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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1900
Page
1
War talk and political shifts cross the Atlantic and Pacific as Germany plans, China tensions rise, and American troops move. Disasters at home and abroad include tornado tolls, floods in Texas and Michigan, galveston death toll rising, and a Chicago rally.
Washington dispatch reports Captain Devereaux Shields and 51 men of Company F, Twenty-ninth U S Volunteer Infantry, plus one hospital corpsman, lost after departing Santa Cruz Marinduque for Torrijos. Yorktown and two gunboats pursue, with Logan to Marinduque if needed.
Insurgent attacks near Zapote bridge Las Pi nas Paranaque Bacoor and Imus south of Manila reported with estimated 400 rebels armed with rifles. Americans dispersed the enemy killing and wounding 50. Scout party landed in Samar. firefights reported in Laguna Cavite Zambales and Leyte. Commission names new civil service officials and sets Philippine Bureau of Statistics with 120000 expense approval.
At 1 45 this morning a gas tank exploded at the Central Gas Light Company works at the foot of Fast One Hundred and thirteenth street. The blaze sent naptha through the street and into the engine room as flames rose seventy feet high. Firefighters fought to protect gas holders with no loss of life reported. Meanwhile at Chihuahua Mexico a mob tore down the U S flag at the United States consulate on September 16 the independence day anniversary.
Mendocino Cal October 1 The Albion Lumber Company plant at Albion was destroyed by fire today along with 400000 feet of lumber 1000 cords of tan bark and the dry kiln store hotel and several company dwellings. Loss estimated between 125000 and 150000.
A fire in Hamburg today destroyed Pigioks and Tietgen’s warehouse, Robertson grease warehouses, Hothens’ granary and four residences, with losses over 1,000,000 marks. In Mexico City an unrelated blaze at La Valencia caused about 750,000 dollars in damages.
James B. Howard was convicted as a principal in the Goebel assassination in Kentucky with a death sentence. Jurors split on punishment, ten voting for death and two for life. defense motions and post verdict actions follow. The report also notes contemporaneous dispatches from London on Chinese edicts and Manchurian tensions.
Reports from the West River describe increasing piracy and brigandage threatening waterways. The German transport Gera and three torpedo boats have arrived in Hong Kong as the region anticipates heightened danger and potential return to insecure river conditions this winter. several minor pirate actions are noted and villages near Kom Chek are reported burned.
Philadelphia and Reading Coal & Iron proposes a 10 percent wage increase to miners, hoping to end strikes and restart operations across 27 of 39 collieries. Some regions expect workers to accept, others report officials urging continued abstention. The Mine Workers union received no notice of the move. In Beatrice Nebraska, Dr W F Lee shot W J Horn after a dispute over medical bills. Horn is dying, Lee surrendered and was released on bail.
The Santa Fe express to Kansas City derailed 15 miles south of Guthrie Oklahoma after rails spread. Baggage and express cars derailed, the smoker overturned, day coaches derailed, two dead and more than a dozen injured among passengers. Elizabeth A Langley, 24, wife of a Dawcen theatre man, died at home in Seattle by drinking carbolic acid. 8 N Parst becomes Quebec premier succeeding Mar ehand.
A Shanghai dispatch warns the Chinese government is under Boxer control, with Taotai Sheng ordered north and Russia holding key forts from Taku to Kin. Germany pressures for indemnity, France aligns with Russia, and Britain sees a weakened position. American interests fear trade fate depending on the outcome.
Reports from Washington and Chicago summarize European industrial downturn signals and rail traffic settlements. Consul Hanouer warns of imminent crisis sparked by political shocks while German electrical works risk underemployment. meanwhile Western railroads settle military traffic divisions and pursue broader transcontinental cooperation.
Le Roy Bowen of Dekoria township Minnesota after four doctors abandoned him with a diagnosis of death credits a miraculous recovery to Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He describes severe kidney and nerve pains that led to a near fatal operation being avoided by the pills restoring him to health. The testimony notes the pills purify blood and claim broad curative powers.
Milwaukee report says Seth Abbott father of the late Emma Abbott was adjudged insane and ordered to a sanitarium. Erick Abbott, a son, seeks appointment as guardian with hearing set for October 22 before Judge Waliber. Gomes Is Truthful. General Gomes contends Cuban obstacles delay U S intervention and promises will be kept.
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