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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1906
Page
1
National convention of Iowa Manufacturers Association opens in New York with hundreds arriving for two day event. expected talks on tariff changes and major addresses. banquet at Waldorf Astoria marks closing. attendance anticipated to exceed prior conventions and sessions promise notable discussions.
Secretary Moody conferred with the President on Tillman Chandler charges. Tillman said Aldrich urged a credit deal excluding the President and his bloc, which was refused. No White House public statement was planned about the Tillman Chandler charges.
Several thousand attend the Red Men Carnival in Peoria as delegations from all tribes arrive. The event opens today with a general parade and runs through the week ending Saturday night with a parade for traveling men.
The fifty fourth annual Western Unitarian Conference begins in Chicago at Unity Church on Barry Avenue near Evanston with three day sessions and a banquet at the Palmer House. Ministers discuss Marriage and Divorce and a series of afternoon and next day sessions are planned. Also noted is a Senate telegram quoting President Stickney of the Chicago and Great Western about rebating penalties. Help wanted and lost glasses notices accompany the page.
Washington May 14 Senator Heyburn of Idaho is reported seriously ill according to announcements made today.
Neighborhood Club will not hold its usual afternoon meeting due to an open evening gathering. President Mrs Garry announces the change in schedule.
Zion City May 14 Apostle Dowie assumed personal charge to punish participants in Sunday meetings and claims his injunctions were violated. Voliva cited for contempt. Overseer Gantell missing and feared to have died by suicide. His wife died last week and the overseer suffers mental anguish from the strain.
General Superintendent O'Brien inspected the site yesterday and said work on the new roundhouse and shops would begin as soon as contractors are available. Officials want the improvements completed quickly as current facilities are far behind demand.
The annual Pure Food Show under the Retail Graters Association opens tonight at Memorial Hall Columbus. It runs two weeks and is billed as the largest show of its kind in the city with over 160000 admission tickets distributed to grocers for free distribution to customers.
Carl Schurz, noted German born American statesman and abolitionist ally of Lincoln, died in New York City at age 77. He arrived in 1862, gained fame as an orator in the Lincoln Douglass campaign, served as minister to Spain, and later edited the St Louis Post and served as US Senator. Funeral plans not announced, likely Thursday.
In Minas Gerais Brazil a new volcano appeared at Poso d Anta waking residents with a terrific detonation. The conical hill near the town was blown apart creating a crater and altering the Conquitel river by thousands of tons of displaced earth.
A freight car in Echo was found ablaze with a strangled man inside. Two horses perished, and two other men fled toward the Umatilla river. A soldier among them was captured later. coroner's inquest pending. Investigators seek to identify the victim.
A list of candidates taking examinations for the Format Reserve superintendent is released. Examinations span three days with papers graded Thursday. Locations include La Grande Wallowa Baker City and surrounding communities. names include G G Coolidge Tom Williamson A J Webb James M Smith and many others.
St Petersburg on May 14 saw General Kono Mitch, commander of the port, fatally stabbed while trying to quell a May day celebration at the new admiralty works. He was described as a daspot by witnesses.
Three work horses reported missing or stolen. A dapple gray about 1200 pounds, a brown clubby horse around 1000 pounds shod behind, and a bay mare 1000 pounds with a bent left shoulder. Last seen on the road toward Union. Reward $16 for return to C A Peterson Ladd Crosk.
The Centenial has changed hands and will be ready to receive boarders May First. Room and board six dollars weekly with monis 26 cents. Visit G. T. Town, Proprietor. Apprentices wanted inquire Mrs J. R. Forrest the milliner at once.
May 14 reports describe rain and cold dampening thousands in Frisco as crews repair debris and rebuild structures. Daily rations reach about 164,000 with over 100,000 more needed. most are self supporting though some require continued aid. Health conditions are favorable with no typhoid at Golden Gate and few pneumonia deaths at Galland. Chinese from Berkeley are being moved to Galland as relief concentrates.
May 14 workers strike in St. Petersburg stopping all work. Police guard suburbs to keep strikers from entering the city and potentially causing turmoil.
Voters who swore in at the primary may vote only if registered by May 15. The registration books close May 6, so those not yet registered must swear in again at the general election.
Property owners are hereby notified to clean up their alleys and repair their sidewalks at once. Joan Wilson, Street Superintendent.
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