19 Dec 1900
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1900
Page
1
A damaged OCR fragment describes a holiday sale at Frederick Nolf's Great Bazaar, listing various items such as toilet sets work boxes prayer hooks and jewelry boxes. The ad emphasizes low prices and a large selection, claiming the line is the best Pendleton has seen.
Five suspected baboonic plague cases appear in Toonman Argentina as global notes cover politics and war. Reports index Kitchener’s Moor campaign, Major General Parke’s death, rail rate plans for a Denver G A encampment, and US naval and imperial affairs including the Philippines and Nicaragua. Gold and silver world production figures are cited with country shares.
George Harrix confessed to a Tennessee origin while imprisoned in Portland. Georgy Dixon was sentenced by Judge Gee to ten years. Andrew Dahlberg, a Swede farmer near Rowville, Washington county, was found murdered in his cabin with robbery as the motive. John Ditchburn, son of Lawyer John Ditchburn, was found in Linnton after a police search. Tom Murphy robbed a Spokane gambling room, grabbed 600 dollars, and was captured soon after.
A fragmented ad-like passage contrasts endurance in six day bicycle races and business life with weakness from stomach disease. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pierce's Pills as healers for digestion, nutrition, and related ailments, with garbled vendor claims and testimonials.
A crank warns of a blood curdling plot to assassinate McKinley Roosevelt Hanna and Depew, prompting precautions. The Porto Rican question dominates Supreme Court arguments as Griggs defends government power in governing new territory. Executive sessions and a West Point hazing probe also appear in brief notices.
Washington December 1 The senate military affairs committee agrees on a compromise allowing the army canteen to sell only beer to soldiers. Provisions for dental surgeons in the Philippines stay, with two voluntary surgeons per cavalry regiment. Reorganization of artillery bands is readopted. bill to be reported to full committee and taken up in January.
At Chicago on December 10 representatives of various railway orders met Santa Fe officials to discuss the operator's strike and seek an amicable settlement. The brokered talks followed warnings that the strike was ill advised and would have consequences.
New York and Doo report the formation of a deliver rucle to raise capital stock to 100000 to fund acquisitions including Guggenheim & Son properties. Pomfret Conn December 14 funeral of John Addison Porter noted with private secretary Corte gou present and Yale buildings draped in mourning.
Dispatches from Kuwion dated the 10th report typhoid fever at Dawson causing local concern. Officials urge caution and note limited medical resources as the outbreak unfolds.
The report lists multiple global incidents of illness and disaster. It notes twelve deaths in one week and references ships, drownings, and plunder. It mentions the Austrian convoy near Salonica and attacks on Christians in Look Continvar and Giljan, plus a kidnapping case involving a 15 year old in Omaha.
War department orders 1000 volunteers from the Philippines to return under MacArthur's direction with convoys and transports. The move trims Philippine forces to about 200,000 while regulars backfill to maintain strength. Reports discuss volunteers' morale and fatigue after two years, related balls and entertainment, and the Indian Appropriation Bill funding and tribe counts.
Reports from December describe Welcomed by large crowds and great enthusiasm as officials and people greet leaders. General Dewet and Boer forces battle near Ladyspruit. pursuit abandoned after clashes with British lines. Dutch reception for Kroger in Amsterdam exceeds expectations despite wartime tensions.
Edward B. Quis, editor of Successful American magazine, died after scalding in a bathtub at the Delevan Hotel New York City. He turned on hot water to fill the tub, then left briefly when the cold water was released. On returning the bath was ready and he was severely scalded.
Mrs McKinley is told by a Mora vian Seminary principal in Pennsylvania that Catherine Wault, who later becomes Maxton of Stark County, attended the school and that funds or tokens were sent to her during the year. The letter claims the school educated Mrs McKinley’s mother and contains personal anecdotes about her life. The president limits evening interruptions but responds briefly to the inquiry.
A report notes a plan to equip all lighthouses in the Black Sea region with wireless telegraph devices enabling coastal and naval communication. It claims 200 complete apparatuses were sent to Vindivostok and Port Arthur to tag Roshan warships and to connect two towns via stations on the Korean coast.
Librarian D P Leach has secured for the Portland Library Association a copy of a treatise titled A Geographical Sketch of That Part of North America Called Oregon containing an Account of the Indian Title the Nature of Bis a to the First Discoveries Climate Hewione etc. The work covers mountains rivers forests and vegetation with notes on Indians and tribal distribution and an essay on settlement advantages.
Little Bat Indian scout Baptiste Garnier famed across the west and among army men was shot and likely wounded in a saloon in Lawlor d Nebraska by J D Haguewood saloon manager. Haguewood surrendered as the trouble between them was not known.
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