Buffalo Officials Ordered Exile or Death Amid Turmoil
An official decree in Buffalo demanded a local official depart or face lethal action from sympathetic groups. The order intensified fears of violence and political tension in the city.
28 Jul 1910
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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1910
Page
1
An official decree in Buffalo demanded a local official depart or face lethal action from sympathetic groups. The order intensified fears of violence and political tension in the city.
July 28 dispatches report Michigan National Guard units dispatched to Durand amid Grand Trunk rail tensions. In Buffalo a strike delegate warned Yard Master Foster of violence if he remained. Columbus crowd turmoil prompted two thousand militiamen to reinforce streets and several Ohio units to be readied. The Third Ohio Infantry company train en route to Columbus was attacked.
Sympathizers clash with authorities as a shower of bolts rains on street cars but causes no injuries. Troops are being deployed as officials fear escalating trouble and warn that strike breakers may halt traffic in multiple locations.
At Cerbere on the Franco-Spanish frontier, several thousand armed Spanish exiles gather awaiting a signal for a general strike across Spain. Revolutionary leaders plan a big anti-government demonstration in Barcelona to join strikers, with anticipated violent disorders and censorship limiting reports.
Rochester officials report the McGreal clan met at the Hotel Beggleston to finalize a permanent family organization. The group, currently about 1156 members with 76 in Rochester area, plans annual reunions and eventual inclusion of all McGreals in America.
Lawrenceville Virginia July 28 The St Paul Farmers Conference convened its sixth annual session today at St Pauls school with attendees from local farming communities.
Wireless dispatch from the steamer Montr ose reports Crippen aboard. Police doubt until message from ship confirms arrival in America. Authorities await the vessel on its expected Saturday approach.
Charred remains removed as fires sweep an eight mile square district along Catherine Creek. Couriers report timber families evacuated to safety while rain is awaited to halt the advance. An inquest followed the Sheran residence cremation with bones recovered for examination.
Chief Constable McCarthy and Inspector Denis travel to Father Point to aid Inspector Dew of Scotland Yard in arresting Crippen and Madame Leneve aboard the Montrose ship. Police hedge on details as the steamer nears.
Minneapolis delegates convene to choose a new Democratic leader after the death of John A. Johnson. The party seeks a gubernatorial hopeful to fill the late governor's shoes as Minnesota, typically Republican, faces a tougher path to victories. Birthday of Johnson noted amid discussions of succession. In Chicago four die from heat with many others prostrated as prayer services sought rain.
Ohio GOP delegates endorsed a stand pat platform amid insurgent charges against Garfield and talk that Harding’s nomination echoes Foraker politics. Taft pleased with wires work. Roosevelt rumored not to back candidates as party aims for a fall Democratic edge. Bryan cites county option battle impact and vows to push initiative and referendum in state legislatures.
Two sleuths from the missing Sophia Noise case arrived in Newport and examined bones in a gunny sack but could not identify the victim. Sheriff Ross promised further efforts to learn the deceased’s identity and to pursue the murderer.
Omaha reports a searing 104 degree day with widespread prostrations as Nebraska crops suffer heat damage. The hot test day of the decade prompts farmers to monitor yields and stress on fields.
A well known Pendleton resident W Roy Saxton died at Hot Lake from acute poliomyelitis in Union County. J W Campbell and Maurice Scroggs of Pendleton received the body in La Grande and transported it to Pendleton for the funeral. Pendleton Elks organized a committee with La Grande lodge aiding.
The death of civil engineer Saxton in Pendleton follows a trip to Hot Lake last Thursday for illness. Once thought typhoid fever, officials now say myelitis caused the decline. Saxton, a Hermiston reclamation project worker, was well respected by colleagues and friends.
Portland July 28 Theodore Wilcox president of the Portland Flour Milling Mills says farmers who sell in July and August will receive more for grain than those who hold He predicts another season end slump similar to last year and notes he holds nearly a million bushels of wheat and flour benefiting from high prices.
John H. Tuttle alias O'Brien, jailed in Portland, faces two wives after completing his sentence tomorrow. He married Hattie Turner in 1909 and Annie Fraser in May, while using the alias O'Brien, potentially facing bigamy charges upon release.
Jersey City teachers threaten reaction as the board prepares to decide today whether the usual two week vacation will be kept. With 600 teachers employed, the outcome may cause public embarrassment or protest if the decision narrows vacation time.
Crowds listen to evidence as night policeman Ness testifies for the state in the Newlen liquor case.
A police report states that the night of the incident a detective named Morgan, accompanied by two others, entered the Newlin Drug Store. The package Morgan brought out was later taken to the Baptist Church and tasted there for evidence.
A group of farmers including Tafilman Huge and Morgan and Gray were summoned to the sheriff’s office after an inquiry into a wet theft claim. Gray denied attempting to obtain a dairy for the case while Morgan and Gray discussed a possible cultivation of evidence with the sheriff. The district attorney did not reveal new information, and a hat was admitted as evidence.
A jury of ten farmers and two woodsmen members was chosen to hear the tax illicit sales case against Adolph Newlin owner of the Newlin Drug store. Night officer Porter testified after noon recess as part of a long hearing on alleged bootlegging in this term.
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