11 Apr 1901
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1901
Page
1
The Boston Store lists linens and garments priced from $1.00 to $5.00. Calico, percale, gingham, linen, pique and duck pieces include Ladies Long and Short Kamonas, dimity and organdy dressings, and corset covers. Also advertised are fine table linen options.
Reports span oil gusher sales, new railway links, and a wave of consolidations. The Crucible Steel move in Pittsburg, a European linen trust, sewer pipe factories with 12.2 million capital, and plans for department-store trusts emerge. Morgan & Co and Carnegie links shape a steel industry reshaping senior leadership and mergers.
Oregon presbytery in session at Albany with notes on Salem hop growers contracts, Moscow newspaper effort, Colfax horse owners defense, Portland brewer settlement, Vale placer gold finds, Salem penitentiary literature drives, Malheur immigration, Arlington office boxes, Clark county prune prospects, steamer Mascot sinking, capitol move toward Olympia, Multnomah county religion law ruling, Coquille electric plant franchise, Salem creamery consolidation, Lang case in Salem penitentiary, Corvallis honors at agricultural college, Hillsboro malpractice trial acquittals.
An early medicinal advertisement touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for digestion and nutrition, claiming it strengthens the stomach, extracts nutrition from food, and builds health and strength without alcohol or narcotics. It warns the medicine cures diseases of digestion and related organs.
Reports from Auditor Lawshe indicate massive unreported sums and disarray in Philippine postal finances. Secretary Root and Postmaster General Smith consider sending Washington accountants to Manila to thoroughly investigate possible losses of 500000 dollars. Lack of reporting by postmasters cited as a key issue. Gen. MacArthur announces insurgent capitulations freeing Bataan and Zambales provinces.
L B Cox died at 1 15 this afternoon after a lengthy illness. A Pendleton native, he had lived in Portland 15 years and practiced law, first with Cox Cotton Teal and Minor and later alone. He was a vestryman of Trinity Episcopal church and a highly regarded figure in Pendleton and Obregon. Funeral plans were not yet set, but were expected to be at Trinity on Saturday.
In Frankfort Kentucky on April 11 the Ripley case resumed with a subpoena demanding the Louisville and Nashville railway produce bills of lading for guns shipped to Ripley the day before Governor Goebel's assassination. A subpoena for pacifying telegraph messages was also sought. The Eminence Gap telegraph manager must show all messages Ripley received in the past year. The morning testimony was described as unimportant.
San Francisco April 11 The state harbor commissioners cleared Pilot Frederick Jordan two to one regarding the Rio Janeiro wreck. They granted a restored fire license, ruling the disaster due to misfortune rather than fault of the ship or crew.
Amsterdam April 11 President Kruger expresses disbelief at claims General Dewet is mentally unsound, attributing them to British efforts to demoralize Boer commanders in Cape Colony despite recent Boer successes. London April 11 General Lord Methuen has been discharged from hospital and returned to duty with British forces in South Africa.
The Scorpion with Minister Loomis and US representative of V zugla arrived at Han Juan. Loomis plans to sail for the United States tomorrow on the steamer Caracas.
The New York market reports a strong wheat day with a full cent gain from the prior close. Government data on winter wheat and Snow's earlier report influence price movements while futures and other commodities show mixed activity across stocks, sugar, tobacco, and coffee markets.
Johnson and Parker fought on an April night in Memphis over jealousy. Johnson died in hospital after the knife duel while his wife witnessed the struggle and tended to his head as blood stained the sidewalk.
Havana reports a heated four corner debate over the convention's future direction and potential dissolution. Washington’s possible support or lack thereof shapes the path forward as no binding decision has yet been made.
Post office officials in Walla Walla report a curious coincidence with a registered mail bag. The bag’s lock and numbers align in sevenesque patterns across multiple indicators from seven letters to train No. 7, prompting Postmaster Krunten to call it luck in odd numbers.
In Ashley at noon 300 car repair workers of the Jersey Central railway walked out claiming union ties. They were discharged for union membership and organizers warn that 750 more may join the walkout if reinstatement is not granted. The dispute centers on union affiliation and job actions amid ongoing tensions.
At 2 o clock this afternoon a conference opened between representatives of railway workers and Jersey Central officials in New York. The goal is to resolve employee demands and prevent further trouble. Nearby Hungarian unrest in Vienna reports serious clashes between strikers and soldiers at Tatatovroa with casualties.
The transport Jennie bound for San Francisco with the Twenty-fifth volunteer infantry is four days overdue after departing from Waelngton in April. Officials fear the storm has overtaken the ship and left it old and weak, raising alarms about the missing vessel.
New York officials report lawyer Albert YT Patrick and companions Short and Moyers were sent to the grand jury this afternoon on forgery related to a will of the late William Rice. The docket also mentions possible murder charges and related military and judicial actions amid a disputed sequence of events.
J d Gates once linked to Legislative Boodle is jailed on forgery charges after an attempted check payment of 75 at the First National Bank of Portland using the name Toury Corbett. Sheriff Wither and Justice Winemeler hold Gates and coresponding suspect. The case unfolds as authorities pursue leads and await further proceedings.
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