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Newspaper
La Grande Evening Observer
Location
La Grande, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1905
Page
1
Dispatches report that an armistice was signed at high noon on Sept 1 after diplomatic efforts. Envoys conveyed the formal agreement to the respective armies and cables were sent to Tokyo. An expert penman was sent to Portsmouth to formalize a Russian Japanese treaty alongside remarks on a possible ovation for President upon return to Washington.
Fragments show a sale noting a regular value of one dollar for a silk product. Details about item origin or bidder are unreadable. the text implies a basic listing for a low value item at a public sale.
New York on September 1 the subway tavern once opened months ago with Bishop Potter's blessing and a midnight Doxology sang for reform closed its doors as a reformed saloon that failed to cover running expenses. The property will transfer to a restaurant operator who will remove the water wagon signs and run it as a normal saloon.
Washington officials host European and American engineers as they begin investigations ordered by the President. Shonts opens the session and outlines the meeting’s purpose. Draft recommendations will go to the canal commission for review and final decision by the President and Cog Tesa.
Reports from Washington state that officials discuss the president's peace achievements and the forthcoming election. A high official notes the American people may struggle to avoid nominating and re electing Roosevelt in 1808 as candidates wane after peace is declared.
First Death Scripps Newa Association reports in Pensacola Florida that W. F. Adell died of yellow fever today. No new cases are reported today.
Scripps News Association reports fourteen new cholera cases across Prussia with suspected unreported totals. Hamburg records new cases as Meckenweider reports one death while Berlin notes no American travel ban. Washington says importation is not forced and German authorities can control epidemics. Marine Hospital confirms cholera is controllable.
The remaining destitute members of the McFaddon circus in Grenoble face dire conditions as funds for maintenance and repatriation have not been transmitted by circus management.
The report clarifies that Governor Davis and Attorney General Rogera did not shoot each other. Davis comments on the affair express strong language, claiming hostility and suggesting danger rather than confirming any violence.
A large fly wheel in the National Tube Works plant at MocKeesport Pennsylvania exploded into flames today. Seven men were killed and ten were injured in the blaze.
Chicago Wheat Borippe News Association reports the wheat market closed on the Chicago board of trade at seventy one and one fourth cents, thirty one and three eights cents, and twenty five and half cents, reflecting mixed results across contracts.
Fires rage across northern Arostock County Maine with one town already erased by flames and another under threat. Authorities report hundreds of blazes burning as residents brace for damage comparable to two years ago.
Boston Sept 1 Scripps News says Bishop William H O Connell of Portland Maine has been appointed as pope's diplomatic representative to Japan by a Vatican mission to Mikado after peace.
Private Murray Schalty, a National Guard member on quarantine guard duty, contracted yellow fever today. He is the first coast soldier to suffer the disease.
An Imperial edict from Chiousende urges peaceful patience as a boycott strains the United States Chins alliance. Minister Rondkill vows government action and holds boycott leaders responsible while directing viceroyal authorities to enforce measures.
The printer strike in Chicago grew today as eight large shops agreed to a truce with the union. The union will stay centralized and will not hire non union men.
The first meeting of the Swedish and Norwegian delegates to discuss terms of dissolution of the union of Sweden and Norway was held in Karlstad. It was decided the conference shall be secret.
John Cobbell a bull breed Blackfoot Indian is held after allegedly murdering his brother Thomas Cobbell at Cotbank. Cobbell claims he killed to save the family from annihilation driven by insanity and a frenzy to shoot members of the household.
Pendleton September report states that the effort for a rehearing of the Umatilla County and Oregon Railway Navigation Company tax case was denied by the supreme court. Once the mandate is granted, District Attorney Phelp will pursue collection of over twenty thousand dollars the railroad owes the county, while the railroad argues the tax was improper. The road may file suit in equity to seek tax reductions.
A large Portland blaze destroyed the St Johns Lumber yards and Wood company facilities along the riverfront. Fire spread from Montgomery street warehouse to shipyards, with total damage pegged near 250000 dollars and more losses at OR and N dock and Western Lumber dry kilns as crews fought a multi‑location inferno. Origin undetermined as of 8:30 pm with still burning sections on the west side.
The congress focused on technical and industrial education with BA Bryan of Washington Agricultural College presenting the degree program. Howard A Rogers of New York spoke on future development and the event highlighted agrarian education.
Examination of Mrs Taggart concluded as letters from her to the Captain were introduced this morning in the ongoing case. The fragment notes moon related context and references to a captain in the correspondence.
The text describes a claim that the loss of her husband followed an incident at Fort Leaveeworth and Moorle. It notes letters written after her return from the Philippines were highly affectionate. Mia Tag gart states she aimed to convince him she still loved him.
In Helena Montana mine owners and union leaders agreed to maintain the current wage scale for another year covering workers in the district including Montana and Wyoming. The agreement aims to avoid strikes and keep production steady through the coming year.
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