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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1903
Page
2
Eugene Weekly Guard surveys a week of international tension and domestic events. Roosevelt contemplates consul appointments on merit. Cripple Creek miners face troops. a Kansas City man drowns escaping lynching. revolts, arrests, and political shifts ripple across Europe and the Americas.
New York September 4 The Reliance defender won the third end final race and the series in a fog bound finish. Shamrock III failed to cross the line after two miles behind as the yacht was towed in triumph. The victory keeps the cup in America, with Herreshoff design praised as unrivaled.
In Kansas City twenty five stockmen from the West met to form the Independent packing company with 5 million capital under Arizona law. Half the stock will be held in escrow by directors to ensure control by stock interests, with two million issued initially. Plans include a Missouri valley plant in operation next fall and another later in Texas, amid shifts from a earlier United States packing company scheme. Charles F. Martin promotes the effort alongside other stockholders.
London dispatch from Monastir dated August 31 reports a failed effort to penetrate the Albanian cordon to Armensko. Turkish brutality is alleged with massacres at Armenako and Nevolkas, and fear grips Florina Christians, with consuls including the Italian consul insulted. Armies move, but details are scarce.
Montgomery report notes Hobson City near Anniston is governed by black residents under a new constitution. About 20 male adults remain eligible to vote, leaving most offices effectively chosen by a tiny electorate.
Chicago, Sept. 6. Secretary Shaw declares reports of a large boost in deposits are unfounded. He says he has 40 million dollars available for deposit if conditions later warrant such an increase, but has not decided to implement a hike now.
Postmaster General Payne said the federal grand jury in Washington will finish the post office cases soon, with matters in New York still open. He hopes Bristow's report is in by October first, as the grand jury was in session briefly today.
San Francisco Sept 5 The Southern Pacific and Western Pacific announce free carriage to Ogden for all exhibits at the national irrigation congress. The railroad today sent notices to county boards of trade offering free transportation of exhibits.
Governor Chamberlain received a letter from Fred J. Kelisel of the National Irrigation congress urging Oregon’s strong representation. Four $500 silver loving cups will be awarded for hop exhibit, barley quality, varied fruits, and sugar beet sugar content. The fruit cup stands 23 inches tall and weighs 270 ounces, depicting Pomona. Congress begins September 15 in Ogden, potentially impractical for the governor to attend.
Residents of Warner Valley Lake County traveled to Salem to appeal to the state land board over their home ownership dispute. The federal land department ruled for Warner Valley Stock Co, undermining settlers claims as homesteaders while the company cites a state swamp land purchase. The board will study the arguments, awaiting a patent before title transfers, while Governor Chamberlain urged delaying patent issuance.
A dense calendar lists numerous fairs carnivals and gatherings across Oregon from September through October. Entries cover Portland Salem The Dalles Pendleton Baker City Burns Toledo Eugene Sumpter and more with dates and locations including races stock exhibits and encampments for the state.
G B Dennis of Spokane backs a 200 ton quicksilver plant at the Black Butte mines near Cottage Grove Oregon. Four years of development reveal about 12 000 feet of tunneling and a 1000 foot shaft with 80 foot crosscuts. Ore yields 16 inches of quicksilver per ton with over 2 million dollars blocked out. a 40 to 300 ton expansion and electric power plant are planned to enable large scale operations.
Construction at the penitentiary reform school and asylum continues with new buildings and additions. The execution chamber may be ready before January 1, and likely before any hanging in prospect. Pacific coast rep D A Hanna praises Rogue River fruit valley apples and pears, noting unlimited pear and apple acreage and Bartlett pears thriving there.
Sofia notes the Macedonian revolutionists issue a general insurrection proclamation led by General Zountcheff and Colonel Jankhoff. The movement covers Struma valley districts near the Rhodope range, with Jankoff directing southern actions. Hilmi Pasha reportedly remains at Konakat Monastir as Groeff warns of massacres if abuses continue.
Joseph A. Wilson, manager of the Hood River Applegrowers' Union, just closed a $20,000 sale with the Davidson fruit company of Hood River. A $1,000 deposit was paid to bind the deal. Prices: fancy four tier Spitzensbergs at $2 per box, yellow Newtons at $1.80, with delivery at railway at picking time. This marks the largest fruit sale in Hood River history, as buyers previously paid $1.45 per box for Spitzenbergs.
In Ashland the value of completed and ongoing building improvements is estimated at 50,000 dollars. The city has witnessed a high tide of construction over the past two or three years and expects to be matched before the season ends. New business structures have been finished and many substantial residences are under construction throughout the city.
The Multnomah Athletic Club plans a ten thousand dollar fall carnival in Portland from September 14 to 26. It promises the biggest show on the Pacific coast with many athletic events and prizes. Railroads offer low rates and organizers expect large attendance with each day designated as a special event.
Five contest cases involving 800 acres of timber land located 25 miles east of Albany occupy Oregon City land office officials. The cases arise after January 1902 proof and cash receipts were issued and later sold to disinterested parties. Contestants claim proof makers failed to maintain residence on the premises and used irregular final proof practices.
Patsy Daly, a leading Prairie City stockman, says valley holds about 60 percent more cattle than can be fed there this winter. Hay is ample and better than in years, yet buyers are absent, discouraging stockmen who must feed or sell.
Civil Engineer F H Newell chief of United States reclamation service and advisers J B Lappincott H N Savage and John T Whistler survey proposed reservoir sites in Malheur county near Westfall and Willow Creek to support the Oregon work and California surveys.
The Southern Oregon state normal school will open for the coming year on September 14. President Mulkey, who has traveled statewide in the institution's interest, reports bright prospects for attendance. The new academic and administration building, funded by the last legislature, is nearing completion and will cost about $8000.
The state land board has completed its sixth purchase of school district bonds. The last purchase was $8500 of bonds from School District No. 1 in Jackson County. The bonds bear interest at unspecified percent.
The August statement by Clerk George G. Brown shows land department receipts at 90036.11 dollars, about 1000 dollars per day, matching normal levels when school land sales were active. Revenue now mostly comes from deferred payments on prior sales.
Rehor and Hulac of Omaha have bought Kerr and Housler's neat market and cold storage plant at McMinnville. They plan an extensive pork and meat packing business. McMinnville attracted them because farmers have expanded stock raising in recent years. Yamhill county now has ten times the stock it had six years ago.
Market notes show wheat prices in Walla Walla and valley levels, flour and hard wheat rates, and various grain goods. Livestock and dairy values list butter, cheese, poultry, eggs, and beef with price ranges. hay, potatoes, and wool/mohair quotes follow, including Oregon and Eastern Oregon distinctions.
Berlin reports Germany's exhibit at the St Louis exposition is shaping up with shipments already sent. The collection includes porcelain, browses, textiles, foods, toys, leather work, interior decorations and 20 other specialties. Government displays on transportation education and art will be among the finest ever sent out of the country.
London reports that Field Marshal Lord Roberts will not sail for Boston in September as planned. The British army maneuvers were postponed to mid September due to bad weather, delaying corps movements and influenced by the Somaliland scenario, keeping Roberts from leaving.
In Hastings Iowa on September 3 a Burlington passenger train No 3 collided head on with a freight engine and three care cars near town. The wreck at about ten miles an hour threw passengers from seats and about 40 were injured though none severely.
Dispatches from New York report the senate rejected the canal treaty due to impersonal diplomacy and political opposition.
London dispatch reports a Morning Post letter from Constantinople noting crisis over American missionaries in Asia Minor. It argues a U S squadron signals determination in the Turkish question, predicts Russia’s Dardanelles descent opposed, and suggests the United States may gain ambassadorial status representation.
Paris reports that due to increasing unrest in Turkey a French fleet will be placed on standby to sail to Turkish waters. Italy Austria Russia and Great Britain have made similar preparations, with officials anticipating coordinated action in a crisis.
Beirut reports that the United States cruisers Brooklyn and San Francisco arrived on Saturday, marking a notable naval presence in Syria. The deployment underscores postwar and regional security activities involving U.S. forces in the eastern Mediterranean.
Washington reports say President Roosevelt and Secretary Hall fully back Minister Beaupre in Bogota with instructions that the State Department bears full responsibility for canal treaty representations. The president will not commit to actions that hinder Beaupre’s efforts under the canal law, and no course is given if the treaty is rejected.
New revolutionary group the Russian Socialist Revolution party differs from the Social Democrats in doctrine, yet espouses violent tactics. London Times dispatch says the party revives terror from a decade ago and seeks to arouse peasants to abolish autocracy. A fighting wing has operated since 1902 to meet force with force.
Plans detail a spectacular fort Riley camp for maneuvers with 14 000 troops encamped on the Republican river flats north of Junction City in a fan shaped layout. The apex near the bluffs will house the headquarters of the commanding general and staff.
Federal authorities in Honolulu say they have dismantled a long standing brothel keepers organization after months of work. They located the group’s headquarters and seized a complete set of books detailing the association's operations and status.
Honolulu Sept. 7 The 7,000 Japanese in the Hawaiian islands are being organized into one body with Consul Saito as President of the society One goal is to settle labor difficulties involving Japanese employees It is proposed to establish capitals for the Japanese and schools for the children and to counteract idleness and ignorance among some Japanese
In Chicago at the City railways barns on sixty first and State, three robbers killed two men and wounded two others during a money heist. They seized $3000 from the cashier's deck and fled. four suspects were later arrested awaiting identification.
Berlin reports the Danish West Indian commission may back reduced military presence and modernized gendarmerie. It urges expanded public instruction, better hospitals, and revival of tobacco and corn. Emphasizes improved inter island and Denmark communication and growth via new steamship and land company.
Willemstad Curacao Sept 2 harsh justice is meted out to foreigners in inland Venezuela as authorities hunt those asserting claims under the new protocol. At Coroa a tribunal rejected five Italians testimony. three jailed for insisting on depositions, two men tried to escape and were shot, one killed. Venezuelan government does not deny the acts and seeks to prevent repetition. Letters urging foreign claims were reportedly seized to block timely submissions to Caracas.
Aden Sept 2 The main sources of rifles and ammunition for the Mad Mullahs forces in Somaliland have been traced by trade mark through agents at Harear and Jamul Abyssinia to a London firm. Since operations began some 3,000,000 rounds of Lee Metford ammunition and large numbers of Lee Metford and Gras rifles have been shipped to Jibutil and Harsar.
Paria reports government officials closely watch American warships in the Mediterranean. Temps argues U S action would shock Europe into recognizing Turkish crisis, while Parisian papers highlight dispatches about the American squadron's movements.
Washington dispatches report that Consul Wade at Canton dated August 24 sent a detailed account to the state department on the insurrection. In Kwang Si province rebels are described as well armed and drilled, winning several engagements against government troops. Lok Kin is named as a prominent instigator, with Li Hung Chang fleeing the empire.
The Austrian gunboat Sherla Kee foundered off Cadiz while eight or eleven crew were saved by a French steamer. The naval record cites an Austria gunboat of schooner rig with 147 tons and 3540 ton displacement, armed with two 5.9 inch and one 7 inch guns, crew of 104.
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