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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1903
Page
1
A historical account describes an Echo Oregon banquet showcasing rabbit as a food value. The event promoted jack rabbit dishes from roast to salad, imagining a large commercial rabbit industry feeding family dining cars and steamboats. Origin ties to Willis of Echo ranch as jack rabbit abundance drew investors and hopes of a thriving market.
In a flag draped dining room guests toasted the hare industry as a future boon for irrigation and Umatilla County. Dr C J Smith Pendleton and H C Willis praised the project while a Pendleton couple joined 46 dancers after the banquet, signaling support for cold storage and packing plans.
New York May 16 Reliance reached City Island and will be hauled out for repairs ahead of the Glencove race next week. One More Trial Spin Glasgow May 16 gales on the Clyde prevent further Shamrock trials. refitting is postponed until Monday for an additional sail test.
Dispatches from Sofia on May 16 state the insurrection in Eastern Macedonia is in full swing with wholesale arrests in many villages and mountains full of fugitives.
Sibyl Sanderson, noted on the American stage, died at 4 AM in Paris after grip and paralysis. She was to marry Count Leo Tolstoi, son of the novelist, in a few months. Her sisters Edith and Marion and mother Mrs. Judge Sanderson were at her bedside.
Grain markets show wheat quotations from Coe Commission with local manager A L Boulter in Chicago and May 15 16 reports. Receipts rise eight percent year over year but contract quality declines. French duty reduction over 50 percent acts as a market strength, with a closed market noted in Minneapolis.
New Haven May 16 A Columbia freshmen eight oared shell for a Yale contest arrived amid a teamsters strike riot. About fifty students volunteered to move the boat while strikers and drivers clashed with coal and decayed vegetables hurled. Police dispersed the melee and escorted the crew to the boat house.
Salt Lake City May 16 telegraph operator Joseph Mead Hayes was arrested after shouting that the town was being blown up. He is rational now but claims hypnotism by a man named Professor Robertson in New York three days earlier. Hayes says Robertson planned to sabotage Roosevelt’s visit. police doubt the tale yet detain suspicious characters before the president arrives.
Mrs. Roland Molineaux has established six months residence in the state and will begin divorce proceedings at Wherry. It is believed she arrived last winter, when strong evidence surfaced of her husband’s alleged murder guilt.
London reports Scotland Yard working on a jewel theft case where thieves fled with about 250 000 pounds from Mrs Lorillard. Police fear property largely disposed of and recovery unlikely.
George C. Allan awaiting sentence for forgery in Portland received word his father in Honolulu had died. The elder Allan, reportedly an only son, left about 6 million in lumber wealth. In Washington, Lieutenant Crossman of the Philippines Constabulary, wounded March 15, died May 13, Taft reporting.
The navy department reports the training ship Alliance arrives in Washington after two weeks overdue from Norfolk amid prior anxiety.
Six persons were likely injured when an Interurban electric car derailed this morning near Marion Indiana while taking a curve at high speed. The accident disrupted service and local authorities investigated the cause.
John Howard of Lodge Center Minnesota registers at Hotel St George and plans to ship 9 000 head of stock sheep to the North Dakota range within days.
Washington reports May 16 that Samuel Gompers comments on the New York building trades employers and their denunciations of walking delegates and lumber unions. He says attacks on unionists aim to weaken unionism, but he foresees a peaceful adjustment and shared reason prevailing.
Washington May 16 Attorney General Payne received long delayed charges against former post office officials from Tulloch. About 60 typewritten pages. three pages concern an ongoing matter, the rest are generalities and clippings lacking corroboration.
The Umbria arrived safely at Queenstown this afternoon after the infernal machine was found on board in New York. Philippine authorities call for the recall of Archbishop Guidi, accusing him of openly supporting the American cause in the islands.
About 100 people gathered in the big pavilion for Sabbath school with five sections led by Bidet Willoughby. Professor Prescott spoke at 10:30 on The Promise of His Coming and Practical Godliness, warning that misused signs delay Christ’s return and stressing character as essential to salvation. church delay cited. Evening expected attendance, with public preaching at 10:30 am, 3 pm, and 7:46 pm, all welcome.
In Minneapolis on May 16 Kix-Mayor Ames, recently convicted of taking bribes and extortion, received a six year sentence to the penitentiary. Harriman arrived from a Western trip in New York, May 16, with reports of a record-breaking run and a superintendent identified as EK. Harriman suffering from appendicitis.
From Manila dated May 16 advices report a bolo rush in Mindanao yesterday wounding Captain Overton of the Fifth Cavalry and Private Harlow.
Topeka May 16 The labor commissioner report shows wages for all manual labor trades have risen about 16 percent since 1900 while the cost of living has climbed over 40 percent. The analysis compares wages received with prices paid for necessities, clothing, and fuel.
Four students face trial for allegedly assaulting laborer Milne in New York. Hugh Knox son of the attorney general was released as a peacemaker. Barney also discharged. Waldridge Taft nephew of Governor Taft and Edward White remain held for trial Monday.
Roland Molineaux began action to delete his photographs and measurements from the Bertillon bureau of the state's prison records in New York on May 16. Arguments occurred before a judge in Troy, with the attorney general asserting they are part of the public record. Both sides received two weeks to file briefs. Captain Pershing, who led the Mindanao expedition, is reported gravely ill and has been relieved of command by Colonel Rogers.
A World dispatch relays brutal anti Jewish cruelties in Kishineff with victims named Sara Fonarsetl and others, detailing mutilations and killings. Fund relief growing in New York as looting, displacement, and property losses mount. Separate notes cite expulsion orders affecting thousands and a London dispatch on prison sentences for Jewish massacres. Also listed: Lt Bushnell of the Seventeenth Infantry faces embezzlement accusations at Fort Lamount.
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