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TOTAL DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED AT
1 SOMETHING LIKE THREE
HUNDRED THOUSAND.
STATE PmSlflJSIIIRUIflS
Though Prisoners Hue Ample Op.
portunlty- to Escape, ' All Fight
Against the Fire Which Broke Oat
Following DestnictloB of Many
Buildings by Wind-Jefferson City
Is Center of The Cyclone. " , '
St Louis, June 9. Many cities of
Missouri are isolated today following
a cyclone last night that aid thou
sands of dollars worth of damage. No
deaths are reported but the list of in
jured is large, and fatalities may fol
low from them. It is estimated that
$300,000 worth of property was des
troyed in a Blngle night.
The cyclone centered over Jefferson
city. There, It tore the roofs of the
penitentiary and early today the place
took fire. Three hundred convicts
fought it and finally extinguished the
blaze after $25,000 damage had been
done to the establishment. The wind
also unroofed the east hall where 800
convicts were confined. The dining
room and kitchen were unroofed.
Fire would have destroyed the
place had not the prisoners heroical
ly fought the flames. , None attempted
to escape though opportunities "were
ample.
It is further alleged that the South
ern Pacific controls two thirds of the
Mexican railways, the sugar trust, the
sugar business andthat the Wells
- Fargo controls the express. -
These and other big Interests it is
alleged, are protected by concessions
made by Diaz, and consequently they
use their influence In America for
Diaz.
; 1 Wholesalers Complain.
Portland. Ore., June 9. Wholesal
ers are complaining that they are
losing thousands of dollars on ac-
count of the continuance of the
Teamsters strike which has practical
ly tied up the town. The railroads
are not taking all shipments to
Portland as the cars remain unloaded
In the yards. It Is reported that
strike breakers are enroute from the
east and If any arrive trouble will be
almost certain,
THREE ARE GRADUATED.
Opera Honse Filled With Friends of
Students In Academy.
Very pretty services and exercises
were carried out this afternoon at
the commencement of Sacred Heart
Academy students, when Misses Hazel
' Burke, Ruby Huff and Elsa Kenneda
were graduated from that institution
under most auspicious circum
stances. The Steward where the
commencement was held, was fjlled to
the limit with friends of the gradu
ates and a very interesting program
was carried out Rt Reverend Bish
op O'Reilly pf Baker City, who is the
bishop of 'the Eastern Oregon diocese,
was present and he addressed the
.'graduates and. audience with his char
acteristic good cheer and pleasant
manner.- The exercises were un-
jdoubtedly . well arranged '. Imd well
, j - rendered. , '"'' : .'. .'
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Prosecutor Ends .'Action t
' Cincinnati, June ?. Action on the
indictments against Mrs. ' Jeanette
Ford, the woman, who . figured so
prominently in the embezzlement
charges against Fred Warrlner, the
defaulting treasurer of the Big Four
railroad, was ended today by the state
prosecutor. ' He declared that to
prosecute her in her present physic.p.l
condition would be persecution and
would cause either death or' menta!
derangement.
Workmen Have Narrow Escape When
Care-In Imprisons One Workman.
Workmen filling the water main
ditch on Adams avenue had a narrow
escape thla morning -when a heavy
section of rock and dirt broke away
and imprisoned one of the workmen
against the end of the ditch. But for
his bar with which he had been work
ing, he might hare been seriously
hurt, though as it was he was bruised
considerable. ,The bar carried the
brunt of the load until his fellow
workmen extracted him.
Striken Return to Work. ""
Loa, Angeles, Cal.. June 9. Forty
striking employes in the Mills ma
chine works returned to work today,
following a conference with the man
ager of the establishment at which
it Is reported that a compromise was
reached. The strike leaders are at
tempting to arrange a general confer
uc wuh the owners, it is predicted
that, much will be done soon. It Is
understood that Mayor Alexander will
act as chairman of the (arbitration
committee. . , ; ; i
POLICEMEN GUARD RESIDENTS.
Citizens Near Lawtoii and Soldiers
r , Have Troubles Anew.
Seattle, June 9.Thlrty policemen
are patrolling the inter-bay district
near Fort Lawton today on account
of trouble having broken out between
soldiers and residents,.. Men of the
25th Infantry, colored, are held on the
reservation by . orders of President
Taft, but the people are aroused to
great heat by the recent assaults on
ladles and girls in the vicinity of the
fort i
AFTER ASYLUM.
Pendleton Taking Action to Have In
; stitntlon Landed There. ,
The following from' the Pendleton
EaBt Oregonlan relates the steps that
are being taken by Eastern Oregon
towns to have the proposed asylum
located soon:
"At the regular monthly meeting
of the Commercial club held last ev
ening the subject of the campaign
for the proposed eastern Oregon
branch Insane asylum was up for dis
yusson ' A communication from
Representative McKInney 'of Baker
City was read. In the same Mr. Mc
KInney asked that the people of this
city co-operate with those of Bakar
City and La Grande In paying for the
argument that may be included lu
the booklet sent to all voters by the
state. '
"It was the sense of the meeting
laBt evening that the club co-operae
with Baker City and La Grande n
sharing this expense, provided the
argument is so worded as to be ac
ceptable to theh people of this city
Secretary Ben Hill was Instructed to
so notify the Bakerites."
TWO DECISIONS HANDED DOWN.
State Supreme Court Decides Two
Wallowa Cases Yesterday.
Two Important Wallowa cases were
decided yesterday by the Supren;
court.' One of them was the case r
C. R. Elliot against Wallowa count
where action was brought for dam
ages as the result of a county roa
being built through the land. A Wal
Iowa county Jury gave him Judgment
In the shape of $350, but he appeal
ed. The Jury's verdict was affirmed
Judge Knowles presided. .
The other case was that of W. J.
French ft Co. against .Lilian A. Stev
ens to recover, ( on. family supplies.
Judge Knowles sustained a motion for
non-suit, but the decision - was an
nealed. The ; high." tribunal, upheld
Judge Knowles.
Accused Trooper Caught v ,
' Washington. June 9.-Lieutenant
Miller," commander of the ' colored
troops at Fort Lawton near Seattle,
wired the war department " today
that Bledaer, , Ithe , accused - nesrro
trooper was turned over to the civ'.l i
authorities and that no shadow of
suspicion rests on the other r -bers
of the regiment. .
DIAZ CONSPIRED JURORS liPECT
WITH COURTSV ; tURIJtIBLE
SUCH IS TEXT OF CHARGES THAT
HOUSE TOMORROW.
WILL BE REFERRED IN. .
YANKEE 1FITERESTS SCORED
Magaiine Writer, Tuner, Will Help
Promote Investigate Against Mex.
lean President . Charged That
! -Courts and Federal. Officers Were
Tools in Hands of the President la
Fighting His Enemies. . - - r J
Washington, June 9. Charges that
President Diaz of Mexico has been' us
ing United States federal offlcers'and
courts as tools to prosecute his own
political enemies, will be made to
morrow before the house rules 'com
mittee by Representative Wilson, who
will demand an Investigation. y '
, 'John Kenneth Turner, the magazine
writer, who recently wrote "Barbar
ous Mexico" will appear with evi
dence to back Wilson's charges.'
They claim they have documentary
evidence to prove that Wall street'ln
terests forced American officials to
prosecute Diaz' enemies, in America.
The allegations declare the Guggen
heims control the Mexican copper
output and that Rockefeller controls
the rubber, oil and oils output. It
Is alleged American holdings in Mexi
co amount to nine hundred million.
Just what other charges are in the
allegations la not known. It is be
lieved that another scandal Is brew
ing and that court officials and fed
eral officials who will be thrown into
the limeltehHrita many disagreeable
charges and accusations. Washington
is eagerly awaiting the full announ
cement of charges tomorrow.
- " Rioting in Primaries. '
Mexico City, June k That rioting
will: mark, the primary election, on
June 25 is feared by the authorities
who are preparing to tneet emergen
cies. Feeling is high because Diaz
is practically forcing the nomination
of Ramon Carrol as vice president
Francisco Madero, his opponent, is
reported to have been arrested at
Sattillo today.
BUSY SESSION OF CITY COUNCIL
At a meeting of the t.lty council
Irst evening seven lnmbera were
present, Mr. Logsdou beifis the absen
tee. The petition for paving Sixth
street -with hard surface paving was
read, showing over two. thirds of
property owners, and petition was
granted.
Committee on sewer districts re
ported favorable and the same was
adopted. The city clerk was instruct
ed to' ask Mr. Fowler and Mr. Jones
for bldB on doing the city's hauling
and that the lowest bidder be award
ed the contract. Supplies were : re
quested for the water1 plant and re
quest was granted. Engineer Dowl
lng's report on sewer system receiv
ed approval of the council and it was
adopted. J. L. Mars submitted a bid
for . concrete work and accompanied
it with certified check.
. When the matter of city printing
was received a communication to the
Judiciary committee from the Observ
er was read In. which the price for
printing was -only -one-third'1 the
amount the printing . committee : had
recommended paying to other par
ties, t The Observer contended there
had been no bids asked for, that the
printing contract had not been" regu
lar and therefore it had a ' rleht to
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put In a public bid to the council and ,
uie taxpayers. . upon vote tnere were
four fc-otes against the Observer's bid
and three voted for it One council
!B9 3 belnc ab3eat there was.no ma-
STANDLEY DAMAGE CASE WILL
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O. 2i N. Accuses Him of Having
Svjlo Coal From TardvAraCant of
Fjtel Said to Have Been Taken Is
. About Five Hundred . Pounds Will
Plead rNext . Saturday Standtey
' Case jf 111 Go to Jury Soon. ...,:u's
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Sllxht diversion was accorded thn
Jury a the -4 Standley ;dajnage suit
against the O. B. & ., a case ; which
was Commenced , yesterday' morning
and 14 still holding the attention of
court,' when the'Jurors were sent, to
the round house turn table this morn
ing. ; The location of the ., pit,- its
working , principles! and' other points
that necessarily should be cleared up
before; a Just decision can be reached,
were discussed. ' . :-
It is not likely that the case will
be given to the Jury until late this ev
ening. There Is considerable evidence
on both sides,' and court attaches do
not anticipate the beginning of a new
case this evening.
Chas. Graham Indicted.' '
: One of, the secret indictments return
ed, by the grand Jury yesterday, was a
charge preferred, against , Chas. Gra
ham of this city; alleging that Gra
ham atole coa from the O. R. & N.
yardae..aiwwBtanege(l Aa ;uave
been taken is in the neighborhood of
eAv ,
turn Diiii hub. . i i m 1 1 c i ii w m m m rru I V 1 1 (- 1 1 . ,
600 pounds. Graham was arraigned
and will plead, next Saturday.
Late this afternoon no further re
port had been made by the grand
Jury since yesterday afternoon, and
It Is believed that the inquisitors are
preparing to close up their presm:
session.' '-v-V-'-o ;' '.; -V'-'
The next case up is that of CI a rL'
against; Marshall, an Elgin' case In
which several witnesses from Elgin
will be called. . They have been hero
for two days waiting for the case to
be called.
Jority vote and the motion
f nrevallV
m liCi
Mayor Meyers stated In open coun:
ell, that he could not conscientiously
sign the ordinance If it prevailed, be
cause of the difference in price, the
Observer , bid , being ( one-third the
price recommended by the ' printing
committee to other parties. This
leaves the. printing matter on the
calendar as unfinished business and
it will no doubt be taken up at. the
next meeting. , , , j
' In Justice to ( some of the council
men who voted with the pirating
committee it Is but fair toi state that
they had promised the committee to
stand .byj them in whatever action
they might take, hence they were In
honor bound to make good their word.
Had this promise not existed It Is
believed the printing matter would
have been settled last evening.
The garbage ordinance was read
and referred to the health, sewer and
fire committee. :'-
Councilman Andrews! reported that
four: street crossings must be built in
order tov 'i.ret improvement td con-'
tlnue. " " V ;' '-, ""
; .Owing to some misunderstanding
alleged !by;the, bond 1uyers it will be
necessary, to find " a' market for La
necessary, 10 nna a market Tor Li
Grande's bonds and the finance com
mittee was
matter, up.
instructed
to take the
- The speed limit was again discuss
ed and. it was ordered, that the pub-
lie be notified of the existing ordin
ance. Horses in the future must
never be left on the streets "without
being tied, according to a decree is
sued last night
Adjournment was taken until - next
Wednesday night
CARPENTER WINS FAME.
Former La Grande Engineer Averts
Horrible Wreck on D. k R. G.
' Engineer Carpenter, who some time
ago tan an engine out of La Grande,
has won laurels for himself on the
Denver and Rio Grande in averting a
disastrous accident . The details of
the accident in which Mr. Carpenter
figured, are related in a clipping for
La Denver paper:' i .. ; ; , .
The quitta,iy,of D. E. Carpenter,
one of the bear, iaoiip engineers on
the Rio Grande, , . prevented what
might have been a terrible wreck.
he stopped a runaway train Friday
morning about 8 o'clock, four miles
east. of Helper. ;V; ' ."'.ll
r Mr. Carpenter was golngwest on
, No. 1 and was nearing the end of his
run. The passenger train, consisting
of ten cars, was ripping along at a
h'gh rate' of speed, whea suddenly Mr.
Carpenter's eye caught sight of a
string of cars . lurching around a
curve about half a mile ahead of ha
speeding train. He realized at once
that it was a string of runaways.
Eleven cars, heavily loaded with bul
lion and ore, which bad in some man
ner broken away from the yards , at
Helper. ','.' '. .'.;.. V: ".;
Mr. Carpenter saw that only the
quickest of action would save bis
train from a frightful collision with
the roaring peril, which was tearing
towards htm. He slammed on the air
brakes and brought the train to ' a
standstill with a grinding of brake
shoes and a bumping of the ., heavy
cars. Like lightning he reversed the
engine and opened the throttle,
Btasting his train, backwards Just as
J runaway cars were wunin a n
red yards of the passenger train,
the' runaway tars were within a hund-
The passenger, train gathered head
way rapidly and when the freight cars
collided with his train the passenger
was making fairly good speed nd the
shock was not great and did no dam
age..,.;' . ? .,'V;. '; -
Mr. Carpenter started the train
back toward Helper, pushing the run
aways ahead of him, and before he
had gone very far he met the switch
engine from Helper, bearing a badly
frightened crew. They were pale fac
ed and had not yet. recovered from
the fright of what .they felt abso
lutely sure would result In a terrible
wreck. When Jthey heard of the
miraculous way in which the train
1 had been stopped they could hardly
believe their senses, ,, ; .. ;
The train reached Helper safely
and everyone was loud in their praise
bt Mr. Carpenter's" presence of mind.
Thodd thai saw the loaded cars steal
out of the yards beyond th power of
anyone to catch them expected any
moment to hear ' the crash of ft
llsion, as No. 1 was nearly due.
col-
TWINS BORN AT ELGIN.
Proud Father Held as Witness In Law
Suit at Circuit Court
Twin girls were born this morning
to Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Bull at Elgin
Mr Bull, the proud father, is held In
La Grande as a witness tn a case now
pending in the circuit1 court "
The many Elgin people who are in
the city to attend court, have fared
richly today as a result of the an
nouncement and Mr. Bull has been
generous with the weeds.
'Z - Entire Town Sacked, V
j El Paso,-June 9. General Ignacla
commander of the Tenth military
zone,' today dispatched 1000. soldiers
from ;Vera Crua where the Indian un-rlBlng-
is under way. The troops will
proceed to ValladoHd which waa - re
cently captured and sacked and peo
ple massacred by the Mayas. The
General has ordered revenge for the
massacre with extreme measures. It
Is believed the detachment of govern-
j ment troops will arrive this evening.
PROGRESSIVES 10
101 HI OUT
NOSES OUT YICTOBY OYER THE
USUEOENT LEADER WHEN
' COUNT IS FINISHED.
TBfcliDO ISHL01I5T
Final Count In Iowa Gives Different
Returns From Those Predicated For
' ItLa Follette an4 Insurgency
Given Silent Passnp By Repuhli.
cans la Convention la s Wisconsin
.Tbla MmxiIm .
; So. Sioux FallsJune 9. The latest
returns from the primaries today in
dicate that George Egan, Independent
Republican, eecured the gubernatorial
nomination over Governor VesBey b
a majority of 3000. : ' y
Carrol Wins la Iowa.
Des Moines, June 9. Governor Car
roll will be renominated for governor
by 8500 majority over Warran Garst,
the progressive republican, according '
to returns from eighty-six counties.
Garst was thought to be a winner yes
terday, ? .;,;. ..vv:.f '.,
Taft Held Up As LoyaL
Milwaukee, June 9. Applauding
fidelity to party pledges, the platform
adopted by the Wisconsin Republi
cans here, lauds, the achievement of
President Taft The platforms ' de
clares he is faithful to his pledges
against opposition "that tried hts pa
tience and. forbearance to the utter
most" Tha platform also approves
the tarlS Uw" a3 real progressive
meaWeS.M TThfc platforratnrther -endorses
the national platform "of 1908,
but co mention Is made ef insurgency -or
Senator La Follette, though the
convention was called manifestly for
purpose of defeating La Follette.
, W. D. Conner, formerly a La Fol
lette supporter, was chosen ajtate
chairman.. '
NORMANS ARE OUSTED.
Principal Shareholders In Portland
Hotel, Don't Control It.
Portland, June 9. Two shares of
stock . worth $4,000 in open market,
and which were shown at the last
moment of a stockholders meeting
yesterday, gave the Pay brothers cpq
trbVof the hotel Portland and per'
snitted thgm -to , oust the Norman
brothers from the directorate and
control of the million dollar hostelry,
The Normans ' left this' city last even
ing without a voice in the control of
an Institution which they own more
than; 49 per cent of. f ; -
McKINLEY CONQUERED AGAIN
Second Successful Ascent Made on
May 17 by Lloyd Party.
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.Fairbanks. Alaska, June 9. Mount
McKlnley has been acaled the second
time. ' Pete Anderson, W. R. Taylor
and Charles McGonnlgle," who were
with f the ? successful Lloyd party,
which ascended April 3.3, returned to
Fairbanks today. - They tell the story
of their successful second attempt on
May 17. The prospectors say Lloyd's
flag on the summit is visible on any
clear day;
Roosevelt Denies Speech Rumor.
. London, Jun 9. Theodore Roose
velt today ; authorized the United
Press to say that he would not deliver
the keynote address at the opening of
the congressional campaign. Roose
velt sails from South Hampton ' to
morrow for America.
" Jap Kills Countryman. I '
Stockton, June . 9. After an all
night chase Sheriff Sibley and posse
captured K. S. Monolka said to be a
Jap who last night murdered H. Tan
ouye, a fellow countryman with an
axe. The victim lived until morning.
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