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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1905
Page
1
In St Petersburg on May 10 a report says the cruiser Almer has eluded Japanese ships and reached Vladivostok after evading pursuit. The development follows ongoing efforts to protect the Russian fleet in the Pacific.
May 10 reports cruiser Zemetchug reaching Viadivo Stock. The two cruisers that passed the Japanese belong to Rear Admiral Voelxersam division of Rojeetvensky's squadron.
Tokio reports representatives from English firms are striving to win contracts to build two battleships and six large cruisers abroad for Japan, as the nation plans to have the vessels constructed overseas.
Report states the Russian Government has arranged through the German secretary for officers and crew enlistment to man the transport vessel accompanying the fifth division of the second Pacific squadron to the Far East. Crews will be gathered at Liban.
Paria France May 10 Admiral Dojonquires confirms departure of the Russian squadron off Vanfong Bay. He says the Russians were well off the coast with full steam. The reported junction of Neto garod's squadron with Rosent vensky's is also deemed official.
The Slovo prints a rumor of large defalcations in the army com missary department at Petersburg. Maxim Gorky is said to have permission to live anywhere in Russia except St Petersburg, with a country place near the capital already leased.
Dixon May 10 President Roosevelt arrives by train headed by the mayor and greeted by crowds of schoolchildren. Chicago May 19 he arrives at Northwestern station to a cheering crowd of 15 000 as police clear the way for a parade to the auditorium and lunch with the Merchants' Club.
The schedule shows three receptions and multiple events during the President's stay. Luncheon at the auditorium for Merchant's Club, receptions at Hamilton Club, Harvard Club, and Iroquois Club, plus a midnight departure from Union Station aboard a Pennsylvania special to Washington.
A large workers meeting in Reval on May 10 decided on a three day strike starting May 14 in support of new demands. If the employers fail to meet these demands within twenty four hours the factories would be burned, the resolution warned.
The thirty eighth annual Grand Army encampment opened in Marysville on May 10 with Commander Chas Rice and delegates welcomed by citizens. A big parade is planned for tomorrow. National Commander Blackmar Pardes Rico reviewed the group. Candidates for commander are Dr. Russel of Marysville, A D Cutler of San Francisco, and H R Campbell of Stockton.
Mrs John Hay arrived in Paris this morning and reports the Secretary in better health. She says he is expected to reach Paris in a few days.
May 10 Chicago reports Roosevelt's visit as a diverting feature in a tense strike situation. Labor leaders, aiming for peace, try to keep followers from violence. a plan to meet the president for mediation is dropped. A raid on a boarding house injures several, a non union man shot, crowds clash with police, but no new strikes are declared and overall unrest remains limited.
Two more deaths attributed to the tornado raise the toll to twenty eight. Funeral services for the victims are scheduled for this afternoon.
Reports say the Canadian Pacific steamer Lake Champlain with 1500 passengers, left Liverpool in April for Montreal, is six days overdue. The Bruce sighted the Lake Champlain near Cape Race last Friday, amid ice, raising grave fears for the vessel and crew as other steamers reach their destinations.
Count Cassini the Russian ambassador has been transferred to Madrid and will present his letters of recall to the President after the President returns from the west. He will depart immediately for Madrid and may later be posted to Paris.
May 10 report from Berlin states an operation was performed on Prince Adelbert, Kaiser Wilhelm II son, at Jarlarche for blood poisoning after a fly sting. The prince’s condition following the procedure remains unclear.
The city reports multiple quarantined diphtheria cases from May 3 to May 8 across several households including Goodnough Turnbull McCreary Coffey Nash Glass Lottles Preston and Henson with one death. The piece urges stricter sanitation and enforcement of quarantine laws to stamp out the spread.
May 10 The Post reports that the large German syndicate proposal to participate in the new fifty million dollar Roselaw loan offered to American financiers has been rejected.
In Rawlins Wyoming on May 9 the Congriff brothers wool clip from their ranch sold for 72 percent of a bound per pound, the highest price of the season in the state and the largest individual clip ever in Wyoming.
John G Smith and Harry Smith were killed and Jack Chambera fatally injured when a falling elevator was toppled by high winds at Hi wood across the river. The wreck demolished the elevator, news service reports from St. Joseph Missouri.
Washington official Mayor-Wallace H Mills chief clerk of the Treasury Department was found dead in his bed at a Carrazabo New Mexico hotel. He was en route to Fort Stanton on department business.
Advices from Bitlis Armenia report a large number killed in a clash between revolutionists and Turkish troops near Mush, a town 83 miles southeast of Erzroom. Reports say Armenians plan to invade Ottoman territory and have crossed the frontier.
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