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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1910)
X ! .. . j . v. . i ' sfs r1 i ' . T i. u U i. ,1010 hi 4 1 L j ; f"T IT Mi 1 i i : ,: v ' ' I 7 it i'lrrrp'fnfiAn nnrv V hl-A nil .. J V T",?j titi rTj rvP Hv"? pr-y -juEAH E,.u.kS) LAiiwLY Eli., j ;EUD TO- CHIS? BY ELAZE ii3IURJ)E2 TIIEGSY POSSIBLE . . BUT 0T PLAUSIBLE OXE j , III mnlus brought t La Grande Is -: ; badlj char--ed and burned rrobab ij, Its that fellow sought refuge In the ' : mined the ties pinning- him. In and j : fatally Injuria; him. . Charred and disfigured remains ol nvhat was apparently a tramp ' who Ifaad sought shelter la a hut so fa-' ."miliar along the main line-construct ed by sectloa men of railroad ties rtTere extricated fi-om a section hut . .near Crooks this morning by a Tel 5 caset helper engineer, and have been '.brought to La Grande today by Coro ner C, T. Bacon and Undertaker D. 'C. Stevens of the Henry; & Carr es tablishment While there is a remote ".possibility of murder and subsequent attempt on the part of the murdeder vto cover u phis crime by disposing of the body in the tie hut, and ignit r Ing , it later, there ; ; is hardly any plausibility ta that theory. It; la be lieved that the coroner' Jury called rat a late hour thir aftcraoon, will re turn a yerdlct of accidental death. -The remains &T6 la the Henry & Carr iVcti? oais. rmc r f t - Our assortment of Radios outer garzisntsis very Com plete a! ihii store .tjoii delighted vtih the line Mt Coats foa .cr find hurt all th$ popular nsv crecfJnsin Fcngs&,ldiagQnqls. Jaffetas 0 " rcL'ifrccJ sk Serge Coats Jkas3 popular Coats in styh and fit art Cunsurpased in beauty usefulness short and ful lengths, Cravinett Coats Jhsse are the coats ycu 4 will want a is time being especially gcod for the crlj season. New Capes Jhe popular demand cr tfas g r msnts Continues to grow do not fail to sse cur selection all garments altered free. establishment. . ' Meagre informatioa reached the ci ty this morning calling ti3 coroner to the scene. The engiueeron the.b' U) er was passing the tut when he no ticed It to be afire. Alighting from his engine he attempted to extin guish the blaze and discovered t-i his amazement the body of a human being. - The authorities were tame (liately notified. When found by tho corner, ih body was badly burned. One foo was burned off and a greater portion of the entire body Is charred. The.-. Is a hole t nthe skul Indicating . t those who advance the murder theo ry that he had been shot before th; flames licked him. Such Is not feasl I le. however, for tad the skull boei. fractured before the 'ir). reached thr l)0ly. the brains wouri uave been Im mediately consumed by the flumes The brains are only partly consume inrt ther 'are teveral clmr ijhyslcst reasons why the hclo I ntho skull I t.fh"t'b''IL wound luflicted.befov he firV7eac!:ed hlnl; "";r" -i:; , The rrohahij Tilery ('oroner iiacon unofficially . a., ances the .theory that the fellr" i uamp who sought shelter In .ft? ittle hut so convenient to section men and , oftentimes used , by troips Shelter praces In storms. Mre ts flen placed within the hut and meals prepared that way. ' The supposition fs that when th man In qustUri U tmnpted to do the same ihir.s, te tell isleep and the fire .got beyond con Uol at 'the same time. It Is brobab- ie that the fire undermined the foun . iatlon of the hut, precipitating the ties on the sleeping man, I'fnning bra within the walls of the heavy ties and at the same time fracturing bin skull. - " : '-r ; Eldentlj L. S. Kenncr. - The coroner'g Jury found evidence to Indicate that the man's name is Si. S. Kenner. " A badly burhed letter I rom . his brother, I.. R. - ICenner, at Orton, Garfiald county, Utah, does not . . (Continued on Page 2.Y' ' Will 6b ; - S J ij II IBM 11 p. : ilalS ... , J.I J t.i ' C.EC J vnilf LL I.GIN TEOUBLE STILL BLOCK UQ ALL TRAFFC TIIEKK !rt sectloa of congestion cf trains from the east will be In La Grand about eight o'clock tou!0'ht Sev- .ral Southern Pacllic tralus and 7iHsserigc'rs"wUa tnem i. it time.' . klstera passengers, express and ;ii.iU will reach La Granda for the 'h-t time In three days and nights, vi'fcu eight passenger trains will ar ' i 6. on their way to Portland. The i xwill be here about 8 o'clock to j.j. lit, according to the present sched u'u arid the other sevun will follow as closely .as possible,' and as quickly as, equipment can be supplied. ; The trouble at Glenns Ferry, Mountain Home, Nampa and Caldwell have all been repaired and congestion broken late today. -:'..v.-' Elgin Still Termlnifs-! ' While the trains from the West on the mairi line are running on time, and while there 1 Is " Immediate relief in sight from the East, the status of affairs on the Joseph branch is still uneacourasinft ,f -- -';''. Just aa rapidly as the company can remedy the troubles : there, service will fce resumed. . At first It will like ly be of the transfer sort, and in about a week's time at the latest, the huge slide below Elgin will be clear ed, , i.-i,;VT::.:- .' , It is thought by local offlcials of the 0. It. & N. that the transfers can-. not be made for at least three or four days, and eyen that is specula tive. - ' ri;':k.vr,;i,.rsr;J;. Chicago While Sox Coming Among the many trains headed for La Grande this afternoon are several Southern and Union Pacific trains that have been sent via. Portland on account of washouts between Ogden and San Francisco. Among the pas sengers on them ; are the Chicago White Sox seeking wanner climes for training quarters. It Is. not known 'Just what section the ball tossers are coming on, but it will likely be well along in the evening before their train reaches here.,, ,v . GOTT ROAD IX GBJEF. Employees f French. government owned road w III ' rrIko :; - ' V.'i - Paris,. Mar. 3.Empioyee8 of the government owned railroad are now threatening to go out on a strike today unless they receive increased pay. Engineers are the prime mov era. National union employees have decided to support tne engineers by a general strike. naif of Grand Forks Burnrd. Dawson, Mar. 3.-Half, of Grand Forks, the famous metropolis of the Klondike, was burned. The fire start ed in the Grand Hotel, the once no- norious dance hall and gambling re sort : . Say. Fonda Misused. Taris, ;Mar. 3. Serioua - charges that relief funds In the hands of the authorities have been misdirected are contained In resolutions adopted by merchants today. Funds subscribed by the French government and for eign nations were intended for relief of teh destituto. - The resolutions de mand an accounting for the millions If.: I ' llll' vl w 1 b .HI ft eat r::.iiLincivESCOTE- r - ::j THAT All CF THE OS- 9 AHE lEAQ : IK.UI SAVES OXK MAX B0.M KATE Ol1 Of H LBS ..'arly lu the day twenty-nlne dead Jiave been rcmowsd from Wreckagt f trains' swept over embankment , iuar Everett, 'Washington Gruc Death list nufcrtalru .Seattle, Mar, 3-Tke Great Xorth ; rn Issued an aunouuecment this -uorning ghh'g the, lead at Welling. :(m as S3, .All the ciissln'g are 'fig. .;red in the estimate as fleua. .The company says the list may be too low .v toe liigh.'. ; Everett,' Wasli. Mar.' 3.--Witri 33 bodies recovered ; at Wellington ' to lay and S4 stil; unaccounted for, the railroad company estimates that 73 ire dead in the avalanche. Those missing must be counted as dead, v ; The report of a new avalanche at Wellington is denied absolutely to day by railroad officials. The lasst courier to reach Scenic through the atA U,aJ ,(..1,1.. . . . I '".D.l"OT luni lu 'ebCU0 ort in full awing, , Hig message was u Mi 4 o cicck , vui3 morning. Ttie.130 horse power, company, list of passenger and em- ( - ployees on the wrecked train la 103 Of th for. these 29 are positively accounted ' The railroad is attempting to -get 4 train through to Wellington today, it left Everett at 10 this morning with newspaper men, supplies,? doc tors and nurses, - ' . Twenty-eight temporay , tombs in the snow, each with the body of one lost i nthe avalanche and marked with a rough board dot the little flat Just East of Wellington today. . It will be fully a week before the line Is cleared. It is impossible to bring the bodies but and the snow will pre vent dissolution for days. Five, un dertakers and assistants left Scenic early today for Wellington, vender Engine Five Hours ''I was under my engine for Ave houra. It was snowing hard and pil ing around my head. Twice I gave up and said 'It's all off' and then the rescuers came." This was the story of fireman F. A.' Bates on the engine of the mall train, who reached here today from Wellington. He Bald that everything ' was covered with snow again and it Is hard to tell how many are dead. '. When he. left they had re covered 15 bodies. ... ' " : : Umatilla Falling Fast . Pendleton, Mar. 3. The flood is re ceding rapidly and all danger has passed, . The Umatilla fell three feet last night and Is Btill falling. Danger Over AT Fallraan ' Pullman, . Mar. 3.--Trafiic is tied up but the danger is pver. river is falling, . ' . Fifty People Stan lng stlll The Seattle, Mar. 3.The new town of Lacona on the Milwaukee road 50 miles from here near the summit of j the mountains, has been cut off from me ouisiae ior two weeks by snow, and people are starving. . folfas In Dire Danger.' . Colfax, Wash.,, Mar. 3. Many are mteaing and dozens of families are homeless, ' dwellings and business houses have been swept from' their foundations, Is the condition at Col fax today, as the result of the floods. The water is now receding. . Damage is estimated at $200,000. Many per- gons were rescued, from house tops SETEKAL 'CASES SIITTLEIi. SIdiiy'of tla tilaor cases i''udlng're set;!?! out cf court Several miaor cases were settled !n circuit court to.ky tt-fgre Circuh Judge Knowlea. Among them wer D. McDonald v. E. L. Bryant, settleci ud dismissej; Rock Bros. v. B. F vvebb, and National Cash Beg-talef 'jinpany against B. F. Webb, settled -rid dismissed; Etate.v. Win. Donald v. Ai L. Rice, settled and diamis 1,' Eastern Oregon Qutfminj Cor; , ..fiy v. Julius SJ'ibiier et. al., ettlt,i" :il dismissed: Hansen Bros. v. H. li. ".nkin, sotted and dismissed; Ad '.'nk & Frltts v. J. L Smith, settlei' ::d dlsmiised; State v. Mw. Donald .. 'ii, dismissed. Saved By Bream Kccnic, Mar. 3. Awakened 15 mtn- tea before t'ae Wellington blide and literally forced to dross and walk tt tlio bunkhouse just in time to escape U lu.hudeta.iimULXR irfH'e" "slorjnrircp&rica Anrr;iliir engineer of Leavenworth, told today. Andrews says he was awakened from a fiouud Bleep at oa'e in the morning and was unable to go back to sleep. His mental impression -of impending disaster was so strong that he finally walked to the bunk ..vie; oth er men were sleeping and sat down on the steps alone. :A few minutes later came a rumble, then a roar end flying particles of snow cut off his view. When U settled, where the train harf'been but a few minutes before, nothing remained. - - ; ' Will Use IIoDoplane San Francisco, Mar. 3,An attempt at flight in a mouoplane weighing on ly 3 CO pounds, one of the llgWest in the world, will be made Sunday at Richmond hv CMfTnrA H'nrlnn tha l 1 . California , inventor. The engine Is dat-t9nly 80 pounds in weight and sup- 1 x ,: Handlers to Irrigate land".. Freewater, Mar. 2." The ' ranchers Of Pine creek and Hudson Bay are making applications for incorporation under the name of the Umatilla Irri gation company. -If they succeed in getting; this through it will bring a large acreage of land hitherto un used under cultivation,' that is first class land for fruit ; an dapple or chards. .It Is planned to bring the water to the land by means of a high ditch and they are filing on enough water to Irrigate over 800 . acres of land. One of the principal promo ters of the acenie in addition to the local land owners is Mr. Wlntenr Graham of Walla Walla. You liko to trade at a store where yu are so treated that you have de sire to come again. W'e try nlways to provide that sort of treatment for our customers. We appreciate tire trade of the pub- He and this appreciation finds ex pressia in a constaiit endeavor ' to make our customers feel at home and to make them feel that we are endeav oring at r.H times to furnish, the be it possible goods at the most reason able prices. - . - i; NewUn'ffiuq Co. n' 1 la,'-"! '! ft ..' u ,,r- . f. "f 'MM S I floated e:::;e liver SI XL'S THIS ilOKXiX'U BUT SIILL UlGIlEIt T1IAX TUESDAY Gorge at Oro Bell breaks ana; night and chauint slowly worked through the tuenacitrr :urso at rerry hrn'zf SL'itre I.;-t Ll,-!t Is wlthij IS lilies of record fctflt 0 ft' e vhtr. While the Grande Rondo river in dulged In a wild rampage lust night' sending great floes of ice thundering ; agtinat the bridge, piers and rip rap f ..'(? the course of the fctream', prac-'.i'' tkilly Rll menace from 'flouting lro' has dUapjieraed this afternoon. ' This afternoon et 2 o"clok the Pal-' user mill reading 6howed that the wa ter la eix iacbr-a hlshe than It waa at tie tiaje hour yesterday.' Ice quit Cowing this aiieruuva. -,, ,v.: . ". Coasty Court tails scene. . The County Court and Bridge Bu- ' perlutendent Campbell Bpeut inofdt of the morning up the river and report that there is little danger ofrxiore than trlSlng" damage, for the Eight frosts in the mountains check the water. By . tonight another volumi nous amount wlU have rcai hod here ani.,tho water will riag to recede again tomorrow morning. 7 T'. J ' ; . '"( Ice Gorge Brcuklng i The . congestion of ice Juit above . Oro D?U broke awa last night and , is being rapidly , carried down the f river,, Some of itwas thrown ;hish and dry on the flat' near the Palmer mill.' : I. .':''-;:'' A''.'' jAt Perry where a large gorge was formed yesterday and for a time men-; need the new Bteel bridge, ther is a gradual working away and another night of high water will tear the prin cipal part of it away. This done, there will be a clear channel for the high water from HHgard and unless ' all past stages are broken, no dam- , (Continued oa Page Two). I h I subscribed. v this morning.