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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1905
Page
1
Reports indicate peace negotiations are expected to wrap up by early next week, with diplomats assessing key concessions and timelines. No final agreement announced as discussions proceed among participating parties.
Report from Portsmouth and London on the 17th indicates Witte favors peace while indemnity and Sakhalin terms hold up progress. Delegates discuss articles nine through twelve covering indemnity, Pacific naval limits, and Siberian fisheries. A St Petersburg banker cites an American loan backing the peace effort amid cautious but rising optimism.
Justice of the Peace Hough discharged Henry Belmer who faced an assault to kill charge for harming his ten year old son. The indictment failed for lack of intent to kill though evidence showed severe whipping with a buggy whip and calls for some punishment. Some suggested removing the child from parental control until the parent can temper temper.
Thousands gathered in Provo Utah to witness the Unitah reservation land drawing supervised by a secretary of the interior committee. 5772 envelopes from registered applicants were drawn as Ray Daniels Noah M Baldock Bary L Ball John H Partridge and Frank Moyle emerged among the first named. Daniela, twenty one, reportedly offered five thousand dollars for selection and five years at one hundred dollars annually.
An excursion train at Brace station near Norfolk collided with a draw bridge at Boone water station. Five hundred passengers were aboard as a car sank in water. At 8 o clock two dead and thirty injured were recovered, seven bodies found, and twenty seven missing as physicians rushed to the scene.
The Trans Mississippi Congress in Portland, August 7, heard Hon John W Noble preside. Major W O Langitt spoke on the Columbia River, T B Wilcox on Oriental Trade, and Minister to Columbia John Barrett discussed Future Markets. F B Thurber addressed Merchants and Marines, with G W Dixie on River Improvements.
A lone highwayman halted the stage between Usl Moon Bay and Ben Matteo. He took the Wells and Fargo express box and forced passengers to pass the hat. An approaching teamster was driven off his wagon and chased, then another teamster appeared and the robber escaped.
At three o'clock this afternoon there were thirty eight new cases reported in New Orleans along with three deaths. The update details the day's health status and emphasizes the ongoing spread of illness in the city.
Iroquoise captured the fourth race this afternoon earning the QGaoudian cup on the Aug seventh program.
A Scripps News Association report states Yokohama Angli Japanese chants have rescinded the call to boycott American goods. No further details provided.
Giles of Pittsburg defeated the national champion Flen for the Exmore cup on the Exmoor link this morning at Exmore.
The cruiser Chicago with the Bennington arrived from San Francisco this morning and is reported to be ashore on Angel Island. Tugs have gone to her relief.
A federal grand jury will reconvene in Portland next Tuesday to pursue land fraud and related matters. Judge Gilbert announced an order to draw the panel tomorrow, with Francis J Heney expected to attend Monday. Secret Service agents continue evidence gathering for the commission. Delays shift several trials to early September.
London reports rising anxiety over possible German French clashes as word spreads that the German mission in Fez has signed an official loan contract. The development amplifies existing fears of a broader conflict in the region.
Advices from western Montana report forest fires on the rise. In the Clinton area a large number of men under federal direction fight the blaze as flames form a solid wall across about five miles. Estimated damage remains uncertain but will be large.
A major blaze breaks out in Kissheff ignited by explosives seized by revolutionaries. Firefighters battle the flames as authorities investigate the device and motive behind the incident.
Chairman Shonts of the Isthmian Canal Commission is sick with dysentery contracted at sea. He is at his summer home in Greenwich Connecticut and will not be in the city for several days.
All persons knowing themselves indebted to the Interlem of Book and Thomas are requested to inquire at the old stand at the market. There they will meet Mr Gwen Thomas or Miss Vera Harding who will arrange settlements. GW Thoms.
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