07 Dec 1903
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1903
Page
1
In Minneapolis the business community meets to address apathy among authorities and promote a nonpartisan good citizenship movement. The aim is to secure honest aldermanic elections and mobilize permanent voters without partisan bias, with broad church and organizational representation.
The Countess seeks divorce from her first husband William Russell amid accusations of cruelty and bigamy after he allegedly married an American. She soon marries a coachman posing as a prince, a rapid sequence that unfolds as the divorce hearing nears.
A princess, Clara Zeige chen, is reported shot by Prince Otte in Berlin. The incident leads to questions over royal privileges as she faced sacrifice upon marriage to the emperor’s son, with the princess likely to face removal from her title.
Fragmentary report describes a shooting by a gamekeeper. Text mentions a victim named Lobe and references individuals including a Promiser Manin and King Alfonse. Details are garbled with many unreadable words and names.
A tentative meeting is planned next week between Whe Uoll ed Mine Workers of America and Weiler Copper to seek a settlement. Governor Welle’s life-mending program is noted as support for the talks amid ongoing labor tensions and metal ore price concerns.
In New York on December 7 eleven significant cyclists began a two mile and three lap path in a winter road race. Large crowds watched the event as part of the Wednesday schedule in a prominent library lineup. Witnesses included Dove Helspeth and Mew Tapa Yoel among others.
A fire at the Wyanoke Hotel at Ninth and Fifty third injured no one and caused damage to several rooms. Other notes mention a Pittsburgh bank reopening and a misdated stock report with wheat prices and a Winnipeg to Vancouver transfer vanished en route.
The President's message in Congress urges revision of public domain laws and reports a commission to study defects. It praises reclamation efforts, supports the Lewis and Clark Exposition, and discusses irrigation, land settlement, and isthmian canal route choices with emphasis on national land policy and expansion.
The jury in Bahir county found Huntington not guilty on charges tied to public fines totaling 104000. The long case stirred local tension and featured deputy Whitney among those briefly implicated, with questions lingering over the guilty party and the accuracy of past county records.
A patchy report from December 7 describes a fierce clash between Gi) Tinelane and multiple civilian forces in Manchuria. The Drigands incurred massive casualties, Russians also took losses, and the outcome is presented as a strategic setback amid ongoing occupation interests in Mandarin ps Hoey.
Report from a meeting describing German industrialists' concern about U S competition, attributed to America’s consular protection and defense ties. The discussion touches on industry, capital and trust formation, with emphasis on perceived American influence and the potential effects on European markets.
Fragmentary report notes a three day convention with focus on meat pricing and cattle trade. Secretary Dud Bimtekon outlines concerns over price disparities affecting cattle producers and markets, referencing Meabnes and regional trade dynamics.
Fragmented OCR text shows garbled references to polling, candidates, and dates. Names and places are illegible, leaving unclear who runs or when votes occur.
A Washington horticulture official discusses Oregon fruit trees sent east, noting only 2 percent of Oregon shipments to the East were infected while over 40 percent of Eastern shipments were rejected as unfit for planting in Oregon. The speaker cites a $2,000 cap on import penalties and mentions a Minstrel performer’s death in Charleston West Virginia from apoplexy.
Anty Gen Knox urges changes in naturalization law including increasing the statute of limitations from three to five years to reach more violators and to fund prosecution of land, postal, and naturalization frauds. He discusses a new Department of Justice building and broader reforms to prevent counterfeiting and identity fraud.
In Paria on the seventh, men charged with perjury contest the case on technical grounds. Defense argues the original testimony was flawed yet the perjury claim rests on procedural aspects. The outcome hinges on whether technical prerogatives void the perjury charge despite potentially truthful statements.
The defendant, accused of fatal shooting during a dispute, faced a two month delay before jury deliberations. Evidence included the victim’s wounds and a related livestock exhibit purchase. The state sought a $100,000 bond to cover penalties.
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