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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1904
Page
1
A chaotic scene at a Tremont Temple convention hall ended with an Englishman defeated and delegates crying We are disgraced as an usher clumsily removed a lapel badge. The event featured pompous critics and disrupted proceedings amid political chatter and ceremonial display.
Hich Timber Company and Weyer Timber Company are linked to a syndicate led by Frederick Weterhunier and R. McCormick. They claim profits of about 20 million on a 6 million investment over four years. Waverhauser Timber Company increases capital to 12.4 million and holds nearly a million acres in Western Washington. The group plans further land acquisitions, selling only where needed, with expectations holdings reach 50 million. In Washington a black man named Alt was hanged for murder after a February incident.
Salem officials reported a vigorous public ownership mass meeting Saturday night where the appointed committee gathered statistics on municipal light and water services for a forthcoming report. The gathering showed strong support for public ownership and another session will decide on steps to install a lighting plant.
Attendance at the St. Louis fair rose to 12,505,511 with a 12.67 percent rise in a 134 day period. The week ending Saturday saw 722,565 attendees, the largest since opening, as officials eye Chicago World’s Fair standards. In Washington, Good Roads convenes October 15 in Walla Walla with Samuel Hill re-elected president.
Local reports from Santa Fe New Mexico dated October 4 describe the Lake Avion dam near Carlsbad bursting and sending floodwaters down the Pecos River. The disaster devastates irrigation canals, disrupts power infrastructure, and tolls at least 20 lives with losses estimated around 500000 to 1000000 dollars as Trinidad and surrounding areas brace for full impact.
Reports from Rome and St Petersburg detail Mukden surrounded by electric defenses and a large Russian force under Stackelberg while Kuropatkin camps at Tieling. Japanese troops surge into northern China as Vladivostok defenses tighten amid plots against Odessa’s czar visit and renewed coastal tensions.
Vladivostok dispatch notes calm in town and Indians using combined harvesters to save money. Ben Holt of Holt Brothers says the device cuts costs, with reports of a farmer saving about 1000 dollars on a 200 acre field. Holt, based in Walla Walla, travels to The Dalles and Portland.
Two carloads of horses arrived from North Yakima and were quartered at the racing stables. They will begin training immediately for the upcoming meet. Francisco the Wallin Walla favorite is among arrivals. The track is being groomed daily and demand for blooded stock pens is high with space nearly filled. Carpenters add pens and Secretary Caswell says stock will be at the track by Friday or Saturday.
Robert Treat Paine Jr of Boston was today elected president of the International Peace Congress and Benjamin F. Trueblood of Boston was re-elected secretary. The congress opened with its first formal business meeting today.
Wheat opened at 0.13 and closed at a loss with 12 percent drop. May futures moved from 1.13 and settled at 1.122. Corn and oats showed weak to stable sessions with limited data. Postmaster Payne gravely ill. family summoned as condition worsens in Washington. Tibetan expedition faces setback amid harsh marching toward India and Chinese alignment with Anglo Tibetan treaty questioned.
500 Are Out of School, Portland, Oct 4. Over 600 children remain without a classroom as the term has begun for more than three weeks. The delay in providing an adequate school building continues to be reported as an injustice to pupils and taxpayers.
Major Robert Dubbin announced a new Salvation Army project in Pendleton to provide shelter for destitute men. local business leaders were asked to back the effort, with plans for a dormitory over a store and a linked wood yard to allow residents to earn meals and beds. The shelter would join others in Seattle Portland Tacoma and Spokane with a Walla Walla site planned soon. The annual harvest festival continues through Saturday with a goods auction at the barracks.
The Mountain Gem reports two carloads of wheat from Asotin bound for New York, with a second cargo to depart on Saturday. Captain Gray will sound channel depths to confirm loading capacity despite low water. The lower deck is dedicated to freight, while deck space is fully utilized.
The state court convened to arrange civil and criminal docket with many matters settled out of court. Ralph Ward faces assault with a dangerous weapon on October 12 while other cases include gambling house activity and allowing a minor to frequent a saloon. Several trials are set for next week as numerous cases were continued or passed. Poorly paid preachers are highlighted at a Methodist Conference noting low salaries and gift misclassifications.
The appeal of August W. Machen and others in the powtoffice conspiracy case was listed in the United States circuit court of appeals this morning with a hearing scheduled for October 18. The item notes the letter box fastener matter as a related detail.
Rioters clashed in Claises today as dragoons dispersed the crowd. Several disturbed individuals were wounded during the unrest.
A list of 1906 events in Portland shows 15 conventions assured with more planned for next year. Scheduled meetings include national groups such as the American Medical Association the National Good Roads Association the United Commercial Travelers and the Pacific Coast Electric Tram Association among others.
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