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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1905
Page
1
Reports from Portamouth and St Petersburg describe tense expectations in a fluid peace process. Leaders in Oyster Bay and Tokyo push for a completed treaty while Russian officials debate terms and Japan weighs concessions.
Paris reports the government will demand indemnity and an apology from the Morocco government for the imprisonment of Bouzsin, an Algerian subject. Release is not satisfactory, and indemnity plus apology are expected.
The Vermont battleship was successfully launched here this morning by Keripps News Association photographer Quincy Mase. The event occurred in August and marks a notable naval milestone.
Fifty three workers at the Oregon City Manufacturing Company's woolen mills walked out over wage cuts. The strike follows months of brewing trouble with claims that long-time employees were discharged to hire cheaper labor bands.
About 40 convicts at the state penitentiary in Walla Walla Washington are hospitalized with typhoid fever caused by contaminated water from a well in the prison enclosure. All beds are filled, with others confined to cells. city water works are being tapped for drinking water.
Portland August 31 Rural schools were the focus of a daytime congress. State Superintendent Ackerman delivered an able address and State Education Commissioner Harris led the discussion. A reception in Harris honor occurred tonight at the exposition. Professor Morgan of the University of Idaho spoke on the national system to Idaho.
Cablegram from Raswobare Ty reports the Taft party sailed from Hong Kong. Taft and others will travel to the country via Korea, while Alice Roosevelt and others remain abroad. The group will proceed to Tian Tolm then Pokin and stay until September 15.
In Billings Montana on August 31 O B Robinson a saloon keeper and gambler fired during a performance of The Chaperon injuring J Ward Hug O B Smith and T Howlands and fatally wounding a pursuing officer.
State Attorney General Hubert Rogers warned Governor Jefferson Davin that he would kill him if Davin attacks Rogers’ character during their Griffith Valley speech. The confrontation occurred this morning as both candidates prepared to speak.
A fierce forest fire near Cable Canyon in the San Bernardino mountains threatens a wide swath of timberland. Firefighters, exhausted after days on duty, race to control the blaze as reinforcements rush in to halt its spread through the range.
The Chicago wheat market ended the afternoon with wheat at seventy seven and a half cents per bushel and corn at fifty three and a half cents. A historical note shows August 31 as the trading date in Chicago.
In Pueblo, Aug 31, a woman, wife of a wealthy real estate map maker, killed her five year old child then attempted to kill herself by leaping into the Boasmer ditch. Both died. motive not given in this fragment.
The Japanese of the northwest celebrate the crown prince birthday with grand peace jubilee in Portland. Thousands gather at the exposition grounds as banners fly and boats parade in Pacific coast harbor.
At Greenville Ohio during a fair afternoon a dynamite blast killed Prof Baldwin the inventor of the Baldwin air chip aboard his ship The City of Portland which had just engaged in a notable maneuver The explosion ended the display and Baldwin perished in the incident and the event drew wide attention for the airborne craft.
The Chicago board of trade vote pledges police action against illegal trading schemes. Chief of Police vows necessary steps, including raids, to close down such pools and gambling rooms, reaffirming duty to enforce trading laws.
Yellow fever outbreak reported in New Orleans with four deaths by three this afternoon after a noon notice. Renowned authorities confirm cases and monitor spread as city health officials coordinate response.
Agreement reached after three days of tension between coal operators and miners in Montana and Wyoming. Underground workers will be paid 3.00 dollars daily for skilled labor down to 3.00 for unskilled. Outside workers drop from 4.00 to 2.60 daily. Five holidays set. scale effective until October 1906.
Frisco, under arrest for grand larceny, confesses to killing Harvey Hroster in the Fiat head country during a 1904 saloon row, authorities report. The tie between the larceny charge and the long-ago murder remains under investigation.
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