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LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, ORE., SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1009.
NUMBER 103. "
lURKY MACADAM WORK.
mhuuik- a0 f.:oit on And Crusher
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MAKES FOURTH
UPSET
CREWS FELT SPILL
has killed one max and hurt
seTebal.
Has Been Knocked to Pieces And
Overhauled Often.
In the less than two years that pas
senger engine No. 199 has been In
service she has been ditched four
times, and Is under the ban of the
railroad men. They do not like to
take her out, but under the pooling
system most of them have had to
occasionally. There Is a fault In the
construction of the engine but what it
Is. the mechanical force does not know
or cannot remedy. . The enginemen
say that she is the roughest riding
engine on this division, and has ex
treme lateral motion when running.
Two years ago the 10th of April No.
1999 was attached to the train which
was in the wreck at Cayuse, in which
four men were killed and an equal
number seriously injured. Engineer
Schilke was among the latter, haying
one leg broken, one foot crushed and
being otherwise injured. His fire
man, George McFatridge, was In
stantly killed, not having even time
to Jeave his seat. '
Time and again Jesser incidents
iiave happened and sinceit was .com
pletely overhauled at the Alblna shops
following the Cayuse wreck, she has
been in Alblna and local round
houses repeatedly. Trainmen felt it
coming and frequently, of late, the
assertion has beeen made that it was
time for 199 to spill. Engineers and
firmen alike have a foreboding of evil
every time she goes out..
FIOHEER TICKET
W. H. KELSEY WELL KNOWN HERE
DIED LAST NIGHT.
Next to Gulling, Was Oldest Conduc
tor on 0. R. Ji. System.
T. E. Buehler this morning received
a telegram from Pendleton to the ef
fect that W H. Kelsey the pioneer
passenger conductor, died at 10
o'clock last evening, after a lingering
illness. Mr. Kelsey will be remem
bered as one of the oldest conductors
on the entire O. R. & N. system. In
1891 Mr. Kelsey came to La Grande
and ran on the west end constantly,
until his long service gave him a pre
ferred run, and six years ago, he went
to the extreme west end, running out
of Portland. Next to J. C. Gulling of
this city, he is the oldest conductor
on the system.
The funeral will be held tomorrow.
SEVENTEEN HUNDRED VOICES.
Children's Day at Big Fair Marked by
Big Attendance.
SEATTLE, June 5. Officially des
ignated as "Children's Day," today
Promise to be the biggest in point
of attendance and interesting events
nee the fair opened. Exercises be
" at 10:30 a. m.. In the Amphithe
atre this morning with a chorus of
1700 school children.
PUNCHER IS DEAD
Mill Mart Next l
Bridge Superintendr-nt Campbell
has commenced grading the road
which turns from the east end of
Adams avenue to the Gekeler Lane,
and next Monday will start the rock
crusher on the same stretch. This
is the lane which will be macadamed
this spring, and the superintendent
says the work will be rushed. In
variably, this a bad stretch of road
and the Improvements will be vastly
appreciated by all who use that ap
proach to La Grande.
RARE TREASURE
III HISTORY LINE
SET OF BOOKS THAT G. A. R. AND
STUDENTS LIKE.
Col. Currej's Letters Anion? Exhaus
the History Reports.
By an act of Congrens approved
June 23, 1874. Congress made an ap
propriation enabling the then Secre
tary of War to begin the publication
of the official records of the Civil war
of both the Union and Confederate
armies, and directing him to have
copied all the letters, telegrams, or
ders and returns that had not been
copied before, and to have them prop
erly arranged In chronological order.
The work was begun, and the ap
propriations were continued from time
to .time until in 1897, 10,000 volumes
of the books some 127 In number were
published.
. There are four series. The first em
braces the formal report, both of
L'nion, and Confederate offlc1cf.6f the
first seizures of United States prop
erty in the Southern States, and of
all the military operations In the field,
and the correspondence, orders and
returns relating specially thereto. The
second series contains the correspon
dnce, etc.. of the officials of both sides
relating to prisoners of war, and as
rar as the military authorities were
concerned, to state and political pris
oners. The third is made up of re
ports of Union officers and their cor
respondence with the confederates on
ail matters not included in the first
two series. The last is a compilation
of the letters, orders and returns of
the Confederate officials not given in
the third series.
A complete set of these books are
in the possession of Colonel F. S.
Ivanhoe, who secured them In Walt
Iowa county recently. They are very
valuablo to the student of out nation
al history, and are absolutely authen.
tic, inasmuch as they are the actual
reports of the officers engaged in the
terrific struggle. They are also most
exhaustive, for in addition to the cor
snondence relating to the Civil war ;
proper, they contain full accounts of i
all the Indian troubles during that
period. Colonel Maury, George B.
Currey. Ben Alvord and every officer
who was stationed at The Dalles,
Walla Walla. Fort Vancouver or who
made a report on Indian troubles at
p.ny place from 61 to '65 Is mentioned
and his reports and letters are prin
ted. In lSfi2 Mr. Currey, then Cap
tain at Walla Walla, was sent to the
Grande Ronde prarie to look into the
depredations being committed by; the
Indians. He found that a leader cal-,
led by the, whites "The Dreamer'
was responsible, and determined to
arrest him. After a long night' ride
the deachment of 25 men surrounded
the lodge of the Indian and had him
awakened. He proved obstinate, and
next morning when Captain Currey
gave orders to one of his men to tie
the "Dreamer" and his companion,
they both attempted to shoot. In his
account of the incident to his superior
at the fort. Currey says: "His com
panion raised a revolver to shoot, but
a bullet from my revolver, striking
him In the breast, shook his nerve so
that he missed." Both the Indians
were killed. This trouble occurred
near Summerville.
To all soldiers the books will be of
surpassing interest.
PASSENGERS AND
ESCAPE HARM
One of the most fortunate mishaps
m me annais or ine u. it. l n. rail- I
road history, transpired Just west of
North Powder today when engine,
mall, baggage, express cars and three
coaches of No. 6 the east bound pas
snger train went in the ditch while
the train was gliding down the hill.
Once more the airbrake ' appliance
saved scores of lives, for aside from
tearing up the tracks, little damage
was done. None of the cars turned
over, merel. leaving the rails.
Pandemonium broke loose in. the
heavily loaded train at the first In
dication of . trouble. Passengers in
the coaches were lurched from one
side to the other, but aside from a few
bruises and occasional bcratches oc
casioned by collisions with walls of
the cars, no injuries are reported.
Conductor Conners, in charge of the
train managed to instill quiet In the
passengers soon after the derailed
coaches bumped themselves to a
standstill. The screams of fear and
cries of alarm during the height of
the derailment, was the climax of
the excrement for hasty examination
soon disclosed the fact that none were
hurt. ' . ' ; (,'.
Cause Unknown.'
The exact cause is unknown, but
an investigation Is to be held. One
theory Is that the tender "went
FLOODS AT
PORTLAND
PORTLAND. June 5. A weather re
port issued today by ; Edward Beals,
district forepaster,. says the river at
Portland will reach a stage' of 18.5
feet. . on Sunday, 20 Monday, 20.5
Tuesday and 21 .Wednesday. The
height, in feet, at The Dalles is 32.
Flood stage there Is 40 feet, a change
in the last 24 hours consisted of 2.8
feet-
Caravan Has Moved.
KIJABE, June 5. Roosevelt's cara-
van started at 1 o'clock this afternoon
to the Lumbwa district, where it will
remain seven weeks.
ABERDEEN. Wn., June 5. There
is no change in the lockout strike
situation here among the mill em
ployes. Business Interests are nearly
paralyzed because mill owners still
refuse to fill, orders for lumber., There
GOLDFIELD, Nev., June 6. Re
ports were circulated today are to the
effect that indictments returned by
the Esmerald grand Jury includes all
officers and directors of the Pittsburg
Silver Peak and Florence-Goldfleld
mining companies, and managers of
the defunct Rawhide bank. Among
the officers and directors are United
ABERDEEN LOCKOUT CROWS
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TIE
CREW
wrong" and Jumped the rails. Dulline
th nth..
is the spread rail theory.
With that machlno-like haste which
marks the training of officials and
employes alike, the wreck train was
seut out from La Grande at 9 o'clock
this morning. The train was in
charge of Division Foreman J. ' H.
Watnon,. Trainmaster J. D. Matheson
and Chier Dispatcher A. Buckley.
With the track cleared, the train car
rying the crane and quickly mar
shalled forces of foreigners dashed
toward the scene with furious speed.
Wreck on a Curve.
The wreck occurred at a point about
three or three and one half miles thlB
side or North Powder between the
two bridges that cross the Powder
river within a quarter of a mile with
in each other. There Is a reverse
curve at that point, and the engine
left the track Just as she left the short
tangent between the two curves and
careened against the high bank.
. A west' bound engine leaving the
track at, that point would have gore
Into- the river.
That the loss of life was not. fright
ful, must be credited to good fortune
more than anything else.
The crew in charge of No. 6, was
composed of Conductor Conners, En-
WILL MAKE
TILING SOON
With 58 men hurrying like bees in
a hive, the Krieger brickyard Is turn
'ng out . results in ' splendid fashion
this week. Next Tuesday the first
kiln-will be burned and within a week
will be cooled, ready far shipment.
A new venture . that adds to the
varied Industries of La Grande is
drainage tile making which Proprie
tor Krieger is now preparing to make.
He expects to get orders from local
farmers who adopt draining on their
farms and from outsiders too. He
has experimented with the industry,
and finds that with added equipment
he can turn out tile profitably.
Is a boom In Hoqiilam resulting from
Aberdeen trouble. Hoquiam mills had
been Idle; are running night and day
Yardmen at Aberdeen who ask for
increase In wages of 25 cents a day,
seem disposed to compromise.
States Senator George Oliver of Penn
sylvania; WIlliam'Fl.vrjii. T. J. Crump,
John S. Weller, J. G. Splaln and other
prominent men.
The indictments are based on
'charges of criminal conspiracy to
defraud the state and county by is
suing false bullion reports to the as
sessor which Is alleged, has belittled
profits from the mining operations.
I A
CULOUSLY
glneer Lou Given and
tit eman John
Cunllff.
7 BACKS I P.
Fast Pullman Train Upturn to Baker
City to Spend The Day.
NORTH POWDER, June 5. (Spec
ial) At 12:30 today, the overland
Pullman HmOH Kn ?, r?t"Ttlc tC
Baker City where the passengers were
given an opportunity to lunch and
spend the day as they choose. The
train arrived in North Powder on
time, but was held between here and
the wreck, until it became evident that
the task before the debris-clearers
was a long one and that traffic would
not be resumed for many hours. .
It Is probable that a side track will
be built but this Is yet undecided.
Much Track Ruined.
Over two hundred feet of track was
completely demoralized by the wreck.
This will have to be rebuilt before the
usual traffic Is restored. 7
Some Were Transferred.
Those of the passengers who could
be persuaded upon to return to Ba
ker City went back on that train, but
TDiPirc
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THE VICIIIITY
4 OREGON CITY, Ore., June 5. Ac
cording to a brief message received
here, Bert Garrett, aged 35, blew up
his home near Marquam. 14 miles
south of here, this morning, killing
himself and his eldest daughter,
Beuelah. fatally injuring ' another
daughter, Gladys, and seriously
wounding his wife, aged 35.' Addi
tional facts are not expected here un
less the Coroner reaches the scene.
Garrett was under treatment for
nervous trouble. Messages say the
home was almost completely wrecked,
and that the legs of his , wife were
blown off. It is supposed Garret was
Insane. ; - .. tl
family at Breakfast
Later reports say that Mrs. Gar
rett died within an hour, the body
was terribly mangled.. Fragments of
Buelahs body was found scattered in
the back yard. She was five years
old.
Lavjlla, aged 10 was blown Into an
rDiircnnr
UllULJU
lust To Remind Your
WHEN MONEY is scare general stagnation sets In with.
its resultant disasters to every line of business, to every
profession, and every wage-earner. It is therefore to your
interest to help make money plentiful in Oregon yy simply
keeping it here. The sworn statements of . life Insurant
companies on file with State Insurance Commissioner S.
A. Kozer, Salem, Oregon, show that;'.. : , ,
was sent of OREGON for life Insurance' premiums in the
past nve years . . ' .''. ,;.;;.; . .
Is the total returned here to pay death lossess and dlvl
dens in the same five' years. i ' I '
Is the net amount drained out of Oregon In 5 years for
life Insurance premiums sent to enrich 'Wisconsin, New
York and othes states by making THEIR home companies
the custodians of these trusts funds from Oregon. Does
anyone doubt that the commercial supremacy of New
York is due to the centralization of the Insurance assets
vln that market, more than to any other one factor?, Mors
money 'Is handled by hs'; Insurance companies ;i than all
the transportation companies In the country, and it is the
centralization of these immense accumulations in one lo
cality that makes that locality the seat of the financial..'
empire. : , :
It is the personal interest of every citizen of Oregon
to use his Influence that Life Insurance ' be ' bought of
QrCgOnTtfC an,i tae moDer kPt ,a Oregon for Oregon's
development.
Home Office: Corbett Bldg, Portland, Oregon.
A. L. Mills, L. Samuels, . Clarence 8. Samuels,
President. (general Manager Assistant Manafer
' 3,litt,91S.0
$6,870,4 1M
others w?re transferred to the rear
of No. 6. which was backed Into La
Grande, aulvisg thera at 2 o'clock"
this, afternoon. Sever, or eight hour
will be required after 3 o'clock this
afternoon to clear the wreckage, a
some of the cars were badly torn and
splintered. .
The diner was one of the equip
ments of No. 6 which stayed on the
Ui. mud i. witu iour puitmans con-
stituted the 'train sent west this tJ-'
ternoon.
Aides Case Heard Today.
Testimony In the case of Alden.vs.'
Aldn Is being heard today. W. E.
Sargent Is attorney for the defendant,
Mrs. Alden. and Turner Oliver for
the plaintiff. -
"Grandma Iteturn. ?
Grandma Wilson, who has been ma
king her home with M rs. Grace Bar
rle for several weeks, returned to her
home in Elgin today: '
Drsgglst Cones Home.
After spending a week at Joseph,
D. W. Elrod the druggist has return
ed to this city this afternoon. '
rmiPTrn in
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OF DRECOII CITY
adjoining woodshed and death Is mo
mentarily expected. Gladys,-aged '
was lying In bed In the front'' pati
of the house and refused to go to
breakfast at the , suggestion of her
father, because she was not feeling
well.'' She escaped Injury. ' " -
The powder exploded while the fam- '
lly was eating breakfast. . Because of ,
her serious condition, La villa can't
give the details. , Gladys Is too shoo
ed to talk.' -
Evidently Deliberately Planned.
The blast was placed under the kit
chen. It is supposed now that Gar
rett was under the kitchen floor as
his body, was found under the wreck
age. ' ' . -"'., , 'I
Garrett was a prominent real es
tate man of Marquam. He has broth
ers and other relatives there. It is
supposed he deliberately planned the
carnival of crime.
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