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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1902
Page
3
A condensed survey highlights Minnesota renominating Van Sant for governor, widespread strikes including shopmen, New York emigrants, warship features, Chinese indemnity, Florida and Chicago real estate values, and a host of political and social developments from Congress to Haiti. It notes riots in South Russia, a bank embezzlement arrest, postal raises, and coronation plans for King Edward.
The Star reports a new world scale cotton mill within 20 miles of Kansas City with $10 million investment, $3.1 million subscribed, 500000 spindles, 12000 looms, 4800 workers, payroll $2.45 million annually. Output 170000 bales yearly, finished cloth worth $12.75 million, powered by electricity. Four buildings on 2000 acres, promoted by Witten McDonald, ex banker and former Kansas City Times editor.
State land office June receipts totaled 35 240 564 dollars while Portland post office stamp sales rose to 20 444 14 with a 3130 86 increase from last year. Portland’s population exceeds 98 000 per city schools chief. Astoria endures first labor dispute in years as plumbers strike for 50 cent daily wage raise.
A petition circulates asking Southern Pacific to extend service from Sheridan to Portland via Corne line to include Sundays. Madison street bridge repairs near completion with opening in about two weeks. Labor troubles push rough lumber prices up by 1.50 per thousand feet and 2 per thousand for clear lumber in Portland.
Washington and Oregon benefit from the new session with river and harbor funds totaling 2.559 million for Oregon and 961 thousand for Washington. Bill funding Indian schools, Crater Lake park, Uma tilla land sales, and Sherman county aid also passes. Portland post office gains 200 thousand and 10 thousand for the custom house. Washington gets Puget Sound navy yard funds, lighthouses, Spokane and Tacoma buildings, and a Columbia River bridge at Vancouver.
Pekin July 5 The Taotai of Shanghai notifies the bankers that China refuses to pay the July indemnity installment except at the April 1901 exchange rate. American support for China's stance pressures a majority-minister decision. Britain suggests silver payment through 1910, seen as complication.
A July storm caused at least one million dollars in damage within 150 miles of Alton Illinois. Wood River overflow forced residents to upper floors as homes flooded and crops washed away. The Reuter farm near Alton suffered about ten thousand dollars in damage and East Alton’s Western Cartridge Company faced five thousand dollars in losses. Piasa creek district farmers lost shocked wheat and all crops.
United States cruiser Philadelphia has departed Philadelphia for the north. Governor Salazar and Generals Gutierrez and Allaya paid a farewell call on the vessel as it left Panama, per a dispatch to the Herald.
A detachment of United States marines and native constabulary engaged a large body of la drones in Morong province Luzon. The clash occurred near Manila on July 3 with casualties and the outcome not yet clarified.
Victoria B C July 8 Artrivale from Dawson reports a large number of idle men in the Klondike capital. Many came hoping to secure work on the Klondike Creek Railway but lack resources to outfit for prospecting or creek work and are lingering about Dawson.
Sheriff I. J. Ballard and Under Sheriff Cogburn died in Roger Mills County Oklahoma after a 30 minute gunfight with horse thieves as they attempted to arrest members of a notorious band. The band escaped, reportedly with no confirmed injuries.
Reported plans envision a 20 story New York hotel costing 10 million dollars as a milestone project. German experts test borax effects on four men linking to assimilation debates, while Carnegie’s cousin Harriet Lauder inherits and becomes Mrs J Greenway with a million dollar gift. Foreign commerce notes imitation goods threaten US trade in Germany. Ralene works deemed immoral by a Chicago jury. buyer not liable for subscription. Edison claims storage battery breakthrough to replace horse power in commerce.
The Omaha report notes widespread rains in Nebraska with excessive rainfall in the Platte and Missouri valleys causing potato rot and corn damage in parts, while table lands benefit from the moisture. Last week’s temperatures ran well below normal and more sunshine is desired.
In St Louis on July 5, heavy rains since Saturday have caused extensive crop damage in Illinois and Missouri estimated in the millions of dollars. Grains left in shocks sprout while floods diminished losses in upland corn and oats where winds did not blow them down.
Seattle report describes Tracy and Merrill, Oregon convicts, separating after a spree of robberies around Olympia. Tracy forces breakfast, robs a Scotchman, seizes a horse and gear, then commandeers a gasoline launch with four oyster workers aboard. He claims Merrill was killed for deceit, though authorities doubt the tale, and a posse chases Tracy toward Seattle after a series of daring actions.
Secretary Moody reported to the cabinet on the Commercial Pacific Cable company's plan to speed a transPacific line using United States Nero survey data. The route would connect San Francisco Honolulu Midway Guam and Manila with Midway as a relay and government preferential rates for wartime use. Cabinet officials deem it too important for a quick decision and may refer the matter to the attorney general for final action.
New York reports Major General John R. Brooke, in charge of the department of the East, packing up on Governor's Island for retirement under the age limit. He will be 64 on July 21 and is expected to be succeeded by General MacArthur of the department of the Lakes. Brooke plans to live near Philadelphia after leaving service.
A major yarn district fire in Philadelphia on July 5 caused about 200000 in losses. The blaze began in James E. Winchell Co. premises, with $125000 in woolen and cotton yarn damaged. Fire spread to Wil liam FE. D'Olier & Co. and Bucking ham & Paulson, causing further substantial losses.
President Roosevelt asked Attorney General Knox to determine if the anthracite coal output combination counts as a trust under the Sherman act. He supplied Wright and labor data from the Mine Workers report and other sources, to aid a definitive ruling.
Berlin signs the dreibund renewal with Count von Bulow and ambassadors L von Szogyeny Marich and Count Lansea di Busea. Text to remain secret for now, with publication uncertain. Officials deny surprise amid Paris reports and confirm loyalty to the Teutonic alliance.
Washington July 2 It is announced by the war department that General Jacob H. Smith's case will not be acted upon before week’s end. Judge Advocate General Davis has finished review and papers are with Secretary Root who has no time to give it attention. The court martial is alleged to have found him guilty of violating the rules of war and to have sentenced him to a reprimand by the reviewing authority President Roosevelt.
New York reports two steamship lines now run bi weekly between New York and South Africa, expanding postwar trade. The shift cuts rates as demand for lumber building materials cable orders grain and agricultural implements rises steadily.
An electric street car carrying about 80 passengers derailed at West Thirty-eight Avenue and Homer Boulevard around 11 PM, overturning as people returned from a suburban resort. Eleven people suffered serious injuries and four were believed likely to die, with all aboard sustaining some injuries.
Official dispatches from Manila on July 2 record 1,740 cholera cases and 1,385 deaths in the city. Provincial totals show 7,444 cases and 7,058 deaths, with Lieutenant Colonel Louis M. Maus, the insular health commissioner, suggesting about 2,000 provincial deaths unrecorded.
The article notes that Congress approved vast canal funding, with isthmian canal costs nearing 184 million dollars and total session appropriations rising toward a billion. It highlights war revenue repeal, Philippine measures, Chinese exclusion, and irrigation funding as major laws and fiscal shifts shaping national policy and taxation.
Large consignments of pure silver bars are moving through Laredo Texas en route to the Mexican government mint in Mexico City. One hundred nineteen bars, averaging 75 pounds, total 46 200 pounds, with shipments totaling 616 bars. No trance duty payable. The Mexican government reportedly granted American Smelting Refining Company the right to import 5 000 000 ounces of silver bullion for free coinage, aiming at profit under the exchange rate.
New Jersey's state treasury for the fiscal year ending today shows a balance of 2 698,202, marking nearly 500,00 more than last year. The rise stems from large month end receipts and chartered amounts dating to 1901, with taxes on big corporations exceeding 2,000 annually.
A Bombay dispatch reports Western India in alarm as the early June monsoon fails to arrive. Meteorologists say Mount Pelee's eruption in Martinique deflected the monsoon about 1,000 miles westward, explaining the unusual weather pattern.
A Petersburg report says a court representative visited the British Embassy to express sympathy over the Boer war matter. Foreign affairs officials acknowledged the incident may affect Russia's calculations regarding Africa.
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