28 Aug 1896
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1896
Page
1
Sordid OCR fragment notes weekly meetings every Tuesday evening at the CV Bank building with ongoing events unclear due to damaged text. No dates or specific names readable.
An advertisement offers through tickets from Carmia and Europe at low rates via J B Kirkland Ticket Agent. Trains arrive and depart from Central station at Fifth and I streets with access from 134 Third Street through ticket office.
L. E. Sanger of Summit Washington disappeared after leaving home. Miners Peter Ryan Jack Campbell and John Manning died in a mine cage accident. Gold imports and bullion movements circle through major markets. military officers appointed and frontier disputes tense Bulgaria Turkey.
A miners convention ordered one thousand two hundred men to move out of Corning Rendville and Hemlock Ohio after floods. A deadly flood near Mogollon New Mexico drowned George Knight and left about twenty missing. Homes destroyed and mines flooded. Fram Arctic voyage sighting Andree awaiting favorable winds. Walker Adams gravely wounded by burglars. two attackers captured. Molten metal explosion at S Edgar Thomson injures ten workers. Cariboo Mining official robbed of three gold bricks. Choynski pursues McAuliffe then eyes Corbett. Fire kills Jobo Felbach and his three daughters in Watertown South Dakota.
The fast three steamer Unique, operating between Port Huron and Detroit, has been sold to an agent of the Cuban government. She will be sent to the coast in ten days and converted to a blockade runner with reduced cabins. The price is not disclosed. Built for speed, she has posted remarkable river times and becomes the first vessel bought for blockade running.
Secretary Hoke South has resigned with the president accepting. President Cleveland remains cordial with Mr. Smith, who departs over party policy. Possible successor from the Middle West eyed, with names like Francis of Missouri, Bynum of Indiana, and Cable of Illinois in rumor mill.
The French government seeks the U S commissioner general for the 1900 Paris Exposition The U S has not named a commissioner due to congressional inaction though officials expect action before the fair Great Britain and Germany have accepted space for their displays American exhibitors seek space details while Congress debates appointments General Franklin previously served as commissioner general at 16000 salary The report notes a likely appointment after this administration ends and mentions the Legion of Honor honor to Franklin Also reports a circus panic in Huntington Indiana and an anti anarchist bill passing in Madrid chamber discussions
An official dispatch from Manila reports a separatist conspiracy in the Philippine Islands aiming for independence from Spain. Twenty one people have been arrested including several Freemasons, prompting police raids on the Hispano Philippine Club in Madrid amid speculation Japan is backing trouble to extend its influence. Spain’s forces in the islands total seven infantry regiments and one artillery unit with 684 officers and about 20,000 men.
Charles L. Lamson demonstrated a large ship or kite capable of carrying a man, lifting a dummy to 600 feet before a rope broke. The event, hailed by W A Eddy as a major step toward aerial navigation, set two records for height and load. Separate dispatches report contraband war cartridges found in hay shipments and a citizenship denial for a German lacking English literacy.
Market columns show slack trade blamed on politics while meat and provisions stay active at low quotes. Wheat and butter decline prospects loom as large receipts persist. Palouse crops outperform expectations with harvest in full swing across the upper country.
Baur Groe reports top steers at 2.40 per pound with net dressed beef. Cattle and sheep prices include best sheep and wethers at 1.75 and 1.50 per pound respectively. Dressed mutton 3.ials per pound, veat-tioes small 4.6e large 5.6e per pound. Os-Groes choices heavy 3.25 light and feeders 2.75. Sipide per pound noted.
Fragmented text shows various product names and prices with errors. Key items include potatoes, beans, pickles, and meats with inconsistent figures and garbled language. No coherent event or outcome is discernible from the readable lines.
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