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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1905
Page
6
This condensed bulletin notes China seeks a peace settlement with Russia and Japan after a potential alliance. mutinies and quarantines in Russian waters. Linievitch faces new battles if Oyama acts. Panama canal control remains with Taft. Graft cases in Milwaukee, indictments rising. Sacajawea’s grave found in Wyoming. Kansas treasurer exposed. storms threaten Morocco talks. bids invited for canal labor. a Florida negro colony planned in Idaho.
New Orleans imposes an all out quarantine against Central American ports to stop yellow fever spreading. Six day detention of all shipments and strict enforcement aim to prevent new cases. Governor Blanchard, Mayor Behrmann, Marine Hospital surgeons, and city state health authorities unite for a swift, decisive campaign. No new cases or suspicious deaths reported. officials praise efforts to limit the outbreak.
Annapolis July 25 Rear Admiral Sigsbee's John Paul Jones expedition lands the distinguished dead at the naval academy. Eight ships rest in double column as guards keep vigil around a lead casket draped in colors amid ceremonial exchanges with Navy and French officers. The mission is deemed successful with about 7,000 miles steamed without mishap.
Five military convicts escaped from the guard house at Fort Wright in Spokane after sawing through two iron barn doors. The men Frank Burton Joseph Carroll James Collingwood Herman W Lamp and Harry Linden were serving sentences from other posts. The breakout is noted as one of the boldest attempts at the fortress.
Morrin Schaetffer a 15 year old Brooklyn prodigy who solved signaling problems for elevated roads says General Electric offered him an $18000 a year electrical engineer job in Schenectady. He will remain in school to finish after advice from City School Superintendent William H Maxwell.
New Orleans reports a limited yellow fever quarantine affecting persons and baggage. Detention camps along railroad lines will allow travelers bound for the quarantine area to stay five days and obtain a noninfection certificate from the Marine Hospital Service.
Berlin reports the German staff reexamines peacetime army administration after noting Japanese secrecy in movements. Annual maneuvers planned for this year will be conducted with similar secrecy to actual warfare.
The Constitution reports a persistent railroad rumor that John F. Wallace, former Panama Canal chief engineer, is to be named president of the Seaboard Air Line railroad. The report cannot be verified but comes from an apparently reliable source.
Twenty eight sailors dead and sixteen missing after a boiler blast aboard the U S gunboat Bennington off the Commercial wharf in San Diego. The vessel, bound for Port Harford to meet the Wyoming, lay in the stream when the forward starboard boiler exploded, sending debris and steam high into the air and wrecking belowdecks as crews fought to reach the boiler room. Cause not yet determined pending official inspection.
Portland July 22 Twelve men selected from 38 to serve in the Federal court jury weighing guilt or innocence of Williamson Geaner and Biggs in their second hearing. Judge De Haven fills panel before recess. Separate trial denied. three defendants to be tried together. District Attorney Heney dismisses case against Willard N Jones Thaddeus Potter et al for defective indictment.
Four hundred farm laborers invaded Seville looting bakeries and shops until dispersed by police and gendarmes. A Salonica mob stormed the city hall and a municipal council member died leaping from a window. Republicans announce mass meetings in Madrid.
An appeal to Bakers' unions in America requests help to establish municipal bakeshops in U S cities as well as Canada and Mexico. The Journeymen Bakers' and Confectioners' International union highlights potential benefits from public control of utilities, especially food products.
The German steamer Thában returned to Tacoma today with orders to load 1,000 tons of wheat for delivery to Mexican ports before new duties take effect. The report notes the urgency amid changing trade rules and port activity.
Portland July 23. The second trial of Williamson Van Gesner and Biggs for subornation of perjury opens with the government outlining its case. The defense, led by Judge Bennett, pledges to challenge the government, denies guilt, and denounces the detectives. New evidence will be presented, and Williamson’s June 18 to 24 stay in Prineville is likely to confront his prior testimony.
San Diego July 24 The Bennington horror expands with new details as the death toll potentially nears four score. Officials cite morgue counts 53, flood room deaths 7, injured 10, and 15 missing, totaling 81, with Dr Foster and Commander Young providing estimates.
Linn county Oregon reports a record hay yield with thousands of tons to ship and strong hops prospects of about 150000 bales. Ongoing grain crops show good yields though some late sown wheat will be closer to ground. A new rail line project around Grand Ronde and Wallowa rivers prompts ROW efforts and possible O R N ownership shifts.
About 1 500 people including leaders of major guilds and delegates from many provinces met in Shanghai to announce a boycott of American goods starting tomorrow. The action targets California labor conditions, not the U S government, and organizers warn the effort may or may not be sustained.
A young Russian claiming Prince Potemkin lineage arrives in New York aboard the French steamer. He traveled from steerage and, on Ellis Island inspection, was found with nearly $25,000 in cash. He plans to travel west to buy a farm.
Flood waters of Spring River reached the Lowell dam in Kansas with all gates open and water at 22 feet. The surge also flooded Park, a nearby village, half a mile above the dam, with three feet of water. Estimated damage to crops and livestock totals about $500,000.
The Navy department received a telegram from San Francisco noting 28 enlisted men ordered to San Diego for the Benns left San Francisco July 17 and went aboard ship July 18, making them part of the Bennington's crew.
Among 32 new lawyers admitted before the Oregon Supreme Court two Chemawa graduates stand out Oscar Norton of California class of 1898 and George Bernier of Oregon class of 1900 Both show promise of creditable careers Word has it Richard Graham another Chemawa student admitted to practice in Washington City courts. he has been a government clerk and attended Columbia Law School.
In Wasco County between The Dalles and Fifteen Mile country, grain suffered damage from the February freeze but is now improving. Spring sown wheat is uneven yet healthy in color and could yield well with good weather. Farmers anticipate 15 bushels per acre for spring grain and 35 to 40 bushels per acre for surviving fall grain, with ripening and heading under way.
At a Bohemia Mineowners' meeting this week efforts were made to attract a smelter to Bohemia camp. A mining man pledged to sign a contract for 50 tons of ore daily if a smelter were built, promising to move properties into active development once in operation.
Pendleton based clerk Robinson of the Umatilla Indian reservation is suspended from office by Major J. J. Mechain United States agent in charge pending an investigation. The move follows a wider probe of reservation affairs led by R. G. Valentin private secretary to Indian Commissioner Leupp.
County School Superintendent W. L. Jackson City School Superintendent Hayes and I E Richardson lead a summer normal school in Albany. Many Linn county public school teachers attend to receive practical pedagogy instruction.
State Lands Agent Oswald Weat returned from Swan Lake in Klamath County claiming a large swampy tract totaling 5000 acres belongs to the state. He reports surveying the area and plans immediate steps to perfect the patent and secure state title.
Freeland, a construction engineer for Southern Pacific, arrives in Eugene with a crew to build the bridge across the Willamette River at Springfield for the Henderson Springfield cutoff branch line. The project cheers Eugene residents who expect the line to make the city a train terminus for Woodburn Natron and Springfield Wendling branches, boosting population and commerce.
Lebanon area resident George B. Whitcomb reports uncovering platinum in paying quantities along the South Santiam river about 30 miles above Lebanon. Black river sand was sent to the Washington government assay office with concentrates selling for 50 dollars per ton and reconcentrates up to 176 dollars. Whitcomb has sent more samples to the Lewis and Clark fair assayer and expects an expert to examine the material in a few days.
Dallas Growers report the Krebe hop pool meeting in Dallas a success with all attendees signing up. The project appears to be progressing locally and Polk county shows strong pool participation. Salem speculators were observed the day of the meeting, indicating growing interest and concern among investors.
The Portland Markets listing inventories prices across Wheat Club and bluestem new, barley feeds, oats, hay, fruit crates, vegetables, dairy, poultry, wool, and meat. Notable figures include apples 1.50 to 1.85 per box, Loganberries 1.25 per crate, beans 14 cents per pound, Oregon new potatoes 75 cents to 1 per sack, and dressed meats priced per pound.
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