22 Jan 1906
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1906
Page
1
The trial proceedings probe jurors and prospective jurors about politics and family ties to gauge potential influence on verdicts. Court reconvened after a lengthy, contentious session as stenographers and officials worked to clarify roles and rulings.
Jurors are chosen for the trial of FP Davia ex deputy sheriff charged with larceny by ballee. The panel includes Peter Gelas Milton Joseph Cunha Butter Creek John W Keen Athena BE BE La Hue Pendleton and more. Judge Els presides with District Attorney Phelpe and John McCourt for the state. Defense led by Judge Fee and Col Raley with Davia’s son Ben Eli present.
A Rio dispatch says the Brazilian battleship Aquidaban blew up in port killing about 800 after a hull fire reached the magazines. Initial reports blamed the fire on an onboard flare, with later accounts attributing the blaze to an accidental explosion.
The panel for the Pendleton trial proceeds with extensive questions on civic and lodge affiliations. Prospective jurors are asked about Knights of Pythias Odd Fellows marriages and connections to Sheriff Blakeley and Joe Blakeley, with defense and prosecution exploring potential biases.
Olympia report states about half of Washington state funds will move from C J Lorys Capital Nation bank to depositories chosen by the state treasurer across the state. Permanent funds will go to outside banks, reducing a long standing state bank monopoly and aiming to disabuse public mind of treasurer control claims. Treasurer Mills says deposits require bond and funds will largely stay in Olympia for current expenses.
Jamen Moriarity, 68, died at the Boulder mill ten miles above town yesterday morning while shoveling snow from the roof. A slide buried him under five feet of snow and his body was not found until noon, with three more hours needed to dig him out.
In Rose Idaho Henry Neuebaumer a wealthy former Alaska miner shot Olle Powell his rejected sweetheart Lafayette Gray and Gray s mother and sister at the Gray residence at 9 this morning then killed himself Powell was wounded in the left arm and expected to survive Neuebaumer had funded Powell s life and education and had planned marriage last November after a prior failed elopement police history notes a prior confrontation with Gray and the couple s flight from Holst before Neuebaumer s return and the subsequent deadly rage.
In Chicago on January 22, General John Cowen for Cudahy Packing denounced Commissioner Garfield’s immunity pledge and menacing government overreach in the beef case. He argued Garfield’s influence taints evidence and asserted the right to compel testimony. Former Judge Hynes labeled Garfield a trickster as proceedings continued.
The nation faces a sweeping blizzard with telegraph and telephone lines down from the East to the South. Elevated trains halt, ferries and railroads suffer collisions, and business slows as the cold deepens. Suburban incidents injure passengers amid widespread travel disruption. Nebraska reports sixteen below zero with expectations of more severe cold.
Fred Sherman, arrested in Seattle, is charged with bribing George T. Wright, Tacoma mayor, with about 6000. Sherman, tied to Harbor and Independent Asphalt firms, allegedly enabled costly paving contracts in Tacoma. A citizen committee exposed the scheme. grand jury was urged but immunity promises faltered. Wright denies receiving funds. Sherman held on a 6000 bond after arrival in Tacoma.
The first of a series of bowling games will be played at the Brunswick parlors tonight between the telephone construction crew and Pendleton Business College students. Both teams are in good condition and a first class game is expected. Additional games will follow and a regular tournament may be organized at the Brunswick parlors.
Melting snows and a brisk wind greet P H W Russel who lives ten miles south of town during a trading trip. He notes rapid melting over the county as he travels, with weather turning variable and the day shaping into a mild, changeable spell.
J L Lindsey files for divorce from Listte V Lindsey in Tain City alleging desertion since their 1903 marriage.
The telecaset hills receive four feet of snow in 24 hours, stalling a freight train and delaying the westbound Oregon, Pacific and Northern passenger train four hours. Five feet of snow rests at Kamela on the Blue Mountain summit as crews deploy the rotary plow and flanger from Las Grande to clear the track today.
Rumors swirl that Brigadier General Frederick Furiton will not go to the Philippines and will keep his current command. General Constant Williams, stationed in Vancouver Washington, is slated to command one of two brigades to be formed in Texas for potential actions in Asia. The War Department confirms rising foreign sentiment in China and outlines plans to form two brigades for maneuvers as extra troops arrive, with Williams replacing Foanchen in command.
January 22 report from Victoria notes Dr Edwards of the last ship King Taw, believes Chief Officer Wollstein and six crewmen who launched a small boat to seek aid may still be alive. He doubts their boat survived but says it was well provisioned and could endure any weather faced.
Covey Surveyor J W Kimbrell will survey an inland Columbia river island opposite Switeler's Island after finishing Buttercreek district county road work. He will assist the government engineer to place corners on the river Washington shore where water washed away previous stakes and plates. Attorney General Moody opinions that the Agriculture Department head may publish dealers selling adulterated seed names, despite potential libel liability concerns.
Chicago Wheat Market notes wheat closed at 8 1 2 cents a bushel, corn 46 8 3 8 cents, oats 8 2 8. Dr Gilbert H Ritenour sold a one mile west of Yakima tract for 6000 dollars, bearing fruit trees, a horse and barn, setting a Washington state land valuation record.
Victoria dispatch reports a Japanese sealing schooner attempted to raid Copper Teldnd rookeries, with American sealers aboard. Willam Dewett, formerly of San Francisco, was shot three times by shore guards but leapt overboard and towed his boat to safety as the crew escaped. The Sulfu Maru operated last season, with some casks valued at over 1000 each.
Specifications published May 1 1906 for the Umatilla irrigation system include a 22 mile main canal 95 feet wide 6 feet deep with a 600 foot bottom dam 2000 feet top. a reservoir dam 600 feet bottom 200 top. total appropriation 7 1 000 000. Local bids likely for small contracts near Echo Oregon with 10 000 acres subscribed to stock and work to begin around May 1 1906.
Whitman College and the University of Idaho settle on the railroad rate topic for their Intercollegiate debate this year. Whitman will also debate Pacific University in a triangular event with Washington and Oregon. Both schools bring senior debaters and prior wins to what should be a competitive series anticipated in spring.
In Eugene an incident occurred when John R Goldson, a pavement mill owner, was accidentally killed by his own rifle during a hand to hand fight with a badly wounded panther west of town. The rifle exploded as he struck the creature after emptying the base chamber, the stock bearing the beast’s teeth marks.
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