29 Aug 1904
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1904
Page
1
The readable items list prices and profits for crockery and plates. Specific figures are unclear due to the damaged OCR but indicate price points and a profit emphasis. Named entities and exact numbers are not recoverable from the fragment.
Chicago news reports wheat prices advancing amid rust and rain shortages in the Northwest and Canada. Old and new September contracts move between 1.05 and 1.09 dollars with quiet local trading. Corn and oats quoted around 52 and 30 cents respectively, wheat at 67 to 74 cents levels, while Senator Howard’s condition is described as cheerful and improving.
The sixth week of a major textile strike in Fall River Mass involved about 26 000 workers with no sign of operations resuming. Workers report losses of around 500 000 in wages and say Southern manufacturers gain new business while mills struggle to survive on lower pay. Average wages cited range from eight dollars weekly for skilled workers to three dollars for young female workers.
The city school board urges full attendance by all jurors on the first day September 19 not merely for enrollment but to begin regular attendance. The delay aims to allow late entrants to join and start organized from the term's outset. Benefits include smoother teacher organization and faster pupil progress with consistent class placement.
O R and N attorney H F Conner in charge of Condon Arlington branch line operations. J F Conner of Portland assisted counsel for the company and was to Pendleton last night. He declined to publish details beyond Calvin’s statement about building the branch. Also notes a 10 year old brigand near Trieste Aqtria with multiple murders and an intelligence bureau.
A London dispatch reports fierce fighting near Liao Yang as Japanese forces under Kuroki Nodzu and Oku press the Russian center and rear. Russian losses and retreats are noted, with captures at Anping and Tang Poyeng and reports of 19,000 Russian troops in the area. Port Arthur and broader Baltic Fleet movements are also mentioned amid financial and military updates.
A cloudburst yesterday drenched the C. A. & W. main line near Allen's siding, 1.5 miles west of Huron. About 180 feet of track was buried under 2 to 4 feet of debris for under 20 minutes, with water up to 11 feet in the canyon. Crews from Meacham and Huron, aided by a La Grande work train, cleared the line within five hours. no track was washed away. Surveyor Kimbrell notes the spot echoed a similar 60-foot wash four years ago.
Captain John Madden was granted a divorce from Edith Partolo Madden after a brief hearing with the defendant absent. The anticipated army sensation failed to materialize as witnesses were few and high‑level names were not drawn into the proceedings. Mrs Madden’s broader charges lacked substantiation. George W. Cummings, VP of the American Press Association, died suddenly in Banff while en route from Los Angeles to New York. The Greater New York plumbers’ strike ended with daily wages rising from 4.50 to 4.76.
New York reports John Mitchell left for Indianapolis to avoid a meeting with Chairman Cortelyon amid a possible presidential interference in Colorado mining troubles. The metal miners fall outside his jurisdiction and coal miners face no serious disputes.
Walla Walla reports advance figures placing the total equalized assets at 11 457 022 dollars, about 650 009 less than the assessor’s total. The gap stems mainly from railroad assessment reductions, the roadbed lowered from 60 to 75 dollars per mile, while the assessor’s toll on railroad property stood at 2 566 040 dollars, equalling 1 923 090.
National Children’s Day at the St Louis fair drew crowds of youngsters free from parental restraint. Young visitors flooded the Pike and waterways, unsettling guards as they roamed art halls and forestry reservations, prompting a hectic day of amusement and mischief.
Pendleton group names delegates for the Keightw Templar Conclave in San Francisco. The party includes J. F. Robinson and wife, W. D Hansford and wife, R. Alexander and wife, C. B. Roosevelt and wife, W. F. Matlock and wife, J. H. Parkes and wife, AP Nash and wife, T. C Taylor and wife, Robert Forster, W. M. Pierce, W. M. Slusher, EB J Somerville, Rish, L. Hunziker and A B H McEwen. E. A Murphy and M. M. Wyrick may also join. They travel in a Pullman car. two persons share one section. They depart Saturday, join a 22-car Northwest delegation at Portland. A five-car Kolghia Templar train, led by Conductor Fred Waffle, passed through last night on the O R & N, reaching the city at 3:40 am after a Medbury Hill wreck delayed the journey. The eastward train stops in Portland tonight and parts of tomorrow before heading to Bankranciscn.
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw spoke to about 3000 listeners on the garden city court house lawn Saturday night. The event was a major Republican political gathering in Walla Walla before Shaw departed for Seattle. the article notes Japan having 11 steam railway companies with $84,950,000 paid up capital and 2 to 14 percent dividends.
The body of Christopher Columbus Bilis, 20, was found warm on Weston Mountain road near Fletcher's Mill. An unknown assassin shot him head on from the brush as footprints of a second person suggested a possible accomplice. Sheriff Taylor pursues leads in a remote area with a historical pattern of mysterious deaths nearby.
Aug 29 dispatch reports an Albanian royal guard mutiny at the Kiowk palace amid wage arrears. The revolt was crushed by loyal troops with several killed and wounded. The event unsettled Sultan Vieldis’s capital.
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