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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1902
Page
1
Vera confronts Beaton Dysart in a moonlit library hour about her hatred and a forced betrothal tied to inherited property. He defends his father’s plan as well meant, while she accuses him of complicity and defiance of her grandfather’s entail. The tension escalates as he seizes her, prompting a charged exchange.
Vera slips from Griselda’s room into the moonlit garden at Greycourt and encounters Seaton, who declares love through a tense confrontation. He kisses her hands before she flees to a summer house, falls asleep, and awakens to Seaton escorting her through the shrubbery toward safety.
A well known American summering in England adopts a garden prank to water flowers. Mistaken for a servant, he learns the coachman’s exact role and, with a four in hand, commands the scene but ultimately lets the coachman preserve dignity while the watering continues.
Column notes a frontier ethic of learning by doing as readers joke about instructions for boarding trolley cars and freight trains. The piece evokes a rough humor about self taught rail knowledge.
Prince Henry heads to the United States while aWisdom Montana fire destroys 20000 dollars in property. Martial law is declared at Trieste amid riots. General Bell suppresses rebellion in Batangas Luzon. Danish West Indies treaty heads to senate. Osage Indians in Oklahoma drink a hazardous improvised liquor. British force ambushed on the Klip river with several officers and many soldiers killed or wounded.
The item surveys diverse news notes from politics and war to science and society. It mentions the Lewis and Clark exposition funding, Roosevelt's health, Anglo Japanese ties, rail strikes, naval actions, riots, tax policy, and notable deaths, with numerous named figures and places.
Olympia reports ex secretary of state Will D Jenkins died in San Francisco on Saturday. A native of Indiana born in 1841 he had a long career in Washington including editing Seattle papers, serving as mayor of Whatcom, census supervisor, Ulilist party leader and secretary of state. He left Olympia for California a year ago and was involved in oil ventures. He leaves a wife and five children.
Cleveland February 18. After three meetings in the past week preliminary steps complete for a huge Ohio bank consolidation. The plan absorbs nearly all smaller Cleveland savings banks and some 15 to 20 suburban banks into one associated bank with over 1 million dollars capitalization. Initial capital remains in a pool rather than new stock. Names of participating banks withheld until all sign.
Havana's chief sanitary officer Major W C Gorgas says the sanitary department has eradicated yellow fever in the city. He notes no cases since September 28, 1901, attributing the success to mosquito control and disinfection measures that targeted transmission by infected mosquitoes.
Reports from Shamaka confirm a devastating quake that has killed hundreds. Some 300 corpses have been recovered from the ruins. Wreckage piles hinder rescue as survivors camp outside the city. Most victims are said to be Musenimans.
Washington confirms cable advices that ransom money for Miss Stone has been paid to her captors. Release timing unknown but brigands demand a week to ten days to secure their safe retreat before surrender.
A broad review notes new Corvallis furniture plant in operation, lumber demand boosting Baker City mills, Ashland sewer study costs, and a Push for Crater Lake national park. Ashland aims western terminal for a long distance telephone system, strong Rogue River flooding, and statewide election prep at the state printer.
Alfred Noble and Colonel Peter C. Haines, members of the Isthmian Canal Commission, testified in Washington on Feb. 17. Noble urged U S control of Panama City and Colon for sanitation and supported Panama as preferable overall, noting a $40 million price tag for Panama property as fair. Haines said both routes have merits but Panama advantages outweigh Nicaragua, while Bohio dam could address engineering hurdles.
Wheat and other grains listed with varied prices for flour, hay, potatoes, butter, cheese, poultry, mutton, hogs, veal, beef, hops, and wool across Oregon and nearby regions. Includes price ranges and regional quality notes such as Best Burbanks potatoes and creamery butter. Also reports philanthropy in Louisiana and national McKinley memorial funds, plus England's iron and steel import-export trends.
Washington February seventeenth reports the cabinet discussed the presidents reply to Admiral Schleys appeal. The president has written a first draft, with some changes, and expects to publish conclusions by midweek. The document presents the Santiago action as described by the battle captains who met at the White House. The decision is in the presidents vigorous style.
General Rafael Reyes, Colombia's Pan American delegate and likely future president, said Colombia will match Nicaragua concessions and offer the United States a guaranteed title and full territorial control for the Panama canal. He hinted at returning to Colombia soon to pursue the presidency.
The battleship Illinois halted at Tompkinsville after a Newport News to New York trial run and outperformed Alabama Oregon and sister Kearsarge in rigorous tests. Her officers praised the ship as the queen of the navy with a maintained speed of 15.7 knots.
Captain William Swain of the First Infantry reports a recent engagement at Paranas Samar in which 30 bolomen and 4 liremen were captured. No American casualties occurred. Two hours before the battle Lakban the insurgent leader was with natives facing Swain’s forces.
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