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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1903
Page
1
A peace over railway labor ends with concessions on double headers. Trains may resume with permanent changes pending further talks. At stake are wages, job classifications, and the use of extra men on freight runs as conductors and engineers return to work.
The Ber Clove Company merges with Rigby Clove to form the new Waves ter Manufacturers with a $100000 capital. G W Rigby J Clove named vice president and W S Badiey secretary, with H Geer and others on the board. Harvesters marketed this season sold out. orders for Roe machines poured in but limited capacity delayed production before grain ripens. A Berlin arrest identified an elderly swindler linked to crimes in London New York Chicago and western cities.
A highly damaged OCR fragment records percentages and an opening reference with scattered figures such as 72 percent, 70 percent, 44 percent, and $81, but the meaning is unclear and names or events are not identifiable.
Paris May 15 Madam Calve the famous prima donna narrowly escaped death yesterday from an overdose of aconite and is not in danger. Distress over the break with Jules Boils is said to have affected her mind, with the incident viewed as possibly intentional rather than accidental.
Headquarters at Salt Lake City announces E B Calvin as assistant general manager for Oregon Short Line. Circulars signed by EB Harriman and Bancroft state the office of general superintendent at Chicago is abolished. The change was issued May 15.
Washington May 15. The volume on appropriations and new offices in the last session has been completed for the Senate and House. The grand total of appropriations is 755,058,506 dollars with future contracts totaling 46,969,859 dollars. Major item is 20,426,000 dollars for navy expansion. Net increases amount to 8501 positions and 2,898,158 dollars, with large rises in naval and postal service staffing. Comparisons show a 47,566,900 dollar reduction from first session to second.
President Roosevelt reached Raymond at 7:20 a m with part of his special train and sleepers. A guard of soldiers met him to escort him into the park where he will remain until Monday afternoon. He vetoed a planned fireworks display by the superintendent. He will travel by stage coach to miles along the park during the day.
Elisa beth McCormack accused of sending poisoned whiskey to Cincinnati resists transfer to that city. Her attorney refuses to release her without proper acquisi tion papers while she stares and narratives to gain leniency. Police find no solid link to the crime as yet. Probable Murder and death by own action reported in El Paso Texas. George Peterson a wealthy Amherst merchant and Mrs T Fairchild a Denver social figure found dead at Rivmond House. Indications point to Peterson shooting Mrs Fairchild and then killing himself. Mr Fairchild is a traveling salesman in the Far West.
Algiers report says Moors at Figuig attacked a French frontier supply convoy, routing it and seizing 57 camels loaded with provisions. In Vienna a Fire Press dispatch notes a powerful bomb found in a tunnel under the Ottoman Bank in Constantinople aimed at a crowd after the bank’s destruction.
A crew of 30 Japanese workers arrived in La Grande from Portland to weed and thin sugar beets for local farmers. Next Monday about 150 more will come to work for the sugar factory on beet farms near Allcel.
London reports fresh attestations to Kishineff massacres with claims of up to 125 dead and about a thousand maimed or crippled. Officials say the repression is not government policy. Turkish Christian suffering rises, while Washington officials express indignation but see no action due to lack of American casualties. State Department compares Russia’s stance to domestic mob violence.
Tacoma May 15 One thousand cars of cattle from Oklahoma are moving to the Northwest via the Burlington route to ease a beef famine. Four cars of frozen meat from Omaha and Texas cattle are en route. A packing firm says Washington residents cannot buy beef cattle due to high feed prices driving ranchers to range.
New York police focus on John Hostow aka Rousseau as the man behind the Umbria bombing attempt. Investigators link the Chicago Haymarket history to a boardinghouse in New York Thirty Fourth Street and note batteries for the device were bought locally. Descriptions match the anarchist leader Rousseau, with authorities pursuing leads from Chicago to Portland and beyond.
Three residents died from a West Chester apartment fire in Chicago early May 15. The blaze began in the basement and spread through three air shafts, leaving twenty seven families homeless and many others injured or endangered. A separate dispatch notes ongoing forest fires in Lancaster New Hampshire destroying 30 houses and threatening Partridge resort, with losses estimated at $500000.
A train wreck near Se Lem today involving the 115 A Manon passenger line left two people dead and fourteen seriously injured. Rescue teams and authorities responded to the incident as investigators begin determining the cause of the switch failure.
The Reliance passes Newport and will be hauled out at City Island tomorrow after a seaway trial en route.
Berlin on May 16 reports the Ruslan government contracted with a German firm to outfit 0 stations on the trans Siberian railway. The firm won over several American bidders in a competitive award. La Grande dated May 15 notes at a Lewis and Clark Women's Club meeting Mrs L Eckly and Mrs J M Berry elected delegates to the state meeting in Portland on May 20.
In Baker City on May 16, supporters of Manny Howard, a noted bar raider serving a five year sentence, urge a relapse review as his case goes before the state supreme court.
New York May 16 Employers meeting tonight to form a federation say they do not oppose unions demand for shorter workdays or higher pay but fear strikes. Indications point to a large organization, with delegates named by nearly every contracting firm in the city.
Boise residents are angered by news that President Roosevelt refused to ride in the same carriage as Mayor Holwe amid accusations of anti-Semitic bias linked to the Mon left affair. The denial fuels Simon's claim the president is biased against Jews. In St Petersburg on May 16 Russian papers protest foreign views limiting war privileges in the east as China seeks security guarantees for the railway and Manchuria stability.
Courock Scotland May 16. Wind subsides, no more trials today. Bramrock’s waters quiet as yachts head to builders tomorrow for fitting for the trans Atlantic voyage.
Packing House Employes maintain strong unions and outnumber any other industry except railroads. Doering company settlements end the stoppage as strikers are separated. Omaha reports a wage demand of 16 percent to be settled in Chicago next week. A large workforce across Omaha, Kansas City, St Joseph, Sioux City, Chicago and other western packing centers seeks higher pay and improved conditions.
Floyd D. Wisner remains jailed following a daytime arrest by Sheriff T. D. Taylor at Athena. The county sheriff expects Wisner to be transported to the county jail, with official custody to await a Baker County arrival Saturday evening. Wisner allegedly endorsed a draft for a traveling man and spent the funds. the draft was later returned as overdrawn. The final custody status hinges on Baker County officials’ arrival.
Washington May 16 The Supreme Court will not hear the Northern Securities appeal this term as the attorney general will move to advance the case when the court reconvenes in October. The case was docked for June and may be argued later if the motion succeeds.
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