World News In Brief From The Era Of Global Tensions
A compiled digest notes events across continents: floods in Ohio and rising rivers, Measles on a transport, a Nebraska colony seeking 50 000 acres in Oregon, deaths from snow in Huntsville Tennessee and an Oregon slide, a Vancouver bank collapse, and a deadly freight accident near Portland. Reports on Manchuria military activity, Aguinaldo favoring American sovereignty, British war weariness, and unrest in the Philippines plus railway plans and industrial combos. Also noted are a London prizefight injury, anarchist surveillance, and a dangerous jail poison attempt in Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vecurus
Ohio
Manchuria
Buford
Nebraska
Oregon
Aguinaldo
Billy Smith
London
England
Tennessee
Schley
Rio Janiero
Joseph Hume
Pacific Coast
Berkeley
Cal
Santo Domingo
United States
Leyte
Philippines
Westinghouse Company
France
Charles Brown
E. L. Canby
First National Bank of Vancouver
Portland- Astoria
Twenty-sixth Regiment
San Francisco
Garonne
Presidio
Washington Gossip and Washington Letter update
Army officers harshly criticise the Logan statue for an unmilitary saddle pose and uneven legs. Veterans advised to file claims themselves rather than use agents amid contract allegations. War secretary seeks private steamship bids to supply transport to New York, Cuba, and Porto Rico as dock charges and costs rise. Trade with Cuba slides while exports to Puerto Rico and the Philippines grow. Marconi to sell wireless gear to the government. Congress needed for any arrangement. Navy to test wireless telegraphy advances at Newport and in weather service work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Logan
Oklahoma
Land Office
Secretary of War
New York
Cuba
Porto Rico
Quartermaster's Department
Marconi
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Weather Bureau
Signal Service
Newport
Dam breaks floods Chester area after 1874 dam failure
Flood Hollow dam in Middlefield failed about 6 p m causing a torrent to sweep into the Westfield river. The town of Chester suffered extensive damage with the electric light station submerged and darkness across the town. Two quartz mills, several barns and outbuildings were washed away, and Bancroft’s Boston and Albany bridge with 600 feet of track destroyed. Trains expected to resume in two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Musa
Middlefield
Westfield
Flood Hollow
Westfield River
Bancroft
Boston & Albany
Oregon State Nes Commercial and Financial Happenings
Brief review of growth in Oregon industries reports Elgin will have two new planning mills The Dalles to spend 1630 40 for water pipe Ashland to build a bath house with a swimming tank three feet high A six foot six inch cougar killed on Sweet Creek Last week a 40 acre tract near Cove known as the Kite place sold for 16000 Grant county court extends tax delinquency date to June 20 Ashland Meat Company received a carload of Gazelle cattle eight head weighed 1890 pounds each Human skull and bones found near Fossil indicates possible early white wanderer killed by Indians Creek bank remains exposed by flood Gold Hill to Crescent City line planned Mitchell to install waterworks Lorane bridge bids Lane county seeks bids for Lorane bridge 2000 gallon windmill tank ordered by L S Bennett Pendleton salmon weighed nearly 11 pounds Summerville creamery construction under way Stukel Mountain new saw mill to have 15000 to 25000 feet capacity Rowe burgh street fires destroy empty boxes Firemen respond Deschutes Reclamation and Irrigation 160 rods of flume built seven feet wide 28 inches deep 15000 inches of water now running Homesteads to receive water next fall ditch surveyed seven and a half miles
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland Meat Company
Gazelle
Butte Creek
Main Street
Pendleton
Summerville
Stukel Mountain
Klamath Falla
Merrill
Roweburgh Princes
Deschutes Reclamation & Terigation Company
Portland Markets A Wartime Style Grain and Livestock Listing
Portland markets report a detailed list of prices for Wheat, Flour, Oats, Barley, Millstuff, Hay, Hops, Wool, Mohair, Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Cheese, Potatoes, Lambs, Hogs, Veal and Beef. It lists varieties and prices per unit, including evergreen notes on Oregon and Eastern Oregon items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Walla Walla
Valley
Seminal
Bluestem
Graham
Oregon
America
Destructive April Snowdrift Hits Pittsburg and Midwest
A vast April storm dumps 18 inches to three feet of snow across a wide zone from Pittsburg to cities 70 miles away. Rain and landslides flood tracks and darken towns along the Ohio River, with half a million people in the dark as electric and gas services falter. Few fatalities are confirmed. communications are down, delaying full casualty counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Bi . Tt
Tancona
Ohio River
Wheeling
Activity in Manchuria Amid Rising Russian Push
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports renewed military activity in Manchuria. Chinese forces hold three Mukden area points with Mauser rifles and 30 Krupp guns. Russian expedition under Zerponski moves against Kulu Tarhhausen and nearby positions as Mukden grows unsafe with nightly shootings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. Petersburg
Daily Mail
Manchuria
Mukden
Tarechaween
Lutane
Kulu
Mongolia
Bhan
Bhu
Aliezol
Zerponski
Tarhhausen
Boundary marks to be renewed along Canada United States line
Negotiations ended between Ottawa and Washington to renew and maintain boundary markers from Lake Superior to the Pacific. It is over 40 years since the line was fixed and over 60 since it was first marked. Work will start in Southern British Columbia this summer to address commercial claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Washington
Canada
United States
Lake Superior
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Coast
British Columbia
Alaska War Department supply shipment to Alaska ports
Major Ruhlen will send 15 000 tons of government freight to St Michael Nome and Yukon stations this season. The Elihu Thompson will sail from Puget Sound on April 26 carrying cargo for Captain Abercrombie and the signal service detachments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Ruhlen
Alaska
Pointe Xyes
St. Michael
Nome
War Department
Yukon
Elihu Thompson
Puget
Aberccrombie
Signal Service
Robbers Hold Up Express Train at Bridge Junction Ark
Three masked men attacked a Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf express near Bridge Junction Arkansas on April 24. The attack wounded a Black porter, killed or injured the express messenger, and looted valuables as bloodhounds traced the trail toward Hulbert while police rushed to intercept fleeing bandits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Choctaw, Oklahoma & Golf Railroad
Bridge Junction
Ark
Tutta
Wella Far
Perry
Onvy
Comeene
Gould
Nelson
Johnson
Meadors
Bern
Hulbert
British War Loan Raises Public Dismay at Half Offered
London April 24 Curiosity grows over how half of the 30 million pound British war loan has been placed while the government invites subscriptions for the remainder Some speculate that foreign connected financiers have favored themselves at the expense of public subscribers The Daily Chronicle criticizes the policy noting taxpayers lose about 3 900 000 pounds in the borrowing of 60 million pounds and protests the allocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Howtos
Daily Chronicle
Withdrawal of French troops from China in May
Pekin reports General Voyron informs General Chaffee that 10,000 French soldiers will depart China in May. Li Hung Chang expects Liu’s Chinese troops to withdraw beyond the boundary set by von Waldersee. Hei Liang named governor of Hu Pei while Hankow consuls protest to Chang Chi Tung over the appointment. Anti foreign sentiment grows with new Chinaman appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Voyron
China
Chaffee
Li Hung Chang
Liu
von Waldersee
Bhan Si
Hei Liang
Shan Si
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cvehits
DAT
Huntsville
Vancouver
Fred Rummel
Oegon
Berlin
Arkansas
Ohio Valley
Marinduque
Cebu
Philippine Islands
Mexico
Hills
Ees B, C
Milner
South Africa
Old Soldiers
Oregon State Nes
Commonwealth
Elgin
Dalles
Ashland
Sweet Creek
Cove
Grant
Gold Hill
Crescent City
Mitchell
Lane County Court
Lorane
L. Bennett
Medford
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