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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1903
Page
1
The article notes voting at 2 pm for the senator race with 90 county delegation split among candidates. It mentions bills to amend levies and taxes, committee assignments for Umatilla figures, and a session timeline with a joint session planned. It details election results, majority counts, and names such as W. Qentina Morrow and Hanson.
Albany January 20 The assembly voted in favor of Platt with 57 for Stanchfield In the senate Platt led with 25 votes Stanchfield 21 and Elihu Root This assures Platts election to the Senate
Springfield Jan 20 Albert Hopkins of Illinois was elected senator to succeed William Meson this morning Kittridge chosen senator at Pierre Jan 2 with no opposition.
In Lansing on January 20 the city council withdrew the street car franchise due to filthy cars and rude employees. Police seized the public works superintendent in the name of the city, while the company prepares to seek court action to regain possession.
Vienna reports the sultan aims to spend 100000 dollars annually to sway American and English papers with Turkopeile articles. Die Zietung says Needochib Pasha is tasked with the scheme and will receive the funds.
German liner Lahns at Genoa continues unloading after a wind shift feared to bring disaster. Passengers include Poultney Bigelow, United States minister to Persia Richmond Pearson, and Reverend Lawson of New York.
Charles Kelly the ex Speaker of the House of Delegates in St. Louis was found guilty this morning and sentenced to two years for perjury. The trial saw Kelly maintain his innocence as jurors delivered the verdict in a tense session before adjournment. Separately the Union Association of Lumbermen opened its regular convention at the Hotel Henry with attendees from Ohio West Virginia and western Pennsylvania led by President Verbrecht and officers including Higgins and Smith.
President John Mitchell delivers the annual report calling for higher wages for both inside and outside labor, larger anthracite district representation, a growing defense fund, and stricter charter enforcement. He notes miners' treasury riches and expects coal demand to persist two more years while urging union-made purchases and political restraint.
Large coast towns in Mexico establish a quarantine against Masatlan and Topolobampo as the plague remains unabated. Ounymas also keeps a quarantine against San Francisco. The report notes ongoing health restrictions affecting maritime areas and cross coast travel.
Early morning blaze in a Cleveland flat killed two women and injured several others who jumped from danger. The fire destroyed the small lodging, leaving victims and witnesses in shock amid emergency responders.
W C Minnis of Meacham reports renewed wood shipments from the mountains and notes limited car availability. He says the coming year will see a short supply unless more chop pine is secured this winter.
New York January 20. The Central Federated Union adopts a resolution urging dissolution of the coal trust and pressing Attorney General Cunneen and President Roosevelt to act. It demands government ownership of coal mines and asks the federation to mobilize mass meetings to prevent a repetition of the distress. Copies go to Roosevelt Cunneen and Gompers.
Officials handling the estate of Mr and Mrs Caas Fair found a sable coat valued at 10900 dollars and a pearl necklace worth 15000 dollars among personal effects sent from Paris were missing. Cheap imitations were substituted and the box bore the seal of the American Consulate at Paris. Investigators were notified and suspect the theft occurred before delivery to the consulate.
New York State Bar Association opens its annual session with President John G. Milburn of Buffalo delivering the opening address on The Statute Law of the State. Dr Masujima of Japan, a master of jurisprudence, will deliver the annual address this evening on the current state of Japanese law and jurisprudence.
Ottawa Jan 20 The cabinet refused to intervene in the cases of Ed Labelle and Victor Fournier the Yukon murderers. They will be hanged today at Dawson after being tried there in November for murdering three companions for their money and disposing of a bobbery they carried. The pair later fled to the United States side where they also killed another man before being recaptured.
Chicago January 20 the Shafer Pi e ro Company plant at Riverview was destroyed by fire today. The losses will amount to 250000 dollars.
The Coe Commission report from Chicago on January 20 notes wheat opening weak yet well supported near 79. Armour controls the market with heavy buying at 79, closing 1/4 to 1/2 higher than yesterday. Minneapolis and Chicago spot quotes show oats at 35, pork futures around 1640 to 1672, with cattle and sheep trading steady to strong across the Union Stock Yards.
Philadelphia January 20. Engineers testified before the anthracite commission. One witness said he did not want to leave work and most engineers and pumpmen stayed at their posts despite the strike order. The main witness claimed he was expelled from his union for calling the officers traitors, which he could not prove. Darrow pressed hard, and the witness repeatedly lost his temper.
A detachment of marines sent to Port Royal to enforce quarantine for Buffalo crew with diphtheria faced insubordination. The sick sailors were removed from the ship and housed in tents ashore, challenging the quarantine orders.
Editor Gonzales buried at 4 o clock this afternoon with prominent pallbearers. Services conducted by the Knights of Pythias. Also notes minister Bowen arrived in Washington and a Fort Erie Club purse offer to fight Jeffries, plus an Interstate Commerce Commission livestock rate discrimination probe.
Alpine accidents report from the Alpine Club shows 68 deaths in 2002, the highest total for a single season in the dangerous mountaineering activity. The figures underscore the fatal risks climbers faced amid challenging conditions and ascent attempts.
The receipts of the Moys and Okla Ald Gariety for the two years ending January 1 totaled 14 622.75 while disbursements were 616.44 Jews. During this period 361 children in need of care or restraint were taken in charge.
In Washington the house debated the Canadian Alaskan boundary with Missouri Democrat Cochran urging an end to subservience to Britain. A tall British-accented woman in the gallery shouted you He, drawing attention before leaving with an elder woman described as grandmother as the District of Columbia appropriation bill proceeded.
In the Senate this morning Quay presented a memorial from Red Horse and other Indian leaders urging the omnibus statehood bill. Senator Nelson of Minnesota opposed the measure, receiving a remonstrance from Miawas of the Quapaw agency.
Berlin reports von Duclow outlined Venezuelan matters and noted England and Germany act in loyalty with America. He said the blockade would be suspended as soon as the Washington arbitration conference indicated a favorable course.
Washington January 20 The postoffice appropriation bill increases rural delivery funding by 5 million dollars and raises the total to 63 000 000 It also provides a new grade of railway mail clerks with a salary of 1600 dollars per year
Bank of Little Rock posts notice suspending operations pending inquiry into Alphin Lake Cotton Company affairs. About $1,000,000 involved in the investigation.
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