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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1903
Page
1
A disordered report recounts an angered speaker and various officials including Sheriff Schadt and local operators. The piece references union involvement, payouts, and investigations. It mentions a Jubilee event and international figures, with scattered notes on taxes, bills, and holidays in a chaotic, era-typical style.
At Coney Island New York on January 6 a crowd witnessed the execution by electricity of Topsy an elephant that had previously killed three men and become unmanageable A cyanide dose hidden in a carrot preceded a 6600 volt electric current through copper plates The animal collapsed within moments and was declared dead after ten seconds The autopsy showed the poison had not yet taken effect
In Obrien, Martin Cummings and EB Shaughnessey, farmers, were drowned Sunday night while a boat was used to save stock from rising floods near Seattle Washington. The water began subsiding as help crews prepared for the aftermath and the Weather Bureau forecast warm wet weather with another rise likely.
London and Berlin reached a tentative understanding to uphold the blockade in Venezuelan waters through further arbitration. The agreement aims to keep pressure on the region while global talks proceed.
Surgeon General Wyman of the Marine Hospital Service calls a January 29 meeting in Washington with state health board representatives to discuss the alleged bubonic plague in San Francisco and to plan measures to prevent its spread.
Francie Lewis named Assistant Secretary of State in Washington and appointed minister to Switzerland replacing Arthur Hardy. David Ell is named minister to Switzerland after Hardy. Charles Pryan, previously rejected for Switzerland, will head to Portugal, and Francis Lewis moves from Portugal to Portugal to succeed Hill.
Memphis dispatch reports armed whites arriving in Indianola and threatening Minnie Cox, the colored postmistress, after government order to close the postal office. The threats of intimidation continue as vigilante groups mobilize amid nationwide alarm.
An annual Epiphany service at St James Royal Chapel saw a candle flame blown by a draught igniting Christmas decorations and threatening a valuable window. A young clergyman extinguished the blaze with his bare hands, preventing greater damage.
Ogden Utah January 6 William Brown was sentenced to forty years in the penitentiary for the hold up and murder of a Chinese man in Ogden. He nearly escaped last night after sawing two bars of his cell and declaring he would escape even if it cost him his life.
Helena Montana January 6 the Montana legislature convened and elected former governor White a Republican speaker of the house. This marks a defeat for Heinze in the party fight.
Washington January 6 senate discussion on trust legislation. Senator George F Hair lauds future oriented regulation, warns trusts can crush competition and corrupt elections, pays tribute to Morgan but opposes undue global dominance. Knox submits broader trust regulation views to House judiciary subcommittee.
Fire at the eight story Somerset hotel in downtown Chicago early today partly destroyed the building. Mia Perry and her two daughters suffocated. A young woman leaped from the fifth floor and died on the pavement. Sixty guests escaped via fire escapes or were rescued. The porter was arrested pending investigation.
In St Louis on January 6 committees representing railway train men and conductors met officials to obtain the railway answer to a demand for a 20 percent wage increase. The demand was made December 20 and would affect all railways west of Chicago.
Seattle January 6 washouts on railroad tracks cut coal supply to the city. Kenora electric power is rationed and streetcar service is curtailed. All electrical power is short as utilities struggle to meet demand.
The Wabash railway project to gain entry via a mammoth tunnel and new bridge to Pittsburg was halted by a Supreme Court decision this morning. The court ruled entry is barred until a city franchise is granted, leaving several thousand workers unemployed.
Cracksmen blew the safe of Silligman Williams bank in Ordway Colorado this morning and stole $2000. Several explosions were heard but many residents thought it was Cowboy's frolic.
On Christmas day in Washington at the Russian embassy festivities proceeded in the usual manner with children receiving a royal time and adults sharing a feast. Ambassador Count Cassins donated a substantial sum for the city’s poor in keeping with the season.
Miners in Freeland Pennsylvania gather for the annual convention of United Mine Workers District No 7. The session opens with receipt of annual reports and the appointment of delegates to the national convention in Indianapolis two weeks away. District president Thomas Duffy of McAdoo seeks reelection against William Dettrey of Nuremberg.
Albany Jan 4 The state Court of Appeals today rendered a decision upholding the removal of Devery as chief of police of New York. Wheat in Chicago Jan 6 Wheat 71 1/2 cents per bushel.
Bids for two armored cruisers Tennessee and Washington were opened at the Navy Department. Union Iron Works San Francisco bid 4 365 000 Moran Bros Seattle 4 260 000 Cramps Philadelphia 4 200 000 Newport News 4 325 000 New York Shipbuilding Camden 4 250 000 All bidders agree to finish in 42 months except Cramps at 39 months.
Former Premier Sagasta died today in Madrid. Funeral arrangements are being set with burial scheduled for Wednesday. The liberal faction already debates a successor, with Canalejos or a former interior minister likely contenders. the queen regent favors Moret.
Wilmington NC January 6 the largest exhibition of poultry and pet stock ever held in the state opened in city hall and will run through the week. Exhibits come from Georgia South Carolina and all parts of North Carolina showing more than 6000 chickens turkeys geese pigeons pea fowls rabbits and other furred and feathered stock.
The Single Statehood convention in Oklahoma City gathers several hundred citizens from both territories to back the Nelson bill in the Senate. It aims to unite the two territories into one state and to send a delegation to press Congress to pass the measure.
Albert B. Palmer, a pioneer of Umatilla County, died at his Birch Creek home nine miles northwest of Pendleton on Monday afternoon. He had lived in the county about 26 years, first homesteading near Warren station north of Pendleton before moving to Birch Creek.
North Pole mine was offered for sale three years ago for 600000. It has 6000 feet on the mother lode and is now worth twenty million. The Booth Pole mine has 4941 feet on the same lode with six tunnels totaling 9200 feet, all in ore. South Pole stock at 16 cents until about January 1. Buy before the principal? See Gahagan et Hartman Abstract Office Pendleton Oregon.
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