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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1902
Page
2
Highlights include Mitchell's opening senate speech on Chinese exclusion and federal bills advancing in committee and house. Reports cover imports from Germany, clashes of Kitchener forces, Rhodes scholarships, Oklahoma statehood prospects, interior secretary retirement, and various fires and accidents. International tensions, weather and disease notes, and political shifts mark the day in a compact digest.
The will of Cecil Rhodes provides for colonial and American scholarships for students from Rhodesia and the United States, and five German birth students at Oxford. It also leaves 4000 pounds yearly to maintain a burial site in the Matoppo Hills, funds a railroad spur, and appoints trustees to cultivate land for Rhodesia’s education, with a new residence for South Africa’s prime minister.
A Sofia dispatch to Exchange Telegraph dated April 5 reports 14 revolutionary bands crossing the frontier into Macedonia with arms and supplies. Turkish forces ambushed 200 Hungarian outlaws in Kirza mountains, killing some and capturing others. Macedonians accused of atrocities including skinning a Turk alive and displaying the skin as a trophy.
Vienna April 5 Neu Frie Presse reports Serb insurgents in northern Turkish towns rising in a serious organized rebellion. They are well armed and supplied. a skirmish occurred with Albanians at Kolashin, with several men killed or wounded and more clashes reported.
A coal mine at Unston Pacific in Carbon Wyoming shows a long smoulder reigniting after being sealed twenty years ago. Workers labor to wall up the mouth of the fan shaft as smoke and flame leak from new openings. The fire has burned steadily for five years and encroached within a half mile radius.
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In Washington on April 7 the Senate opened debate on the Chinese exclusion bill. Senator Mitchell argued the bill mirrors existing law but is more liberal in some respects than the Geary Act. He stressed exclusion as a national policy akin to Monroe doctrine, aiming to protect American labor and civilization while preventing fraud.
Governor Salazar announced a Marroquin dispatch stating General Gonzales Valencia defeated two Liberal armies led by Ferran Soto and Juan McAliater, while Uribe-Uribe was defeated near Medina. The report says Panamanian defenses in Panama City are impregnable and would require a large force to storm.
A large blaze along the beach front in Atlantic City New Jersey destroyed twelve hotels and over twenty smaller structures. The estimated loss tops 750000 with only partial insurance coverage. No lives were lost though some people were lightly injured. Firefighters from Philadelphia and Camden aided local crews but containment took hours. A militia guard was deployed to prevent looting and several suspects were arrested for robbery.
A Washington hearing on government yards building warships drew labor leaders including James O'Connell of the Machinists Association to argue for using existing plants. He cited millions invested in plants and warned wage comparisons with private yards. officials noted current wage policy while acknowledging potential public benefits.
Report recounts a mine explosion about 4 45 pm causing multiple deaths and injuries. Eleven to twelve men were inside with a number escaping as flames and coal dust ignited. The blast is linked to defective lamp use, recalls a deadly 1806 blast, and notes delays in rescuers and crews still at risk.
A dispatch from London reports a planned general rising by Christian populations in Turkey amid political maneuvering. Masedenla and Altes are cited as key centers with Sarafell's possible meeting to advance the plot, influenced by Russian machinations and diplomatic tensions.
Governor Hearts otee reports to the state department that Britain maintains a military camp within U S territory. The camp lies a few miles below New Orleans for trans shipment of
Amended articles of incorporation for the Denver and North Western Railway Company were filed to build a Denver to Salt Lake route. Capital stock is increased to 96,000,000. The proposed line would pass through Seath Boulter creak and Berthond pass near Het Sulphur Springs.
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