24 May 1901
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1901
Page
1
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a remedy for backache and female illnesses. It claims to regulate womanly functions, dry drains, and cure weakness without alcohol opium cocaine or narcotics. The prose emphasizes natural vegetable preparation and suitability for all conditions.
In Pendleton Morgan and Wright of Tires and Reversille Handle Bars of CLC vie for top bicycle title. The panel evaluates design, fit, and performance across multiple models. Local riders test comfort and speed at the event grounds.
Floods drown fourteen in Tennessee valley as eight hour strikes ripple across Augeia. Riots flare in Lina Peru over Electra as Peru’s unrest grows. Marthinus Wessela Peretorius, first South African Republic resident, dies. Peraza rebels in Venezuela captured. Java’s Keloatis volcano erupts endangering coffee estates. Li Hongzhang vows action against Boxers. Rheumatic heart disease cited in ex governor Tanner’s death in Springfield Illinois. Scotland census shows 4 471 077 people up 440 310 in ten years. San Francisco general strike continues. carriage makers back to work. Haytian-US steam line planned if Haytian govt. succeeds. Canadian royalty from Klondike mines reaches 2 040 195 in 1900 and over 4 000 000 since 1885. Chicago labor conference expected to influence future unions. Kaiser Wilhelm pardons Adolph von Broening over marriage to American widow Marion Trent McKay.
Fred M. Dotson postmaster of Walterville Oregon died at his home from la grippe on Thursday. A long distance telephone line between Eugene and Jasper has been completed and communication established.
In Philadelphia on May 24 the Presbyterian general assembly debated creed revision. Judge Humphrey spoke for revision without new creed while Dr. Kennedy urged dismissing the subject, arguing the Westminster Confession is a scientific document not for popular use.
Jules Verne predicts a record world tour of 33 to 34 days if connections hold. Chicago reporters from Hearst papers start cross continent race via trans Siberian rail and steam routes to beat rivals, with other papers planning similar tests to show fastest global traversal.
President O Connell of the machinists union says strikers gain at every poll and a conference with Onion Iron Works officials was expected in San Francisco. Twenty Frisco shops are at work and twenty safehope employ onion men. The East may set terms. Tunnel men in New York strike over wage increases. five thousand workers walk out and non union replacements are used.
The Tenneco river peaked at 6.4 feet in Knoxville on Thursday and began to fall. A special report from Elizabethtown notes severe flooding with many homes damaged and a relief committee tallying around two hundred people homeless and widespread countrywide distress.
A Pekin dispatch reports ongoing agitation over loot allegations involving Lady McDonald wife of the British ambassador. Friends accuse an American diplomat’s wife aided by an American soldier of looting, risking diplomatic trouble as her husband may seek a retraction.
London notes mark the anniversary of Queen Victoria birthday observed in Windsor as a memorial day. A Taku dispatch reports General Chaffee warned of two smallpox cases among Ladian troops en route to Tongku. In San Francisco a judge sentences Giaw to life imprisonment for murder last February.
The wheat market was lifeless with prices within a half cent today as rains in the Northwest ease drought. New York opened 78 7-8 and closed 78 4-8 after trading as low as 78 3-8. Stocks and other commodities show modest moves with names like Liverpool, New York, and St. Paul cited among figures.
Dr Dowle head of Zion hid to avoid coroner verdict. Deacon Judd and two others charged with criminally responsible for a death during childbirth. They posted bonds of 10000 dollars while nurses faced 9000 dollars each. Also reported a separate murder suicide in Finley where actor Edgar Buseleneh shot actress Ines Leonard and killed himself during an attempted marriage.
Dayton residents will vote on June 4 to issue bonds totaling 10,000 to buy the old electric light plant or build a new one. The bonds would bear no more than 5 percent interest and be repaid in installments over 15 years. A special levy of up to two mills is also proposed.
Norfolk Va May 24 The government collier was in repairs preparing for a voyage of 45000 miles nearly twice the earth circumference. The route will be Norfolk to Pinehillinque Bay Lower California to San Francisco Honolulu Guam Manila Hong Kong and back to Norfolk via the Suez Canal.
London reports Sir Alfred Milner was met by the lord mayor and a royal representative with a cool reception indicating weak wartime fervor among Londoners. In contrast, Southampton greeted Milner with an enthusiastic welcome before continuing on leave.
President McKinley and party leave San Francisco tomorrow at 10 am after breakfast with relatives and a noon consular audience. A reception at the Palace Hotel by the Loyal Legion and Daughters of the Revolution, plus a 2:30 pm Oakland school review, mark the day as the trip progresses toward a slow return to Washington.
New York May 4 The Times reports orders for all commandants in the department to file by September 1 complete reports on the implications of abolishing the army canteen. Officers say these will prove intemperance rose under the new regime and predict Congress may act. Seven privates absent without leave from Port Ethan Allen are jailed at Governor’s Island after pay day, blamed on the canteen abolition.
A Welsh colliery explosion left about 150 men imprisoned at Solwirth today. Early reports say three bodies were recovered and relatives are in great distress. In a separate action near Bradford Cape Town, Highlanders attacked Boer forces with twelve killed, thirteen wounded, and twelve captured.
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