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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1900
Page
1
A pair of robbers attacked a Tagoma saloon, securing twelve dollars. Other brief items note fires in Canton China and Philippi West Virginia, a bank vault robbed in Quincy Illinois, and multiple weather and disaster reports from across the country.
Indiana labor commissioner L P McCormack urges enforced arbitration to prevent strikes and public harm. Professor John G Brooks details deplorable sweatshop conditions in New York and New Jersey with long hours and low wages, urging factory work and private-home inspections.
Shanghai dispatch notes Hankow natives saying the empress heads a telegraph official who received a secret message from Emperor Kwang Jiso to Count Waldersee stating the emperor is prisoner and unable to return to Pekin. Additional executions are alleged in connection with the affair.
The census bureau finished Alaska district enumeration with final reports from Samuel G. Denham. It lists 12,652 native and mixed residents in the northern district, while Nome district shows 6,704 permanent whites and up to 18,000 summer arrivals.
Cartagena reports from Panama indicate a major clash may have occurred between revolutionists led by General Rafael Uribe and government troops in Bolivar. Uribe reportedly controls Corogal and is marching on Baranquilla with captured supplies, as General Ospina approaches El Carmen to block the advance.
New York November 15 directors of the Pacific Mail Company plan a meeting tomorrow to elect a new president likely chosen by Southern Pacific interests. Authorities say Southern Pacific has secured an absolute majority of Pacific Mail’s outstanding stock after recent heavy buying on the stock exchange.
Paris reports Caesar Della Croce a New York naturalized 1898 figure must leave France within 24 hours or face imprisonment. He cites political reasons for expulsion and has relied on charity and the U S embassy while claiming a fortune is near.
Cairo reports two new bubonic plague cases in Alexandria as health authorities investigate the spread and monitor contacts. Public health measures are being intensified in the area.
Secretary Hay receives a petition from leading Southern cotton manufacturers urging action to keep the open door in China. They warn loss of Manchuria trade harms cotton mills, growers, and related workers, representing about 15 million dollars in capital and noting production cuts since the Boxer uprising. General Chaffee reports Sixth Cavalry will stay in China under Lt Col Theodore J. Wint with troops I K L M.
Reports from Pekin and Monterey claim ancient Chinese records show Chinese discovered America 1500 years ago and erected temples in Sonora Mexico near Ures. If verified an expedition would probe Sonora temples, amid debates on indigenous ties to Chinese settlers.
Rival cigar unions clash at Gonzales Mora amp Co Tampa with about 500 Resistancia workers and 800 International members. Gunfire erupts. streets crowded. 100 extra police sworn in. contractors vote to reopen tomorrow as guards patrol the area.
Chicago reports allege the bandit killed by Express Messenger Baxter on the Kansas City line was the son of a wealthy Massachusetts family. A longtime detective believes the informant who named the thief, a Chicago contact, provides credible details linking the slain robber to a life of crime and a troubled family history.
Kalamazoo Michigan authorities report a grisly wholesale bodysnatching at Springbrook cemetery Newaygo county. Exhumed line bodies mostly of recently deceased. Ninth victim likely Mrs Henry Knowles found dismembered near a fence. Sexton and workers uncovered spread coffins and ax marks.
In Jefferson Texas on November 10, three Black men held in jail for allegedly assaulting and attempting to kill Mr. Bialleop were abducted by unknown assailants who hanged them from the Cypress Bayou railroad bridge. The trio had confessed to the crime before their execution. The jailer was overpowered and the mob cut the telephone line to isolate the jail.
Washington reports an imperial decree of November 18 ordering life imprisonment for Prince Tuan and several high officials tied to the Boxer movement. Other princes are degraded or exiled, while Yu Hsien may survive. The United States denounces European insinuations and affirms a prudent open door policy with indemnities and future guarantees.
Preston Porter Jr known as John Porter was executed by burning at 6:28 pm in Limon. About 800 citizens formed a composed mob, surrounding the fire in silence as the condemned man perished after 20 minutes of agony.
In Breelan on November 19 an attempted assault targeted Emperor William as his open carriage moved toward the cuirassier barracks with the hereditary prince of Saxe-Meiningen. A woman raised a hatchet, but the carriage sped by too quickly to hurt its occupants.
A head end collision occurred two miles west of Polk resulting in destruction of both engines on the freight and derailing of 40 ore and coal cars and passenger coaches, with extensive track disruption reported in Pennsylvania. In Lexington, three men faced federal court in January for alleged conspiracies to suppress Black voters through fake games and arrests.
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