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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1901
Page
1
Mary and Alice face separation as Ella goes to Mrs Campbell and Mary is sent to the overseer with Polly Grondy for care. Billy promises to visit and, with Thomas Knight, organizes a plan to move Mary and Alice. Mary clings to hope and prays, while Billy vows to rescue them when able.
A Washington Post excerpt argues circumstantial evidence often misleads jurors. A man recounts being accused after bank robbery, with rival testimonies about his whereabouts, then reveals a night with the landlord’s daughter and a later breach of promise suit, concluding that evidence can mislead without clear proof. The note ends with a remark on linguistic structure in Chinese.
A condensed survey covers King Alexander of Servia not abdicating the push for reforms at Windsor. The Albany streetcar strike settles, while Germany fears U S commercial power. The Oregon coast and Pacific rail links shift. Civil officers in Albay, coal mine explosions, Pan American and Panama Canal moves, and McKinley’s varied travels headline a busy period.
A long, tiresome journey with Mary and baby Alice ends at a cottage door. Mr Knight barely speaks to the frightened child while Mary struggles with tears and a frightened baby awakens, drawing wary glances toward the lurking Sal Forbush.
May 11 advices from Sitka quote Dr. Moore of Skagway and Dr. Linhart of Juneau citing a smallpox outbreak. They note widespread illness, dirty ranch conditions, 30+ children at the mission sick, seven facilities, and a strict quarantine with Indian guards at infected Indian areas.
Vancouver reports from the Moana via Sydney recount the killing of Rev. James Chalmers and Rev. Oliver Tomkins of the London Missionary Society at Debe near the Fly River. Six native converts accompanied them as they tried to conduct a service after warnings of tribal war. cannibal natives reportedly devoured parts of the bodies. The Niue captain sighted the corpses with heads severed but did not land. Confirmation came from Isai, a well known native missionary.
In San Francisco on May 20 the Alaska Packers Association halted talks with Pacific Packing and Navigation Company. President Fortman and VP Hirsch refused cash sales, ending negotiations. Promoter McGovern says the combine will proceed without the Alaska association and claims control of most salmon with existing options. About 3.2 million cases are packed annually, with roughly 1 million from Alaska.
Chicago May 20 Judge Baker holds it legal for employers to maintain a blacklist. The Libby Packing Company and several young women who struck over wage reductions sought jobs at six firms but were rejected for being strikers. Miss Condon tested the practice and the court ruled firms may take protective measures against those who quit without valid cause.
Edwin H. Conger minister to China was guest of honor at the American Asiatic Association banquet at Delmonico's. He urged subsidizing American ships as patriotic and lamented lack of American cable links to new Pacific possessions.
Mrs. Josephine Christensen wife of Lonie Christensen known as Dochelles died after 12 days of pain following the Marquette avenue fire in South Chicago on May 5. She refused medical aid, the only fatality among the injured including her 2 year old baby.
Pendleton cattlemen shipped 110 head to Puget Sound. Pendleton field day for public schools on May 27. Henry Brune sold 30 yearling wethers at The Dalles for 3.10. A Sandy river bridge near Leona 233 feet long and 16 feet wide. Golconda mine sold in Williams creek district. Jack Gordon and Pete Gagnon sold quartz claims in Greenhorn mountains to Gibb Leavitt for 3000. A 25 pound quartz piece near Mule Gulch worth 2000. 100 tons Mam moth ore cleaned at Virtue mill. value 1100. North Powder Irrigation Co extends Grayson ditch. construction starts this week. Newport to celebrate Fourth of July. Marcola new schoolhouse completed. Timber claims on middle fork Coquille. Eureka mine operations resume at Selma. Springfield to Waterville telephone line completed to Thurston. Southern Oregon Oil Co buys a boring plant. Summerville creamery machinery arriving. 87 wild animal scalps taken for bounty in Jackson county in April. Athena Flouring Mill Co awarded contract to pump city water for 800 per year. Henry P. Smith farm near Dallas sold for 6400. Ontario Warehouse Co building 50 by 70 foot fireproof warehouse on Short Line right of way.
In San Francisco the battleship Ohio slid from the Union Iron Works cradle after Miss Barber pressed the launch button and Miss Deshler christened the ship with champagne. President McKinley, the cabinet, Governor Nash, officials, and Army and Navy officers watched as the 14,000 ton vessel entered the bay amid music and cheers. A gold plate from shipyard workers, bearing seals of California and Ohio, honored the president with a gift marking the occasion.
A street price list shows cereals and animal goods with per unit values. Wheat and flour rates, oats, barley, hay, hops, wool, butter, cheese, poultry, potatoes, and meat prices are itemized by grade and region, including Oregon and valley rates. Also noted are local police remarks on drunkenness, a claim of inexpensive fuel from earth and secrets, and Earl Grey's plan to curb saloons.
San Francisco May 20 Mrs McKinley’s condition improved enough yesterday evening to sit up for a while after 5 pm. Many visitors called at the Scott residence as the crisis eased and strength returned. No date was set for a trip to Washington but it is hoped she can travel within a few days. President McKinley received cablegrams from European monarchs inquiring about her health and among callers was Calvin Titus the first American soldier to mount Pekin walls who returned with the Sheridan transport.
Navy reports from Cavite note Captain Owen stating that Urdanetta and Gardoquil carried General Mascardo with 20 officers and 184 men, 266 rifles, arriving May 17 at Binong Bay and Morong. They head to Marcisa to surrender to the army or to Draper at Olongapo. last insurgent force in Zambales.
Two liners report they passed drifting derelicts at sea risking collision in the night. Ocean lanes are now traversed by liners daily and the government will be asked to deploy a small gunboat to hunt and destroy the derelicts.
A Union Pacific west bound freight train wrecked when a bridge washed out three miles west of Sharon Springs, Kansas. The engineer and fireman were killed, two trackwalkers present at the bridge are missing and believed dead, the locomotive and several cars including a cattle car, went into the river.
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