29 Sep 1903
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1903
Page
1
Readable fragments recount fires in a lumber camp near Toronto and a deadly blaze injuring several, along with police actions, a large reward offer, and various unrelated notes about stock electors, coal and product changes, and maritime updates. Names and places appear garbled and partial.
Fire Underwriters Association of the Northwest holds its annual convention at the Auditorium Hotel with about 600 agents from Northwestern states in attendance. President’s address reviews past year and outlines future prospects while papers on key underwriting issues are read and debated. sessions continue tomorrow.
California & Northwestern announces settlement of a strike with reintegration for workers who caused no property damage. No wage or hour changes. nondefectors are reinstated while those who participated in the strike remain unreinstated. Separate items note the Montana Firemen gathering in Great Falls and the 90th birthday of Mgr. O'Reilly in New York.
Mrs Annie Bradley pleaded guilty in district court to adultery and awaits sentencing next Monday. Judge Morse to determine punishment. The same charge against former Utah senator is set to be heard this afternoon. Witnesses include Brown's wife detailing years of scandal with gunplay and assaults in prism offices and a vicious umbrella blow that knocked out teeth.
New York daily reports Rockefeller bearing the market as steel shares fell to new lows. Northern Securities slid to 81 percent, Amalgamated Copper and Pennsylvania also declined, with rumors tying the selloff to Pennsylvania. A late recovery left major steels near Friday's lows.
British ambassador O Connor protests to the Porte over failure to carry out reforms in Macedonia. Reports say Turkish troops withdrew from frontier villages by Bulgarian request. Serbia sentences officers linked to revenge plot in Nis garrison. Dispatches from Uskub cite mass arrests of Bulgarians and feared massacres in Gallashnik Leuthoff and Vuacitna. A Lake Shore car carrying Senator Hanna and General Herrick jumped the track in Herlin Heights, with minor injuries.
Sept 29 Chicago cornet band parade canceled after Musician's Union refuses to participate United States Marine Band kept from banquet events. management plans to replace with another corps due to lack of performers for the immense parade.
Quotations from Gee Commission Company report grain markets in Pendleton and Chicago with signs of renewed liquidation and weak wheat and corn, while Alabama authorities identify Nellie Sheold as the murdered woman found with three bullet wounds near Birmingham. In Lexington, Tillman trial witnesses discuss ongoing gunfire tensions as proceedings continue.
Berlin reporters say the secretary of Public Prosecutor Dr Besanca faces treason charges for allegedly betraying official secrets to six prominent men in the dock. The six are charged with bribery and, according to a bank restoration rumor, paid Bagany $25,000 at various times.
Washington reports the administration is promoting Hanna's Ohio campaign with four speakers Shaw Wilson Moody and Cannon slated to address audiences at different times across the state.
Sir James Ritchie was chosen lord mayor of London for the coming year at a Guild Hall aldermen meeting. Born in Scotland in 1815, he is a brother of Charles Ritchie the noted member of parliament.
May lower freight rates discussed as Presidents Hilm of Great Northern Mobler of U S N and Mellen of Northern Pacific plan a Pullman Washington meeting to consider further reductions on wheat from interior points to the coast. The session, part of J J Hinbaat your program, aims to ease Eastern Washington rates after a 2 cent per bushel cut last year. The move seeks to sway Washington legislators toward railroads and ease political pressure on the rate debate.
A Lake Erie and Western freight train derailed in Kiwood Indiana this morning. Brakeman William Armstrong was killed and the engineer and fireman were slightly injured in the accident.
City Attorney S L McParland to draft a call for a special election to issue 60000 in bonds to redeem warrants and complete the water plant with a 5000 surplus to be used for water main extensions. Albany Herald Changes Hands in Oregon. Northern Pacific 1908 earnings reported at 22000000 on routes over 1902 of 200000.
In Kansas City on September 29 the Ironworkers voted unanimously that President Roosevelt is unfriendly to labor as the Miller case spurs a push for government by injunction, with calls to maintain the closed shop and oppose government overreach. Union leaders plan a conference of representative men to defend trades and set wage and control terms.
Twenty owners of lot machines were arrested in Battle Monday and fined from ten to twenty dollars each for violating state law against gambling. The case underscores a crackdown on illegal gaming activity in the town, with officials reporting swift enforcement and ongoing vigilance.
Specialists and experts from across the Dominion gather in Ottawa for the sixth Canadian Conference of Charities and Corrections. The fete runs Sept 20 through much of the week with papers and discussions on charity, prison reform, juvenile reform, children’s aid, industrial schools, tuberculosis prevention, and related topics.
Chicago's centennial visitors draw thieves as attempt to loot Sherman House fails after clerk resists. An 84 year old Odd Fellows leader, Benjamin Sommerman, lies critically ill with death approaching. A Seattle couple’s marriage is annulled by Judge Tallman for first-cousin marriage. Frances Willard's birthday observed with no local WCTU celebration in Pendleton.
Circulation is underway for a petition urging W. F. Matlock to run in the upcoming mayoral race. Dr. C. J. Whittaker oversees the drive, with over twenty city voters signing and more potential signers expected this afternoon.
The Rev Gowen at Trinity Church hosted an Auditors-Lecture on Dante's influence and language, drawing a small, heated audience. In Kiva court, a grand jury indicted Catholic priest Walter for the murder of Miss Agatha Reavin, amid Idaho irrigation notes and land values cited at $9.25 per acre.
The Grin d Guardian reports on a Midwest visitor praising Eastern Oregon as the best coast region while noting dull times in Illinois, Iowa, and Kansas. Mrs. C. C. Van Oredall returns from Sandville, Colorado, discusses West Coast climate and work, mentions Fraternal Order bonds, and an election as vice president of National Fraternal Congress. She cites Woodcraft growth, bond purchases totaling 60,000 since July, and plans for extensive travel in the coming year.
Hawley Brothers firm fled suit against Batley and wife for 78 dollars alleging due on a DI of 105.25 from April 1 1901 to September 1 1902. Newberry represents plaintiffs in a separate action against C Marie to recover 691 dollars plus interest from June 16 1903 onward, with 100 dollars attorneys’ fees requested.
Mrs Clamentine Motley aged 88 of Milton died last evening after a period of decline. A pioneer of Corvillie she crossed the plains to settle there in early times. She was mother of KT Motley of Mites and grandmother of Mew Dave Ingram of Pireherook. Funeral details report the death occurred at Milton this afternoon at 2 oclock.
Rev. N Fr Brooks officiated the ceremony uniting Keenoyer Corkrum and Mier Htth el Loretto Renoyer. The couple, long associated with Walla Walla, will reside there as the bride becomes a local resident and the groom is well known in the city.
In Dhfame Ty the city council moved to permit dance halls and four housed venues under new rules. Petitioners say the measure limits access while city officials back the plan as a necessary reform despite opposition from local groups. California's benna production is projected at 7h,000 aaehe, 100,000 more than early estimates.
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