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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1905
Page
1
Fragmentary report describes anti Jewish rhetoric and calls to violence amid unrest. Text references insurrectionary activity and a mutiny among troops near Kronstadt, complicating civil order and church authority. Key figures or groups are not clearly identified in the surviving excerpt.
Chicago correspondent reports the old regime seeks funds and censorship ends as Russia moves toward normal constitutional power. In Kiev and St Petersburg unrest spreads as anti Remite mobs loot, police stay idle, and a police chief resigns amid Kronstadt mutiny and urban clashes with many casualties and fires.
In St. Petersburg reports say Wilte Tay supports immediate universal suffrage amid Kronstadt turmoil. Hudsons are reported killed or wounded as a fire lights the town. Sailors mutinied without a regular battle. troops and workers joined, and Petersburg to Shanghai wire lines fail as trains halt.
American flags prominently displayed in art appreciation of Roosevelt's peace move. The man in the pulpit should never be the model for the man in the pew.
Rosenn Grover was awarded 10000 dollars in the breach of promise case against James E. Zook late mayor of Hallard. The verdict was unanimous though the defense demanded an X-ray to prove consumption at engagement time. The girl, said to be infected by consumption caused by Zook last January, remains in poor health. The verdict is approved by the citizens. Zook is reputed wealthy.
Milix and J N Teal go to Washington to press for federal and harbor appropriations to advance the Columbia River jetty project. The Portland chamber of commerce transportation committee endorses sending Teal and Mille as representatives, with Teal to attend the National Rivers and Harbors congress in January.
The Automatic Telephone Company seeking a Olympia franchise faced a setback as the mayor returned the proposal unsigned. He cited four main flaws including incomplete terms and excessive loopholes that fail to protect the city. The council voted unanimously to sustain the mayoral veto.
Reports from Hong Kong describe brutal mob violence against Western missionaries and families including exposure, drowning, and murder amid rioting. Separately, Deputy Game Warden Harbaugh led arrests for illegal killing of quail outside season, with concerns over potential extinction of the introduced birds. Local residents await Eagle Valley railroad construction, seen as a county boost.
The gas franchise ordinance was amended and passed after consideration. Provisions include conditions controlling price reductions and service installation time limits, with a twenty year appraisal, pricing adjustments, and compensation terms for the franchise.
A city gas policy outlines four provisions: option to purchase the plant after 20 years, potential rate reductions after five years if manufacturing costs drop due to coal price changes or improved methods, timetabled water supply allocations to city ports, and a change in the guarantee bond from 1000 to 2000 with 500 of the old bond collected.
City council approves a revised gas franchise for Northwestern Gas & Electric, altering bond amounts and purchase terms. The ordinance adds a $2000 bond, a city purchase option after 20 years, and stepped annual payments totaling 8200, while preserving fuel rate caps and a potential rate relief clause if production costs fall. The vote was unanimous after debate on bond forfeiture and old franchise repeal.
Reports from Chicago Wheat Market quotations show price levels for wheat, corn, and oats. A legal action begins as Councilman William Glasford sues the Union Petting & Publishing company for alleged contempt over articles in the Daily Chion over five months. Royal visit notes cover Alfons and crown prince dining in Madehure with the 66th regiment, then opera and hunting plans. A Rio de Janeiro garrison revolt is reported as nonpolitical, with government calm. New York coverage notes John Ha kenman of Metropolitan Insurance questioned in an insurance investigation.
Washington officials announce continued government prosecution of boot trust leaders despite immunity promises by Commissioner Garfield. Prince Louis of New York arrives in harbor, while Prince Louis arrives in New York with his meet. The Prince and Princess of Wales arrive today.
Indictments against two Livermore and Carlin men for selling liquor to Indians trigger an appeal to the state supreme court. District Attorney Phelps predicts the law’s constitutionality will be upheld and sentences may be suspended pending the decision. Dietne and local attorneys sign stipulation. Emperor William gifts six thoroughbred cattle to the mikado.
Reports from New York on November 9 describe Hearst supporters alleging 15 000 to 20 000 votes were void or protested while a court order forces police to deliver ballot boxes to the election commission. John Voorhis refuses to accept wagons kept returns and faces court orders to release ballots amid a tense standoff.
In Walla Walla on November, barley prices advanced with whole barley at 18 dollars per ton and rolled barley at 29 dollars per ton, driven by stronger demand.
O C Roberts maps Alberta and Asinibola provinces in Canada for a month long inspection trip to study the region and purchase wheat potentially for a Canadian wheat pool while divorce proceedings are filed by James Weston through Somes AL Free. The couple wed at Butteville in 1858 and Roberts accuses his wife of harsh treatment and refusal to perform housework leading to the suit.
Alben Smith, a gambler, shot and killed his wife and Lt. J. Johnson, then fled to Central City where he was found dead in a hotel. He died of poison after reading reports of the crime. The double murder occurred on the city outskirts and followed his wife leaving him.
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