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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1901
Page
1
A scrambled summary of various items mentions wheat shipments, livestock shipments, and government reports including a October 1, 1401 date. It references hunger in the valley, revenue totals, and conspiracies in distant events. Names like Krause and Johanneslung appear amid arrests and frauds.
Heaton Nov 27 Senator Lodge, close to President Roosevelt, wires to a local paper that he favors the Chinese exclusion act and intends to introduce a bill for its extension this winter. The prominence of Lodge in the national administration heightens the importance of his stance on this question.
World's Fair site in Forest Park slated to break ground tomorrow with ceremonies filmed for exhibition. Treasurer Thompson to turn first earth with longhandled woolen shovel. ex-governor Francis to act as plowman. Crowd expected for the event in St Louis. Philadelphia sportmen show opens in Artic Rural Hall and runs through December 21 with dog show, shooting and athletic contests.
Oakland dispatch reports Senator Perkin opposes admitting Chinese to Hawaii the Philippines and all American territories before departing for Washington He denounces discrimination in favor of sugar planters and calls for avoiding coolie labor in beet sugar firms.
London reports Miss Vanderbilt Wackerman the American girl who went insane here about a fortnight ago has become violent and is being fed through a tube.
A messenger from brigands holding Miss Stow states they will kill the missionary if the full ransom is not paid by Christmas. The note, dated November 27 at Adlapateh, reports the oath sworn to KH, adding pressure on authorities to act.
Ex governor David Waite known for Blood to the bridles fame died suddenly in Aapen Nevada today.
Captain Perry of the Iowa confirms Col ombian gunboat Pinzon returned to Colon. Report says Pinzon landed about 600 Alban forces to recapture Colon while stalemate and delays affected train movements near San Pablo and Gatun. Troops landed and officials expect firing to resume as trains pass.
From Prevtoria reports Pilcher in the Orange River colony captured twenty four Boers at Takenvelt news brief confirms operational success and details scarce.
Anonymous letters circulating in Pendleton reference box 287 and accuse Geneva White and her husband Pred White of provoking jealousy. The envelope bears Heller Chemical Company Chicago, but no money demands are reported. Officials will investigate the origin of the letters. the Whites, away, could not be reached.
A large number of delegates and visitors assemble in Jacksonville Florida for the International Mental Science Association convention starting soon at the home of Helen Whome. Attendees represent nearly every U S state and several European countries as they plan to adopt action unifying branches of the movement for propaganda and educational purposes.
Detroit faces a citywide grief as hospitals overflow with the wounded and dying after Tuesday’s blast in the Ponberthy engine room. Overnight search continued. by dawn twenty eight victims identified or pronounced dead, with another unnamed casualty reported.
Judge Morse of the district court ordered final judgment for the Postal Telegraph company against the Oregon Short Line. The ruling covers the line from Salt Lake City to Cannon station on the Idaho state line. One more link is needed from the Montana state line to Butte to complete the east west chain.
Hackensack Nova Scotia story notes William H W Ackerman and wife of Arcola near here have a large family of eleven. Estella the youngest daughter wed recently and Harry, the son, is to marry tomorrow. The ten daughters are all married, with the family living within a half hour ride along the Susquehanna railroad.
An odd fragment from Baltimore dated November 27 describes a Progressive order gathering in the city. Names such as Melville and Hichborn, Thomas Jardine, and Howry, along with references to shipyards, appear in a garbled account of an event or talk about naval architecture and retirement, with many obscurities and misspellings.
Boston November 27. The Domine ich Line launches a Mediterranean service from Boston with routes to Gigraiter Naples and Genoa carrying freight and passengers. The new service is expected to divert business from New York to Boston, reshaping transatlantic trade and travel patterns.
The New York Market report notes dull but firmer wheat trading in San Francisco New York and Chicago on November 27 with a half cent gain in Chicago and similar moves at New York. Opening prices slipped but closed near intraday highs. There was no board session tomorrow and prices for Sugar Steel St Paul Union Pacific listed.
Hartford scenes shift to boxing as Terry McGovern prepared for his featherweight title tilt with James J. Corbett amid heavy public interest. Corbett boasted twenty five knockouts and claimed confidence, while McGovern trained under Bam Harris with Danny Doherty noted as a promoter. Meanwhile New York reports confirm McGovern’s morning run before departure for Hartford as boxing crowds streamed in. In Baltimore local pugilists Joe Walcott and Peter Jackson planned a twenty round Thanksgiving bout under the Furela Athletic club.
In Hirminghem on November 27 authorities announced readiness to start making steel rails at the Tennessee Coal and Railroad Company plant near Bagley. The new plant will produce the finest steel rails for trunk lines, with early operations to begin and large orders expected from the Southern, Louisville and Nashville railroads.
Philadelphia on November 27 reports the jubilee events for St Josephs College begin with high mass celebrated by Bishop McFawl of Trenton. An evening banquet at the college hall is to feature Governor Stone Mayor Ashbridge and other public figures with leading Jesuit Fathers of the eastern province in attendance.
Last day of the Teachers Association convention features a Milton quartet performance. Session will close the program with instructors attending from Union, Baker City, Weston, and Pendleton areas. Officers elected include President B. J. Hragg and Secretary N. C. Strange. The event is expected to be one of Oregon’s most successful conventions.
A Tuesday evening event at Woeton Normal School attracted more attendees than seating allowed. Performances included Mine Pechion and Mine La Nurre with solos such as Angus Macdonald and The Hot Roe, praised as convention highlights, under Jaell direction and school tutelage.
N Berkeley Jr Pendleton real estate man pushes a county fair for Umatilla with 10000 needed to start and 2500 already subscribed this forenoon. He aims to involve farmers and model the fair on eastern state experiences while touring surrounding towns to raise funds.
Pittsburg on November 27 reports the national Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen refused to back the strike by switchmen rated yesterday. The decision spells defeat for the strikers and ends the immediate labor action.
Cleveland notices William Nunn a leading undertaker of Meveland will marry Miss Lillian Costlow of Ig rn The bride to be is noted as the love of whom it is cata Ross For- Farrell murdered his friend, and for that crime Farrell was electrocuted after a sensational trial in Oblo.
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