27 Sep 1902
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1902
Page
1
Vague OCR text references a wife, infidelity, police involvement, a bank, a Navy officer, and a political figure. Mentions of a reconciliation, a trial, and retirement hints at multiple linked or separate events without clear chronology or verified names. Information remains unclear and fragmentary.
The Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Oregon met in Eugene at Ivanhoe Commandery temple with about 30 officers and reps. Elected for the next year were F. E. Allen of Albany grand commander L. N. Roney of Eugene deputy grand commander George Hill of Oregon Commandery Generalissimo Perrine of Salem grand captain general B. D. Agier of Ashland grand senior warden B. G. Whitehouse of Portland grand treasurer J. F. Robinson of Eugene grand secretary. An evening reception for visitors and ladies followed by members of the Star.
In Indian Territory at Henrietta deputy US marshal Funk and a posse killed two outlaws after a fierce confrontation. They captured two others, including Jim Holbrook, a Bert Casey gang member. The captured men refused to name the slain assailants. Five gang members were involved. officers halted pursuit near Boufanta.
In Rawlins Wyoming a midnight collision of two freight trains and subsequent fire killed six men including engineer Pat Noe. Five others were unaccounted for as fruit cars crashed into a stock train and coals ignited wreckage. Four bodies recovered. fear of more. In France a Lille to Dourt passenger train wreck caused by a switchman’s carelessness killed 26 and injured 20.
Max Moorehead denies any attempt to hold him up on Thursday night. He says the bootblack stall conversation about local holdups was jocular and misread, with no suspicious person seen at Alta and Garden streets, no match offered, and no follow or contact while returning home. Pendleton again faces threats amid rumors tied to local crime reports.
Seattle report says Mayor Thomas James was found three miles north of Hothell with a badly sprained ankle after losing his way while pursuing a she bear. He endured Thursday and Friday nights and most of Saturday in a drenching rain, finding shelter under logs. condition described as serious.
Washington report notes Samuel Gompers urging labor unions to raise funds for needy anthracite strikers. He favors treasury and voluntary donations over assessments. In Scranton the Thirteenth regiment uses searchlights at Gra s ey Island colliery hill to deter night attacks. no disturbances reported.
Laura Bieger is sought by police in New York on charges of conspiracy to illegally gain the Bennett millions. Hendricke and Stanton are jailed in custody after arrest. In Long Beach lawyers for the Bennett heirs say they will produce the mother of the baby Laura Bieger intended to pass off as Bennet’s posthumous child. Chicago hosts the sixteenth annual Theosophical Society of America convention with delegates from the United States Canada Mexico and the Hawaiian Islands arriving. The event runs three days with reports noting continued growth of the philosophical movement.
Plainfield New Jersey September 27 Arrangements have been perfected for the celebration tomorrow of the fiftieth anniversary of St Marys Roman Catholic Church Bishop O Connor of Newark and eminent priests and prelates are here to take part in the ceremonies.
A movement by Montana turf men and Colorado horsemen from Butte Denver and Colorado Springs aims to create a Western Racing circuit with races planned in Colorado Springs Butte and Anaconda next year. It is described as one of the Wests largest racing projects in years and is believed likely to succeed. Charles Clark son of Senator W A Clark, is noted as backing the project.
Washington reports Brigadier General Funston cites the department of the Colorado as seeing lower morale and harm from anticanteen rules. He warns the abolition of the canteen and field service restrictions boosted desertion and increased offenses. Army conditions harmed soldiers and enriched saloon keepers and dissolute women.
Denver announces the Denver Evening Times will be sold to U S Senator Thomas M Patterson for 100000 dollars. Management will change October 1 and the paper will move from the News office but remain a separate publication. It will switch from Republican to Democratic. Callahan and McClelland set for Toronto bout.
London report states the British and American tobacco trusts have amalgamated into the British American Tobacco Company. The British section stays under existing management and agrees to operate independently from America. The joint aim is to control the tobacco trade across Europe.
New York market notes from J L Ray Co and major exchanges report wheat easing slightly while Liverpool holds. September declines sold off, with closing prices around 1 1 2 to 60 1 2 in New York and Chicago markets. Stocks for Union Pacific and steel show modest gains amid broad activity across exchanges.
Vienna reports a wealthy shipowner D Jide invited a large party aboard his new yacht. A squall struck during the cruise, the vessel capsized, and twenty guests drowned. Great Falls hosts Montana Republicans state convention today to nominate candidates for statewide offices.
Kansas City September 27 The World reports confidential discussions with W J Bryan indicate he may again seek the presidential nomination. Friends say he has not ruled out another bid and poll results hint at potential candidacy.
Five of John Melntyre’s crew including Melntyre are down with typhoid and fever after improper precautions during harvest. Beulah Starke’s family near Dry Creek suffer scarlet fever with a child dead and a young woman infected from a col fay visitor. H. Hessel reports beer charge of Milton Club. Recorder Ingram fines $200. pending review planned as trial details unfold.
The Pendleton association invites everyone to a bird shooting event on Beason hill south of town, Sunday starting at 10 oclock. All are welcome and assured of fair treatment. After the birds run out blue frocks will be shot at for a while.
Amid confusion a noble wedding is planned in Paris with Mine Rita Bell of New York to wed Count Dee. Report says the groom is the son of an American mother and a former United States official. details remain uncertain as the ceremony is set for tomorrow in the French capital.
The text outlines team preparations for a 1902 college football season with players arriving, practice sessions, and a slate of today’s games. Colleges listed include Michigan, Albion, Northwestern, Carleton, Wittenberg, Denison, and multiple others with venues in Detroit Des Moines Lincoln and Lafayette. President Roosevelt’s condition is reported as satisfactory in Washington.
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