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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1899
Page
1
A condensed dispatch column reports on mass homeseekers moving from St Paul to the Pacific coast, a potential pope in Rome rumor, a deadly lo li o battle, and varied war news from the Philippines. It notes weather across Britain, shipwrecks near Patagonia, and health and political updates in the Americas and Asia.
Hon. William 8 Mason mayor of Portland Oregon died at home after a six week illness due to liver complications following a February grip. The report lists military reassignments and international dispatches on Dreyfus, Cuban affairs, and U S military actions in the Philippines with details on casualties and strategic developments.
Seid Back Jr and his company of native born Chinese plan to perform at the National Editorial Association meeting in Portland Oregon on July 4. John M Downey known as the apple king dies at Sugar Lake Missouri from brain fever at age 60. he co owned Reece and Downey orchard one of the country’s largest.
A special from Albuquerque reports Red Pipkin was captured at Moab Utah and brought from Winnemucca Nevada where he was wanted for holding up a Santa Fe passenger train. He faces U S Commissioner Whiting on charges tied to the Grante Santa Fe Pacific hold up last year and the deputy sheriff’s killing.
In Texarkana March 25 a race war erupts in Little River county with white mobs killing indiscriminately. Seven black victims are known lynched or shot, their bodies left hanging or cast into a creek. The area remains in extreme turmoil as armed whites patrol and black residents flee. The region borders Indian Territory and Texas, with a history of escalating violence between races.
Reports from the Volga provinces describe famine conditions in Samara and eastern European Russia. Red Cross relief has delayed starvation but funds are nearly exhausted as typhus scurvy and pestilential diseases rise. Peasants sell all belongings and live in cold filthy cabins awaiting prompt government aid to avert a 1891 92 humanitarian crisis.
On March 16 near Ilolo 400 rebel riflemen from Pania met seven companies of the Eighteenth U S Infantry and a Tennessee battalion. Three Hotchkiss guns supported by General Miller's forces. North of Jaro the line faced heavy fire. one American killed and 15 wounded. Miller estimates 60 rebels killed and 100 wounded. Several sunstrokes reported.
Washington reports the transport Sherman has landed troops in Manila in good condition, following the Grant via the Suez canal. The Sheridan is due in two weeks, increasing regulars in the Philippines to about 6 000 to press plans before the rainy season. The Solace also arrived. Rebels in Aguinaldo's forces reportedly use brass tipped bullets, wounding several American troops with harder healing wounds.
At Pittsburg on March 25 six hundred employees of the For Pressed Steel Company quit work after the firm refused to grant a ten percent wage advance.
The house bribery investigating committee began a formal examination of all 204 members in Harrisburg, Pa., following a resolution adopted yesterday. Berlin reports the German battleship Oldenburg ran aground near Kiel during a heavy snowstorm after breaking her anchor.
John T. Graham of Denver, owner of mines in Colorado New Mexico and Utah copper operations, says a new smelter trust of 65 million dollars will lift silver prices by 10 percent. He notes operators signed a 10 year contract not to raise ore treatment prices, with the advance to occur once the combine is perfected.
Captain McQuesten reports Peters the photographer was captured outside the lines in Manila, tortured by native head hunters, and later released after American officials intervened. Eight Americans, two Englishmen and a Spaniard were found at Malolos. Also noted is Rev. W H Tubb’s Molokai visit to advocate turning Molokai into a national leper settlement with a four month stay and a senate-backed plan.
The Herald reports Warren W. Leland will receive $150 daily during the hotel construction for use and occupancy policies, separate from furniture insurance. It notes President McKinley may take an extended summer vacation if business allows, with a prior plan to visit Yellowstone and the Pacific coast.
The ordnance bureau of the War Department circularizes governors that arms and ordnance stores supplied to volunteers in the Spanish war will be returned to each state in kind.
St Paul reports a parole bill for the Younger brothers, defeated yesterday, was reconsidered and passed today. If enacted, the Younger boys may be paroled with approval from the board of pardons.
Articles of incorporation filed with the New England Electric Vehicle & Transportation Company in Trenton New Jersey on March 25 authorize 25 million capital to manufacture vehicle appliances and operate the vehicles themselves. Buffalo returns from Manila sailing to New York via Suez to serve twice yearly rounds carrying supplies for the Philippine fleet and invalids. London reports actress Lolo Balzola shot herself on stage in Cilli. Paris notes influenza deaths in the last week exceed normal by 235.
Manila dispatch reports heavy American gains with General Otis and Hale leading fronts toward Malabon and Novaliches. U S troops rout insurgents in multiple sectors, capturing Polo San Francisco del Monte and Mariquina while suffering light casualties.
Dr. Hunter United States minister to Honduras prepares to depart for his post to press for reparations after an American named Pears was shot by a Honduran sentry during revolutionary disturbances. The United States orders infantry to Cuba with deployment from Alabama to Savannah and Augusta, while Li Hang Chang regains favor in Beijing signaling a political shift in China.
Two million Chinese citizens in Che Foo appeal through Consul Fowler to aid the famine victims of Yellow River floods described as China’s sorrow. Reported widespread ruin includes submerged villages, ruined homes, and freezing shelters with only bark and roots for sustenance while crops failed and seed for spring sowing vanished.
A boiler exploded in the basement of a Washington and South Second Street lodging house and saloon injuring six men, three fatally. The boiler lay beneath a sidewalk and passersby were struck as it blew, with debris thrown up to 100 feet and surrounding windows shattered. Authorities suspect the engineer’s carelessness in letting the boiler run dry.
A fierce cyclone swept Liberty in DeKalb County last night nearly wiping the town from the map. The Christian church was blown apart and numerous houses damaged as residents faced panic, though no fatalities are reported.
Berlin reports Professor Koch famed bacteriologist who identified the comma cholera bacillus will embark next month on a tropical expedition to probe malaria origins and nature. The Reichstag provides 60 000 marks in support of the project.
Rain continues across Northern California with rivers rising but no immediate flood danger. Valley reports warn heavier rain or warmer temperatures could melt mountain snow faster than drains handle, threatening higher water if conditions worsen.
Sherman shows marked improvement as physicians note his condition is greatly improved. He spends the afternoon on the Paria deck near Santiago before transfer to the Chicago, which is expected to arrive by daybreak. A shore report from Racine notes the Atlanta steamer stuck in drift ice with crew responding to a life-saving effort. General Porter declines comment on a rumor about a possible War Secretary appointment. The City of Puebla sails for Manila with 600 men of the Ninth Infantry, carrying Italian military attache Lt. Vitate aboard.
Local iron foundrymen announce a ten percent wage rise affecting about twenty thousand workers in Cincinnati. The agreement covers a wide workforce across the industry.
Washington reports from Manila on MacArthur’s push beyond Polo toward Malolos as insurgents retreat through Calocan Malabon and Navotas. Otis dispatch confirms advances and rising supplies while waves of fighting leave Egbert and others dead.
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