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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1902
Page
1
Postmaster McVomack reports advice from Fleet Assistant Postmaster-General J M Masten that free mail delivery will start Tuesday in Eugene. City houses are numbered for the service, with two regular carriers and one substitute to be appointed under civil service rules.
A Cranky Veteran writes to correct impressions of the Union Veterans' Union and Grand Army of the Republic. He states GAR is nonpolitical and UVU requires battles and a clean war record. He notes mixed political affiliations among members, past postmaster naming incidents, and support for veterans’ leadership and principles.
Eugene praises soldier boys after quarterly inspection of Co Rand and the Fourth Regiment band. Colonels Yoran notes arms and gear in good order as galleries overflow with admirers. Music by Prof McElroy, JJ Hughes, and Alicia McElroy followed by dancing. An optical peddler misrepresents Globe Optical Co. firm denies authority and will investigate.
Farmers are reminded that the old courthouse behind the new court house has been refitted as an eating and lodging house. It offers quiet rooms with good bedding and furniture, near the business part of town. A former operator of the Ninth Street Restaurant now runs the new eating and house.
Election notes list candidates and officials by district including South Eugene North Eugene and other towns with names such as John Calloway Higgins Howe McPherson Kinsey Hampton Osboro Hendricke Hudaleston Brown Matlock Smith Walton Watts Campbell Royce Roberts Shipworth Douglas Bilyeu Willoughby Day Kemp Smith Yates Guede R Yates Lebow Wallace Cooley Veatch Rosenburg Medley Warner Medley listed. Also reports a birth two miles south of Eugene: a daughter weighing 11 pounds.
The War Department orders inquiry into charges by the Menila American that Private Edward Richter died in the Dos Marinas guard house after being bound and slowly doused with water. The method described is cited as fiendish and likened to old Inquisition devices. Also reported is the death of W A White's ill father at Scotts Mills at 11 30 this afternoon.
At the Lane County Republican convention the committee on platform and resolutions submitted no state platform, pledging economy and businesslike county administration. A key resolution calls for a maximum railroad fare of three cents per mile in Oregon and instructs legislators to enact such a cap. Delegates to the state convention were not instructed for governor or U.S. Senate races, but Tongue’s renomination is favored among congressional delegates. EO Potter is chair and CA Wietermeier secretary. Separately, Hotel Eugene dining room closes to extend the building, while lodging and simple room business remains open.
Jim Robinson had a scare this forenoon when he mistook the new planing mill whistle for the electric light motion whistle. He hurriedly rode a bicycle to investigate believing something was wrong, only to find no issue.
Special to the Guard reports the First Congressional Republican district convention convened in the city at the opera house with Judge Hewitt of Albany elected chairman and L. V. Stewart of Grant's Pass as secretary. Tongue in nomination was endorsed by acclamation. Dr. T. W. Harris reelected chairman. session lasted thirty minutes. Other items note Manitoba floods, a collision of British ships with seven or eleven drowned, and various April 1 dispatches on politics, fraud charges, and international events.
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