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VOLUME VI
STEAMFR WITH THIRTY EIGHT
PASSENGERS SINKS Off
1 Seattle. Nov. I3n a eolhsion ,t sea
bitween steamer D,x and the steamer
Vann,e near Alki P0,nt last night., the
.' On wa, ,unk It i, believed that thirty
'gnt of the ninety-seven souls on board
the illfated vessel when it left Seattle,
went down.
The Dix left Seattle at seven o'clock
for Port Blakely and the .!.:. ...u.-u :.
" i ,re'8hter. left at the same ' time" fo?
Tacoma.
The pilot on the Dix had evidently mis
judged the distance covered by both vessels
for when at a point five miles off
Seattle harbor, he ran in front of the
Jeannie. .Going at fuH speed, the Jeannie
cfMhed into the Dix, striking her amid
SJp aod knocking a whole in the bow at
the water.line. ,The injured vessel, al
most immediately, keeled over and went
down in 600 fathoms of water.
Whenjhe ves els collided, a panic en
sued on the Dix, but most of the pass
engers were in the cabins and so swiftly
did the vessel go to the bottom that but
few had time to escape. Some succeeded
W gaining the deck and these, with a
majority of the crew, were rescued.
The Jennie turned about and spent
th night in cruising over the scene of the
d'satitr but was unable to find any of
the missing. The survivors all blame the
Jeannie for the awful accident. '
The officer of the Jeannie affirm that
every precaution was.used to avoid the
accident, but the general opinion is that
.crews-of both ships are to blame.
runowmg are me missing; w. Boulet,
C. Boyler, Fred PTggot, W. Beyler and
brother, Boulet, Heter Buzzatti, wife and
b Mrs. Tet and son, Mrs. T. C. Ford,
wife of the superintendant at Port Blakely
Mill, Frank McCarrie, John . Kealing, A.
Webster, H. Blair, Martin Hanson. Albert
McDprMto, Swanson, William Bracell,
Peter Rrsen, Roland H. Price and son,
five Chinese, five Japanese all of Port
Blakely; C. J. Kenny U. S. A, J. Parker.
Engineer on the Dix, C. Denison, Mate of
the Dix who was piloting the steamer
when it was wrecked, Charles Williams,
Ballard, Bazzinia Garcia.
The Steamer Jeannie belongs to the
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Alaska Coast Company, and the Dix was
the property of the Alkl Transportation
Company of this city.
STANDARD DIRECTOR ARRESFD
Scrip pi News Annotation)
Findlay, Ohio. Nov. 1 9. S. P. Mcintosh,
director of the Standard Oil Company
came to this city this morning, and was
immediately arrested. He went to Judge
Duncan's court, where he gave bonds to
the amount of $1000. to appear on date
of trial. J. D. Rockefeller's attorney was
permitted to appear for him and give the
required bond. Directors Vilas and Rob
erts arrived in the city later in the after
noon, and gave bonds.
THANKFUL If THEY GET TURKEY
Pendleton. Or., Noy. 1 9. Turkeys will
be short for Thankgiving here. Few have
been, offered as yet to the local dealer
Farmers report that turkeys did not do
well this year, and the supply will be
about half what it usually is. One firm
which shipped over 1 000 turkeys to the
Portland and Seattle markets last year,
will not make any shipment at all this
year, and the dealers will do well if they
supply the local market.
ART EXHIBITS 111 PHILADELPHIA
(Scrlppa News Association)
Philadelphia, Pa. Nov. 1 9. The eigh
teenth annual exhibition of paintings and
sculpture, under tne auspices of the Art
Club of Philadelphia, was postponed to
day. There is a larger and more varied
collection of exhibits than at any previous
exhibition. The exhibition will remain
open until December 18th.
RETURN TO WORK
(Scrlppe News Association)
Minneapolis, Nov. 19 President of the
United Mine Workers, John Mitchell, today
announced that he had ordered 1,600
miners at Fernie to return to work after
an idleness of two months. Mitchell says
that he does not expect hereafter that the
operator will employ non union men.
Black! Black!! Black!!!
Black coats
for ladies' is what we have
jnst received by express. This is
what the people have been crying for.
We have the latest in pearl satin lined, black
satin lined, and coats unlined all 7-8
length. Come and get
first selection.
Wearables
We have receiued
another shipment of Furs
in all the new designs. This is the
season you want a New Fur. We carry the
Wm. H. Miller & Co. line of Furs that
the test of wear.
Prices are within the
teac of everyone
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LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY. OREGON. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 19 190b ' NUMBER 10 -
Sf ATILE BAT
LONG JOURNEY fOR A WIFE -
(Scrlppa News Association)
New York, Nov. 19. A Chinaman,
named Wah Lee, sailed from here today
on the Cunard Liner Compania for Liver
pool. He will trsve'i from Liverooo! on a
Bucknall Liner, through the Suez Canal,
by way of the Straits of Malacca, to Can
ton in China. Wah Lee is making this
journey, three quarters way around
the world, for a bride, who glories in the
name of Suen Tin, Lee, who has amassed
a small pile in Hampton, Va., has never
een hi bride, but his mother has secured
her for him by contract, the price being
$500. Lee has bought his bride, and will
bring her back to Hampton, but her
father, under the contract, must supply
her with enough clothing to last for two
years, and must also supply funds to
furnish the house. Lee pays his own fare.
0LGA NETHERSOLE IN PITTSBURG '
(Scrlppe Newt Association)
Pittsbuig. Nov. 19-Miss Olga Nether
sole, with a powerful company, opened
her American tour here tonight. Her
company includes John Nesbit, Julian
Royce. William Clark, Rosalind Ivan,
Mollie Pearson and Ida Goldsmith. Miss
Nethersole has added to her repertoire,
for this season tour, her own version of
"Adrienne Lecouvreur." She has also
decided to revive "Sappho," "Carmen,"
'Magda," "Canille" and other products
of the emotional stage and she has an
nounced that she will also attempt some
Shakesperian revivals.
DR. (RAPSEY REMOVED
(Scrlppe News Association)
Buffalo. Nov. 19. Bishop Walker, of
the diocese of Western New Yark, this
morning announced that the ecclestial
court upheld tLe decision of the lower
tribunal, removing Rev. Dr. Crapsey from
the Episcopal church. ' The charge were
heresy and the defendant cannot secure a
retrial, the action of the higher court ba
ng final.
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T. H. CRAWFORD RECEIVES ;
CIRCUIT JIM APPOINTMENT
Attorney Thomas H. Crawford, late
Saturday afternoon, received the appoint- ,
ment, from Governor Chamberlain, a
judge of the Tenth Judicial
district, which comprises the counties of
Wallowa and Union, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Judge RoSert
Eakin. which takm n-u .
just prior to his assuming his duties as
supreme judge, to which position he was
elected last June.
Mr. Crawford has been recognized as
one of the leading attorneys of Eastern
Oregon for many year and his appoint
ment will be well received by the business
interests of this district, as he is eminent
RAM 1
THE S
(Scrlppe News Association)
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 19. Reports are
slowly coming in from the storm swept
territory of the Mississippi, and indicate
that the tornado Saturday and Sunday
r.ight was the worst in the history of the
district. It is stated that wires are down
in all directions and railroads are com
pletely blocked. The towns of Winons,
Okolona. Mahon and Tochula are greatly
damaged.
At Techu la a tree blew across a house
killing a woman and child. The bodies
were cremated by the fir which burned
the building after it collapsed. At Mahen
Ben Wooford, a telegraph operator and
his wife were probable fatally injured.
The property damage is tremendous.
Two churches, a negro opera house, the
post office and a number of fine residences
were destroyed.
BLIZZARD IN KANSAS
Kansas City, Nov. 1 9 A heavy snow
reported thruout the West. A high
wind and blizzard i raging. Cattle are
endangered a most of the ranchers are
unprepared.
TORNADO IN ALABAMA
At Athens, Alabama, the state agricul
tural college and ten residences were
blown down. No live were lost.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE ENDORSED
(Scrlpp News Association)
Minneapolis. Nov. 19 The federation
today declared in favor of Woman Suff
rage, with only one dissenting vote, and
adopted a resolution calling upon the
judiciary committee of the House of Rep
resentatives to report a joint resolution
providing for the submission to the sev
eral states for a constitutional amend
ment to allow women to vote. Many
resolutions were passed calling upon con
gress to correct alleged abuses in the
postal branch and the federal service.
Another was to call upon the President
to apply the exclusion act to prevent the
hireing of 'Chinese as seamen, cooks on
vessels flying the American flag.
TERRORISTS AGAIN BUSY
(Scrlppe New Association)
Warsaw. Nov. 19. A government
collector, accompanied by ar, escort of !
soldiers, was attacked this morninir bv I
terrorists' One soldier was killed and I
another severely wounded. The collector !
was also badly injured. The terrorists i
secured one thousand dollars and escaped.
TIGER SKINS DUTY FREE '
(Scrlppa New Association) j
New York, Nov. 19. Today the Cus-1
toms Board of Appraisers announced that j
all tiger skins, in an undressed cond.t.on. '
are free of duty. A very large numier of
tiger skins are annuilly imported into th.s
country for the making of rug?.
KILLED IN (OURT ROOM
(Scrlpps News Association)
Denver, Nov. 1 9. During a trial in the
police court this morning, a disturbance
took place, which resulted in Nick Campos
being (tabbed to death by Sam Caroduais,
who was before the hi-
TORNADO
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ly qualified for the position. '
Mr. Crawford was born in Washington
county, Arkansas, on March 18, 1848
and with his parents in 1870 moved to
Clackamas county, Oregon, and the fol
lowing year entered the Stat Agricul
tural college, taking his degree thertfrom
1 Z7i. (! immediately entered upon a
course of legal study under Judge Stra
had, who afterwards was on the supreme
bench. Mr. Crawford was admitted to
the bar in 1874. and at once commenced
to practice his profession at Da v ton.
Washington, where he was appointed
probate judge. While there he sought
and won the hand of Miss Rosa A. Smith
ROYH MEETINGS
(Sorlpps News Association)
Berlin, Nov. 1 9 The King and Queen
of Denmark arrived here this morning
for the first official visit since the crown
ing. They were met by the Emperor and
Empress and the entire Berlin garrison
was drawn up. The royal party will re
main until tomorrow evening.
PRICES OF FULL RISE
Pendleton, Ore., Nov. 19 It will not
be surprising if the pric of wood jump
as high as $9 or $10 a cord this winter.
The severe weather has driven the
choppers and hauler from the hills and
th suDp y is ex off. Idiho is trying to
buy wood from Eastern Oregon at $6 and
$7 f. o. b. Biker City. Tne pries in
Pendleton and Walla Walla is rising
steadily. As high as $7 a cord is being
paid at some places.
CHINESE MINES ARE RICH
(Scrlppe New Association)
Colorado Springs. Colo.. Nov. 1 9 H
Y. Laing. of Hunon. China who is in this
country studying American Mining meth
ods for the benefit of hi country tell
om interesting facts recardins China
and her mineral resources. In gold, silver,
copper and lead abound in the proninces
of" Thian San. Kuen Len and the desert
of Qobi but the methods of working the
ores now in vogue are crude and most
unsatisfactory as the industry has never
taken anything like the place it should
among the pursuit of the people.
COMPLETING OFFICE BUILDING
After considerable delay, because of
absence from the city, C. R. Thornton
again has a crew of men at work on his
office building, which is located first door
south of th Observer office. The struc
ture will be small, but is adapted to the
wants of M r. Thornton's a rchi tect business.
SHOCKS IN AUSTRALIA
(Scrlpps News Association)
Perth, Australia, Nov. 19. An earth
quake, at S o'clock this afternoon, shook
the entire coast from Alabay to Serk's
bay. It was severe at Perth, Busselton,
Ceralton and Marblebar.
How
Wc Make
You Safe
In buying the preparations that enter largely into prescriptions, we pro
cure those made by houses who use assayed drugs. These are drugs that
have' been subjected to analysis and their medicinal strength determined.
Such preparations cost more than many druggists care to pay, but no other
should go into prescriptions.
Though we employ the highest grade d.ugs. our prices are low and we do
not believe are ever beaten.
NEWLIN
lCVifeV. .n.V.V.
The fruit of this union Is one son, Clarence
H., who for the past few years has been
associated with his father, under the firm
name of Crawford & Crawford. In 1873
h moved to Baker City. and th follow
year moved to Union, where he built up a '
large practice, which he cnntinnoH tn KoM
after mov.ng tothitcity when La Grand
became th county teat.
Mr. Crawford not only hold th re
spect and confidence of the public, but al
so of th bar who know that they will be
permitted to practice before a court thor
ough learned in the law, a Citizen of loyal
spirit and of broad views.
NEGROES OBJECT TO DISCHARGES
New York, Nov. 19. Announcement
was made her today that Colonel Alex
ander S. Bacon and J. Douglas Wetmor.
attorney for th Afro-American council,
have been employed by the soldiers of
Companies B, C and D of the Twenty
fifth infantry, who have been ordered dis
charged without honor from the United
State army, to take steps for their rein
statement and to ascertain what right
they have, if any, to protect them againet
the effect of President Roosevelt' recent
order debarring them from future employ
ment In the government service.
The statement 1 made that number
of persons, both whites and colored, have
expressed their willingness to assist in
bearing the expenses of the suit. Colonel
Bacon is considered an expert :n military
law.
WILL APPEAL TO CONORESS
Mr. Wetmore says he intends to have
t o bills introduced at the next session
of congress on behalf of th Afro-American
council, one depriving the president
and th crtary of war th power to
discharge soldier without trial and to
effect the reinstatement of th men dis
charged from the Twenty-fifth infantry.
Call war sent out yesterday for
special meeting of th ministerial asso
ciation of colored preacher and th cler
ical union of Long Itland on Monday nxt
to take action on PmiHant Pa-u-i.'.
attitude toward th negro troop.
f ERNIE STRIKE OVER
(Scriips Newe Association)
Minneapolis, Minn. Nov. 1 9 President
Mitchell of the Miner' Union today an
nounced that he hat ordered fifteen hun
dred miners of Fernie B. C. to return to
work after two months' idleness. Mit
chell say he doe not expect operator
hereafter to hire non union men.
ANTI CHILD LABOR
(Scrlpps News Association)
Indianapolis, Nov, 18 Th Federated
Labor Assembly today passed a resolution
that a campaign be started to hav legis
lature of every state pass a law that no
child under fifteen be compelled to Work
for a living.
DRUG CO.
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