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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1903
Page
1
A garbled 1919 era report references mobs organized labor, mob rule denouncements, and calls for discipline, alongside a derailment and drowning incident near MacFar. It notes health decline of a prominent figure and mentions a Western U.S. waterway pursuit and Canton forces in Southern China.
Preliminary hearing for William Top, charged after a shooting that left William Rennes injured near Elgin. Top’s bond is set at $5,000, with Bennett improving slowly and prognosis hopeful despite dangerous wounds. In Le Grand, two Mees children were playing with a rifle when it discharged, injuring a girl whose condition is improving under medical care.
Herbert Z. Condon, longtime attorney and newspaper man from Enewne, formerly Malatrar and secretary of the Idaho Agricultural Collees at Mosrow, is appointed to a similar post at the University of Washington in Seattle. He will begin work at the start of the fall school year.
A rowboat weed as a ferry on the Niner was disabled to Gay and carried downstream to the mands and capsized. Twenty five passengers were drowned.
A 10 year old Spanish boy, starved and blistered, was rescued by a Morgin Line steamer after drifting about 500 miles from Havana in an open boat. He survived days without food or water, with exhausted, skeletal body and peeled skin, while two companions made it ashore.
Sacramento dispatch notes no confirmed word on the tonviers from Amador. A Marysville rumor claims Howards are traveling north in khaki, but no verifiable details or dates are provided.
Quotations furnished by Coe Commission Co report rail interests in play as Goulds Rockefeller seek control of New York Central and Reading. Harriman predicts Union Pacific will reach 64 and Southern Pacific 60 as the upward move peaks while wheat opens higher and closes at 81 1 2 cents, with large holders optimistic.
St Petersburg reports Admiral Alaxel has been named viceroy with supreme power over army and navy and authority to conduct diplomacy with neighboring states. A Russian editorial questions American open door policy in Manchuria and the Philippines, arguing mercenary motives and inconsistency amid changing alliances.
The Utah Supreme Court sustained the death sentence for Peter Mortenson in the murder of James Hay Mortenson. Lured his victim to a lonely gas station on December 1, 1901, killed him, and buried the body after extorting a receipt for 2500 from a lumber firm. Mortenson, a Sunday school superintendent and prominent contractor, was to be shot.
Secretary Shaw removed Cobb the special architect for the vast Chicago federal building. Cobb is famed for the Columb ia Exposition work. No reason given for the removal. Officials suspect Beavers, once salaries division chief, is a fugitive. Attorney Youngs is criticized for not pursuing Beavers.
An autopsy on Mrs. Jemie Bailey, a Los Angeles waitress, reveals she was killed by a blow to the heart and not by morphine, with broken ribs and signs of a struggle. The murderer remains unknown as investigators pursue leads.
John Walker a prominent Indian fighter and longtime Oregon soldier died at his Baker City home at 2:20 am. He came from Fortress Monroe in 1865 to fight Modocs, lived in Baker City for years, and was about 70. A rough diamond from Kimberly may be shown at the World’s Fair in St Louis worth nearly a quarter million sterling.
Advices report insurgents led by Christians defeated Turkish forces near Prelip and Vodent in Macedonia. Casualties cited include about 140 killed or wounded on the Turkish side, with insurgent gains in the Bitolin and Constantinople region amid reports of mass killings and court publicity.
Washington Aus 1 The International Typographical View session opened after destroying a pamphlet without a union label. Driscoll for employers spoke in Seattle and Spokane urging arbitration to avert strikes. He criticized President Lynch and warned the union to avoid broken contracts. Sandh referred charges to a committee and urged accountability amid unfounded claims.
San Francisco reports 8 L Kelley arrested this afternoon for swindling Yale graduates. He posed as Ed Spaulding’s brother and obtained several thousand dollars from Spaulding’s friends. Kelley was wanted in St Louis for similar offenses.
Nineteen more victims of the tunnel disaster were buried today at public expense with ceremony led by court officials, police prefecture, families, and authorities. Premier Coumbes delivered the address.
The State Treasurer announces that all domestic and foreign corporations must pay annual license fees. Delinquency after August 15 will incur a 100 dollar penalty plus 6 8 percent annual interest. Most firms have already filed notices. additional notices go out to ensure compliance and avoid penalties.
Steve Osborn appeared in the city court after being charged with disorderly conduct following an incident at the city pound. He was cited to pay a fine of 90 dollars and face further proceedings as described by authorities.
A remarkable incident occurred near Erie Pennsylvania on August 19 when the firing tug Silver Spray attacked a fishing smack. The Canadian revenue cutter Petrel engaged and the smack’s smokestack was carried away while one pound shots perforated an American boat. authorities in Washington declined to comment and officials suggested possible poaching by the Petrel crew.
A traveling Scottish Gypsy camp near Walla Walla witnessed a severe fight over horse trade between Mee Mullan and Whey families linked by marriage. Two women suffered serious head and shoulder injuries while other members sustained lighter hurts. The fracas involved wagon yoke weapons used with force as the groups clashed amid the camp.
Dispatch from the Helly comrn general reports 41 Jews killed and 20 wounded amid mob violence in Kah inet The mass assault appears linked to organized groups seeking to exterminate Jews Christain residents suffered casualties and rape also noted Authorities plan trials at Taraspool in October for many suspects facing penal servitude or other penalties under local law
Admiral Cervera resigns as a key naval leader amid the Spanish upheaval. The move follows disputes within the service as tensions rise, signaling a change in command during a period of national strain.
City records show registration opens September 1 and closes October 7 for the November city election. The Clerk notes 400 registered voters previously, with 240 voting on election day. Also reported are real estate transfers, a land sale in section 1 town 2 north range 2 east, and several unrelated notices including a hotel incident and lost pocketbook.
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