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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1906
Page
1
A scrambled report describes a high level dispute over a writ of review and railway telegraph property. It mentions ex governor McDennell seeking judicial review, a supreme court hearing, and questions of jurisdiction and legal remedies, with conflicts over legal definitions and administrative processes.
Washington January 1 1906 guests from statesmen diplomats and soldiers attended a lavish White House reception for President and Mrs Roosevelt. Mrs Roosevelt greeted dignitaries as Count Cassini Baron Rosen and Takahira occupied prominent spots with Fairbanks and Alice Roosevelt among the notables. The event echoed last year with similar decor and a 60 piece band in the marble halls.
Metall resigned Saturday as president of the New York Life Insurance Company and the move was reportedly accepted. An official announcement was planned for Tuesday pending company value disclosures. The trustee body stays largely unreachable amid secrecy, with McCall planning a long departure likely to Europe and John Claflin named as a possible successor.
German immigrant Geo Cramer settled in Eldora Iowa and earned a fortune from 12 babies born to his family. His father in Germany sent repeated gifts of 1000 dollars for each birth and the bank holds more than 12000 dollars plus interest from the arrangements.
The former Idaho governor Frank Steunenberg was killed by dynamite at Caldwell when a blast ripped the residence area. The incident followed tensions from the Coeur d Alene riots of 1898 and is linked to revenge by convicts released from the penitentiary.
The Lewiston Riparia railway grade is about one third finished at roughly 20 miles of completed work. Engineer Nus sall Mhoige of HK&N reported 91 000 feet done by Saturday night, with progress ongoing toward a 71 mile toll line.
Walla Walla January 1 The state supreme court dismissed Oscar Bradshaw’s appeal in the murder of Peter Nelson at Pasco three years ago. Bradshaw never perfected the appeal after conviction and sentencing, the court ordered resentence in Pasco. He has been in the Walla Walla county jail since his conviction.
Report from Annapolis on a somber New Year at the Naval Academy. An informal meeting of upperclassmen discussed protection measures and a plan to write to the superintendent confessing hate. No agreement was reached as conspiracy concerns loomed. Lemald declined to join the round robin movement.
At midnight a fire damaged the pattern room and roof at Blue Mountain Iron Works in Poker City. Firefighters saved the office, books, and most machinery, though the pattern room contents were destroyed and overall losses were reported from the blaze.
January 1 in Bern, Switzerland, marks a new tariff that will raise duties on several major American imports. The United States benefits from the most favored nation clause, but many key American articles face higher rates, though raw cotton remains duty free.
Salvation Army barracks to host evangelist Henry Turner a Free Methodist minister with 32 years in the field nightly this week. All are invited to attend with special services to be announced as arranged.
The document details a dispute over a real estate contract and divorce between John P. Thompson and Mrs. Sklarve in Elk County. John Thompson seeks enforcement of a contract and a deed for land after offering $10,000, while Mrs. Sklarve claims cruelty and seeks half the purchase money, with Thompson later seeking $1,900 as damages and to enforce the agreement.
Secretary of State Dunbar reports over 4000 Oregon corporations have not complied with the new corporation tax provisions. Governor Chamberlain will issue a proclamation dissolving those entities unless they pay delinquent fees with interest. Most listed are defunct. a few may still conduct business seeking to preserve powers by settling dues. Eleven new companies filed articles of incorporation in the past week.
Reports confirm the stamping out of the rebellion in Moscow with heavy slaughter. Officials say revolutionary factions issued a manifesto postponing a general insurrection on New Year to avoid frightening the ignorant. The government has taken all precautions.
Dining car service on the first district of the Co R N is discontinued between Dallas and Portland and buffet car service will be resumed on train No 4 out of Portland starting today.
An article describes a proposed California cooperative grocery venture. It outlines 200 members each subscribing $10 monthly to form capital stock for a store in Pen Uitoy. Subscribers pay $0 per month for groceries, with profits reinvested, all members equal partners, and management run strictly on cash basis. The plan aims to mimic successful similar ventures in California.
A year end report compiling committee materials on insurance campaign contributions is near completion and will be submitted to the New York Legislature soon. Senator Armatrong notes no further examinations of Postmaster General Cuartelyou and Cornelius Bliss are planned as they add no new information. Many expect Democratic members may press for a continued hearing to uncover more damaging facts against the Republican party.
The jute mill at the state penitentiary will restart after a long shutdown with electricity replacing steam. Northwestern Gas & Electric won the power contract, and the board of control expects substantial savings in processing bees and other mill products.
The Ohio legislature convened today and elected Caryl Thompson, a Republican, as speaker. In Harrisburg a fire of incendiary origin destroyed six buildings causing estimated losses around 140,000 dollars.
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