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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1894
Page
1
Fragmentary weather and timetable notes reference Sheridan Pennsylvania amid unreadable abbreviations. The text includes times 12 30 PM and 5 05 PM with unclear context and possible airline or daily schedule markers. No clear event or entities identified.
A New York Times report describes a small African snake said by Dutch Boers to eject venom in short-range blasts. It notes the mechanism involves pressure from the maxillary bone and gland, possibly blowing poison farther with expelled air, but urges caution and doubts about the claim.
United States Court of Appeals affirms lower court in seizure of nails cargo shipped from New York to Antwerp then by foreign vessel to San Francisco. Case centers on coastwise laws and whether shipments via Europe violated U S rules. Police narrative includes curious vessel description and historical notes.
Trouble at the Woman's College section of the Northwestern University in Evanston as students are restricted to papers clipped of Breckinridge Pollard case content. Dean Emily Huntington Miller and an assistant confronted a roomful of listeners reading sensational confessions prompting removal of unapproved papers and jealously guarded discourse.
The report notes a 30 percent rise in seed distribution by the Agriculture Department with each Congressman receiving 3,000 more bags than prior years. It covers Ute reservation policy in Colorado, Yellowstone land restoration, fortifications bills, and various Congressional actions on land, communications censorship, railroad debt, and a Western Hemisphere financial conference led by Caminetti.
The Supreme Court reversed Judge McBride in the Court street cases, ruling the Circuit Court erred in enjoining Astoria from collecting street improvement assessments. Property owners had paid under protest only after the decision. the case questions legality of ordinances signed after Mayor Crosby’s resignation until Elmore’s election.
San Francisco reports the Southern Pacific Railway Company held its annual meeting and elected a new board: C P Huntington, C F Crocker, T H Hubbard, Russell J Wilson, T Gage, N T Smith, W H Crocker, H K Huntington, T FE Stillman, A N Towne and J C Stubbs. New faces include Russell J Wilson and W H Crocker replacing George Crocker. The 1903 report shows receipts 48 7 million and balance 794 thousand with net income 1.105 million. 1902 receipts 49.065 million balance 308 thousand and net income 520 thousand.
Henry Fohrman, a wealthy broker, was found not guilty on the charge of using city funds as an accessory to Adolph Krug the former City Treasurer. The five day trial centered on the $10 000 Folrman allegedly took. Ex Senator John B Allen and E C Hughes defended Fohrman. Several other prominent citizens faced related indictments but the acquittal relieves them.
The Helen W. Almy reported a strange incident after sighting a small schooner off Fanning Island on February 5. The vessel slipped under her lee and displayed a very peculiar flag, prompting an unusual tale carried back to port.
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