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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1901
Page
1
Summary of varied 1900s headlines notes: West Point cadets vow to end hazing amid unrest in several regions. Reports include political protests in Havana and Venezuela, naval spending, and rail and industrial developments across the United States and abroad.
Washington reports progress in preliminary Pekin talks as ministers aim to settleminor issues with all allies before tackling indemnities guarantees and commercial treaties. Chinese representatives are expected to press for concessions such as fort dismantling limits and stricter import restrictions. Rockhill plans a voluntary return to the United States soon.
Pekin correspondent of the Morning Post reports the Chinese emperor Kwang Hsu sent a dispatch with the signed protocol to foreign envoys. It seeks occupation rather than destruction of the Taku forts and asks for a fixed period to ban arms imports, a halt to punitive expeditions, details on legation land and guards, costs of military operations, and restoration dates for Pekin offices and records. The document omits punishment of the principal offenders.
Berlin reports the first sitting of the Pekin peace conference will be appointed immediately after foreign envoys confirm their copies of the joint note are properly signed and sealed by the Chinese plenipotentiaries.
Logansport Indiana reports Marion Kuhns the notorious Northern Indiana outlaw was captured at Greenhill after a midnight siege. He and his brother were overpowered in a house after exchanging gunfire that wounded two posse members and Marvin Kuhns.
A blaze in Phoenix, B C on January 19 spread from McBean & Co. dry goods to the Imperial hotel and Phoenix News Company. Giant powder was used to blow up nearby structures. McBean & Co. stock loss $12,000 and building loss $2,000. Imperial hotel $10,000. Phoenix News $2,000. T A Hicks dry goods $1,800. Partial insurance reported.
Copenhagen reports the syndicate of merchants backing a Danish capital investment in the Danish West Indies to improve the islands if not sold to the United States. They vow no agitation against a sale and aim to develop the islands regardless of the outcome.
The Locas oil geyser near Beaumoot Texas, shooting 50 feet high since last Thursday, is now controlled after a valve was placed on the well mouth Captain Locas declares mastery. An estimated 150000 barrels have flowed from the well as prospectors and spectators keep arriving.
London report says Lord Roberts calls for 6000 yeomanry to aid South Africa effort while Cape Colony endures martial law and Kitchener drives against Boer commandos. British offensive operations paused as invaders are repulsed near Barkley East and Clan William. Numerous Dutch recruits and naval gun plans noted.
Stanerton Jan 19 report says Colivile’s mobile column marching from New Den marks to Vindlaagte faced 1000 Boers in two attacks. Cavalry retreated to be protected by four rifle companies hidden on a ridge. Boers withdrew after heavy losses. British casualties were one killed and fifteen wounded.
Reports reach Washington of walrus killing along Arctic routes from St Michael to Cape Nome. Whalers and steamer captains report thousands of carcasses in Behring Sea and Arctic Ocean threatening Alaska coast Indians who rely on walrus flesh. Treasury instructs vessel masters to curb killings to prevent hunger. Admiral Casey to assume command of Pacific Station at San Diego after relief at Logue Island.
New York on January 19 Cornelius L Alvord Jr the defaulting note teller of the First National Bank was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. The defalcation amount was $600000.
Eastern waters will send all warships to Washington to participate in the inauguration of President Mo, commanding a show of naval presence. The move signals heightened security and ceremonial involvement by the fleet in the national event.
United States Marshal reports a Cuban merchant Antonio Ansenias carried diamonds valued at about 17 400 dollars through New Jersey. Customs found 126 items hidden in a belt worn around his body on a Hamburg American Line steamer at Hoboken. Diamonds held pending Treasury decision on smuggling charge.
Secretary Hitchcock submitted a statement to the House on public lands backing irrigation as vital for a vast area that could support 50 million people. He cites Nile Valley success and is joined by Professor Newell, Professor Pinchott, and Representative Newlands in backing the Newlands bill and the broader western state applicability.
New York on January 21 two robbers armed with 82 caliber revolvers raided Maillard's restaurant near the 11th Avenue hotel as it closed. One shot at the cash register. patrons and waiters hid under tables. A suspect escaped into Twenty Fourth Street while the other, Edward Burgess a local steam fitter, was captured near Madison Square by a policeman.
In London on January 21 Ambassador Choate and Foreign Secretary Lansdowne met again over the amended Hay Pauncefote treaty. No outline of Britain's proposed action was produced and a definite decision is not expected for several days.
New York mourns as General Andrew Jackson McKay a Civil War veteran and former quartermaster general on General George W. Thomas’s staff dies in the city. He served with the Army of the Cumberland and was noted for his long military career.
In Tuscan Arizona on January 2 Juan Lopez, a Copper Queen enelter worker, was burned to death when molten copper fell from a swinging pot and clothes caught fire, leaving his body horribly disfigured.
Ships valued at 29,725,000 are under construction at shipyards along the Delaware River. The work reflects heavy investment and ongoing industrial activity in regional shipmaking during the period.
Twenty-five galvanized iron mail boxes have arrived in Salem for rural routes. They measure 16 inches long six inches wide and one and a half inches high. Families on routes must furnish one bone for each mailbox at a cost of one dollar.
Washington reports no direct orders to move the North Atlantic squadron. The Scorpion will stay at La Guayra to assist Caracas area operations as protests over censorship of Minister Loomis’s communications are noted as effective. Delays and possible repositions are discussed with Admiral Farquhar guiding future moves.
London reports the United States seeks Sizgmuood Hertz alias Emden of New York City. Police in Halifax Sanday Queenstown and Liverpool monitor the Corinthian for his arrival as the suspected confidential clerk who allegedly misapplied about $50 000 of a Walker Street wholesale firm s funds and is said to have embezzled nearly $200 000 before fleeing.
Barre Vermont January 21 claimants include many granite cutters and tool sharpeners seeking back pay for 10 hour days in government projects from the Boston and New York port offices Dix Hurricane and Foullants nav y yards. Navy yard workers already received pay two years ago.
A message from Pekin reported by the Chinese plenipotentiaries has signed and delivered the protocol. The action removes lingering doubts about the treaty’s validity since the Spanish minister, dean of the corps, would not accept it without all required seals and signatures to give it force.
A new 16 000 school house at Davenport is completed. The Hamilton railroad agent Harry Becardsley reports a robbery of 200. A Day ton school house is planned with cost between 20000 and 40000. El Sievers of Iowa weighs buying a shingle mill at Everets.
A proposed free ferry at Weiser appears under consideration. Caldwell merchants agree on early closing. John Hunt was arrested at Orofino for cattle theft. A Lewiston public meeting protested Nez Perce county division. Leduc post office moved two miles southeast in Blaine county. Weiser voters will decide in April on a $60 000 city bond. Cattle shipments from Coeur dAlene last year totaled 176 000 tons. Bear Gulch saw several snow slides with no major damage though the Orofino blacksmith shop was washed away. Steel rails arriving for Pacific Idaho Northern extension next summer. G A R posts oppose moving Soldiers Home from Bois to Fort Sherman. H M Merrie of Spokane took a claim group in the Coeur dAlene district with work to start immediately. Lew Granger arrested for stealing eight cattle near Moscow. has multiple aliases. Plans to drive 300 feet more tunnel in Silver Eagle claims. talk of a cog wheel road to the summit. A Mountin Home drug store was burglarized. robber(s) fled without loot after the occupant confronted them.
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