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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1905
Page
1
Report notes no joint session today as Russian and Japanese envoys hold separate discussions. Ambassadors Rosen and Pokoulof toured Portemouth in good humor while terms remain confidential until a final treaty. Russian reply anticipated tomorrow with Japanese observers anxious over public disclosure.
A field en state limited train derailed on a wire east of Columbus this afternoon. The crash carried sixty passengers and a number are reported killed. Details are not yet available.
In the third round FC Fownen defeated Travieine up and D F Sawyer beat AL White three up. HO Egan defeated Herreecho two up with one match still unfinished.
Dr Jacob Hollander and John Hopkins, recently returned from Santo Domingo as special commissioners, will visit other British stations to conduct further investigations. They sail aboard the cruiser Gavelston.
Transfer plans completed to move 25 Bennington convalescents to Mare Island on Sunday. Board of inquiry report will be sent to Washington today or tomorrow.
Brown, jailed for October term, attempted to break out last evening using a dummy and removed bricks. Deputy Johnson, discovering the altered wall and Brown atop the jail, stopped the escape and tightened future custody.
In New Orleans officials report a fever crisis with three dead and twelve new cases at one pm. City leaders urge courage as workers keep pay and no layoffs during the panic while Archbishop Chapelle funeral is scheduled for nine o'clock today.
The Presidential party arrived for breakfast at Higgins Hall then went to the auditorium where the President delivered a major address on foreign and domestic policy. He defended the Monroe Doctrine as the guiding principle of Western Hemisphere policy, emphasizing adaptation, responsibility, and support for sister republics while avoiding expansion at their expense. Continued on page 3.
London reports Parliament rogued today after a tensed session. King Edward in his speech addressed major international issues including the Russo Japanese war and conveyed hope that US mediated peace delegations may yield a mutually honorable settlement and urged calm to resolve Norway Sweden disputes.
The Boise market reports no banana supplies due to yellow fever disruptions in New Orleans. Officials believe the New Orleans trouble is the cause and expect no panic in Boise despite the shortage.
A Black man was publicly burned in the Hopkins county courthouse square at Sulphur Springs today by a mob over a alleged crime involving a white woman. County Clerk JB Gilliam issued a marriage license yesterday to O B Sanders and Miss Clara B Bell, both of Cove.
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