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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1901
Page
3
The weekly review summarizes major events from the week, including military movements in Pekin and at Presidio, European intrigues, and the latest with McKinley and Congress. It notes disasters, financial liabilities, naval plans, West Point hazing actions, and global trade developments.
Serious condition of affairs in Alaska reports from Fort Davis note exhausted forage and soaring prices for shared supplies. Other items cover immigrant head tax proposals, Admiral Dewey on a neutral canal, lands claimed by Jessie Benton Fremont, P C Knox as eighth US attorney general, and historical notes on Robert Morris, Elihu Root, and McKinley’s first public office nomination.
General Mac Arthur marked the surrender of insurgents Lascardo and Lacuna by releasing 1000 Filipino prisoners in Manila. Insurgents retain control of Patacole in North Camarines, with troops at Indan about thirty miles distant.
Alexander Edwin Sweet, founder of Texas Siftings and humorist known as Colonel Bill Short and Rev. Whangdoodle, died at his New York home of heart disease after years of illness. He was a Nova Scotia native aged unspecified.
Eight hundred Boers cross the Orange River from the northwest to reinforce eastern commandoes in the Cape Colony. Dewet is reported near Philippolia with forty horsemen, river colony patrols ordered to cross. Several British patrols have been ambushed.
A brief review covers fires, rail and road plans, and market trends across the state. Oregon City reports a 3500 fire this week, Baker City prepares for Fourth celebrations and an Odd Fellows encampment, and kaolin deposits near Huntington attract development efforts. Farmers near Salem anticipate a strong crop as grain conditions look favorable, while Willamette and Clackamas river fisheries report their best season in years.
A list of prices for wheat, flour, oats, hay, hops, wool, butter, eggs, cheese, poultry, potatoes, mutton, hogs, veal, beef, and related farm goods shows per unit costs in cents, pounds, or tons. Included are reports on rifles sold to Shereetian government, a New Zealand telegram service, New York City improvements cost, fruit production leadership, and Edison’s storage battery venture statements.
President and Secretary of State Hay press Washington on reducing the indemnity from China amid Western friction. Proposals to fund the payment via bonds at par and 3 percent interest meet varied reception, with Britain showing some openness while insisting on broader concessions.
In Elizabethtown Tennessee a dam on the Doe river broke flooding the area. Dozens of streams fed the waters causing the town of 2000 to be submerged and three residents drowned. Bridges on the Holston and Watuga routes were swept away halting railway traffic.
Rampart dispatches report A. D. Campbell, deputy marshal at Nome, arrived in Rampart from Nome in March after a 26 day trip. Nome held about 3,000 residents with lawlessness due to lack of incorporation and gambler opposition. Chamber of commerce raised 12000 dollars for special deputies but funds dried up after a month and guards were discharged.
About 50 000 machinists nationwide joined a strike seeking a nine hour day and pay parity with the 10 hour day. Government workers are spared, and allied trades have limited action while railroads show mixed participation. O Connell reports 904 firms with 30 000 workers have settled or agreed to the nine hour day.
In San Francisco on May 21 about 6,500 union machinists and iron trades workers quit, with 1,000 more expected to join. From Works 4,000 employed, 3,700 left. Risden Iron Works saw 650 workers quit, 50 remained. Fulton Iron Works had 600 names with 500 quitting. Three plants accounted for 4,900 walkouts. Of 99 local shops, 10 employ over 100. eight small firms already agreed, others refused the union’s contract.
In Cincinnati Ohio late yesterday union machinists voted to close down plants indefinitely as a strike broadens. Officials said several large firms have enough finished goods to weather the stoppage. Union leader Schilling said the Cincinnati tie up is the most complete in the nation with only about 100 machinists at work today besides 600 already conceded their terms. these 100 would not work tomorrow.
Constantinople May 21 Ahmed Tewfik Pasha Ottoman foreign minister called on ambassadors to announce Turkey's wish to restore the status quo ante in the postal question and to send a high official to apologize for foreign mail bag violations The German ambassador regards the matter closed while British French and Austrian missions refuse to pass along Tewfik Pashas explanations awaiting fuller settlement
President McKinley finishes his San Francisco program with a reception for foreign consuls at the Scott mansion and events at the Palace Hotel and California Street M E church. Mrs McKinley’s health improves and the party departs quietly by ferry to Oakland en route to Washington with two trained nurses aboard. The journey will be slow and controlled for Mrs McKinley’s comfort with careful precautions.
Lick Observatory reports Perrine, in charge of the Crocker expedition, secured photographs with all instruments during the long May eclipse near Sumatra. Clouds drifted, but the plates show coronal streamer hoods observed first in 1898. More details await Perrine’s letters.
An international survey party of United States and Canadian engineers will begin defining the boundary from the Pacific coast to the Rocky mountains. The Mount Baker mining district dispute holds major interest as both nations claim it. Lt. Sinclair leads the U.S. party with J. H. McArthur heading the Canadian team.
United States minister to Japan A E Beck sailed from San Francisco for Yokohama. He had fallen ill with grip in his recent visit home and has not recovered yet. He believes the sea voyage and new climate will restore his health completely.
A large Northern Pacific warehouse in Glendive Montana stored 50,000 pounds of wool tools and supplies was burned tonight likely from a locomotive spark. The blaze also destroyed a two story residence and many cedar and oak piles. Loss estimated at $100,000.
Two unknown Hungarian men are dead and three more severely burned after a converter cover detached at the National Steel Company's Bessemer department in Youngstown Ohio. Several tons of molten metal engulfed the mill, burning one body to a cinder and leaving another nearly as badly burned.
The multiplex system of telegraphy by the late Henry A Rowland, now being introduced into Germany, allows eight messages to travel on a single wire, four in each direction at 40 words a minute. A keyboard like a typewriter operates the system and a small machine records at the end of the line. Messages can be printed on paper or saved on a long ticker tape.
Copenhagen on May 21 reports the Danish West Indies were not sold. Negotiations continue on details but approval by the rigsdag and congress is unlikely before the forthcoming sessions.
Caracas reports Venezuela refuses to accept the French cover for renewing diplomatic relations due to objections to a clause mandating arbitration of pending claims from the last revolution. Venezuela proposes settling all claims by a total sum without arbitration.
Baker City Oregon May 27 The Climax mine landslide caused by a water ditch overflow proved far worse than initial reports. The main tunnel mouth was sealed with timbers boulders and debris, requiring heavy blasting and ten days to reopen. Restoration of destroyed buildings and other lost property will take several weeks.
Washington May 24. The post office department cabled instructions to China directing all its military postal service representatives to depart on the first available transport. H M Robinson of Atlanta, superintendent in China, was assigned to the Philippines and all others will return to their points of assignment. This marks the close of the United States military postal service in China.
Goldsboro torpedo boat destroyer broke a starboard engine eccentric rod during a trial run near Seattle. The defective steel rod caused the ship to return to dock after only ten minutes on course. Another trial is not planned until the end of the week.
May 21 London dispatch notes Secretary Hay’s proposed Nicaragua treaty draft. Described as a re draft of the Hay Pauncefote pact, it is voluminous with extensive annotations. Cabinet examination and discussion likely weeks away before posead action.
Doctors reviewing the suspected case aboard the United States transport Indiana concluded the illness was not smallpox. The all clear means the troops will board the Indiana today.
Washington May 27 Count Casini of the Russian army conferred with acting Secretary Hill for about an hour. The talks centered on Chinese negotiations and on the question of accepting Chinese bonds at specified interest figures. The discussions indicate it would be imprudent to agree without an international guaranty, and the United States cannot accept such a guarantee.
The wooden steamer Baltimore foundered off Tawas Michigan near Au Sable while towing a drill and sea. Twelve hands drowned as the crew abandoned ship during a fog break near Thunder Bay. George McGinnis survived but went mad from the experience. Thomas Murphy recounted the voyage and rescue by the tug Columbia, which saved six crew members. The ship was valued at about 4000 dollars and insured for nearly that amount.
Manila May 27 natives vent anger at American judges amid civil service bias toward Americans. Judge Neer of Tondo warned of a second revolution if reorganization cuts native posts. Federalists ridicule. Commission selections praised, but natives labeled mostly unqualified. Malfeasance case and suspected irregularities cited. Civil service classifications fail to balance Spanish and American qualifications. General MacArthur conference prompts Trias to negotiate surrender of General Cailles at Luchan with daily expectation.
White Horse Yukon Territory May 14 reports say the Yukon river remains closed below Lebarge despite ice clearance daily. Scows have carried substantial freight to Lebarge as Lake Bennet remains unopened, with the first Dew son bound steamer yet to arrive. Klondiker 1901 era note on White Pass and Yukon route solving lake navigation questions.
Waverly Ohio May 27 Dr W T Wallace fought burglars in a dawn confrontation after being awakened on a bank and post office second floor. He exchanged shots with the robbers, a blood trail indicating hits, and the thieves fled town or by train.
In Fort Collins Colorado on May 27 heavy rains raise the Cache La Poudre River to the highest level in two years. The dam at Lake Loveland area may break, cutting irrigation and threatening bridges. Residents in Larimer County evacuate, with homes and lands forced to flee, while insurance and relief efforts begin.
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