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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1900
Page
1
A roundup reports Colombian rebels threaten Panama and other dispatches note Otis en route to Washington, Boxers in China, Chinese Six Companies injunctions, and various global political, labor, and military developments including a St Louis fair appropriation and plagues in San Francisco.
Reports flag growing Boxers influence across China provoking allied reactions. Navy ships Nashville and Monocacy head to Tako, China while Russian Japan tensions rise. Amid global disorder, Danes of Missouri and Oregon politics shift as riots, fires, and political maneuvers unfold worldwide.
An American water hyacinth clogging southern rivers was destroyed on the Melpomene canal in New Orleans by a chemical spray. A Benton Kentucky man received a license to sell intoxicants with a proviso that no one may be allowed to treat in his bar and that every patron must pay for his own drink.
The House adjourned after a festive scene as members sang patriotic tunes and the nation’s anthem. Old conferees led by Foas Dayton and Cummings won outright on the naval bill’s ocean survey clause, while Lentz blocked consent legislation over Coeur d'Alene testimony.
In Ottawa the opposition pressed a scandal claim over emergency Canadian soldier rations in South Africa. Dr Borden said a Montreal plant supplied tested stock under contract and samples later rechecked as satisfactory. The opposition charged Devlin failed to supply agreed goods. In Victoria a second report of North Borneo unrest noted British casualties and Chinese deaths as rebels attacked.
Dr. Fred W. Atkinson, recently named superintendent of public instruction in the Philippines, spoke in Chicago about the complex education problem. He noted rapid local interest, existing schools funded by Father McKinnon, and about 5,000 Manila children enrolled, calling for an aggressive yet conciliatory policy and specialized courses. He plans to travel to Manila and remain in the islands for several years.
Secretary Long orders a high importance test to measure time to ready two battleships Indiana and Massachusetts for active service. Ships at League Island with 150 crew each and 650 tons coal must be prepared in 60 days with 300 sailors and 12 officers per ship. Communications to Admiral Casey and captains followed, personnel drawn from bureaus and Hartford crew reassigned. Journal notes the project aims to show rapid mobilization under naval strain.
Duluth Minnesota June 9 The town of Virginia on the Mesaba Iron Range was destroyed in a 60 minute fire. About 165 buildings burned leaving not a single business house hotel or store standing. The fire started at Moon and Kerr mill near Silver Lake and swept southwest to the railroad station. Loss estimated at 500000 with only 124000 insured. The residence area was partially burned but the endoo house and most churches survived.
Manila reports General Pio del Pilar captured near Manila. In Samar at Catubig a band of 81 volunteers held off about 600 insurgents for four days, with reinforcements arriving aboard the Lao Ang to lift the siege and rescue 18 besieged soldiers.
A Accra dispatch via the Daily Mail reports a rumor Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodson was besieged at Kumassi and forced to surrender as Ashantees threaten a broader insurrection. May reports estimate fifty thousand Ashantees in the area and warn whites cannot safely enter the interior in the rainy season. In St Louis the transit strike talks are off for now and likely to resume only if workers drop demands to rehire dismissed men.
Gloucester Ohio January reports say 200 miners trapped by a gas explosion in mine No 2 were saved by energetic rescuers. only three men died. Separate dispatches describe Japan seeking cattle stock in San Francisco and a Mississippi River steamer sinking near New Orleans with all aboard eventual safe, and a Skagway trial of 12 Indians for Bert Horton murder beginning in Alaska.
London dispatch reports President Kruger interviewed by a Daily Express correspondent in a railway car near Machadodorp. He asserts the war continues with burghers determined to fight and that the capital is not conquered, stressing mobility and continued government while Pretoria remains occupied.
London reports indicate M. Rothstein of St. Petersburg plans to visit the United States to pursue a large Russian loan for Trans Caucasian railway work. Prominent financiers doubt success before the presidential campaign ends, noting a February loan of 15 million dollars backed by bonds and a Vladikankos railway mortgage.
In Baker City Oregon at 10 this morning Carter and Miller’s slaughter house burned to the ground with complete loss of buildings valued at 600 dollars. Hides on hand were partly damaged and the entire loss comes to about 1000 dollars. No insurance. A worker was burning off wood and a strong wind fanned sparks into the dry structure. Labor is paid three cents for producing 144 boxes of matches and buys them back at 1.44 dollars.
Captain O J Storrs of the transport Leelanaw reports a dormant South seas volcano on the medicas rocks Babuyan islands has resumed activity. The Leelanaw passed within three miles of the rocks and observed steam from the crater while the surrounding waters were disturbed.
Four strikers and bystanders die as deputy sheriffs clash with marchers in front of a Washington Avenue barracks. The day sees dozens of arrests, gunfire from buckshot, and a police response as crowds return from a benefit picnic.
In Peking unrest grows with foreigners under arms. A reconnaissance train finds the line damaged beyond Yang Tenh with ties and two bridges burned. Multiple repair trains depart, carrying British, American, Italian, Austrian, Japanese, Russian and French troops as mobs surround Legation Street.
In San Francisco on June 12 Count Charles Hogdanovitch leads a Russian syndicate of about 40 aboard the chartered Samoa to prospect the Siberian coast for gold. The party includes 27 miners led by H Roberts of Comstock fame and Paul de Lamschkaff Sky, a former Russian mail agent familiar with the Siberian bays. The ship heads to Alexander Bay for a six month voyage. London reports near Honing Sproit natives say three enemy columns threaten the Cape Town rail line, with the railway between America and Roodeval nearly destroyed.
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