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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1905
Page
1
A petition signed by about eighty taxpayers seeks voter approval for 12000 in bonds to buy ground and build a school house with steam heating north of the railroad. If approved, the district would incur about one mill tax increase to fund construction and staff, benefiting roughly 500 children across the track.
An official dispatch from Wheadbrook reports Kerchner’s detachment suffered eleven killed and twenty five wounded in a clash with insurgent natives at Kovis and Giebants on March 10th and Lith. The notice is dated Berlin and dated March 20.
Assistant attorney general announced bonds placed on John E Shields Armour employee of Brooklyn to appear as witness in beef trust trials. Shields posted ten thousand dollars for July trial while Armour executive Thomas J Connors faced arrest and charges of attempting to influence Shields. Journalists warned from grand jury vicinity under penalty of arrest.
The President appointed Theodore P. Shonta, president of the Cloverleaf Railroad, as chairman of the organized Panama Canal Commission. Shonte, then in Havana, is expected back Saturday and has tentatively agreed to lead the commission. He will oversee the railroad and steamship operations and the canal project overall.
Washington March 29 The Government today completed the purchase of all water landing stock in the Panama Railroad. William Nelson Cromwell of New York acted as the Government's agent in the transaction.
A sub committee report to the Prudential committee of the American Board of the Foreign Missions reports on John D Rockefeller's gift of one hundred thousand dollars to the Congregational Church land. The final action is delayed two weeks to consider a protest while the committee asserts its responsibility begins after the donor has acted.
President and Secretary Taft discuss appointing Americans to key customs posts at Santo Domingo ports. Consensus favors five or six appointees and Baltimore’s E O Rhodes is named to be collector of customs for Santo Domingo City with oversight of receivers.
Two crew members of the British steamer Mara die from exposure after the vessel is driven onto ice near Aurel promontory. The remaining crew reach Hakodate aboard small boats. The Mara, en route to Vladivostok, was stranded and abandoned following the ice disaster.
London March 29 crowds besieged banks eager to secure part of a seventy five million dollar loan. The full issue of the loan was advanced by noon attracting extensive public interest.
In San Francisco Marvin Hart of Louisville defeated Johnson in a hard fought twenty round heavyweight bout. Hart dominated the match throughout and now expects a match with Jeffries if the latter agrees to fight.
World boxing champion James Jeff Rien of New York says he will retire from the ring this year and stay out forever upon retirement. He also comments on Hart's victory, claiming it removes a rival from contention and expresses willingness to meet Louisville’s rival pugilist.
At Plotagorsk forty soldiers were tried for refusing to go to war. Two leaders were shot, while the other thirty eight received eighteen years penal servitude in chains. In St Petersburg, Vice Admiral Doubasnoff was appointed Aide de Camp General to the Emperor.
The exchange Telegraph cites a St Petersburg dispatch claiming three army corps will be mobilized, including one grenadiers unit, with the best authority attributed to the report.
A St Petersburg dispatch quotes a diplomat saying Russia now seeks peace yet keeps war preparations. A commission led by Grand Duke Nicholai vitch reviews the war situation and will report to the Emperor in ten days. Reports also say Russia told Japan no territorial concessions or indemnity, while Japan considers terms and possibly no eight hundred million dollar indemnity.
Petersburg reports no change in front positions while Russian sharpshooters clash with Japanese infantry and cavalry at Khovan Chtine. General Linevitch supports the army and praises the troops. Washington notes a neutral power warning against mediation and urges direct negotiations with St Petersburg.
United States Secretary of State John Hay, ill in New York, arrived in Gibraltar aboard the Celtic and shows steady improvement. He plans a morning town tour to historic sites and requests no official reception. The American Consul escorted him, with Naples on the itinerary via Algiers after Gibraltar.
John Zimmerman, tied to the Oakland bank messenger holdup last week and a $10000 robbery, was arrested in San Francisco this morning. Authorities say he faces charges related to the crime and will be held for further proceedings.
Koehn, Loeb and Company announced this afternoon that seventy five million dollars of the Japanese loan allotted to American borrowers has already been oversubscribed.
A group of two hundred Igorettes Negritoes and Vien gane will depart the Philippine islands this week and arrive in Portland late April. They will immediately proceed to the Exposition grounds and populate the Philippine village on the Government peninsula.
J W Stevens contests the homestead of J H Colt in a three day land office case near Summerville. FS Ivanhoe represents the contestant and O H Finn defends.
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