04 Dec 1896
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1896
Page
1
A dynamite blast at Kouskie kills several. A prairie fire in Seminole country Oklahoma burns sixteen and saves twenty Indian pupils. A forest guard wounds a French poacher near Munster. Sizable damages hit Oregon railways after a freshet. The Times reports battles in the Philippines and a potential monorail trial.
Dispatches report a gathering rebellion in Uruguay as telegraph lines are seized by the government, with several frontier clashes and civilian deaths. Separate incidents include a Milwaukee jewelry store robbery attempt ending with the robbers captured and gunfire injuring the proprietor and his wife.
The American Society of London held a grand Thanksgiving dinner at the Hotel Cecil with about 300 guests. Henry H. Welcome chaired in the ambassador's absence, as Mr Bayard and Mrs Bayard were invited to Windsor Castle. a tribute to US Britain ties surfaced in toasts and a leather bound souvenir book featuring portraits of Bayard and presidents.
The battleship Oregon came back from a short cruise to let a board of inspection view the vessel. Unofficial reports say the trial was a great success and the board was highly pleased in all details. Official findings will be sent to Washington for headquarters report.
Washington observers note 1465 bills across private state and public calendars with only a few likely to pass. The rules committee, led by Speaker Henderson, will arbitrate what reaches the floor. Major items include the Pacific railroad funding bill, Nicaragua canal guarantees, war claims, second class mail reform, and Pickler service pension measures.
Yokohama society reels from the arsenic poisoning of RK H Carew, secretary of the Yokohama United Club. Mrs. Carew, held on murder charges then released on bail, faced a coroner's inquest and a veiled woman in black linked to the affair. The verdict cites arsenic as the cause of death with no determination of the perpetrator.
In Havana the insurgents dynamited a military train on the Jocaro Moronin route, smashing cars and attacking an armored escort. Colonel Arminan arrived as the attackers retreated with eight killed and wounded, two killed and eight wounded among the escort. Also noted are a gas death in New York and a fiscal year budget estimate of 52,875,68a.
The steamer Dalles City struck a rock near Sprague landing and sank in six feet of water after being beached on a sand bar. Fifty cattle hogs and a wool consignment were aboard. Passengers were aided by officers and crew, praised Captain Joneston, and noted that Cascade lock delays caused the mishap.
In New York a crowded St. Leo's marks memory of eight Havana students executed in 1871. Rourke Cochran and Cuban junta leaders call for U S intervention to uphold civilization and humanity and urge the president to state his view on Cuba. Cochran says freedom may come without war, but may resort to arms if needed.
Military circles report First artillery units along the Gulf and Atlantic coast will be concentrated at Pensacola for practice with modern heavy guns to be mounted on Santa Rosa island. A new battery site is chosen, Pensacola expected to be heavily fortified with space for about 1,000 men at Fort Barrancas and the navy yard, using the open gulf for target practice.
Miss Rene Wirt eldest daughter of John Wirt of Astoria Oregon had a miraculous escape when she fell into a seven foot deep forty foot well on her father's property. She clung to the well wall for about thirty minutes until help arrived and she was hoisted to the surface.
A Perry area farmer Luther Greenman home four miles northeast of the village burned this morning. The entire family of five was burned to death as the building was consumed. Fire attributed to a defective fuse.
At midnight four men led by Oscar Bridges attempted to rob an electric car near Independence. Bridges was arrested after a struggle with the motorman. the other three escaped. Names given: Eugene Ridgeway, Ernest Ridgeway, and Alexander Repine, all under 23. Ridgeway brothers from Sheffield. Repine from Centeropolis.
Princeton New Jersey November reports say President Cleveland will make Princeton his permanent home after leaving office. Professor Andrew West stated Cleveland bought Mrs A J Gildell’s Bayard Avenue residence in Princeton, with negotiations underway for about three weeks.
In Tabor near Sidney a badly decomposed man’s body is identified as Moses Yowell the Sidney postmaster who vanished two months ago. An inspector found a $800 shortage at the Sidney post office. Yowell claimed the money was at home and did not return. Ottawa militia inquiry cites wool and shoddy blankets against contract terms.
The Portland market report lists prices for grains meats fruits and vegetables including Salem Cascadia and Dayton areas. Notable items include woolly butterbeans onions garlic apples apples and prunes with varied per unit costs.
A dense catalog of commodity prices and products including coffee brands Arbuckle and Lion, various grades of tea and sugar terms, tropical imports from Costa Rica and Caracas, plus shipping rates and delivery terms for July and August.
Price list shows beef and sheep values with per pound and per hundredweight quotes. Dressed beef ranges around 1.75 to 2.25 dollars per pound equivalent, mutton around 1.50 to 1.76, and feeder cattle or livestock quotations near 2.90 to 3.75 per cwt across several vendors and grades.
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