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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1907
Page
3
A digest of global events. Political shifts and court actions loom as leaders like Roosevelt and Longworth face term debates. Labor tensions rise with mine and federation moves while war and shipbuilding plans unfold. Local incidents include a railway wreck near Pittsburgh and artillery activity at Port Arthur.
Goldfield announces Wednesday as the reopening day with 1006 workers on site and 1500 Western Federation miners out. New replacements will be protected in camp, wages to be cut, and an open camp planned while miners protest scrip and wage terms amid West Virginia and federal troop debates.
Independent cokemakers in the Pittaburg and Connellaville district plan to hire only American born or naturalized citizens at higher wages to reduce production costs. The 20,767 ovens run by independents and the 16,900 ovens by H. C. Frick Coke Co. employ over 40,000 workers, mostly foreigners, who earn an average $85 monthly, with most funds saved or sent home.
Great Britain mourns London reporting King Oscar of Sweden is dead and England recalls his warm regard amid South African War ties. His last visit to England was in 1900 when Cambridge University awarded him an honorary LL D.
Senate discusses executive department practice of sending draft bills for direct senate passage and pledges to curb the practice. Reports asked on clearing house certificates and Panama bonds while Lodge introduces a Navy steam collier bill. House committees named. lumber and coal import duty bill filed. Calherson and Fulton pieces on elections and public buildings.
Washington Dec 11 Passionate oratory marked the senate today as Senator Jefferson Davie of Arkansas attacked trusts in a forceful speech lasting about an hour. He defended rigorous enforcement of his bill to kill the trusts and criticized government expenses and presidential salaries while praising Andrew Jackson and denouncing stock gambling and speculation in essential goods.
Senator Aldrich informed the Senate that the finance committees will within a short time introduce a resolution calling for an inquiry into the repeated issues of the government. He did not provide further specifics during the session.
Mexico City announces a January meeting of delegates from various labor branches to address the labor problem. Leaders plan to organize a great union society similar to the Federation of Labor.
A bill by Representative Sabath seeks to amend the interstate commerce law to require Federal courts to recognize and apply state statutes in interstate violations. It aims to reduce delays from jurisdiction issues in federal courts by clarifying jurisdiction and breach penalties. The bill prescribes fines from 1000 to 5000 dollars or imprisonment from three months to five years.
Washington article notes renewed effort to enact mail subsidy legislation this winter. A modified postal subvention bill would limit its operations and avoid the old Hanna plan. Both houses previously favored a mail subsidy, but the measure was killed by a Democratic filibuster.
In Courtral Belgium on December 10 thieves cut the canvas from its frame and stole Van Dyck's The Erection of the Cross from the Church of Notre Dame. The artwork vanished in a bold art theft.
Washington December 9 Senate session lasted about an hour with little action beyond bill introductions. Resolutions by Clay and Culberson to query the secretary of the treasury on recent bond issues and public deposits in banks were postponed due to Aldrich's absence. Tillman seeks investigation of treasury actions amid the financial crisis and clearing house certificates.
In the House, bills include removing duties on imported lumber regardless of grade, making it a felony to publish misleading ads for retirees 70 or older, banning stock margin statements via mail, penalizing stock wagering ads by telegraph, and directing the Interior Secretary to place Civil War survivors on pension rolls with a minimum of $40 monthly, for those with at least 60 days service.
Washington December 12 delegates to the Central American Peace convention reach agreement on an extradition treaty similar to the U S Latin America framework. Efforts toward a general education system include a normal school in each Central American country with progress and promise noted.
Washington December 13 The senate confirmed George A Weatgate as surveyor general for Oregon Louis A Arneson as receiver and Charles W Moore as register of The Dalles land office Hugh C Philips as register of Vancouver land office and Fred V Tinker as receiver of the Boise land office.
Washington reports strong information suggesting Senator Fulton will gain the coveted place on the Senate Judiciary Committee. The committee is described as one of the body’s most important.
Washington reports that a successor to District Attorney Bristol may not be appointed until after Congress reconvenes in January. The attorney general has asked both senators to submit recommended nominees.
Washington, Dec. 11 The state of Oklahoma was offered through Representative Fulton to graft the initiative and referendum into the U S constitution and provided that in general elections voters may have printed on the ballot and decide on any written questions.
More Bullets Washington reports the senate committee on military affairs will delay its Browneville Texas riot findings until further analysis of bullets from the scene is completed. Preliminary tests show antimony in the samples while War Department testimony indicated army issue bullets should contain no antimony.
Goldfield mines face idle status as mineowners vow a final struggle to end union influence with potential large scale importation of non union miners. Troops arrive but crowd calm. miners urge defense of work rights and property. Nevada Workman denounces troops, predicting violence like Colorado.
Stockholm reports massive public sympathy as King Oscar II nears death. Despite rain and crowds outside the palace, the royal family and officials gathered in his study to be with the monarch in his final hours. Physicians administer stimulants and treat urinary complications during the illness.
Kansas City December 9 Justice William H Wallace orders enforcement of the Sunday closing law indicting 228 traveling actors actresses and theater staff for violating Missouri Sunday labor ban. Forty one were arrested and posted bonds of 200 each while others evaded officers.
Cleveland closes penny arcades and street shows after years without Sunday performances. authorities end Sunday activities in public amusements, affecting local entertainment options and spectators.
The steamship President Grant left Cuxhaven at noon with Secretary of War William H Taft and his party aboard bound for New York via Boulogne and Plymouth.
Kalamazoo Mayor Thompson issued a Sunday closure order banning all entertainments or amusements in the city theaters. The decree targets all forms of public amusement for the day.
Old Point Comfort Va Dec 10 Rear Admiral Robley D Evans assumed command of the Pacific fleet forming the 16 battleships to sail next Monday. The Minnesota and Kentucky lagged at the end of the armored column with the Kentucky the oldest vessel built in 1898. The collier Abarenda preceded the fleet south as crews loaded coal and magazine stores in readiness for the voyage.
At Monongah West Virginia by December 10 rescue teams had recovered 66 bodies from two wrecked mines. Fire in mine No 8 was put out by noon. Officials expect nearly 100 victims to be recovered by daylight. Relatives gathered in sorrow as rescue work continued under precautions.
Washington reports the army plans to ask American inventors for practical heavier-than-air aircraft to replace balloons for military purposes. The signal officer will announce terms of proposals as experiments begin, while balloon training and dirigible projects continue.
In Stockholm at noon yesterday King Gustav V, with princes and suite, received the homage of the troops drawn in a semicircle before the palace. He told them they would stand ready to follow him for the country’s welfare. The funeral of the late king is expected December 19 with only the reigning sovereign likely to attend.
In Carson City on December 10 Senator Williams and his brother George B Williams, through counsel, pleaded guilty to illegally appropriating government land in the United States Circuit Court. Judge Farrington to pass sentence. An additional grand jury indictment charges A R Hardin, a wealthy Humboldt County cattle owner, with illegal fencing of government land.
Goldfield New Dec 10 The Goldfield Miners association passed an ultimatum to local miners. Resolutions adopted at the day long meeting set a new lower wage scale to be in vogue from this time on.
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