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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1903
Page
7
Review notes varied topics from population counts to floods and political actions. Census talk places China at 426 447 000, typhoid claims a 24th death at Cornell, Mississippi flood damage rises, and movements toward irrigation plans. Senate aims to wrap treaties. extra session planned. various rail and security incidents noted.
Mexico City reports growing interest in the Isthmian Canal with expectations the U S will start work after treaty ratification and finish within five years A Mexico Diaz government plan envisions monthly steamship runs from Vera Cruz to Havana and other ports linking Cuba Central America and South America affecting 30 000 000 people and boosting Gulf of Mexico trade and regional influence
In Pueblo on March 18 two masked robbers burst into Locatans cafe opposite the opera house. A gunman killed Dr. J. B. Turner and wounded CO. S. Bishop before fleeing as a policeman fired at them. Bishop remains in critical condition. No clues yet.
Foreman J. E. Godfrey reports rapid progress on the 1903 session laws to be released by April 1. The Lucky Boy mining company gains control of Blue River property. Pendleton painters form a corporation after being locked out, with 200 workers becoming managers. Albany youths face fines for stoning a Chinaman as smallpox confines Baker County officials at home. Eastern Oregon miners threaten a referendum on the Eddy bill to curb capital stock changes amid calls for stronger game law funding.
A remote dispatch from Papeete via San Francisco reports the Tutus hurricane and high water from January 14 to 16 causing about 600 deaths and $500000 in losses. Hikuera saw 377 deaths, six other small islands 142, with 262 natives on an islet perishing. The tragedy struck visiting divers and locals alike, as debris and drowning ended many lives.
Washington March 18 The president directed the naming of an 18000 ton battleship Idaho as a compliment to Senator Heyburn of Idaho. Roosevelt had spoken with Heyburn several times and urged the choice through Secretary Moody. Heyburn preferred no such request but appreciated the gesture.
Arrangements are under way to hold a Harvard college entrance examination in Seattle this spring. It will be the first such examination in the state and may become an annual event. Details on requirements time and place are available by writing Joseph Shippen A M Seattle.
Market data from Portland shows wheat prices for Walla Walla and valley ranges, barley grades, flour values, millstuff names with per ton and per cental figures, hay and potatoes prices, poultry and eggs quotes, cheese and butter rates, wool and beef and veal rates, and hogs and lambs prices across various grades and weights. The figures include live and dressed rates, with per pound, per dozen, and per cental units across multiple commodities.
The Postal Telegraph and Union Pacific announce an agreement to build a six wire line from Omaha to the Pacific coast. Construction starts immediately with poles and wires stored locally. Projected cost is 1 500 000 dollars to connect Postal system directly with the Pacific cable.
Berlin reports Germany will seek identical concessions from both the United States and Cuba once ratified treaties allow, shifting away from the most favored nation rule. The plan favors reciprocity, with special conventions for different cases, and hints at similar deals with Mexico Brazil and Argentina if the Cuban accord proves effective.
General Rafael Reyes vice president of Colombia, arriving from Mexico, cautioned about the Hay Herran convention. He noted the U S interpretation of free transit rights has caused an unfavorable impression nationwide and said Colombian leaders would remember the humiliating incidents of the past.
The U S land office in Los Angeles will open about 1 000 000 acres in California to settlers within 60 days. The land lies between Needles and Mojave along the Colorado River and includes agriculturally valuable areas. The move follows a Supreme Court decision on the Atlantic and Pacific railroad grant of 1866 with Southern Pacific holding selection rights in the tract. Entry applications are being accepted from Washington.
A Kansas collision between the Golden State limited on the Rock Island line and westbound No. 8 near Dwight, thirty miles west of Topeka, killed engineer Love of the westbound train and injured three crew members, three passengers, and the engine and fireman of the limited. The westbound baggage, mail cars, and smoker were telescoped while the rest of the westbound train stayed on track. The limited resumed its eastward trip after a delay.
New York lawyers expect attorney William Nelson Cromwell to receive a record Panama canal fee if the treaty passes the U S senate. Reports say about 2 000 000 of the government’s payment could go to Cromwell, based on a five percent arranging share of the proceeds.
The St Francis levee at Trice's landing Ark broke this afternoon creating a three quarter mile crevasse. Water floods toward Holy Bush and Pecan point with hundreds working by lantern light to reinforce embankments. Refugees flood Memphis as packets and relief efforts strain to aid those displaced.
A War Department bulletin from the Philippine bureau of agriculture notes cacao in the Philippines commands high quality and strong demand with buyers paying a 50 percent premium over Java beans. It highlights cacao’s vigor in Mindanao and Negros and cites global demand of about 200 million pounds worth over $30 million, with cultivation spreading across Luzon Mindanao Jolo Basilan Panay Negros Cebu Bohola Masbate and other islands up to 1000 to 1200 meters in elevation.
Mandhester New Hampshire March 18 ex mayor of Minneapolis A A Ames defies doctors and likely counsel by choosing to return to Minneapolis to face trial. He plans to leave Saturday morning via Boston and Chicago with Mrs Ames and their children. The decision was voluntary.
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