06 Sep 1904
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1904
Page
1
Amid labor conflict, about 200 strikers plan to return to their old places as talks continue. Votes favor resuming work with the Packers union and allied trades, while some workers remain in dispute. Officials note pending negotiations and sympathetic support for strikers' families.
SHAM BATTLE IN PROGRESS. The third battle of Bull Run began at midnight in Virginia with outposts set by General Bull’s army at Thoroughfare and an advance guard from General Grant’s troops at Manass. Dawn saw artillery in position and long range firing followed by infantry skirmishes and eventual line engagement.
Governor Davis is reelected as Arkansas votes count and statewide returns show a clear victory. Other statewide officers appear unopposed as results from Little Rock confirm the slate.
Dover September 1 The Democratic leaders including former U S Senator KR RL Keuner express confidence the party can swing Delaware in November. They anticipate naming a full state ticket to oppose Republican factions led by Pennewell Hollanda and Mayor Bird while relying on strong party organization to overcome a small Republican majority.
Knight Morris Sminoff of San Francisco was thrown from his horse in the parade and sustained a fractured skull. He is fatally injured and a cloak manufacturer. Malta Drill Corps of Binghamton N Y led the ovations followed by De Molays of Louisville Ivanhoe of Milwaukee and St Bernard's. Knight Leath Dies From Exhaustion in Knoxville Tenn commandery parade.
Salt Lake September 6 prominent Gentiles mainly bolters from the Republican state ticket plan to organize an anti Mormon party guided by the Kearns faction. About thirty thousand have subscribed to the movement. The new faction mirrors the old Liberal party in style and aims.
Burlington notes a huge statewide turnout this morning amid the fiercest party strife on record. Democrats express confidence in narrowing the Republican majority to about 16 000 or 17 000 as returns stream in from all regions of Vermont.
Combined Japanese armies are within fourteen miles of Mukden as they press the retreating Russians. Heavy cannonading, rear guard actions, and skirmishes continue while Kuroki and Tokio forces push north and east of the Rug Stans Ting retreats toward Mukden. Evacuations and censorship shift to Harbin as Russians contend with attrition and attrition in the St. Petersburg dispatches.
John Franklin is fatally poisoned at a Cottonwood Street home after being moved from Baker & Garrison's saloon to a Red Front saloon box. Doctor Kings and Cole report his chances of recovery are slight. His son Frank Franklin says this is the second morphine poisoning incident involving his father.
Five union carpenters walked out at 7 AM on the Matlock, Monterastelli, and Q G a ra buildings after a dispute over Fred Marsh who refused to join the union and was paid 2 75 per day. Boothby Hale claim non union firms hire freely while union accuses bias and says they will resume work on all three sites tomorrow.
Lewiston reports the Mountain Gem steamboat is ready for Upper Snake River traffic between Lewiston and Eureka. Inspectors of hulls and boilers approved its construction to replace the Imnaha on dangerous runs in the copper district. The 468 ton craft carries a powerful steam plant and large boiler, designed to conquer the river’s strong current through a deep gorge route.
The ME church conference adjourned after a tribute to retiring Spokane presiding elder Henry Brown and discussions on creating a conference academy. A five member commission was appointed to study establishing a school within the conference. Sunday included prayers, ordinations of three deacons and three elders, and a consecration of a deaconess. Umatilla appointments and efforts to aid worn out ministers and widows continued with no definite plan. Bishop Spellmeyer departs for Montesang for Puget Sound Conference.
School Superintendent F K Welles warns that securing a teaching permit requires a formal examination, not a token payment. This morning two permit applications were filed by J. Jorstad and O Beaty from Indiana, as rural schools begin openings this week. Spokane Chinese Masons plan to erect a temple this year.
Six bandits blew open the Lehigh Valley Tracton Company barn safe in Bunderton Pennsylvania and left with nearly $800. Several employees were assaulted, bound, and gagged as the robbers fled in a stolen wagon toward the mountains. An alarm prevented pursuit, though citizens, aided by a quick note book clue, pursued in a car but broke off due to rough country.
Moody informs President Roosevelt of a New England plurality near 60 000 while a Sagamore JT visit draws attorney general remarks. An arrest in Saga reminds readers of local law enforcement and justice officials involved in a separate case.
Annie Pond sues James Pond in Umatilla tribal divorce court claiming repeated cruelty including being dragged by the chair and being driven from the home about 18 months ago. She seeks land allotment, horses, other property, custody of two minor daughters, and $100 monthly alimony.
A five year old boy, Robert Burgklach, died aboard a train en route to Chicago from Columbus after suffering severe convulsions linked to hydrophobia. The incident occurred during the final hours of travel as relief efforts sought to control the illness.
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