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. " 1 1 1 " - " ' : ; ; , ,, VOLUME VIII. LA CTIAKBE, CIVIOX COCHTT, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1908. NUMBER 48. T P 16,000 FT. ' . . ' : TO DESERT ROCKS JUT"-" 0 1 " CATAS1R0PH U -! y V BIG LIXER KABDIXA IS . DESTROYED BY FLAMES. One Hundred PuKHcngers, Mostly Greeks, Are Missing Wild Panic I Anions. Men mid Children I'eople ; on Shore See Soured Passengers I,esp j Into Water to Escape Cremation! Many Britishers Among (lie Miming i Xomber of Dead Unknown. ... ' Malta. Nor. 25. The big- liner Bar dina from Liverpool to eastern points. . caught fire outside the harbor today. ' Two hundred passenger were aboard, j The people on ahoro saw the passen- I gers leap Into the water for safety. 1 . The liner was beached. v . Kumber of Dead Knknown. The number of dead la heavy, but . as yet the exact number Is not known. ' The steamer was practically destroyed. It had Just cleared the harbor when the flames burst from the hold. , An explosion followed The worst panic was among the women and children, many of whom leaped Into the water without life pre servers. The crew was unable to ex tlngulsh the flames. At least 100 pas sengers are missing. A majority of the passengers were Greeks, but many Britishers are among tho missing. Seventy-Flvc Bodies Found. Seventy-five I bodies have been brought '-ashore. .Tugs":! are , still searching for others. '." Survivors tell of the most terrifying scenes aboard the burning ship follow ing the explosion. Natives among' the passengers became wildly Insane and ' tried to 'capture , the crew, ' which fought thvm off with revolvers. Fif teen British passengers were saved. Naptha caused the explosion. 1 " : I 4 It ? I 1 . t ;: I ' ' ' '" N'CK AGAIN the season Is at hand when, according to the ancient custom of our people, It becomes the duty of the president to appoint a day of prayer and thanksgiving to 4 ' .God. . Year by year this nation grow in strength and worldly power.' ; During the century and a. quarter that has, elapsed since our. entry 4 Into the circle of Independent peoples we have grown and prospered In material things to a degree never known before, and not now known In any other country. The thirteen colonies which struggled along the seacoast of the Atlantic and were hemmed In .but a few miles west of tidewater by the Indian-haunted wilderness, have been transformed Into the mightiest republic which the world has ever seen. Its domains stretch across the continent from one to the other of the two greatest oceans, and It exercises' dominion alike In the arctic and, tropic realms. The' growth In wealth and population has surpassed even the growth In territory. Nowhere else In the World is the average of Indl- vldual comfort and material well-being as high a la our fortunate land. ,-, ( ' :' , ' - For the very reason that in material well-being we have thus abounded, we owe It to the Almighty to show equal progress la moral 4 and spiritual things. With a nation, as with the individuals who make up a nation, material well-being Is an Indispensable foundation. But ' 4 the foundation avails nothing by Itself. That life Is wasted, and worse 4 than wasted, which Is spent In piling, heap upon heap, those things 4 which minister merely to the pleasure of the body and to the power that rests only on wealth. ; . ' , 4 Upon material well-being as a foundation must be raised the 4 ' . structure of the lofty life of the spirit, If this nation Is properly to ful i fill Its great mission and accomplish all that we so ardently hope and 4 desire. The things of the body are good; the things of the Intellect ' : better; but best of all are the things of the soul; for, in the nation as In the Individual, In the long run. It Is character . that counts. Let us therefore as a people set our faces resolutely against evil, and with broad charity and good will toward all men, but with unflinching de termination to smite down wrong, 'strive with all the strength that Is given us for righteousness in public and In private life. . Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United. States, do set apart Thursday, the 26th day of November next, as a day of general thanksgiving and prayer, and on that day I recommend that the people shall cease from their dally work, and, ltj their homes or in their churches meet devoutly to thank the 'Almighty for the many and great blessings they have received in the past, and to pray that they may be given strength so to order their lives as to deserve . a continuation of these blessings In the future. 1 1, TMEODOOE ROOSEVELT. rf . I,'. . :"' ' THE LAST WEEK OF THE MILL ?MpWT 5Il Everything in ihe House Reduced Your Last Chance, So Hurry t .. Thanksgiving in La - Grande Thanksgiving day for 1908 will be observed In La Grande In the usual conglomerate manner. The? churches have, arranged for wpeclal services, so ciety features are In store, football will hold forth. ' Business men will rest In their strenuous labors by attending some of these varied attractions or by j staying at home, devoting themselves to private dinners, and a half-day of reBt :., . ' . i' . , . . The stores close at noon,' the govern ment and state offices will be closed all day, and the freight offices of the O.' R. & N. close at noon. ,The Ob server takes a full holiday and readers will not hear the famlilar approach of The Observer carrier tomorrow night. This will be in keeping wltn the gen era! spirit of' Inactivity that will pre vail here tomorrow. ' from time to time, and abolish them when no longer needed. Duties upon Imports should, of course, be a party question. Only" that which Is best for the country should be .thought of,", , A. YOUTHFUL SUICIDE. . Ogdeii Gambler of Tender Years , Shoots Himself in Theater. READ THE BARGAINS FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT : $9.00 Furs, each ....... .V5.95 Saxony Yarn, each ...Zlic Wool Booties, a pair 29e $1.00 Fascinators, each ,48c $2.50 Knit Skirts, each. . .91.19 -Table Linen Remnants.. .... 25c Hankerchlefs, each ....13c $3.60 Shoes. .$J.87 Rockford Sox. pair . , . .'. .'2 ytc Hooks nd Eyes, a card .... It Pearl Buttons, a dozen ... .'.2c Paper, Pins, a" paper ....... lc $7.00. Wool Blankets, a pair 5.S 75c Stocking Caps, each ....43c Men's Work Shirts, each . .37c $3.60 Men's Pants, a pair 91.59 Remnants of Ginghams, yd 3c Remnants of Muslin, yd ..4 c Remnants of Lawn, yd .....2c Remnants of Percale, yd . . '. ,9c Remnants of Ducking, yd I'Av $1.60 Shirt Waists, each . .95c $1.50 Indies' Hats, each- .". .27c $1.50 Dress Goods, yd . . :'. 95c $2.50 Sateen Sktrt. each ' $3.50 Dress Skirts, ech $1.B0 Blaftketspafr -,.'..$49 $2.00 Lace Curtalnni a pair 91.48 $1.75 ladies' Felt Slippers, $U9 16c ladies' Hose, a .pair .'.7jc ISc child's Hose, a pair ... .lie, $1.00 ladles Underwear Mch 6C' FAIR STORE "Satisfaction or Your Money Back JFORAKER SEEKS HEAD TO BMI SEAT LISBON WILD OVER FE?UBLfCAN ANDREW CARNEGIE NO LONGER A UPRISING AGAINST KING Lisbon, Nov. 25. King Victor Em- manueltoday narrowly escaued death by. a mob of. armed republicans, ftyt BUSINESSMAN HE SAYS Ogden, Utah,; Nov. .25. While a iuife muuwiil'u tt eujwnit) com edy at the Grand opera house last night,. Walter Lucky, a youthful gam bler, blew out his brains with a rifle In the foyer of the theater. Just before the audience emerged he placed the muzzle of the weapon to his mouth and pulled the trigger by means of a string. Theater attaches removed the body before the audience came out. A letter In his pocket ask- ed that Mrs. Mary Word of Port land, Ore,, be notified. -.'-.''" BALLOOXISTS ESCAPE IEATII ' DY THE NAItUOWEST MARGIN. Men Who Went up In International Uulloon "United States," Land lit Arizona Dewerl After Tcrrlflo Drop 'ot 16,000 Feet Wander About tho Iwilatod Region Hungry and Bruised Attained a Height That Could Not Be Measured. Ehrenberg, ArU., Nov. 85. Falling 14,000 feet to . the Arizona plains, dragged through miles of cactus and over boulders, the battered basket of the balloon "United States" plowing a deep furrow In the earth, Captain A. G. Mueller and J. K. Hutchinson Monday afternoon made one of tho most sensational landings In the his tory of eeronautlcs. They traveled ISO miles through the clouds In si hours. Bruised and bleeding, they landed where there is no human habi tation. They wandered about all night and yesterday reached Ehrenberg hungry, cold and exhausted. The balloon left Los Angeles Mon day morning. 1 t Shortly after crossing the Colorado river the pendlx rope broke. A cold wind forced the illuminating gas from the bag and it dropped with terrific speed onto the desert. Their averaga height was 10,000 feet, where Uia steady eastern current carried then. 40 miles an hour - . They crossed the mountains within a quarter., mile of San Jacinto park, and the Colorndo river, when sudden strata of cold air condensed the gas and dropped them from the, diOTy heiehcMto,, 'he rock?: Two bags of biillatt vertf torn, loose and again they ascended! to a ne(ghto much over lfl.OOO'feet that the Instru ments failed to register tha-devatlon. Mueller said the final landing was the most dangerous experience he ' ever went through. -1 They saved themselves from being crushed by climbing into the balloon rigging. The bag Is still In the middle of the desert, v Oregon Millionaire Dead. . Wedderburn, Ore,, Nov. 25. R. D. Hume, the millionaire salmon king, and prominent shipper, also a former member of the legislature, died at hl home here this morning. He has bem ailing for a long time with kidney trouble. ' . Gold Fever Spreads. Chehulls, Wash., Nov. 25. Tho gold excitement In the vicinity of Mayfleld, southeast of this clty on the Cowlits river, shows no signs of abatement. New claims are being filed daily. Al ready 40 have been taken.. The Seat tle man who located the claims a week ago, employed practical miners to work them. ' " Milton will be the center of quite a small tract movement next spiing and summer. .,- Orders New Equipment . Chicago, . Nov., 25. Specifications are being prepared today by the Rock island railroad, preparatory to order ing new equipment to cost $1,600,000. I: .... .. -Columbus, Nov. 25. James B. For: aker fbday began a campaign for the retention of "his seat In 4he ' United V saved by the quick action of his States' senate after a conference last cavalry guard, :He was1 attired In th night.. 'with Senator jpVk nd Gover; unjform . of ai .lifld . -marshal and w as norjHarrls. U is .beliow'd Foraker api riding In an open carriage when the Dick have endeavored 3 to ' persuacle sudden attack was made. The guard Harris to enter the senatorial contest charged .the .republicans w hile the car- J as their candidate, against Charles rlage returned to the palace. ,', Taff, brother of the.presldent-elect; In Foot soldiers charged the crowd also an interview today Foraker revealed with bayonets fixed, wounding many, his opposition' to tariff rrvi.-lon. Wholesale arrests were made.' Thej Carnegie D !)!.. city Is greatly ejtclted tonight. Home Washington, D. C, .Nov. 25. Andrew of the bullets fired whlzxed by the Csrnegle, In a letter to Chairman monarch's head. - j Payne of the wavs and means commit. ,. ' ' j rwittloslilp IammeI. Leghorn. Nov. 21. The Italian bat tleship Pisa, lying at anchor In the harbor here, today was rammed by the Italian steamer Elsa. A great gash was torn in the warship's hull below the water line. ' I tee of the house, declining to testify at the tariff heaiin?. said: "I am no longer In bulne." Man ufacturers from whom you can' obtain the desired Information will appear. My faith In protection Is as strong as ever. I believe the surer way to se cure It Is to reduce protective duties ORDERIT BY MAIL Form the habit of sending to us for anything in the line of drug, sundries and toilet goods when circumstances are such that yon - cannot, . como for them. -, ''".' J ',' ;..',.'." !f A .' , Get rid of the idea that distance Is any barrier to-. procuring what, you want in our line.' 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