10 Oct 1903
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1903
Page
1
A fragmented local document reports on a convention in Umatilla County debating ecological and economic aims for irrigation. It urges a law to allow private water use tied to landowners and riparian rights, with commissions to study needs, fair allocation, and prevent waste. The piece notes distrust of outsiders and calls for decisive action.
Birmingham district iron workers cheer a 50 cent per ton freight rate cut on pig iron effective today under a Southern Iron Committee agreement. They hope the relief avoids further price cuts but warn the situation may force reduced output or price drops.
Methodist preachers and exhorters of Wilmington plan the annual convention of the International Association of MF Lorn! Preachers and Exhorters in Union Church starting tomorrow with at least 150 delegates from the region, including guests from Finland, Havana, and Cuba. Also notes Havana Independence Day events and smallpox reports in Hood River with several cases recorded.
A Chicago millionaire named Abraham Kelley died suddenly from morphine related illness. A coroner's jury ruled the death natural but ordered a stomach analysis. Kelley, 82, previously received about 1.6 million dollars and arrived in San Francisco with a woman who claimed no wife status and bought a ticket for the East under the name Mrs Webb while seeking protection from publication.
Archiver Troutman has nearly ready plans and specs for contracting the superstructure. The bare building is estimated to cost 410 dollars.
Topeka reports Mount Nebo, the state’s highest hill, isolated on volcanic rock in Sherman County, emitting windblown dust and rumblings that terrify residents. The item notes other scattered reports from Paris and Chicago on divorce talks, stock trading shifts, and wheat price movements as the day’s miscellany.
Octorts across Delaware and nearby towns report the fiercest flood in history. Rivers rose over 20 feet, sweeping away barns bridges and rail beds while darkness and halted mills idled factories. Dozens of families evacuated with several drowning reported as water flooded streets and key routes including the Delaware and Hudson line.
Two irrigation conventions join as a supplementary statewide association effort in Columbia Valley. Notables including Governor candidates Chamberlain Morrison, Judge Hartman, W H King of Ontario, and Senator Smith are expected. Officials, committees, and speakers plan a thorough two day program on artesian wells, subdrainage, and winter irrigation with lectures by Professor Lackenby and Judge Lowell guiding sessions.
Mrs Nellie Fisk and her 10 month old baby were found dead in their Chicago apartment after a gas jet was left on by accident. A younger infant, nearly dead, was hospitalized with slim chances of recovery as authorities investigated the room where mother and two babies slept.
Chicago October 10 Thomas Kidd vice president of the American Federation of Labor warned that unions would withdraw funds from banks if raids on unions do not stop. He said organized capital must halt antiboycott actions and employers' assault, with potential withdrawals totaling about $400 million from banks and related institutions.
In Ohio the campaign intensifies as Bryan Johnson and other state ticket candidates tour multiple towns daily. National GOP figures including Shaw, Hanna, Fairbanks, Cannon, Moody and Wilson join the effort, promising a brisk pace for supporters and a broad push across the Buckeye state.
The international sanitary plague conference opens in Paris under French government auspices to revise and unify findings from two prior conferences. Delegates from Venive Try, Austria, Spain, Germany and most European states attend, with the United States officially represented by Surgeon General H. P. Golding of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service.
In Peoria October 10, owners offer partial wage rise to miners but engineers refuse. If demands are not met, coal mines across the belt may shut down, threatening a general strike in the mining region.
Admissions to the main tent reach eight thousand for the week while rain dampens plans for a Lewleton trip led by Mr. Arnold. The Merchants' Carnival reports strong crowds, with the Chemawa band heading to Willamette valley and attractions moving to Lawiston. Fire destroys much of Missouri state fruit exhibit for the St. Louis fair.
A St Petersburg dispatch reports Russia may declare war on Japan if Tokyo does not change its Manchuria stance. Moscow insists Manchuria remains under Russian control and will not evacuate, with port details and timing noted as October events unfold.
Manchester Oct 10 report says Irish nationalists will back Balfour in the next Parliament in exchange for a Catholic university to be built in Ireland. Unionists are said to promise support for the project as the concession.
Sofia reports October observations on frontier fighting gaining little credence in government circles. The same dispatch notes that demobilization of the tenth class reserves began today.
James F Gleason alias William Madden or Maiden olan Gleanon was taken into custody by Sheriff Taylor for attempting to pass checks alleged to be forgeries. The checks bore the signature Howard Neabla and various banks were named. Madden, about 25, handsome and well dressed, carried several checks and attempted cash at multiple places including Pondicton and Newnan cigar store. A companion watched as Madden allegedly tried to swipe a watch from McBroom & Gurianos while another man indicated involvement. Winter apples scarce as Milton’s HM A Green brings a load to the city and packing houses seek fruit for orders.
A small room at the Waterworks was repaired to be a comfortable headquarters for Engineer Million during the warmer weather. James McKinney, charged as a drunk man and editor, was fined five dollars in police court this morning.
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