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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1903
Page
6
A condensed survey reports Sir Thomas Lipton health update and labor policy tensions surrounding John Mitchell and Roosevelt. It notes a New York philanthropist planning a Montana colony for 1000 city poor, Chamberlain’s cabinet role, and shuffles in British and Turkish leadership amid tensions with the powers. It covers crimes in Chicago and Nevada, naval and irrigation news, and territorial dispatches from Europe and Asia.
President Palma spoke at El Caney near the battle site urging Cubans to honor the ideals gained by intervention. He defended paying the army as just and essential to reconstruction and warned against civil war while condemning hidden instigators of the insurrection. The Alcalde said no one within two leagues of El Caney joined the uprising.
The sovereign grand lodge of Oddfellows opens in Ford's Opera House Baltimore listing 1902 lodge totals 1,069,906 subordinate, 145,190 encampment, 151,195 Rebekah brothers and 269,860 sisters. Revenues reach 11,553,905 with 3,893,220 in total relief for 1902, and cumulative relief since 1880 stands at 96,468,425.
Washington reports pleas for U S action against Turkey atrocities reach the state department. Officials cautious about public response say Turkish deeds shock civilization and concern the United States though missionaries are not driving the pressure. A cable from Minister Leishman brought routine news and no decision on withdrawing the American squadron at Beirut or the president's stance.
The dredge Grant rests in drydock at Mare Island for final work and an early sailing north. A test of the large steel debria bin showed no leaks after pumping 2000 to 3000 tons of water into the bin while gates were shored and sealed.
A test run on the Zoasen electric line hit 114 miles per hour Saturday. The distance covered remains undisclosed though the line length is 18 miles.
A telegram indicates the dredge Grant’s pumping machinery has arrived at the navy yard and will be installed, signaling readiness for Columbia River work by early October. Critics note swift conversion since February, while other coast dredges show slower progress.
Thousands of miners are thrown out of work as Consolidated Lake Superior company shuts down amid stockholder disputes. 8600 workers in Canada and the United States face eviction and hunger. police deploy deputies and a special train brings in 1600 jobless men to the woods and mines. Pay is issued in worthless checks until funds are raised. Guarded paymaster office and improvised housing and feeding plans are set up for displaced workers.
John A. McQuinn reports extensive exploration in Alaska from coal and oil prospects on Kachenak Bay to fish salteries on Halibut Cove. A New York backed company plans colonies of Finns and Swedes, fisheries, and mines with oil likely discovery depths.
Officials of the A M Holter hardware company reported a break in at their powder house and magazine just outside Helena. About 1250 pounds of dynamite were stolen valued at 350 dollars. A report from Blossburg said dynamite was found cached along the Northern Pacific railroad tracks. it is unclear if it is the same stolen powder.
New York dispatch reports two Italians Picolo and Dachino charged with throwing a tomato at Premier Combe in Marseilles were sentenced to six months imprisonment. The court ruled the insult targeted his official position though Combe traveled as a private individual.
Fraudulent transfers printed by two printers were sold to conductors at nominal price and passed to the Boston and Northern street railway company at full value. Five arrested last night include two printers and a conductor. investigators note over 20 conductors implicated and about 800 counterfeit checks turned in weekly, with losses expected around 100000 dollars.
New York reports ongoing opposition to the Pacific packing and navigation company reorganization. A protective committee led by J.C. Have Meymer, Alfred C. Bates, Theodore W. Morris, Stove Phelps and James Talcott opposes the plan as litigation threats emerge after a weak packing season. The committee aims to form a new company with up to 10 million dollars in capital, versus current stock and debt levels.
London reports the foreign office and diplomatic centers no longer see war as imminent. The powers will not permit Turkey to occupy Bulgarian territory and seek possible measures to restore order in European Turkey through daily communications.
At a New York meeting, Charles Mellen, president of the Northern Pacific, was elected a director of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Carlo French.
United States Minister Powell protests Dominican government actions sending a project to congress on Dominican waters neutrality and port rights. The note asserts Santo Domingo as an independent state and opposes coaling ports or territorial concessions to European powers. It demands no neutral zones and reiterates support for the Clyde line concession and port duties for non Clyde vessels.
Bayonne New Jersey oil firm officials are upset after selling a steamer named Maria for 1800 dollars. The vessel loaded with oil and naphtha valued at about 40000 dollars burned in a Bayonne plant fire two months earlier, then was towed out to burn in the bay. The cargo survived the blaze and was sold as wreck.
Washington reports the board of officers concludes Corporal Yerkes of the Marine corps bore major responsibility for the alcohol explosion that killed him aboard the cruiser Olympia at Norfolk. A court martial for two enlisted men has been ordered.
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