Current Events of the Week Condensed Highlights
A broad recap notes indictments against Abe Ruef to be quashed. Fires threaten northwest areas and Seaside Oregon business district is gutted. Three aeroplane accidents kill three aviators. Mexican and federal forces clash with 600 and 60 losses respectively at Conejos. Senate panel backs a six year single term for the presidency. Coast defense drills planned near American Lake and Gray’s Harbor. Lifeboat rules and presidential issues are discussed amid various international tensions.
Prices for Wheat and Farm Commodities Reported
Market list shows Bluestem wheat at 98c to $1,041.05, corn at $39-$40 per ton, oats around $38-$40, hay from $10.60 to $17.50, potatoes and onions with varied prices, fresh fruits and vegetables listed by crate or per pound, butter eggs pork veal and livestock prices across several categories. Cattle, hogs, and sheep values provided with range figures for quality grades and live or dressed weights.
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Burbanks
New California
Bermuda
Oregon
Roosevelt Wins California Presidential Preferential Primary
California voters gave Theodore Roosevelt a commanding lead in the first presidential preference primary with women voting on the Republican ticket. Taft trailed and La Follette followed. Clark led the Democratic ballot though distant, with Roosevelt's statewide plurality running well into the tens of thousands as early returns favored the former president.
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San Francisco
California
Roosevelt
Taft
la Follette
Clark
Wilson
King Frederick VIII of Denmark Dies in Hamburg
King Frederick VIII of Denmark died suddenly during the night at the Hamburg Hof Hotel after arriving in the city. He became king on January 30, 1906 after the death of Christian IX. his death follows a recent serious illness and a sudden seizure during a walk. His death ends a reign tied to European royal networks and closely noted by observers across Europe.
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Denmark
Hamburg
Frederick VIII of
Hamburger Hof Hotel
Christian Frederick
Frederick VIII
Christian IX
Euurope
George
Greece
Alexandra
Britain
Russia
Haakon VII
Norway
Frederick
Paris Bandit Leader Killed After Eight-Hour Siege
Octave Garnier and accomplice Vallet died when explosives leveled a Nogent sur Marne villa after a long police and troops siege. Five officers wounded as thousands hunted the gang. Garnier used disguise to evade capture, unlike rivals Bonnet and Dubis.
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Paris
France
Octave Garnier
Vallet
Nogent-sur-Marne
Garnier
Bonnet
Choisy-le-Roi
Spokane ordinance bans fireworks storage and sale
Spokane ordinance introduced by the city attorney prohibits pyrotechnic displays and all fireworks except wholesale for out-of-town use. The council had earlier urged action after the Fourth to allow notice before the year 1911.
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Spokane
Wash
Major levee breach near New Orleans threatens large area
About 60 000 people and ten square miles on the west bank 25 miles north are imperiled by a Mississippi River levee crevasse 200 feet wide at Hyme lia The 1903 flood’s epicenter site. Laborers’ boat sails to the breach and the revenue cutter Windom is expected to rush in with supplies.
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New Orleans
Hymelia
Windom
Train Robbery North of Hattiesburg Stuns Rail Team
Two masked men robbed the New Orleans New York limited train No. 2 eight miles north of Hattiesburg Mississippi. They dynamited the express car safe and escaped on horses with a bundle containing 140000 dollars.
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New Orleans
New York
Seaside Fire Destroys Town Center in Massive Blaze
A major blaze roared through Seaside Oregon starting near Callaghan's bridge saloon and Callaghan’s drugstore, consuming the business district. Losses are estimated around 200000 with many shops and the city hall destroyed. later a large force battled flames as the Astoria department arrived to help and residents sought shelter.
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Seaside
Callaghan
Haa
Sane
Weat
Necanicum
McGuire’s Hotel
Selens & Wheatley
Godfrey Bros
James Petergon & Co
Dresser & Cheney
Lewis & Co
Conn Drug Co
Antlers
Qeean
Horseshoe
Bridge
Arcade
Alex Gilbert & Son
Stratton
McRoberts
City Hall
Palace
Puritan
Smith
Gragg
R. Price
Frank L. Smith
West Side
Western Union
Astoria
Lewis Drug Store
Moore
Flowers Scatter for Titanic Victim Aboard Carmania
Mrs J H Loring of New York and London scatters flowers on the Atlantic from the Carmania to honor her husband who perished on the Titanic. Captain Dow escorts her to the bridge as 500 cabin passengers watch in mourning.
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New York
Mra
J. H. Loring
London
Ships Collide Off Point Reyes Tows Into Port
The sailing schooner Mayflower, waterlogged after a collision with the steam schooner San Pedro off Point Reyes, was towed into port by the San Pedro. Captain Bendickson was hurled to the deck and dislocated a shoulder during the crash. The San Pedro proceeded to Eureka while Mayflower headed for Coquille River, Oregon.
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San Francisco
San Pedro
Point Reyes
Bendickson
Eureka
Coquille
River
Oregon
San Francisco Pressmen Strike Remains Local
The San Francisco pressmen's strike has not spread beyond the Examiner. A Publishers' association proposal for union papers to reduce editions to the Examiner's four pages failed to gain traction, suggesting the strike will stay isolated unless later adopted.
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San Francisco
Examiner
Publishers’ Association
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House
United States
Reid
Conejos
Seaside Ore
Senate Judiciary Committee
American Lake
Gray’s Harbor
Beeite
America
Far East
Mexico
Sherman
Portland
Firat Regiment of Infantry
Guam
Manila
Louisiana
Irvinville
Kansas City
That City
House of Commons
Champ Clark
Hia
Mississippi
Main
Bridge Streets
Baldwin
Diano
ST. Louis Exposition
College OF Music
the Savage Music House
N. Liberty Street
Salem, Oregon
Independence Ee Schoo Independence Odd Fellows
New Independence Hotel
Monmouth High School
Corvallis High School
Perrydale School
Lincoln School
Polk County
DaLlAs LuMber & Logging CO
Dallas
Independence, Ore
the Independence Enterprise
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