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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1911
Page
1
Bangor Maine May 1 Thousands homeless after a fire destroys a quarter mile by two miles of business and residential districts. Fire started yesterday afternoon fanned by wind and checked by 7 this morning. State militia guard banks and aid is sought for destitute residents as tents rise and relief feeds the homeless.
Three detectives say they have evidence of widespread boodling in the Ohio legislature. Detective Burns will oversee the probe as E. S. Harrison A. C. Bailey and David Perry, acting as lobbyists, say at least 50 legislators may become state witnesses. Detected bribery arrests triggered the grand jury standdown. Names of bribe solicitors remain undisclosed.
Portland May 1 Chief of Police Cox tendered his resignation to the police commissioners today but it was refused because he has not been proven guilty of malfeasance in office. The indictment charges were not proven and the board has no grounds to act. Cox says the charges stem from policies and result of actions of higher officials.
In 7 AD the Marchioness of Graham would have inherited a duchy but instead she inherited most of her father the late Duke of Hamilton and Bran don estate. She owns Arran, large tracts of Hogland and Scotland and several castles. She became Lady Mary Hamilton five years ago and married the Marquis of Graham, eldest son of the Duke of Montrose.
Construction to begin on Depot Street corner with Washing ton as Keira starts the foundation contract for a 55 by 90 foot base. Excavation will start tomorrow morning with St ward to oversee brick wall framing once the foundation is finished. A well established firm will occupy the building upon completion.
Representative LaFafferty announced Civil Service exams will be June 7 and 8 in Portland Astoria Baker City and Pendleton for the district inspector of locomotive boilers post created by the February act. Fifty inspectors nationwide at 1800 a year with travel expenses. applicants 25 to 50 with railroad experience including engineers firemen or boiler inspectors.
London dated report states Canon A. G. Deedes and six assistants from St. John the Divine, Kensington, departed today for British Columbia to establish church work there. The purpose is to set up a religious mission network and support local congregations.
Chris Evans the famed train robber known as the most noted desperado of 1890s California is released on parole from Folsom after seventeen years. His daughter Mrs Guidarez of Sacramento met him at the gates and he will live with her in Portland Oregon. Evans is described as blind and crippled but leaves with his record as leader of a gang that terrorized Visalia and Fresno with frequent holdups and train robberies.
At the recent board session a large number of city high school and grade teachers were re elected to their current posts. The list includes Lucile Allen Nellie B Bullard Gertrude Brewer Efe Billings Edith Bork Mildred Cook Walter V Connor F A Epling Gussie Fisher Pearl Huff Stella Ingle Nina Kame and Helen.
A Chicago report notes a proposed national strike as officers protest conditions and call for action. The movement, led by figures including Agee W. W., spreads amid mounting labor unrest and public support questions.
Report from Los Angeles May 1 notes circulars by the Industrial Workers of the World in Chicago urging a general labor strike. William Haywood, acquitted in the Idaho governor murder case, is expected to present information to a grand jury upon arrival. San Francisco lawyers prepare for arraignment in the McNamara trial with possible use of special prosecutors Burns and Rogers and calls for safeguards around jurors and prisoner custody.
Grace McHugh Nellie G Neill Manuel Snider Mollie Snider Helen Thompson Katherine Woodruff Sue Wilson Nell Young are identified in a local notice as individuals connected to a community matter. The fragment notes several residents and suggests a civic or legal context without detailing actions or outcomes.
Portland lost 1 to 2 against Sacramento while Los Angeles 6 6 San Francisco 1 17 and Oakland 2 1 atop Vernon at 8 2 and 1 17 respectively with unclear context and multiple errors in scores.
Buffalo N Y May 1 The reduced railroad rate for transport of export wheat to points east of Buffalo becomes effective today.
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