30 Oct 1902
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1902
Page
1
TheREGION ion Commission began its morning inspection of Hart FOR sooy OF DEAD MINER. Superintendent and cousin Rock Kills a t Nine were examined. Officials noted efforts to improve safety and prevent accidents as bodies were recovered and the mine shaft secured.
A fragmentary report notes a $20,000 secured by rovers who looted Friday morning, claimed to target Featerday’s amount of $5000. Marquis faces insult by Chamber of Deputies members as Marquis Dion challenges Rebus. Odell and Odell are in town with betting at two to one in Odel.
War Department announces a new military post near Manila to be built and named Fort William McKinley. Roosevelt directed the preparation, and Taft reports cholera nearly vanished from Luzon with only two Manila cases daily in the last ten days.
A Bearmouth miner reports James Conn wealthy ranchman on Willow Creek shot in his home. His mother crushed skull lay on floor. A demented woman who once lived with the Conn family was present. she previously killed her husband. Police at scene consider a possible bandit motive or a family tragedy.
On President John Mitchells advice District President Duffy ordered a continued strike at Markle Pardee Cor brothers and Wents Company collieries in Hazelton Pa Fifteen mines affected and men including steam workers are out The strike will run until the objectionable agreements are withdrawn Strikers to be cared for by the miners relief fund.
Two more large mines adjoining yesterday's cave in Joplin Missouri caved in this morning. Others are threatened and several abandoned. The ruined mines, all producers, had paid about half a million dollars in dividends.
Three Prosperous Farm families members, William Wickersham his brother Albert and sister Julia, were found burned to death in the ruins of their Elkhorn Wisconsin home this morning. The blaze destroyed their residence and the fate of any other occupants remains unknown. Local authorities are investigating the cause of the fire.
In Chatham England on October 3 a tram car broke loose on a steep incline and derailed after striking a curve. One person was killed and about eighty injured, many seriously, as the crew struggled to control the runaway vehicle.
The oldest couple to wed in Uma tilla County in years, Louis M. Bly and Mare Scott, joined life Wednesday evening at the bride’s home in this city. Rev. J. T. Hoskins officiated. The groom is 83 and the bride 72.
Dr Stephen A Wise spoke to over 600 teachers at the county court house last evening on Shakespeare as a moral guide. The session featured Miss Corhy Raley and Mrs Borie in musical interludes, and Wise argued Shakespeare teaches through life’s moral laws rather than explicit didactic rules.
A telegram from Consul General McNalley reports Santa Maria eruption ongoing. Quesanteango is buried under six inches of ash with coast coffee plantations covered by seven feet of sand and ash. Continuous detonations quake the capital as earthquakes occur. Tompador also reports eruptions. Inhabitants flee in panic.
At a church gathering last night Fred Nolf was chosen to succeed James Crawford on the Pendleton Academy board as Crawford’s term expired. One board member is elected by the church independently of the school board.
In White Plains in November 40, John Quimby his wife and John Lathrop were indicted for manslaughter in the second degree over a young girl’s death from typhoid fever. Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Scientists, is expected to attend the trial to defend them.
In Portland on October 30 British Consul Laidlaw secured a U S court injunction restraining all crimps from boarding ships in port after a clash aboard the Morven between spallora and crimpe.
Portland residents report that cigar merchants are forming an association to resist the trust’s encroachment aimed at freezing out private enterprises. The move signals organized merchant action against consolidation efforts in the trade.
Wheat in San Francisco shows Pikefly per cental while Chicago notes Wheat at T2I4a Tec per bushel, reflecting short market updates from October reports.
Negotiations reportedly under way for a merger between the North American Company, owned by Morgan & Co, and the United Gas Improvement Company, controlled by Widner and Griscom. The aim is to gain control of Hechting and trolley interests across America with vast holdings in England and substantial strength in New York, Milwaukee, Detroit, Cincinnati and other cities. The plan envisions consolidation followed by westward expansion toward the Pacific slope.
Belfast October 20 official agreement made public shows Pierpont Morgan and the White Star Line trading for control. The trust pays 63.5 million, stockholders receive 15.5 million in cash and stock valued at 50 thousand per share, consolidating a decisive financial move in the shipping combine.
Upper Peninsula Rict ional Association opens its seventh annual meeting in Marquette Michigan with delegates arriving and committees meeting. The program lists many prominent educators and the conference is expected to be highly successful.
The meeting of the Stationary Firemen's Association planned for today in Toledo has been postponed one week due to the elections in Chicago.
The first suit filed on the court house law docket since October 10 was brought this morning by DC Radcliffe against L M Blevins. The complaint seeks $74.66 for labor and $17.50 for a shotgun allegedly sold by the defendant to the plaintiff, James A. Fee and R J Slater are attorneys for the plaintiff.
New corporation with $100,000 capital filed by William T. Rigby George W. Rigby and Jacob Clove. Purpose to manufacture the Highly tilone combined harvester and other machinery at the planned plant. Capital stock set at $100,000 with shares at $100 each and reserved rights on share issues.
Levter Macklin arrived in Pendleton at the request of District Attorney Hailey regarding accusations of defacing brands on cattle. Neighbors describe a mistaken branding incident linked to a neighbor cow, leading to allegations but no charges. The case is to be further investigated and may be dropped.
Investors offered shares in a mine claim boasting 4441 feet on North Pole Hill. The owner claims the tunnel and workings prove the mine to be the richest on the mother lode.
Mapa photographs and ore can be soon at the office of T Gahagan Hartman's abstract office.
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