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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1903
Page
2
Comprehensive review lists Castro rebels, Moorish feuds, and Spain Britain naval moves. Pacific cable to Honolulu completed. Roosevelt closes a Southern post office amid racial tension. Plague fears in Mexico, Boxer rebellion ravages a Chinese province, and a deadly Grand Trunk wreck kills 24.
President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt hosted a grand New Year’s reception in the White House Washington with hundreds of guests greeting the president. The event showcased costly interior improvements valued around 600000 dollars while work on the lower floors continued. The Roosevelts appeared in good spirits as their children enjoyed the festivities.
San Francisco dated Jan 2 reports the initial Honolulu message reached 11 03 last night with perfect signals. The early exchange speed remains unmeasured. The first message came from Governor Dole to President Roosevelt and a greeting was sent to Washington. The Governor's text was withheld pending the President's receipt in person.
San Francisco observers report that at 11:61 last night the Pacific cable linked with Honolulu and sent the first messages. The tape showed Honolulu signals returning incorrectly before normal operation. Governor Doleton and President Roosevelt sent congratulatory notes, followed by messages from Honolulu to Clarence Mackay of the Commercial Cable Company. Officials praise speed and accuracy, predicting a prosperous future.
Oregon news item notes Dallas must go to law to procure water rights for its city supply. An election will seek taxpayer consent, while Roseburg enforces Sunday saloon closure and other local actions including wage raises for O R and N deckhands. Cattle losses, horse thefts, and a Chinese Salem fire add regional concerns.
Arch bishop Keane of Dubuque was defeated in a notable case by C. J Sherman and John Hanfeldt of Williams Ia to recover 2400 subscribed for building a Williams church. Judge George Dyer ruled they may recover the amount with interest, saying the church breached the contract by not sending a bilingual priest as required.
January 3 report from the Indiana Central Railroad division states coal gains right of way over other freight, except perishables, with other freight moved to sidings to speed coal to market. Jackson shows 125 loaded coal cars and 34 empties. Williamson County holds 1047 coal cars. Company expects to clear the blockade within 24 hours.
In Norfolk Virginia on January 3 reports show four deaths since Christmas from lockjaw linked to bourne received in toy pistols. A messenger boy named George W Wright, wounded accidentally on Christmas morning, is said to be dying. Municipal legislation is proposed to prohibit future sale of such weapons.
A dense list of agricultural prices across multiple commodities including wheat, barley, flour, oats, hay, potatoes, poultry, cheese, beets, wool, mohair, beef, veal and mutton. Reads like a market pricing sheet with per cental, per ton, per dozen, and per pound figures, including feeds and farm products.
Grant and Baker County cattlemen push a two mile limit on sheep range near settlers to curb invading flocks from Morrow Gilliam Wheeler Crook and other counties. Stockmen plan stronger organization to bar outsiders and reserve next season’s range for home stock. The debate signals a brewing Spring conflict after a tense history of home versus foreign stockmen.
Memphis rumor centers on a planned giant alliance of independent U S telephone interests. Memphis Long Distance and Memphis Telephone Co executives acknowledge discussions but say no concrete steps have been taken. Backers include Stromberg Carlsson Manufacturing Co Harvey Meyers and Chicago meetings influence. A project valued around 100 million dollars is noted.
New York reports Professor Carl Myers of Frankfort has built an electrical aerial torpedo to be shown at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The craft uses two aluminum blades driven by a 110 volt motor, with aeroplane rudders for control. A distant operator moves a dial switch to steer the vessel through circles and spirals at high speed.
Eight hundred thousand dollars a year added to pay of nine thousand Truck Teamsters Union members. Employers concede about 1 75 a week per man after two weeks of talks. Increase to take effect February 1. Time and a half for Sundays and holidays except Labor Day when no teaming occurs.
Grants Pass Oregon January 2 at a meeting of Sugar Pine Door & Lumber Company officers led by R A Booth it was decided to shorten factory hours without reducing wages. The nine hour schedule will apply to all Sugar Pine mills.
Berlin reports the 1903 naval budget funds immediate lay down of two battleships one armored cruiser two small cruisers and five torpedo boats within the permanent naval program. Two battleships now building to be completed in summer 1905 three small cruisers due early 1904. Ships of enlarged Gazelle type with 5000 knot radius. In 1902 four battleships one armored cruiser and one gunboat were commissioned.
Herr P. P. Cahen, longtime advocate and four term Reichstag member, leads the Saint Raphael Society in urging Rome to appoint German bishops for U S German Catholics. He has campaigned for a decade to secure ecclesiastical appointments reflecting the German presence in America.
Paris reports France and Guatemala have agreed to submit the French claims to the international arbitration court at The Hague. The dispute mirrors the Venezuelan case, with both nations seeking resolution through the court’s process.
Honolulu, Jan 3. The cable-ship Silvertown endured relentless storms and heavy seas twelve hours from San Francisco to the landing near Cliff House. Despite strains up to five tons and dangerous deck conditions, expert handling allowed the voyage to reach Moloakai Channel by Christmas and splice to Hawaii by New Year. The Cable Company aims to finish the Manila leg by July 4 and extend the line to Shanghai.
Resume of the year notes volcanic eruptions and conflagrations, with Mount Pelee's May eruption singled out as the era's most disastrous event. It lists numerous notable deaths from January through the year including Cecil Rhodes, Talmage, Hampton, Stockton, Morton, Bret Harte, Zola, and Ulysses Grant's widow.
A dense dated chronology lists political changes, disasters, and notable deaths from January to May including Cuban presidency changes, Roosevelt receptions, shipwrecks, mine and factory disasters, fires, riots, treaties, and notable deaths such as Sir Elils Ashmead Bartlett and Marquis of Dufferin.
Abandoned Eddy Creek workings under Oliphant, Pennsylvania caved in this afternoon, swallowing four frame structures covering 6000 square feet. The 3 PM to 3:30 PM settling buried O'Brien’s hotel, Evans’ double dwelling and store, Acerly’s shop, with the surface mound 40 feet deep. No injuries reported.
Denver January 5 W C Hughes a Brown Palace Hotel fireman was arrested after confessing that December 16 he let two unknown men place a box containing a baby in a boiler room furnace. He opened the door believing a joke, then learned the box indeed held a infant.
Silverton Colorado January 5 the Bank of Silverton was closed due to the disappearance of president James H. Robin. The bank recapitalizes at 30000 with liabilities around 200400 Robin the principal stockholder has been acting oddly and friends fear he is demented and wandered into the mountains. The sheriff has dispatched search parties to locate him.
Berlin reports Crown Prince Frederick William accepted an invitation to visit the czar. Details on dates and arrangements remain unclear as officials coordinate schedules and diplomatic protocols.
Mabel asks if a girl should answer a young man's proposal by letter. Tom suggests three letters. Nearby Mrs Next Door comments on four happily married daughters and a fearfully quiet husband. Mrs Nagesby notes a tiger skin and tea. In a Closest Analysis Arthur asks how to define friendship and Edgar remarks on patience people have with others' facts.
An expansive chronicle lists riots, deadly fires, train wrecks, and natural disasters across U S and abroad. It records strikes by Teamsters triggering unrest, deaths in Chicago and Portland, killings in New York and Illinois, storms and floods in Iowa and Nebraska, avalanches of violence and political upheavals, including Panama Canal votes, Mont Pelee eruptions, and calamities in Europe and beyond with numerous named places, people, and dates through October to December.
In a minstrel exchange Bones argues Noah took only one ham on the voyage. Tambo counters with a playful line about proving it. The ribbing turns on dietary detail from the good book.
Reginald questions an imported Egyptian cigarette claim while Miss Rose counters they are deadly and problematic. The exchange hints at concerns over product safety and health implications in a dated social dialogue.
A Chicago News quip features three year old Margie asking if people go to heaven and a mother answering as a joke, then the child riffs about grandpa being stored on a shelf in a big stone house after he dies. Willie jokes about studying spelling to laugh at others’ mistakes.
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