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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1897
Page
1
Readable timetable snippets indicate Sheridan and Portland routes with daily and Sunday exceptions. Times include 4:00 p.m. and 6:05 p.m. departures, plus early morning connections.
A railway wreck at Warsaw kills eleven and injures twenty two as a pointman error triggers disaster. The week also covers tariff receipts, armor plate testing near San Francisco, a Santa Fe wreck near Williams Arizona, Oregon Whitman memorial events, and political milestones in Hawaii Cuba and Germany.
London notes intensifying threat of civil strife in Austria Hungary with calls for a provisional accord. Hungary may push for independent duties and banking tweaks if no resolution. Prague reports attacks on Hebrew, Czech homes. gendarmes struggle to restore order as unrest gr its reach.
The Kago shima Maru reached Beattle with November news of October typhoon devastation in Leyte and Manila. European deaths exceed 250 with 400 to 600 native fatalities. Tacloban was leveled and government buildings wrecked. Hemoni town reportedly vanished. many ships wrecked along the coast.
At Fort Riley corporal Fennell of battery B Fourth artillery died last night after an attack by Private Leach of Latter company who struck while they slept. Fennell suffered a broken skull and Private Riley had a fractured jaw but is expected to recover. The deadly incident stems from drunken dispute.
In Palouse Washington December 7 a man was found dead on the Northern Pacific track one mile south. The body was mangled and the coroner's jury ruled death by throat cutting but could not determine if self-inflicted or murder. The man, about five feet eight inches, wore a blue checked suit with a brown overcoat.
Surgeon General Wyman reports for the fiscal year ending June 30 1897 on cholera risk and service work. Total patients treated 64477 with 673 more than last year while expenditures drop 21000 to 555586. Immigrants inspected 232327.
Detroit, Dec 7. Two suburban trol ley cars carrying about 20 passengers collided on the Detroit and Oakland electric line at midafternoon. Three men were killed and about a score injured. Weather foggy rails slick. Crash occurred near a gravel pit between Pontiac and Birmingham.
The White House announced Governor John Griggs of New Jersey has accepted the office of attorney-general of the United States to fill the post vacated by McKenna’s nomination to the Supreme Court. The exact start date is not set, likely at the turn of the year. In Washington reports New York details a Herald poll showing Congress split over Spain autonomy plans and action On the Senate and House votes.
The Cleveland bound Morley burned to the waterline off Evanston after a lamp exploder in the engine room. Crew of 18 escaped ashore without trouble as the ship valued at 45000 was beached near the lake.
Havana dispatch says General Pando, in charge of Cuban ops for General Blanes, is reported killed after a battle near Santa Clara. The same telegraph notes a Spanish defeat near Matanzas with heavy losses and reports on cane grinding bans amid reconcentrado concerns. Other messages cite 40 000 troops moving west with Gomes and conflicting claims on rebel positions.
Havana reports show worsening conditions in San Domingo with pox ravaging concentrados. Since April over 4,000 died in the city as famine and disease overwhelm streets. Local authorities take no action to curb the mortality.
Milwaukee reports ongoing war in passenger rates among Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul lines as Klondike fever drives expected cuts. An insider cites a base Chicago St Paul fare of seven dollars and predicts shifts to forty seven second class and fifty seven first class with a new wide schedule coming in January.
A San Antonio dispatch reports nine masked Mexicans attempted to rob a passenger train on the Mexican National railroad near Monterey. Passengers resisted. the outlaws failed and are pursued by soldiers, with pursuit continuing.
Anna Niggle, 8 Jackson Street, reportedly smothered her two children aged 8 years and 6 months with illumating gas. She attempted suicide. her husband Dex Niggle found them both unconscious. the infants are dead and the mother may recover.
A Salem chamber of commerce forms and begins work while Bandon road projects pause due to exhausted funds. Lakeview reports a long freight train from the south, Coos Bay marks a new buoy, and Willapa oyster beds face sand. Other items note tobacco trials in Polk County, mules shipped toward Eastern markets, and a bicycle tourist fined in Harrisburg.
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