22 Oct 1902
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1902
Page
1
Fragmented report recounts a Corn Products Company blaze in Chicago on October 22. Survivors and presumed fatalities include several workers who jumped from a fifth story. investigators probe motive amid a broader, chaotic account with related deaths and ongoing inquiries.
Forest City Arkansas on October 22 a mob seized Charles Young a colored man from the jail and burned him alive a half mile east of town after breaking in with sledge hammers. Mrs Ed Lewis a white woman had been seriously harmed in the mob action. The execution occurred before hundreds of onlookers.
In Boston Pennsylvania on October 22 a crane on the Lehigh Valley bridge over the Delaware toppled. Frank Currs and Patrick Jermiah fell into the Morris canal from a height of about 200 feet.
In Hazelton Pa October 22 Markle company posted notices asking miners to apply individually for work tomorrow. Miners refused to return to the old scale and were sent home. In Jeddo Crifton workers declined to sign old-scale back agreements. Panther Creek valley pumpmen and firemen reported for Landsford Summit Hill. Mass meetings parades and onfires ran all night. At Coaldale a militiaman fatally shot a union man during celebrations. Greenwood colliery had only one engineer present. mine owner Markle did not sign arbitration papers.
A public meeting will be held at the Commercial Association rooms in Pendleton at 2 p m on Monday October 27 1902 to perfect plans for a factory for Rigby Clove harvester and other farm implements and to take subscriptions for 25000 dollars of preferred stock with a guaranteed income of 8 percent per annum Citizens of Pendleton and Umatilla County are urged to attend to support manufacturing and local interests. By order of the board of directors Pendleton Commercial Association
Columbus Oct 22 The meeting of the Ohio Grand Lodge of Masons in Columbus is expected to be well attended with Grand Officers and representatives arriving. Local Masons greet visitors at the Chittenden hotel as sessions prepare to open in the auditorium tomorrow with Governor Nash welcomed as a new member of the local lodge.
Wytheville Virginia hosts the Confederate veterans annual meeting and reunion. Grand Commander Thomas W. Smith formally opened the gathering at noon with a large attendance, many veterans accompanied by wives and families. The William H. Terry camp acts as host with an elaborate program for visitors.
The Big Three buyers in Umatilla drive an active stock season with rising cattle, horse, and hog shipments from the interior. Pendleton and Sound country buyers compete fiercely, with firms like Carstens Bros and Ball of Frye-Brown Pedigree expanding imports. The Swearinger Swellinger mare is noted as a Seattle driver, and shipments of 1000 cattle, 129 horses, and 100 hogs since May 1 suggest a total approaching seventy thousand dollars in value.
Pendleton acts as a major production and shipment center for cattle horses hogs and sheep in Umatilla County. The article highlights the Big Three buyers James Lonergan L Stubblefield and F B Ball who have purchased hundreds of cattle totaling about 240 000 dollars since May 1 and notes ongoing large shipments and monthly dealings by W J Furnish and others at Swearinger Bros headquarters drawing stockmen from across the region.
Wheat prices eased with export and milling demand remaining strong. Liverpool and New York levels fluctuated, with openness at 75 percent and settlement near 77 percent. notable quotes include St. Paul 191, Union Pacific 105.5, and steel at 40 percent. Wheat futures also noted in San Francisco and Chicago reports with varied quotes.
Five thousand people including many scientists witnessed Camille Flammarion demonstrate the earth’s rotation from the Pantheon dome. A 60-pound weight hung by a 224 foot wire showed a noticeable pendulum deviation opposite the earth’s rotation, drawing loud cheers in what was billed as the era’s greatest public astronomy event.
Mantilla the consul general on steamer Peru bound to Australia says General Castillo came aboard at Port Panama and told Manilla he had a commission from the revolutionists to present their case to Washington authorities He left the ship at San Jose and will travel over land to the Atlantic side then board a ship to New Orleans hoping for U S recognition.
In Copenhagen on October 22 the second reading fell short as the bill to ratify the treaty transferring the Danish West Indies to the United States failed by a tie vote. The lands bill did not pass the parliamentary vote today.
New witness linked to the sale of the horse involved in the case and describes the buyer, whose appearance reportedly tallies with that of Molineux. The development comes as the October New York trial continues to unfold with testimony adding a sensational twist.
General Kitchener plans a campaign against the Somaliland rebellion if conditions worsen while en route to India. In Milwaukee, delegates from across the country attend the National Household Economics Association meeting led by Mrs. Henry M. Youmans and Miss Dilon C. Sabin with a program of papers and discussions through Saturday.
In London on October 22 Irish members demanded a day to discuss grievances as Campbell Bannerman backed them. Balfour dismissed the Irish as a faction, provoking a tumult with O'Brien of Cork demanding a discussion on Roosevelt's message to the Irish League and U.S. relations. The scene centered on whether to adjourn to debate these implications with Cortrlyou’s Boston letter read aloud.
This afternoon three more cattle cars will depart the W and C T stock yards bound for Fyfe, Brohn & Co of Seattle. The cattle were brought here via the Stal & N and transferred to the other line. Tomorrow 17 more cars will travel the same route to the Sound, with 15 by F B Ball and two by West and Furnish.
A ladle of molten slag exploded at the Carrie furnace in Rankin near Pittsburg. Water in the car dropped and caused the blast. Six men were badly burned, two fatally, and eight others burned or seriously injured. All workers affected were men.
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