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Newspaper

La Grande Evening Observer

Location

La Grande, Oregon, United States of America

Date

Feb 14, 1905

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Congressmen Battle in House Acknowledges Hearst Sullivan Clash

Massachusetts representative Millivac opened with a personal attack on Hearst as Sullivan denounced Hearst papers. Hearst retorted charging Sullivan with a saloon murder in Boston and defended his own role. The House applauded both sides as Gardner praised Sullivan’s irreplaceable character ending the exchange.

Scripps News Association Wington Millivac Massachusetts Senaa Hearst New York WR Hearst Sullivan Boston Congresamas Gardner Maes

Cold Wave Expands East From Midwest

Duluth reports twenty six degrees below zero with subzero readings across the region. The cold outbreak is rapidly extending toward the Atlantic states with Kansas City and St Louis also deep in freezing conditions. The Weather Bureau says the East will soon face zero weather and a return to harsher winter conditions.

Duluth Mine Paoabon Kansas City Louis Atlantic Coast Weather Bureau

Prosecution Grabs Marked Bills in Boodling Trial

Dispatch from Sacramento dated February 14 reports three marked bills alleged in a boodling case have been recovered by the prosecution. The bills will be produced in court when the trial begins.

Sacramento

Nebraska Senate Passes Bill on Monkey Labor

The Nebraska Senate approved a measure prohibiting overworking monkeys by Italian band organiate while rejecting a clause to ban jackrabbit chases.

Lincoln Nebraska Senate Organiate

Noted Woodman Dies

F A Falken burg head consul of the Wood men of the World died in Los Angeles this morning after prior years of service and leadership in the fraternal order.

Scripps News Association Los Angeles F A Falkenburg The Woodmen of the World

Twenty Injured in Wreck at Peru Indiana

Fifteen to twenty trainmen injured in a collision between a freight train and a work train on the Lake Erie and Western line. Heavy snow drifts delayed rescue, and the injured are being cared for as temperatures dip to eighteen below zero.

Scripps News Association Peru Ind Lake Erie and Western

Russians Repulsed in Fresh Asia Fronts

Tokio reports General Oyama stating Russian forces shelled and attacked Wai Tao San day but were repelled. A small Russian infantry force attacked Lapatei and Fan Shan Tai Monday and also failed, being driven back.

Scripps News Association Tokio Oyama Wai Tao Sanday Lapatei Fan Shan Tai

Poisoned by Beef Tea Causes Mrs. Wilson’s Death

Mrs. Alice Wilson, 25, wife of Charles Wilson, died at 8 at her Whitebird home from ptomaine or analogous poisoning due to prepared beef tea. Doctors Stockton and Campbell attended but could not save her. She had been married about three years. Lewiston Tribune reports.

Alice Wilson Charles Wilson Whitebird Stockton Campbell Lewiston Tribone

Idaho Timber Land Fraud Probed by Interior Agent

Special Agent H. Cullom of the Interior Department based in Miles City is assigned to the Lewiston Idaho district to assist in investigating wholesale timber land frauds in northern Idaho.

Miles City H . Cullom Interior Department Lewiston Idaho Cullom

Clashes Between Strikers and Troops Reported in Poland

A Lodz dispatch says five clashes between strikers and troops occurred yesterday. Forty two people were killed and over two hundred wounded including women and children. Strikers demand revolvers. Funeral held for forty five massacre victims at Sosnomive yesterday.

Scrippa News Association Berlin Imd Lodz Poland Sosnomive

Roosevelt in New York Busy Day Amid Events

President Roosevelt rose early after a long night of work and planned a busy evening. He spent the morning at Douglas Robinson’s Madison Avenue home and had lunch at the University Club. He will attend the Hungarian Republican Club banquet as guest of honor. A self-styled reform candidate, William Waldorf Jackson Jr asked to see the President but was turned away by secret service.

Scrippa News Association New York Douglas Robinson Madison Avenue University Club Hungarian Republican Club William Waldorf Jackson, Jr Hotel Manhattan Lowell Mage Robinson Secret Service Buckingham Hotel

Court Denies Continuance in Buffalo Bill Case

Cheyenne Wyoming February 4 The court refused the application of Mr William Cody for a continuance of proceedings against Buffalo Bill The taking of depositions will begin Thursday and the trial will probably occur at Sheridan in March

Scripps News Ausoviat Om Cheyenne Wyoming William Cody Buffalo Bill Sheridan

Delegates adopt protest over fake Porto Rico accounts

The House of Delegates in San Juan Porto Rico adopted a resolution denouncing fake accounts published in the United States that accuse Porto Rico of hostility toward the American people.

San Juan Porto Rico Kebla House of Delegates United States

Boise Assayer Appointed in Idaho by President

Washington February 14 The President today nominated Joseph O Pinkerton of Idaho to be assayer at Boise City Idaho.

Scripps Newer Association Washington Joseph O Pinkerton Idaho Boise City

Small Engagement Report From Tokio Front

A Tokio dispatch states a Japanese force surrounded a Russian cavalry detachment yesterday. Casualties reported include several dead and eleven wounded.

Scripps Nova Ansociation Tokio

Boiler Explosion Wrecks Scranton Plant

A boiler explosion at 4:45 p m in the Alex Chambera Machine shops in Scranton destroys part of the building. One firefighter and two workers are killed, and about a thousand men were employed at the time. The blast caused total destruction of a section of the plant.

Scripps News Association Scranton Penn Alex Chambere Machine Shops

King Opens Parliament in Cold London Welcome

King Edward and Queen arrived at the House of Lords amid a cavalry escort. The Prince and Princess of Wales led their procession from Buckingham Palace to Parliament, receiving a cordial reception before returning the same route.

London Edward House of Lords Buckingham Palace House of Parliament Prince and Princess of Wales

Will Distinter Join Paul Jones Mission in Paris

The President sent a message to Congress recommending a thirty thousand dollar appropriation to fund the discovery and disinterment of John Paul Jones in Paris. The request signals a governmental effort to recover the famed naval hero's remains for reinterment in the United States.

Will Distinter Paul Jones Scripps News Association Washington Congress John Paul Jones Paris

Cardinal Satelli in Serious Condition in Rome

Cardinal Satelli once apostolic delegate to Washington has relapsed from bronchitis and his condition in Rome is now very serious.

Rome Cardinal Satelli Washington

Tunnel Collapse at Parie Rail Tunnel

A railroad tunnel at Bt. Germainten in northwest Parle collapsed this morning with damage and casualties not yet known.

Parie Bt. Germainten Parle

Russians Need Shoes and Clothes in War Report

February dispatch from Liao Yang reports General Oyama’s forces totaling 450000 men with 280000 in combat near the Sia river and Hashin. Prisoners and dead show Russian troops lack clothing and warmth, with cold likely worsening illness.

Scripps News Association Vokio Liao Yang Oyamas Sia River Hashin Jine

Resolution seeks probe of 1908 San Domingo arbitration

Baocoon of Georgia on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee presented a resolution directing an investigation into the 1908 agreement between the United States and San Domingo. The probe would examine claims by the San Domingo Improvement Company of New York and whether the pact authorized occupation of the republics custom houses without Senate submission. The resolution was referred to the Foreign Relations Committee.

Washington

Chicago Endures Deep Cold and Widespread Distress

By Boripps News Association Chicago February 14 The city endures another day of subzero weather with a dozen degrees below zero across the past 24 hours. Dozens of deaths are reported among children and the elderly. The Charity Bureau cannot relieve more than ten percent of destitute cases. Over 100 fires have added to the emergency as blizzard conditions stretch from the northwest to the Alleghany mountains, with harsh weather reaching as far as Minnesota and Kentucky in the south.

Boripps News Chicago Charity Bureau Deusdian Alleghanoy Mountains Minoori Kentocka Ingis

Fire Rips Lasalle Theater In Chicago Blizzard Night

A two thirty AM blaze on the fourth floor of the Botsl Bre Voor building endangers guests and trapper residents. Five firemen are hurt by debris as the Lasalle Theater sustains ten thousand dollars in damage. The fire disrupts northwest side cable lines and telephones, with hotel losses estimated at a quarter million dollars. The Chicago fire department answered forty seven alarms during the night.

Chicago Manny Lasalle Theater Fire Department of

Two Fugitives Captured After Wyoming Stand

Five Fifty Shots reports the capture of the Oklahoma Coombs and Denver Lane at Basin Wyoming. The two jailbreakers from Billings resisted with over fifty shots before surrendering as ammo ran out. Cold weather drove them into a trap with temperatures near fifty degrees below zero.

Scripps News Association Butte Mont Oklahom Coombs Denver Basin Wyoming Ranters Dewsperadoea Billings Banite Anelter

Duel in Paris: Count Czaguouki Wounded in Fight with Journalist

In Paris on February 14 Count Czaguouki of the Turkish diplomatic service dueled Gustave Villette, a journalist, over published criticisms of the Count’s conduct amid divorce proceedings. The Count was wounded in the arm. The former Countess Czaywosky was Miss Edith Collinge, related to Vanderbilt and ward of Chauncey M. Depew.

Paris Czaguouki Gustave Villette Czaywosky Edith Collinge Vanderbilt Chauncey Mlepew

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