Christian Church Services Expanded to Fourth Sunday
Short fragments note that Christian Church services continue with an added fourth Sunday service at Wa. w. and nearby areas, indicating ongoing worship opportunities for congregants in the region.
27 Nov 1896
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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1896
Page
1
Short fragments note that Christian Church services continue with an added fourth Sunday service at Wa. w. and nearby areas, indicating ongoing worship opportunities for congregants in the region.
A digest of violent deaths robberies and political shifts from Springfield to Portland and abroad. Notable items include the death of Mrs Mary B Stevens in Illinois, a brutal Omaha murder, Des Moines purges after Elka lodge rituals and a hospital of robbery in Liberty Missouri.
Rev. R. P. Mackay of Toronto reports a missionary letter from India describing famine conditions. People face starvation as parents sell children for bread and others abandon their children to hunger.
Mrs. Susie Martin of San Francisco is declared innocent of murder but must stand trial for insanity. Her counsel claims irregular proceedings while Judge Wallace denies release and the case is continued two days for the jury to assess her mental condition.
A Singapore dispatch notes Li Hong Chang may retire from public life amid backlash over his world trip. It also claims the Japanese Chinese treaty offers no foreign concessions. The First National Bank of Sioux City closed due to heavy withdrawals, an old, reputedly sound institution with liabilities not yet fully known. Manila dispatches report insurgents defeated near Santa Cruz with about 500 Spanish casualties. A Russian cereal forecast shows 1696 yields 16 250 000 quarts below the 13 year average. A Berlin mine blast yields 25 bodies recovered and 40 to 50 still entombed. Reno Bros sawmill boiler explosion near Sedalia kills John Reno and scars Edward Reno. A Paris bear stampede injures many at Figueras. A disguised postman steals 42 000 francs in registered letters from a mail cart on Rue de Allemagne.
Secretary Morton presents his fourth annual report noting $280,000 in savings from current appropriations and $2,000,000 recaptured since March 7, 1893. He credits civil service improvements, calls for a permanent director of bureaus, and details ante mortem and post mortem inspections, exports, and cattle exports. The report argues for universal government inspection of food animals and counters claims of widespread farmer debt, highlighting mortgage-free owner-occupied farms at 72 percent and defending farming as essential and honorable.
Washington reports a Post item describing a proposed conference of leading wheat nations to fix and stabilize world wheat prices. Russia favors the idea and may invite the United States England Argentina and Austria to join a plan to smooth prices during droughts or bumper crops and support farmers with loans during surpluses.
Mrs. W. P. Lord led a Portland conference with Dr. Thornton and Henry L. Deniel to promote a flax industry in Oregon. A new $100,000 stock company would contract with farmers to grow flax, guarantee supply, and fund machinery for a state plant possibly near Salem. The old Scotch mill purchase is also being considered.
Salt Lake reports that just before the 7 46 pm Union Pacific southbound train reached Keyesville fourteen miles north an employee spotted men placing obstructions on the track. When approached the men fired several shots and fled. They had laid ties across the rails with suspected aim to hold up the passenger train. Farming's police arrested three suspicious characters nearby.
An unknown man and woman were found dead in a hotel room bed in the Standard Hotel in New York. Police say they suffocated from illuminating gas flowing from an open unlit burner. Investigators see no evidence of murder or self harm and regard the case as an accident.
In Jackson California early this morning J Thomas was killed by W Payton after confrontations over Payton's wife. Payton shot Thomas with a pistol and then fatally with a shotgun. The couple had a troubled marriage and recent separations preceded the tragedy.
Mayfield Kentucky on November 24 a farmer named K Baker killed his wife during a visit after a separation and then shot himself twice. Both died almost instantly. Baker had been sued for divorce and bitter feelings existed between them.
London reports Emperor William is disgusted with Reichstag proceedings and will dissolve the body unless naval credits are raised to a minimum efficient level. The move is seen as potential electioneering leverage amid naval expansion. Antwerp fire rips Lucite market causing $300000 damage to stores and homes. In Arkansas, Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain rail workers extend shifts to nine hours to meet rising traffic, with seven hundred men affected.
Norristown reports Charlea Kaiser held to answer for the murder of his wife Emma P Kaiser on a Bridgeport road October 28. Coroner finds Kaiser aided by unknowns in a plan to defraud insurers, with life insurance policies now tied to the couple.
Floor prices for Portland Salem Cascadia and Dayton show grains oats hay oats bran and middlings as well as dairy eggs and produce. Notable figures include white oats 38 40 per bushel butter 50 cents per pound cheddar and various fruits vegetables and meats with wide regional quotes.
OCR compiled list shows prices on salmon and Alaska goods plus rope types like Conpace-Manilla and White sisal, with per pound discounts for cash and assorted imports from Costa Rica to Japan. Also notes cocoa coffee brands Arbuckle and Lion and bulk items including wheat futures Calcutta for July and August deliveries.
Incomplete livestock price list shows ranges for cattle and sheep, including steers at 2.25 per cowe, dressed beef values, wethers at 1.75, ewes at 1.50, and dressed mutton at a small per pound rate. Also notes hogs and veal with per hundredweight pricing and assorted weights for feeders and light stock.
A fragmented OCR snippet lists crop and produce prices for Alameda County and nearby regions. Includes peppers cucumbers squash beans tomatoes and assorted crops with per crate per box per pound rates, plus dairy and grain notes. Indicates conditions from good to poor and mentions regions such as San Joaquin foothill and Nevada.
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