05 Sep 1902
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1902
Page
1
President Roosevelt travels to Chattanooga to speak at the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers convention with CORTELYOU or another secretary traveling. Stops include Wheeling and Asheville with plans to return by next Sunday. schedule limited to these cities.
A band of 60 Damara natives led by Kafr chief Nokhorst has looted the Orange River district near the German border. German and British authorities have joined to outfit an expedition with orders to exterminate the marauders.
Omaha reports a 600 mile race from Deadwood to the city in honor of President Roosevelt’s Omaha visit on September 27. Rough Riders Indians and “cowgirls” are expected to ride, each using a single horse for the entire distance, with the event drawing wide attention across Chicago and Nebraska.
Knoxville Tenn Sept 6 Three hundred miners employed by the Coal Creek Coal Company have quit work after failing to reach an agreement on the wage scale for the year starting September 1.
Rome reports King Emanuel III has ordered the battleship Carlo Alberto placed at Marconi's complete disposal to continue wireless telegraphy experiments in America and Europe. The measure aims to support ongoing scientific work and technological progress under royal authority.
Paris reports the minister of colonies ordered the immediate evacuation of the northern portion of Martinique. If southern volcanoes awaken, the entire island would be evacuated. Separately, Canada’s wheat crop in the northwest is heavy with harvesting under way and favorable weather.
Otto M Thumier elopes with Mrs Antoinette Young of San Francisco. Real Mrs Thumier heartbroken, and the eloper dies en route to Lisbon and is buried at sea. The wife, Mrs Antoinette Young, is unaware and shocked by the scandal. Higginson fleet returns to Block Island after a midnight attack on Fort Wright. Experts say an enemy fleet could threaten Long Island Sound and possibly New York.
Augustine Criscon, a noted Mexican bandit who escaped Graham county jail five years ago just before execution, was captured near Na co in Benson county by Captain Burton C. Missmen and Billy Stiles. He was turned over to Sheriff Parks to be taken to Solomonville for the death sentence carried five years ago.
Dispatches from Bologna citing a Rome report in the New York American describe the mysterious killing of Count Bonmartin a wealthy landowner and son in law of famed surgeon Professor Murri. An unknown woman is believed to have admitted desperadoes to the palace where the count was murdered and 100000 liverse vanished.
Cleveland report says Standard Oil officials negotiate with Everett Moore syndicate to buy all independent telephone companies they control. If completed the plan aims to absorb independent lines from New York to the Missouri River and end competition in that region.
United States Consul Jewell in Fort de France cables the jute department confirming the Mt Pelee eruption on August 30 and giving a conservative toll of 1600 killed. The dispatch emphasizes the scale of the tragedy and the likely undercount due to disrupted communications.
Sixty Southern cotton mills have agreed to form a merger in Huntsville Alabama. The capital will be underwritten by New York banks.
The recent arrival shows signs of tension within Manila's educational bureau. While no concrete charges appear, widespread discontent among teachers regarding the current system could lead to future problems for personnel in coming months.
In London on September 5 the Boer generals Dewet Delarey and Botha left their hotel in an open carriage for the colonial office amid an immense eager crowd. Joseph Chamberlain and General Kitchener met them, and the reception was described as a tremendous ovation.
On the final day of the Michigan postmasters annual meeting in Saginaw on Sept 6 they discussed the business of the Reeleter and Money Order Department the Rural Free Delivery System combined Third and Fourth Class Matter and the Fourth Class Postoffice and its Master with focus on efficiency and governance.
Milwaukee Wis Sept Louis A Lange of Fond du Lac was nominated for secretary of state on the first half of the Democratic convention today.
Rome, Sept. 5. John M. Farley Bishop Corrigan's successor is expected to visit Rome immediately after his consecration as archbishop.
President Roosevelt arranged an expensive floral wreath for Craje's funeral before departing on his southern trip in New York on September 6.
Mrs Hootman of Walla Walla filed suit against park director T Caswell seeking to stop baseball at the local park. The complaint alleges the games create a nuisance and seeks cessation of play at the present park.
Treasury figures show exports of manufacturers increasing by nearly ten million dollars and imports of manufacturers materials rising by 20 million dollars in the seven months ending August 1 versus the prior year. Washington reports the shift in trade, highlighting stronger outbound shipments and higher input costs.
Report from I L Ray and Co notes strong grain markets with prices near season highs. Liverpool up 5 to 10 percent, New York opening 73 44 closing 74, Chicago 68 ½ to 68 ¾, St Paul 190, Union Pacific 110, L N 162, Steel 41. Wheat quotes in Chicago 72 ¾ to 72, in San Francisco 1.14 to 1.16. Fire in Pocahontas mines in Bramwell under control.
Twelve political prisoners escaped by overpowering a guard at a luncheon in Kiev. They tossed a cloth over the guard and fled, with no capture yet. The government treats the breakout as part of an anti government plot and places high importance on recapture.
Kokomo Indiana reports a soldier George Hart, listed as dead of cholera since June 30, writes July 16 from a hospital saying he is alive. Hart refuses to confirm the government records to his father, insisting he is well and alive despite the official notice.
Major W. Brackett nephew of Thomas Reed Brackett killed himself at a Peoria hotel. He had recently sold a large Montana ranch for 69000 dollars amid reports of insanity.
The report notes Kaiser and Herlin with Sept and B Kantaer Wilam delivering a commitatory speech at Po eon. Press comments suggest the anti German sentiment has been nearly eradicated.
Cedar Point Ohio Sept 5 The Democratic state convention here was dominated by Johnsons influence and featured Rev Herbert Bigelow of Cincinnati as a keynote figure While Mayor Tom Johnson spoke as temporary chairman the event was brief with one ballot for food commissioner and a notable clash led by Ex Mayor Bruck of Columbus over Kraus of Cleveland The keynote urged publicity for trusts and defended the money question as alive in radical forms within American democracy.
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