28 Jul 1904
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1904
Page
1
A chaotic report details unrest around meat packing strikes in Omaha and Kansas City. Tensions rise as unions clash with strikebreakers, protests escalate, and authorities pledge limited negotiations while workers face uncertain prospects. A Lithuanian attempt at violence adds to the turmoil before a return to work efforts dawn.
Walla Walla reports from Eureka flat indicate record yields with John Webb harvesting 4000 bushels of wheat and 2200 bushels of barley from 160 acres, plus 2 loads of hay. The town also bans Mill Creek swimming within city limits with fines up to 10 dollars. Ben C Walker buys Hal Balem, a premier Montana stallion, for 8000 dollars. Hal Balem is related to Hal Poiter and Star Pointer.
London July 28 The Hague ban on aerial torpedoes from balloons flying machines and dirigibles expires tomorrow raising fears that Japan or Russia may add new terror to Manchuria warfare. Observers note both besiegers and besieged at Port Arthur possess balloons that could be repurposed for weapons. The five year limit on the rule was accepted by the United Kingdom and United States amid fierce debate.
An unknown assailant threw a bomb at Baron Plehve as he rode in a street coach in St. Petersburg last night. Plehve was killed and his coachman died. the blast shattered a large hotel and injured more than twenty people. The bomb exploded under the minister’s carriage as he passed. The attacker refused to disclose his name.
London reports detail Plehve's assassination in St. Petersburg with bomb fragments fatally wounding him and the coachman. Accounts cite two bombs or a motorcar assault and note bystanders injured. Reactions span Berlin and Paris with warnings of harsher repression, and officials confirm the attack’s wider political impact.
The British government voiced the strongest possible objection to the Russian action on the Knight Commander incident. London reports the acute stage of Red Sea incidents has passed and Russian volunteer vessels will be withdrawn. In Kalamazoo Michigan the eleventh meeting of sheriffs and prosecutors opens to address crime apprehension and prosecutions. In Montreal a reception and banquet honor Lord Dundonald precedes his departure for England.
The electric company has 200 to 300 men at work from Walla Walla to Weston and Athena on a massive plant. Six miles of barrel flume are under construction and a 23 000 volt system will power Pendleton. Poles are up to the Walla Walla line with active work along the diversion and dam sites. The goal is to have the plant operational by late October or early November, with 24 000 volt capacity at start and expansion planned as demand grows. Fireman killed and five injured on a Chicago & Eastern train near Dixon. Ongoing book matching for Idaho Supreme Court Library at Lawiston, with 1000 volumes received and more expected by October term.
Work on the new city hall and jail has begun in Clarkston Idaho with a projected cost near 2400 dollars. The main hall will measure 20 by 22 feet and the jail 18 by 22 feet. The brick structure is to be ready for occupancy in about 30 days.
Arthur Hainey, a 31 year old liveryman at Lehman Springs, was killed when a revolver dropped and discharged. Witnesses George Hoverson and William Johnson say the shot struck Hainey in the abdomen, dying six hours later. An inquest was held as officials investigated the accidental shooting near Pendleton and Lehman Springs.
A county treasurer reports a state tax bill of 8000.21 dollars for New Perce county, year 1815. The state treasurer warns immediate payment or the case will be turned over to an attorney for enforcement.
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