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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1903
Page
6
Admiral Cotton reports air quiet at Beirut as Britain ferries a fleet to Balonica. Turkish massacres at Monastir and Macedonia’s guerrilla stance raise regional alarm. France sends a Beirut cruiser while Moscow seeks more Manchuria evacuation time. An explosion aboard Olympia injures seven. an excursion train wreck near Kempton, Wisconsin kills three.
Pekin Sept 16 Rueaia presents to the Chinese government a new evacuation plan delaying October 8 start and adding conditions. Russia would evacuate Niu Chwang and Moukden province October 8 Kirin four months later and another province a year after. Proposes military posts on the Tsitsihar to Blagovoshchensk road and Songari river to protect railroad commerce. A clause seeks to exempt Russian goods from surtaxes via railway duties. Chinese troops would guard Russo-Chinese bank branches when needed. Prince Ching calls the terms very reasonable.
Philadelphia reports that inmates at the Eastern State Penitentiary attempted to counterfeit minor silver coins. Prison inspectors, with federal authorities, seized a few pieces and the related materials, while the full evidence is still being gathered.
In West Bay City Michigan on September 16 Clarence D Hopper and Roy Boutcher switchmen were instantly killed when a train backed into a dynamite laden car. Engineer Robert Roblin fireman William Noble and conductor John Cradle were injured badly with Cradle possibly dying. The blast leveled freight cars cracked windows in nearly 300 houses and a large crater opened in the ground three miles away.
Montreal September 16. The Dominion Iron and Steel company agrees to surrender the Dominion Coal lease for 2,635,000 plus assumption of current liabilities for wages and supplies. The coal company will receive cash assets about 1,500,000 and pay roughly 1,185,000 for the lease surrender.
In Pittsburg on September 16, all but one of the workers thought buried in the Green Tree tunnel cave in are accounted for. Most Austrian laborers refuse to return, fearing another fall, as their positions are filled by colored men.
The Bulgarian government told great powers that the Porte is systematically devast ating Macedonia and massacring Christians. It says Turkey has mobilized its army, not solely to suppress the revolution, and appeals to Europe to prevent further massacres. Bulgaria warns it may take necessary measures if powers fail to intervene.
The hurricane wrecked several ships along Florida coast. The Inchulva ran ashore near Boynton with crew saved except nine drowned. the Martha Thomas was wrecked nine miles south of Jupiter with crew saved. Downed wires south of Palm Beach and Tampa delayed communications for days.
In Santiago de Cuba on September 16 reports of an armed party at Sevilly near Siboney prompted Governor Vercoto to send rural guards. A clash injured the rural guard commander while the assailants escaped. News of a revolution circulated as forces concentrated and 200 men moved to the scene ahead of President Palma's visit.
Reports from rural districts describe heavy snow wintering over fields with wheat and grain unharvested. Beaverhead county faces up to 75000 dollars in crop damage as wet snow clings to grain and crushes it, while many fruit trees lose branches.
Vienna reports three Italian anarchists have fled to Hungary prompting extra security for Emperor William on his arrival tomorrow at Karapancsa. He will join Archduke Frederick for a stag hunt.
The committee in Colombia proposes a canal bill detailing: rejection of the Hay-Herran treaty, presidential authority to negotiate with private parties, transfer of Panama Railway property with obligations, a $10 million transfer to the government, a 100 year lease with $160 000 annual rent and 25 percent increases, canal neutrality and Colombian sovereignty, mixed tribunals in the canal zone, and a $20 million payment to Colombia on ratifications.
President Roosevelt after consultations with senators and representatives abandons the idea of an October special session. The extraordinary session will instead convene on November as planned. Debate continues over the scope of financial legislation and cross party agreement remains uncertain.
London reports detail a great storm across the British Isles with 50-plus shipping casualties and general devastation. Kent hop gardens ruined, Thames and Severn valleys submerged, telegraph lines down, and inland fatalities recorded as the First Army tents near Aldershot are blown apart.
London dispatches report growing atrocities in Macedonia amid tensions with Bulgaria as powers press Constantinople and Sofia. Turkish embassy denies killings by Ottoman troops, claims Bulgarians burn villages ahead of retreat, while Beirut violence and rumors of wider massacres circulate from Constantinople.
The navy department orders that the Star Spangled Banner be the national anthem and that all officers and men stand at attention when played unless on duty. The same respect is to be given to any other country’s national air when shown to official representatives.
The U S transport Kilpatrick arrived at Manila with 300 American soldiers’ bodies aboard. This marks the largest single group of U S dead to be returned from the Philippine Islands.
A heavy storm blankets Southern Montana with about eight inches of snow. The wet snow snaps branches and damages grain, and ranchers fear ruined crops. The snow drives sheep to lower elevations and likely settles the Sage Creek range war.
Washinton September 14 Orders grant three years leave of absence to Commander Peary of the navy beginning April 1 next He is now on duty at the bureau of yards and docks He will start for his dash for the north pole July 1 next.
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