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JSvident that a eloadlorst occurred
Saturday sight soatb of town
SHU Creek and Deal Canjen verl-xr-
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X;Changlng its course ; during the
: mad career of Saturday night, Mill
: Creek is today running through the
, center of the Curtlaa orchard, doing
ahout J100 damage to fruit trees and
lawns there, ruining , liberal portions
ol the Baker homestead, and doing
; touch damage to the section of South
La Grande lying along C Avenue.
Tor a distance 4 of four blockB the
dirt la washed away from C. Avenue
and sidewalks are displaced; ': ; "
v All this took place Saturday night
, following what was evidently' a cloud
burst in the mountains south and
, irest of the city. Mill creek canyoa
carried away , more water, than teal
canyon and consequently damage to
. city property was ; most ; severe In
South La Cranfle.- "
t Eeep All Sight Ti&Il. .
Street Superintendent Matott draft,
ed a large force of men Saturday
, night and by, constant lighting du r-
lng the night managed to tireveut as
much adamage. as possible. The flow
of water down Mill creek was such,
however, as to forestall and tangible
fight with Jt and the changed coum?
could not be prevented.
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" Adams avenue la waterlogged today
: as the ' result of the terrific CooJa
which visited portion of jjulon coua
ty last Saturday night N. avenue,
First atreet and aeveral streets ad
jacient to these two, were veritable
canals along which light oljc-ctJ such
as buckets, wood, brooms and other
objects genertilly found around kit
chen doors, wer transplanted down
streets and lodged along sidewalks
and mounds as the water receded. '
The stream under the sidewalk by
the old L. D. S. Church was. a real
river, carrying away Bldewalks' and
ruining lawns In many places.
f The down town districts - suffered
mostly from surplus water W base
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The Foley Hotel hoatfcg ; pdlant
was out of commission all Saturday
night General trouble was exper
ienced all along the street '
logged In the basement All day loug
there has been a constant effort to
rid the basements of water.
; Damage to the extent of about $200
was done yesterday to the new road
constructed by the county a year ago
Just below Perry. The enormous
quantity of water that went down
the river yesterday covered the hew
stretch of road completely and did
4 little ' damage In places but the
main portion of the road Is still. In
tact. -:Mv 'r-:-M- '"MM-! -
; Bridge Superintendent Campbell
has a force of men clearing the dif
ficulty again and traffic can be re
sumed by this evening. -
The river was higher- yesterday
than It has been this year. It started
to recede but this morning went up
again and by 10 o'clock had reached
a point within eight Inches of the
high Btage laBt night The crest of
the flood has been reached, is believ
ed by all those who are keeping In
touch with events. , ' , . V
Eace Swindler Sentenced
; Council Bulffa, la., March 21. C.
May brayi the leader of the notorious
gang of race swindlers and 1 Oasso
clates were today sentenced to two
years In the federal penitentiary at'
Leavenworth and to pay a fine of
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yl",;'rf:-Ji complete line of the above world.
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Silks, Pongee, Wool Silks and Rubber
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strikingly, handsome this year. No
previous season ever offered such a :
delightful , variety of ' smart styles.
.Our splendid new stock Is sojarge
and so varied that dozens of becom
ing modes can be found for every
style of figure. s'H'S'v:-':'-'";' X-"':
. Girls, If you have a pretty .foot,
take ,1$ to,. The Fair and . have It en
cased in a pair of their pretty shoes.
We have them for every foot and
for every, purse.
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, . Two lives' were snuffed out ftnd th6
lives of many , others miraculously
saved Sunday morning at o'clock
when a light engine running down
Kamela hill to help No. 6 up, jumped
Mission and plowed into the hill with
terrific force, and Inter ditching a
westbound freight train, throwing an
engine and seven cars .Into the Uma
tilla river. -.Engineer I S. Risk and
his fireman, Ed Hopple, were Instant
ly killed. - Thes51 men were running
down the hill at what must have been
a high, rate of speed,' for the engine
refused to "take the curve" and it
plowed straight into the embankment
It did not tip over , but cleared the
rails ' so that the block would not
"throw" notifying the engineer on
the freight coming down 20 minutes
behind, that there was trouble ahead,
r The momentum on the light e'nglne
which struck the bank was such
that the law of motion was maintain
ed, The coal in the tender "kept go
ing" when the nose of the engine
struck the. bank, and quick as a flash
piled the engineer v and fireman
against the boiler head. .Risk was
terribly scalded and his body muti
lated by' the beat of the bollef . and
the force of the coal piled against
him. Hopple escaped serious burns
but was burled .under the "large
amount of coal and was the last ex
tricated from the debris. Thus ?vpar
etly was it death of cha two men
Tho engine was 215.
Freight Strikes Light Engine.
Twenty minutes ' later Engineer
Robertson and Fireman Charles Wil-
meters Dweio,
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freight train,, bumped into the pro-' message win be read
vious wreck. : A portion of the ten- 8ad the tew, of3cial sworn In to
der of 215 had not cleared the main- a,bt.-"; Routine matters will be at
llne and this, was struck by the on-, tnded to on,T
coming freight 'engine, S85. . ; Neit WedneS(laT n'Eht the' follow-
: At this incUfit another miracle dc- f e-i city attorney, street superia-
curred. The -firs engine had run jtendent' ter superintendent, city
into the embankment on the left, but. audltor Pun(1 master, two night offl-
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the oncoming , freight engine was
pushed to the rfght and turned turtle1
Into the river several feet below the!
track, The engineer . and fireman
saw the obstruction In time to save
their lives, Wilson leaping to the
left and Robertson to the right. Rob
ertson fell Into a wire fence and sev
eral of the freight cars passed over
his head and Into the river.
' ; Have XSracclons Escape -Running
about 20 miles an hour.
Engineer Henry Hensen and ' Fore
man John Daniels had a narrow an
escape from frightful injurest last
Saturday night as well can be Imag
ined, when the second section of No.
Five went in the ditch near Durkee,
following a heavy downpour of rain.
Water had undermined the track at
one point and the engine toppled ov
er without the least warning, falling
on its right side. The engineer was.
of course, pinned to his Beat by the
weight of the fireman, who had been
hurled frotd hia side to that , of the
engineer by the tip over, - Mud and
water rushed through the engineer's
window in great, volumes. With pres
ence of mind, Daniels ' managed to
get to his feet and making a way
clear to escape, assisted Mr, Henson
through the fireman s entrance which
by that time was above the men, in
stead of to the aide. They escaped
without injury.
; Messenger Schults Escapes .
Express 'Messenger . Schultze had
an escape that was fully as bewilder
ing. The baggage car was "thrown
crosswise on the. track by the ditch
ing . Trunks and packages carromed
from one side to the other., but he
escaped unhurt
, Quick work by the wrecking crew
from La Grande prevented any very
long delay of , the trains from the
East ; . No, 9 arrived last night at
12:35, and both sections of No. 5 fol
lowed at about 1 o'clock. No. seven
got in this morning at 6:20.
Trains, are again running, on the
Joseph branch, where the last slide
Is reported to have done little dam
age. The train yesterday was six
hours late and one car had lost three
sets of steps. - These were replaced
this morning and the train went out
oa tme. -
HOPPLE ; A POPCLAB FIREMAN.
TIctIm of wreck-was a young man
with relatives In East.
Davlfl Edward Hopple was twenty
five yeara of age. ; His parents and
three sisters livo In IlarriBburg, Pa.
An older brother, V.'alter, is yard
foreman .at Ruth, Nevada, and a
younger brother, Harry, is also at
that place. Word was sent to Wal
ter Hopple yesterday, who Is on the
way to meet the remains, which will
be brought to his city. - " "
Hopple was a member of the local
Brotherhood of Railway Firemen and
Engineers, ' -' ..':..' '. ..
His room mate, Bert Williams, and
four other firemen, representing, the
Brotherhood, went to Pendleton yes
terry to taie cHargU 6t tie body.
.LAI AlTCISTrEMS
L..; ur t: t rsl eoast!t wiih caa
!1 X'ifere aypetatfag ,
Unkrs tirre ts a change la rlans
tbis evtclns, the list of appointments
for city a; yuInUve offlces usually nam
ti ty th R'ayor elect, will not be
mm-d until next Wednesday, when
' 5'ayor-tlect lleyers wishes to meet
ice mayor ap
poiuts but . the council ratifies, and
in this way a meeting to discuss the
, appolatrnents will avoid dlsquaHSca-a-
tlons of any of the appointees.
cers and gate keeper at the Beaver
creek intake., . A . ;
Reporta of all officers for the year
will be read tonight, and this, with
installation o fnew officers, will con
sume the evening's business.
Wreck In lown spells death to large
number of persons.
Chicago, March, 21.Rock Island
railroad officials here say If bodies
have been recovered from the wreck
of a double-header passenger derail
ed today at Relnleck, Iowa. It is
reported,;. Ujot , the . totalnnmber of
dead Is 25 and injured 24.' The train
was bound for Minneapolis and run
ning over the Chlcagq Great West
ern tracks becauae the Rock Island
tracks were blocked by another
wreck. y ':,,,,(v"...',:::'1;,'-i'v ;
List of Dead Grows ' ,r,
" The latest reports from the Rein
beck wreck say 42 persons were kil
led and nearly twice that number In
jured.'".;; -V;.' '
' Relief and wreckln gtralos have
gone to the scene. Automobiles car
rying doctors and nurses are headed
for. Marshall town where many of the
injured were taken. . Telephone re
ports say the wreckage is afire and
that tho rescuers are fighting to save
many people left in the debris of the
wrecked cars. , f f. : r -y
;: A train carrying the dead and In
jured has left the scene of the wreck
for Marshalltown. . - -
' When .the engine left : the track,
three cars piled upon them and fire
broke out The cars destroyed were
a baggage car. clialr car and one
sleeper. .-"' ' ;; ;;'
KILLED
INSr.lASIIUP
for Dependable Medicine
When sickness comes or whenever there is any need ot -medicine
yon want the purest and most potent to be Lad. It
may do to take chance in some things, bat not in this. We ask
yon, therefore, whenever yon have a prescription to be filled, ;
or any medicine to be rxocured, to remember, that this la a
store that emphlslzes qnallty. We have the best drufci that
money can buy and we make a specialty of the compound- .
ing ot physicians prescriptions or ot household recipes. Whea
yon set medicines here ypu can feel that you can depend r . '
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tUlES C02JSITTEE S2AT34-
BecmcrtTMcBt today that rcpilarj,
can control iltna'Jon after "l anl
tiat insBrsnt victory Is merely a
It The iaswjents sccia conSdest."
aaway. "
Washlncton, March 21-r-Among tha .
matters to be taken up by the new
rules committee oj the ' house after
organization are 23 measures on
which the old committee had taken .
no action. They include many mat
ters, it is declared, that were sup-,
pressed by Cannon. The new com
mittee is expected to have a big task.'
It was admitted today that Cannon 1
forces will control the caucus that
names members of the committee and
it is Deuevea tney wm Attempt
capture a majority, thu leaving the
insurgents only a paper victory. ,
The greatest reeult ol tho rule
revolution in the present Juse bo
far . as the present session con
cerned will be a full discussion, f tha
Taft legislative program on the oor,
according to Insurgent leaders today.
: "No matter how the new commute h
on rules is constituted" said Norrla
of Nebraska today "It has been de-
elded that the house can decide for
itself what it wants. . No matter what
the new committee may do the hous
Itself will have the last to say, It ,
is believed the victory was a step
toward fulfilment of the platform
pledges of the party."
Indications are today that the In- ,
eurgenta will have no place on th
rules committee,
"; -'Today's session of the house la
without incident. Routine : buslncsa
was transacted and there is nothing
to Indicate the turbulent times of
Saturday. . The Democrats blame the)
Insurgents for Cannon's final victory
'The insurgents showed a yellow
streak," Bald Sims of Tenn..
' Champ Cark is pleased with the re
sult Things are in better chapa '
than for" 20 years, he says. " " '
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MANTED Girl for general - hquB
work. Five dallars per week for
good girl. , Enquire Observer S-21-25
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