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-' ' " ' ' '- - . , .., .. GRANDE. UNION COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. MAHCII 4. 108. ' ' . , '
1 g? . ' " ' . ' - -,.,-.'...,.. NUMBER. 82.
1 5 IECe 5TFRI1IRI F nKACTFH IN nHinrHnni:dlii'Drij uni iiij'p -
Ill III nriini I-TaiiI ThA ! ,-,, . : - N " noler the sum of $150 and w Ik-a.lllU
ii nan rtnui t h sK'rni h s n k k rc nrm nr tc
VII " . ftO uv IOIUU I n I ST" jam' A a asst. ansa I I j. - -
FIREMAN GRAYBEAL IS
INJURED CONSIDERABLY.
While Running at a RW u, ...
feed -at Uie Pilot Rook 3a,tlon
. .-..
...r.uK ,9, Tumbled
n TZ? . 8"le Carr,n Wl It.
vi uoaoiiead Baggage Car Many :
"ours Late Now Fireman m v. 1
u, JiuirTaken to Hospital
Fireman D. B. Graybeal of this city
lies In a Pendleton hospital, quite
seriously bruised and Injured, and
Passenger engine 199 lies on Its side
near the O. R. & N. maln ilne at pot
Rock Junction today, as a result ?f
a wreck to No. 6, the eastbound duo
here at 6:45 this morning.
...ti xiiiuu mtveu many 11vs
and averted one of the most dlsas
trous wreck In years. wn thoi
train was running at a low rate of
speed. Pilot Rock Junction is four
miles west of Pendleton. Striking :i
faulty piece of track, the engine
Plunged over on Its side, taking with
it a baggage car. The car, however,
as a deadhead, and consequently
there were no baggagemen In It. This
too, is partially responsible for the
small list of Injured.
Details' are meager today, but It s
definitely known that the only Injuries
,tu(tiilned. beyond serious Jolts to the
train crew and passengers, were those
Inflicted on Fireman David Graybeal
of this clly. He was taken to St. An
thony's hospital at Pendleton, where
tlie Severe bruises were given medical
t'ft'.ntlnn. The train was In charge
'f Engineer Hlllman. who was run
ulni? extra during the illness of Frank
I'lke, who, had he not been laying off,
v luld have been with the engine.
EiikIhp Lately Repaired.
Passenger engine No. 199 has only
...recently come out of the Alblna and
la Grande shops, where It was fully
overhauled and made new ' after its
mmmm ' " to in iue uoorw ay OI
The opening day of our White Carnival was a carnival day indeed Crowds
everywhere-even these who came out of curiosity couldn't resist they bought
srtrhd, and even pointed out to their friends the hundreds' of snowy white, dainty and
lnesistable Undermuslins which are on display from one end of the store id the other.
. If you have any WHITE GOODS WANTS come, if you are an admirer of
dainty white goods, come-They are displayed where you can see and examine with
out feeling that you are troubling yourself or anyone else.
Cornel Come!! Come!!! -Only Two Days More
Of Dainty Undermusl'm Selling at Magnetic Prices
$1,75 Skirts $1.19 Tho lift- Thlo a 8pecial pint of attra
Dainty Skirts with 16 to 1' " , faUIC Uon all day opening day.
ISinch flounces of embroid- rT1 0,'Set C0VerS'
ery and rows and rows of f T m nbbo" drawn embroideries and laces, em
lace and tuckinff Jl 19 y and ,aC trimmed drawers and skirts in goodly
lace and tucking SU9 varietyGould wrhe a pagefuU afaout th5s
but won't Gome; see, you will be amply paid for
75c Gowns Wc yurtr3Uble-
made with V yokes with al- oe
ternaterows of tucks and C . nd!a .non ?0c HilWaUt QSr
fin, torchon lace inser-C !a 25c J.50 WalSTS VDC
bQ. 35c Inda Linon 30c
Hundreds of yards of these Embroidered Pleated and
"r I dainty materials all at front l'nen waists, special
la grande. OREGON Remember You Have Only Two Days
I mash-up at Cayus. In railroad clr
cles today tha eniflnea haa been brand'
I ed aa a "hoodoo." ' '
Wrecker on the Scene.
Tha wrecker In charge ot Division
I Foreman Watson and Trainmaster J.
ID. Matheson, left La Grando thte
i morning: Just, before 7 o'clock. As the
i WrArlrlnir fmln nr. n V. ...
- - - - a ....... w lull only H
vvi.iyomuitijr siuw speed, it was after
10 o'clock before it reached the
wreck. The train Is scheduled to ar
rive In La Grande shortly after 4
o'clock tonight
Correct Reports Arrive.
ThU .J.H.! . ....
imuuuii auumonai .aetaus
were obtainable. No exact reason Is
known for the wreck. The engine left
the rails several rodas from the
hra o ., v.....
on Its 'side.
This gave the engineer time to apply
the brakes before the locomotive
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TRIAL AT BOISE
BARRACKS COMMENCED
Captain of tho Regular Cavalry Ik!
raeiiitf i iiurKt s of Cruelty to Enlist- i
til Men lacked Them Cp In Very
Cramped Quarters Without Toot! or
Heller Committed Other Acts That
Savor of Rusulun Dcxpotlxm Wullu
Wnllii Ot fleers Hear Cow,
Poise, March 4. The courtmartlal
of Captain Clarke D. Dudley of the
Fourteenth United States cavalry, be
gan this morning at the Bolso bar
racks. Dudley Is charged with cru
elty to enlisted men. '. It la asserted he
locked UD soldiers In A roll an im.
thatthey had to stand for 48 hours
without relief or food, and that he
compelled enlisted men to stand in
view of the public ' with placards
about their neck, Btatlng, "I am a bad
boy."
Officers from Walla Walla and Van
couver are on duty at the court
martial.
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OFFICER UNDER
.IHIIUI.U UIUMUI bll 111 UIIIU UUIIUUL. mo uaramier aid recelv from I Ifllllllli Z
FUMES TRAP HUNDREDS AND IK THE PANIC TEACHERS
CHILDREN ARE TRAMPLED UNDER FOOT . "
Impossible to Ascertain Exact lumber
Figure at One Hundred and Tweniy
Cleveland. O., March 4. Nearly 75
children and a Janitor are known' to
be dead and scores of children are in
jured as the"' result of a fire In the
Colllnwood school building here this
morning. ' '
One hundred children were trapped
on the third floor of the big building
when tha flames burst out. There
was no way of escape and many were
buried in the debris when the floors
fell. ' ..
It Was first rumored thnt nnlv Him.
children were burned. It has since
been estimated that the number Is
75. Thirty bodies have been taken
from the ruins late in tho afternoon.
It Is Impossible to secure accurate
figures because of the confusion.
Emergency hospitals have been
hurriedly ' thrown together In build
ings near the burning school house,
and the Injured children are being
cared for there until the ambulances
can take them to their homes or to
the hospitals.
XiunlK'r of Dead Increasing.
It Is believed that over 100 children
lo' ?h,,r llm;, Firemen are working
desperately 'to recover' ladles beiore
the crumbling walls fall. Homes near
the scene have been " turned' . injo
morgues. A house to house canvass
will be necessary to fix the number
of dead. It may reach 150. A great
pne or Doiies He In the doorway of
.. of Dead but Bulletins, Place the
- FIve - - More Lives In Danger
the school. Frantic mothers, as well
as the firemen are In great danger If
the walls fall.
Three Hundred In liulldlng.
The fire started at 10:80 this morn
ing from ; an overheated furnace.
Three hunilred children wero in the
structure taj, the time the fire broke
out. The classes were reciting and
the children started out quietly, but
turned into a panic at the sight of
the flames.' There was a terrible
crush at th doors, and as usual in
such cases, the weaker ones were
trampled upon In the mad frenzy to
escape. ! - i
, Carrie Wiley and Grace Fisk, teach
ers, were crushed to death In an ef
fort to keep order. ' '
Children Run Into Finnic.
Fire ladders wore too short to reach
the third story. The children became
Insane with Xear and ran into the
flames. ThBj Cleveland fire depart
ment raised ;the aerial ladder and
saved many. s Superintendent Framer
closed the Lake Shore shops nearby,
and pressed his men Into rescue work.
Walluee Upton, was fatully burned
while saving the children. He saved
18. . Herbert E. ChelCcrger. aged 13,
was saved, nd ttald afterwards
"I dived down the stairway and over
a mass of children to the door. Some
one pulled me out,"
, What liuUetliw Say.
. At 1:30 99 bodies were at the Lak
Shore morgue. Five women and the
rest children. :
At Two O'clock.
At 2 o'clock 110 bodies were ac
counted for. The estimuted dead
number 125.
At 2:12 O'clock.
At 4:12 o'clock this afternoon 132
bodies have been taken out of the
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TAKES STAND
CXJpiT HOLDS NIGHT
SESSION LAST EVENING.
Testimony in BartleU Trial Bubstaa-
uaiiy same m Given In l'Vufacr Trial
Only laocjiUon la Tluit Given b
GardlnltT, Who Testified That He
Keeeived Money mjkI Tliat Bartlett
Took Half Trial Boon to Flnisli
Bartlett on Uio Stand.
The Jury rimnlnw.
flol Seamon, La Grande.
H. H. Huron, Summervllte.
Tony Hempe, Union.
Q. I. Wade, Sum'mervllle.
1 Wm. Fine, Elgin.
E C. Reese, Cove.
Wm. Wisglesworth, Telocaaet
G. W. Johnson, Union. .
F. E. Hall. Union.
8. N. Filcker, Union.
Jack Wrlirht. rnv
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At 4:30 yesterday Dlstitct Attorney
F. 8. Ivanhoe opened the case for tht
state. His statement of the case from
the state's point of view was short anil
to the point. He promised the Jury
that he would show that Bartlett and
Gardinler had planned to force the
gamblers to pay tribute to thera upon
threat that they would use thelrlnfl
lu
rinnmi
HI
l Grande, and that 'he state would
produce evidence to prove that Bart
lett and Gardinler did receive from
the gamblers the sum of 5 1150 and
that thia sum was divided . between
them. - ''
Attorney 8amuel White, for the de
lense. followed and cautioned the Jnr
to be careful and not allow the hU...
ment of the case aa m1 hv th. n
trtct atorney to .confUBe them when
mey came to hear the evidence. He
then asked the court to hold a night
session, as he was desirous of getting
through with the case as soon as pos
sible. Judge White then ordered an
Intermission until after supper. The
first witness called after supper was
Hayburn. Mr. Rayburp was the
city marshal at the time the charges
were made. His testimony was sub
stantially the same as given In the
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POSTOFKICE DEPARTMENT TO
VNDEUGO EXAMINATION.
House Committee on ExieiHllturca to
Take Vp Mutter of Alleged Mlsap.
lire""- r'-vcwmcal Cunds to
Railroad to Carry Mails Cliur
Hint Seventy Million Dollwrs Were
Illegally Obtained Trouble Appur
cut la Venezuela teases, . !
Washington, D, C, March 4.r Rep
resentative J. P. VVanger of Pennsyl
vania, chairman of the house , com
mittee expenditures, today promised a
searching Investigation of the charge
that the postmaster general pays the
railroads millions annually, to which
hey are not entitled.
The Investigation Is based on a
statement by Llciyd";6f Missouri, that
the railroads of the Country wrongfully
obtained $70,000,000 since 1880, on
account of improper computing of the
weight of malls. "
Trouble In Caracas.
Caracas, Venesuela, March 4. The
silence of President Castro In official
news to the United States, may niske
a display of force
to arbitrate. American claims are
thought to presage intended rcslstencc.
Advisers think the attitude Is unwise.
Decisions adverse to Americans are
expected in the Venezuelan court.
CnriHMiters May Strike..
Relllnghom, Wash.. March 4.' Con
tracting carpenters have announced
that they will not sign another closed-
shop agreement with the carpenters'
union when the nresent mnin,.i
plres April 1. A strike will undoubt
edly result. '
Aged Indian Dead. '
Rainier, Ore., March 4. Mrs. Julia
Ruby, an old Indian woman, died
here late yesterday, at an age of 111
years. She was a member of th Tnm.
water tribe and was the mother of 14;
PROBE CHS
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There is no more vital question to be considered in
the family than that of the compounding of the doctor's
prescription. There should be no half way methods re
garding prescriptions. We use pure drugs, compounded
lust "according to the doctor's orders."
HILL'S DRUG STORE
La Grande m . at Orecror
TO BACK WATER
Asks CAKE TO I.ST
ONE MAN E.VTER RACE.
Fearing the Ucpublh-ans Will Let aa
Antl-SUtenient No. 1 Man Jump to
Ahead, Should He and Cake Remain
In the Field as Advocates of That
Issue Candidate tTIten Wants to
Quit Cake Cannot See It That War
and Stars In tlie Game.
Oregon City, Ore., March 4. W. S.
U'Ren, so-called father of the inltla
tlve and referendum,, who announced
his candidacy for,Unlted States Sena
torshlp from Oregon to succeed C. W.
Fulton last week, has Issued an open
lfttnr In Ia .' Z. T-T.
Cake, also an avowed statement No. I
man, and a leading republican candi
date, to withdraw from the race with
him and leave the field open so that
statement No. I republicans could cen
ter on some one candidate and not be
split on two such men. Ho mentions
Judge McBrlde, Ben Selling, T. B. WIN
cox. ana i. h. Bingham as possible
candidates.
Cake Not Willing.
Cake docllnes to accept the U'Ren
proposnl, 'The letter comes to me as
a surprise." he stated today, "but: I
rnust decline' U'Ren's proposal . to
withdraw from the race." .
"Cribbed" Ills Oration.
Des Moines, Iowa, March 4. A nov
el situation has developed In connec
tion with the state prohibition orator
ical contest, to be held tonight at Os-
Lkaloosa, through the confession of H.'
II. GUI, who was selected to represent
Mornlngslde college, that his oration
was "cribbed." Gut Is one of the lead
ers In the students' temperance move
ment and president of the College Pro
hibition Oratorical association. He
won easily In the contest for first place
in the ranks of the Mornlngslde col
lege "dry" orators,, and his later pub
lic ocnfesBlon that his oration was pla
giarized created a sensation In college
circles throughout the state.
Meyer to Address Nnxbys. , '
New York. March 4. Members of
the New York State association ' of
Postmaster are thronging the Hotel
Astor todaywhere the annual spring
convention Is In progress. The meet
ing will extend through tomorrow and
will conclude with a banquet at which
Postmaster General Meyer I1I be the
leyero A
guest of honor and principal speaker,.
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Clothier Close Scwlon. ?'
New York', March 4. The National
Association of Clothiers, which hast
been in session at the Hotel Astor
since Monday, closes Its annual con
vention today. Leading wholesale
clothing manufacturers, representing .
an annual production valued at IJ00.
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onsi
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4aaa).a A
ence to close gambling In the city
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