30 Dec 1902
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1902
Page
1
A Letter from Co P Strain Assessor elect of Umatilla County argues for reforming property assessments to raise school funds fairly. He critiques low valuations that shift tax burden to real estate owners and suggests counties could adjust mills to match actual value, reducing the need for broad high levies.
Astoria report shows Police Judge and Auditor H. E. Nelson's estate accounts short by 2000 to 4000 dollars. Books not doctored but a long standing practice of watering city warrants is alleged. Nelson served a fourth term. no suspicions tied to his actions. Experts review the books.
Madrid reports the cabinet discusses the Morocco crisis with mobilization orders issued and trains ready to move south. Rebels surround Fez as the pretender closes to the city, water cut, foreigners warned to flee to the coast, and Spain braces for possible capitulation within days. Wireless links are being built between Fez and Melilla to maintain contact with Britain and France backing a status quo.
Portland December 30 It is believed Jim Hill will resist the demands of the trainmen at the Northern Pacific and Great Northern. Employes of the two lines are conferring in Seattle today on the situation.
A masked lone robber boarded a Louisville and Nashville train near the city limits and forced the conductor to surrender. Keene fought him, was wounded, and the bandit released passengers after looting small sums. A pursuit failed to capture him as police sought the suspect. Also notes wheat prices in Chicago and San Francisco and a $300,000 endowment to Hemline Methodist University from Jim Hill and the Morton brothers.
Grant and Baker counties face a bitter range feud as settlers push for a two mile limit on sheep grazing near homesteads. Stockmen organize to resist outside flocks, seeking state law and self-help measures amid forest reserve fears and summer-range pressures.
Minneapolis reports mixed wheat and corn cues with limited activity as prices hold firm amid dull market sentiment. Receipts drop for wheat while corn shipments rise. oats stay dull. hog-run pressures ease prices. Chicago and New York show December closes around the mid 70s to high 70s for wheat and mid-40s to 60s for corn with uncertain demand.
Washington on December 30 reports growing opposition to the Cuban reciprocity treaty. The measure must be ratified before February or risk loss, with President Roosevelt anxious. A coalition forms among sugar senators and New England lawmakers, plus Florida and California senators, citing opposition to Newfoundland and French treaties and to cheap fruit imports from the British West Indies linked to the same pact.
Washington reports fear of a holy war as Moroccan and Chinese rebels threaten. Foreign nationals, especially Spaniards, Germans and English, are confined in Fox with rising peril. Diplomatic circles discuss a Pekin expedition scenario while London instructs consuls to rush British subjects to the coast amid mounting religious tensions.
Street car derailment in Marion Indiana leaves thirty injured and two killed as car speeds along, rolls down embankment and crushes occupants. Charles Horton named likely successor to late Western Union superintendent Dickey. Horton to replace upon formal approval.
Fat ma Hoppo a Burmese female midget about six years old and weighing 16 pounds died last night in Beaumont after falling ill on stage. She was famed as one of the smallest in the world and had a twin brother named Hiving. Diphtheria aboard the Buffalo report in Pensacola details ships medical cases and two youths dead.
An investigation into a coal market manipulation alleged rail and mine operator combine began in Chicago with Attorney General Hamlin questioning witnesses. A witness testified mining costs at 1.60 per ton and coal was held on suburban tracks while prices stood at 9.00 per ton, deepening hardship for the poor.
The Standard Oil Company promotes a pension plan to deter strikes, applying worldwide. Employees reaching 64 after 25 years may retire at one fourth salary, covering top officials as well. Separately, Panama Canal Company reports an $800,000 loss in the annual meeting held in Paris on December 20.
Herbert Mundell, a 15 year old boy who arrived from Washington six months ago with his mother, was arrested in Alba at 10 pm on Christmas night for robbing the local post office. Postoffice Inspector Clark of Walla Walla traced the funds, elicited a confession, and Mundell will be sent to Portland for sentencing after being taken there from Pendleton.
Vienna dispatch reports the crown princess and her brother face financial straits. An attempt to borrow 20,000 dollars from a Jewish money lender was refused and their jewels have been pawned.
The king of Saxony commands a full account of Princess Loulas actions to be prepared to counter unfavorable sentiment toward the crown. He will deny tales of ill treatment and attribute any friction to the Giron amour finding.
A Monon railway freight derailed after an open switch near Quincy Illinois. Engineer, fireman, and brakeman died. Eight cars of Hventock wrecked and many cattle killed or mangled. Premier Koerber resigns amid hitch with Hungarian premier. emperor has not yet acted.
Cracker Creek Pact offered the North Pole mine for sale three years ago at 600000 dollars and now valued near twenty million. The adjacent South Pole mine holds 4041 feet up the lode with 23200 feet in ore. Geagan at Hartmet Abetrest office in Pendleton, Oregon handles inquiries as the sale nears.
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