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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1900
Page
1
Telegraphic news briefs report on Colorado political parties facing lawsuits, peace envoy plans, clashes in Pekin, Transvaal operations, looting debunked, Texas gulf storms, and a Galveston relief appeal. Shipping losses, census results, and naval transports are interwoven with regional disasters and notable deaths.
News brief reports boxing action at Pekin as American troops await orders to advance. Simultaneously, Turkish and colonial conflicts unfold with Boer prisoners, Galveston exodus, and violence in Guthrie Arizona. Fire and flood aid efforts rise across U S locales while disease and famine pressure India and Cuba.
Dr. Dubois discovers fossil remains in Java that he believes belong to a species intermediate between the highest ape and prehistoric man. Prof. Haeckel plans to travel there to investigate the find and its implications for human evolution.
Washington reports two proclamations from the Philippine conflict era. The American document urges surrender with free transport home for those giving up arms and details confiscation of insurgent funds. It also notes Americans will recoup food and supply costs from Filipinos and asks reports of extortion to the military. The rebel reply grants 10 days of amnesty to Filipino spies cooperating with insurgent authorities, except for outlaw Marcello Abinsay, with a kill or capture bounty. It denounces American hills campaigns as idle due to shortages of food and ammo and lack of reinforcements.
Storm from the West Indies devastates New England causing near one million dollars in losses including fires and crop damage across Southern Massachusetts and other areas. Telegraph and phone wires suffer damage while ships cope with rough seas along the coast.
Manila reports a shift toward an armed native militia as volunteers depart, with Macabebe scouts already in service and Ilocanos and Visayans tested for roles. Local native police have proven effective in protecting villages and aiding American troops in Luzon and the southern islands. Major Allen and Colonel Kennon advance experiments to organize Visayan and Ilocano units, with a 600 Ilocanos previously enlisted for noncombat duties and potential expansion anticipated.
Galveston reports rising death toll with Mayor Jones estimating 5 000 lost as troops restore order. Recovery begins with water service restoration and street lighting while ruins yield more corpses on the beach. Port Huron fire destroys mill plants and elevator tied to losses over 225 000 dollars with 150 000 bushels of grain lost.
In Buffalo eight hundred butchers at Jacob Dold Packing Company and Klinck and Cavahay packing houses strike over dues and union issues. Dold reports 150 workers at work today. Other notes cite a bank closure in Pekin and a Carnegie Steel donation to relief funds.
A Galveston disaster report details 2701 listed dead and thousands more missing or unidentified. Refugees pour into Houston with 1400 arriving last night. 3500 reached the city, 800 supported publicly while others found relatives. Insurance firms assess claims amid expected chaos and donors continue to provide aid.
London reports Kru ger resigns the presidency but remains in the executive while Botha also resigns as commander with Wil jon named commandant general. Roberts targets Komatipoort as British forces push from Pretoria and Lydenburg falls, signaling a decisive phase in the South Africa war. In Brooklyn Bantry closes a trading stamp shop after new law restricts use and infuriates customers.
Rome reports near admiral Montgomery Sicard died of an apoplexy at 1 A M today at his summer home in Westerville. Peru's House of Representatives approves a motion to send a cablegram of condolence to the U S president over the Galveston disaster. Butte miners Kelley and Murray killed in a Stewart mine explosion at lower level.
The senate committee on manufactures reports alum containing baking powders and other food adulterants. A proposed law would ban alum powders, listing brands such as CALUMET and WHITE LINE among those found to contain alum, with notes on misleading claims by manufacturers. The text also touches superstition in Yucatan ruins and a consumer remedy for foot discomfort.
An 19th century ad offering a cure for deafness caused by catarrh with a cash incentive for proof of cure. Also includes brief notes on gingering farmers delaying action and moral maxims about prudence, duties, and turning sorrow into progress.
British government weighs transferring troops from South Africa to India to enable sending more forces to China as hostilities loom in November. General Dorward heads to the capital, while Americans extend a permanent telegraph line between Pekin and Tien Tsin.
A mob expelled Zion Elder Ephriam Bastinger of Bluffton Indiana and two Dowie converts from Manafield Ohio. Bastinger was escorted to the depot amid apples, tobacco quids and jeers, then joined by Frank Calver and another adherent before being hustled onto an express train.
Portland Oregon Sept 18 a brutal murder and robbery occurred at a saloon on Fourteenth and Marshall streets. H R Dickel proprietor found dead in a rear room after robbers rifled the safe with over 250 dollars taken. Motive robbery.
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