09 Jul 1907
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1907
Page
1
Chicago Tribune reports a strike wave as telegraph companies refuse to recognize unions. Oakland editors call wages pitiful and urge public demand for fair treatment. San Francisco sources quote leader Small vowing hardline action and certainty of continued pressure.
July 9 report notes American British Russian Dutch and Spanish delegates confer on bombardment of undefended towns. County Torell of Italy instructed to draft a proposition reflecting American views.
Advices report a major rainstorm in Pago Pago with landslides. A U S station native farms sergeant, Sgt Cox, died in a slide. Officials describe the event as the worst in memory across the region.
Seattle gears up for the International Christian Endeavor convention with delegates from Massachusetts Texas Nebraska Michigan Colorado Kansas Indiana New York and more arriving. The event opens tomorrow at two auditoriums and features speeches by Governor Mead Seattle Mayor Moore and convention committee chair Barth along with addresses by President Clark and others.
Captain Eilivon of the Colorado Militia, now a resident of Omaha, testifies in the Moyer trial. Deposition details allege violence linked to Orchard, Haywood, Pettibone, and local officials. Gas explosion theory debated. witnesses describe damage and lack of powder smell. Darrow discusses Clinton depositions as court sessions focus on Orchard’s statements.
July scene in Saratoga New York saw the Roaring Knights procession as 24 000 uniformed Templars marched, drawing the largest crowd ever on the parade route amid festive decor and citywide enthusiasm.
Reports from Washington and Des Moines claim secret agents in Japan push plans for a Pacific move while speculation swirls about a coming Japan United States conflict. Congressman Hull warns of Philippines and Hawaii loss then restoration. Other chatter cites stock manipulation aims. Navy denies rush battleship repair orders at Bremerton and Mare Island.
Chief of Police Gurdane orders crackdown on small boys amid numerous complaints of rowdyism and obscene language. He warns that further acts will bring offenders before the juvenile court. Parents are urged to cooperate as efforts continue to curb these misdemeanors.
The See America league plans an automobile expedition starting near Washington on August 1, 1907, traveling about 35,600 miles to capitals and principal cities. It aims to interview governors, study roads and hotels, photograph scenic sites, and publish letters to arouse national loyalty to American supremacy. Fisher Harris coordinates the effort.
Boston leaders of the Christian Science church with their attorneys are in session preparing a protest against subjecting Mrs. Eddy to examination by alienists. If the protest fails they will appear directly to the alienists.
Prof R G C French travels from Salem to Weston after attending the Teachers State Institute and a Monmouth commencement. The Weston normal school plans two new departments agriculture and commercial business and expects higher enrollment as facilities expand. The superintendent J H Ackerman pushes commercial instruction to prepare teachers for public schools.
In New York on a Hudson River incident three crew members of the steam yacht Yacona owned by Henry Clay Pierce of St Louis drowned when a yawl carrying the crew capsized after a sailor rocked the boat. Four were rescued. The dead were Rudolph Johnson Frederickson Vendorsen and Herman Vendoreen. The Yacona had just returned to port after a week's cruise on Long Island Sound. Pierce chairs Water-Pierce Oil Company.
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin four children of Jason Field were burned to death in a morning fire caused by a gasoline explosion. The children were asleep at the time.
The Earl of Rosslyn, visiting Paris, was informed that his wife Anna Robinson of Minneapolis has filed for divorce. The action marks a formal separation proceeding initiated by the wife against the nobleman.
Maesvow July 5 Mme Fromonkl was today sentenced to death for attempting to assassinate General Rheinbot on May 19. $375,000 Worth of Wheat Last Bakersfield Cal July 5 Destruction spreading over Kern county wheat and alfalfa regions. Flood damage spreading. more than 360,000 sacks of wheat worth $1.50 each already lost. damage will be enormous.
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