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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1901
Page
3
A severe storm hit 70 miles from Pittsburg causing widespread damage. Rain and wind toppled trees and electric lines, halted traffic, and crippled railroads. Ohio River areas darkened as gas mains were shut off to prevent accidents. Casualties few, with reports pending full tallies.
Reports from St Petersburg to the Czar indicate renewed Russian military actions in Manchuria. Troops concentrate near Mukden and Kalu with Krupp guns and thousands of soldiers under General Lutansz, while a separate expedition advances from Mukden against ex governor van Mieoner.
Negotiations concluded between the government and authorities to restore and maintain the international boundary from Lake Superior to the Atlantic coast. The line to the Pacific has been fixed after over forty years of dispute. Work will begin in the region early next year following directives from officials in Columbia.
Vancouver plans outline a $980,000 vessel for Captain Joseph Bernier to launch a five year North Polar expedition with J. R. Tyrrell aboard. The ship features a flush deck three masts with 7000 square feet sail, detachable topmasts, and a 14 member crew including a surveyor astronomer geologist artist photographer and doctor.
The Chicago Chronicle reports Count Leopold de Melville alias Leo Frasquini, held by New York police for bigamy, tied to over a hundred love affairs in Chicago. His duels for love left bloodstains and wounds as a pattern of honor, with a famed pedigree linking to Belgian nobility.
From Canton and Hong Kong reports the viceroy orders a sweeping crackdown in the two Kwang provinces. Town gentry must supply lists of suspected criminals. named individuals will be arrested and executed if involved in crimes. Informers rewarded. robbers may gain pardon by aiding three others to justice. Plague toll in Lambo district cited at eighteen thousand.
A Pekin dispatch reports Li Hung Chang is severely censured in a special edict after France and China agreed on borders and German forces moved west. The edict orders Li to direct the expedition and warns responsibility lies with him if he fails. It notes Lin Kun Yi and Chang Chih Tung named joint negotiators, but Li must consult them on major matters.
A Pekin dispatch reports that ministers from England France America Holland Belgium and Italy have submitted a report on vanitial punishment urging four more beings and exile of 80 more officials. They demand immediate action by the Chinese diplomatic corps to 4.
Manila April 25 Zmilo Aguinaldo says he is in more comfortable quarters after removal from his prison in Malacanan palace and was visited by his wife and a press representative He notes greater openness about Americans and Filipino politics and urges insurgents to surrender He believes leaders like Tinlo Lusbay and Malvar may surrender once amnesty is understood and hopes Guam prisoners will be freed after pacification He praises military courtesy and envisions a civil government under American auspices bringing peace and prosperity for the Philippines.
In Baker City on April 35 a string of major mining negotiations unfolds. The Leo mine in the Alamo district may be exported by an English syndicate with a large bond and up to 100000 spent this season. The Climax near Golconda faces a bond from Milwaukee capitalists with 150000 to be paid within 90 days. The Blue Bird attracts Milwaukee buyers who offer six months bonding for development work and a final 50000 payment.
Reports from Paris say Mount Vesuvio is erupting actively as crowds of scientists students and American tourists rush to leave for Naples by every train. Signs appeared a week earlier with columns of smoke vaulting skyward for days then occasional ash rain spreading over miles. Lava has begun to flow and the crater blaze lights the night while two light earthquake tremors have been felt.
In Cape Town in April, Lord Kitchener issued proclamations asserting martial law powers to suppress colonial rebellion. The acts authorize force to detain, try, and sentence suspects. officers may use deadly force if ordered by the court martial or military authority.
The secretary of war released 688 names for first and second lieutenants in the regular army under the reorganization bill. Oregon Washington and Idaho each have a few appointees who served in the Philippines and volunteer regiments before returning to regular service.
Springfield April 26. Unceremoniously the remains of Abrahm Lincoln and family, since March 10 1900 in a temporary vault near the Lincoln monument, are placed in the rebuilt crypt in the Illinois monument costing 100000. Governor Yates and state officials witnessed the ceremony attended by Lincoln Monument Association members and federal officers.
George H. Brainard, a New England Telephone foreman, shot and killed one coworker and fatally wounded another on the fourth floor. He also wounded two more as he tried to shoot a deputy marshal who attempted to arrest him. Police say insanity is the presumed motive, though no prior symptoms were noted. Brainard led a crew of 14 workmen at the time of the shooting.
Lord Pauncefote and Secretary Hay conferred at the state department for an hour as Hay prepares for his impending departure from Washington. The principal topic was the canal project while Hay seeks a palatable Senate position before submitting another treaty.
A Times Washington dispatch reports three powers have told Venezuela they will not respect her courts and that decrees by her executive are void. The United States Spain and Germany have issued notices with Britain and Holland soon to follow. The U S has reserved the right to review Venezuela court decisions in an asphalt dispute amid older grievances. No concerted action or joint plan links the powers.
A Havana report quotes General Rafael Portuando stating Cuba seeks absolute independence with 99 percent of Cubans backing it and demanding US military occupation end immediately. Some Spaniards favor annexation but fear loss of property. most Spaniards and Cubans alike prefer independence despite potential friction or conflict.
Manila reports 115 officers and 2157 bolomen surrender and swear to US, at Narvacan in Ilocos province. Major Ahern and Captain Horton review sites in Panay to select a placement for peace, while Salas and officers pledged to surrender. Balas and three officers are among those captured by Visayas department chief Marc Noble.
London reports Brigadier General Sir Frederick Ludguard and Colonel WG Kemball led West African frontier troops to crush the Bida and Kontagora slave emirs in Northern Nigeria. After heavy fighting the emir of Kontagora was defeated, 5000 natives charged the British square, capitals of Bida and Kontagora were captured, and thousands of slaves freed. The emirs, long feared, were rendered powerless without white troops.
The south bound International and Great Northern train derailed at Davenport Texas, about 18 miles north of San Antonio, after robbers allegedly threw a switch. Bloodhounds are scouring the area to catch the culprits. Several crew and passengers are seriously injured.
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