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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1905
Page
1
Reports state a dynamite blast damaged the Governor General’s residence as he was away. The incident coincides with a broader unrest in St Petersburg and nearby regions, including factory shutdowns and protests amid clashes. Soviet and British diplomatic actions follow.
The Supreme Court grants Harriman and Pierce a writ of certiorari to review records in the salt in equity case decided against them in favor of Northern Securities Co. The market rallies and falls in response as investors weigh the ongoing legal challenge to Northern Securities ownership.
Edwin Stone agent of the Corvallia and Eastern railroad company was robbed and beaten in his Newport hotel room last Sunday and died this morning. A tramp has been arrested on suspicion as investigators piece together the assault and its fatal outcome.
Portland January 80 William Piper and J W Newkirk cashier of the First National Bank of Portland were witnesses before the Federal Grand Jury today in the land fraud investigation.
Mr H W Fletcher with his eighty horse power Diedrich won the great one honored mile race at Ormonde. Time was one hour twenty two minutes and thirty sight seconds, four minutes ahead of the nearest competitor.
The President sent a message to Congress urging steps toward interstate divorce cooperation and advising the collection of statistics from the states by census directors.
Colorado Senator Patterson asked the Supreme Court for permission to file a habeas corpus application for Thomas Shepherd Chas Miller and Cole of Denver. They are jailed for contempt for disobeying a state Supreme Court injunction and charged with lack of due process.
The Supreme Court denied the writ of certiorari for Machen Lorenz Diller and Simonel A Goff who were convicted of post office fraud. They were sentenced to two years in prison and ten thousand dollars fine and have been sent to the Maundaville penitentiary in Virginia.
On January 30 Judge Warren Traitt left for Philadelphia to meet the newly appointed commission for Inspection of the United States mint on February 8. After inspecting the Philadelphia mint he will proceed to Washington DC before returning to Moscow.
The Supreme Court unanimously affirms the Federal Court injunction against Swift and Co and other beef-trust firms for restricting competition in livestock purchase and dressed beef sales. Justice Holmes delivers the opinion. some charges deemed less specific but proven offenses justify the proceedings.
A morning explosion wrecked the Beattie First Presbyterian Church. Cause unknown and no suspects identified as investigators probe the crime and its motive.
London dispatch notes casualties in fighting between Russians and Japanese near Chen Obiep as Heikoutai south of Mukden last week. Japanese killed and wounded cited as 000. Russians suffered ten t home. Generals Mete phenko and Krondrovitch wounded, Russian forces said to occupy San Tai Tae. Europatkin army main force retired to the northwest after Chen Cheichpa and Lentiako actions.
The Senate today approved a bill to extend extradition laws to the Philippines, detailing changes under the FYTENDEN act as reported by Scripps News Association from Washington. The move broadens legal cooperation by allowing surrender of fugitives between the U.S. and Philippine authorities.
E M Ferguson of Duluth Minnesota testified before the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce in Washington on January 30 in support of legislation regulating private streetcar lines. He argued charges against Michigan lines should be reconsidered and urged state oversight to protect riders and curb abuses.
The figure shows fruit price climbing from twelve dollars in 1992 to forty five dollars. He also declared that Armour earned twenty five million dollars a year from traffic charges alone.
The étranger killed by an automobile in Delta Concorde Paris is identified as ex chief Justice Kelley of the International Court of Appeals at Cairo. Kelley, once minister to Cairo and Austria, was rejected by both due to Catholic connections. The next Steward's Opera House attraction is Two Little Waifs on February 7.
In the International Commission session two Swedish witnesses Captain Johnson and mate Stromberg from the Albermayer testified that a strange warship fired many shots while attacking their boat before firing on British trawlers. British agent Hugh O Beirnam said the vessel was the Ras sian transport Kamechatka which mistook the Swedish craft for a torpedo boat. The Kamechatka notified Rosentvensky that they had been attacked, shaping the North Sea incident account.
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