21 Dec 1903
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1903
Page
1
Jaan Van Orsdall reports on organizational plans for a grand circle headquarters, debating its spring 1905 relocation based on delegate votes, with mentions of labor troubles, military issues, and potential regional shifts. Mrs. Van Orsdall receives two Russian wolfhounds in Denver, prompting light remarks on dog ownership.
Grain market notes from Pendleton dated December 21 report opening activity at the market with East crisis chatter and dull northwest receipts. Wheat openings and closes are cited with mixed prices, while visible world wheat stocks reach about 6.007 million bushels and corn 6.687 million, with oats at 8.211 million.
New York dec 21 Sena Hanna is not seriously ill with the ailment and expects to leave his room within three days.
A relief train was sent from Fort Scott after a Frisco line wreck near Def frey Kansas at 6:00 this morning. Seven cars including two sleepers derailed at a switch, killing the engineer and conductor and fatally injuring fireman with ten killed and sixty injured. Names listed include Conductor George Hoyt Engineer Charlee Deweese Baggagemen Bell and Theodore Bivhard among passengers Asa Moreland Lenora Lon Corbin Joseph Cornin Benjamin Burrows Sherman Noble John Brubaker and others. Damage described as engine demolished baggage car moved from track and a chair car wrecked with fire. Weather debris complicates recovery as relief crews rushed to the scene.
Labor clashes unfold as funerals proceed with express wagons and dead wagons hauling bodies. Mormon labor and troops crack down, with arrests as undertakers hide details while mines resume with 45 Mormon strike breakers in Castle Gate. Militia guards property and deadlines enforced. Cuba US duty rates begin Dec 27 reciprocity schedule.
General Frederick Funston and aide visited Nampa and Pendleton en route to Walla Walla for annual inspection. He explained abandonment reasons include post disrepair, location issues, and strategic consolidation to larger, centrally located forts like Vancouver and Spokane to better reach troops. He noted Indians are no longer a major threat and defended plans to move posts to coastal and transcontinental lines.
The special session adjourned in respect for the late Representative Murphy of no county as the House and Senate planned to resume business later. Gov shows a plea for economy with a brief message urging tax law remedies and quick adjournment, while lobbyists gathered in the capital. The session reopened next morning with conservative expectations of a short remainder, and the assembly awaited new leadership under Brownell and Harris.
A dispatch reports an intended Christmas day massacre in Kishineff with plans for extermination of Jews. The new governor, blamed for inaction, reportedly will not answer for imperial troops during any outbreak. The Tagebuch notes Russia’s instructions to adopt a hostile stance toward Jews, amid mass Jewish emigration patterns.
Dec 21 reports say Prince Ching seeks American refusal to open Mukden to foreign trade to ease China’s tense borders. Russia acknowledges Japan’s influence in Korea while Japan presses for a written pledge on Manchuria. London telegraph notes Japan’s unimproved eastern stakes and possible appeal to Russia.
A report by Frederick J. Nowell outlines that Oregon will not receive funds from the National Reclamation Fund for aerial or immediate construction. Surveys are incomplete and two to three years of work may be required before projects in Oregon begin, as funds are prioritized for states most in need.
Alderman Brennan and two others were morning sentenced to the gallows for the death at the recent city election. Brennan received one year in prison and another six months. No appeals were filed. Mayor Hartman is leading efforts to support the prosecution.
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