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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1897
Page
1
Church notes announce services on the second and fourth Sundays at Wa. m and 7.40 p.m with evening departures listed as 0:00 p.m and 4:30 p.g. guidance unclear due to broken text.
Airlie mall service schedule lists daily routes with Portland and Newberg connections. Times include morning and evening departures and a Sheridan leg with Sunday exceptions, managed by Prissell Newberg and Koemler Portland agents.
A cholera outbreak in Bangkok and a murder in a Cuban prison headline a sweeping weekly roundup. Fatal boiler explosions in Puebla Mexico kill 60. fires in Cairo Illinois destroy property valued at 80 000. French river floods devastate factories. multiple shipboard and desertion incidents strain navies.
President Gompers and AFL executive council urge affiliated unions to vote on immigration questions. The questions cover restricting laws, pauper elements, consular powers, alien labor law penalties, shipper accountability, naturalization tests, and citizen declarations with a Nashville convention deadline.
Otto Werner son, a survivor from the Buckhurst voyage, died at Swinburne island hospital after contracting yellow fever aboard the steamer Advance. Four hundred twenty eight Hoffman island passengers remain under five day observation.
June 15 Paris reports an assassination attempt on President Felix Faure as his carriage neared the Bois de Boulogne. A bomb exploded but injured none. a suspected man named Gallet, claiming no occupation, was arrested amid a broader police inquiry.
A yacht Nellie with 20 aboard was driven by wind onto Alcatraz rocks in San Francisco Bay. All on board were saved except Miss Annie Leen of San Jose who leaped ashore and was seriously injured. The vessel is valued at $1500.
A Vienna dispatch reports 700 peasants attacked a Jew farmer at Bacekerick. Four gendarmes arrived, were fired on, and two gendarmes were killed by scythe. The mob fled, while forty ringleaders were arrested.
Kansas City reports Harry Whalen known as the "human ostrich" died at 2 a.m. from complications after surgery performed Saturday at the German hospital. Surgeons removed two pocket knives three knife blades three ounces of glaze and numerous tacks nails screws and staples during the operation. He had not taken nourishment since Saturday’s procedure.
Bates Soper alias Homer Lee was arrested near Ashland on a Missouri governor's requisition for murder in the first degree. The alleged 1890s crime involved killing his wife and two children with a hand ax in Archie Cass county Missouri. Lowe, an Eastern detective, traced Soper through Portland and Ashland after years of searching.
A massive shell test at Indian Head proving grounds near Washington destroys a 12 inch gun and carriage after gun cotton detonates. Navy officials narrowly escape as spectators are warned by protective earthworks and a huge blast shakes the site. The $25,000 weapon is wrecked with pieces flung far into the Potomac.
Oregon items report Pendleton sheep shipments to Seattle at two cents per pound with averages of ninety pounds. The Dalles notes strong salmon runs pending lower water. Island City’s Pioneer Mill orders 6,000 sacks for China. The Dalles ships 19 double decked ox carts of sheep toward North Dakota. Baker City hosts a large volunteer firemen tournament. Salem’s new post office inspected favorably. The Dalles warehouses handle about 250000 pounds daily as wool flows in. Coquille rail work nears completion. Astoria’s Superintendent Shields recovers trout from a tank and plans replacement. Hillsboro builds a 100000 gallon tank boosting water reserve to 170000 gallons.
Gooseberries flourished on several Thurston county ranches and moved to Sound markets. Eastern Washington settlers prepare to organize to contest titles with Northern Pacific Railroad. Township 24 N 11 W plat filed and land applications received. About 1 000 shingle bolts stuck in Toutle river due to low water. Over 2 000 wheat sacks stolen from Alto warehouses in a single night with no suspects. Chehalis county approves six four right of way for a bicycle path Aberdeen to Montesano funded by private subscriptions. Magnolia bluff tidelands deed conveyed to U S government for a Seattle military site under 1880 law. Medical Lake Granite Company wins army post contract near Spokane with three months work ahead. Kettle Park Indians allege white men steal salmon rights as three year drought leaves food scarce. Olympia money orders up 4000 monthly due to payment method refusals by state offices. Whatcom school election records show 1 399 names with about 500 women. many men unregistered.
Havana dispatch reports Weyler's campaign against Cuban civilians persists. Detentions, executions, and court martial of insurgents follow alleged pardons. Insurgents enter El Callao, seize medicine from a Spanish hospital. A Cuban surgeon linked to Castillo's staff is captured and sent to San Ambrosio. Editorial praise for Canovas notes Spain seeks to delay U.S. intervention.
Washington June 14 For the first time in years the secretary of the navy vetoed three cadets at Annapolis who sought to resign after four years of service. George Weber H L Collings and P L Pratt would have left engineering duties but the secretary said the engineer corps needs officers due to rapid depletion. Cadets pledge to serve at least eight years and will undergo a two year cruise to complete training and receive commissions as assistant engineers.
Washington June 14 The test vote on the sugar schedule adopted the Republican caucus amendment raising the duty on refined sugar from 1087 to 1095 cents per pound by a close margin. The affirmative bloc included 20 Republicans one Democrat one silver Republican and one Populist. The negative side had 25 Democrats eight Populists and two silver Republicans. The day featured speeches including Allison Gorman White Caffery and Stewart defending or opposing the schedule as the first paragraph of the sugar schedule remained undecided.
Miss Lena Goodman a leading society belle of Dardelle was shot dead at Rover by a teacher named Lipp during a serenade. Lipp, who fired the pistol, was arrested and hidden in Danville to prevent possible mob violence as Yell county teachers gathered for the normal. Locusts are noted as food in parts of Africa Arabia and Persia.
A severe thunderstorm struck Indianapolis at 5 pm today killing William Owens and Miss Ida Alien. In Wahpeton North Carolina Ringling Bros tent workers Charles Walters and Charles Smith died when a center pole was struck by lightning. four others were shocked.
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