20 Jul 1903
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Newspaper
Roseburg Plaindealer
Location
Roseburg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1903
Page
1
Chronicle of the pope's declining health with multiple Vatican bulletins from July 19 describing sleepless nights, low spirits, shallow respiration, and weak pulse amid restlessness and calls for attendants as doctors consider stimulants and nourishment.
A Rome dispatch reports Dr Rossoni asserts the pope has cancer of the pleura rather than pleurisy. He says his diagnosis is supported by chest fluid analysis and openly differs with other physicians, while signing only general bulletins about the pope’s condition.
Rome reports the Carnellite Madonna procession shortened due to Pope Leo XIII illness. The customary two day after Madonna fete was reduced as church authorities monitor the pope’s condition and safety concerns influence the ceremony.
A procession in Trastevere with women, girls, priests, and monks bearing Madonna imagery winds through the streets while candles flare and flowers scatter. The Madonna image was quietly taken to a church today, and prayers for the aged Pontiff continued.
In Cheyenne on July 18 ranchers protest forest reserve expansions and the conduct of Superintendent Anderson. Forest Ranger E J Hunter faces a preliminary hearing over alleged malicious cattle killings of John Cherry’s livestock grazing inside reserves, bond set at 1500 dollars.
Buzzary's Bay Massachusetts July 19 a bouncing son was born to Mr and Mrs Grover Cleveland at their Summer home here today. The attendants say that all conditions affecting both mother and child are satisfactory.
The Multnomah County Circuit Court upheld that an Oregon initiative and referendum amendment was not legally adopted because it was voted on before other proposed amendments were finalized. The article discusses constitutional borrowing from Indiana and analyzes suggested financing through short term bonds for railroads amid market conditions and rumored cash flows from Senator Clark.
The Trans Mississppi Commercial Congress will meet in Seattle from August 18 to 22, 1908. Secretary Arthur P. Francis issued the official call outlining topics such as irrigation railroad rates harbor improvements and national legislation affecting the Western states.
Union Pacific announces a ten million dollar five percent note issue not for railway improvements but to fund purchasing properties and financing new construction. The management will not disclose project locations, and the full proceeds will be charged to capital account.
The children of Heppner station agent J. M. Kiernan and his wife, lost in a West disaster, are taken in by the O R and N company. The two sons study at Spokane and the daughter at an Iowa institution, funded by the railroad.
Crook county reports haying has begun with expectations of a normal yield despite earlier season grain and hay crop shortage. Umatilla county accounts for one percent of the world’s wheat production.
Reports from MiWackee state that Saturday's storm battered crops flat forcing livestock to pasture. Milwaukee Harbor suffered damage to the Government pier with stones toppled and uprooted shade trees. Two inches of rain fell in Milwaukee while Madison and other cities recorded heavy downpours and minor railroad washouts.
An old Douglas County resident from Centerville Washington writes Ephor Plain Dealer outlining Centerville in Klickitat Valley nine miles from Goldendale. The town sits on the Columbia River & Northern line with 35,000 sacks of wheat stored locally and 20,000 at Daly station. He says the area is ideal for a flour mill to supply the valley and export surplus by rail, powered by steam due to lack of local water. He notes steady demand for mill feed and invites investment from someone with money.
Honolulu on July 20 reports that Chinese residents plan a mass rally to demand government action against immigration restrictions. They threaten retaliation if exclusions persist, while Portland faces a harsh note about city prisoners headed to the rock pile.
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