22 Aug 1902
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1902
Page
1
Chicago August 22 police still believe Councilman knows much about the murder of Minnie Mitchell and Bartholin’s mother. They hold him in hopes of a confession and say he is near a complete breakdown as the case tightens.
Grand Rapids hosts the sixth annual meeting of the American League of Municipalities with mayors and city officials arriving from across the country. Sessions will cover municipal ownership, sewage disposal, public services, tax assessment, franchise fees, alarms, water supplies, paving, and municipal expansion. Advance plans suggest the gathering will surpass prior league meetings in size and scope.
Developments unfold along the coast near Sham Naval Warfare. Fog over the coast since Sunday shields the fleet defending the coast from a mimic attack by sbury's ships. Dispatches were sent this morning, but no decisive steps are known yet.
Samuel J noted band master who played many of his own lively compositions with Arthur Pryor once in his band died this morning in Missouri. The article notes he directed, performed, and chose music his members played during his passing.
Aug 22. The hotel manager in charge of the funeral arrangements for the late F and wife denied that their bodies were secretly shipped to the United States. He said that the administrative details are still incomplete.
Aug 22. In Texas interior, officials report a bubonic plague fatality in San Francisco travel link is flagged as spreading to the interior. The Texas health department orders extra precautions and intensified inspection near El Paso and at other points to stamp out the disease.
Lake Aug 22 George W Jon Richfield Wash was bunco target of an organized group operating here during the Elks reunion. Grafters reportedly pocketed a pot of 2450 in the scheme.
Chicago August 22. Riots erupted as messengers struck. Men were hired to replace the striking boys but quit after a single delivery amid anger from the strikers. Girls are now filling the roles in large office buildings where the telegraph company has offices.
President Roosevelt arrives in New Haven on the Sylph with Mrs Roosevelt and family, officers say, as crowds gather for a city drive through main streets. The visit marks his second appearance in the area this year during a planned New England tour.
Democrats in the Eighth district meet in Creston to pick a candidate for congress with J. B. Sullivan of Creston emerging as the leading name in discussions at the convention.
Aug 22 New York Almost weekly fuel price hikes and public demand for a settlement push toward arbitration. President Mitchell expected to seek a conference with Morgan upon westward arrival as moves to end the coal strike remain undemonstrated.
Rockport Mass Aug 22 A fatal accident aboard the flagship Kearsarge at anchor off Thatcher's Island at noon killed two seamen and injured three others. The accident was caused by breaking of the davit ropes as a heavy boat was hoisted on board. the boat fell on several seamen.
Timothy Whalen an ex convict formerly at the San Quentin jute mill testified in the Spreckles libel suit in San Francisco on August 22 describing frequent visits to a carpenter shop and noting a long list of furniture manufactured over the last two years based on his notes.
In New York on August 22 funeral services for General Franz Seigel will be held Sunday afternoon. The Grand Army will conduct the rites and pallbearers will be veteran German soldiers who fought under Seigel in the 1848 revolution.
San Francisco jury convicts Frank Woods alias St. Louis Frank for the murder of Policeman Eugene A. The verdict is murder in the first degree, setting the stage for a death sentence.
Vienna reports King Alexander of Servis will adopt a peasant boy as his successor due to lack of biological heirs. The Zeitung notes the monarch seeks a smooth transition and a stable future line.
A lone highwayman robbed two men, Lindwell and his companion, of 132.50 aboard a train between Pendleton and Hunt's Junction after men alighted near Wallula. The suspect, a very large well dressed man in a black suit, fired at one victim and fled with his money as Sheriff Till Taylor pursues the case along with local officials who refuse to reveal movements.
The twelfth annual YWCA summer conference opens at Lake Geneva Wisconsin with a strong turnout from Illinois Nebraska Minnesota and Wisconsin. Sessions run ten days and feature speakers Mary L Babcock Don O Shelton Charles Cuthbert Hall W W White Agnes Hill and W F Oldham among others.
New York on Aug 22 reports a large attendance of prominent society folk at the opening of the Southampton annual horse show in Long Island. The event, the season’s biggest for the fashionable colony, features 23 classes with strong entries in tandems four-in-bands ponies and roadsters. The show runs through tomorrow night.
Nineteen Chinese men labeled with express company cards, guarded by U S marshals, search New York for proper certificates to remain. They appeared before Commissioner Hitchcock, claimed certificates were at home or misplaced, and were allowed to leave court with escorts. Some spoke fluent English and alleged others used their posts to blackmail them.
Boise August 22 The Republican state convention adjourned after a two day session adopting a platform and nominating a slate headed by Burton US French for congress J F Alshle for supreme court John T Morrison for governor James M Stevens for lieutenant governor Will H Gibson for secretary of state Theodore Turner for state auditor H N Coffin for state treasurer John A Bagley for attorney general Miss Mae I Scott for superintendent of public instruction and Robert Bell for inspector of mines
Hackensack August 22 The execution of Peter Hernia of Wellington occurred in the county jail yard. He shot and killed Barney Kanter a Wellington butcher during the Passaic river flood after the latter refused to sell him dog meat.
Gonzales Texas Aug 22 The South and West Texas Press Association marks ten years with its largest meeting to date. President D L Beach called the session to order and a full muster of members attended with many accompanied by wives and families. After the sessions the editors plan an excursion to El Paso and Cloudcroft tomorrow.
Havana on August 22 reports the ongoing strike of dock laborers and carters threatens a total paralysis of business for both foreign and local enterprises. No solution is in sight and the situation remains unsettled.
Report by J L Ray Co and major exchanges shows wheat easing after a lower session while coarse grains rise. New York open and close quotes for December at 72 1/2 cents with Chicago and San Francisco figures also noted.
The Sultan of Morocco, while automobiling today in Tangier, narrowly avoided a fatal crash after his car struck a stone wall. The speed was not high, but the impact left him badly startled and shaken, though unhurt.
Baker City August 22 The third annual excursion of old folks by the Sumpter Valley railroad is under way with an age limit of 44 this year Two hundred invitations were issued many guests are over 80 including a 93 year old The weather is fine and the day promises unalloyed pleasure Founders of Eastern Oregon receive an informal reunion as time brings back memories Sumpter people have arranged elaborate entertainment for the elderly attendees
London August 22 Sir Thomas Lipton narrowly escaped serious injury when his automobile crashed into an iron railing near London He was badly shaken but unharmed by the collision and is reported in a stable condition at the scene
In Paris on August 22 funeral plans to move the bodies of the Fairs to Chebourg for transport to the United States were delayed at the last moment by a hitch to the formalities, postponing the arrangements for this afternoon.
Madrid Aug 22 The young king Alfonso continues to unsettle the nobility with eccentric behavior and rejects an European princess chosen by his council. He declares he will marry only the daughter of a South African millionaire to aid finances and restore Spanish prestige in Latin America.
Rome reports King Victor Emmanuel plans to press Continental armament reductions. He travels with the Italian foreign minister to Berlin, seeking government sanction for a possible disarmament move. Bankers and officials voice cautious optimism that a partial reduction could ease Italy's burdens.
W P York D McAlpin and George Latimer from Kilbridge and Susanville arrived with positive notes on the John Day country. They report thriving stock raising hay and grain crops and expect railroad access to boost mining and farming. York markets Percherons and Clydes dairies, while McAlpin and Latimer mine near Susanville and ship ore to Seattle for reduction.
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