Current Events Of The Week Summary Of Global News
Francisco J. Madero takes office in Mexico. Portland rises as a major tourist center after San Francisco. Maine reports a pro prohibitionist edge in official returns. Chinese censorship lifted as revolutionaries seize Pekin and royal family flees. A bank robbery in Canada yields a new money package found near New Westminster. A US warship heads to Tripoli amid Turkish intervention rumors. Seaweed valued as fertilizer eyed by Agriculture Department. Five Chehalis powder victims buried together. A Portland machinist is killed in a street fight. Wheat corner investigations underway. Kyrle Bellew dies of pneumonia in Salt Lake City. Chinese troops’ excesses disrupt peace talks. Milwaukee temperance campaign targets cigarettes. Roosevelt critiques peace treaties amid ongoing wars.
New York Assembly Shifts to Republicans in Landslide
In a sweeping shift, New York’s Democratic majority collapsed as Republicans gain a 24 seat edge in the Assembly while the Senate remains controlled by Republicans. Cleveland returns to Democratic leadership with Newton D. Baker as mayor. Massachusetts keeps Foss in the governor’s chair as the GOP concedes seats. Both state legislatures appear headed for Republican control.
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Assembly
New York
New York State Assembly
John A. Dix
Senate
Commonwealth
Schnectady
Arbert R. Morrill
Greater
Kings County
Auburn
Thomas
Osborne
Democratic League
Thomas H. O'Neill
Cleveland
Herman C. Baehr
Tom L. Johnson
Newton D. Baker
Johnson
Frank Hogan
Portland Markets Report From Wheat to Wool Prices
Market listings show wheat by type with Bluestem and Red Russian quotes, corn and oats prices, millstuffs and hay values across Oregon regions, fruits vegetables and potatoes including pears grapes apples and cranberries, butter eggs pork veal hops wool cattle hogs and sheep ranges, with multiple grade distinctions and regional deltas noted. Cattle and hogs offer wide price spreads across quality levels, while wool and mohair sit at lower ranges in Eastern Oregon and valley.
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Oregon
Timothy
Vailey
Early returns hint at governor race and party shifts
Albuquerque and Las Vegas lean Republican yet concede Democratic gains. Early returns show Bursum and McDonald contesting for governor. Republicans likely to win legislature and two U.S. senators. Democrats favored for state ticket and congressional seats.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Bursum
McDonald
Las Vegas
United States
Congress
Republicans Capture Both Legislature Branches in New Jersey
Returns indicate Republicans will control both houses next winter. The result defeats several Wilson advocates. Essex County shifts to Republicans with a GOP senator and 12 assemblymen elected. William J. Branning, a Republican, wins Congress in the First district.
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Trenton
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Essex County
William J. Branning
Wisconsin panel weighs cooperative marketing to curb living costs
A Madison committee of the state board of public affairs studied co operative marketing as a remedy for high living costs. Governor Mc Govern and Wisconsin university professors attended as they discussed hiring an expert to gather statistics on cost of living and farmer cooperation.
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Madison
Wis
State Board of Publi Affairs
McGovern
Wisconsin University
Taft Refuses to Comment on Election in States
President Taft declined to comment on the female of the election in the various states. He scanned the bulletins handed by an Associated Press representative with interest but offered no statement.
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Taft
Cincinnati
Emperor Must Abdicate and Republic Rise in Shanghai
The central revolutionary government plans to control national affairs as it demands the emperor's retirement. A list of appointees includes Wu Tingfang as foreign secretary and Yu Ya Ching as Shanghai mayor, with Li Ping Shui organizing the new administration. The Shanghai chamber backs the rebels as southern sentiment pushes for unconditional abdication and a new regime.
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Shanghai
Wu Ting Pang
Washington
Wen Tsong Yao
Thibet
Ehr Tang
American Council of
Whang
Li Ping Shui
Republic
China
South
Ocean to Ocean Flight Ends after 49 Day Journey
Calbraith P. Rodgers completed the transcontinental flight ending at Lake Washington in Tournament Park. Total distance 4231 miles, time 4924 minutes, elapsed 49 days, average speed 61.72 mph. Spectators swarmed 20,000 at Mount Wilson and parkside crowds mobbed the aviator upon landing.
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Rodgers
Pasadena
Providence
Calbraith P. Rodgers
Mount Wilson
Tournament Park
Sheepshead Bay
N.Y
Pomona
Solar Observatory
Banning
Desert
Ava Squaw
California oranges delayed by food color ban this Thanksgiving
San Bernardino reports orange shipments in Southern California will be without artificially colored fruit this Thanksgiving due to a Bureau of Food and Drug Inspection order. Eastern markets expect the season to run two to four weeks late, as coloring devices kept fruit ready for early arrival in New York in past years.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Bureau of Food and Drug Inspection
California
New York
Ice Body Found in Bul lard Canyon Near Merrill
William McCully, while digging gravel in Bullard Canyon near Klamath Falls, found a large glacial ice mass several feet below the surface. He carried samples to Merrill, where the ice was deemed of good quality. A similar discovery was made thirteen years earlier, but the ice was again buried and thought to remain, until this latest find rekindled belief it still exists.
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Klamath Falls
William McCully
Bullard's Canyon
Merrill
Eastbound flyer Fowler arrives safely after crash near El Paso
R G Fowler, famed coast to coast aviator, reached El Paso at 3 10 PM by El Paso Southwestern train unhurt after an engine spark failure forced a forced landing one mile from Manstielon New Mexico about 14 miles west of El Paso. He had flown 400 miles since leaving Douglas Arizona in the morning.
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Kl Paso
Tex
R. G. Fowler
el Paso & Southwestern
Mansteilon
N. M
el Paso
Fowler
Douglas
Ariz
Taft Thanksgiving Turkey From Newport Fancier
Horace Vose of Westerly Rhode Island prepares the annual presidential gift turkey for Thanksgiving. The Taft turkey this year is a bronze gobbler thriving on chestnuts and weight gain, promising white meat quality.
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Taft
Newport
R. I
Horace Vose
Grant
Aaya Vose
Reign of Terror Described by Malta Steamer Passengers
Passengers arriving from Tripoli report a reign of terror with strict military patrols conducting house-to-house searches. Summary punishment is common, and many victims have been shot in their homes. Foreigners seek refuge as indiscriminate checks continue.
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Malta
Tripoli
Taft Heads to Cincinnati After Rest in Hot Springs
President Taft leaves Hot Springs Virginia after a three day rest with Mrs. Taft and daughters for Cincinnati. He will meet Secretary Hilles and Dr. Rhodes there to appear before the election board and qualify to vote in city and county elections.
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Hot Springs
Taft
Cincinnati
Helen Taft
Thomas M. Laughlin
Pittsburg
Hilles
Thomas L. Rhodes
Trans Atlantic Dirigible Akron Trial Flight Ends
In Atlantic City New Jersey a test flight of the airship Akron ends after a gas shortage prevents sustained flight. A broken propeller blade and a damaged wire caused the landing but no serious injuries are reported and repairs are deemed easy.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Akron
Atlantic Ocean
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Mexico
Portland
San Francisco
Maine
Pekin
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New Westminister
B. C
Derna
Raleigh
N. C
New York City
War Department
Turkey
Department of Agriculture
Pacific Coast
Chehalis
Kyrle Bellew
Salt Lake City
Milwaukee
Roosevelt
Johnson Manning
Massachusetts
Boston
Foss
Frothingham
Draper
Portland Markets
New Jersey
Pasadena Safe and Sound
Barnes’ Cash Store
Salem
Watt Shipp
The
Salem, Oregon
Sun Typewriter
Jim Hillird
Main Street
Independence
Commercial Street
J. James
TS Best
Will H. Bloch
Independence. Org
Che Independence
Crowley Bros
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Garage
Independence, Oregon
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