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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1900
Page
1
A sweeping digest notes Roosevelt not visiting the Pacific coast and Dewet’s rear guard in touch, plus a train crash near Colorado Springs killing two and injuring five. It lists parleyed naval debates, theatre bouts, and a record steamer run to Plymouth.
American troops joined the Pekin assault as fires in Wellington Ohio destroy $60000. French accuse England in Shanghai while Iran investigates. Idaho crops suffer drought as Shah of Persia assassination attempt occurs. Union refusals and disasters ripple through politics, war, and markets worldwide with numerous deaths and shifts in power.
At the state convention in Tacoma on August 17 J M Frink of King was nominated for governor by acclamation. All Frink slate candidates won, except R B Bryan of Chehalis for superintendent amid a contentious King county delegation clash over Layhue. Bryan won by a small margin after a partisan dispute.
The platform pledges Republican unity and policy support from Washington voters, praising McKinley era gains including protection, reciprocity, and territorial expansion. It endorses the Philadelphia platform and local Republican lawmakers, calls for railroad development, direct senatorial elections, and China relief, while noting a Fort Snelling battalion heading to China. A Tang Chow safe conduct plan for foreign legations is reported, and California hop yields are down.
Washington August 18. The Columbia River mouth needs a major upgrade with a government drydock and naval station. The naval board urges Congress to fund the project in the next river and harbor bill to support growing Pacific trade and naval needs.
Rioting followed the murder of Policeman Thorpe by Arthur Harris. About 5 injured by weapons, one negro Lloyd Lee possibly fatally, and Officer Kennedy seriously hurt. West side from Twenty-eighth Street to Longacre Square erupted with 40 plus arrests and 500 police on duty. Ambulances ferried the wounded to hospitals as the night wore on.
Norfolk yard dispatches seven carloads of shells powder and projectiles to Ogden Utah for forwarding to American warships in Chinese waters. The cross country trip is said to be completed in seven days, a record for a freight train.
New York reports Nikola Tesla received a patent for an invention that prevents current loss by insulating a wire through air kept at low temperature to form a protective ice coat, said to resist even strong currents.
Toledo August 18. The Lake Shore fast mail train No. 3 wrecked at Bay bridge west of Sandusky around 1 AM after jumping the track. The engine cleared the wreckage while the next car plunged into the lake. Details are scarce but no fatalities are reported though several are injured, some seriously.
Hamburg on August 15 saw dock laborers who began a strike about a month ago hold an indignation meeting. They were locked out and protest Emperor William's remark calling them fellows without honor and without a father land.
Ex United States Senator John J. Ingalle died at East Las Vegas New Mexico at 2 25 am surrounded by his wife and two sons Ellaworth and sheffield. Telegram announced the death at the Ingalls home this morning Funeral set for Alchi on A Wisconsin syndicate acquired 10 000 acres of timber land in Idaho
A Washington dispatch reports Pekin fell on August 15 with allied forces, including Japanese troops, entering the city from the east gate after heavy resistance. Consul Fowler notes strong opposition, Japanese losses around 1,000, and total allied casualties correspondingly high. The legations remained safe.
A large wooden Pine cottage burned to the ground on Mackinac Island early today amid high winds. The house valued at about 25 000 dollars, with no insurance, and fireman William Tailon was seriously injured. A second item notes a Belgian glass works lockout after union demands, impacting 6 000 workers and provoking factory shutdowns.
Paris correspondent reports via Metis Bleu that the caer will arrive Cherbourg September 14 and reach Paris the following day staying five or six days. His majesty will travel alone and reside at the Russian embassy during the stay.
Sir Henry Simpson, veterinary surgeon to the queen and former mayor of Windsor, drowned at Datchet on the South Sea estate he owned. Born 1842, he was ex-president of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. The report also notes political dispatches and German imperial tomb opening activities.
Three transports sail for the Orient carrying the Ninth Cavalry headquarters band and 138 recruits for the Ninth Infantry. The Warren transports 1 100 troops and civilians with 1 500 000 dollars in cargo to Nagasaki then Manila. The Aztec sails for Kobe with 500 horses and mules and the Siam for Manila via Guam with 5 000 tons of freight. The Presidio hospital to expand to handle wounded. batteries move to San Francisco heading to China.
Cable from Bogota reports President Sandlemere resigns. Vice-President Marroquin to serve the remaining four years. The move signals a shift in Colombia's political system and could end the ten month revolution. Also cited is Panama fighting and foreign consuls allegedly seeking intervention through communication with revolutionaries.
Asa Packer Wilber, heir to the $20,000,000 Packer estate, died in poverty in San Francisco and was buried in a pauper’s grave. Once a contractor for J P Bogard, he held part of his uncle’s fortune but died without issue after a life driven by morphine addiction. The Packer line left only one daughter with no children, threatening the Wilber claim to the fortune.
From Washington General Chaffee confirms fall of Pekin and rescue of besieged legationers. Admiral Remey cites bombardment of inner city and a held-up howitzer unit. Tokyo reports corroborating details. Also reports fire devastates Kelly Ax Manufacturing in Alexandria Indiana and other city items.
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