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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1904
Page
2
Day's events report a St Louis flood warning, Alaska delegate passage, and a string of Far East news. Kouropatkin named commander of land and sea forces in the Far East while Russian claims on Yalu bridges and Japanese losses are noted. Doom and doomlike disinformation mix with U S medical aid plans and Alaska education moves.
Heavy rainfall sent Mill Creek and a parallel stream into a new channel cutting the city. Ten feet of floodwater isolated neighborhoods, hundreds rescued by boat, and property damage near $100,000. Gas and water services disrupted. rail lines, bridges, and roads overwhelmed. about 300 people reported homeless.
A troop train bound for the presidio San Francisco derailed at Hartoum Station Needles California on the Santa Fe line. One soldier James M. Bowers died and about a dozen were injured when a light engine collided with the troop train during the afternoon. The engine had aided another train over a heavy grade west of Needles and returned likely unaware of the troop special.
The Federated Trades Council representing 75 unions and the Lewis and Clark Fraternal Building Association with 34 societies announce a two week mardi gras and carnival in Portland from June 28 to July 12. A 300-person spectacle plus balloons and ascensions are planned with a monster Fourth of July parade and an illuminated night parade on July 2. Reduced transport rates into Portland are provided.
District Engineer T A Noble of the reclamation service at Spokane has been instructed to begin investigations at the earliest date into the Yakima valley to determine if irrigation works merit a large government project. The effort aims to secure better knowledge of the region’s physical conditions.
The Panama Canal Company signs its sale to the United States. President Bo and Director Richman announce the transfer is complete with a perfect title. Stockholders will ratify at a meeting tomorrow as officials quietly confirmed the sale ahead of the vote.
St. Petersburg April 25 Russia issued 15 million dollars in paper currency against free gold in the State bank. Finance officials say the issue is ordinary not forced. Paper could double gold backing to 150 million but current issue is 350 million. Daily war costs run about 750 thousand. annual total about 250 million. Balance includes 50 million free funds and railroad earnings, with funding still unsettled.
Washington April 23 The house committee on reform in the civil service authorized Chairman Gillett to introduce a bill setting June 30 1907 as the date when every classified government office held by a person over 70 shall become vacant and that thereafter such offices retire at 70. The committee also urged reporting pension bills to be laid on the table and reclassification of clerical services to allow more frequent promotions in lower salaried positions.
Bids opened at the navy department for a steel storage building at Puget Sound navy yard with St. Paul Foundry Co as lowest bidder at 30376 dollars and for a boatshop at Puget Sound yard with T Ryan of Seattle lowest bidder at 165000 dollars.
The secretary of commerce signed an order rescinding the Southeastern Alaska salmon fishing season limit. Cannerymen may fish without a fixed end date, removing the July 1 prohibition. The repeal was demanded by the cannerymen’s association and recommended by the Jordan commission.
The house passed a bill to protect Portland Washington water supply by prohibiting trespassing on the Bull Run forest reserve. The maximum penalty for trespassing was reduced to 500 dollars.
Reports from St Petersburg say Japanese agents shadow Russians and monitor shipyards to learn the Baltic fleet departure date and coal routes. Novosti notes this preserves Russia’s time to mobilize Manchuria forces, while Colonel Apageff’s letter from Petropavlovsk details daily routines aboard.
Three hundred members of the Farmers' Cooperative Irrigation Association of Oregon petition the Interior Department for a full reclamation service study of Crook county irrigation potential. Senator Mitchell backs the request though the Reclamation Service found no current government opportunity, citing private Carey Act projects and limited Deschutes water.
A Toronto fire last night razed the wholesale district, destroying principal warehouses and wiping out Bay street buildings. Loss tallies at 12 million with 8.36 million insured. 9,000 to 10,000 left jobless as 250 firms go out of business across a three block by one to two block wide area. City offers public buildings and exhibition grounds to sufferers and eases rules for temporary structures. underground wires act sought.
Senator Mitchell prompts the Post Office to issue a Lewis and Clark centennial postage stamp without congressional action. A special Portland cancellation stamp for the Lewis and Clark exposition in 1905 is also under advisement to promote the event.
Berlin rumor reported by the Herald dispatch that Germany may cede eight private yard torpedo boats now under construction at Schichau. The ships, 560 tons with 28 knot speed, are the largest yet built in Germany. Neutrality concerns may push cancellation of the contract.
A report from Kin Chau above Port Arthur claims 20,000 Japanese troops have landed. The report cannot be confirmed at the moment.
The U.S. government will advance the Payette Irrigation project in Idaho to reclaim 140000 acres in Boise and Payette valleys by diverting Boise river waters. Final surveys will be done this summer and contracts let by year’s end. A consulting board including H N Savage J H Quinton and W H Sanders will also review Eastern Oregon Umatilla and Malheur schemes to pick the better for federal work.
A severe spring blizzard hit St Louis with sleet cold and five inches of new snow. Temperatures dropped twenty degrees and trains ran late. Five to seven inches fell within 150 miles of the city, delaying National and American league games between St Louis Chicago and St Louis Cleveland.
Four armed men halted a train on the Trans-Caucasian railway between Novosenakai and Abasha. They entered the mail car, overpowered officials, and escaped with cash and valuables totaling about $50,000. The incident occurred near Tiflis on April 22.
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