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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1894
Page
1
Local notices list church services, Sunday schools, prayer meetings, and fraternal group gatherings. Denominations include Presbyterian, Advent, Methodist, and Masons with meeting times and pastor names where readable.
Rail note indicates travel route options via The Shasta Route heading east and south.
The piece outlines expected top House committees for the next Congress with Reed as Speaker and Hermann as Rivers and Harbors Chair, Burrows likely Ways and Means Chair, and strong chances for Appropriations lead by Henderson or Cognwell. It notes currency, post offices, and river improvements as key issues and hints at party balance shaping chair selections.
Governor Waite plans a brief Western lecture tour before leaving office. He will start in St. Louis, then Chicago, with a focus on tariff issues after his term ends. C D Fees confirms Breckinridge engagement and a program titled Ten Years Among Tariff Reforms.
Harvard and Yale may form a combined team to meet an Oxford Cambridge squad in an international contest. Captain Norman Bingham Jr. indicates Harvard favors a cross Atlantic meet and will back Yale's lead, though no official step has been taken yet.
In Denver on November 20, Italian H Meller entered Marie Ventres’s home at 1330 Twentieth Street and choked her. She escaped, called for help, and Meller was found restraining himself with a razor. Police doubt he is the same suspect as the recent strangler of Lena Tapper, Marie Contassou, and Kiki Ayama, though the case heightens district fear.
A Colon railway roadmaster appeals amid canal revival reports claiming no hiring for skilled workers on the Isthmus. He notes crowds of educated laborers starving and exposed to sickness, with canal work only offering low paid negro laborer jobs at 60 to 70 cents daily in Columbian silver, about 27 cents in U.S. money.
About twenty veterans from the Indian wars of 1850-59 met in Cnyota on November 20 to push for government pensions and land warrants for themselves and dependent widows. Resolutions urge Congress representatives from the Pacific Northwest to press the claim, stressing urgency as many veterans are aged and few remain.
After the suicide of editor James Liddell at Lyons Iowa yesterday it was found he had drafted a brief description of throwing himself before a railroad train and had planned it for over a year. He added a display heading and the Times printed the article. No cause was given. colleagues said he was cheerful and genial.
Lexpos November 20 report that Captain Joseph Wiggins and his party aboard the St. Jernen, wrecked near Yogorshar, will return along the shore led by a Russian Samoyed, riding reindeer sleighs to Ptechori and then on to Archangel.
November 20 report notes the rebellion of Muley Mohammed ended and Morocco City is opened to trade. Authorities foresee resumed commerce and foreign merchants beginning new operations.
Worden, condemned train wrecker, denied motion for new trial after jury found murder in the wrecking of a Sacramento train during the great strike. Judge Grant set a February 12 1805 execution window at Folsom. Worden plans to appeal to the Supreme Court.
In Elmira on Hudson street M W Straight killed his wife and her sister after a note seeking reconciliation. He then shot himself, dying a few hours later after detailing the crime to the District Attorney. Mrs Straight died at 7 pm. Mrs Whitford suvives but is rapidly failing. The three are prominent area residents and the case shocks the city.
Twelve millers from Ohio Indiana Illinois Minnesota Wisconsin Missouri and North Dakota met in secret at the Auditorium to weigh cutting output by 100 000 barrels daily for thirty days totaling 4 000 000 barrels amid a surplus yet rising demand and price. Some favor no curtailment while others expect a decision tomorrow.
November 19 Wasmiso Rox reports the Indian office will not act on telegrams from the Muskogee agent about the Cook gang of desperadoes. Troops cannot enter Indian Territory by law. Jurisdiction lies with the courts. Indian office permits Indian police to cooperate with U S Marshals, beyond that no action.
A World dispatch from Valparaiso reports the British Minister to Peru protested attacks on the British ship Siren near Salaverry. Peru claims rebels, not the government, carried out the assault. The British envoy may depart aboard a warship as the Beattie Squadron is anticipated. In Mexico City a congressman blocked a bill to auction Jesuit churches, signaling friction with expulsion efforts.
Fragments report a November raid by the Cook gang on the town with twelve gang members involved. Details are unclear due to damaged text but imply clashes and disruption.
About 200 pounds of Hong Kong opium, shipped on the Sikh and consigned to a Portland Chinese firm, is detained by the customs house. Duty paid value about 2500 dollars. A treaty clause prohibits Chinese from importing opium and the drug will likely be seized. The case awaits action by the collector.
At Wasatsaros on November 19 the Seventh Day Adventists conference heard Secretary B. S. Horton recount local persecutions, including two members jailed in Centreville Maryland for chopping wood on Sunday. Insurance dissuasion and whitecap notices were noted, while the report lists 854000 members in good standing in the United States.
The State Mineralogist reports California silver output more than doubled in 1893 from 262,600 to 557,155 dollars. San Bernardino county driven by Calico mine ore, cheaper to mine. Gold output remains roughly steady. forty hydraulic mines return to operation, likely lifting yearly gold from 12 million to 16 million dollars for several years.
Lucky Baldwin petitions the Circuit Court to prevent enforcement of a $5,428 judgment won by John McClelland against the Washington Park Club. McClelland, once Baldwin’s employee, seeks salary for services and reimbursement for funds spent on the horse owner’s behalf. The move argues lack of service notice.
Ana Military Observer reports Captain Karl von Steinmetz of Germany has arrived from the East and will depart on the next steamer for the Orient. Official purpose not yet known though he may monitor Allied operations in China. Also notes fighting on the Tana river in East Africa with casualties among Somalis and European forces.
Captain Joseph Wiggins of Bea faeve led the Arctic expedition when the Wiggioe Kapeditiog wreck occurred near Arenavoet Russia on November 16. All crew members were rescued and accounted for.
A visualizing slice of Pacific Northwest notes shows Tacoma lumber shipments to South Africa marking a growth in the door trade. Spokane and Everett tackle municipal costs for lights and governance while legal cases in Harney and Walla Walla progress.
Active wheat trade with Walla Walla 66 68 and Valley 75 77 per cental. Prices listed for grains oats, barley, cornmeal, bran and mill products. Meats and poultry quoted with varied regional rates. Game birds and venison priced per dozen or per pound with assorted fowl and nuts in season.
Market notes list beer and gross top steers at 2.25 to 2.55 per pound, fair to good steers at 2.00, cows 1.75 to 2.00, and dressed beef at 41 to 46 cents per pound. Sheep prices show wethers 0.75, ewes 1.00 to 1.05, lambs 2 or 4 cents per pound dressed. Veal dressed small and large at 3 to 4 cents, hogs at 4.50 to 4.75 dollars for heavy and 4.00 to 5.65 for light and feeders per pound.
Readable items show various tea and coffee grades with prices per unit and per hundredweight, including Sanmox Columbia tall and fancy slate prices, Alaska Bo tall and Talle, Correa Costa Rica and other sources, plus freight and fiber costs for sisal and Manila trade.
The San Francisco vegetable market shows quiet activity with moderate receipts. Slower tomato demand, firm onions, heavy potato supply and weak prices for spuds. grapes firm, pears rising, limes weak. detailed grain and flour quotes listed alongside wheat futures and feed grades.
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