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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1903
Page
1
A brief item notes Mam hopes for action on a single issue, with limited readable context. The fragment suggests a focus on advancing or securing four units or items, but concrete details are unavailable in the legible text.
A morning interview with Adams discusses the Armstrong case and proposed legislation in Salem. He notes health, the tight session, and how delays affect community interests. He weighs support for state funding and railroad construction while stressing timely action and regional benefit.
A Denver notice reports a rumor that four men discharged by Colorado Fuel & Iron Works at Pret conspired for years, prompting a claimed $3,000,000 shortage. The company planned to issue a statement at the Rona meeting last evening. No bonds were set on the dismissed men, and the report hints at severe consequences if proven true.
Rochester, Dec 16. Supreme court jury awarded Aire Kate Hoffman $18,040 for the death of her husband in the New York Central railway tunnel incident. Motion for a new trial denied. the case follows a series of judgments totaling around $270,000 against the railway for alleged negligence in signaling and ventilation.
Quotations furnished by Coe Commission Company local manager B E Kennedy Pendleton report a choppy start in grain trading. The tucks market opens irregular with traction strong and prices inching up to noon. Overall market dull but with a firm undertone as professionals trade Chicago Wheat in open.
Baker City December 16 Judge Eaith and a jury conducted the second trial of Breaw in circuit court. The defendant facing an indictment for allegedly raising the amount of a voucher from 244 to 20.04. Testimony began late last night as the state introduced witnesses. Attorney White appears for the state, with Barister Wilson of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. The defense is represented by John I. Rand and F. Hyde.
Reports say a collision of two freight trains near Pawnee caused a wreck on the St Louis San Francisco line. Two killed and a driver seriously injured with two others likely fatally hurt. One of the dead is Her mage Schley of Cincinnati. Admiral Schley has arrived and was greeted with a public reception amid a warm welcome.
Eight hundred miners of the Myersdale district in Pennsylvania went out on strike this morning over a wage reduction. The dispute centers on a reduction from a previous wage scale, with Cumberland Maryland noted as a related point of reference in the strike action.
Attorney General Knox leads the government claim that a securities company merger among Morgan Hill and others is a trust violating anti trust law. The case hinges on whether the arrangement restrains interstate commerce and whether Morgan and Hill are responsible leaders.
An injunction will be served on 154 miners to prevent interference with strike action at a mine. Strikers encamp about the site with armed watchers and watchmen, while non-union miners fear disruption. The injunction blocks access as workers threaten to be replaced within 12 hours by militia crews.
An unclear clipping reports a critic accusing Christian Science figures led by Mrs. Eddy of not practicing what they preach. The text mentions Dr Buckie and alleged knowledge of recent deaths in the Christian Science community, portraying internal dispute and doctrinal critique.
Chicago man Dee M Dr Bileringer, head of the Nicaragua Company, was sentenced to one year and a $1,000 fine for using mail fraud in a land scheme. He claimed 6,000 acres of valuable land while real holdings were about 1,806 acres of poor land in Nicaragua, from which he allegedly profited $117,000. The judge noted the failure of guardianship for suckers but affirmed enforcement of postal laws.
The national prohibition party committee chose Kansas City as the site for the nominating convention on June 29, 1804. A split vote left Lawrence out after a close ballot, with Chicago reporting the decision.
Tekunah Neb menal Dee Solomon Patdock, who killed his son Witham or Thankagiving, hanged himself in jail last night. The incident follows a day of turmoil as townsfolk recount the grim event. The fate of poet insiders remains unclear.
London dispatch notes the kaiser underwent a second operation on the throat with a third anticipated, as conveyed by The Daily News. The report underscores ongoing medical efforts and the uncertainty surrounding his recovery.
Washington dispatches report the arrival of a Panama treaty at the State Department and Secretary Root defending General Wood. The Senate debates Cuban reciprocity as well as a postence investigation. Turkey’s apology demand for Davis’s assault on a consul is noted with plans for reparations. Local notes mention diplomacy, Chinese treaty approval, and a San Francisco or Brooklyn departure for Davis’s apology voyage.
The libel action by Marie Corelli against councilor Winter and Eilter Hayden opened in Birmingham. The crowded chamber forced extra space as Corelli testified theatrically, insisting she did not need the lawyer’s assurance amid questions over alleged improprieties in her Lorena affairs.
Friday evening program at the assembly hall features the BIRT School pupils with the high school orchestra, debates on land rights for 26 years, recitations, orations, and current events. Students include Fern Anderson, Lester Means, Orville Reaves, Hob Livermore, Mamie Nall, Delve St Clair, Lorin Harris, Girover Swaguart, Roy Alexa, Edith Johnson, Elvie Scott, Easie Stover, Dell McCarty, Mavedre William, Briel Temple, Chloe Stanfel, Le Williams, and Ivy Younger.
Greek laborers quit the job prompting the O R and N Company to pay a cent per mile rate and arrange tickets for return. The contractor will sue for the reduced fare receipts, arguing transportation only to the work site. The company says the men breached their contract by quitting early and forfeited free transport. Depot guard discharged. only a few stragglers remain in camp.
French cruiser Graviero arrived to take part in centennial festivities in New Orleans. American ships Minneapolis Topeka and Yankee entered the delta and will be before the city soon. Training ship Hartford, Faragut's flagship on a prior visit, arrived earlier in the week.
Advices report a strange freak of the Sea of Azov north of the Black Sea drying up rapidly. Ships anchorage at Taganrog are left high and dry as a city of about 60 000 struggles under overcast winds.
A hotel blaze at the Grand Hotel in Cincinnati on December 16 caused guests to flee into the streets. Several guests are unaccounted for as crews battle the flames and work to control the fire.
Boris Saratoff the Macedonian patriot arrives in London to seek funds for reopening a theater in spring and heads to America for larger fees. Chinese brigands loot a bank at Kunachends in Manchuria as tensions rise in Korea Russia and Japan fear disorder. Americans, British and Japanese authorities anticipate further instability and a potential warship move amid a volatile Korean scene.
Fragmentary report from Seattle describes a steamer wreck near Crone banding linked to a dispute with Indians and mentions the hanging of a man known as Pepe at Taye Bas in Antimonan. Details are unclear due to poor OCR.
Storm on the Spanish coast near Molage yesterday wrecked four fishing smacks and drowned many. Two bodies were recovered and the town reports heavy damage to the fishing fleet. In Iowa, a bank in Juimby was robbed of five hundred dollars from the Cr ixcon Savings Bank safe.
Agbert alias John H. Frost, the first inmate to be executed under the new law at Salem, will be hanged at the penitentiary after a prior escape sentence. He murdered Deputy Sheriff Joan G. Saxton and Jack West during an escape attempt in Harney County, while under burglary arrest in Douglas County.
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