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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1906
Page
1
A blaze at Woodward's pavilion during morning lectures caused a panic among professors and students at the College of Physicians. Everyone escaped unharmed. The fire damaged the building with estimated losses at five thousand dollars.
New York Jan 18 Judge Devel continues cross examination in the libel case against Norman Hapgood. Testimony reveals Town Topics issued instructions to correspondents advocating less brutal methods and “razor” tactics over blunt abuse. Judge Deus says he was unaware of the guidance.
A Utah/ Wyoming despatch reports an ice dam at Esch canyon broke this morning along the Union Pacific line flooding Evanston and causing extensive damage. A Tokyo dispatch cites famine stricken persons in northern Japan totaling nine hundred sixty thousand.
Congressman Davey of Louisiana introduced a minority rate bill in the house. It replaces the term reasonable maximum rate with merely reasonable rate, arguing the declared rate was unreasonable.
Jay P. Graves and associates formed the Inland Empire Railway Company in Spokane with a $20 000 000 capital to consolidate the local electric line and Graves group into a large system radiating from Spokane. The Moroccan conference began its second sitting in Algaciras Spain with Ambassador Henry White as the American delegate.
In Paris on January 16 the Venezuelan consul to France Bourget was officially notified to depart within 24 hours. He plans to leave at 10 PM for Liege as the Council of Ministers weighs further action toward Venezuela.
Senator Tillman introduced a resolution to investigate the expulsion of Mrs. Morris from the White House. The Senate tabled the resolution by a 94 to 8 vote, with the negative coming from Democrats. A separate item reports a mining dredge breaking away on the Upper Feather River, racing downstream and threatening damage, with two steamers sent to intercept near the Yuba mouth.
The body of Marshall Field arrived in Chicago on a special train from New York and was taken to his home for the funeral, with a halt at Thirty First Street for transfer.
New York January 18 The Amalgamated Copper Company at a meeting this afternoon declared a dividend of one and one half per cent. The directors also placed the stock on a six per cent basis.
Washington report notes Poultney Bigelow testifying before a congressional committee and refusing to identify engineers opposing the canal project. He avoided naming others, citing embarrassment to friends, as the panel debated compelled disclosure. City politics cover resignations and a plan to disband and reform the fire department next week.
In Washington the opposition to the President's statehood policy was stirred by threats during a heated House session. Committees of Territories and the Arizona delegation, led by ex governor Murphy's brother, attended. Murphy denied lobbying corruption charges and vowed to prosecute accusers. Madison endorses university stance against intercollegiate football and supports a conference meeting to push suspensions for two years.
Chinese Commissioners Lutin Fang and Tai Hung Shi arrived with sixty followers from Shind as guests of Lincoln Nebraska on January 18. Governor Mickey Chancellor Andrews of the State University and Mayor Brown met them at the station along with other officials.
St. Petersburg reports two directors of the Wacomic paper Svoboda were sentenced to two years confinement in fortress for publishing material deemed dereliction of the Russian government.
Six Jews, members of the local anarchist committees, were executed by court martial in Warsaw for revolutionary propaganda, sorbe production, and extortion. The sentences were carried out today, marking a harsh crackdown on revolutionary activity.
Five of the Lakeman homestead murder victims were removed from the ruins this morning after Chas H Ayre killed the entire family. Two bodies were recovered last night and authorities believe he torched the house after killing them. Meanwhile a Massachusetts led measure calls for restitution of the Constitution with a Navy review to set costs.
Henry Wulff and Justus Lobb, tied to Continental Finance, received two year jail terms and $100 fines after pleading guilty to mail fraud accusations in Chicago. Portland reports lumber prices rising sharply as demand from eastern centers drives up costs to the highest levels in years.
Rumor says Attorney General Moody will appear in person to lead the cases against the beef trust. In Chicago the beat trust cases are set before Judge Humphreys with Commissioner Garfield ready to testify. In Indianapolis delegates to the miners convention focus on wage scales and an eight hour day crusade.
A disastrous blaze in Quincy Illinois on January 18 destroyed the city hall and logs and caused an estimated seventy five thousand dollars in damages. The fire also destroyed several business houses, bringing total losses to about a quarter of a million dollars.
In Honcut creek twelve miles above Marysville California the Laporte stage was swamped early today. Driver W T Rackerby is lost and a passenger is reported drowned as the United States mail on the stage was swept away by flood waters.
Paris on January 18 the academy of sciences restricted Roentgen ray exposure to medical professionals due to danger from unskilled use. It is claimed that numerous deaths have resulted from its application.
George Westinghouse ends a costly exploration in the Verdant Vershire area after spending over 1.6 million dollars. The project aimed at the Vershire Mountains copper deposits, touted as among the nation’s largest.
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