17 Sep 1903
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1903
Page
1
An Oregon Woolgrowers gathering in Pendleton tackled the push for a Central Wool Market and discussed livestock center needs. Delegates were elected to the National Livestock Association, with plans for a January meeting and talks on wool sale arrangements and incentives.
Wrecks off Tamaquid Point claim both vessels Sadie and Lillian and the George Edmunds. Fourteen drowned on Edmunds with the captain saved only two. Bodies recovered include the Edmunds captain. Exact crew totals unknown. about one on board believed perished.
A September frost devastated late crops across the middle states and Minnesota. St Paul reports three-fourths of South Dakota crops beyond injury, while Minnesota’s late planting suffered heavy damage as temperatures dropped to about 20 degrees.
Wricley & Sons, a cotton firm in Liverpool, suspended operations after a year of good standing, triggering a market scare. The event floods the day with grave liabilities and a forecast of widespread losses. Meanwhile, Nebraska frost ruins about 15 percent of the corn crop, and Senator Scott May’s condition worsens amid a critical relapse in Denver.
Seattle reports returning Alaska voyagers confirm rich coal and oil strikes in the far Northwest. Alaska oil tests show palatine content and luminance higher than Pennsylvania oil. Companies drill, land rush sparked. An anthracite coal belt near the oil fields spans miles by miles and tests place the coal above British Columbia quality.
Quotations supplied by Coe commission detail a weak stock market with United States Steel slipping to 184 1/8, a firsts in recent years. Wheat and corn futures show little movement with quiet trading in Chicago and Minneapolis. In Detroit, a Michigan bill banning first cousin marriage becomes law. Sir Thomas Lipton is out of immediate danger as doctors anticipate no operation.
The National Irrigation Congress in Ogden Utah features Sen Francis C Newlands Nevada and Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson praising federal irrigation efforts. Oregon delegates meet engineers to discuss reclamation plans while awaiting more surveys and vacant land selections. Idaho wins the Clark cup for best fruit exhibit and McNeff Bros. take the hops display cup from the Anheuser Busch award.
A freight train derailment on a Cayuse grade left three men injured and traffic halted. Wrecking crews and doctors aided the injured, including a brakeman and a worker who suffered a crushed nose and a severe head wound. A tramp buried in coal was rescued as the car collapsed.
John Halley Jr. holds the keys to the etonic ballot box and cannot open it while traveling to Washington on business, making today’s Carnival Queen poll impossible. Voting continues, with counts planned upon his return and receipt of the box.
In San Francisco on September 17 Gladys Grey Dorsey obtained an annulment of her marriage to Captain George Worthington Ruthers of the United States Army. The union began while the bride was underage and she lived with Ruthers for two weeks before he was ordered to Montana. John W. Dorsey, a prominent local attorney, is noted as her father.
Hugh Edmiston state agent for several life insurance firms and Elk Club figure in Lincoln Nebraska died by his own hand last night. No motive given. he left a note claiming disgrace. Also noted is Hatfield family’s move from Matowan WV to Washington and a gathering of Indiana fire insurance agents in Indianapolis for their annual convention with reports on papers and licenses.
Portland September 17 The plumbers strike disrupts city building projects and shows little progress toward settlement after four weeks of strife.
London and Washington report an unconfirmed Stock Exchange note that Bulgarien forces crossed toward Turkey. A telegram says Beirut remained quiet as Turkey prepared to respond. Constantinople notes 4,000 Puja jane poised to cross into Turkey. Pasha to command troops if war with Bulgaria occurs.
Kansan City reports Carey J. Snyder son of a millionaire was brought back from Montana on highway robbery charges after detectives chased him twice across the continent. Snyder claims he was traveling, not a fugitive. Separately, delinquent taxes on Bourne Consolidated Mining property near Bourne were paid by Bourne Gold Mines with total 607.40 including penalties and interest. The Silverton Miner warns against masked figures and gunplay.
A hurricane wrecks numerous vessels along the Atlantic coast with vast loss of life and only one survivor from a large crew. Reports say at least 300 boats are sunk or washed ashore from Hell Gate to Perth Amboy. Jamaica Bay and surrounding shores endure extensive wreckage and casualties.
In Baltimore on September V7 the Maryland Republicans gather to ratify the party platform and select a governor nominee, Stevenson Williams of Harford County. Regulars led by Senator McComith aim to unite with noton Republicans to win a Republican majority in the next legislature.
A six year old daughter of George une sett and his wife vanished from home near the Columbia River in Vancouver Washington. Searchers fear she fell into the swift current and was swept downstream. Meanwhile in Terre Haute Indiana the Gibraltar Brigade reunion opened with remarks by Attorney Hobart Herrald and other speakers to follow.
Mrs Leona Tentach mother of Lee Teuteach has returned from a visit in Portland and valley-either where she was the guest of relatives and friends for some time.
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