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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1901
Page
1
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A Singapore bank was robbed of 250000 while reports from New York note Memorial day exercises at Grant's tomb with Chauncey Depew delivering the oration. Other items include Boer prisoners in Barbados, J B Robinson's Chicago death, Jim Jeffries boxing plans, Antwerp mutiny, Count Bismarck’s death and funeral, Chicago grand jury on Dowle followers, Curazo tragedy details, and wireless telegraph experiments by engineer Riesidoni with a planned submarine test.
Seattle reports 600 awaiting transport to Newe while Warm Springs agency notes smallpox. Oregon City records 800 schoolchildren in Memorial day parade as Odd Fellows lay the Salem federal building cornerstone. Olympia oyster output faces speculation on poor pickers, and Columbia University honors Chind K. Fountain of Portland in mathematics. Public works include Tacoma Seattle electric line under contract by June 15 with tentative first operation next year and right of way talks with Evanceville official James H. McNevly.
The East Oregonian urges readers to take Jolly Jack Tar as a health aid, claiming it cures weak lungs and pitting eye conditions. The dubious medicine is touted as a general tonic that strengthens the body to resist illness, framed as a health bulletin in a promotional note.
Secretary Root cables General Wood the US demand for immediate acceptance of the Platt amendment by Cuba’s constitutional convention. Those favoring incorporation fear a delay until Congress convenes in December, after which stricter terms may be imposed. In Havana elections proceed calmly amid the political pressure.
The queen of Italy delivered a girl this morning named Yolanda Margherita. Royal disappointment followed as many had hoped for a boy. The mother and infant are reported well. News was broadcast by carrier pigeons across Italy amid widespread bets on the baby's sex.
New York June 1 report describes a mega railroad settlement uniting Northern and Union Pacific into a national network. A railroad pool with about 6 billion capital would reorganize the system into four broad groups, promising vast consolidation and new intercity connections nationwide.
Protestant Bishop Nichols of Northern California, invited by the labor council to mediate between employers and union men, reports his efforts are futile. Today about two hundred men left shops where non union machinists are employed, reflecting ongoing industrial tension.
A New York statement from a prominent official of the machinists union indicates plans to press for an eight hour day after a nine hour day strike. The move appears to be a preliminary step toward the shorter workday.
New York reports the New York Yacht Club has won Lawson's consent to transfer the boat under the club name. Thomas W Lawson, the Boston builder of the yacht, will have the craft mailed in the club’s name, signaling its entry into the cup races.
Through an agreement reached today Mrs. Lola Bonine is held for the murder of Jamon Ayres a clerk at the vensue office killed in the Hotel Kenmore. She will not be placed on trial until next fall.
General MacArthur cables that the flag effort concluded yesterday with the last of the volunteer force in the Citizen Army.
A Batam pugilist event is planned in San Francisco for July 1 and June 1 notes. The Honolulu bribery case draws a grand jury with many officials under scrutiny and possible indictments for two representatives. Dallas farmers plan a June 7 creamery meeting to arrange its establishment.
The New York market report shows a strong wheat market from start to close with Liverpool prices higher and exports for the week at 4,108,008. Northwest weather remains unfavorable for spring wheat, rain scarce and stocks strong as US steel advances over two points. Sugar, tobacco, and other commodities show varied movement while money sits around 4 percent.
Washington Jane 1 Mia McKinley's condition remains practically unchanged. She is very sick with only a single chance in a thousand of recovery. Her vitality is exhausted and another relapse would almost surely prove fatal if it occurs. The illness could recur at any moment.
Physicians report Mrs McKinley rested well during the night and that her condition was favorable this morning. A later bulletin notes her condition has worsened this afternoon and she remains unable to recognize those around her.
The president declares no US minister will be sent to Venezuela until the Venezuelan government changes its attitude. The action expresses the US dismay at how American citizens are treated in Venezuela by the Caracas regime.
Linden Garretteon, age 12, and Raphael Catterlin, 11, ran away from Pendleton with a knife and a dollar. They traveled by boxcar and on foot before Chief J J Kauffman took them into custody in Walla Walla. Garretteon is the son of jeweler Wiki Garretteon. Catterlin is the son of Ed Catterlin. The elder boy will stay in custody. the younger was sent home yesterday.
Conductor Dunn Hass of the Portland to Pendleton route purchased county warrants during a trip. He misplaced them, notified the sheriff, and later recovered the missing paper in his goat’s inside pocket after sending the animal to a tailor. The warrants were valued at four dollars.
A carved myth in letters claims Joaquin Alftee Miller gained fortune after a California home sale and a frontier venture near Boanimont. Discrepancies abound but rumor pins him to a widening ranch wealth, past Wall Street fame and a planned bequest of Oak land to Oakland School children, with family ties noted.
Astoria residents vote to launch a daily steamer service along the Washington shore from Cathlamet to the city. The line aims to attract trade worth at least 671 per month and may spur additional river commerce. The piece also covers debate over the Dingley tariff and J Pierpont Morgan’s purchase of the Mannheim Collection, with Morgan’s plan to donate to a U S museum or to South Kensington.
Ambiguous early text mentions Botha and Kruger in discussion of peace and cable communications. The readable fragments indicate a London Evening News style item about leaders Wehl and Kroger (Kruger) and mediation, possibly about free use of the cable.
Fragmented report hints at a mediation effort in Africa with references to Herlin and Jone, mentioning a possible alliance or action by a queen and military guard. The text is garbled but implies tensions or negotiations surrounding events in June with uncertain outcomes. Further readable details are sparse.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference an unclear agreement and alleged donations. Names, dates, and places are illegible, leaving a hazy outline of a possible political or community dispute and possible involvement by a journalist.
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