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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1901
Page
1
A sweeping weekly digest notes the Boers crossing the Orange River and signals shifting odds in the Boer war with Britain. It covers diplomacy, colonial moves, and anticipated U S actions in China and Cuba, plus domestic events from Oregon to New York.
A compiled roll of House and Senate bills with broad topics from mining and court procedures to taxation, education, public lands, and infrastructure. Entries include appropriations and amendments across Oregon government, with numerous bills noted by number and subject.
Fire in the Lincoln penitentiary during the early hours threatened the main building and cells. Warden Davis ordered convicts released to the yard under double guard as city firefighters arrived to fight the blaze and protect adjacent structures. Local militia was deployed as a precaution.
Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang met to discuss Russia's Manchuria demands seen as Russian control. Chinese plenipotentiaries fear refusing despite the risk of losing a province and provoking wider conflict as Russia restricts trade. Also report: Private Calvin acquitted of manslaughter in a post incident with a French soldier.
London reports float rumors of Commandant General Botha offering to surrender under conditions. The Daily News says proposals came from Mrs Botha to Lord Kitchener, while The Sun cites a surrender, and The Times questions official confirmation. War Secretary Frederick states no official information.
On the Havana's arrival from Havana several passengers urge keeping U S forces in Cuba. Dr W C Phelps of Buffalo says Uncle Sam must stay and only a rabble seeks free Cuba. journalist Joseph Howard notes potential anarchy if troops leave.
San Antonio reports General McKibben commanding the Texas department learned of trouble among recruits bound for San Francisco. He ordered 20 men under Captain Beall and Lieutenant Perry to Konia to meet the train and handle the situation. Details are unavailable.
London reports indicate Satow and Conger refuse to act as representatives on missionary and native convert claims while acknowledging potential Chinese readiness to settle the matter. Times dispatch notes Russians press Li Hung Chang to push a Manchurian settlement. Wider powers object to China negotiating with a single state during unsettled peace talks.
Congress begins to see national irrigation as aiding bona fide settlers not big private holdings. The plan aims to reclaim land for home builders who want forty or eighty acres, build a farm, and cultivate with water supporting their furrows, reducing opposition to storing western food waters for these uses.
Orders authorize the Third battalion of the provisional regiment formed at San Francisco to sail aboard the transport Indiana on March 6 for Manila. The battalion joins the Twenty-eighth Infantry and becomes the first battalion of that regiment.
The British steamer Castino from Liverpool to New York returned to Bermuda twice due to a loose propeller. After leaving January 19, she diverted to St George's for coal February 12, received a supply, then left February 15 with a loose propeller and again February 26 before resuming voyage.
A report from Centralia Washington on March 4 states a large vein of coal has been found east of town. The expert prospecting the area claims the coal quality rivals Roslyn coal and asserts mining potential exists in abundance.
The house river and harbor committee informally planned a Pacific Coast junket for next June to inspect major rivers and harbors from Galveston to California. Invitations from California chambers and Oregon to visit Portland and the Columbia mouth accompany requests to tour The Dalles Celilo and Upper Columbia obstructions. The military committee also plans a Pacific Coast trip to study harbor facilities transport shipping and barracks including Portland and Vancouver barracks.
Washington reports orders to General Chaffee to further cut the US relief force in Beijing. The division under his command now includes parts of the Sixth Cavalry, Fifth Artillery, and Ninth Infantry, with discretion given on which troops remain to back Pekin toward normalization.
In York a movement has begun toward organizing independent telephone lines across Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia and West Virginia. A committee from the state will set admission terms for the new group which plans a 27000000 dollar capitalization and eventual nationwide management of all lines.
The Chronicle reports a $1,000,000 interest in the Palmer Mountain Tunnel Company moving toward completion in London under Manager John Boyd. A $400,000 stamp mill and concentrator will be built on Okanogan county property as the tunnel reaches 9,000 feet with ore output of 23 venue. The sale funds treasury stock to finance further development.
A fire at a house owned by H. V. Fuller on Nowell and Clinton streets caused $1,500 damage to the structure and $1,000 to furniture. The home was insured and the blaze’s cause is listed as unknown.
London reports General Dewet escaped heavy losses from his Cape Colony incursion with most of his commando intact. Commandant Hertzog reportedly crossed the Orange River with him, while General Hamilton pursued and found the Boers had moved on toward Colesburg. Dispatches say columns still hunt Dewet as troops scatter in pursuit.
Twenty one fishermen were carried out on floating ice from Lake Erie near Silver Creek New York. Seventeen were rescued with difficulties as the ice broke up in a high wind. Four remained stranded about four miles from shore with an open water stretch ahead. A special train and flat car boat helped evacuate the survivors while a Dunkirk message sought aid. The fate of the others was not known.
At the National Assembly in Philadelphia the invitation of Mayor Diehl to hold the league's annual summer meet in Buffalo was accepted unanimously. The big event will take place the week of August 12, with full membership approval.
Clark county fruit men fear continued warm weather may cause trees to bud early risking damage from a later freeze or cold rain. Winter has been favorable for orchards and prospects for a big crop look bright despite the current warm spell.
High winds have caused wash threatening the levee above Washington, Sacramento district. A large labor force works to save it. If the levee breaks, Washington will flood and the rail line between Sacramento and Davisville nearly submerges.
On Tuesday March 6 about fifteen hundred Boers were said to be led by General Dewet and former President Steyn. They crossed the Orange River near Colesburg bridge at Lilliefontein, swimming with horses in a widening, slow current.
In a clash near Tabi Mexico on March 4 Mexican forces attacked entrenched Maya rebels. The Mayas fled in panic as Federal troops overran their position aiming to quell the uprising.
The D A R announced its next continental congress will meet in Buffalo on June 14. Mrs John Miller Horton extended the invitation at the Washington meeting and the invitation was warmly accepted by a rising vote. The Standard Oil Company declared a dividend of 20 million dollars in related financial news.
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