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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1906
Page
4
Atlanta endures weeks of mayhem as troops enforce calm after a bloody Saturday night with multiple assaults and killings. mobs chase Black residents from the city center while authorities denounce violence and mobilize troops. In suburbs and near Brownsville, arrests surge with hundreds detained as guards vow to prevent further lynching and looting.
J. J. Jeffries announced in Los Angeles that reports of his plan to re enter the ring are false in every detail.
Oyster Bay Sept 24 President Roosevelt contributed 10 from his private purse to Admiral Thomas for a suit brought by navy enlisted men at Newport. The action aims to determine if service wearers can be barred from public amusements. The president condemns excluding the men under any condition.
San Francisco September 6 Judge Beatty presiding justice of the supreme court today announced his acceptance of the appointment of a third arbitrator in the dispute between the United Railroad and their employer. This completes the board with Francis J. Heney and Father Peter C. Yorke as the other members. New stock of mattresses and springs just received. Chambers' Hardware Co.
Portland officials announce that Northwestern railroads will implement distance tariffs across Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. The new freight rates align with Washington state tariffs, eliminating discrimination and basing charges on haul length. Average freight rate reductions reach about 20 percent, with the commission setting maximums and allowing further reductions at railroads’ option.
The Industrial Workers of the World adopted resolutions pledging moral and financial backing for Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, jailed in Boise Idaho on conspiracy charges in the murder of former Governor Steunenberg.
Kansas City reports the steamer Nora arrived dockside after ten years without river traffic. The vessel carried a cargo from St. Louis and marks a restart of Missouri river freighting operations in the area.
Hong Kong on September 11 reports Halach istan and West Kent regiments aiding recovery efforts as they work to clear debris and restore services after the strike.
Debris from the typhoon leaves a path of destruction as ships are wrecked and workers flee. The disaster saves no one, with ten thousand reported dead and a halt to shipping hampered by the loss of most fighters.
New York Sept 21 Negotiations are in progress between Harriman William Rockefeller and the Smith estate. The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul may be turned over to the Union and Southern Pacific roads. Outcome may determine a deal by which the B and O becomes part of the Harriman system.
Washington dispatch says Sidney Biebur opened a contribution bureau for the Republican National Committee and promises no refusals of cash from government officials. He aims to extract five percent from each employee's salary while corporate contributions remain minor and funds are tight.
Mrs Ora A Stephens of Port Williams writes that three bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery stopped a two year cough and cured consumption fears. She notes friends were helped and urges others to try the remedy, available at Chambers Hardware Co and W Delano druggist. Trial bottle offered.
The insanity commission finds Kether Mitchell and Mrs Creffield insane and unlikely to be tried for the murder of George Mitchell. They may be committed to the Oregon insane asylum after testifying it was their duty to kill. A later injunction in the Creffield Mitchell case was granted with Judge Frater ordered to appear in the Supreme Court to show cause for permanent injunction.
Seattle dated report notes the state GOP convention nominating W. E. Humphrey Francis Cushman and Wesley L. Jones for Congress and naming supreme court candidates Herman Dol Crow Wallace Meant Milo A Root and Ralph O. Dunbar. The key action calls for Roosevelt renomination.
Willard Moody’s body was found in brush near Pine, eyes gouged, nose and lips cut, amid long running feuds with neighbors and a history of marital separations. Henry Moody, 40, was recently acquitted in a separate statutory case, heightening local tension as authorities pursue the killer.
Prineville Oregon dated Sept 2 a prominent stock raiser B F Zell aged 40 was murdered yesterday on his ranch twenty miles from here by Shepherd a farm employee He aroused Zell from his bed and employed a Winchester rifle to shoot him Shepherd confessed but motive remains unknown.
One of Baker county’s foulest murders occurred Saturday night near Baker City as Willard Moody a prominent Pine Valley rancher was shot and killed by unknown assailants. Moody’s skull was crushed with a club or gun butt and his body left at the scene.
A son was born at Point Terrace Oregon on Sunday September 10 1906 to Mr and Mrs M C Beck. The announcement notes the birth of a male child in the family in this local notice.
An advertisement for Holister's Rocky Mountain Tea at Linn Drug Co promises quick relief for skin and external ailments including barns boils sores piles eczema salt tream and sore hands feet and eryea. It credits Sam Kendall and a Kansas origin. The copy notes W L DeLano's drug store stock and urges natural aid with the tea.
Chicago, Sept 21 Vice President Fairbanks joined Governor Dunne and local officials as Cook County courthouse cornerstone was laid. A military parade preceded remarks in which Fairbanks and Dunne denounced government or state ownership of public utilities, championing private or corporate ownership by the people.
E Baker states he will preach at the old Spence Creek church on Sunday at 11 a.m. and 2 30 p.m. Dinner will be served at the church. Everyone is invited.
A battered fragment suggests renewal as strain and routine return, contrasting worn adults with a girl whose rosy cheeks imply recovered health. It mentions tonics and Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy aiding nerves and development, reflecting older health beliefs.
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