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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1902
Page
8
Barkley pleaded guilty to selling a pint of liquor to two Indians. Deputy U S Marshal took Barkley to jail in Porland after he posted $250 bond and he admitted the act. Indian police detained the buyers, who identified the seller.
In Baker City Oregon a sensational tale emerges of Mrs J J Gentry eloping with a hack driver named Wilson Beaver after coercing her husband to raise 400 to settle a mortgage and 500 more to buy a small farm near Walla Walla Three weeks ago the event is revealed as the story unfolds.
A man named Gentry took the 900 and rode with a hack driver to Pendleton where they traveled together and then disappeared. The woman, left with her husband and several small children, is distressed as the couple’s whereabouts remain unknown and the old man is heart-broken.
Deputy H Connell of Umatilla took Billie Rock into custody after he threatened to kill members of William Davisons family and struck a boy with a stone. Rock, considered a bad character when intoxicated, was sentenced by Judge Fitz Gerald to 60 days in the county jail.
A Nantes dispatch reports that several American representatives attend the international congress of life saving preservation of health and maritime security opening in Nantes under the Society of Life-Savers of Brittany. Subjects include life saving in water and from fire piloting in fog on board steamships and sailors and fishermen development.
An aggregation calling itself Bob Matt's Big Tent Show has pitched at the corner of Webb and Aura streets enticing the quarters of unsuspecting townsfolk. The act is derided as old and below par with lewd dialogue and stale humor, ill-suited for a railway town where nothing new occurs. Also noted is a battle with Baker City for Inland Empire League fans, four games set at Alta Street grounds across Thursday to Sunday with weekday starts at 3:30 pm and Sunday at 3 pm.
A flurry of local social updates lists departures and returns. Names such as J A Binkley, R N Le Roy, Enoch Pearson, James Ash, Neva Lane, and J W Brooks appear alongside travels to Portland Meacham Seattle and the coast. Mentions include Dr D J McFaul hosts, travel to Alberta and Brownsville visits, and a Gammerdinger strain rooster delivery to E W McComas.
Mr. Davis remained in Umatilla County while Mrs. Davis visited relatives across the line in Washington and other relatives in Michigan Illinois and other Middle States. He had not seen his relatives for ten years.
Judge Clarence J. Campbell arraigned for trial on felonious assault for horse whipping Rev. C. W. Crawford outside Amherst courthouse during a June term. Crawford, editor of the Christian Federation paper opposing saloons, had earlier attacked Campbell over a liquor case, leading to contempt charges. The pair’s clash drew wide attention in a city tight with anti liquor sentiment.
Owensboro Kentucky holds open house to honor veterans of the Second Brigade United Confederate Veterans as their annual reunion begins. At 10 o clock visitors were escorted to Chautauqua for opening exercises with Major Haycraft delivering the welcome and General J B Briggs giving the response. Veterans renewed acquaintances, shared reminiscences, and heard informal talks. A parade and the Chautauqua dedication are planned for tomorrow.
St Louis leaders of the Public Ownership Party met to discuss perfecting a statewide organization and adopting a platform of direct legislation and public ownership. The party, promoted by labor figure Lee Meriwether, is an offshoot of the Allied Party formed last year in Kansas City to rally voters for public ownership and align with the Missouri State Federation of Labor.
The piece notes that Cuba’s condition improved after American control and discusses self government as an experiment worth watching. It then promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for digestion and various ailments, claiming it never fails to cure.
Carnegie's endowment trustees, Washington, July 31, expect the first installment of 250000 in interest on Andrew Carnegie's 10000000 endowment composed of United States Steel bonds. No definite plans yet, but funds likely go to an administration building and laboratory, first structures to be erected and expanded as needed.
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