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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1903
Page
1
A mid century paper notes growing labor and capital interaction as unions rise and capital merges evolve. John Mitchell predicts widespread ribs across the country before month’s end while labor affairs gain attention in a developing economy. Public focus sharpens on capital labor relations and policy shifts.
Portland May 22 The platform for Rooseveit reception was built by nonunion labor provoking denouncements of Harry and Clark Fair commission members. A note says Harry should resign his post before compromising principles by sitting on the platform. Also mentioned is a fire at Watrous Works with a watchman fatally injured.
May 22 Bulgaria acts as a peace champion sending Natchoviteh as minister to carry relations with Turkey to a modus vivendi. A separate item notes Robert Rabb facing allegations tied to an attempt to remove his three children from his wife, with custody discussions linked to a South Dakota trip. A third brief reports a stamp and postage office break in Texas with vaults cracked and money missing.
May 22 Chicago reports unions offer a wage scale easing a strike threat. Railways agree to arbitrate with freight handlers and packers as talks with 25,000 employees continue. Eight hundred tailors and clothing examiners demand 18 dollars weekly, with employers' association joining the response. Illinois labor official Felker warns strikes would drain skilled workers to rural areas, worsening labor shortages in Chicago.
Lawrenceburg Indiana May 22 Excited posses scour the country for Anna Kiser 17 believed abducted and murdered after she and her father were attacked near church The girl’s hat and umbrella were found by the river bank fueling the suspicion of foul play A tall suspicious colored man seen near Manchester station yesterday is being investigated as a possible perpetrator
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock returned from an inspection tour in Oklahoma and the Indian Territory and declared his opposition to admitting the two as a single state. He said it would be unfair to the Indians and emphasized the differing interests of the two regions.
A Helena special reports from the state board of sheep commissioners that 900000 sheep were lost in the recent blizzard, with 600000 already frozen in past storms, totaling 1600000 sheep lost since December. At $2.60 per head, the monetary loss is $3760000, based on county reports and audited by state officials.
Pullman and Wasp notes report Ralph Cowgill and Mandie Bennett of University of Washington joining A H Sylvester of Washington DC to map the Mount Adams quadrangle. Others depart for Conconully and Bitterroot forest work as topographical plans proceed.
President Roosevelt's visit to Portland drew a cosmopolitan sea of cheering crowds at Union Depot on May 22. Senators Mitchell and Brownell, Mayor Williams, and Governor Chamberlain greeted him as ships in harbor waved flags of many nations. Roosevelt hailed veterans, urged unity, and warned against factional prejudice, stressing duty, fairness, and citizenship as pillars of the nation.
State Senator Patterson says Mark Hanna will oppose the Republican state convention’s endorsement of Roosevelt for renomination. Hanna would speak against such endorsement if needed, arguing as national committee chairman a state endorsing Roosevelt would hint at opposition to other entrants and harm national harmony. Hanna denies any plan to run for president.
Physicians and dentists of Pendleton challenge the lawyers to a baseball game for St. Anthony's hospital funds. The match would be at Alta Street grounds before sunset, with Pendleton organizers promising standing room.
The will of Captain William Norton, who died recently in Coronado California, was probated today. The bulk of the estate goes to the Caputio Orphans' Home with substantial sums to friends relatives servants and employees. An electrician at the Auditorium receives 10000 on an agreement not to speak of Norton. Cremation of the body occurs in California and accompanying instructions for a crew include a special train to Cincinnati with food and drink for Norton’s friends. The will’s flamboyant provisions and quotations precede the cremation details.
In Hot Springs Virginia a senate finance sub committee led by Aldrich Allison and Spooper agreed on the new Aldrich bill. It preserves Grant authority to deposit government receipts from well rated banks but limits each bank to its proportional share. Separately a telegram reports the president asked Mayor Alexander to ride in his carriage but swapped for Senator Heyburn amid Jewish community tensions.
Telegrams from New York indicate a possible amicable settlement between strikers and the Union Pacific related groups. Presidents Harriman and Burt may meet to ease demands on wages by the piece rather than by the day, and the Southern Pacific employees vote to strike was delayed awaiting a broader accord. The long-running labor clash has cost Union Pacific about 1.6 million dollars and the workers about 1.76 million, with no violence and property deterioration from neglected repairs.
Judge Halloway ruled Elizabeth McCormick was not a fugitive since the crime occurred in Tennessee, not Ohio. He ordered her released on habeas corpus then remanded her to jail to face murder charges in Tennessee. Prosecution witnesses will reappear before the grand jury for another indictment. Her friends celebrate anticipated freedom.
A Kishineff dispatch describes a terror atmosphere among Jews after the outbreak of killings, with brutalities justified by “Christian zeal.” Proclamations and anti Semitic letters intensify fear as mass retaliation is forecast in Bessarabia and Orhei cities.
A president's special train carried a farmer at Kalama who had boarded the wrong passenger train. Heat from railway staff delay marks the incident as the president Winlock, Wash., trip proceeded.
Quotations furnished by Coe Compression Company show a cautious stance from R L Boulter in Minneapolis and Chicago. The report notes ongoing damage in the winter wheat belt and a cautious bullish tilt in the weekly crop outlook, suggesting buying on all receptions and an anticipated bull market for wheat.
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