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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1898
Page
1
Fragmentary timetable shows tri weekly mail routes from Portland to New Belmont and Allegheny with arrival and departure times. Includes Sheridan passenger details and daily versus Sunday exclusions, reflecting historic regional rail connections.
Insolvency petition filed by Rhode Island locomotive works in Providence. A Salvadoran exile’s nephew suffers insanity in a San Francisco hospital. Kellogg, 74, dies frozen near Reno. Palmer plans a Newport mansion costing 2 to 3 million. Young lives die from coal gas in Modoc. Sugar bounty talks postponed amid French objections. Toronto judge rules unions not liable for conspiracies. China abandons loan idea. Japan may extend war indemnity. Marines guard American interests as refugees threaten government in San Juan del Sur. Tacoma court upholds rail law affecting wheat shippers. China seeks loan extensions from Japan. landslide buries three miners in Cariboo. Jealous wife kills stepdaughter with axe in Brooklyn. Capilano reports two drownings and rough seas. Death report on Colonel Ruiz. Aranguren not censored. Hetty Green plans Oklahoma railroad. European silk firm to build largest U.S. mill in Paterson. Zola trial stirs Paris. crowds harass him. Queen Victoria parliament opens with guards checking for threats.
Havana via Key West reports cabinet meeting resolved to open peace talks with Cuban insurgents. Proposals include disbanding volunteers, recognizing insurgent leaders, Cuba paying part of debts, self treaty-making, limited deportations, and archbishop as native Cuban. Autonomist party accepts all but four senators.
In Boston 55 union representatives unan imously recommended calling out all cotton mills in New England. The move follows Gompers urging united policy. If enacted 47 000 workers could stop work, threatening a regional textile stoppage.
A Burlington survey team reports O R and N may extend from Wallula along the Snake River to Lewiston Idaho with plans to cross the Clearwater and approach via Lo Lo pass. Burlington and Oregon Short Line survey parties are preparing routes through Pierce City and Billings, aiming for a coastward line that could shave transcontinental travel time by about 36 hours.
News from Seattle reports the government expedition on the revenue cutter Bear to relieve the whaling fleet trapped in the Arctic. Lieutenant Jarvis and party intended to reach St Michaels and Teller station for rein deer, with ice limiting the Bear to 60 miles of Bridge Island.
Levi Grant, 75, a widowed farmer near Myrtle Point Oregon, was attacked by two masked men who smashed a window and dragged him to a fire to force surrender. They extorted 180 dollars, discovering an additional 140 dollars hidden on the premises, then fled. Grant was found by a neighbor and treated for severe burns. his survival was in doubt. Police search ongoing.
Formal papers sign yesterday forming the Columbia River Canneries Company with J O Hawthorn B A Seaborg and T B MetGoverin as incorporators. Capital stock set at 500000 with potential for increase. Delafield MewGiovern & Co of New York arranged an assured market for at least 100000 cases of salmon this spring. The new firm will control large river canneries and plans to admit other packing concerns later.
San Francisco reports Governor Budd has delayed Worden's execution from January 11 to June 15 to allow medical expert review of his mental state after Worden confessed. His counsel argues insanity but Worden's plea for mercy and his confession may lead to a life sentence rather than death.
A Times Star report from Vanceburg, Kentucky, details an attempted arrest at the Crowe home in Esculapia County. An elderly woman and a daughter opened fire with revolvers after a knife attack left Constables Cropper and Thacker severely wounded. Mrs Crowe and a daughter died, others in danger. A second item notes a fatal train collision on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line near Carneysport, killing Conductor Anderson and Brakeman Toole.
Levi P. Morton’s seven story Nassau Chambers office building on Nassau and Ann streets was burned last night. Firefighters fought for hours as every city company was summoned from Forty-ninth Street to the Battery. authorities say losses may reach one million dollars.
In Madrid the Spanish cabinet accepts Foreign Minister Dupuy de Lome's resignation after admitting he wrote the controversial letter to Canalejas. Sagasta says the incident will not alter Spain-US relations and a new envoy will be chosen to handle commercial talks. In Washington the State Department confirms recall is expected and de Lome resigns while remaining technically a diplomat until passport issued.
Diplomatic ties at end with Spain through Minister Woodford in Madrid until a new minister or charge is named. De Lome has cabled his resignation, cites Cuban question and his discomfort with the publication of the letter, and has offered resignation multiple times in Spain’s Sagasta government.
Thirty dogs shipped from Holland were sent to Alaska today aboard the bark Shirley departing Tacoma Washington. The shipment marks a notable transfer of animals with the destination listed as Alaska.
The Japanese minister Curino informs the tsang li yamen that Japan cannot grant an extension of the payment deadline for the war indemnity. Although no official statement is issued, reports say negotiations for a British loan have failed.
A blaze at Union Storage Company's six story building on Pike street last night in Pittsburg left twelve dead and twenty seven missing. The blast and falling walls buried firemen police and bystanders as crews fight to recover victims and prevent further loss.
Vancouver reports a letter from Fritz Behnsen of Victoria claiming a rich gold find on an unknown Yukon creek across the border. He writes to Karl Behnsen urging quick massing of men to exploit the site with estimates of massive coarse gold. Skepticism arises among Klondikers about the tale’s credibility.
W Kenny arrived on the City of Topeka saying Dawson remains quiet with miners at work. Dr Rufus Smith of Dyes brings petitions from Skagway and Dyes asking martial law. He cites daily robberies and holds ups and an outnumbered law abiding population. A floating body seen near the Corona wreck could not be identified.
Colfax Washington February 14 The Whitman County commissioners post a 500 dollar reward for the apprehension and conviction of those who lynched Chadwick Marshall alias Blackey taken from Colfax jail by a mob.
Adolph Luetgert was found guilty of murdering his wife in Chicago and sentenced to life in the penitentiary. He received the verdict with a laugh.
From Vancouver report Japartisans attacked Mr Sands secretary of the U S legation at Seoul in an unprovoked assault. Sands detained one attacker prompting police action and a U S consul complaint led to arrests of several alleged participants by Japanese authorities.
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