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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1904
Page
2
Summary of week’s events notes a peace treaty between Chile and Bolivia, Russian Manchurian forces’ precarious position, and a string of incidents including fires, strikes, and military reports. It covers elk hunting in Linn County Oregon, canal cost estimates, and indictments for land fraud among prominent Oregon figures.
The U S commission report on the General Slocum disaster is public. President Roosevelt sent a letter to Secretary Metcalf directing implementation of the findings and ordering discharge of Roche Demont and Barrett for inspection laxity. A Justice Department note on criminal proceedings and life preserver Cares is attached.
A five story brick double tenement at 15 Moore Street Williamsburg caught fire early today. Four people suffocated and 15 more were overcome by smoke. two injured children likely to die. Fire origin in the basement with a dumbwaiter shaft spreading smoke through fourth and fifth floors. Firemen rescued many, one fireman overcome. Loss about $3,000. Suspected incendiarism. other basements fires nearby noted.
Tokio reports intense fighting in Manchuria with about 60 000 killed or wounded on both sides. Russians sustain heavy losses while Japanese mourn their own casualties and await further developments amid restrained public reaction.
Hoquiam Washington October 19 D B Shellar supervisor of forestry for Washington state returned from the Quinault valley where he examined townships of land in the Olympic forest reserve. Settlers expect that after examination these lands will be eliminated from the reserve as agricultural lands are sought. The move would open a fine body of farming land.
Descriptions from Oct 17 report a day of brutal fighting around Liao Yang with 15 000 Russian casualties and heavy Japanese losses. Japanese forces gain ground near Shaotakan hills and Mukden while Kuropatkin’s right wing reels east of Bensihu and further reinforcements are ordered.
The interior department finishes a confidential report on Sherman county settlers dispossessed of land within the Dalles Military Wagon Road grant. It details terms by which the Eastern Oregon Land Company may relinquish title, or provide compensation, and notes many years have passed with some original settlers disappeared. Congress will decide on a funded buyout or restitution to the injured settlers.
Washington reports the president plans to honor his pledge to Interparliamentary Peace conference delegates by arranging a new plenipotentiaries meeting of signatory powers. The State Department will send notes to each government, seeking suggestions on timing and venue while diplomats push for a defined scope. Hemmed by cautious diplomacy, many nations may demand ironclad limits to the conference.
A head on crash between the east bound California limited No.6 and a west bound Denver & Rio Grande freight a mile west of Portland killed J. E. Duey and injured 15 others, with two perhaps fatally. The freight failed to take the siding, both engines telescoped, and five freight cars were destroyed. Injured were taken to Pueblo and Salida hospitals.
Two Lake Submarine torpedo boats built at Newport News were hoisted aboard the Kennebec and believed destined for Japan or Russia. The Kennebec will sail to Boston before daylight, with the Ox and another steamship meeting up the coast to transfer the subs to their awaiting destination.
Washington officials consider the Oregon Railway and Navigation tracks removal from Washanac Coulee in Northern Idaho to clear land for a new government reservoir. Chief Engineer Newell referred the matter to Supervising Engineer H Savage in Spokane. The government may bear costs but the project could be abandoned if removal proves too costly.
A Renneselaer telegram says the home of Thomas J. McCoy, former McCoy Bank president facing indictments for alleged bank wrecking, was dynamited and destroyed. The frame residence, valued at 25 000 dollars, was noted as a premier Northern Indiana home.
Reports from Tokio say the Russian fleet at Port Arthur is severely battered by Japanese hand batteries. An attempted sortie by the fleet is unfounded and the claimed capture of a blockade runner is denied.
Salt Lake City Oct 17 A remaining 80 miles connect Salt Lake City and Los Angeles Cal as the San Pedro Los Angeles Salt Lake road nears completion Tracklaying from Caliente Nev reaches the Vegas branch 47 miles from the California line Daggett Cal work also pushed part of the 80 mile stretch is graded
Chicago October 17 The quarterly dividend of two dollars per share net earnings was declared today by the Pullman company. The annual statement for the fiscal year ending July 31 shows a net surplus of 93,741,626.
New York Oct 18 a smoke ejector device is being installed on the battleship Kentucky to prevent accidents like the Missouri blowback last year. The system removes unburned gases and smoke from the barrel after firing.
El Paso Oct 18 The Santa Fe line shows a washout about 12 miles from here to Albuquerque halting train service for several days. Other lines operate normally despite ongoing rain and a slowly rising Rio Grande River.
Washington officials report the Panama canal commission met with President Roosevelt in a brief audience to discuss Panama Isthmus issues. A memorandum outlined recent work including surveys at Colou Gutan Bohio and Culebra Hill, dam site studies, city water plans, sewerage for Colon, and harbor preparations, with costs and manpower noted.
A White House meeting chaired by the president included Admiral Dewey Secretary Morton Sir William White and several US Navy officers. They discussed battleship construction with White advocating ships that fight rather than flee. The plan favored selling aging gunboats and cruisers to reallocate officers to new battleships.
Washington reports Admiral Dewey again offers to command the combined fleet in the Caribbean and direct winter maneuvers. If spared from the general board presidency, Secretary Morton would accept. He would likely depart aboard the Mayflower early next year to take command at Guantanamo, with arrival around January 8 to 10.
News special reports from Albuquerque recount floods that wrecked seventy dwellings in San Marcial, eighty miles south, devastating crops lands and stores. The Mexican communities in the surrounding valley face severe suffering and imminent starvation without outside aid.
Snow the season’s first snew fell in Albany and Schenectady and several other New York places today. It melted as it fell.
A blaze that began in the Pullman block wiped out three major business areas in the city and threatened more. The Ashdown Hardware, Rialto block, Great Northern telegraph office, Woodbine and Cafferine blocks suffered severe damage. Insurance estimates unavailable. The fire cut electric service and left newspapers in darkness. several firms including Slater Shoe, Gundy Music, Calder's photo supplies, Raver’s stationery, and Connelly’s drugs were among the hardest hit. No injuries reported.
Tokio reports the Japanese gunboat Hei Yen hit a mine off Pigeon bay on September 18 and sank with 197 sailors lost. Survivors reached Chiao Psi island but the fate of other crew remains unclear amid stormy seas and heavy swells.
United States Secret Service Agent Bell raided a cabin nine miles west of Tacoma and nabbed H. N. Stone in the act of producing counterfeit US half dollars quarters and dimes. Deputies, two Tacoma detectives and a secret service operative aided the bust uncovering a large dry mold setup in a stove. Stone confessed guilt but said he was only experimenting and had not put money into circulation. The swampy secluded cabin was found after investigators traced purchases in Seattle.
The Official Messenger reports Vice Admiral Bezobrazoff to lead the Baltic fleet as senior admiral while Rear Admiral Haupe becomes junior admiral. Rear Admiral Greve replaces Haupt at Vladivostok and Admiral Jessen takes command of the first Pacific squadron.
New Oreana October 15 reports the end of the era of negro roustabouts on the Mississippi steamboats as 60 white workers arrive from Western and Northern cities to take jobs at steamboat landings. The strikes by black workers had previously driven wages up to 150 dollars a month.
Mukden Oct 13 Russian forces opened with heavy artillery along the railway line and fought fiercely as they contested possession of the rail corridor during morning operations.
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