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1 p ill jtflP'irr.-J ft VOLUME IX LA GfiAND. UNION COUNTY. OltEGON. WEDNESDAY. , JANUAIi ; ? (210 NTJI1EEE C3 . V ' , t 1. SS9B i If MOTHER GIVES BLOOD TO SON NEW YORK MOTHER SAVES SON'S LIFE BY TRANSFUSION OF HI? nww Rinnn m mu V- BOTH CONSCIOUS DURING - THE CRUCIAL OPERATION .Knowing .that her own blood alone can 6eyg injured ion, mother sub. nilts to operation that apparently has saredv offspring's life mother it -i -'; ( ,'. being pumpted away. i New York, Jan. 19. Transfusion of 'iv. . .. .. .. ' ...... '. Diooq irom me -raotner to tne dying ichlld was depended upon today . to save the life of Arthur .Shibley, the little boy recently shot at high bridge park by a mysterious man who killed Arthur's boy companion, Bobbie Lo mas.' Arthur waa seriously wounded by the unknown assailant For sev eral 'days he lingered, but last night began to sink from lack of blood nourishment anff the mother .was called to the bedside. She was told that' only the traaufer of her blor to the velnB oP the boy could save his life. She consented to the oper ating, whereby atf incision was made in hur wrist. a"d at the boy's tj.bow. Tie mother's blood was pumped In to the dying boy's reins, and today he .Is reported stronger and In all probability his life will be . saved. Both mother and child were con scious during the operation. While her life blood was flowing to revive the boy, the mother spoke encouiag ingly to him from time to time. , COSTLY BLAZE MIDNIGHT FIRE BURNS PROPER. TL TALUED AT $100,000. Ulraeuloas escapes from buildings by man j None Injared. San Francisco, '.' Jan. 19. Two thirds of a block, of buildings in the vicinity of Market street are smok ing ruins today, while a score of families were driven from their home and are being cared for by neigh bors, following a mid-night fire that destroyed $100,000 worth of property. Thrilling escapes were numerous, and that no one was injured Is re garded as miraculous. LAMPPOST SLEEP FATAL , San Mateo, Calif., Jan. 19. Suffer lng from a skull fracture sustained when he went to sleep leaning against a lamp post and fell to the pavement, David Spence, a piano dealer of this city lies today in a precarious condition at( i local hos pital. " . : , So lul This Evening. Tlie : Young People's union of the ' Baptist church will hold a social at ' the Baptitt parsonage this evening. All those Interested are welcome to atten. : I 'FRISCO Baker Phjtlans to Banquet Of the three big events In Pythian iBh scheduled in Oregon for this wee the gathering in Baker City will be the most notable of "all. A big re union wilj be held here on Jan. 20, and two days later a district conven tion will be held at The Dalles, while on Jan. 24, the Knights will gather ajt; Astoria for a big meeting, says the Herald.'.' ; ";; ': ' ' -vV; 'In this city on Thursday evening Gauntlet Lodge will hold its annual roll call, always a big event in Pyth ianlsm, and ,the - usual ceremony of presentation ofv veteran's badges will be observed. -, Following this ceremony the Baker City Knightsn will give, a "big ban quet for the neighboring lodges. Del egations will be present from all of the lodges of Baker . county, and among the many prominent men of the order who . will be present are Frank Menefee, of The Dalles, Grand chancellor; W. L. Bradshaw, of The Dalles, supreme Representative; L. It, Stlrison, of Salem, gr-and keeper., pf records-and seal; Gus C. Moser, of Portland, past grand chancellor; Mai Ion F,. Davis, of 'Union, '-past-, &rand chancellor; Robert .' . G. Morrow, or Portland, .chairman of the Judiciary committee of the grand lodge, and Frank S. Grant, of ; Portland, chair man of the finance committee of the grand lodge." , N v New York, Jan. 19. Demands for increase of pay on the part of the 150,000 trainmen .. and . conductors, and thousands of other employees, on the thirty-two railway systems east of the Mississippi river, will be the subject of conferences to be com menced tomorrow , between railway officials arid the adjustment commit tees. ' - . It Is alleged that the' railway offi cials will oppose the wage increase, but are willing to remedy any other grievances as to the duties and em ployments of the men. . " A statement setting ' forth the de mands of the men Is, in part, as fol lows; ' ' "As matters' now .-. stand wages throughout the West are consider ably higher on a general average than in the East, although the work in the East is more difficult and ar duous. . , "The chairmen elected represent 150;000 trainmen and, conductors, but the locomotive engineers and the fire men 'and the railroad telegraphers will also make demands. The Grand Lodge of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers is making prepara tions for a wage conference with the general railway managers and will represent 60,000 men. . . "j, JJThe conference proposed will be held January 20, and will be over demands for wage adjustments which already have been presented, by the railway employee's officials to the managers to thirty-two railway sys tems east of the Mississippi. , "The plan submitted by the railway union officials calls for a general equalization of wage Bcales east of the Mississippi to, bring the 4 wage scales up to the standard being paid by the New York Central Railroad at its Chicago yards. These scales are one cent an hour higher than those In force at . the eastern end of the New York Central aystem- and are two cents an hour higher than those paid on the New Jersey railroad sys terns. "The demands , are tor advances ranging from 6 to 100 per cent a large number of smaller railroads paying employees, considerably less than paid by the larger., companies, "No agreement being reached, there will be nothing left but a general strike, the demands presented hav ing Been postponed for over two years BUDGET TAR PLp STRIKING INCREASE IN POWER ,GF LIBERALS SETS OLD SAWB )NES Cr PASLiMENT TO THIKS1NG .. BUDGET, llOE RULE AND : ' OTHERS TO BE REVIVED. With sufficient forces ' to do so al most assured,' the Liberals are now - planning on removing the power' of ' veto from House of Lords RadU ".--. . - '' 1 v'- ..... Be passed appears certain. Loudon,' Jan. 19.f-Odds of twenty to one that the Liberals will retain parllmentarv majority wljen the elec tions now being held are coaHuded, were offered on the stock exchange today without takers. I . , With the Liberal or collation vic tory practically assured, Liberal lead ers are already mapping' out the most radical legislation ever proposed in England, Among the contemplated measures are a resolution taking the power of vetofrom the House of Lords; 're hitroduction ! of the budget; Irish home rule; a-bill to stop plural vot ing; abolishing of the franchise han dicap under . which the masses now labor. : - . . ' i " i ROAD CLEAR- I ELGIN TRAIN COACHES DERAIL ED BUT ON AGAIN. Trains running slowly but can get OTer entire division. , All trains are running over the Eastern Oregon division of the O. R. & N though slowly and not without difficulty, following a long siege of struggles with snow such as has not betn equalled for many years. This afternoon at 2 o'clock, the trouble at Elgin was removed when the train was reralled, and traffic allowed to proceed. There was a stub train to day from Elgin but no mall or pas sengers were tken out of Wal lowa county today. The Elgin train which got into trouble, headed th:s way, yesterday, reached La Grande this afternoon with Elgin and Inter mediate passengers." . Conductor Grady will get into Jos eph late tonight, it is believed, On the main line the trains are moving in each way , and Dispatch 2 o'clock, the entire distance of the division. Rotary, breaks down. - Last night, or rather early this morning, the rotary came to a sud den halt in its work of clearing the main line near Telocasset a task valiently kept up for many hours A break necessitating considerable time in repairs resulted. To hold the advantage already won in the war with the wind and snow, and to get the tralhirthTOugh, two light en gines tackled the drifts pf eight feet in depth with vigor, and one ; pas senger; train was able , to pass the drift about 3 o'clock this morning: , Elgin train derailed. For the first time in the hiBtory of the Joseph line, a complete tieup- has resulted. Last evening the trains transferred at a point two miles east of Elgin. This morning two engines and a mall car. broke through the drift reaching Elgin, but the other cars were derailed, and this morning TRANS RUN WALSH W REPENTANT ENTERS SliAButt Cf SPIRITS KARBLY r IN IT. 1 VVT PRINCIPALLY; UNCONCERNED ANGRV AT PHOTOGILirilER AND SMASHES THE - CAMERA ' i- .('; Noted banker, who must serve five . years for stealing $7,0000 uer lug the prlxon doors Unconcern cd and converses about his trains ' , -M .... i ' t'.' ,1 more heavily than W&hh. ; Kansas CityY Jan. ; 19. Appearing unconcerned at his near approach Jo the prison the convicted and con demned banker," John R. Walsh, 'ar rtpd todfty from Chicago enroute to the Federal pri3on at Leavenworth, Kansas. Before the train ' arrived, Walsh asked ' only one question of his guards: - . ;. "Have we missed the Missouri-Pacific out of Kansas City?" he' ques tioned. "I am afraid so,'' responded Marshal Hoy. . , j r . "flow do we." began Walsh. "I guess we will go up by trolley" said Marshal Hoy, interruplng his pris oner's inquiry. ' ' . "It will be a nice trip," he contin ued lightly. v " "Yes" commented the guard some what sadly; "A nice trip, a nice trip." ' ' : J One show of anger marked . the banker's arrival.' A newspaper pho tographer attempted to snap a pic ture of Walsh as he alighted from the' train. Walsh ran at him and smashed the camera ' before Hoy could Interfere. Walsh must serve five years tor1 stealing $7,000,000. It was announced that the track will be cleared by 12:30 this afternoon. As It is impossible to transfer, traffic was of course stalled until the coaches were righted again. It is in the cut at the Galloway place that all the trouble has taken place. The snow troubles are all practically over, unless another hard wind sets in, and as soon as the cars are re-railed, traffic will 'likely be resumed on the branch. Birth Record. ... Born, in this city to Mr. and Mrs. John L. Pypurn, corner of Willow and Cove Avenues, an eight-pound girl, Wednesday, January 19. New York, Jan. 19. The big ctock exchange firm of Lathrop, Haskins Company, went down with a crash to day when the stock of the Hocking Coal and Iron Company, which has been under heavy pressure for the last few days, fell from GO to 37. A panicky feeling has resulted all along the line, big interests watching the market closely. ' LINE TIED UP : Butte, Jan., 19. A : tremenduous son wsllde five miles in width, ' cov erlng the tracks of the Chicago, Mil waukee' & Puget Sound railway, has completely tied UP traffic over the new Western Montana ltne. FIRM FAILS WITH CRASH '. . LsUt Iii'tltti Faces Judges. '. Charged'. .with aWault with intent to, kill, Charles Erhart of lone, is on trial in the circuit court for this county today. Judge Butler of Con d6n, Is on the bench and the unusual spectacle of a man from one county being tried Ijj. another before a Judge j'rom still a Afferent county and Ju dicial district, i , 7 Charles Erhart is the man who is charged to have been responsible for the riot in lone, the night og July 2d of this year. The trouble is al leged to have originated In the Pas time saloon ' in lone and was started by a drunken saloon brawl. ; This resulted In Erhart being chased by and , armed ' posse of .citizens and a general shooting up of the small Morrow county t6wn. Erhart was t l ally captured after being wounded rid compelled to lay out all night. Pendleton E. O. . . , Schurn'an on Farming. ' ; Ithaca, M. Y., Jan. 19. President Jaoob G. Schurman of. Cornell Uni versity has gone ' to Albany today, where he will address the meeting of the New Yory Sjtate Agricultural So ciety on "Agricultural Education". Seven Madras " people have peti tioned to Incorporate that settlement. Philadelphia, Jan. 19. Mpr-4haa 40 working girls are reported killed in a fire which started shortly. before noon In the four story Ellis building, occupied by V, Schedaker & Son;; as a shirtwaist factory. The building Is now a seething furnace - and the fire departemnt is having great diffi culty In combating with the flames. Four other firms emplolng girls al so occupy the building. Five bodies have been ' recovered. Between 50 and 100 . girls were re ported caught. With estimates ot from 25 Jo 40 girls killed and- burned to death, and trapping at least 500 young women, the, fire was the worst disaster in the city for years. . Eight girls are! known to have been killed' by jump ing from the windows of the second, and third floors. "The number of dead must be more than 40," declares Fire Chief Baiter this afternoon af ter making as thorough an lnvestl tion as possible at the time. The origin of the fire is unknown, but spread 'with great rapidity, cutting off .those 'on the upper floors.' ; . Many girls lost their lives because they ran from the front of the build ing instead, of ' the rear, where the single fire Escape was located. Many leaped to death' from the windows. Between 30 and 50 young women were picked up from the sidewalk, or rescued half conscious Trora, the window ledges and taken to the hos pitals. Every available ambulance In the city was called Into service, and for a time the scene resembled that which followed the great Iroquois Chicago fire, After the building war gutted by the flames, the walls col lapsed, burying the victims beneath great plies of debris, from which it will be extremely difficult to recover the bodies. Scores of picked firemen set at work immedltely in an effort to clear their way into he red hot ru ins, so that It may' be determined at the earliest how manyyoung women were roasted. High School Debates Postponed The three ".. ( high school debates which were to have occurred In this county Friday evening of. this week have been , postponed until Thursday evening of next week at the request of the Athena high school. The de bates will be held slmultanlously in this city and We3ton. Arthur Jordon is leader of Pen dleton's affirmative team while the FIRE BURNS ICE GORGE SWEEPS PATH INDIANA TOVN FEARS THAT A GREAT DAMAGE f ILL EE CONE TORE ALL , IS ! SWEEPS EVERYTHING BEFORE THAT COMES IN ITS VAT II. Sudden stop would dam the creek, causing vast damage to the tow of JETansville, Indiana Gorge, is" slowljc working tin way towards the Ohio Barges crashed to bits when ; . Jam strikes them. .1 Evansville, Ind., Jan. 19. Grind- ; lng its way down Wolf Creek, an immense Ice gorge Is sweeping tow ards EvansylHe today, and it is tear- , ed tht the great ice flood will be stopped by a' bend Just : below the city, damming the creek and Vomit ing in a flood that will do a heavy property damage. The gorge broke , several miles above Evansville last Monday with a roar that was plainly ' heard hero. ;.; Six miles of ice are tearing their ,way through the banks, sweeping with It trees and small buildings. It immediately began a slow but irre slstable advance ' toward the Ohio river.. . .,; Wolf .Creek is rising rapidly and u already damages aggregating more" than 1500,000 have been done along- . its - banks. ' . . '; ' V'V Many c;al barges were crushed la the floes. " " PLANS FOR. TABERNACLE TEMPORARY STRUCTURE WILL ; BE BUILT. Evaogellst Jthnsoa senC bine print V for temserarj tiberaacle. ; Plans for the jabernacle to be us ed during the March union revival meetings, to be conducted by Evan-, gellst Johnsonare now in the hands of local ' comlttees. The plans are of the . blue print nature and are working models from 'which the structure can be built. , As yet, no. site has been selected for the taber nacle, but it will be as near the fire limits as possible, to give conven ient access to all. The plans provide for seating a very large 'crowd, and are prepared for construction at the least possible expense, yet strons enough to withstand any wind atorn. A 1 London, Jan. 19. Exchange ; tele graph dispatches from Tangier, Mo rocco, today, say that the rebel army Inflicted defeat upon the government forces at Fez last Sundey. Govern- ! ment reported to have lost .200 men killed or wounded. other members of the team are Ches ter Fee and Pansy Ireland. James Hartwell is leader of the negative- team, while the other two en are Harvey McPherson and Pe e Crockett, Pendleton E. O. REBELS SCORE VICTORY 1 . i 1' i