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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1904
Page
1
Odd council meeting discussed executive sessions and committee appointments for the forthcoming term. Mallorn Jouy takes office and oversees city warrants, while jail population and police matters draw attention. Debate centers on private versus public talks and scheduling for the first week.
Report from Adisabeba states that Skinner’s American expedition visiting King Menelik secured a favorable accord fostering friendly commercial ties between America and Ethiopia. Menelik invited to St Louis exposition. Mimelix plans to travel with a gift of two elephant tusks and ceremony for each party member.
A Chicago factory fire at the United States Feather company building killed foreman Daniel Phalen who leapt from a third story window. Two other workers, Carl Meyer and August Zacon, were severely burned while rescuing several female employees. The six story structure housed many workers but most escaped unharmed.
Salem dispatch says Governor Chamberlain Secretary Dunbar and Attorney General Crawford travel to Portland tomorrow to confer with Major Langfitt of the U S engineering corps and U S Attorney John Hall on securing a federal canal right of way between The Dalles and Carroll. State Treasurer Moore cannot attend. The group aims to decide steps to begin government work and the state commission plans a postyear meeting to authorize further action.
The Jen-Advocatee of municipal ownership argues public utilities justify municipal control as practical and beneficial. Prices drop from a prior belt’s overhaul with reduced rates planned. ongoing management shifts and contracts aim to lower gas costs to 76 cents per thousand cubic feet within a year.
Chicago officials aim to reduce wrecks after a year noted as unprolific in serious incidents. In 1905 the focus is on improving safety through new regulations and innovations. Beginning today trains will use telephone orders instead of telegraphs to cut miscommunication risks.
Salt Lake City police report a porter at the Hotel Painters died after a prolonged drinking binge. The incident ended with the man subduing himself, and the circumstances suggest a fatal outcome linked to intoxication.
Chicago reports detail a catastrophic blaze at the Iroquois Theater with charred bodies found and dozens missing or unidentifiable. Coroners and police conduct a wide inquiry. authorities suspend New Year celebrations as mourning spreads. Police seek to fix responsibility among theater owners and syndicate figures. Public condolences flow from officials and industry leaders amid ongoing investigations and uncertain death tolls.
Helena January 1 The jury found Isaac Gravelle guilty of sending blackmailing letters to Northern Pacific officials and dynamiting trains. Gravelle faces sentencing Monday after a lengthy trial begun in December with about six hundred witnesses. The case is described as Montana's most notable criminal trial.
A recent city visit by Harriman associates sparked talk that Oregon Railroad and Navigation lines will run over Northern Pacific tracks into Seattle and Tacoma, extending Harriman traffic to Puget Sound. Possible steamship links between the Sound and the Orient are hinted, with Oregon lines planning new carriages and crew assignments for Portland to Tacoma runs.
New York reports 619 080 immigrants and steerage passengers arrived at the port in the year just ended, with an estimated 75 000 total increase by year’s end. Italy leads, while arrivals from northern Europe grow slower and Norway Denmark and Sweden show declines. The outward Italian labor outflow also fell in early months.
Washington January new dead body transport rules agreed by railroad companies the National Association of Undertakers and health boards across North America take effect. The rules require stringent disinfection for bodies from diseases such as smallpox bubonic plague typhoid fever yellow fever diphtheria and other illnesses before shipment.
In Jordon January 1 report, the News notes potential Chinese participation with Japan if war with Russia erupts. The piece hints at a shifting alliance as tensions rise between major powers and front lines. The unnamed wartime scenario centers on near-term military coordination.
Chicago engineers strike spreads to office and high rise buildings. Fifteen big structures lack heat and power as unions push for higher wages with a holiday pause and a potential truce. Drivers suspend their walkout for ten days to await mediation after the Iroquois fire.
In Walla Walla Jon J Naylor faces a warrant for arrest on a charge linked to alleged mistreatment involving his daughter Tracy Naylor. Tracy testified at Athena that the offenses occurred while her father was under the influence, claiming a pattern since she was a child and noting his sober periods as kinder than other men she knew.
A large estimate places dividends and interest at about 175 million dollars, with corporations, municipalities, and states contributing. The report says the distribution should spur securities demand, cause rates to rise briefly, and reflect shifting funds as preparations for payments proceed, though the rate rise is deemed temporary.
At noon in New York City on January 1, Mayor Low retired and the city government began transfer to McClellan. No formal ceremonies occurred, but a public reception followed the abrupt handover amid Tammany influence and political transition in the metropolis.
A troop transport shipped by Rusbia passed through the Suez Canal en route to Port Arthur after transiting the Mediterranean today. The vessel carried over 2000 troops bound for the Far East via Port Said heading toward Japan.
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