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VOLUME VI
LA GRANDE. UNION COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. FE3RUARY 20 .901
NUMBER 6?
BRIDGES AND TRACKS ON 1
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water ran over the track
After several day of strenuous labor
with a large force of men on the Walla
Walla branch of the 0. R. & N.. the melt-
irrjjow of Monday filled up the streams
again last night and washed out every
vestige of the work of repairs which h d
been done, relates the Pendleton E. 0., of
Tuesday.
Near Havana, where the most serious
damage was done in the first washout,
all the new grade was washed away last
'night and it was impossible to run trams
over the branch this morning.
A work tram under the direction of
GeneraLSuperintendent M. J. Buckley
has been engaged today in making repairs
wherever possible to prevent further
damage, but the damage to the track is
Almost as serious as at first. ,
water rushed down the canyon on
College Streets this afternoon and cov
red the stockyards and flooded Bluff
,i'et: ,;At the Thompson Street crossing
of the 0. R. & N.
all afternoon.
WASHINGTON LINE DAMAGED
The Washington division of the 0. R. &
N, was also badly injured last night and
traffic was seriously interfered with be
tween Umatilla and Wallula. A large
force of men was rushed their last night
to repair the damage, but it is not known
how long it will require to place the grade
coiHm! for traffic.
All along the Walla Walla branch the
water is very high again and the condi
tions are so uncertain and threatening
that it impossible to guess when trains
will be running.
The train which was scheduled to leave
for Weston this morning was abandoned
on account of the damage at Havana and
no attempt will be made to operate trains
until the high water subsides.
TO OVERHAUL THE ORECOS j
(ScrlpDi Nw AMurlalion) '
Brooklyn. Feb. 20 The famous battle
ship Oregon is expected here tonight or
tomorrow morning for complete - over
hauling in the navy yard. .She will be
modernized at an expense of over one
million dollars, me will be changed cn
the same lines as her sister shio, the Ind
iana, and will be provided with eliptical
turn Us' to prevent her from keeling when
all four of her twelve inch guns are point
ed over the side o( th. ship.
Following are some interesting figure
in regard to the ship which won a world
wide fame for its wonderful trip around
the cape; , Its length in load water line is
148 feet its extreme breadth 69 feet The
mean draught which' the famous boat
takes is 24 feet six inches.
The normal coal supply varies at about
400 tons, with a bunker capacity of 1
449 tons. .;.'.''
The number ot the torpeao luui 5-13
Her armor, side turrettt and barbettt
consists of eighteen, fifteen and seventeen
inches steel respectively.
lUm STlll ON THE STAND
V DELAYED, BUT A THRU
. Passenger train number 6 east bound
arrived in La Grande about three-thirty.
However, the washouts have been re-
Scrlii Nfwi Annotation)
New York. Feb. 2Q.-The Thaw trial
commer ced promptly at 10:30 with Eve
lyn on the stand. She displayed consid
erable nervousness as she took the wit
ness chair. Jcrjme prevented a number
of photographs of the witnoss while pos
ing for model artists. A oiscusion of the
pictures and clothing in which she posed,
one being in a Winona that Thaw gave
he in Philadelphia before coming to New
York, fo loured."; She stated that she
never posed wittemore than her neck and
shoulders expose).
At this time oft of Jerome's assistants
entered with gnat heaps of photographs
of the former model.
Jerome then liked Evelyn about her
relation with James A. Garland while she
was seeking e divorce during the spring
of 1905, several months before Evelyn
met White, Sbe admitted that ehe
euiue umA S-r.il7S C 0 Hand's
yacht and that iier friendship continued
until she met White, when it ceased ab
ruptly. . 4-
- Jerome suddenly asked for an adjourn
ment which wa taken until 12 o'clock.
SHOOT Will RETAIN HIS
SEAT IN MATE
F. L. Lilly went to Portland this mom
ma. . After a abort visit in that city he I
paired and the train came from Portland. ' w,ii g0 to Southern Oregon for a week.
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Scripps News Association.
Washington, Feb. 20 A flash from the senate
chambers filed at 4 o'clock, says Senator Reed Smoot
retains his seat in the senate. The original resolution
which declared Smoot not entitled to the seat as
amended by the Hopkins amendment was defeated by
a vote of 47 nays to 28 yeas. . . ' :
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..Washington, Feh. 20. By agreement
entered into between Senator Smoot' s
friende and the members of Senate on
Feb, 20, the Senate will this afternoon
vote on the resolution declaring him not
entitled to his seat. The programme of
dealing witbthe report of the committee
as tentatively discussed when the matter
last before the Senate, provides that a
Democratic Senator, presumably ' Mr.
Baily or Mr. Overman, will propose to re
place the committee resolution, which
provides that Mr. Smoot's seat shall be
declared vacant, with a su&stitute which
shall declare in favor of the expulsion cf
the Mormon Senator from Utah. 'This'
movewill.it it understood, receive the)
support of the Republicans. , Its effect
will be to place the question of expulsion
squarely before the Senate, . and the . in
dication art atrong that the resolution '
providing for expulsion will be rejected er
tabled by th vote of a large majority of i '
the Senate. . ' ,' . . . ..' ' ,. !..'.'
TERRIBLE WORD BATTLE
Washington, Feb. 20. The final debate '
on the Smoot case was heated this after-
noon. Dubois declared that Hopkins in a
previous speech had declared that Mor-
monism was above all Christian religions.
Hopkins leaped up with hie eyes blazing.
"I'll not yield", shouted. Dubios who has 1
lead th opposition during the past four
yeare. Hopkins shouted "It's absolute '
misrepresentation." ' ' . 1 '
Senator Knox made sarcastic flings t ,
the sanctity of the home. He exclaimed '
"You may have the Mormon vote but you
have lost the moral support of Christian
men and women of th United States."
Senator Beveridge then contrasted th
Smoot ouster trial with the Captain Dre- '
fus case in F.ance. He declared there
was no blacker wrong than to ruin th
reputation of a man or woman. He in
sisted that this or no other public policy
coul justify such damnation or error. .
Sanator Cirmack took th floor. He
argued that thie action of the Mormon
cnurch, in sanding Smoot to the senate,
wae an offense against good morality and
characterized it as another example of
the brazen effrontery which the church re
sorts to in defying public sentiment.
4 Then came Foraker again with th
statement that no testimony exist which
will justify expulsion.
Mm RfSIDfNT MAKES
mi io mm suicide
After a week of heavy drinking. James
Beibur, well known in La Grande and
Union county for many years, tried to
hurry the eifects of alcohol yesterday by
taking carbolic aciJ. Mr. Beibur makes
hn home at Hilard and while in an ap
parent fii of temporary insanity, made
several efforts to procure the deadly
poison from tr.e Hiig'ird store. He was
refused the drug, and later sent a friend
to get it for hi rn. However, he was foil
ed in his attempts to take his own life.
The citizens of Hilgard concluded to
turn the matter over to the authorities,
and last evening telephoned for Sheriff
Childeis. Mr. Chitders went to Hilgard
and returned with the would be S'jic;de
Beibur is being held at the county jail
for mental examination. Mr. Childers is
of the opinion that Beibur is not perman
ently demented but was crazed by drink
and grew tired of living.
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