Current Events of the Week Highlights and Issues
A compact roundup notes Los Angeles politics and women as power brokers while Persia seeks intervention against Russia. Seattle faces water shortages as crises rise, and James J. Hill touts the Pacific Northwest at a Chicago land show. Texas troops head to the border amid arms seizures and a Sacramento father receives road-work punishment. Portland hops fetch 45 cents as Oregon markets rise and political talk turns to price regulation. Sixteen items cover battleships, coast affairs, and local misfortunes including a drowning on the Lewis River.
Agricultural Price Summary for Oregon Trade Markets
Market prices list for Wheat Corn Oats Hay Barley Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Butter Poultry Eggs Pork Veal Hops Wool Cattle Hogs Sheep across Oregon regions and markets. It records varied buying prices for items like Bluestem wheat No 1 white oats timothy hay Jonathans Spitzenbergs and cattle categories with figures per ton box sack and per pound.
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Oregon
Valley
Baldwin
Burbanks
California
Rebels Gather for Nanking Attack outside city
Cable dispatch from the Chinese Free Press says revolutionary troops under General Chao Shu Ching mass near Nanking ready to strike. Hong Kong reports the ex vice royalty Chong Ming Chi has fled to Europe and Yen Ping abandons post for the Republican party. The Canton commander plans northward and directs troops toward Pekin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Nanking
Chinese Free Press
Chao Shu Ching
Hongkong
Canton
Chong Ming Chi
Europe
Yen Ping
Republican Party
Republican Army
Pekin
Killing of Foreigners Confirmed Near Sian Fu
Two Chinese students from Sian Fu verify a mob attack during the fighting outside the city. The mob killed Mrs Beckman and five Mission children, while Mr Beckman escaped with an infant saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Sian Fu
Shan Si
China Inland Mission
Beckman
Mission
Suffragettes Beaten in London Protest
In London on Wednesday police arrested 220 women and three men after suffragettes failed to reach Parliament. They then smashed windows at public offices, Liberal HQ, the National Liberal Club, and the Post Office Bank on the Strand, as 1,800 police kept order.
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London
House of Commons
Parliament Square
Whitehall
Liberal
National Liberal Club
Strand
Post Office Bank
Asquith
Duluth Lumberman Lost Rail Road Holdings in Panic Loans
Alfred Merritt of Duluth, first president of the Duluth, Missabe & Northern, testified to the house Steel trust committee that loans under one million dollars from John D. Rockefeller led to the loss of his Missabe iron mines and railroad assets now held by United States Steel. Merritt said Rockefeller’s secretary F. D. Gates enlisted him in charitable work to pledge all holdings as collateral, and two months after the 1893 panic Rockefeller demanded a 420000 repayment, leaving Merritt unable to raise the funds and resulting in the loss of his property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Alfred Merritt
Duluth, Minn
Duluth, Massabe & Northern Railroad
Money Trust
House Steel Trust
John D. Rockefeller
Missabe
United States Steel Corporation
Merritt
F. D. Gates
Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Tragic Shooting in Vega Man Attacks Wife
Mrs. George Ball of Vega California was accidentally shot and killed by her 77 year old daughter attempting to shield her from attack by the husband. The pistol discharged twice with one bullet striking the mother above the heart.
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Watsonville
Cal
George Ball
Vega
Ball
China on Verge of Wild Anarchy
The China situation worsens as brigandage rises and both rebels and imperialists struggle to curb lawlessness. Nanking, Hankow, and Chin Kiang see military activity while foreign interests worry over security and finances. Yuan Shi Kai’s Pekin arrival steadies but funding remains doubtful.
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Washington, D. C
China
State Department
Murdock
Nanking
Wu Hu
Che Foo
Chin Kiang
Hankow
Calhoun
Yuan Shi Kai
Pekin
Texas Drives Out Ressels In Laredo Revolt Case
Governor Colquitt orders all revolutionaries near Laredo to depart within 48 hours. Federal authorities seize arms and ammunition tied to a plot to overthrow the Madero government in Mexico. Juan Moriga, a former Mexican cavalry captain, aids arrests of Reyes and three others. Moriga reportedly confesses involvement and storage of horses and arms sent into Mexico. Further developments expected in days.
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Austin
Tex
Laredo
Colquitt
Texas
Hutchinson
Madero
Mexico
Juan Moriga
Bernardino Reyes
Moriga
General Reyes
San Antonio
Meriga
Reyes
United States
Brewster
Prince Gaekwad at Harvard longs to return home
Cambridge report says Jaisinhrao Gaekwad prince of Baroda and Harvard senior yearns to shed American ways and return to his native land. He criticizes American women as cold and fond of show, refusing an American bride.
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Cambridge
Mass
Jaisini Gaekwar
Baroda
Harvard
America
Italians Repulse Turks Near Tripoli In Balkan Theater
Italian forces report repulsing Turkish attacks at three outposts near Tripoli with 29 killed. Five Italian planes observed no change in Turkish positions. bombs dropped into the Turkish camp. Meanwhile the armored cruiser Carlo Alberto bombarded Amrus village and Henni fort, three miles from Tripoli.
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Tripoli
Carlo Alberto
Amrus
Henni
Storm winds toss Estonia officer from bridge
Officers of the steamer Estonia recount a sudden hurricane on November 4 that lifted Captain Smitbeck bodily and carried him the length of the bridge. The sea’s fury bent the iron stanchions and sent gigantic waves over the vessel. The ship’s crew, including Justin from Copenhagen, describe the frightful experience at sea.
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New York
Smitbeck
Estonia
Justin
Copenhagen
Berkeley Judge Rules Women Ineligible for Jury Duty
Judge Robert Edgar of the local justice court says women cannot serve on juries in California. Citing the California Supreme Court, he notes the civil code defines a jury as a body of men and would require legislative amendment before women may perform jury duty.
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Berkeley
Cal
California
Robert Edgar
Justice Court
Edgar
California Supreme Court
Castro Victorious in Venezuelan Battle Amid Civil Unrest
A Caracas dispatch reports General Cipriano Castro, former Venezuelan president, winning a battle in Venezuela with thousands of followers entering his native country. The fight marks a significant coup in the capital region and signals Castro's return to power.
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Mexico City
Caracas
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Kolb brothers complete 900 mile river trip to Grand Canyon
Emory C and Ellsworth Kolb arrive home in Grand Canyon Arizona tired and wet but happy after a 900 mile voyage from Green River Wyoming to the Gulf of California. The boat remained in good condition and the dangerous Lockdolager section was navigated safely.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Emory C
Ellsworth Kolb
Green
Colorado Rivers
Green River
Wyo
Gulf of California
Lockdolager
Sacramento man secures option on 22000 acre colony plan
Morris Brook of Sacramento obtains an option on a 22 000 acre foothill tract in Glenn and Colusa counties for a Russian colony housing 3000 people. The land would be farmed as a single unit with no separate holdings and a town to be built by the management for all residents.
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Sacramento
Cal
Morris Brook
Glenn
Colusa
Air Scouts Use Lights On Night Flight Tests
Night scouting in aeroplanes with search lights was tried for the first time at the army aviation school in College Park Maryland. Successful surveys were completed and the planes landed without watch fires.
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Washington, D. C
Army Aviation School
College Park
Flock to Coast News to Pacific via Harriman Lines
Twelve thousand plus homeseekers rode Harriman lines to the Pacific coast from September 15 to October 15 with 15 820 through Ogden gateway 9 929 via El Paso 8689 via Los Angeles and 3 701 via Portland.
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Salt Lake City
Harriman Lines
Pacific Coast
Harriman Roads
Ogden Gateway
el Paso
Los Angeles
Portland
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Persia
Russia
Seattle
James J. Hill
The
Pacific Northwest
Chicago
Lian Fu
Lai
Emperor of
Taft
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
North Fork
Lewis River
Wash
Portland Markets
Leseigers
John D
Michigan
Charles Nagel
Prince Pines
Home
Big Wind Wafts
Castro
Barnes’ Cash Store
Salem
Watt Shipp
Salem, Oregon
Sun Typewriter
Main Street
Independence
Commercial Street
Will H. Bloch
Independence. Org
Air Scouts
Independence Livery
Crowley Bros., Proprietors
Main St
Garage
Independence, Oregon
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