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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1902
Page
2
Death and violence loom as murder and railroad collisions rear their heads. Belding faces execution in Portland on October 31 while a fatal Vandalia collision in Indiana leaves two dead and three injured. Political and labor tensions surge from Boston to Venezuela as leaders weigh warships tariffs and strikes and international figures plot new voyages and accusations.
Havana reports business leaders expect cabinet approval for the Cuban American tariff accord. The pact follows the Bliea schedule with a US differential of 20 to 60 percent and offers Cuba a 20 percent duty cut. Congress approval hinges on Platt amendment enforcement clarity.
US leads global coal production with 33.86 percent of 1901 output totaling 866,165,140 short tons. Great Britain and Germany follow, with Britain at 30.86 percent and Germany at 19.42 percent. Austria Hungary ranks fourth, France fifth, Belgium sixth, and Russia seventh.
In Kingstown on October 18, the Soufriere volcano erupted after daytime tremors. At 8 pm indications appeared and rumbling grew into a deadly roar. From 10 pm to 4 am the upheaval persisted with cannonading, incandescent clouds, and glowing ejecta.
The banking house Gilman Son & Co of 62 Cedar Street announced its failure. Liabilities are under 200000 dollars and no other New York entity is affected. The firm, founded in 1800 by Wisilieop and Gil man, faced mortgagee involvement in its closure.
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Secretary Root approves conversion of the transport Grant into a sea dredge to scour a 30 foot depth at the Columbia River mouth. Equipped with suction dredging gear, the 445 foot vessel will operate early next year, handling 25 000 cubic yards daily and dumping sand into aboard bins before deep water disposal.
Brigadier General John M. Wilson and Colonel Carroll D. Wright conferred with President Roosevelt at the White House to discuss the coal strike arbitration commission. They spoke about appointment history and tentative work plans but not publication details. The commission will organize in Washington and begin after miners join in.
Washington October 20 Hon Carroll D Wright recorder of the commission to arbitrate the anthracite coal dispute says he will not have a vote The authentic statement notes the commission is composed of twenty members and decisions require a two thirds vote on disputed points
In Lorain County near Rochester Ohio on October 16 an old brothers Meach fought six robbers. Two robbers were killed and a third fatally wounded. John Meach freed himself from bonds, shot two robbers to death and fatally wounded a third. The robbers fled. no money was taken. The Meach brothers Loren John and Jarvis are aged 80 70 and 65 respectively and are described as wealthy.
Henry L. Wilcom of Spokane, minister to Chile, leaves for a European post with a reduced salary. He previously earned 9000 a year, while the Greece assignment offers 6500, highlighting the sacrifice in pursuing the new mission.
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