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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1906
Page
7
The Senate debated the Panama Canal supply policy while honoring late congressman Robert Jr. with funeral arrangements funded from the house contin fund. In Washington the House passed the diplomatic and consular appropriation act with salary reductions for ambassadors and ministers and adjusted budgets for government operations.
May 29 reports show Senator Per advocating a $217,000 yearly subsidy matching the current rate for the San Francisco to Australia steamship service, amid questions from Patterson and Tubington about timing in the shipping bill. In the House, debate centered on Longworths amendment for $1,000,000 to fund foreign embassies and ambassador residences, with Heald supporting tighter limits on diplomat costs.
A torrent of anti Smoot petitions sweeps Washington on May 20. Protests target the selection of Reed Smoot as U S senator with figures cited from Minnesota Indiana New York Kentucky Alabama Kansas North Carolina and more. Claims say motions will be received from every territory.
A May 26 report discusses support for a national postal telegraph, arguing it would reduce deficits in the pal department and link facilities across states. The debate centers on government role and potential benefits of a wider telegraph network.
Washington May 28 The senate sent the railroad rate bill to conference after hearing a sea level canal defense by Kittredge and three Democratic speeches on canal supplies in foreign markets. The session then focused on the post office appropriation bill and naming ranking members Elkins Caullom and Tillman.
Washington reports Champ Clark of Mississippi warned he would oppose any broad modification to the Chinese exclusion law that affects all classes of Chinese except coolie labor. The House opened 11 o clock for continued debate on the diplomatic and consular bill with speakers spanning pensions for the Missouri militia to the rate bill.
Washington hearings reveal lawmakers claim the 1903 Sundry Civil bill funded two wings of a department of agriculture building, exhausting the 1.6 million appropriation and leaving future funding needed to complete space for staff.
A senate committee canvass shows a 7 to 6 split on whether to expel Senator Smoot of Utah or merely exclude him. Expel supporters include Foraker Beveridge Dillingham Bailey Overman Pottas Frasier. exclusion backers are Burrows Dolliver Knox Hopkins and Dubois. Expulsion would require a two thirds vote, while exclusion needs only a majority.
May 28 report from Washington notes the senate judiciary subcommittee opposes William G. Bristol's confirmation as Oregon district attorney. The panel is not recommending rejection and may abstain from reporting, likely leaving the nomination unresolved before adjournment.
House rivers and harbors committee agrees to favor a bill allowing United States maintenance of the Seattle canal linking Lake Union and Whitehole Bay with Puget Sound. In exchange a private corporation would build a lock at the head of Shilebole Bay.
Senate will take up two appropriation bills and the canal type bill as urgency grows. Conferees will be named on the railroad rate bill and Panama Canal supply policy. postmaster nomination for Washington and sundry civil appropriation details head a heavy schedule. Decoration Day adjournment is not planned.
Oregon Washington and Idaho form an Interstate Development League announced at Spokane banquet. Committees to Portland Spokane Lewiston will draft details with first meeting planned in Washington next fall. Support voiced for open river aid and south jetty contract, emphasizing regional cooperation.
The Leader reports independent oil men will ask railroads this week to correct rate discrimination found at the Interstate Commerce Commission session in Cleveland. They plan a formal note of to seek an equal deal, with Ohio and eastern regions handled by the National Petroleum Association and the western end by a similar association.
Navy bureau computations on Dewey drydock shipping reports show an average of 100 miles per day since leaving the Etraite of Babel Mandeb. Officials call the progress especially good given expected heavy weather in the Indian Ocean and potential delays for the Dowey.
Odessa reports a 16 steamers unable to leave port due to seamen strike. Stevedores threaten to join if forced to do all work, causing shipping to be suspended across Black Sea ports.
A sweeping wrap of events reports near consensus on seven rate bill points, refinery and transit issues, and international tensions. It notes Patterson's Tennessee gubernatorial nomination, earthquake relief efforts in California, and the Spanish royal wedding amid a bombing near the palace.
A World To Day correspondent explains methods to weigh Earth using pendulums from the Airy experiment to Pendulums at the great pyramid and pyramid chambers. The article notes the plan to repeat the measurements by a Washington Survey Department expedition and outlines the proportionality of weight to gravitational attraction. It also includes reflections on ants showing complex behavior suggesting elements of reason beyond simple automatons.
Story traces the origin of lynching to Ireland and recounts a notable 17th century murder incident. It notes Irish and Scottish settlers moving to the Carolinas and later spreading to Kentucky and Tennessee, illustrating enduring folklore and harsh justice traditions.
The passage outlines using the pyramid as a basis to estimate the earth’s weight, then scale to the sun and other planets by comparing gravitational attraction. It cites old figures for earth volume and density and urges readers to compute the mass relations themselves.
Lord Aveling describes an ant born without antennae that lost its senses and wandered. It faced an attack by another ant group and appeared wounded and helpless until a nestmate inspected the injured insect and carried it away.
In Thackeray’s reference to Galway the legend centers on James Lynch Fitzstephen, Galway’s mayor who hanged his own son for murder in 1493. The tale, linked to Deadman's Lane and the Lynches tragedy, is noted as a grim memento in Galway lore and was dramatized in The Warden of Galway.
A New York Press item describes a woman requesting slipping slippers of flowered satin and a clerk explaining why workers in light colored slippers wear white gloves. He notes gloves are changed up to three times daily to keep materials pristine and avoid soiling the fabric.
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