10 Nov 1909
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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1909
Page
1
Ninety prisoners are moved to an abandoned school building as jail space runs out. Citizens Alliance forms to join the police struggle with workers amid accusations of police cruelty and rising tension in Spokane.
City officials and jail officers, along with City Physician O'Shea, rally sympathy nationwide and threaten to seek the dismissal of the police chief and Dr. O'Shea. A new council clash looms as many recruits are expected to arrive to sustain the fight. Some conservatives push repealing the costly ordinance to cut expenses and end the dispute as prisoner care bills grow.
Walla Walla Nov 10 A well known conductor W F Fiester was killed today when he was caught between moving cars while switching at Waitsburg His body dragged about fifty feet before bystanders could react. In a separate blaze the fairgrounds barns burned last night at 7 o clock destroying valuable horses with estimated logs around fifteen thousand dollars. No origin query found.
Washington reports Secretary of the Interior Ballinger has handed Glavis's libel charges to a New York law firm to press against Colliers. He brands Glavis’s claims as unfounded and aims to summon the magazine as the Cunningham hearing nears in Seattle. President Taft may urge an immediate reply after cabinet meets.
Dunn will head the council as part of Lovett project work. The announcement states Dunn will serve as chief council guiding the Lovett initiative and overseeing related efforts.
In Portland and Eastern Oregon, plans aim to improve mail service with earlier trains and better morning mail facilities. Peter F. Dunn travels to New York to handle a merger case for the Southern Pacific Harriman lines while awaiting formal appointment.
Chicago officials report the state fire insurance regulation inquiry by Gov. Deenen's commission has concluded its survey of business sentiment. Investigators met in Chicago for an executive session to finalize hearing plans and gather underwriting and rate-making facts the panel seeks.
Polls show light turnout with under 100 votes cast for refunding of a $20,000 bond issue on the old water system. Proceeds cover bonds due in 1912 and are expected to pass as rates drop. Polls close at 7 pm and results will be tallied.
New York, Nov 10. Mrs Agusta Stetson, a deposed Christian Scientist, is accused of mental assassination by Maud Kiseam Babcock a former student in a report to the mother church at Benton. Babcock says Stetson caused a terrifying experience at Cedarlard including a freezing sensation fluttering heart and a sense of the soul leaving the body she sought warmth with a hot plunge but did not feel relief.
Still Dark Idaho Nov 10 state bank examiner to arrive tomorrow as Midleton state bank faces unstable conditions. New cashier F Jordan of California appointed while former cashier J L Ocheltree leaves a letter confessing he issued worthless paper and grew tired of hiding the truth from directors.
Paris November 10 Madame Steinheil warned she will cease to be discreet if pressed, prompting Justice Devalles to adjust tactics. Reported risk of a scandal at her trial threatening officials and possibly the French nation, as the court navigates between pressure and discretion.
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