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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1901
Page
2
Overseas political shifts include Peru facing cabinet turmoil and Sagsta forming a new Spanish cabinet. Insurgents in Cebu near surrender. Manila harbor improvements funded. naval actions and international diplomacy ripple through Europe and the Pacific from Ireland to New York.
Pekin March 11 The ministers committee completed its report outlining general principles for indemnities under Roman and English law. Debates weighed full payment for reputably honest claimants against more cautious estimates, with a case cited of a man seeking 10 000 for himself and family and 20 000 for destroyed property amid disputed valuations. Negotiations progress toward completion in two months except for commercial treaties. General Chaffee said troops would seek Chinese official assistance to arrest and punish robbers and Boxers. He urged justice and opposed extortion in indemnities for missionaries and native Christians, agreeing to diplomats settling certain claims. Count von Waldersee to Tsin Tau then Shanghai, with possible Pekin return. China reportedly delays its reply to Russia on the Manchurian convention. Ministers also plan to modify legation occupancy to let five government boards stay in China.
In Havana the Cuban constitutional convention committee on relations comprises three radicals, Silva, Villamena, and Gualberto Gomez, and two conservatives, Tamayo and Quebada. Tamayo favors full acceptance and may issue a minority report. The session was brief, Gomez named secretary, and protests have ended with improved island calm. Stevedores and other unions return to work after a settlement of 92.60 and 4 dollars for night work.
Frank W. Redding, ex Newark resident and former Astor battery member in the Spanish war, reports a gold find on Mindanao island in the Philippines. He sent ore to his brother William F. Redding in Newark, whose sample was assayed in New York as 897 fine dust worth about 1858 dollars per ounce in crude form.
American corn exports average 173.6 million bushels yearly since 1895, up 254 percent compared to the five years prior.
In the imperial year the German empire reported 16 700 personal crisis notices. The count reflects official records of distress cases handled by authorities. Data indicates ongoing social strain within the empire during that period.
A quirky, OCR style note records a count of 40 600 native pepits allocated to Sunday Schools of the Firebieds. The fragment hints at a church or religious education program distribution and a large audience or group involved.
Filing of acts by Governor Geer shows bills passed by both houses with his signature after adjournment. The list includes measures on streetcar vestibules, kidnapping, charter mortgages, county bounds, public bids, cattle trespass, oyster bed locations, oats weight, attorney general duties, and many other appropriations and regulatory provisions across Oregon counties and cities.
A special dispatch reports General Kitchener and General Botha holding a conference with Boer leaders at Medikament Middelsburg on March 27 to consider terms ending the war. Another dispatch notes the possibility of surrender and total war termination following such terms, with mixed reactions in Pretoria and among Boer leaders.
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