18 Sep 1897
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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1897
Page
1
A nitroglycerin blast in Cygnet Ohio killed six people and wounded many others, with details of the catastrophe and its aftermath spreading across wire services and local reports.
Dawson City faces famine and unrest as stores close and prices soar. The Cleveland carries Yukon gold fields and warns of violence as river navigation North cools with approaching winter. Reports detail deaths at sea and icebound ships, including 42 lost on the Bear and 31 crushed or frozen in the Arctic.
A Rio Grande passenger train and a Colorado Midland stock extra collided near New Castle Colorado on the Rio Junction road. Both engines were destroyed and up to 40 people were feared dead with many injured. The wreck involved stock cars and burned coaches as doctors rushed to aid the wounded. Authorities blamed the extra train crew for the collision amid a chaotic scene with missing engineers and firemen.
Reports from Emporia Kansas recount a terrible head end collision on the Santa Fe with twelve dead and a missing man feared incinerated. Eleven bodies recovered, others burned beyond recognition. Wells Fargo messenger J. F. Bauer missing. Fire and debris hinder rescue as trains resume via Ottawa.
Comte Henry de Penale, visiting St Louis, says he heard high authority confirm rumors of a Spain led international effort to deter US action in Cuba. He notes renewed assurances from French and English ambassadors to Spain and the Carlist-leaning Spaniards he knows.
Major Nordstrom reports on a brutal incident at Zuni Pueblo where 78 year old woman was restrained to extract a confession about bewitching a medicine man. Interior asks four U S cavalry troops to patrol Zuni on the 16th to aid civil authorities against Chief Nippe and five associates amid fears of a clash.
Mrs John Van Schaack of New York files $65,000 damages against Peter Van Schaack, head of Van Schaack & Sons, accusing him of seducing her husband away from the home. The case cites 1888 events in Chicago and Florence Palmer as part of the allegations.
The Downing Hopkins weekly market letter notes nerve wracking yet stabilizing markets with light receipts and strong export demand. World wheat deficits are estimated near 326 million bushels with markets bullish toward Christmas. Northwest results show improving but low quality yields, while Portland prices list wheat, flour, hay, livestock, dairy, and canned goods with mixed regional figures and rising export activity.
News roundup cites steady growth in Oregon and neighboring states with results from coal and fisheries to agriculture. mention of Marshfield cannery canning capacity and high barley yields in Umatilla county plus a snow event on Wenatchee summit and a spare mention of local industry and labor conditions.
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