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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1901
Page
3
A compact batch reports rapidly shifting fronts in Asia and Africa. Chinese troops mass on Shan Li, rebels in Marinduque yield, Cebu remains unsettled, and Milner issues a discouraging South Africa update. Steamship and rail projects span oceans, mining incidents, finance moves, and political shifts thread through.
Washington dispatch reports the Navy Department backs a 5 million naval station at Olangapo Subig Bay Luzon with a 1 million dry dock and 4 million shops. A board led by Rear Admiral Taylor will draw plans and estimates to persuade Congress for expeditious action to repair ships in American yards.
Copenhagen reports the Danish government weighs a modified sale proposal to the United States. Officials say negotiations are not closer to agreement than before, while denying any U S hard line. The Danish side notes U S friendliness and careful consideration of terms.
United States minister to Venezuela F B Loomis arrived on the Red D line steamer Caracas from San Juan. He refused to discuss Venezuelan affairs stating President Castro seemed firm on departure but he did not know if he would return. He denied remarks about General Castro or General Andrade.
Washington reports the creation of a Gilliam county Oregon post office named Alville with Allen McConnell as postmaster and supply from Condon twelve miles away. A McGowan Washington post office in Pacific county northwest of Astoria is set with Edmond P. Noonan as postmaster. Hadleyville in Lane county Oregon shifts southeast by three quarters of a mile with Mary A. Emerson named postmaster.
Official Reichsanzeiger statistics show imports totaling 6 042 000 000 marks and exports 4 763 000 000 marks for 1900, against 1899 levels. A tariff war with Hayti has begun, with the Bundesrath confirming higher duties on coffee cocoa and dye woods from Hayti.
Washington April 19 Neither Russian authorities nor the state department have word on Russo Japanese negotiations concerning Corea There is no indication the United States is concerned beyond keeping commerce with Corea unobstructed
Vancouver reports a new burst of mining interest in the boundary district of British Columbia as Rock Creek and its tributaries lure placer gold prospectors. The revival recalls the 1860s boom when the diggings around White's bar on Rock Creek produced sizable returns.
Seattle report dated April 19 states Frank H Richards has named W R Forrest as chief deputy and Isaac Evans of Tacoma as office deputy at Tellier City near Nome. Headquarters will be at St Michael, with Richards spending much time in Nome where the court regularly sits.
Salmon packers in Alaska plan to start within 20 days with the first run expected between May 15 and June 1, about a month earlier than Puget Sound. King salmon weigh 30 to 60 pounds and fetch premiums, followed by sockeye, noted for its fine quality. The Alaska packers finish with the cohoes.
A survey of growth across industries in the state notes a telephone line planned from Gold Hill to Crescent City. Mitchell considers waterworks, Lorane bridge bids invited, and a windmill tank ordered north of Medford. A 11 pound Pendleton salmon, a Summerville creamery underway, and a 1000 foot bridge project accompany reports of new mills and fire incidents. The Deschutes project advances with 160 reds of flume built and water to several homesteads by fall. Reorganizations, tax deadlines, repairs on Rogue River bridge, and fruit crop fears in Pilot Rock accompany farm trades and grain shipments. Oregon Christian Endeavor convention set for Salem May 16–19. Toledo ponders water works and storage, plus fire equipment costs.
Wheat and flour grades set wide price ranges with per bushel and per barrel figures. Oats, barley, millstuffs, hay, and wool follow in lower and varied values. Butter, eggs, poultry, cheese, potatoes, mutton, hogs, veal, and beef list several weights and classifications with current rates for live and dressed forms.
The Granite-The Climax group of quartz claims three miles north of Granite was purchased last week by Dr. R. Aldrin. Former owners listed include John Hardie EB J Cross and Adam Christie. The max vein is about 10 feet wide. Also notes on Egyptian reed used for pen making, and Lawton now has daylight mail service with schedule adjustments due to train arrivals. A stray dog dialogue fragment ends the page with garbled lines and missing context.
In San Francisco on April 20 the transport Warren partially capsized while being floated out of the Hunter Point drydock. Blocks slipped, two injured electrician Aaron Astill and boilermaker Ben Hall suffered serious injuries, over 400 workers walked back to safety, and all aboard remained unharmed from further damage to the ship.
In Boulder April 20 a snowslide struck two engines pulling a Ward to Boulder passenger train, throwing them into a chasm. Four trainmen were killed Engineers Hannon and Fitzgerald Firemen Miller and Conductor Bair, with the second fireman missing and presumed buried. None of the bodies recovered.
News from the Aorangi voyage reports bubonic plague in Australia with a major outbreak at the 1000 inmate Dunwich Insane asylum on Stradbrook Island. Authorities isolate patients and fumigate sewers to kill rats and vermin to prevent spread.
Milwaukee leaders Charles Allis and William Allis are named as president and chairman of a pending merger uniting the five largest stationary engine builders in the United States. Anticipated participants include The E. P. Allis Company Philadelphia based Pennsylvania Iron Works Gates Iron Works FraserChalmers and Dixon Manufacturing of Scranton.
Cape Town reports ten new bubonic plague cases including two Europeans and two additional deaths. London advises the colonial office that before April 13 there were 41 cases among military and naval personnel in Cape Colony, marking ongoing outbreak progress.
In Cleveland yards on April 20 a head on collision between freight and construction trains on the Wheeling and Lake Erie line killed brakeman William Theis and fatally injured engineer Velsenbrech. Fireman Hammond and Sylvester Bruggen were badly hurt. authorities cite orders misunderstanding as the probable cause.
Andrew Miller, a wealthy farmer living half a mile east of Minerva, was shot while working on his barn and may not survive. Bloodhounds from Canton were set on the trail of the assassin. Miller suggested an old grudge as a possible motive, noting his belief he knew the attacker. The Miller farm adjoins President McKinley’s farm in the northwest corner of Columbian County.
Fire destroyed the Birmingham Railway Company yard and nearby structures in Birmingham Alabama. The blaze began April 19 damaging a car barn, Light and Power cars, a parsonage, cottages and a Presbyterian Church area. Total loss estimated at 75000 dollars with insurance coverage noted.
Telluride Colorado April TM B J Oakland a contractor for the Smuggler Union mines was instantly killed today in a cave in of loose ground. He was about 46 years old.
Vancouver report says boiler explosion on the steamer Ramona in midstream near Victoria killed four people and seriously injured six others. Two women passengers drowned. two deckhands missing. Purser Power and Mate Maynard expected not to survive. Fireman Knowell and Indians injured. Ramona, about 300 tons, ten years old, had a new boiler.
The Evening Post reports the U S Treasury's gold holdings reached $500,278,506, the highest for any single financial institution except the Imperial Bank of Russia. It notes public certificates and reserve against notes, with comparisons to France, England, Germany, and historic highs.
Governor Durbin received a long letter from Secretary Root detailing the discharge of Russell B. Harrison from the army. Root says he directed the discharge after a president’s conference and Adjutant General Corbin acted in his official capacity. The effective date was mistakenly December 1 instead of December 15. Harrison's services were dispensed with because they were no longer needed.
In Phoenix on April 19 the death of Sheriff Ed Beeler of Apache County is confirmed. Beeler was mortally wounded by a volley from behind a stone wall during a bloody month-old fight initially linked to cattle rustlers, but later revealed to involve friends of a man Beeler had killed who vowed revenge.
Valparaiso reports the government is awaiting word from the Chilean minister in Buenos Aires before protest actions. Invasions by Argentine citizens have affected Seno de la Ultima and Esperanza near Punta Arenas.
Work on a testing target costing about 50000 will start at the Brooklyn navy yard within days. The target will compare Gathmann torpedo gun and the 112 inch rifle by replicating a section of the battleship Iowa in armor resistance, faced with Krupp hardened 12 inch plate. After completion it will be moved to Sandy Hook for trials.
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company halted work on the Coyote cut of its new line from Echo toward Coyote. Landowners demanded about $250 per acre for land worth roughly $25, pushing right of way costs to about $209,000, far exceeding the total project budget.
San Francisco notes that the Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth volunteer regiments recently returned from Manila have been mustered out. The Twenty-eighth and Thirty-fifth infantry, now at the Presidio, expect muster-out by April 30, with transports being rushed to Manila to bring home volunteers by July 1. The Thomas with 127 recruits and 20 casuals departs, while the Warren sails April 25. The Rosecrans arrives from Manila and is released from quarantine after ferrying 218 Thirty-seventh infantry and 260 casuals, as Lawton is fumigated post three smallpox cases.
Fire at the Montana Ore Purchasing Company smelter in Butte started by a hot box near the engine house roof, causing 75000 in damage and delaying operations for weeks. The sampling works were a total loss, stacks ruined, and the smelter engine nearly wrecked, but new machinery and blast furnaces remained intact. City fire crews helped save the plant, valued over 1 million dollars, and workers pledged a week’s free effort to clear wreckage. Operations aim to resume in about 30 days.
Vancouver reports a new geyser at Lake Echo Komtomahana New Zealand described as a half acre boiling mass. A great dome rises with a 300 foot water and stone column and vast steam. hot stones are hurled far. A separate note cites a 70 000 ton rock blast on the New South Wales Railway deviation works at Tarawa using four tons of gelignite dynamite and powder.
General Maximo Gomez plans a trip to the United States with his son Urbana and will stay until Cuba’s relations committee returns. He wants decisive Platt Amendment action to avoid political motives and hopes to thank the American people for aid in the war with Spain. Palma is Gomez’s pick for Cuba’s presidency.
Akron Ohio April 22 The consolidation of the independent cereal plants is assured. Ten properties will be turned over to the Great Western Cereal Company of Chicago. The new firm will compete with the America Cereal Company known as the oatmeal trust.
Deported from Luzon aboard the transport Rosecrans, five men repatriated by military authorities include Santiago Maceo son of the late Cuban leader. Maceo rose to prominence on the Pacific coast two years ago while with Katherine Tingley theosophical leader, later clashing over treatment as a servant. In the Philippines he became a first sergeant in the Macabea scouts.
London dated April 22 reports General Kitchener as of Pretoria on April 20. Plomer occupies Bathfont and takes 13 prisoners with rifles and ammunition. Douglas column holds Dulistroom. Six Boers killed. A Long Tom is blown up during Kitchener’s Leydeburg advance. Thirteen prisoners captured. Elliott’s division captures a large number of cattle.
Milton Calif April 22 Foreman John H Gorham of the Union Co mine shot George B McCarthy and wounded a Copperopolis youth before taking his own life with dynamite in a dramatic incident.
Manila April 22 Aguinaldo’s address released this evening urges Filipinos to embrace peace and accept the sovereignty of the United States. He argues termination of hostilities is essential for welfare, noting many support submission under the American banner for liberty and stability. He pledges to serve his country by recognizing the people’s wish for peace and the promised liberties under U.S. protection.
A Philadelphia stockholders meeting approved a plan to amalgamate with four prominent stationary engine manufacturers in the county. The planned combine would launch in a few weeks with capital of 25 million dollars. The Philadelphia concern would be capitalized at five million, with one million dollars in preferred stock offered for its plant and fixed assets. About 20 stockholders represented nearly all the capital, some opposing the offered price as below appraised value. The four other companies would similarly be offered less than their appraised worth.
In New York on April 22 it is reported that a major international project with a capital likely exceeding 11 million and possibly up to 2 million will be established in Havana. The venture is linked to prominent interests associated with the Morgan T Company and the Cuba Company.
A tornado touched down near Biscayne seven miles north of Miami on April 22 damaging several houses and injuring two people. Weather officials reported strong winds and debris spread across the area as residents assessed the wreckage.Emergency crews worked into the day to secure the scene and aid victims.
New Orleans April 22 Samuel Pearson the Boer officer was refused a writ of injunction by the United States court against local British officers to prevent mule exports from South Africa He has sent a petition to the president asking for relief The decision by Judge Parlange notes the matter is urgent and should be taken before the executive department of the government
Belgrade Ser via April 2 reports a new constitution was promoted and a royal cabinet reappointment followed. The state officials were similarly reappointed. TM was named president of the state council. Of 30 senates appointed by the king, 11 are Progressiors, four are Li, and five are Independent.
In Parsons, Kansas, workers at a Missouri Kansas Railway shop will receive a voluntary hourly raise from 27 to 30 cents. The increase translates to about an extra dollar and a half per day and raises monthly payroll by roughly 15,000 dollars, with pay scales also rising for eight to ten positions.
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