22 May 1901
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1901
Page
1
Local advert lists bicycles, tires, bars, joints, poles, and accessories with prices. Also promotes wooden and glassware, perfumes, victuals, and periodicals from agencies including Weekly Examiner, Ladies Home Journal, and Stockton Incubator.
A scrambled general news roundup notes nine hundred immigrants departing San Juan for Hawaii. mentions political, military, and international items including the Hawaiian legislature backing Governor Dole, Manila troop movements, and various european and colonial concerns.
Reports list sessions in Salem and Tacoma including the Northwest synod and grand lodge of Washington. Other items note a fatal crush near Ranier, drownings in Columbia Slough, a murder trial in Anacortes, resignations in Astoria schools, timber land sale interests, and a knife-stabbing incident involving a supervising conductor.
A Washington dispatch reports Senator Depew predicts McKinley will be nominated and elected to a third term. He cites public satisfaction, business support, and the need to settle issues from territorial growth as reasons. The item discusses Republican dynamics and hopes for a continuation of McKinley leadership.
Telegrams to the executive officer of the Machinists Association indicate a general decrease in strikers. Employers increasingly seek arbitration while San Francisco shops report concessions but no talks have occurred between management and workers.
New York May 22 Wheat market dull yet fair closing slightly above yesterday. Liverpool prices dipped to 8 points from yesterday while New York opened higher at 79 and closed at 7044. Stocks remained steady with moneys at a small yield. sugar and tobacco quoted, St Paul and rail stocks listed, market tone subdued. May 2 sugar and wool prices noted with minor shifts and no dramatic changes.
Ohio congressmen traveling by special train from San Francisco reached The Dalles and toured Cascade locks en route to Astoria. They expressed support for liberal appropriations to develop the Columbia River for commerce, arguing it would open western trade to the Orient and give access from The Dalles to the mouth.
The Foe encampment of Fathareh Okie and grand convention of Rebekahs of Oregon met in Baker City. Total assets listed as $28,000. Officers elected for the ensuing year include Grand Patriarch Thomas F. Ryan Oregon City and Grand High Priest J. W. Stewart Portland. Grand Warden T. F. Howard Pendleton and other posts filled by BEFE Sharon Portland Grand Scribe Byron EK Miller Portland Grand Treasurer William Green Eugene Grand Junior Warden A. W. Bowers Roally Grand Representative Claud Gath Salem Grand Sentinel Wo BR Cunning ne Canyon City.
Cambridge man Fred Foster shot and killed himself at home after arrest on charges of trying to blow up the Cambridge National Bank. Protests over a $1100 check and alleged plan to destroy the check led to the fatal act as police traced the attempt to a planned explosion.
William Crosby of Alton Illinois captured the Dupont Cup title at Springfield on May 22 in a battle described as the American champions event. Crosby defeated longtime rival Gilbert and the lone remaining contestant Reonee, securing a decisive victory with a straight bird sequence that reached the 100th shot.
May 22 Chattanooga reports the Tennessee River raging over $1,000,000 in damage with bridges washed away and several drownings including a man who died of fright. In Vienna the same date rumors say Queen Dragha of Servia faces revolution as pro-regime moves call for abdication and royal removal.
An article extols health via exercise for modern women while acknowledging exercise cannot cure womanly diseases. It claims Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures female ailments that undermine general health, restoring regularity and easing backache, headaches, and nervousness with testimonials of improvement.
San Francisco May 22 Mrs McKinley’s doctors permit her to sit up today and she is described as greatly improved The president plans to leave for Washington on Saturday He will attend the Knight Templars drill at 2 o clock this afternoon at Mechanics Pavilion and the cadet ball in the evening
In New York a new steel tube tunnel project aims to connect Manhattan and Brooklyn. Officials expect completion within two years. May 22 announcement outlines route and preliminary scope.
The Hamburg American Liner Aelania lies ashore at Areala near the Gulf of Adeo with eight feet of water in her hold, signaling a dangerous position for the vessel and crew.
Esther Cleveland shows improvement by morning at Princeton as of May 22 with report noting progress and status updates from morning brief.
Rome May 22 As King Victor was near the elevator in the Quirinal at night it began to descend and the blue jumped back just in time to avert an accident. Corbin to Manila Adjutant General Corbin announced he will go to the Philippines on June 25 for official business. Earl Roberts in Poor Health News from London reports the health of Earl Roberts commander in chief of the British army is causing concern. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve Cures Piles A North Brook North Carolina man says the salve cured his 15 year battle with piles after other remedies failed Tallman & Co.
King Edward rode the Shamrock during a yacht race when a sudden squall tore masts from both Shamrock boats. He escaped unharmed as crowds cheered the monarch’s survival. Shamrock sails and masts were damaged, repairs expected to take weeks.
Three young Porterfield children were killed by a bear while berry picking near Wo Va. Their partly devoured bodies were found by a lone search party Sunday. Ages ranged from a few months to seven, bones crushed, and remains scattered. A bear was located and euthanized following the discovery.
In Chicago on May 22 the probate court declared Princess Chimay a spendthrift and unable to manage her affairs. Thomas Lyons, the petitioner, was named conservator after testifying that he had spent 400000 of her estate and that her annual income stood at 40000.
Report from Vekin on May 22 describes a clash between Boxers and two German companions inside the interior. In the ensuing battle about one hundred Boxers were killed. Also from Christiana on May 2, Henrik Ibsen, famed dramatist, was struck with paralysis. his voice and limbs are affected.
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