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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1902
Page
2
A condensed review highlights wheat peaks in San Francisco, Venezuela and Germany shaping Latin American policy, labor talks advancing with wage gains, and a Danube steamer sinking causing dozens of drownings. Reports cover Guatemala’s assassination framing, Meacham fire’s rebuild, Denver actors' sanitarium push, and a string of crimes from dynamited Chicago saloons to a guard’s arrest at the German palace.
Ausland Wis November 25 a Wisconsin Central ore dock burned causing about 425000 in losses. The collapsing dock swept away part of the tramway trapping hundreds. several hundred people fled danger with injuries as fire raged and a sawmill faced exposure. The dock valued at 600000 and ore at 25000.
A daring theft in Chicago today saw about ten thousand dollars stolen from two registered bags left in an unprotected wagon in front of the Masonic Temple. The robber seized the horses and wagon while the mail carrier was inside and vanished, later abandoning the tack and rig. No witnesses spotted the thief.
In Havana workers strike including roadmen streetcar men typegetters and conductors causing traffic disruption. Managers seek police protection as an American company plans appeals to higher authorities. Separately in Engleville two miners die and several others overcome in a mine fire with ongoing efforts to contain and close the pit.
Word reached Trinidad Colorado that Guy Lacroix, accused leader of the group that tried to rob a Colorado and Southern train, was seen near Clayton New Mexico and a man aboard a Colorado and Southern train at 590 left this evening. Special Agent Reno and Division Superintendent Rainey led efforts to keep the officers’ departure secret.
Negotiations between mine workers and owners in Scranton aim to base settlements on a 10 percent wage increase, a nine hour workday, and trade pacts. The proposal, described as a starting point, may be refined as arbitration proceeds, with a strike commission expected to pause about a week to ten days for further conferring.
The U S Bureau of Forestry estimates September fires in Oregon and Washington caused about 12 767 100 in losses. Oregon suffered 8 910 000 with homes farms mills timber and products burned, 86 families homeless, 200 partial losses, and 2 124 000 000 feet of standing timber affected. Washington losses reached 4 600 800 in Cowlitz Clark and Skamania counties plus 2 256 300 in other burned areas.
A westbound Rock Island passenger and express train was held up by twelve robbers three miles west of Davenport Iowa after midnight. They uncoupled the express car blew open the safe at Gale siding and took the cars west. No injuries reported and police rushed to the scene. The amount taken is not yet known.
At a public reception in Cebu, a Filipino speaker urged a more expeditional fulfillment of promises by the Americans including autonomy. General Miles advised patience and trust in the US to settle pending questions and hinted at eventual local autonomy.
Fire destroyed the Alameda Mole ferry building and 47 passenger coaches, injuring none of nine men asleep in a bunk house. The blaze started on the north side, burned to the water in two hours, and investigators consider a lamp or coal left burning as a possible cause.
Seattle November 22 8 Tada chief constructing engineer of the Japanese navy arrives with M Matueka and Gov Rigweni chief of the naval economate bureau aboard the Tom Maru and will proceed to tour local facilities.
An Italian passage describes how scraps like old shoes, rags, paper, bottles, bones, tin cans, and sash weights are sorted and sold. It notes prices such as six cents per pound for paper and around a dollar per hundred for bottles, with bones and tin can trade at specific ton prices. The text mentions a New York City operation paying about ninety thousand dollars yearly for a salvage endeavor.
A farm project describes building a miles long wire netting fence to protect crops from rabbits. The effort aims to deter pests and reduce crop damage, as laborers and women contribute to maintenance and future plans.
Notice announces a sale ofLots 1 and 3 in Range No W to revest agricultural or cultural unit claims in Oregon. Interested parties must file claims or objections by a specified date in February 1998 at Oregon County offices. James F. McKinley is named as county official overseeing the process.
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