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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1902
Page
2
Summary of notable events: the Denver strike story, post office bill passage, senate ratification of a warfare treaty, a congressional bill on senatorial representation, Spanish cabinet resignation, queen regent to form Liberal ministry, and a deadly incident in Raja Minor.
Government forces under General Castro retreat toward Bocas de Toro after a failed February assault on Agua Dulce. They report Colonel Luque killed and revolutionaries in David, then begin a 17 day, 200 mile march with scarce food and ample drinking water.
Reports from various fronts describe heavy fighting at Agua Dulce with 500 expected casualties and a government retreat from Chickqul. Nicaragua bills advance in Senate while canal concerns and colonial tensions ripple through Asia and Africa. Colonel Uribe killed. reinforcements anticipated amid ongoing unrest.
Six men broke into the Exchange Bank at Mingoka nine miles west of Joliet, blew the safe with dynamite, and escaped with between 2000 and 3000 dollars. Theodore Kring, awakened by the explosions, warned bank president A K Napp. Kring was assaulted on his return and found hours later. The robbers fled on a handcar.
Senator Mitchell introduced a bill to reimburse Sherman county settlers dispossessed by the Eastern Oregon Land Company. The measure directs Interior to value lands and improvements, issue certificates of indebtedness, and fund warrants, with payment from treasury appropriations and provisions for heirs. A Senate hearing favored restoring those who paid for ceded lands at various rates.
Ex governor John P Altgeld died at the Hotel NUN ROY in Joliet at 7 09 this morning after work by physicians through the night The cause is listed as cerebral hemorrhages with no brain seizure He had health troubles after 1890 Globe Savings Bank failure and Spalding crash and was in Joliet as special orator for Will County Boer meeting.
Boston reports a settlement ending a four day freight handlers strike. Governor Crane and city merchants pressed partners to adopt Boston Maine rules, enabling a return to work for about 20 000 idle workers with old positions likely restored as vacancies appear. The Allied Freight Transportation Council saw an abrupt end to the stoppage and a resumption of Trade and related services.
The steamer Providence traveling from Steamboat to Lake Palmyra overturned at Lone Landing during a late night squall. Twenty one passengers and crew drowned, nine were saved. The vessel sank in 40 feet of water with upper works blown away and cargo losses in the thousands.
A morning tornado swept through southern Copiah and northern Lincoln counties near Vicksburg Mississippi killing at least seven people. Montgomery in Copiah suffered the worst damage with four bodies found under wreckage. A railroad camp south of there lost three black workers, and a passenger train on the Illinois Central had window panes blown out.
Washington March 15 The house committee on foreign affairs voted against considering Sherman’s Chinese exclusion bill and approved proceeding by sections with the Mitchell Kahn measure. The first nine pages including exclusion provisions were approved with minor changes. The committee backed restricting Chinese laborers, and continued work likely until final passage.
Washington March 14 Doorkeeper W J Glenn of the house of representatives died at 3 10 this noon of acute inflammation of the lung He was a resident of New York.
The measure before House committees outlines authority for the War Department to study the reach of the present canal and locks at Willamette Falls. It considers construction of new canals linking Puget Sound with lakes and waterways, funding allocations, and a board of engineers to probe feasibility and routes. The act also addresses Seattle canal dredging, liability releases for Tacoma harbor contracts, and rights to use dredged material.
President Roosevelt sent a veto message to Congress dismissing a measure to remove the desertion charge from John Glass's naval record. The Senate, after debate, read the committee report and acted on the veto, with debates continuing into the session as leaders weighed the issue.
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