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Newspaper
Ione Proclaimer
Location
Ione, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1909
Page
6
Heat in Texas causes suffering as floods ease in the Missouri and Kansas valleys. Chicago sees a building boom while a vigilance group stops a white woman’s elopement with a Black man. International strains rise with cholera in St. Petersburg and graft trials in Japan.
A 12 year old pretender to the Dragon throne, Chu, led over 2,000 followers in an anti crusade from Yunnan province toward Yunnan Fu. Government troops routed the rebels near Yunnan Fu and killed or wounded several hundred. Chu and his kin were executed by viceroy orders, with the boy displayed in a cage as a warning.
Rioters flood La Paz streets cutting electric wires and pillaging as crowds attack legations. Foreign residents face danger while guards withdraw. a Bolivian president’s home becomes refuge as protests echo to Lima and Buenos Aires.
Chicago July 18 Commuter analysts and railroad executives debate the two cent fare as Illinois railroads report higher travel volume yet face steep costs from added equipment personnel and maintenance. Santa Fe cites Kansas experience with a similar law noting increased carriage of passengers. The Illinois railroad commission defends the policy as beneficial despite the industry’s financial strain.
Upper Air reports a meteorological and astronomical station to be erected on Mount Whitney at about 14000 feet by the Smithsonian Institution. Preparations for the pack mule trail are underway and the temporary station should be ready by September 1 for observations by W W Campbell of Lick Observatory and Abbott. Frog drift stops trains in Utica as a heavy wind and rain storm causes thousands of frogs to fall across sidewalks.
President Taft details tentative plans for a fall Western and Southern trip lasting about two months. He will skip Alaska this year due to Mrs Taft’s health, begin after September 17 from Washington, visit Seattle Denver Salt Lake Spokane Portland San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego and more, meeting officials and touring sites including the Yosemite valley and Fort Sam Houston before continuing to New Orleans and up the East Coast toward Washington.
Reports from Cheyenne say the Pathfinder dam at Alcora, claimed as the world’s largest, is in serious condition. A temporary gravel foundation dike holds back the river as seventy men toil to reinforce it. Explosives are prepared to dynamite the dam if the dike fails and valley residents have been warned of possible danger.
An extradition hearing before United States Commissioner Hancock involved Mosys don Amaral, held on a State department warrant for a murder on an Asores island. He fled the country and was captured at Sam Lois in this state. The proceedings featured unusual elements as the accused faced extradition efforts and representation.
A brief report notes military efforts to guard the Mexico border facing uprisings and patrol challenges. It highlights actions taken by units and the ongoing push to secure a defined line amid tensions.
A Russian expedition of about 1,000 infantry and 800 Cossacks with eight field guns and eight machine guns landed at Enzell on the Caspian. The force faces unfriendly locals as Siphidar and Sardarased advance toward Teheran. Observers say Liakhoff may use the Cossack brigade as shah protection while the revolt looms and the shah's deposition is increasingly discussed.
Eskimo youth Mene Wallace who spent 13 years in the United States visited the Rosalind to depart for St Johns Newfoundland and then Greenland. He had signed a written agreement not to return to this country and to avoid arming against Peary’s expedition while in Greenland. He warned of possible revenge for his treatment and said he would organize an expedition in the North.
Philadelphia announces a unified penmanship plan for all grades. Vertical and Spencerian styles are tabooed in favor of a legible free right slanting script taught like calisthenics with hand claps and coordinated arm movements to speed writing.
Earthquakes shook Marseilles on July 12 during a Teachers Occupation movement. The steamer Carolina departed from San Juan for New York with travelers and reports note the U S senate failure to pass the Omnibus bill ending a deadlock between the executive and legislative branches affecting the fiscal year funding.
Unprecedented rains and snowmelt flood the Missouri valley turning streams into a rising sea. In Kansas City area trains crash and passengers seek shelter on toppled coaches as Pomona and Pattonsburg grapple with inundation. Chilicothe and Utica see bridges swept away while residents evacuate in boats with several drownings reported.
The body of Representative Cushman, with two house sergeant at arms aides, left New York at 4 46 pm and was met in Harrisburg by Robert Joyce and A G Hendricks for Senator Piles. They will accompany the remains to Tacoma and arrive in Soute etre Sunday night. Mrs Cushman receives 7600 as family allowance, and the house will cover funeral expenses.
Representatives and officials from Missouri Kansas Iowa South Dakota and other Missouri River tributary states gather in Yankton for a regional waterways development convention. Senators and governors attend as part of the effort to advance river infrastructure and navigation improvements.
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