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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1898
Page
1
A roundup of global and domestic news items notes Cuban tensions at Manzanillo and Butler warning Alger over prestige. It cites a Great Lakes storm with $91,500 damage, New York electricity effects on rails, and U.S. merchant shipping totals for 1808.
The report surveys territorial talks for Porto Ricans if a caid, a new French cabinet, Alaska agricultural stations, and a Chinese naval reserve unit in Philadelphia. It notes John H. Dialogue’s death in Camden, N J, U S war costs and deaths, Paris Exposition space, and latest on Latin American diplomacy. It mentions the Maria Teresa voyage, possible Samana Bay purchase, Cuban state proposals, and ship accident and court actions. It also covers Dreyfus case revision, Lake Michigan boiler blast, and other incidents including Hangings in Texas and a near catastrophe involving Vice President Hobart.
Paris and Paria dispatches indicate a likely U S absorption of the entire Philippine archipelago as the peace talks with Spain proceed. Debts of 40 million tied to royal decrees and questions of responsibility cloud the settlement.
Nicholas Jackson of Hackensack, jailed for 10 years for causing his 6-year-old son Louis to die on railroad tracks, confesses to deputies. He says his wife, recently married, aided the plan and helped arrange the murder. He described striking the boy and placing him on the West Shore tracks near Tea Neck. Prosecutor Stagg plans to seek grand jury testimony on Mrs Jackson’s involvement.
A severe storm in London around Denmark Hill Camberwell overturned cabs unroofed houses and blew down windows doors chimneys and lampposts. Debris injured several people and hawkers stalls suffered extensive damage across about half a square mile.
The German imperial procession entered Jerusalem through triumphal arches and banners. Emperor William and Empress Augusta Victoria walked from the Tower of David to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher amid cheering crowds. Clergy from Catholic Greek and Armenian rites received them and the emperor conferred decorations. They toured the shrine and the crucifixion site briefly.
Ice began forming on the Yukon and Dutch Harbor, leaving a dozen river steamers stuck on sand bars and several vessels aground or at risk of breaking up. The Dawson City is listed as a total wreck while the Portland carried a single box of Alaska treasure not believed to exceed $10,000 in value.
Spokane dispatches describe a Republic mine find on Colville reservation depth 400 feet with free milling ore averaging 15 ounces of gold per ton. The pay streak last 10 feet yielded 15 ounces per ton, wall of pay not yet reached, signaling a major lode discovery.
Acme Wrecking of San Francisco asks the Navy for authority to raise the battleship Maine after arrival in the U.S. The firm would be paid salvage through condemnatory proceedings if deemed reliable. Meanwhile Dewey presses for more light-draft gunboats and ships for the Asiatic squadron and Manila voyage plans unfold with Yorktown and other vessels expected to join.
Washington reports show Commodore Hitchborn highlights converting over 100 merchant ships into naval use and stresses near coast station plant readiness with estimates around 26000 dollars per site. He notes ten vessels accepted from builders last year and praises bureau progress despite high demand.
The president proclaims Thanksgiving on Thursday November 4 inviting all citizens at home or abroad to worship and give thanks for blessings of the year including harvests, prosperity, and victory, with call for divine guidance to continued safety and honor. President William McKinley signs. John Hay, Secretary of State, echoes.
The USS Hist brings General Leonard Wood and Lt Matthew Hanna to Manzanillo. Wood tours barracks hospitals and offices while Colonel Pettit notes Cuban General Rios seeks to keep troops intact. Spanish gunboat flotilla defeated previously by Lieutenant Young and Hornet Wampatuck crews. Santa Cruz del Sur reports Calixto Garcia chosen permanent chairman of the Cuban assembly.
Five county jail inmates in Boulder Colorado tunnel under the wall using case knives and wood to escape. Names include Cassidy and the Rowes, with sentences ranging from two to life. dirt hid under a cage. Escape discovered around 6 30 pm. search ongoing.
Canyon City dispatch reports a pursuit of Indiana gunmen by a sheriff's posse led to a fierce fight. Nineteen white men and five Indians exchanged fire at about forty feet. George Cuttings is hospitalized after a lung-bullet wound. Five Indians were killed, and the posse killed all five in the ensuing chase. Settlers fear gathering Indians and request more ammunition.
Washington reports a presidential edict likely before Thanksgiving to remove over 7,000 government officers from the civil service. The move will affect some 2,000 deputy revenue collectors and more than 4,100 pension bureau examining surgeons, plus about fifty deputy marshals and other fiduciary and confidential posts, with several hundred more scattered roles.
The court of cassation begins hearings on reopening Alfred Dreyfus case at noon. About 100 anti Dreyfus demonstrators clash with police outside the court as Mrs Dreyfus and Maitre la Borie attend. The session proceeds with legal teams present.
Philip R. B. Hildreth, 26, a member of Troop A New York Volunteers, killed himself with his revolver while delirious from fever at his home in Porto Rico. The incident occurred on October 20 in Balcide, New York.
The Samarkand epidemic is recognized as the true plague with high mortality in Samarkand and St. Petersburg reporting the impact. The disease is spreading with significant deaths and public health concern.
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