05 Dec 1902
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1902
Page
1
A massive storm sweeps the Atlantic coast from New York to Florida causing widespread disruption. Twelve men lose at sea as ships dash for safety and snowdrifts halt trains and roads. High winds and six to twelve inches of snow strand travelers while shore stations report downed wires and dangerous conditions across Massachusetts to North Carolina.
Turmoil spreads from Topeka as Carrie Van Sht tries to wreck hotel bar fixtures and is jailed. Interdiction of meat imports from the United Kingdom sparks apprehension over national meat prices with few ships available for dead meat shipments.
Doctors report ex Speaker Thomas B Reed showing constant improvement with normal vitals and abating uremic symptoms. They note his condition remains very serious due to Brights disease, with appendicitis a minor factor in the illness.
The Oregon Insane asylum in Salem adds Dr A E Tami esle to the medical staff as an extra physician after years of need. With 1200 patients and three doctors, each physician tends to about 400 patients, highlighting rising costs and staff pressures.
A five story factory building housing Likly & Rockett Trunk Co and Borden & Oliver Machine Co burned in Cleveland last night. At 3 AM a wall collapsed killing one fireman and injuring five others. Fire crews fought the blaze through the early hours.
Washington reports House committee review of a bill to bar publishing personal crisis details, allowing only bare facts of death by action, time, and place. Fines up to 26 dollars and 90 days’ imprisonment for violators. Also, omnibus measure granting officials authority to accept foreign decorations advances. Separate bills cover anti trust reporting to ICC and naval pay and expansion to meet emergency needs.
Hold convention at Newburg Oregon with delegates from major cities of Oregon and Idaho. A three day program aims to energize the Pacific Northwest Y M C A movement. Prominent figures include E. T. Colton International secretary W. E. Peck Minnesota state secretary Wallace Lee Albany College president and A S Allen Seattle general secretary.
Postmaster General Henry C. Payne declares rural free delivery an established fact and forecasts gradual expansion. He cites 11,650 routes covering about one third of eligible territory, needing 27,100 more carriers, with a projected annual cost near 24 million. He notes revenue gains, growing money orders, and farm land value increases tied to service, especially in remote areas.
A historical discussion outlines how rural free delivery helps farmers by timely livestock quotes, price news, and social benefits, while noting growing costs from 1897 to 1902 and its effect on postal revenue. Separately, Scranton reports a lengthy anthracite commission session on engineers strikes, eight hour day debate, and testimonies on wages and conditions, ending with a note that the high school journal copy is ready for publication with strong advertising contracts.
Winnipeg dispatch notes Texas cattlemen plan to ship herds north to Western Canada for grazing as Texas ranges shrink under settlement. Leaders with large Southwest interests study British Columbia prospects and yearn to invest in sheds and long term leases to feed cattle by rail.
British ship Leicester Castle from San Francisco reports a mutiny October 23 by American crew. Mutineers shot the second officer and captain, seized fire rafts, and fled. W A Hobbs Ernest Sears from Pocatello Idaho James Turner from Portland Oregon among the mutineers. The captain survived multiple gunshot wounds and the crew searched for the raft the next day.
Drew Doyle a 20 year old was found dead near his Bear Creek home in Morahfield Oregon. He had left to chop beach on a claim he was taking up when he did not return for dinner his father started a search and found his body. The back of his head showed bruising and authorities suspect a falling timber caused the death.
Chicago Dee proprietors Smith and the Lincoln hotel night clerk were arraigned on accmry to murder before the fact. Their cases were continued until December 16. Meagre reports describe a vast snow slide at Cornucopia Oregon killing two miners and causing massive damage.
The notice touts Cracker Creek values with epatet ing on the mother lode and multiple poles including South Pole Columbia at $1 per share and North Pole at $5 per share. It claims Golconda rose from 10¢ to 600 and urges buying now to profit on further advances, citing Hartman’s sales agent Moe.
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