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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1906
Page
6
A digest of notable events includes Rockefeller missing from Forest Hill, the steamer Mongolia’s perilous voyage, Cuban and Russian political tensions, labor and pension figures, and Roosevelt era intrigue. Also noted are severe earthquakes in San Juan, Porto Rico, and Japan’s naval actions near Havana, with political shifts in Montana and Wyoming, plus anti czar plots and military moves abroad.
In Mobile Alabama October 2 reports show rising storm casualties from the prior week. Deaths total 79 with possible 102. four bodies found at Coden. oyster fleet losses around Cedar Point may number 23 though uncertain. Lighthouse keeper at Horn Island refused evacuation and drowned as the island end washed away.
Vancouver Barracks Washington October 1 troops from the Seventeenth and Eighteenth mountain batteries will move to Newport News then to Cuba. The units, better equipped than other posts, will operate in the highlands and passes of Cuba, away from the Columbia River garrison since returning from the Philippines two years ago.
Winnipeg reports a coal famine as 5000 miners strike at Fernie Crow’s Nest Pass and Fernie Michel Coal Creek companies. Lethbridge mines have closed months. managers refuse to discharge non union workers. Coke ovens halted.
Six additional deaths were tallied in the Mississippi Sound area as rescue efforts continued. Captain Culver his wife and four boatsmen were missing after a hurricane drove their boat and belongings from a Grand Bay island near the Mississippi Alabama line. The island was washed bare by the storm and all debris swept into the bay.
Washington date Oct. 2 The Weather Bureau reports another tropical disturbance approaching the Yucatan Channel from the east with no available information on its intensity.
The fourth annual Oregon Irrigation association meeting will be held October 11 and 12 at Hood River during the Hood River Valley Fruit fair. Delegates are allocated by city and county officials with ex-officio members. A partial program includes talks on Carey Act irrigation, Oregon water legislation, humid-region irrigation, and Willamette Valley irrigation.
Grante Pass reopen hammerly mine with R G. Smith leading a crew at the site. The old mill stamps resume on rich ore while a cyanide plant processes about 50 tons of tailings yielding about 11 dollars in gold per ton, promising solid profits.
Corvallis school reports 498 students enrolled in the first two days, 66 more than last year, with projections surpassing 900. Four new professors joined the faculty and the standout rise in high school entrants includes several from Portland high school.
The University of Oregon creates a romance languages department led by Dr. Timothy Cloran who recently returned from a year in France and Spain. Spanish will join existing French courses taught by Professor F G Gaddimiat, expanding work in Germanic studies under Professor Schmidt.
Reports from the Siuslaw River indicate the present run of chi nook amon is among the biggest in years. Florence canneries owned by O. W. Hurd and William Kyle & Sons and the Kyle cold storage plant are expected to set records as the season progresses. Silversides are just starting to run and forecast abundant catches.
Athena J. J. Ranistone lists a 1100 acre wheat lands ranch in Umatilla county for sale. He has farmed it many years and earned a fortune. Price asked is 76 dollars per acre.
Eugene bark merchants report a rapid price rise from 3 4 cents to 6 cents for Chittam bark due to light peel over the past two seasons. Manufacturers' stocks are dwindling with about seven carloads in Eugene warehouses. Some consignments were bought two to three years ago near current offer levels.
The John Day river a few miles west of Arlington brims with large salmon and farmers are catching them daily by the wagon load. It is expected more than 10,000 fish will be captured in the stream within the next two weeks.
Wheat prices range from 61 to 68 cents per bushel with different grades. Orchard and farm produce listing beans, cabbage, cucumbers, apples, grapes, melons, and meats with varied prices per unit, per crate, or per pound. Oregon fruits and vegetables show notable variances by grade and season.
American forces begin mobilization for Cuba with about 5,600 troops slated for Havana. Additional units prepared for rapid deployment if needed. Marines and bluejackets protect American interests as the Provisional Cuban Government seeks order and security.
Delegates from 31 governments meet in Berlin on October 3 to seek a common exchange framework for wireless telegraphy and to set bases for private operators with government consent. The Marconi Company’s rival-blocking actions fuel the talks, with Germany proposing an international wireless control bureau and linked station lines.
Brigadier General W E Cater received Washington orders directing two battalions of the Twenty seventh Infantry and the Fourteenth United States Field Battery at Fort Sheridan to proceed to Newport News for embarkation to Cuba. Colonel W L Pitcher ordered two special trains of twelve cars each for Tuesday morning, with departure anticipated from Fort Sheridan.
Attorney General Moody directs suits against many railroad companies for penalties under the safety appliance law. Delaware & Hudson leads with 61 violations, part of a total 181 cited for failing to keep equipment in proper condition.
Havana September 29 American peace commissioners move toward intervention as most Cuban parties refuse to attend the congress session. Taft to sign proclamation naming himself provisional military governor of Cuba with Beckham Winthrop to assume civil governance in due course.
Acting Secretary Newberry received an appeal from Commander Smith of the cruiser Cleveland and the gunboat Marietta seeking additional Marines to guard foreign interests at Cienfuegos Cuba. 226 Marines were sent to Cienfuegos, and the Navy reports no available men to spare from barracks or ships.
Between 75 and 100 lives lost and two score vessels driven ashore or wrecked across the Gulf of Mexico. Damage in Mobile city alone estimated at 4.5 million dollars with two million more at outside points. Loss of life believed heavy and total property damage could reach five million. Smaller towns and rural areas suffered similar impact.
A London penny weekly carried a 1 penny insurance policy on a victim of the Granthan disaster. His heirs were paid 1000 after the policy, costing a penny, was examined and settled at Retford hotel where the victim’s stamped bag and paper were found.
Chief Food Inspector Murray and assistant condemned two carloads of cold storage chickens and over ten carloads of meat. Fifteen diseased cattle carcasses and four calves were also condemned. The action followed private advice from Canada and a notification to New York authorities.
Washington reports no doubt exists over American ownership and control of Palma Island at the Philippines southeastern edge. About ten months ago the War Department asked the State Department to determine if Palma's island is part of the Philippine group owned by the United States.
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