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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1902
Page
7
An editorial questions whether the United States has any moral right to force Turkey to repay the ransom paid for Miss Stone’s release. It notes Turkish warnings about danger on her chosen route and suggests repayment would imply Turkey lacked power to protect itself from extortion. The piece argues there is no moral obligation.
The British show puzzlement over the Boers freeing General Me Thuen without warning. They speculate about the motive and whether he would be an easy opponent to defeat.
A sensational report from Helena, Montana, describes a marriage between a Chinese man and a sixteen year old white girl made possible by the mother's consent. The groom is noted as a member of the Presbyterian church and the Sunday school, highlighting social and religious tensions of the time.
The Evening Journal enters the public eye as a fresh Portland publication. It adopts an eastern style of layout and telegraphic service with a price of two cents per copy.
Reverend Sheriff Pearson of Portland Maine recalls 271 open saloons on his election and pledges a $100 reward to anyone who can prove an open saloon in the city or county, aiming to end saloon activity in the region.
Discussion argues that Cape Colony and Natal run railroads to benefit individuals and the state, predicting a similar move in the United States. It asks why the state should not own railroads as it owns wagon roads and waterways.
Members faced high demand for admission to the McKinley memorial service with some paying for tickets. Congressman Sibley pledged to secure seats for five Ohio constituents and spent 125 dollars to fulfill his promise.
A man sues a minstrel company in Pendleton claiming damages after his team ran away when a brass parade band caused a disturbance. The plaintiff argues street layouts and ordinary traffic expectations obligate the band to cover resultant losses.
Cecil Rhodes, the South African magnate described as more influential than any other man in the Boer War, is gravely ill with little chance of recovery. Even in sickness his ruling passion remains strong as he directs business interests, at least in a cursory manner.
In Boulder the streams powering hydraulic gold mines run full at night and dry by day as snowmelt from the Andes is released by sun heat and refrozen each night. Lost Creek in Lane county fed by Three Sisters glaciers shows a notable game phenomenon.
South African stockholders form a syndicate to seize Cecil Rhodes's approximately two hundred million dollar wealth if he dies. Analysts note that a few tens of millions difference would not alter Rhodes's wealth in his mind, reflecting the scale of his fortune.
The public fatigued by royal pageantry sees another flare up as William I R Germany and Theodore Roosevelt exchange personal telegrams over the event. The mockery of such mutual adulation is widespread, with Shakespearean irony quoted on the folly of mortals.
The article critiques levies by Chinese mandarins as extortionate taxes on the populace under indemnity payment pretenses. It argues these measures will worsen suffering and delay salvation for China by draining funds to swell European treasuries and enrich officials from the throne to minor tax collectors.
Dr Strong told the Unitarian Club banquet in Portland that American laborers cannot compete with Chinese workers. He argued Chinese workers lack family ties and interest in U.S. institutions, can save on wages, and would starve white workers. He called for a rigid exclusion policy.
Representative Wilson of Brooklyn, a trained physician, is vaccinating Congressional friends as smallpox grips Washington. Representative Landis was ready in a committee room when SanDie exclaimed Stop. The witty exchange jokes that the vaccine will make Republicans seemingly Democrats in his district.
The Eugene Board of Trade prepares a forty page descriptive pamphlet highlighting Eugene and Lane county resources to attract Pacific Northwest emigrants. It features front page double views of the courthouse university grounds churches and residences with high grade illustrations and clean typography. Ten thousand copies will be printed for distribution in April with limited advertising slots available by midweek.
An advertisement asserts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic is just iron and quinine in a tasteless form with the slogan no cure no pay. The copy warns readers about the product and its claims.
The Philologian Society met with good attendance. Moulton gave an extemporaneous address on The Outlook of the Oratorical Contest. A debate on free trade in the United States followed with Sheldon and Fisher for the affirmative and Mears Bollman and Cochrane for the negative.
The proposal would add a section imposing a penalty on persons entering the city who have a contagious disease. Officials expect the ordinance to be delayed by council rules suspension and taken up at next Wednesday’s meeting.
Leonard Brown, son of Dr L W Brown, formerly from Eugene, returns to the field as a mining promoter. A Salt Lake Tribune item notes a new mining company formed around the Lady Curzon group of thirteen claims near Milford. Frank Morehouse and Leonard G Brown acquire the claims and plan a $200,000 corporation with John Fergie directing work to reach sulphides and shaft the Copper King vein.
A missing boy sparks a townwide search ending in a river rescue. A web of fear unravels when a kind stranger saves him, later a burglar is wounded in a home ambush, is nursed back, and years later is convicted. The father reflects that the burglar’s good deeds barely balance his crime by a hair.
Cigar workers face pressure as Philippine labor costs rise to twenty five cents a day and Manila factories run around the clock to meet demand. About 20,000,000 cigars are reportedly under consignment for the country, threatening the future of American cigarmakers.
A distressed husband reflects on changes in his wife after marriage and urges sympathy. The piece extols Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a remedy for nervousness irritability and lassitude in young women. It includes testimonials from Mrs. Ethel Trepto and Mrs. Anna Russell praising restored health and rosetting with medical advice and offering free consultations.
Candid Friend recalls three subalterns on the trenches with Lord Wolseley, Gerald Graham, and Charles Gordon. Graham ignored Russian danger and walked to his tent nightly while Wolseley crawled through sludge to avoid fire. Gordon alternated between crawling with Wolseley and partnering with Graham for talks.
The Constitution carried forty four guns and has a storied history. It served as Commodore Preble's flagship in 1803 during the Barbary War and featured officers like Lieutenant Wadsworth. In 1812 English papers mocked it as a mere pine board bundle, but its victory over the Guerriere transformed public opinion. Shortly after, under Captain Rainbridge, it compelled the Java to strike its colors, defeating some of Britain’s finest frigates.
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