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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1907
Page
3
A jumble of early 1900s items notes diplomatic reciprocity with France, domestic politics, terror plots, steel work stoppages, and public works. It mentions Panama Canal progress, treasury decisions, and regional unrest, with brief references to leaders and incidents across the United States and Europe.
San Francisco gains authority to issue 6 percent bonds up to 28 million dollars for city hall, courthouse, hospital, library, schools, parks, sewers, streets, and an auxiliary ocean water system for firefighting. The plan awaits voter submission and favorable conditions before sale.
About two hundred volunteer detectives from the Chicago Law and Order league inspected saloons in Chicago to gather evidence of Sunday closing law violations. Findings will go to Cook County grand jury in hopes of true bills against many saloon keepers across 35 wards. Mayor Bosse resists closure. liquor groups back him and seek self governance.
The steamer Kumerle reports a mutiny at Vladivostok in which four girls boarded the destroyer Sukurni and incited sailors to seize officers and flee to Japan. They planned to shell the city from the roadstead but were killed along with several sailors. others were captured. The destroyer was damaged and ran ashore to avert sinking.
New York reports the second trial of Kendall Thaw will be postponed again and likely not until January. The delay follows agreement to seek postponement due to holiday jury concerns and the prospect of jurors spending Christmas and New Year under court bailiffs.
A Cleveland report says Grover Cleveland is severely ill at Princeton with a relapse of intestinal trouble first affecting him last January. The attack developed on Thursday evening, but his condition showed improvement on Friday and further details were not learned at his home.
News from Tokio reports John Hartley a Buisher who went to Japan in 1864 filed a claim for 1 000 000 yen in damages against Japanese authorities. He died after opium imported in 1875 was linked to weakening foreign firms and drawing other foreigners into the drag.
Rear Admiral Capps, head of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, defends the Navy’s battleship fleet as fully equal to any in the world. He argues faults in ships stem from material advances and officer demands, not design errors, and cites foreign authorities praising American power.
Washington November 30 There is another land grant conference in the attorney general s office with no public conclusions yet. Deliberations are ongoing and no decision has been made on compelling railroad compliance or forfeiting lands. Before a definite policy is set the Oregon congressional delegation will be consulted.
The commissioner of Indian affairs reports 130 Ute Indians arrived at Rapid City South Dakota to accept railroad work. Superintendent Dagnett says government stance opposes indulgence while they remain idle. About 240 malcontents still refuse work.
In the nine months ending September 1907 the United States sent about 40 million dollars in exports to Cuba, up from just under 35 million the previous year, while imports from Cuba totaled about 84 million dollars versus 75 million the prior year, figures from the Bureau of Statistics show.
Washington reports Japan intends a more conservative approach on the Japanese question. Consul Ugeno will move from San Francisco to Sydney, Australia. Choxo Kolik, renowned diplomat and consul general at New York, departs December 2 for San Francisco to become consul general as the post is elevated from a consulate.
Washington Nov 27 Senator Fulton will introduce a bill to authorize 640 acre homesteads in Eastern Oregon regions where small plots cannot sustain families. The plan has worked in Nebraska in low rainfall areas without irrigation.
The old sloop Saratoga once famed under Admiral Farragut and Commodore Perry will be dismantled. Thomas Butter & Co of Boston bought her for $3,210 and will demolish her for scrap metal.
Washington November 30. L. C. Osler and F. H. Twohey of Portland Charles A. Crocker of Independence and N Balem have been appointed railway mail clerks.
The E. H. Lewis Lumber company of Oregon and Washington accuses Harriman lines in the Northwest of 14 cases of charging freight on lumber shipments to the East above legal published rates. The complaint seeks refunds of the excess and future compliance with rates.
Oregon Washington Idaho and Montana senators here adopt a resolution backing an interstate commerce amendment proposed by Commissioner Aitchison. The plan bars rate increases until the railroad proves reasonableness, aligning with Pacific Northwest lumbermen before the Interstate Commerce Commission on coast line rate cases.
A conference at the department of justice involving E D Townsand North Dakota assistant U S district attorney and A McDonald McBlair and Tracy Becker discussed possible action on the Oregon and California land grant cases. No decision was reached and no report to the department is expected.
The Washington Post endorses a plan for Senator Bourne to compel President Roosevelt to serve another term via a mandamus suit in the Supreme Court. The piece portrays Bourne as yearning for Roosevelt with a dramatic flourish and warns of potential tragedy if Roosevelt resists.
The Interstate Commerce Commission named H. Sholes of Portland as notary to begin November 30 taking depositions in the northwest lumber rate cases. N W Bolster of Seattle was not chosen. A large number of witnesses will testify on the Coast and their records will be part of the lumber case record when hearings start December 11.
Washington date Nov 28 Senator Kitt ridge of South Dakota argued that the East must pay its debts to the West. He said the East holds crops and livestock and will not give a cent, stressing the need for a more elastic currency.
Washington November 27 The strong performance of the 3 percent certificates lets Secretary Corneyou block plans to buy the certificates for speculation. Only individuals who show the purchase price remained in banks will be favored.
William J. Bryan told George Washington University listeners that the new Oklahoma constitution is the best of its kind, and he added that it rivals the United States Constitution. He spoke to students and others in Washington last night.
Washington November 27 Representative Payne of New York, chair of the wage and means committee, said after a conference with the ident there will be no tariff revision at the coming session. The remark followed tariff and currency equalization talks.
The Navy Department announces it needs 2000 to 3000 extra workmen for Bremerton and Mare Island yards to prepare for the arrival of Admiral Vans battleships.
Charles Honts of Northwest Rural Carriers Washington appoints Emma Honts as substitute rural carrier for route No 1 at Krapp Washington effective immediately.
Reports from Manila and Guam warn of a new Boxer uprising in China similar to 1899. A Manila harbor steamer carries provisions and ammo ready to rush Philippine troops to Pekin if fighting resumes near missionary stations. Dowager Empress illness cited as delaying renewed attacks on missionaries.
A Ra Idaho jury in the Steve Adams murder case was discharged after not reaching a verdict. Eight jurors favored acquittal and four favored conviction. five ballots yielded the same result. Clarence Darrow sought bail concessions and immunity for Adams. no promise was made. Sheriff Bailey presented a warrant for Adams on another murder charge.
John Muir and William Keith protested to President Roosevelt against San Francisco’s plan to build reservoirs in the Hetch Hetchy valley within Yosemite for municipal water. They argue the project would mar the landscape, while engineers defend the proposal.
Helena Mont Nov 25 The Montana Supreme Court affirmed the fellow servant act as constitutional In a suit by 8 L Lewis against Northern Pacific and an engineer for damages to his left hand the jury awarded 17400 The district court reduced the award to 10000 as excessive The railroad appealed challenging the act’s constitutionality
A London dispatch reported Kaiser Wilhelm II will undergo an ear through throat operation within days in England. The operation aims to address an hereditary ear throat condition and is described as not serious.
National Democratic committee members from multiple cities gathered in French Lick Indiana to discuss securing the 1908 convention. A strong current of support favors Chicago as the selected host city.
The Department of Justice plans early trials for Oregon land fraud cases after prolonged delays. District Attorney Bristol is expected to receive instructions to proceed. If Heney cannot attend, another prosecutor will handle Hall and Binger Hermann and others indicted.
A Bronx or Manhattan tenement at 108 Eighth Street and Second Avenue saw 13 killed and several injured as flames raced from lower floors to the top. All deceased were Italians, including six children, with police suspecting incendiary revenge connected to a prior attempted safe robbery at Guiseppe Cudano’s saloon.
The commission appointed to appraise the remaining government land on the Flathead Indian reservation has organized and will begin field work. The 1 425 000 acre reserve includes 1 250 000 acres to be inspected and classified into agricultural timber mineral and grazing categories. Settlers under the homestead law will pay one third of the appraised value in cash at entry and the rest in five equal annual installments with standard fees.
Historic Fanenil hill in Boston hosted a mass meeting in support of Philippine independence with neutralization of the islands. Speakers included Rep James L. Slayden Texas Rep James H. Blount and Rep Samuel W. McCall Massachusetts, backers of the revolution plan in Congress.
Virginia City engineers propose using excess heat from the mines to warm buildings. An iron tube would tap the mine heat and ventilate the mines while heating homes, addressing winter fuel scarcity in the harsh climate.
San Francisco reports show one new suspect and no verified cases. The board notes 101 verified to date, 68 deaths, 30 discharged and cured, with 6 remaining under observation as authorities consider federal takeover of the plague work.
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