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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1907
Page
1
In Havana a crowd of merchants bankers and officials debated a proposed withdrawal of American troops. They pledged to refuse loans on crops if the U.S. government retreats, signaling risk aversion in the island's financial stance.
Rail traffic in La Grande faces likely collapse as coal shortages recur. Ten tons arrived from the East at seven thirty this morning, delaying shipments another day. Huntington and Umatilla supply are strained, with no freights sent from Umatilla since Thursday evening, risking further stoppages.
Admiral Evana warns of a massive Kingston wave flooding the southern half of the city with about two feet of water. Deaths estimated at seven hundred to one thousand. Looting, hunger, and disease rampant as relief lags. American ships stand by in the bay. Cuban consul killed. James Ferguson’s body found in Sw Enham ruins.
The report details a severe continental quake with far reaching devastation. Two officers and twenty soldiers are among the dead, with a quake described as the most serious in two and a half centuries. A wave and multiple aftershocks followed as black mud oozed into areas. Miss Thomas, a female worker, is listed among the killed.
In Boise on January 18 Representative McGracken rose with an Oregon Short Line pass, claimed it was given to sway him on railroad legislation, and moved to amend the bill to take effect immediately. The motion passed near unanimously.
In Sellwood a highwayman who had cracked a post office safe shot Policeman A O Sorenson twice in the leg during a snowy early morning fight. The bandit escaped and tracks were lost as snow fell.
The miners' convention adopted a resolution condemning Colorado and Idaho governors for pursuing unjust prosecution of Moyer Pettibone and Haywood over the Steunenberg assassination. It asserts Idaho courts will not grant a fair trial and claims the extradition violates law and betrays American prudence.
Krollau, rural administration chief, is killed by a schoolboy as he leaves a concert hall in Smolensk. The attacker dies in custody as officers intervene. The report cites 262 political offense deaths and thousands sent to Siberia for political crimes, with a thousand editors prosecuted.
A party of Oregon and Portland trainmen led by Ea Gross Conductor HO Grady T B Killing J J Butler is en route to Chicago to discuss wage demands with Chicago officials. The Western division wage talks aim to influence OR&N and Illinois Central outcomes as meetings in Chicago approach and a formal reply is due within a month.
Cincinnati reports ten thousand homeless as floods devastate large areas. The Ohio River runs violently while rains continue. Shawnee Illinois appeals for relief after a levee breach cuts into the town, with hundreds of tents being distributed to the homeless.
Montreal January 18 Construction of all new railroad work on the prairies has been suspended due to severe labor scarcity General Manager Morse of Grand Trunk Pacific says resumes planned at the earliest possible date even if labor must be imported from abroad He notes the shortage is severe in parts of the country and foreign labor may be required to advance the Dominion projects
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