09 Mar 1907
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1907
Page
1
San Francisco reports Ruef not brought to court as Monday session planned. Sheriff and officials face scrutiny over Ruef's treatment while Grand Jury and Bar Association discuss Hebbard writ issue. Abe Ruef remains publicly confident, vows release Monday, while investigations into municipal graft continue.
The Portage railroad commissioners report February expenses exceeded earnings by about 300 dollars due to high water, ice blockades, and labor raising sunken wharf boats. expenditures reached 400.70 while earnings were 100.90. Secretary Benson absent. inspection planned next week. Wharf at Big Edity deteriorated with hulls sunk and the wall filled by flood mud, hindering pumping.
In March nine saw mills and box factories near Portland shut, leaving 1550 workers out of work. Lumber gangs plan to strike while mill owners push a starving-out tactic. Longshoremen appointed deputies to aid the mills, but those deputies refused to act.
Tremendous influx to Oregon continues after March 1, with multiple trains from Chicago and the West beginning two sections daily into Huntington. No. 6 reportedly carries 700 to 1000 people daily including homeseekers, investors, and travelers seeking cheap coast passage. A second item notes a police officer in Carlinville badly wounded in a post office robbery.
Grand jury returns 84 indictments alleging embezzlement theft falsifying records extortion and forgery in Peoria Illinois. City clerk Robert Jones and former sheriff Daniel Potter head a list including William Peters BE M Conkey Sherman Hunt and Dan Raum with about 100000 taken from city and county offices. The panel condemns local officials for clumsy administration.
Oscar Spencer an educated Indian wanted for murder and a separate assault on fellow tribesman Johnny Jake was arrested late this afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Lindsau at Alfairs while attempting to escape. Spencer had attacked Jake, left him for dead, and spent the night with the victim’s family before capture and transfer to jail awaiting the outcome of the case.
Fragmented OCR data reports opening prices and figures for wheat and related commodities. Key entries include 47 1-8 and 47 W-4, plus 42 Tet and 42 2-2. Names and context are unclear, limiting precise asset or entity identification.
John Alexander Dowle died in Shiloh house Zion City at 7 40 am after months of dissolution with delirium and dropsy. Attendants Freeman Haenel John Hershfield and Judge Barnes were present as the reporter notes Dowle’s wife and son Gladstone remain away in Michigan. The crowd mourns as Voliva attends the death chamber and Zion City closes its industries. Dowie’s cause is believed to be blood poisoning with dropsy. The Dowie family learns of the death in Muskegon with the son traveling to Zion City.
A Milton town meeting at city hall planned Cleanup Day for Friday March 16. Citizens will form districts with captains to coordinate work from Grove school to the city limits. The Milton Progressive Association will provide pigs for the barbecue and the ladies will prepare the supper.
The county court rejected a bill for coroner inquest expenses into the five Indians burned in the jail. It held the Indian department must cover costs since the county lacks jurisdiction on the reservation. The case involves Joe Bernett who died in jail while serving a federal sentence and prior funeral expenses disputes. The ruling aims to clarify reservation jurisdiction and county responsibility.
The mayor and board of education released a memorandum with the president and Secretary Root pledge to seek legislation to exclude all Japanese laborers from the United States and all American laborers from Japan. In return the city would withdraw segregation orders and implement grade based exclusion of Japanese pupils. The notice notes the segregation order was misunderstood as revenge against the Japanese and cites California delegation support for the measure.
The Steve Adams murder trial over Tyler ends with a 6 to 6 stand after 87 hours of deliberation. The jury is discharged and Adams faces possible retrial after the court term begins in October. Defense attorneys predict no further trial on the charge. locals in Wallace express mixed sentiment, leaning toward acquittal.
City superintendent Jones presented the six month report on schools. Total enrollment reaches 2469 this year, up from 2334 last year.
Jerome Thaw shows new alienists as state experts fail to agree on Evelyn Thaw mind state and possible perjury. Sister to Thaw seeks separation for loyalty to brother. The case centers on whether Thaw was insane at marriage and if White near the studio the day of alleged ruin.
Whitman college plans a seven game intercollegiate schedule this season in Walla Walla. Manager Cahill expects Montana to visit for a series, first meeting between the two institutions. Expected strong team includes Rigsby Marquis and Captain Brown with infielders Dutcher Schubert Schmidt Norbieke. Several new players are trying out and season opens in about a week with games against Fort team and other local organizations.
Judge Kimbroveh ruled the Chicago building ordinances invalid and instructed the jury to find Davis not guilty in a murder by negligence trial at the Lraguois theater in Danville Wisconsin. The jurors answered not guilty.
In a North Sea gale near Berlin in March, the German steamers Wottern and Joergenson foundered. All thirty four men aboard were drowned.
The steamship Pokotata is formally abandoned. underwriters plan to claim 2.5 million dollars in insurance. Advices from New York indicate the vessel is a total loss, and later underwriters confirm it as a total loss.
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