28 Jun 1904
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1904
Page
1
June 28 report shows officials inspected Slocum crew and life preservers. Equipment unused since 1895 and not fully tested, with no fire drills. Captain Van Schalck faced questions about supervision. few life preservers purchased and tests incomplete. Also mentions a theft case in a Pullman car and ice shipping issues affecting Pendleton area.
Charles Gurke, former house delegate, confessed to Circuit Attorney Folk his role in lighting deals. He disclosed receiving 2500 dollars as a delegate to Lehmann's birthday party. A stenographic report of the confession will be presented to the grand jury.
A conference will be held next week in Birmingham among French foreign ministers, the British and American ambassadors to discuss Morocco. Paris hosts a Count Biron and Misa Selahmann wedding with Ambassador Porter present. In Tangiers authorities back American demand for Arsenia as a coaling station. Colorado labor troubles prompt a special federal investigation.
The third annual Eastern Oregon Medical Association gathering will be at Hot Lake on July 7 with Dr. N. Molitor of La Grande as president and a program featuring talks on constipation typhoid fever and corneal ulceration. Attendees include physicians from The Dalles Baker City North Powder and Pendleton among others.
Vandals damaged the airship built for the aerial contest at the fair. It is thought to be the work of souvenir hunters. Repairs cannot be completed in time for the initial flight on July Fourth.
Secretary of War Taft addressed Harvard Law School alumni, disputing the phrase consent of the governed as a universal rule. He cited lack of readiness among Filipinos, opposes future promises tied to natives’ behavior, and urges education as groundwork for self rule while warning against relying on future outcomes.
The Little Walla Walla irrigation district sues O N Preston A E West George Overturf Woodson Cumming Ronald McKea Mary Cobb Fred Beller James Adrien Harry Garrett F E Williams alleging protesters ignore water division rules. Defendants claim prior rights and seek injunctions, damages, and trial by due process. Attorneys are Silliman & Pierce for the plaintiff.
L. Lair, a young transient, suffered a badly cut and bruised left foot when a firehook slipped during efforts to tear out a burning storefront front Saturday night. He was on a ladder managing the tool when it struck his foot, producing a gash. The wound was dressed and he was reported doing reasonably well though the injury will keep him from work for several weeks.
June 28 dispatches describe Kuropatkin ordered to retreat as Japanese forces advance on Motlen Leng Peng Choulin and Talien passes. Russian infantry and cavalry retreat amid frontal and flank attacks. reports note eight to nine Japanese divisions and several brigades in the fighting line.
State continues case against Dr T Ferguson in Colfax Washington with sensational evidence alleging an operation on Miss Agnes Downs. Prominent figures including Prof Irwin Snow and Dr Charles Allerton are named as possible accomplices. Trial draws crowded courtrooms as society watches outcome. Chicago Grain notes at end.
Students and faculty of the Goalies College will present an evening entertainment at the Presbyterian Church on Friday. The program includes recitations, a violin solo, organ accompaniment, a male quartet, and a novelty segment featuring rapid transcription of a long unknown article, translated by Miss Mabel West who learned stenography in North Yakima and at Owatonna Minnesota. The event, open to the public with no charge, aims to prove a stenographer can read another’s notes and to showcase various performances under the direction of Cedi Wade.
Conferences between employers and workers failed to resolve grievances at the Portland fairgrounds. Nonunion labor is seen as a root cause while demands for higher wages dominate. A walkout is feared, with many workers ready to strike on July 1 if hourly conditions aren’t improved. Labor tensions rise as management seeks to preempt delays.
Eighty acres of holwhiy land on the Uthatina reservation were sold yesterday by Irving Johnson to William Sayer for 2520 dollars. Attorney T G Halley conducted the case. Three other tracts were advertised but drew no bids. This marks the third sale of reservation lands, following last July and February.
London dispatch reports a body washed ashore near Cherbourg as per Central News wires. The Hamburg correspondent notes a recovery but provides no further details on identity or cause.
Lincoln June 28 claimants 800, mostly women, stood in a long line overnight at O'Neill and other western Nebraska offices as the Kincaid law allowing homesteaders to file fees triggered a rush. The scene reflected high demand for land settlement despite cold conditions.
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