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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1897
Page
1
Christian church holds services on the second and fourth Sundays at 10 a.m and 7 p.m. Peet Methodist prayer meeting occurs Thursdays at 7 p.m. Sabbath school runs each Sunday at 11 a.m.
Retired Judge-Advocate General David G Swain dies in Washington at 53 from Brights disease. Bakers association convenes in Detroit with about 500 delegates. Counterfeit notes worth 2000 surfaced. Land act clarifies 160 acre eligibility and partial prior holdings. Railroads fear car famine as Western grain floods the network. Burlington shifts to stock cars. New York doctor touts electricity as cure for consumption via lung sterilization. Education commissioner reports total country enrollment at 16,415,197. Various trials, accidents and political moves fill the rest.
Firing by rapid guns and a searchlight at night near St Augustine suggests a war vessel pursued a light draught boat. The coast is shallow with only seven feet at St Augustine bar and four feet at Matanzas inlet, pushing the pursuing craft to seek an easterly course.
Seattle August 24 The board of inquiry blames Captain Thomas for the Mexico disaster at West Devil's Neck and revokes his papers, suspends his master papers for 30 days, and revokes Pilot Connell’s papers for 30 days. Connell on the bridge amid the wreck is also penalized. Captain Thomas awaits continued service with the Pacific Coast Steamship Company.
Elmer E. Struble cashier of the Farmers' bank in Shepherd Michigan was shot in the vault while preparing to leave for Mount Pleasant. He died six hours later. The robbery reportedly involved multiple depositors seeking money, with arrests expected as names are held by the prosecuting attorney.
Winnipeg reports Adam Grega aged 28 killed his father Andrew Grega aged 66 with an ax near Whitewood after a chicken quarrel. He asked his wife to act and then walked 24 miles to town to surrender to authorities.
Two thousand Indians from British Columbia travel by canoe up Puget Sound toward the Puyallup Stuck and White river valleys in Washington for six weeks of harvest work on hopfields promised by local growers.
Five tramps bought a pint of liquor at a Jefferson drug store claiming it was for liniment for a lame horse. The druggist warned that it was poisoned. Three men drank the wood alcohol mixture and died next morning. Two others left town for the east. The trio were Emerson Rogan and Montague.
Pittsburg dispatch describes tensions in the coal region as talks between miners and operators stall over arbitration. M. D. Ratchford may boycott if not all states are represented, with plans for selective operators and a fund to counter imported labor. Meanwhile clashes injure several strikers and police prepare for possible actions as camps brace for tomorrow’s developments.
In East Nashville J B Rich shot and killed his wife at her mother's home. He then wounded and killed his brother in law, and fatally wounded himself after allegedly filing for divorce over infidelity. He was arrested on kidnapping charges regarding a child.
Minneapolis reports September option at 1.00 and spot at 1.00 for Old No 1 Northern. Pillsbury offers 1,200 bushels at 1.00 and James Marshall bids 6,000 at 1.00. Philadelphia notes record excitement with No 2 red at 1.01 and Pennsylvania red at 1.02. Chicago and New York show rapid moves toward and beyond 1.00 amid high volatility and export talk.
The London Chronicle correspondent cites Cuban distress with hundreds of pacificos dying near a Spanish fort. A Havana letter from Senor Sagasta notes European horror at atrocities and fears over German syndicates buying devastated estates for coffee farming, affecting sugar trusts and potentially prompting expansion in Georgia and Florida.
Chicago on August 24 Dr James O Ducker was arrested on a charge of conspiracy to destroy his wife by vitriol with a preliminary hearing set. Charles E Hill says he was hired to deliver a package to Mrs Ducker then throw acid, a plan he pursued after meeting her.
Wichita Kansas August 23 CO T Simons a noted real estate broker died from swallowing three false teeth three years ago. Post mortem shows teeth remained lodged in the esophagus causing inability to eat solid food and forcing him to live on liquids. He gradually starved.
Hugh T. Williams a noted butter industry figure in Seattle known as the Cow-Butter Man attempted self harm in a typhoid bout. He tried to shave with a razor while the nurse was away and slashed his throat after shaving one side of his face. His wound is not yet fatal.
General Blood leading British forces against frontier tribes reports arriving at Galagai without opposition. He says the village is deserted and claims African rising reports are exaggerated.
A treasury department statement notes the United States earns a leading role in Japan trade, rivaling Europe. A British legation report on Tokio highlights U S superiority in machinery, rails, mail, and pig iron supply, marking a historic shift in commerce relations.
Canada and the United States reach a postal agreement to double Klondike mail runs from the coast to Dawson City and Dyea. The plan, signed by Acting Postmaster General Shallenberger, includes international exchanges and new offices at Dawson City Fort Cudahy Forty Mile and possibly others with Canadian mounted police supervision and dog sled carriers. The first contract runs at least one year and the British mails will be carried from Victoria to Dyea. The Seattle to Juneau steamboat mail service is adjusted to start after the current month.
The Al-Ki sails from Seattle at 6 30 pm with 145 passengers and 600 tons of freight bound for Dyea and Skaguay. Eight suspected men jailed before Dyea camp. Valentine scrip soars to 55 and 45 per acre amid Klondike gold rush buying and property moves.
Port Townsend August 23. John Riley a sailor on the British ship Corinne arrived to load wheat at Tacoma for the United Kingdom fell through a hatchway this morning and broke his neck.
Severe storms sweep Silesia killing several people as crews report widespread damage across towns. Berlin dispatch notes the destructive weather affecting the region with multiple fatalities from lightning strikes.
Reports say suit will be filed against Sheriff Lowry for obstructing roads in Plum and Patton townships as miners seek to test the authority in court. Deputies to enforce court order as campers may face contempt actions. forty seven coal companies sign an uniformity agreement in Pittsburg.
Michael Angiolillo was executed at 11 o clock in Vergara prison after a court martial sentenced him last Monday for assassinating Senor Cancares del Castillo Spain's prime minister. He faced execution calmly though he protested priests visits and declined repentance saying he would settle with God.
San Francisco August 23 Maggie Gueterslat a 19 year old domestic at 179 Noe street narrowly escaped death when turpentine and oil spilled ignite from a gas jet Her clothes caught fire and she leaped into a watering trough to extinguish the blaze Rolling in water she saved her life but endured severe burns that may prove fatal.
San Sebastian reports the queen regent has conferred the premiership on General Azcarraga who also serves as minister of war. No changes are expected to the cabinet.
Notices said Amoskeag cotton mills will start up September 16 in Manchester with about 15 000 operatives. In Salem Naumkeag Steam Cotton Manufacturing plant mills 9 and 6 began full time after nearly six months on a 49 hour schedule.
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