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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1909)
it I LUME IX lA GfiANDfi. UNION COUNIY. OREGON, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER, 23, 1C09 NUMBER 23 faSord INGFIELD, AND OTHER TOWNS SERIOUS TIME IN HEAVY nnnn nr I no IT IICE EESTOREDIN THE. EASTERN PART OF OREGOX. JiS at Bonneville, Elgin and Joseph Account of bad Track. litland, Nov. 23. Heavy rains are png today and according to tbe her bureau a new mark for Ore- ;for the next seven dava has set in. (y the Willamette river and other ms of western Oregon are at a istill after a rise of ten to four- us have been washed out nnd washed away while several small s lying in low altitudes have been led, but with small damage done feet, caused by the deep water over-! flowing the dam above the city. Con- siderable damage has been done to the stocks of merchandise In cellars, etc. It will take several days to repair the washout at Bonneville on the O. R. & X., and during the interim trains will be routed over the North Bank from Walla Walla. The roadbed and trestles are reported to be In a pre carious condition - in the Willamette valley in Southern Oregon. Wreck Sear The Dalles. Warrensdaie, Oregon. Nov. 23. Tu a freight wreck that occurred yester- place, Engineer Tom F. Rogers was killed, Fireman Nesbitt and Brakeniari Furlong were badly hurt The train con slsted of nine cars, most of which are badly wrecked. The train was running at a high, rate of speed when it struck a place in the roadbed which had been Hoiieiiect oy the heavy rains of the past few. days and the wreck was the re sult.' . - ' AGED SOLON IS CREMATED CONGRESSMAN . DE ORMOND OF MISSOURI BURNED TO DEATH I IN HIS OWN BED OLD TIME DEMOCRAT WHO ' ALWAYS APPEARED PROMINENT APflLGG! FOR EXECUTIONS UNCLE 'SAM DE&IADS ZELAYA TO ATONE FOR HIS DEEDS OF KILLING YANKEES FLAT REFUSAL FROM Hill IS y EXPECTED, HOWEVER. One and one-half Inches of rainfall between yesterday morning and this morning has made lakes of La Grande streets, made country, roads almost impassible, Saturated the O. R. & N., roadbeds and damaged telephone and telegraph wires to such an extent that transportation and the transmission hes since midnight Small 0 Ire BerVlce has been 8adly ,mpa,r" A . . . . ed. Fnr thn first tlmo ntnro voofnf rlnv morning, a train reached La Grande from Portland this afternoon bearing congested malls and baggage. The iilroad traffic on the Southern Pa- iwrecl near Tne Dalles was responsible and the O. R. & N.. lines has been ! ror ine e"enae1 de'ay. but even after neing passed mere, tne trains ran on the cautious schedule, as land slides and soft road beds are naturally to be expected anywhere. The Joseph branch line is open to traffic though trains run unusually Odiest Democrat in Congress consum r ed by fire which burned his Home Grandson Burned. med although all trains are now iug on slow orders. Eugene there has been but little this morning and the river is ex- d to subside. At Springfield the h on Main street have been flood the denth of from i. Continued r r4 8. Butler. Mo'., Nov. 27 Congressman David ' A. De Arm on d and grandson, Monte, were burned to death in their homo here today. De Armond wad a Democrat and served In Congress for 19 years.. . v ' The fire was discovered at three o'clock this morning. His wife, was sleeping pn the second floor when she heard her grandson screaming jon the third floor. She ruuhed out for help but fainted Just outside of the door. James, the Congressman's son who re Bided ust across the street, atempted to rescue De Armond but the flames were too fierce and the neighbors re strained him. The bodies have not ytt been recovered. De Armond was the oldest Democ crat Id the House of Congress in the point of service-. , :.''-- Investigation Sow Going Ou Ameri cans In Rage at Mcaragna Many ; Missing Fear Arrested.' Northwestern Greenings from Union, and the 'Jonotlians and Romau Beau ties from La Grande. The local apples that made the best impression came from the Conkey, Tatman and H. C. Gilman & Sons' orchards: . lYASHGE RETURNS. All but Two of the Criminal case. in Wgllaw a County Cosed. .,, J '. nn for the purpose of Decorating and remarking each and every article in the store preparatory for Washington, Nov. 23. The cabinet In discussing the Nlcaraguan situation today, will demand an apology and Im mediate Indemnity for the execution of the two Americans, Grace and Can non. Zelaya la expected to refuse to apologise. From the portentious naval preparations that are now going on It is evident that the United States in tends that Zelaya shall be properly disciplined. - ; ; Americans-are Unsafe. j. Colon, Nov, 23. The Cruiser Dos i Moines is at Grytown , today investi gating the execution of Grace and Can non. The latest news from Nicaragua is that Americans are unsafe any where In Zelayas territory. Zelaya has issued a proclamation de nouncing the'Americans and accusing them of aiding Estrada and urging all "loyal JWcaraiTUBnss: to assist Ift -deH featlng the grlnco conspiracy, It.ha 'been reported that several Americans ! are missing and it is feared that thej j have been Imprisoned and possibly ex- ocuted. BACK BANKER AT LE VVISTON Jhe Most gigantic Sale ever known to the people of a (Jrande $61,500 worth of Seasonable Merchandise will be placed in the reach of the smallest price. ACCUSED PRESIDENT HAS MAM' FRIEJiDS AT HOME. Commercial Clubhand Hank Directors Pass Resolutions. Lewiston, Idaho, Nov. 23. Follow ing the Indictment of Frank Ketten bach, president of the Lewiston Nat ional Bank, with nther officials, by the grand Jury yesterday at Moscow on the ' charge of embezzlement and conspiracy, the directors of the bank gave out this morning a resolution which has been pasesd by them ex pressing confidence in the integrity and busincs ability of president Kett- enbach. Last night a committee of the Commercial Club passed similar reso lutions. ' District Attorney Iyanhoe returned today from Enterprise where he fin ished all but two of the criminal cases and left those two in the hands of his deputy. He states that the court will probably end there this week. Judge Knowles Is beginntng court at 8 A. M. and holding night sessions In order to close np the business of the session. Ou 01 tne most Important cases of the term was that of Hunter on the charge of horse stealing. He was ac quited of this charge. His pardners in the alleged deal who plead guilty and is now serving time in the peni tentiary, testified against him but no corroborative evidence coud be had so the rnari went free. Standard Loses Hope. . New York, Nov. 23 It was earned on the best of authority today that the officials of the Standard Oil have litle hope that the Supreme Court will re' verse, the decision of Saturday.' At torneys are planning for a re-organization after the New Jersey Standard is dissolved. .. ' . '. . , ; ASTOR'S SHIP lILLMISSli SHIPPIXG CIRCLES UNABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR HIS ABSENCE. John Jacob Astor Is Still In Hiding tonfllctlng Bejtorts. SECOND FIRE IN INESIIAFT Hone thut llvUo. Aw Abandoned- umerous bodies ? Bodies are Foand. New York, Nov. 23.The confidence of friends that John Jacob ' Astor's yacht is safely anchored beyond wire less circles Is hardly felt in shipping circles. It Is declared that the yacht would have been reported lone aeo it It were safe. Reports concerning the acht are conflicting. The fact Is, the rate or the yacht and those on is absolutely unknown. New York, Nov. 23. -Despite the wireless messages from thn Caracas reporting the Astor. in the Ban Jt?an harbor on November 15, the Astor interests are continuing ' m.a . V aearcL Tampa, Fla. Nov. '23 A 'wi,.,.. from .San Juan todav av that , Astor'a yacht Is not in that port but raus to stat whether it has been twa or not. FAMILY P.EUNION, ; First Time In 21 Years Family Together at Portland, All 1 S. Pollock leaves tonight for Port land to be with his parents, brothers and sisters on Thanksgivng. The boya and girls are congregating from all sectlona of tbe state and this will be the first time the entire family have been together within twenty one years. ' ": j Rev. H. L. Willis, of Elgin who came up yesterday to oflclate at the funeral of Mrs. Fuller, will return home. to-- PUBLICITY IN HUM E $10,000 Must be sold in Jo !p Sale Opens Friday Morning 9 a. m. )aifs J Fred B. Currey, liobeit Wyth j coiiibe and H. H. Weatherspon, representing the exhibits of La Grande, Elgin and Union, respectively, returned .this af ternoon from the National Apple Show at Spokane. An excellent good time was reported as well as a profitable trip for the county. Fifty-four thous and pieces of advertising literature ,was given out. Especially fortunvr j was Union county, in having tby larg est district exhibition at the show. ' The three displays were side by side and all ' under the banner, of Union county. The frontage was 60 feet. Spec lal comment was won by the winter Bananas grown near Elgin, the ODa- HAND BAGS New Leather, New Shapes, New Prices We Have the largest, the "best, the most up-to-date line of - Laaies Hand Bags and i Purses ever shown in La Grande. We have thft Alligator. Patent Leather, Real Sea!, WaL ' " rusand .a line ot imported leathers that we know are good, and of the latest styles. We are offering these goods at most reasonable5 pneet. for; this class of goods. , Our goods are right and we know the prices are. Let us show you while our line is complete. ; HILLL'S DRUG STORE LA GRANDE, v - - OREGON LITTLE HOPE OF FINDING LIVING MEN IN LOWEST LEVELS OF THE MINES RESCUERS MISS DEATH BY NAEKOW MARGIN TODAY. Cherry, Nov. 23. All hope that the miners on the lower levels would be found alive, has been abandoned today when It was announced that the tun nels of that level were explored. Thera were numerous bodies found but no at tempt has been made to bring them up and none will be made until the Are which has started blazing again the second, levels and'tnaha shaft has been extinguished. The rescue parties that were in the: mine "had a very narrow etcape from death. When it'wa&'dia- covered that dark masses of amok was coming frcm the iiioutjtof the ' main shaft - an Instant , investigation was made, revealing the second level to again b6 on fire. Warning was sent to the rescuers in the lower levels and they had scarcely reached .. the top when the Are from the second levels again had the shaft at Its mercy; : Cherry. Ills. Nov. 23. Hope that the additional men "are -iUiVenHh- East tunnel was today' revived when the rescuers broke through the wall and found tools; clothing and other cast- off's of the miners piled up but no din ner pails. It Is believed that the out break of the fire 'caused the men to retreat to the tunnel. The rescuers ara now of the opinion that they will find the men alive behind the masses of earth' the1 men have evidently barri caded the tunnel with for the purposes of keering out the gasses and the fire. it 1" V A ! .iescenc. fcrown nnar fnvn anA ha n :
