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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1894
Page
1
A multi-topic notice from the Mare Island region reports church campaigns against saloons and vice, plus land selection cancellations in Spokane affecting 7000 acres for agricultural college. SF valuation drops by about 30 million, and Chinese registration lags in Astoria. Mare Island work surges as Behring patrol plans begin, while Stanford inheritance tax actions proceed in San Francisco.
An opinion by the Assistant Attorney General Haight clarifies the oyster protection statute. The sequence shows the 1877 dredging ban and close season shifts across 1870 1877 1881 revisions, with the 1881 amendments restored in the 1881 to 1884 period, returning to the present law.
Senate bills extend bridge construction time on the Columbia River and remit $30,000 penalties on the Vesuvius repairs. Yellowstone boundary changes advance, with park offenses under Wyoming district court. Judge Jenkins refuses to answer certain committee questions. Pension suspensions will be lifted for 3,000 to 4,000 cases. Naval officer confirmation at Philadelphia proceeds. New star routes and a Gig Harbor to Olalla service begin July 1, 1864. House endorses tax collection bill to limit federal interference with state and local taxes on corporate property. Andrew White cautions about Baron Hirsch migration to Argentina and US. River and Harbor debate over Yaquina, Tillamook, and Columbia and Willamette funding ends with committee backing Hermann. Oregon gains some increases. Gray's Harbor rises to 25,000.
Evangelist Moody succeeds in converting devout and big hearted students. Mrs Ballington Booth and Adjutant Edith Marshall address Vassar College pupils leading to fifteen young women joining the Salvation Army Auxiliary League. Dr G H Kendrick also joins with others expected. New members come from wealthy New York Brooklyn Washington and other cities.
The House started debate on the bill for sundry civil expenses. Three key amendments passed funding Hay Lake lighting 43500 dollars, a Buffalo public building 4000 dollars, and post office repairs in New York. Morse of Massachusetts proposed cutting Interstate Commerce Commission funding. Cannon of Illinois criticized counsel fees wording as shifting control from Justice to a commission. Haines of New York blocked the amendment over no quorum.
The Britannic carries Walter Wellman and American colleagues toward a pioneering polar expedition. They will meet ten Norwegian scientists in Tromsø and sail from Spitzbergen via Dane’s Island to reach the Arctic coast. They expect twenty five miles daily, returning by September, using sledges and aluminum boats.
Post office inspectors uncover a novel scheme to swindle the U S Postal Department involving stamp dealers and a postmaster. H L Scott was arrested with Charles McKeel of McKeel Stamp and Printing Company named as a suspect. a third man and a town official are suspected.
The Kentucky senator Joe Blackburn announced a drastic life change after attending Evangelist Moody’s Washington revival. He sent associates packages of religious tracts with a notice proclaiming his new life. His conversion surprised peers from Morrill to Du Bois who now watch to see how far his enthusiasm will influence others.
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