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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1909
Page
1
Joe Williams was found not guilty of arson after a jury verdict delivered at 3 28 this afternoon following deliberations that began at 11 05. The trial before Circuit Judge Knowles included penalties of 10 years minimum and up to ten years maximum if convicted.
After the Williams argument the case stalled due to defendant absence. Truax left for the county seat by team and few witnesses testified. The grand jury made no recent report and may adjourn after resuming work tomorrow.
Washington reports the house ways and means committee placed lumber on the Cree list after hearings, arguing lumber is controlled by a trust and no longer needs protection. San Francisco reports a Russian man, Mitri Dreschenko, shot dead a girl named Dorothy Mulokonoff and then killed himself after failing to elope with his loved one.
The speech recalls Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address with four score seven years since the nation’s birth and the fallen soldiers’ sacrifices. It affirms dedication to a nation governed by the people and a higher duty to preserve liberty and unity.
Two young men died in separate accidents and were laid to rest in a single day. The Donnelly interment occurred at 10 o'clock and the Turner funeral followed at 2 PM as funeral cortege moved through town to nearby cemeteries.
Lincoln's memory honored across La Grande with school recitations and Baptist church services. A parade of old soldiers and the Woman’s Relief Corps opened at 1 36 PM, followed by a Lincoln memorial program and principal address by Price-Gideon.
Proposals to amend the Constitution and the sculp bounty bill are scheduled for settlement Monday at Salon Monnday. A special order was set after portrayals of General Chant and state officials. The eastern Ocecos deletion was approved, and the bill targets predatory animals preying on livestock. A state aided railroad amendment and a citizens commission bill to enforce the changes were made a special order for next Monday.
Authorities pursue Captain Peter Hatta the slayer of William Annis to force nourishment as he starves for days. He has refused food for a month and even blocked access to a barber, raising fears of death amid extreme emaciation.
Hote Feb 12 Representative Alvord charged that $73,000 was used by the Ayner interests to defeat the local option bill in the Idaho legislature. Opponents protested the claim as the vote to suspend rules failed and the measure was set as a special order for Monday.
In the Senate the morning dealt with committee of the whole discussing an irrigation code. Mining and water interests opposed state regulation. The bill was later passed as lawmakers adjourned after noon for the Lincoln celebration.
A wireless dispatch from Admiral Arnold indicates three battleships are en route to meet a main force. Admiral Perry reports the fleet about 125 miles west of Paya in the Azores as the weather island and enterprise editor H A Galloway conduct business locally.
Thousands gathered in Hodgenville Kentucky on February 12 to hear President Roosevelt and former Confederate Luke Wright honor Abraham Lincoln at the log cabin memorial. The crowd included former slaves and slave owners as well as officials from Louisville and Missouri, with 6000 seats filled and crowds at daybreak. Roosevelt delivered a landmark address on Lincoln’s birth centennial, praised as the day’s climax.
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