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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1906
Page
1
Colonel George B. Currey dies at his P street home after a 6 am apoplexy attack. Funeral set for Sunday at the Methodist church with G A R in charge. He was born in 1855 in Indiana and spent years in Southern Oregon and Willamette Valley.
Warden Kees granted a last appeal to the Supreme court for Kid White who was to be hanged at daybreak for the 1904 murder of Mathews Murphy during a saloon hold up. The state supreme court refused to intervene, sealing White's fate. Separate note lists the Connecticut ship completion ahead of Louisiana in the naval construction race at Brooklyn and Newport News.
Nearly four hundred petitions arrive for Representative Julius Kahn of California urging no changes to the Chinese exclusion laws. The San Francisco leader who sponsored the original act faced defeat but won reelection as support grew coastwide from Oregon Washington and California voters.
Washington reports say the president vows to pursue regulation if the Hepburn bill falters or is struck down by the Supreme Court. In Senate action, a Philippine tariff bill allowing Philippine sugar tobacco and rice at 25 percent of the Dingley rate was defeated 6 to 6, signaling further battles over exclusion laws and petitions from labor groups.
The condition of pianist Mrs Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, who recently suffered a nervous collapse, improves with doctors reporting fears of losing her sight are unfounded and her authority remains intact.
In Chicago this morning the court ordered all records produced for the prosecution in the Packers cases. Documents were admitted, Morrison claims they prove a combination existed.
Detectives testified that Moyer Haywood and Pettibone ran a dynamite school near Denver and that Orchard knew of it. McParland corroborated Orchard's confession about the Telluride mine murders, naming Haywood as the engineer and Pettibone as schemer while Orchard faced guards during testimony. Rockefeller rumored to have traveled through Pittsburgh as Standard Oil consolidates Barndall interests.
Pittsburg March 2 In the report of the Preased Steel Car Company for 1805 President Hofetot says that of the cars ordered by railroads in the United States in 1906 almost fifty percent were all steel or steel underframe construction. This class of rolling stock is rapidly becoming the standard for railroad equipment. Less than ten years ago the company built the first all steel car used in regular freight traffic, and by the end of 1905 about 500000 all steel underframe cars were in use.
Morbid crowds gather to hear the trial of the girl who killed her paramour. Patrolman Morton is recalled to the stand to continue detailing his relations with the girl.
The report notes Richard Mansfield plans to end his acting career after three more short seasons, a decision long anticipated by theatrical circles as he has hinted retirement in two to three years.
Washington March 2 Binger Hermann did not appear when the case was called against him for destroying government property in district court. His counsel filed a demurrer to the indictment to be argued March 16. Moody recommends referring the Bristol matter to the Oregon Bar Association for investigation, with the President’s concurrence, and if favorable, it will be renamed. He continues to act.
San Francisco reports an inquest into the death of boxing figure Harry Tenney. Authorities consider legal action if misconduct is found. Nell and Tenny fight figures face scrutiny as crowd confronts police at the home. Referee Roch and seconds await further proceedings with date undecided.
The Albert Patrick case adjourned today to April 8 for further investigations. The execution set for Friday March 9 was not carried out and postponed pending inquiry.
Chicago grain trade reports wheat opening up 80 percent and closing BOY while corn opened 45 and closed 454 amid activity on March 2. Oats opened 5 and closed BOK with similar unsettled results in a day of volatile prices.
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