25 Nov 1904
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1904
Page
1
In Chicago on November 25 a man named Gascon allegedly attacked his brother who was watching at his bedside. The victim, in underwear, was found in the street after a struggle on Third Street. Jamis Hogart intervened, mistaking him for a semiambulist. the assault preceded the fatal blow.
The Big Bend National Bank at Davenport Washington was closed by order of the comptroller of the currency due to insolvency and a receiver will be appointed. Liabilities exceed $500,000, with the bank having run on excessive loans.
Otis Lawverland was electrocuted at the penitentiary park in Colonia Ohio for complicity in the murder of an aged farmer near Alto last year. The first shock failed to kill him. the second produced a fatal outcome as witnesses described the electrocution.
The care of Joseph Valentine president of the Modern Union arrested for alleged connection with murder and dynastic plots after Eureka Foundry murders. hearing set for December 28. Valentine’s attorney calls it a labor leader victim of conspiraney. Whitman College suffers defeat at football by State Agricultural College. Whitman’s halfback suffers severe right shoulder injury. player from Pendleton.
The Eagles minstrel show will be presented at Krazer Theater on November 26 and 29 with a program in two evenings. Interlocutor J T Hinkle will open, featuring acts by K J Taylor Thomas Aston Claude Estes Dallas Hara and more. The bill includes second tambourines Jay Bogert Mick Lawrenes Harold James and ee Drake, solos by William Krassig Clark Wood and others, choruses, Rawles Quartet, and various skits and dances ending with A Day in the South by the entire company.
Portland Nov 25 The land fraud trial featured Congressman Hermann asserting Richards ignored fraudulent entries. Photographs and affidavits depict the disputed tracts as barren wilderness with no cultivation. Surveyor Warrington testified June inspections found no cultivation despite improvements by homesteaders.
In federal and state courts across Denver and Walla Walla the day centers on election integrity with warrants issued for Democratic election officers in Gowen while Republicans seek copies of homes from the wobye fete. Meanwhile Walla Walla marks a milestone as the first paved streets open along Main and Alder, completing over a mile of asphalt in four months.
Tokyo reports Japanese forces shelling Miblung Bunebu fortifications with heavy damage and expected capture of forts. Washington says efforts to seize Port Arthur intensify under Tokyo orders. France signals support for peace moves in the Far East and welcomes a potential peace conference. Baltic fleet division enters Suez Canal bound for the Far East. Altai uprising prompts deadly crackdowns as prices spur unrest among Kalmyks. German response to peace conference favorable. crackdown on nihilist cells widens. All quiet on the Shakhe after Tuesday clashes.
Cheyenne Wyo Nov 26 Frauds of gigantic scope unearthed by Union Pacific auditor G The scheme spanned months with hundreds of pay checks issued to dummies in western divisions of the railroad Names of culprits known to the company and arrests expected momentarily The fraud involved timekeeping workers sending dummy employees to Omaha for monthly checks and forging or wiring payees Officials began new payroll procedures after discovery today auditor Cullin delivered hundreds of checks to local employees and fourteen dummies are already located with about 1100 credited and drawn
Oregon State Grange report by State Master B G Leedy notes seven new granges formed in the year with 6590 members in six brigades and 500 net new members. Emphasizes lecture work as a key driver and free bulletins to every represented family. Also records December wheat and corn price openings and closings in Chicago trading.
Promoters in Walla Walla seek a Thursday excursion to Pendleton to carry patrons from small towns along the line. The plan envisions a regular weekly service, advertised to farm residents and travelers, with hoped benefits for Umatilla county towns and a daylight connection for Walla Walla residents to Portland.
The village of Herminton was created this morning by a plat filed with the West Quarter recorder. The plat covers section 11 township 4 north range 26 east Willamette Meridian and includes the Maxwell O. B. N. station. Herminton sits about 1.75 miles west of Pendleton, filed by H R Newport and J S Skinner of Lewiston.
A fragmented local note mentions a notable elopement or marriage gesture connected to someone named Ales, with unclear references to deer, a hill, and a place titled Sait. The readable fragments suggest a personal event rather than an official public notice.
A southbound trolley from Cleveland collided with a fast eastbound Pennsylvania freight near Cleveland. Twenty five injured, fourteen known hurt while two died. Relief train carried nurses and doctors to Cleveland hospitals. victims include Arthur Riggs of Akron and William Phroone of Cleveland.
Butte Montana reports an injunction dissolved affecting Aralininated firms. Five hundred workers remained employed as the decision shifted around the Armalc amated la. In New York Marconi announces the death of Jimmy Michiels, a notable nogottat, aboard the French liner Taumnwvol, arriving this afternoon. The death is unexpected as he was scheduled to perform next month.
George Rothrock and Charles Beam, aged about 14, and Carrie Miperag with two older girls, were found wandering and crying after fleeing from Realstle. Arrested at a nearby park, they faced a preliminary hearing while authorities consider sending the youths to a state reformatory.
Russian oil companies controlling sixty percent of Batoum exports have created a new trust opposing Standard Oil promoters. The group seeks government support and aims to ally with Austria Hungary and German firms to counter American competition.
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