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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
1
Alton Parker spoke to the St. Paul Bar Association on congestion of law noting the country suffers from over legislation. He cited about twenty five thousand pages and twenty seven new statutes added annually, urging relief.
In Portland on August 80 Oswald West state land agent and Frank G Brown clerk of the state land board confirmed the signatures of defendant F P Mays on school land and Blue Mountain reserve application papers and testified about the payments on the matter.
Abrahaima Green aged 32 of the San Bruno road killed his wife this afternoon and then blew out his own brains. No motive has been signed as yet.
About 300 members from Guba Porto Rico China the Philippines and other nations attend the sixth annual convention of the American Veterans of Foreign Service in Cincinnati. A merger proposal between Eastern and Western branches will be decided at the meeting with possible election of national officers. Nearby Sonora hub Shaw reports a rich copper and silver ore strike east of Kennedys Lake with assays around 600 per ton.
The War Department announced a general order increasing enlisted Army strength from 60 798 to 62 615 to provide machine gun detachments for each cavalry and infantry company.
Philadelphia reports reveal the coroner found that the late President Hipple killed himself. The inquest notes suppression of facts to avoid bank runs, with no family or bank officials implicated, though rumors spread about the cause. Mrs. Hipple found the body believing death was by apoplexy until a doctor arrived.
Oakland and San Francisco report ongoing labor tension as strike breakers head toward the bay area. President Cornelius urges public support for workers seeking a living wage and reasonable hours while unions anticipate desercion and await car company plans to house arrivals in barns on 28th Street. An attempt to wreck the Overland Limited near Glen is linked to strike breakers, with two men captured and later jailed.
Due to risk of disturbances the chief of Police recalled two hundred officers on leave because of the fire and lifted the order later releasing another two hundred on Saturday, signaling a precautionary shift in security posture.
The city of La Grande charged John Mahaffey with cleaning cuspidors on the street. After hearing evidence, Recorder Snook ruled Mahaffey not guilty.
E. G. Stack pole was convicted of murder of Joal Shock and sentenced to life imprisonment. He is to be sent to San Quentin next Tuesday.
In Havana on August 30, President Palma and Capote exchanged sharp words with Palma calling Capote a traitor in a public rupture highlighting political tensions.
In Seattle a meeting is set for tonight to organize eight hundred street car workers amid a dispute with the Seattle Electric Company. The company has already discharged thirty employees and warned more may follow, raising the possibility of a general strike.
August 30 dispatch says officers ordered to use arms to dispose of any approaching subjects. Government aims to stop assassinations but citizens fear police may shoot at will. St Petersberg report notes a new loan to relieve famine in several provinces.
Washington August 30 The city of Spokane through merchant bodies filed the first complaint under the new rate law with the interstate commerce commission against the Northern Pacific Great Northern Union Pacific and Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. The filing claims Spokane bears higher rates than similar cities while Seattle Tacoma and Portland receive favored treatment. The commission published the complaints and noted many more filed later.
Reports from Joseph city and Joseph ward claim efforts to revise the charter are under way while rumors indicate a move to install saloons in the dry city. Allegations speak of a large stock of liquors awaiting shipment to Joseph.
William Jennings Bryan lands in New York as thousands of Democrats gather for a Madison Square Garden reception. The event features Gov Folk and Major Tom Johnson with Bryan expected to outline campaign strategy and respond to current political issues.
Willam Glagowie named co receiver of the failed trust company this afternoon due to diversified interests in the institution and its holdings in Philadelphia.
State authorities say evidence is sufficient to convict all thirteen Negro soldiers held at Fort Houston on murder charges from the Brownsville riot.
Chicago grain prices show wheat opening at 70.4 and closing at 70 percent. Corn opened at 48 percent and finished at 48 percent. Oats began at 29 and ended at 29 percent.
The Board of Stewards of the Methodist church are requested to meet at the church Friday evening at 7 50.
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