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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1906
Page
1
Strictly cash business for nine years promotes cash only sales. The notice announces a change to no credit and a motto of quick sales with small profits. It positions the shop as offering summer goods and emphasizes cash transactions.
General Woods reports two detachments of constabulary defeated on Leyte Island. One group numbered twelve, the other fifteen. He orders General Lee to send regulars to quell the outbreak, noting the regulars recently killed 150 Pala faces with only one wounded on our side.
In St Petersburg on July 25 Count Herden Prince Lvolf and H Stuko vitch douma members who refused Victoria manifesto call for quiet submission to parliament dissolution. They warn the emperor acts within constitutional rights and urge acceptance of a new chamber. Elsewhere nine thousand Riga factory workers strike. in Warsaw police captain killed. Milan reports rebels burning Rempten castle as troops move to quell the uprising.
Wesly J Wycoff an employee of Hyland Lumber Co at Mabel was brought to Eugene hospital unconscious after a crane windfall struck him on the forehead. Doctors report skull fractures brain tissue removed and little hope for recovery.
City workmen led by Mayor Tom Johnson and protected by police removed streetcar tracks on Pul ton street from Loraine to Franklin to clear space for the Municipal Company rails. An injunction was issued but Johnson ignored it, promising to allow competing lines on the opposite side once municipal lines are laid per city specs.
Fire destroyed the Withers residence at Thurston. Mr and Mrs Withers, aged, could not control the blaze and saved only a few items of furniture. No insurance covered building or contents, and authorities warn of heavy losses. The house was small but well built.
Echo Utah July 25 reports a severe head-on collision on the Oregon Short Line near Review west of Green River between a regular and an extra freight train. The crash caused extensive damage and injuries, with smoke and fire reported along the main line and crews battling the wreckage overnight.
S Jentry accuses neighbor Mrs Stevens of violent assault after a dispute over a buggy. Jentry says Stevens chopped Rusby’s buggy to pieces and threatened him with a gun. The incident centers on a charged confrontation in which Stevens allegedly used a firearm to threaten Jentry.
Weather tonight and Thursday will be fair. A small boy spends much time in the river. The cement foundation for the new evaporator at Allen cannery is finished. Yesterday’s baseball scores show Portland 8 Seattle 2 and Los Angeles 4 San Francisco 4 Fresno 4 Oakland 1. Wild pigeons scarce. many killed during cherry season near oreburda. A tank rises at the wool mill to supply water for wool scouring and other uses. The company will pump its own water. The old front of the Stewart building will be occupied by KE. Swehwars child’s book store torn out. new modern windows to be installed. The boiler at the old pumping station removed, smokestack torn down for transfer to the new pumping station. A 30 by 32 feet barn is being built by Willamette Valley Co in the rear of the new pumping station for horses. Mt Vernon Cemetery Association filed articles of incorporation with the county clerk. Incorporators: J T Donaldson, D Jocoby, W F Smith. principal office in Jasper. A deed filed transferring from C F Littlefield to F P A Rankin half of the west wall of the Littlefield brick building to F A Rankin during erection of a cement block rear building. consideration eight percent.
Two men from Rockford, NL, blew open fifteen safes and robbed sixteen offices in the Brown building this morning. They secured 90 and were captured and jailed.
Mrs. Rivasel Sage and friends traveled by special car with her husband Russell Sage's body to Troy where the remains will be interred.
In Ashland last night a car repairer at work was crushed between two cars in the yards and died a few hours later. The Albany Democrat notes Karl Abbott’s return from Nye Creek with a 13 pound gain in flesh after serving as chaperone for several girls and friends. He plans to travel to Seattle to join the auditor's office of the Northern Pacific after visiting Portland.
Portland July 1 bondsmen of defendant Martin Hoge surrendered him to the government today due to poor health He will be lodged in hospital rather than prison as defense closes its case The government presented rebuttal evidence from Charles Nickell M Laremee Roseburg land office records and other witnesses with the jury to be charged tomorrow.
London reports the Inter parliamentary Conference ended and adopted a resolution urging the Hague tribunal to define conflicts. The sessions closed with calls to guide peaceful resolution and a focus on preventing further belligerence among nations.
Sunday night about 2 30 thief broke into Ed Hibberds Poggery at Cottage Grove by lowering a back window and climbed inside. He stole a cair of clothes, some underwear and opened a money till to find about $1.00 to change and left through the back. The only identification to the tailor made coat of clothes stolen. Saturday afternoon two tramps riding a cap on Ave south on the blind luggage of the aanyner stole into work train cars at Cottage Grove and tore two coats a vest and pants then bonded the train and escaped. Cooks returned to depot and reported missing coat. nabbed at Drain. Atkins pursued, brought them in Monday noon for a short trial before Justice Young. they pleaded guilty to petty larceny and were sentenced to five days in jail. Nagget.
A waterspout devastated a village in Ins France on July 3, wiping out the settlement and causing extensive property loss. Professor Ek. Ressler, superintendent of Bagene, has been reelected, with the Monmonts aI facing upheaval this year.
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