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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1902
Page
1
A morning collision between an electric car and another vehicle in Chicago results in the instant death of motorist Richard Wilson. Several passengers are injured, with one seriously hurt and others lightly hurt as bystanders watch a crowd of about 4000. Police investigate the accident as witnesses recount the chaotic scene.
New York dispatch reports serious earthquakes across Guatemala with the Santa Maria volcano erupting vigorously. Ash from Santa Maria blankets Quezeltenango and Mesestenango as seismic activity disrupts the republic. Guatemala City, over 100 miles away, hears the continuous thunder of eruptions. Government seizes interior telegraph lines, hindering details.
In Covington Virginia on November 1 Willie McLain aged 12 dressed as a burglar during a Halloween prank was mistaken for a real intruder by his mother and shot. The boy was killed instantly, and authorities are investigating the case as a fatal domestic incident.
At a special meeting in Jersey City stockholders voted on two measures regarding capital stock and bond issuance. The first corrected a technical irregularity in increasing capital from 1,000,000 dollars. The second authorized directors to issue 3,600,000 dollars of 6 percent bonds, 2,000,000 of which would retire equal amount of preferred stock and 1,600,000 to cover mortgage indebtedness on certain plants.
An extra large squad of policemen kept women from the Molineux trial courtroom as five times its capacity sought admission. Molineux was dismissed from the stand after a few prosecution questions. Handwriting experts Marcellus Gumpel and N. D. Howell testified their opinions that the poison package writing did not match the prisoner.
In Cheyenne Wyoming on November 1 arguments for a new trial for Tom Horn, convicted of killing Willie Nickell for hire, are delayed as the defense works to substantiate a confession from a man whose name is withheld, supplied by cattle barons.
Pierre Nebraska reports Gottlieb Nie genfend found guilty and sentenced to death for killing his divorced wife and her father while wounding the mother-in-law and assaulting Lena Breyer. Bailie for Home. Southampton England also notes General Wood sailing to New York and General Dewit to Cape Town.
Nov 1 Chicago report: Democratic chairman Benjamin Cable predicts a working majority of at least 20 seats, with New York won by a small margin. He cites gains in Idaho Wyoming Montana Utah Washington Vermont West Virginia Maine Minnesota New Hampshire North Dakota and expects Loud to lose in California.
Baker City resident L Miller urges using the allowance from the federal irrigation law to redeem arid lands in Oregon. He argues for a practical irrigation plan showing land water supply, reservoir sites, and a market for crops to attract engineers and enable land redemption, settlement, roads, schools, and tax gains.
G V Harry president of the State Federation of Labor spent days in Pendleton Baker City and Sumpter reviving union interest. He praised local unions for remaining active amid recent events and predicted rising labor influence as he toured Eastern Oregon. The Baker City rivalries over Mayor Carter were noted, with W J Lachner proposed as the new chair.
Chicago market report notes wheat at 72 4 percent per bushel. Editorial from the Atlanta Constitution comments on Yale College naming a dialect poet and jokes about Billville University granting honorary memberships to Yale professors in a Literary Barbecue Society.
General Botha, leading the Boer relief commission in Europe, reports to the World that his fundraising mission for South Africa’s ruined farms has failed to meet expectations. He defends sincerity, laments misconstrued aims, and notes nations were urged to provide instant relief without favorable terms.
Salt Lake City reports four successful congenital hip defect operations by Dr Adolph Lorenz and a Vienna assistant. At Holy Cross hospital anxious parents urged the surgeons to help their children walk. Separate dispatches note political unrest in Haiti as Firmin followers and deputies face hardship. in Bahamas officials report prison terms for deputies, while wheat prices in San Francisco show the market at 1.3454 per cental.
Weston Mayor act takes decisive stand to close all non exempt businesses on Sundays. Saloon operators and tobacco shop defiers faced fines and suspensions while the city asserts full compliance under state law. State Normal patrons supposedly no longer affected as gambling already suppressed by mayor's earlier direction.
Wilkesbarre Pa November 1 The arbitration commission arrived in an aggressive mood amid protests by railway officials claiming Wyoming region mines sell coal at a small margin and wage hikes could drive contractors out of business. The party faced restricted access and only local press and representatives may accompany underground trips. The commission plans to return and stay over Sunday before moving to Hazleton to tour Lehigh mines.
Rev. George Martin was committed for trial today in London after being found with a quantity of powder during the king's procession. The incident occurred as the procession moved through the city and led to his committal to stand trial.
Mellmann president of the Washington and Oregon Railway Light and Power Company returns to Walla Walla and asserts the Pendleton to Wayton electric line will be built at once once funds are raised work will start by December first. He cautions December first week may delay but construction will be pushed to completion. A Vermont assembly swindle saw about 150 members pay one dollar for a photosouvenir not delivered. The episode is described as a shameless outrage and a warning to future generations local citizens discuss the incident amid Montpelier streets.
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