Comprehensive Review of Happenings of the Week
A wide survey notes the French airship's success and rising war tensions with Russia. Updates include postal investigation leave for A. W. Machen, Czolgosz brother's arrest in Los Angeles, wheat crop estimates for Oregon Washington Idaho, and a surge in barley and oats acreage. Fires injure and destroy in Stockton. Porto Rico attorney general appointment for Willis Sweet. Ames found guilty of bribery. Turkey Bulgaria war threat eases. War Secretary Root buys New York plat for a mansion. Morria K Jessup elected NY Chamber president. Carnegie honored by Bolivar order. British American Tobacco to buy Richmond rival. Hagin plans two marble houses. Chicago streetcar collision. Omaha strike closures. Salonica worship changes. Adirondack fires under control. J. P. Huntington buys NYC mansion. Chilean mine syndicate formed. stolen Express funds recovered. Rochester streetcar wreck injures several. river and harbor committee tours NY navigable waters. Matos lands in Venezuela. Germans in Argentina organize. Sankey operation failure. train wreck plots. Pank Bank salvage. frost harms fruit. Edwin Kelley charged with embezzlement. New York tenants evicted. Carnegie gift under consideration. engineers' center funding debates. Rosela war prep. Doukhobor search near Saskatoon. Free man bank robbery. a boy with two hearts. Revere bell recast after fire at Leominster church.
Collision at Sea Sinks Saginaw. 20 Feared Dead
Norfolk May 7 A fog bound collision between the Old Dominion Hamilton and the Clyde Saginaw off Virginia coast near Winter Quarters and Fenwick Island lightships in the early morning left 20 or more dead. The Saginaw sank after a glancing blow as Hamilton slowed and reversed engines. Lifeboats were lowered and rescue efforts focused on the sinking vessel.
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Norfolk
Clyde
Saginaw
Old Dominion
Hamilton
Winter Quarters
Fenwick Island
Virginia
Boaz
Moros Routed as Pershing Defeats Sultan in Mindanao
Captain Pershing's column defeated the sultan of Amparangan on the Taraca river banks near Lake Lanao Mindanao. Americans captured ten forts. 115 Moros killed 13 wounded 60 taken prisoner. Two Americans killed seven wounded. Forts shelled and captured. sultan's refuge fort surrendered Tuesday. Pershing moved north to finish lake exploration.
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Manila
Captain Pershing
Amparaganos
Taraca
Lake Lanao
Mindanao
Taraca River
Pershing
Capitan Pershing
Shaw
Gracie
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Tuesa
Tragedy on Canadian Pacific derailed train kills twelve
In Port Arthur Ontario on the Canaidan Pacific main line near Dester Station eighteen laborers were killed or burned to death as a derailed work train crashed. Eight more were severely burned with several expected to die. The boarding car carried thirty men and was crushed and set afire by a stove. Rescuers, hampered by flames, eventually freed ten to twelve men through shattered windows before retreating from the blaze.
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Port Arthur
Ont
Canadian Pacific
Dester Station
Reso
Gloriana Wreck Claims 15 Lives Off Nova Scotia Coast
The American fishing schooner Gloriana from Gloucester ran ashore in fog near Vale Cove White Point. Fifteen crewmen including Captain George Stoddard perished out of eighteen. Three survivors were rescued and cared for by the U S consul. bodies unrecovered.
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Caneo
B. C
George Stoddard
Gloucester
Masa
Vale Cove
White Point Leages
Gloriana
Nova Scotia
Hlammanden
United States
Oregon Immigration Drive Shaped by Harriman Line Bureau
G M McKinney of the Harriman Lines outlined the department’s outreach to Salem real estate men and Eastern audiences. He cited 4 000 to 5 000 one way tickets tied to Willamette Valley immigration and claimed 2 000 000 readers reached in seven months. Six lecturers and six agents promote Oregon’s resources, attracting home seekers and boosting state interest.
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G. M. McKinney
Harriman Lines
Salem
Oregon
Willamette Valley
United States
Astoria Regatta Seeks War Vessels for August Event
The Astoria regatta committee reports letters from California rowing clubs about entering this year’s race. Senator Fulton backs the effort to bring war vessels from the Pacific squadron and has asked the secretary of the navy to send at least two ships to Astoria for the annual August regatta.
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Astoria
Aleady
California Rowng
Fulton
Secretary of the Navy
Pacific Squadron
New road law limits stock herding on highways
The last legislature made no change to the herd law aside from a Multnomah county amendment. Section 61 prohibits placing earth or debris on highways, blocking traffic, but allows short term herding if no obstruction lasts over 24 hours.
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Multoomah
Scarcity of silver puzzles Clackamas county officers
Clackamas county officers report an unusual scarcity of silver as Treasurer Cahill notes gold pieces in $20 denominations are more plentiful than ever, complicating the ability to make change. No reason is given beyond a sign of broad prosperity among all classes.
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Clackamas
Cahill
Residents Oppose Vast Forest Reserve Plan in Oregon
Citizens in Josephine and Curry counties protest a proposed forest reserve covering half of Curry and all of Western and Southern Josephine plus part of Douglas. They warn it would trap Josephine, hinder Curry, threaten prosperity, and argue water flow remains ample despite claims. Petitions circulate urging reconsideration or withdrawal of the tract.
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Josephine
Curry
Great Forest Reserve
Douglas
First Annual Oregon Labor Federation Convention in La Grande
The first annual convention of the Oregon state federation of labor met in La Grande this week with about 100 delegates. Attendance was not as large or representative as hoped, Portland provided the bulk, while Astoria Salem Albany Ashland Baker City and Pendleton sent one to three delegates each. Delegates are earnest about tackling knotty labor questions and determining a course of action.
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Oregon State Federation of Labor
la Grande
Portland
Astoria Salem
Albany
Ashland
Baker City
Pendleton
Organized Labor
Union Woolen Mills Receives New Machinery
The Union woolen mills will expand capacity with seven carloads of new equipment including five looms. Machinery will be installed at once and the plant will employ about 75 workers once in operation. The water powered factory mainly manufactures pure lambs wool blankets and has earned a wide reputation for quality.
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Union Woolen Mills
County assessors plan doubles Clackamas roll values
Assessor Nelson reports that the 1908 roll will list property at about double the prior 35 percent of real value. Despite higher valuations, the tax will remain roughly the same as rates fall proportionally to the increased assessments.
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Clackamas
Nelson
Indian Affairs Law and Treaties Volumes Issued
The Government Printing Office issued two quarto volumes titled Indian Affairs Law and Treaties compiled by Charles L. Kappler. They cover every U S treaty with Indians and all laws orders and proclamations up to December 1 1902 with tribe statistics and trust fund data. The work, urged by the commissioner of Indian affairs,整理s laws and orders into a single indexed compilation following the statutes at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Government Printing Office
Congress
Charles L. Kappler
Senate Committee On
Japan May Not Withdraw Marcus Island Claims
A Honolulu letter shows the state department has no knowledge of Japan withdrawing claims to Marcus Island. Marcus Island guano company representatives in Honolulu and Washington had earlier said Japan would withdraw and pay indemnity for stopping an expedition to examine the island.
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Honolulu
Department of State
Charles L. Rhodes
Japan
Marcus Island
Marcus Isard Guano Company
Washington
Paris Baron D Estourne Les De Constant Sees Arbitration Rise
Baron D Estourne Les De Constant, French deputy and delegate to The Hague peace conference, told an Associated Press correspondent that King Edward's Paris visit signals a political shift toward international arbitration. He foresees a Franco British arbitration treaty and credits the United States with beginning the world movement.
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Paris
Baron D’ Estourne Les de Constant
France
Hague
Woolpool expected to nearly double output this year
At the Marion county woolgrowers association meeting it is probable that the pool will control about 75 000 to 100 000 pounds of wool this year nearly double last year. The soliciting committee has 50 members so far and work represented will be substantial.
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Marion County Woolgrowers’ Association
Linn County Farmers Seek Bridge Rebuild After Flood Loss
The Ata mars meeting of Linn County farmers in school district No. 114 adopted resolutions asking the county court to rebuild Sanderson's bridge. The floods last January carried away this long bridge over the Santiam River, linking Linn County with the forks of the Santiam.
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Ata Mars
Linn County
Sanderson
Santiam River
Forks of the
Santiam
State Insane Asylum April Report Details
Superintendent J. F. Calbreath reports April figures showing 1,297 patients at March 31, 1,208 on April 30. Staff and employees total 160. Expenditures for consumables amount to 7,749.41 dollars and payroll is 6,064.68 dollars. Maintenance cost per capita is 10.66 dollars per month and 35 cents per day.
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J. F. Calbreath
State Insane Asylum
Peak Overhang Overhangs Town In Vancouver
A Vancouver board of trade committee warns residents to stay away for a week as Turtle Mountain overhangs the town. Experts fear a potential slide could destroy remaining buildings and the coal company facilities at the valley base, though the town itself may escape total devastation.
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Vancouver
B.C
Board of Trade
Turtle Mountain
McAlister Plans Hypographical Survey on McKenzie River
Professor McAlister heads the University of Oregon mechanical department and has arranged a hypographical survey of the McKenzie river this summer. The study aims to determine water power potential and locate optimal sites for electrical plants and other facilities.
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McAlister
University of Oregon Mechanical Department
McKenze River
Injunction Sought Over Irrigation Ditch Nuisance
The ditch irrigating Henry EF Ankeny of Eugene and Mrs J T Healey of Klamath County runs through Klamath Falls. Village authorities sue in circuit court to curb seepage claims, seeking an injunction against the owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry EF. Ankeny
Eugene
J.T. Healey
Klamath County
Klamath Palla
Yerkes Rush Trip Shapes London Transit Return
Charles T. Yerkes arrived aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm and is on a four week rush to California before returning to London to resume tramway work. He says the knocking has stopped as London adapts to the tube project and work progresses smoothly.
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New York
Charles T. Yerkes
Caifornia
London
Yerkes
Chinese leper Dong Gong recaptured from isolation cottage
May 9 report says Dong Gong, the Chinese leper who escaped Monday from the quarantine cottage, was recaptured today and will be returned to quarantine quarters used for over a year. He was found in a Chinese laundry, alarming customers who learned of the capture.
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Lowie
Dong Gong
New Crater Lake Park Road To Open May First
W Arant superintendent Crater Lake National Park announces a new road to Angnet lake will open May first. The route from Fort Kla math to the lake covers 25 miles and promises fewer bumps and steep grades speeding travel to about two hours.
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W. Arant
Crater Lake National Park
Angnet 1
Fort Klamath
Lumber shipment and cattle arrival noted in regional reports
Ninety five car loads of lumber and shingles left Rainier in the past month, not counting 600000 feet shipped to San Pedro by sailing vessel. Cattle are arriving to summer ranges on Stakery prairie, with several thousand head coming from Umatilla and further downstream in Union county.
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Rainier
San Pedro
Stakery
Praire
Umatilla
Lower Down
Union County
Eastern Oregon Geologists Begin Work in Pendleton
T B White of the United States geological survey is in Pendleton and will immediately commence work in Eastern Oregon. The visit signals continued federal geological mapping and survey activity in the region.
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Oregon
Eological Survey
T. B. White
United Sta Geological Survey
Pendleton
Julius O Mack Dies At The Dalles After Illness
Julius O Mack a well known Eastern Oregon resident died at his home in The Dalles Sunday afternoon after a short illness from pneumonia. He was about 50 years old.
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Julius O. Mack
Oregon
Dalles
Mr. Mack
Portland Markets All Grains Prices and Livestock Report
Market listings from Portland show wheat and barley prices, flour and millstuffs, hay, potatoes, poultry, cheese, butter, hops, wool, beef, veal, lamb and hog prices. Specified values include wheat at various forms, feed barley at 21.50 and flour around 3.95, potatoes per sack, live poultry prices, and dairy product quotes across several grades.
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Young America
Woll—Valiey
Oregon
Allies seek Hague arbitration in Venezuela preferential treatment
Washington May 7 final permission reached the Italian British and German ambassadors tonight for the allies representatives to sign with Mr Bowen Venezuela s plenipotentiary the protocol submitting the question of preferential treatment to The Hague tribunal for arbitration. As soon as the allies representatives can agree among themselves as to whether the Hague convention shall be signed separately among the three powers or jointly the signatures will be affixed. On this question Mr Bowen is neutral.
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Washington
Bowen
Venezuela
Hague Tribunal For Arbitration
Great Irish immigration rise shown in four months data
New York figures for January to April show 5,206 Irish immigrants arriving, up from 4,002 in the same period last year. The Irish entry includes a higher share of females about 70 percent, with many girls in their teens, while other nationalities also report more male arrivals.
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New York
Ireland
Outbreak Near Nancy Over Convent Closure Provokes Riot
Paris reports an outbreak near Nancy as authorities close the convent of the Oblate Fathers. Gendarmes and cavalry faced crowd resistance, two barricades were breached to enter the building. Several people were injured in clashes.
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Paris
Nancy
Monitor Arkansas Leaves St Louis for Cairo
Washington May 7 The navy department was informed the monitor Arkansas departed St Louis for Cairo Illinois It was at the exposition dedicatory exercises The vessel will run downstream and reports to the department say the river depth is ample for the monitor
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Washington
Navy Department
St. Louis
Cairo
Department
Russia Intensifies Hold on Manchuria and Moves Troops
Pexia May 11. Russian forces in Manchuria expand their grip with 14,000 troops between the Liao river mouth and Port Arthur and a backlog of provisions. Troop concentrations near Liao Lung and Yalu river roads signal a determined policy, while feints and naval reinforcements suggest intent to escalate. Chinese officials fear anti-foreign demonstrations and note Dowager Empress reluctance. Russian consulate opens at Moukden.
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Pexia
Manchuria
Russia
Niu Chwang
Tien Tshewan Tai
Liao River
Port Arthur
Liao Lung
Yalu River
Gulf
Pe Chi Li
Nin Chwang
Chan Hai Kwan
Rasesia
China
Prince Ching
United States
Moukden
Governor La Follette cites coal bid revelations over freight rate ties
Madison, May 11. Governor La Follette sent a message to the legislature on freight rates after coal bid openings revealed dealers inserted bids subject to freight charges. He says the reservation proves railroad companies instructed shippers to contract under higher rates and urges immediate legislative action.
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Madison
Wis
la Follette
Salina cut off work ordered after Utah visit
Salt Lake City reports that after a visit by Bresell Harding, Edson, and Yard a new order directs start of the Salina cut off and other main line improvements. Labor bureaus in Pueblo Ogden and Utah towns have been asked to hire men for immediate work on the long talked of Salina cut off.
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Salt Lake City
Deaseret News
Salt Lake
Bresell Harding
Edson
Salina
Pueblo
Ogden
Utah
Building Collapse Injures Several in Denver Store and Rooming House
A two‑story structure at 1510 to 1514 Larimer street housing Michaelson Bros clothing and a second‑floor rooming house collapsed shortly before o o clock. Several people were injured. no fatalities reported. The building, owned by H. W. Wiener, was old and cheap and the Michaelsons estimate damages at 40000.
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Denver
Larimer Street
Michaelson Bros
H. W. Wiener
Michaelsons
Peanut Trust Formed in Midwest and New Jersey under merger
The Confec tioners' Review reports Mich wan underwriting of Detroit completed peanut industry combine. American Edible plans incorporation in New Jersey with 1 250 000 dollars preferred stock and 2 750 000 dollars common stock. It will absorb plants near Norfolk Virginia where the general offices will be. The yearly output within 80 miles of Norfolk is 000 000 bushels.
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Cincinnati
Confectioners’ Review Today
Michwan
Detroit
New Jersey
Norfolk
Britain Proclaims Monroe Doctrine in Persian Gulf
London May 8 Foreign Secretary Lansdowne declares a Monroe doctrine in the Persian Gulf warning any power to establish naval bases or fortified ports there. He says Britain would regard such moves as a grave menace to British interests and would use all means to oppose them. The policy aligns with protecting the sea route to India, drawing comments comparing it to US policy in the Americas.
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London
Lansdowne
Great Britain
House of Lords
Persian Gulf
Lord Lansdowne
Gulf
India
Lord Lanedowne
Colombia Delays Canal Treaty As Congress Grows Doubtful
Washington reports indicate President Marroquin may not convene a special session to act on the canal treaty as opposition in Congress rises. Congress assembles July 20 for regular action, with fears of executive overreach and potential upheaval stirring in Kingston and Isthmian areas.
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Washington
Marroquin
Colombia
Almos
Unite States
Kingston
Jamaica
Delegates named for Geneva Convention delegates
Washington May 8 The president designated Francie Loomie Assistant Secretary George B Davis Judge Advocate General Nathan Sargent Commander U S to represent the United States at Geneva Conference revising the 1864 Geneva treaty for Red Cross recognition, with appointment announced today.
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Washington
United States
Geneva
Red Crosse
Francie
Loomie
Est
George B. Davis
Cate
Nathan Sargent
U. 5
Coal Trust Admits Charges Amid Price Fixing Claim
Chicago May 8 In an answer filed in federal circuit court the Indiana line operators now defendants admit operating under an agreement for a time but deny any unlawful combination to fix prices. They say the agent was abandoned before court action began even while it was in force their coal sold below prevailing market price.
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Chicago
United States
Indiana
Fire at Hat's Shingle Mill Kills One in Tonesta
In Tonesta Pennsylvania on May 8 a forest fire near the Hat's shingle mill burned to death Walter Boyd a part owner. A tank of oil exploded covering a man in burning oil forcing the crew to flee as Boyd stayed to the last moment standing on the pond bank awaiting rescue.
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Tonesta
Walter Boy
Iree
Boyd
Plague Increasing Across Regions Reported in May dispatch
Confused dispatch from U S correspondents cites rising plague in Cant Shontak and Yokung along with famine in Kwang amid American missionary reports. The fragment notes a victim’s body and ongoing distress, reflecting chaotic wartime or colonial era correspondence.
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Washington
United States
Wade
Canton
Kwang
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A. W. Machen
Free Delivery Service
John Czolgom
McKinley
Los Angeles
Roosevelt
Idaho
Stockton
Cal
Willis Sweet
Porto Rico
Ames
Minneapolis
Turkey
Root
Morria K. Jessup
New York Chamber of Commerce
Andrew Carnegie
Bolivar
British-American Tobacco Company
T. C. Williams Company
Richmond
James Hagin
Omaha
Austria
Salonica
Adirondacks
Mra. J. P. Huntington
Mra. J. F. Carroll
Europe
Express
Peterson
Britt, In
Rochester
House of Representatives
Argentina
Buenos Ayres
Ira D. Sankey
Bramford
Conn
Astaria
Kan
Todiana
Edwin
Kelley
Fname Brick Company
Cleveland
Rosela
Jesus
Sasakatoon
Merchants State Bank
Freeman
8. D
Jobn Firman
Paterson
N. J
Paul Revere
Troy N. Y
Leominster Congregational Church
Met
Bureau
Astoria Regatta
Southern
State Labor Federation
Union Mills
Marion County
Insane Asylum Report
Survey of the
Crater Lake
Portland Markets
Walla Walla
Walley
Graham
Fbran
Matton
Ross
Lambe
Persian Gulj
Coal Trust
Pya
Alep
Louis
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