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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1910
Page
8
In Hermiston Oregon last July a four year old girl, daughter of George Briggs, was burned when a roman candle ball set her clothing on fire. Bystander Mr Evans rolled her on the lawn and extinguished the flames. The child sustained burns but is not seriously hurt.
A race riot wave on July 5 left multiple fatalities and many injuries across cities including Shreveport Chicago Omaha Little Rock Houston Roanoke and Pittsburg. Reports describe killings beatings stabbings and shootings with both black and white victims and escalating communal violence.
Rioters arrested after clashes in Philadelphia and Louisville during July incidents. Whites attacked by black mobs while selling newspapers and extras. brick battles described as part of ongoing unrest. Police and authorities report arrests in multiple locations.
A mob in the tenderloin hanged a black man from a lamp post, but police cut him down alive. The near-lynching followed the Reno fight, with rioting raging all night as about a thousand patrols guard the negro quarters.
St Louis July 5 The Southwestern reports eight negroes killed four fatally injured and scores hurt in the riots.
One man was killed and another mortally wounded during riots in Houndesville Illinois on July 5. Police report ongoing investigations and rising tensions as the community seeks answers and safety.
New Orleans dispatch reports clashes as southern towns note Negroes attempting to push whites from sidewalks and display superiority, reflecting rising racial tension during the era.
Governor Sanders was elected United States senator by the legislature to fill the McEnery vacancy. Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Frasier, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Earl, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Moorhouse, Mrs. Eleanor Redfield and Mark Cooley returned from a two days outing at Duncan.
Official weather reports list maximum 88 and minimum 46 degrees. County Court opens for the regular July term tomorrow morning. Archer, a hostler for the R & Nut at Umatilla, sustained a badly scalded leg after a locomotive incident. Jost Pron China Hone tien, 16, son of Lem, arrives from Canton to join his father and study, with plans to Americanize him. Marriage licenses issued to George Gray and Anne McBean, W. H. Commi and Lillian Paden, and F. P. Littlejohn and Mrs. F. E. Brannen.
J L Fitts, a socialist orator, spoke from a dry goods box at the corner of Main and Alta last night and will repeat at the same spot tonight. The audience was not large nor enthusiastic.
Mrs Newport and Mrs H G Newport who recently had two operations at Hot Lake are rapidly recovering. Mr Newport says she can leave for home in a few days at the present rate. Miss A Liyan Stanfield of Echo visits with the celebration crowd and will stay with Miss Ivy Hill. Tom Hill, employed on the Stanfield farm near Echo, is in the city briefly.
Willie Moore, pupil in school district No. 83 in Hudson Bay country, received an eighth grade diploma after a delayed ceremony due to an error. In Pendleton, a busy police court day saw 14 cases with multiple defendants facing fines for drunkenness and related offenses. A depot incident involved a concealed weapons sentence of twelve days for Fred Duelke the Italian.
Umatilla county officials, led by District Attorney G W Phelps, investigate the Mullin Burge Mill Stanfield fight for possible legal violations. Promoters and principals may face prosecutions if statutes were breached, with a stricter amateur-only stance to be enforced in future. No knockout occurred, but a full review will determine any action.
The sessions of the National Education Association opened this morning in churches around Copley Square and at Boston normal and Harvard Medical School. The next four afternoons will feature excursions to Boston area historic spots.
The Newport Land & Construction Co of Hermiston Oregon advertises two Ule-Two pair horses weighing about 1300 pounds each available for sale at one hundred dollars per pair as good harvest stock.
In Bandon Oregon voters approved a 60000 bond issue to fund city waterworks. J W Mast won the mayor’s race defeating C Rh Wade. E I Kausrud elected recorder. G Topping city judge. R W Boyle, Herbert Manchett, and M Brewer named councilmen. In Astoria reports of steelhead and blueback catches appear late with prices from 6 1 2 to 7 cents per pound.
Longshoreman Leather Johin Ryan was shot and killed Monday by William Horn, ex-union member, after a street quarrel. Three years of bad blood followed Horn’s departure from the union. Ryan and other longshoremen confronted Horn at the street corner, heated words led to gunfire. Horn was apprehended. Three other longshoremen are held as witnesses by police.
Clarence E. Young of Salem was sent to Roseburg for trial after arrest for passing checks with no funds. A Pac Homestead canvasser, he previously paid a Medford hotel bill with a non sufficient check and was held in Salem, later released after settling the debt and costs.
Saalem Oregon Salem will hold the fifth annual Cherry fair July 7 8 and 9. The event il ads valley wide with posters and crowds expected from across the valley. Attractions include E J Arnolds shows five bands and an ongoing queen contest. The queen will be crowned on the morning of day one during the big parade.
Local horticulturists prep for the Pacific coast nurserymen convention in Walla Walla July 12 13 14. An expected 150 to 200 delegates will attend as expert nurserymen from across the coast participate in discussions and practical orchard demonstrations.
An anonymous letter labeled K.8 delivered to a Seattle police station led to the arrest of Max Lavigne and J. Yaffe in a southern city room on suspicion of multiple Pacific coast robberies. The letter included $250 in travelers checks stolen from Robert O'Neil in San Francisco on June 20.
In a letter the writer describes numerous robberies across Seattle, Tacoma, and Portland. He alleges he was forced by Lavigne and Yaffe to dispose of travelers' checks and seeks to have them returned to their owners. He signs as "K. 8" and says he is sick and dying.
Central Oregon grows strawberries with rapid population, shipments total 16 crates daily to Prineville at 4.50 per crate. Express from Shaniko costs 1 per crate and many crates damaged in transit. Central Oregon fields show excellent quality, diverse varieties, no failures, Crook County to pay at least 10,000 this year for berries grown locally.
Dry weather and frost in eastern Oregon hurt Harney county crops with spring grains failing. Fall rye on dry sage land will yield, while potatoes and other vegetables may be scarce without rain. Silver River below Burns is dry in several spots hindering stock watering.
The sudden death of General Sir William Butler is noted across Ireland England and colonies where he saw active service in Canada and Africa. A brave capable soldier he rose near the army's highest offices and was influential for his frank honest advice to government before the South African hostilities.
The text recalls Mike Meet entrancing reading and Mise Thompson whose two war paintings The Roll Call and The Scots Greys at Waterloo were highly praised at the Dublin International Exhibition of 1907. It also notes Sir William Butler as a patriotic Irishman, remembered for home rule advocacy, parliamentary consideration, and service as a member of the national university commission and the senate.
Masons of Washington plan to build a Masonic home in the state with a strong chance of Vancouver as the site. A foundation of 66,000 is available and 10,000 more is added yearly to the home fund. A five member committee will prepare plans and report on the site to the next grand lodge meeting afterTacoma. Four sites have been offered by Walla Walla.
In Hratta Vienna a centenarian Joseph Stopf married 101 year old Maria Liga. Once lovers in youth their parents blocked their union. the groom’s 80 year wait ends as the bishop of Braila officiates. Both in good health, they live comfortably. Gerald KE. Stanfield leap from Echo.
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