18 Dec 1902
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1902
Page
1
The text reports Dewey’s fleet near La Guayra with the Kearsarge and Ala verte preparing for rendezvous within two days. It notes Dewey’s foresight and cables to carry out supplies and a holiday itinerary.
In bankruptcy court today May Yohe's lawyer won permission to take key evidence in the suit against Hope in New York. The Archbishop of Canterbury is noted as steadily growing weaker.
In Nice two expert French swordsmen defeated the two famed Italian duelists this morning, leaving both Italians with serious wounds as police entered the villa as the duels ended. The report notes the event alongside other dispatches from Deadwood and Canada.
A pitched battle at Rostroff Russia between 3000 strikers and troops ends with about 300 dead and many wounded including women behind improvised street barricades. London reports indicate Christmas spending in England remains below last year amid hard times, with shoppers avoiding lavish displays. Omaha notes cover Real Estate Dealers' Association meeting and discussions on homeseekers investment and urban growth. England’s convicts’ care budget also cited.
London reports say Germany declined arbitration while England backs a firm pro arbitration stance. King addressed parliament confirming a state of war with Venezuela and a blockade to be imposed with minimal neutrals disruption. Washington-London talks loom as America presses for mediation.
Salem dispatch reports Captain G D Ormsby representing the Forestry Department investigated fourteen land claims added to Eastern Oregon forests before a July proclamation. Officials adverse toward the entrymen led to a hearing at The Dalles land office, with review by the general land office to follow.
Guthrie Oklahoma December 18 delegates chosen by farmers institutes convene to form a territorial board of agriculture under an act passed by the last legislature. The plan envisions a dam in the African desert 144 miles long and 130 feet high creating a lake three times Geneva’s area and altering Nile flow for irrigation. From April to August gates open, supplying moisture for the valley below and opening over 2600 square miles of new land with an estimated permanent benefit of 100,010,000. The project is presented as a national blessing shaping a vast agricultural future.
Rome reports England Germany and Italy have agreed to blockade Venezuela if Castro remains stubborn. Italy favors arbitration through the United States while the three nations seek a peaceful resolution to the Cuba crisis.
General Nord seized the national palace in Port of Prince and proclaimed himself head of state. He announced the new government, claiming army backing for his presidency and the republic's establishment.
The Southern Pacific plans to parallel the Northern Pacific between Portland and Seattle to provide the Harriman system a Puget Sound outlet for Oriental and Alaska trade, marking a strategic transport development amid regional trade expansion.
Quotations from the Coe Commission Company report the Maryland State Horticultural Society convening in Baltimore on December 18 for one of its largest gatherings in five years. Leading trustees from across the state attend with horticultural authorities from universities and the U S Department of Agriculture. Captain Robert Emory of Chestertown presides, with sessions featuring H W Shivester of Maryland Agricultural College and N F B Fitton of Clifton Park along with Prof. G Harald Powell from Washington.
At the end of the month the Utah sugar beet factories show an output of 000.00 pounds for the season. Fifty percent was shipped east to Chicago.
Hamilton Forline, ex Northwestern University presenter, resigns to test restoring life in animals. He claims a hollow needle into the spinal column can revive death, and a living cell elixir doll may act as life elixir. He says ready to demonstrate on papers and certioats, citing two cats revived after fatal shock.
Witnesses testified that Bennett repeatedly called the women his wife and claimed they were married. Mise Bigley expected to testify soon. Residents noted a quiet election as sewerage measures appear likely to pass with ward tallies showing broad support. Powell v Powell seeks divorce after alleged desertion in 1875 marriage. Two newborns reported and Mascagni in trouble as baggage from the Mascagni company held in Indianapolis before a Cincinnati engagement.
Non-Union fireman describes an assassination attempt by a striker who fired four shots at him while on duty to earn money to feed his wife and seven children in Scranton Pennsylvania. Testimony details threats and a deadly atmosphere during the strike era with families burned out homes and workers living in fear.
Drunken men caused trouble at Hendricks Ball Lounge where a man named Williams attempted to eject the intoxicated group. A revolver was drawn, a bystander grabbed the weapon, and police did not file charges as officials try to hush the incident during the tenth anniversary of telegraphy in train dispatching this month.
Cracker Creek pact hints at a joint venture expanding at the South Pole mine. The North Pole mine, valued at twenty million dollars after three years, anchors expectations of a similar rise. Tunnels totaling 2200 feet are planned with penny stock speculation in January. Hartman Abstract Office, Ore.
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