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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1903
Page
11
A Baker City resident reports a distressing incident as authorities respond to a dispute over eviction from a home. Neighbors describe tensions rising as a resident objects to removal while police and courthouse officials pursue due process and safety measures.
Deputy Sheriff Hemple served a writ on Father Desmarias at the Catholic parish home in Uaker City Oregon. The priest, wielding a gun, resisted and raged before being overpowered and jailed. His demented sister was later arrested and jailed as well, drawing a large crowd of onlookers during the tense scene.
The remains of Harmon Snyder missing from a cabin near Perdue on January 10 were found six and a half miles south of the location by L H Harmon of Soquiam and Thos Ham mersly of Perdue. The body lay on a gravel bar beside a creek with most flesh and clothes gone. Justice J A Buchanan and Sheriff E L Parrott traveled to Perdue to hold an inquest.
A man from Toledo Oregon named Martin Erickson demanded 009 000 within ten minutes at the Scandinavian American Bank in Seattle. He brandished a knife and held bankers at bay until a deputy sheriff intervened, overpowering him and taking him into custody. A savings deposit check for 200 and cash were found on Erickson during a search.
In Moberly Missouri on September 19 two Folcom convicts, escaped from the Folcom camp, robbed a local store of provisions and then abducted an entire farm family several miles out of town. The assailants, imitating the Oregon outlaw Tracy, held the family for hours and threatened immediate death if villagers alerted authorities.
Sofia report confirms that Turks massacred the Kastoria population. A correspondent describes women and girls in captivity being marched, with soldiers riding on unclothed shoulders and victims collapsing from exhaustion.
A satirical letter from Eugene criticizes overworded prose and megolomaniac diction in a prose piece about a Griffin Hardware cooking display. The writer mocks long Latinized phrases and limbic flourishes while recounting culinary demos that begin daily at 2 pm.
In Albany Frank Powell succeeds Don G. Swan as deputy postmaster while Swan becomes Klamath Falls High School principal. Rev John Maulkey of Donna is seriously ill with fever and bronchitis. Dr L W Brown attends. Gus Nelson in Lebanon wounds thumb and loses eye sight after shotgun discharge. The Eugene Register mocks anonymous correspondent I M Tired as a theatre opera house joke.
Bishop O Rielly and three priests along with Deputy Sheriff Hemple face assault charges after Father Desmarais was ejected from his home by a deputy and arrested for resisting an officer. Desmarais and his sister accuse the bishop and the priests of grave offenses in a Saturday fracas.
A lynching attempt near Sunnyside was thwarted when Sheriff Brewer arrived and took rancher Scott into custody after a masked attacker assaulted the 14 year old daughter of A. Nichols. Scott matched local descriptions and was escorted to Everett, ending the mob action.
Seattle police uncovered a robber gang believed linked to Policeman Schaneman's murder. The group planned to storm Province Hospital where their associate Thomas is confined due to a wound from the murder scene.
In Canyonville Oregon Emery Cornutt five year old son of Mr and Mrs Walter Cornutt fell into a kettle of boiling water while his father prepared to scald pigs. He died next morning at five oclock after injuries sustained Wednesday September sixteenth nineteen hundred three.
A. M. Hendricks slipped from a ladder yesterday while painting and broke her right foot with the other foot badly bruised. She was brought to town and treated by Drs. Paine and Kuykendall.
Three divorce complaints filed in county court include Messler vs Messler with co respondent J C Twitchell over adultery and child custody of Eva aged 13, Sleingrandt vs Sleingrandt seeking divorce for cruel treatment and restoration of maiden name, Becker vs Becker citing Edwin Becker's 1903 burglary conviction and two year penitentiary term as grounds.
Real estate transfers list multiple grantees and parcels in Delaney Coburg Mulligan Packard and Fairmount ad areas with values from 100 to 2900. Mining location notes Charles Moran locates Kimberly nine Blue River district. Circuit Court entries include divorce case Clark Stephens vs Minnie Stephens and various money recovery suits. Archie Julian files declaration of intention to become a citizen.
B P Williams of Lost Valley reports a strong oats yield from his field in Lost Valley precinct. From a field of 0 acres he threshed 1290 bushels, about 4] bushels per acre, noting rain curtailed the harvest and a dry spell could have yielded more.
A clipped ad style notice touts Hucklin's Arnica Seive as a cure for various aches and pains. It mentions F A Galik and a location in Verbera Alabama, and notes the product costs 5 cents at W L Delano's drug store. The text includes garbled lines and stray names, typical of an old classifieds fragment.
Florence notes the arrival of O. W. Hurd's tug the L Rosco drawing crowds to the wharf. The event spurs cheers as machinery and goods for local merchants load aboard, with plans to sail to San Francisco after unloading. Other items mention ships Robarts, Sacramento, and C A Klose, water depth, and various regional visitors and residents.
In the September 18 issue, residents and visitors are listed as arriving, leaving, or visiting Eugene and nearby towns. Names include Chas Goldsmith, W B Barger, H G McKinley, F A Brown, Chas Kissinger, Rev E C Sanderson, Rodney Scott, John West, John K Scharff, Caroline Rankin, Mr and Mrs F C Walters, Barney Martin, Mrs A S Rennie, Mrs Geo Tandsaker, Wm Smith, Mr and Mrs John Kelly, Mrs Clint Branstetter, L A Overton, Mrs Jake Kauffman, Sheriff Fred Fisk, Mr and Mrs S Handsaker, Mr and Mrs F M Wilkins, E P Williams, Susie and Henry Smith, C S Frank, Mrs P B Kinsey, Mr and Mrs W C Yoran, J J Rude, F A Brown attending his father's funeral, Miss Mabel Dove, J C Bovard, Mrs S S Friendly and daughters, George and L F Stanley, L O Beckwith and visitors Emily Hale and Cynthia Allen, Dr E J Hosmer, James Spear, plus Albany Democrat notes on Miss Benetta Dorris and Miss Edna Prescott.
The University of Oregon broadens its mining education with Prof. Jas. M. Hyde guiding assaying and mining instruction. The program will offer free assaying for state students, partner with Wells Fargo for ore samples, and seek to attract many young students to thorough mining and related studies.
A collage of Florence news items notes births in Florence and nearby Point Terrace, travel to Eugene for schooling, and families visiting in Independence. It lists the Linneus post office closure, mentions Florence as the new mail hub, and includes a brief medical anecdote about an eye injury and a plug for a home remedy product by W. L. DeLane’s.
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