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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1903
Page
2
The Vatican fire damages 50 000 in Rome while China seeks US help over Manchurian issues. US labor unrest includes Lorain steel plant shutdowns and a Colorado mining strike. Militia, diplomacy, and political shifts ripple from Hawaii to Spain as unrest and assassinations influence policy.
Pekin reports Moscow reoccupied Mukden, Manchuria capital, after Russians used a brigand as a police chief and demanded punishment of a Chinese officer who beheaded him. China sought foreign legation help while negotiating with Russian envoy Paul Lessar to banish the officer and remove the taotai.
Reports from Cheyenne Wyoming describe a second battle near Horseshoe ranch with ten Indians captured and nine killed, while white men suffer no losses. Governor Chatterton probes the clash and may deploy troops if confirmed. earlier fighting left six Indians dead and five captured with horses wagons and game seized.
John W. Foster arrives in Washington with the commission's findings and records of the American case. Secretary Hay will negotiate with Britain to appoint expert surveyors to mark boundary lines as described by the commission using Canadian charts as the basis. The United States and Canada differ in chart preparation and the commission notes Canada's greater cartography effort.
Governor Chatterton learns of a late yesterday clash near Little Lightning Creek 50 miles north of Luck in Eastern Wyoming between Sheriff Miller and six Weston county posse and a Crow band en route to Rosebud. Miller is reported killed with one deputy fatally wounded and two others wounded. Three Crow Indians are said killed with several wounded as posses rush to the scene.
Home Rule leaders in Honolulu say Delegate Kalanianaole is at Columbus supporting opposition to Senate confirmation of Carter as Governor and Dole as U S District Judge. Kalanianaole denies taking that position. Home Rulers plan to send Washington protest resolutions.
London based Rock Island Company, a $150,000,000 holding concern for Moores and affiliates railway securities, reports just published first annual report showing a little over seven percent return on its outstanding common stock in the inaugural year.
A massive fire at Coney Island Bowery district raged for seven hours, destroying 300 buildings and leaving 500 homeless. Two lives are reported lost and one person fatally injured with many others hurt as 60 000 spectators watched emergency crews unable to enter for hours. Firefighters faced water shortages and a wooden forest of structures as responders prioritized saving lives and belongings.
The 1903 Thanksgiving proclamation designates November 26 as a day of general thanks. Roosevelt urges national gratitude for peace and prosperity, calls citizens to abstain from work, and asks worship in homes and churches. Secretary of State John Hay authenticates the document in Washington.
A blaze at 426 Eleventh Avenue known as the House of All Nations killed twenty people. About 30 bodies had been recovered, most of Irish nationality, many women and children among the victims. Incendiary origin suspected as smoke and panic overwhelmed residents. Police Commissioner Greene oversaw the scene with reserves and ambulances aiding survivors.
A party of 13 Doukhobors including three married couples from Petroska and Terpenia Saskatchewan arrived in Vancouver en route to Philadelphia. They aim to learn English and gain basic industrial and domestic skills. The group were among Doukhobor colonists brought to the Northwest Territories at government expense and had previously refused to adopt English language or customs.
Washington reports a parcels post treaty with Hong Kong China was agreed upon today and will be drafted. It sets a maximum weight limit of four pounds six ounces for parcels.
A Big Four passenger train collided with a freight coal train near Indianapolis at 10 20 am killing fifteen people and injuring 51. The train carried 954 passengers mainly Purdue students and supporters en route to the Purdue Indiana University game with many in the first coaches perishing or severely hurt.
Men guarding the Ama walk watershed in Westchester county set fire to the $100,000 Christian Brothers College. An injunction by watershed commissioners had blocked destruction, but it expired this week and the burning proceeded. The Brothers and students had recently left for Baltimore after receiving their condemnation award.
A bridge failure derailed east Santa Fe No. 6 near Apishapa Creek 35 miles east of Pueblo. The engine and four cars plunged into the creek, injuring about thirty people. The bankers' car remained on the track. engineer Walker was trapped beneath the cab before rescue.
Washington reports Congressman Cannon aims to expand and redraw the house rules committee to seven members and add representation from far and mid west regions. Proposed changes would replace some current members like Grosvenor and Payne and place Cannon allies on the panel to tighten control with less friction.
Edward A. Tanner, 33, a Swiss native described as a crank, tried to reach the president at the executive office but could not pass the doors. He was jailed at police headquarters then sent to St Elizabeth Insane Asylum. He claimed airships pursued him and that the president would stop them. Tanner said he had a wife in Memphis Tennessee.
The foreign office in St. Petersburg states that Russia reoccupies Mukden in Manchuria independently of the commercial port issue. Rail guards took the city after the Chinese governor failed to meet Russian commissioners demands.
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