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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1905
Page
1
Reports from St Petersburg and other centers recount street clashes, bombings, arson, and martial law as crowds confront authorities. Troops fire on rioters and railways face sabotage while hunger and strikes ripple through factories and workers.
Moros under Datto Ali and his son faced Captain Frank and McCoy of the Third Cavalry near Lake Lingnason Mindanao. Ali and ten followers died while 43 Moros were captured with arms and ammunition. Several constabulary and Moro were killed or wounded in heavy fighting.
Football scores from the Oct 28 list include New York Princeton 12 Columbia Annapolis Swarthmore six Navy 65 West Point Yale 20 West Point 0 Cambridge Harvard 10 Brown 0.
In Telluride Colorado Carlo Belasco killed his four month old baby and mortally wounded his wife in a jealous rage. He then took his own life, ending the deadly incident.
Taft sailed this morning aboard the cruiser Columbia for Panama. He will pay a visit to the president of the coast of South Carolina tomorrow.
The president names former Governor Aranda of Missouri as special commissioner to thank 44 foreign governments for their participation in the World's fair in St Louis.
Fred Hefner, riding a Southern Pacific train without paying fare, was killed near the Padding River bridge when the southbound overland rocked him from a Pullman coach. The body was recovered by train crew and taken to Woodburn. Coroner R L Holman was notified. No inquest was needed.
Moses Hang and Frederick A Peckham, cotton brokers, were discharged by Commissioner Ridglen after extradition hearings. The commissioner ruled the government must prove beyond a doubt that an offense had been committed in the conspiracy to defraud tied to the cotton leak scandal at the tavern.
Washington navy yard wireless intercepts a message to the cruiser West Virginia from off the Florida coast. Admiral Browpeau reports the ship arrived near Key Bann at noon and moved at 18 knots, a speed deemed remarkable. The Colorado and Pendegwinia proceed to join her.
Grain Markets Chicago October 25 shows Wheat opened at 6 04, corn 4 514, oats 4 54, closing at 10 14. Portland market lists Ulaby 73, blue stem 76, valley 72. Local market: hayers offer blue stem at 1 cent and 70 for blue stem retail.
A crowd of about ten thousand gathered in Nebraska City at 10 o clock to greet the speaker who eulogized J J Sterling Morton. He praised Morton as a memory sacred for his tree planting and upright character, contrasting him with shifting or mercenary standards.
Fiavak B Ho L Gao, a leading Seattle real estate magnate and New York transplant, was found in his hotel apartment after an apparent self inflected death. Three doctors could not save him. investigators cite no clear cause and note a gas apparatus near the mouth. The 3 month bride discovered him. financial troubles are not believed to be a factor despite his gilt edged fortune.
Jobe n Garrell was found dead in his Denver room with a bullet wound in the temple and a pistol in his hand. A night note claimed Terra Haute Indiana as a destination and referenced his father Chris Garrell. He held a $2000 certificate of deposit with Lad & Tilton and had bank documents from Spokane & Eastern Trust and the San Francisco area.
A federal court issues a temporary restraining order against Lubin and the Empire theatre circuit and the Columbia Amusement company. The order bars them from obtaining or displaying certain Britt Nelson productions.
Morgan arrived in Chicago for the horse show and found himself at the center of a growing controversy. He stated this morning that the question was settled, while the mayor requested details on where when and by whom the settlement was made.
Ten men morning raid blows open bank safe at the Fires National Bank in Hagerstown stealing about $4700. Miss Hattie Cheeaman, a telephone operator inside, heard the explosion and saw the armed bandits as authorities arrived before the inner safe was breached.
In San Francisco on October 28 Captain and chaplain Father Via N of the Greek church aboard the interned Lena reported dead this morning after heavy drinking. Sailors returning from duty attributed the death to excessive liquor intake.
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