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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1901
Page
3
A dense scr of items lists events from around the world and United States. It notes potential martial law in St Petersburg, a France China clash, floods in New York and Michigan, and protests over Chinese treaties. Also covered are mining, labor strikes, avals, crimes, naval movements, and public notices including the Rogers locomotive sale and a Detroit area lynching incident.
Britain protests to China against signing a convention with any power on territorial or financial matters while Chinese troubles persist. Dispatch from London via Sir Ernest Satow indicates Britain, joined by the United States and Japan in opposition, may influence the stalled Manchurian agreement amid European alliances and diplomatic unease. No final word on whether the pact was signed or rejected.
News from across New York state reports high water from heavy rain and melting snow flooding rivers and creeks. Mohawk River levels rise to near 40 year highs. rail lines face disruptions. Genesee valley flooded. rail traffic at Utica and Schenectady affected. Rochester area sees rapid water rise and widespread railroad damage.
A Copenhagen dispatch in the Daily News reports Denmark's sale conditions for the Danish West Indies to the United States. Payment of 4 million dollars is set, with a population vote on transfer, and if favorable inhabitants would become American subjects and citizens. It also calls for island products to enter duty free, a point Washington may resist.
A compiled review of growth across Oregon industries notes Sheridan depot completion Coquille freighting company proposal Table Rock Irrigating Ditch Company prep for repairs Bald Mountain mill startup Ritter bridge damage Hood River strawberry prospects Union free reading room Milton warehouse plan Klamath Falls ditch cleaning and widening Union commercial club building Greenhorn Inter Mountain group sale Gold Hill ore processing at Humason Cheney Elsie mine Umatilla freight line fatal train incident Granite school district formation near Red Boy mine Condon sheep camp accident 88 ewes died Sumpter Golconda mine expansion Canyon City James Robinson death Canyonville possible flume to Lewis Ash mines over logging camp road.
Wheat and flour prices by grade with per bushel and per barrel figures. oats, barley, millstuff, hay, hay prices by type. hops, wool, mohair, butter, eggs, poultry, cheese, potatoes, mutton, hogs, veal, beef prices by grade and weight. Also notes on Brussels automobiles tax, Hawaii wireless system opening, Missouri vs drainage trustees jury trial, Harvard geologist gold supply forecast, male mosquitoes diet, Oregon electrician case, Alabama House speaker Pettus death, and government loss from dishonest agents over 110 years.
The navy department fixed April 1 as the official trial trip date for the Tulbaneten destroyer Goldabor ough built at Portland. Location of the trial not announced. The vessel is expected to meet the required 30 knots and show a strong performance during the test to confirm its status as a defender of Uncle Sam.
Frank Saxby, a prospector based in Victoria for about a year, plans to circumnavigate the globe in a large Indian war canoe decked over. He will travel with a companion, first heading to Hong Kong via the Pacific islands. The vessel is a sizable BC Indian craft built for coastal travel and tough weather.
The Australian steamer Marianne arrived from Hako date with 3000 tons of sulfur and was reported on fire in mid ocean ten days before reaching port. Fire confined to the middle hatch near the surface, and the compartment was flooded to prevent spread, with at least 500 tons involved.
The Philippine commission meets Sultan of Sulu at Jolo amid decorations and a 17 gun salute. Taft explains no interference with local customs while stressing treaty mandates. Sultan praises American improvements and vows to follow commissioners. Island Basilan voyage follows as talks with Maj Sweet and Dhul Karein signal civil rule’s impossibility.
Report from Canton says French activity near the city is rising. French steamers run Hong Kong Canton routes, gunboats patrol waterways, and two additional French mail steamers are under construction. A Canton post office may open April 1, a French hospital has been opened at Shameen, and Chinese crews are flying the tricolor with extra stars, boosting French prestige.
In St. Petersburg on March 30 the Chinese minister Yang Yu, aged over 60, was injured after a wax floor slip, bruising elbow and leg and injuring his head. He remained confined to his bedroom and hesitated to sign the Russo Chinese convention on Manchuria, wary of reception upon returning to China due to his liberal faction. Also notes Spanish War Claims: about 30 million dollars total, with five claims over 1 million and largest by John W. Brock for 2.16 million in property losses.
The body of John Allman, pioneer stage coach operator on the coast, was found in Oakland harbor. It is believed he was accidentally drowned. He rarely bid on mail contracts in the West and, at one time, held more government contracts than any other in the business. He was a personal friend of President Ulysses S. Grant and spent much time in Washington during that administration.
Cambian slave raider Fodi Kabbas, who attacked a French post and slew several soldiers, was captured by French troops at Mandani after a fierce clash in which Kabbas was wounded. About 150 of his followers were killed or wounded and fifty prisoners were taken. French losses were 11 dead and seven wounded. The Mandani camp was barricaded with a three foot stockade.
General Frederick Funston’s expedition succeeds with the capture of Aguinaldo on March 23 in Isabela. The U.S. gunboat Vicksburg arrives with Aguinaldo aboard, transfers to Manila, and he is brought before General MacArthur at Malacanang Palace. He chats freely and appears well and cheerful during the escort.
Dispatches report General Aguinaldo and several staff captured near Casiguran north of Baler. He was brought to Manila along with officers from MacArthur's staff. An insurgent major was killed during the capture and twenty rifles plus papers were seized.
Isabela province on Luzon, 200 miles northeast of Manila and 75 miles north of Baler, is rugged and forested along the Gran Cordillera Oriental. High mountains, narrow muddy trails, rushing streams, and waist-deep mud greeted General Funston and his small force in a district never before visited by American troops.
Representative Vespasian Warner returns from Cuba and argues the constitutional convention will back the Platt amendment. He says withdrawing now would unleash lawlessness, requiring U S intervention within 90 days to reestablish order and a protectorate, predicting looting and expulsion of Spaniards and sympathizers.
Cape Town reports slight fighting at Tarkastadt and Henningfontein with few casualties. A 200 strong command under Commandant Fourie was dispersed at Thaba N Cha. Hills above Dewetadorp near reoccupied by General Bruce Hamilton also saw hours long combat yesterday.
Executive Commissioner O M Moore reports from John B Weber that Washington will receive 1745 square feet in the agricultural building and 84 square feet in the mining building. Weber notes there will be no fisheries display except for the general government exhibit. The government fisheries display may instead devote space to Puget Sound products, the Columbia river and Alaska.
The Jefferson hotel in Richmond Virginia costing about one million dollars burned late at night. No lives were lost but guests lost belongings and some looting occurred. The fire started from a defective flue in the linen room and the statue of Jefferson was damaged.
Manila April 1 Aguinaldo is held in a comfortable room at Malacanang palace under guard of Captain Randolph and Lt Youngberg. He wore a dark blue suit and white helmet, accepts capture philosophically, and remains cheerful though moody at times. Health has been good. Visitors may see him but interviews are not allowed. General Trias, who surrendered, urged acceptance of American liberty to avoid ruin. The capture may trigger further surrenders of Malvar, Bellarmino, and Lucban within a month. Funston visited Ermita. Mrs Funston appeared happy. Funston is favored for the rank of brigadier general.
Washington reports that conditions under which Colombia would consent to transferring the French Panama concession to the United States are before the state department. Senor Silvera, Colombian minister, delivered a confidential memorandum to Secretary Hay and declined to discuss its details while under review. The concession originally expired in 1904 and has been extended to 1910.
Fire yesterday leveled the Diamond pottery plant in Akron. The blaze started in oil soaked waste scattered around the building. A well dressed man was seen loitering nearby prior to the fire. Earlier an attempt to dynamite Robinson Merrill Company pottery was reported. Oil soaked waste found in other factories.
Proenit Arizona April 1 reports a party of six Mexican prospectors from Tepepa attacked by Ceris Indians on Tiburon Island in the Gulf of California. Pedro Pasquiela escaped in a small boat and says his companions were killed. A second item from Glasgow notes Professor Gustave Bisch of Glasgow University revealing a process to manufacture white lead by converting metallic lead to ice then hydrating and sealing in a tight apparatus.
April 1 dispatch from General MacArthur reports a major Philippine surrender as pivotal in stamping out insurgent activity on Mindanao. The cable includes figures of 160 officers and 187 rifles captured at Sumalao, Mindanao, and other units surrendering weapons to U S forces.
Washington March 30 It seems Hermann will not stay as commissioner of the general land office due to friction with Hitchcock. He was offered a civil service commission post but declined to accept a salary cut. George D Meiklejohn, former secretary of war, is named as Hermann’s potential successor amid party loyalty considerations.
In Dubuque Iowa on April 1 a four- storey structure housing Geom Richardson & Co manufacturers of shoes and B F Richardson & Co dies shoes burned. The blaze caused an estimated loss of 118000 dollars.
Sam Philby of Tacoma asserts he is an heir to the English estate of Thomas Holden. He says his mother Elizabeth Ton Philby, 76, now in Brazil, Iowa, was Holden's granddaughter through Holden's sister. Other claimants include the Broadbents and the Stambaughs who trace inheritance via Holden's sister.
A Maya Gulf report from Phoenix dated April 1 states a party of goldseekers was massacred by Ceris Indians on Tiburon Island in the Gulf of California. Two weeks earlier six Mexican prospectors left Tepepa and vanished after sailing along the Mexican coast toward Tiburon seeking wealth. Pedro Pasquiela reached the mainland aboard a small boat and said he escaped a larger force of Indians. Japan is preparing for possible war in the Orient and considering pressure on Russia to deter aggression as governments mobilize for emergency actions.
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