were discovered in placing the third charge of dynamite under the safe of the Floyd bank in this city this morning, by Abraham Kimmell, whom the theives shot fatally and fled at the approach of other citizens and escaped with only $100, which had been taken from a drawer in a store, which wat located in the same building. DESTRUCTIVE f 0 REST EIRE (Scrippa News Association) Salina. Cal., Oct. 22 The latest reports confirm the news that forest fires which were started near Palo, Colorado three weeks ago, are still burning fiercely with no hopes of being extinguished. The fire has spread over thirty miles and unless it rains soon there is no estimate of the final loss. The loss to cattle, timber and pas ture fences is already immense. YORK STATE (Scrlpps News Association) New York, Oct. 22 Secretary Root opened the Republican campaign in the Carnegie Hall here this afternoon. Secy. Shaw and speaker Cannon have also been billed to speak here. One of the most active campaigns in the history of the party in this state is planned. The entire state will be stumped and an especial effort will be made to reach the younger voters by placing young men upon the platform. GAME PLENTIFUL IN MAIN Ccrlpps Nevs Association) Bangor. Me., Oct. 22 According to reports brought down from the woods by men who have been camping and canoe ing game is very plentiful this year having wintered well and enjoyed better protec tion than usual this summer. According to Fish and Game Commission Statistic; 25,000 deer and 600 mojses are killed every season in the Maine woods the bes. hunting being in the regions about Pen obscott river, Moosehead Lake and Aroo stook county. The season closes Dee. 15. WORSE THAN REPORTED ' (Sort I ps News Association) Havana. Oct 22 Report coming in show tremendous losses thruout the island as a result of the recent storm, and is much greater than was at first reported. The rivers in many districts overflowed, and destroyed the crops. STHL RAifi BONAPARTE (LOSES SA100NS SECT ROOT TO (AMP Al W1D0WS0N NAY BE A JEKYL HYDE PERSONAGE Pine. Oct. 20-New evidence has been discovered here in the Moody murder mystery, evidence which the local officers consider of much importance. They re fuse however to divulge or discuss its nature, and are simply working on their clues until facts are absolutely certain. Then, it is hinted new arrests may be made. The local authorities last evening were in communicati n with the district attor ney, the sheriff and Messert. Hyde and Strayer. Moody't attorneyt by phone, and disclosed to them, it it said, the nature of their discoveries. The newt wat not taken to be of great importance however, ItV th Dl- ma I.. ...L- - , ; said, to come back to Pine at the request PRISON DOORS (LANG AND BURTON IS A PRISONER (Scrlpps News Association) St Louis Oct. 22 Ex-Senator Burton arrived here this morning and surrendered himself to the United States Marshall. He will begin his six month's sentence in the Iron county Jail atlrnoton Missouri He was accompanied by his wife and little neice who will live in I ronton during ex-senators incarceration. Mrs. Burton (Scrlpps News Association) Vallejo, Oct. 22-Secretary of the Navy Bonoparte's letter to Mayor Madigan, ordering him take means to close all sa loons of Vallejo immediately, under threat of closing down the Mare Island Navy yard, and thus throwing down and out of TELEGRAPH AGENT RESIGNS After a continual service at telegraph agent for the Western Union, Mrs. R. N. Houser, has resigned. She will have charge of the local office until the 1 0 of this month, after which she will retire from the telegraphic field. The Houser family will continue to make La Grande their home, however, for some time at least. During that long term of service Mrs. Houser has been most proficient and deligent. Her successor has not oeen announced. SECURITY from serious throat and lung troubles depends on two things: first, securing the right remedy; second, using it in time. We are confident that the rem edy most certain to give prompt and satisfactory results in the curing of colds and coughs is Newlin's Vhite Pine Expectorart. A FAIR PROPOSITION you are apt to have a cold this season. want to cure it as quickly as possible. with the understanding that if it fails have your money back. Price 25 and NEWLIN DRUG CO. La Grande, of the local men, who were instructed to continue searching along the lines of their new clues. Sheriff Rar.d was unable to come in response to the tummont tent him, but it is understood Deputy sheriff Bert Cavi- ness is in Eagle Valley and may possibly come on over into Pine befor e returning to Baker. Inquiry at the therifft office thit after noon revealed the fact that sheriff Rand had been called on official business to Sumptersand that Mr. Cavinest wat in Eagle valley. Deputy Ike McCorddid not know of any message from Pine, and could not say whether Sheriff Rand had .received notmcatton or r.ot. Baker City' Herald. affectionately placed her hands' on her husband't arm and taiJ "I have never been so proud of my husband as I am thit moment." The former brilliant senator wat con victed of practicing law while engaged at a tenator. In 1891 he wat elected at a republican senator from Kansas to succeed Lucien Baker. His term would have ex pired in 1907. employment over two thousand men, wat received here today. The letter is pointed and created a tensation. There are ninety-two saloons in Vallejo. Tht Mayor has not announced his decision in the matter. SEATS NOW ON SALE The advance tale for Parsifal began this morning and before noon the board looked as if a cyclone had struck it from both sides. It will certainly be a record breaker for the teason. We would sug gest that those who with to attend se cure their seats at once to save disap pointment. Those who attend should not loose sight of the fact that the curtain will go up promptly at 7:45 and that all must be seated by that time or wait standing for the intermission between the acts. A cough will result and you wilt We want you to try this remedy to give entire satisfaction you are to 60 cents. Oregon.