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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1907
Page
3
A fragmentary OCR reads like a garbled inquiry asking about a rule or guideline. The readable words hint at a query but lack clear subjects or date. The piece remains ambiguous and unresolved.
A condensed weekly digest highlights political plots, labor strikes, and global tensions. Items include Haywood case testimony, rail mergers, earthquake concerns in Chile, frontier movements in Siberia, and sudden business shifts affecting Americans abroad. The roundup notes shocks like premature mine blasts, airline and telephone trials, and rising protests over wine and taxation.
In Riga a Russian Supreme Court session hears Theodore Smith and August Sibbul cases. Both men, condemned to death for symbolic acts, receive new trials and 10 and 18 month sentences respectively. Sibbul praises the American Declaration of Independence while prisoners face harsh conditions.
London reports the War Office has destroyed Col Henderson's unfinished Boer War history to protect reputations. A new official history will be compiled by officers under General Sir Frederick Maurice, reportedly to preserve the standing of distinguished generals.
President Roosevelt attended the Masonic Temple cornerstone laying at Thirteenth Street and New York Avenue as a Blue Lodge member. The gavel and trowel used echo those of President Washington for the Capitol cornerstone in 1793 and the Bible honored Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4 when Washington joined the fraternity.
The submarine boat Octopus was towed six miles northeast of Boston light ship for a deep sea submergence test. It sank to 206 feet, rested 40 minutes on the bottom, then surfaced in perfect condition with no leaks detected.
The cruiser Charleston flagship of the Pacific Squadron was ordered to Portland for the rose festival starting June 19 and to join Fourth of July celebrations. Despite its 26 feet draft, authorities confirmed it could cross the bar and proceed up the river to Portland.
In Odessa on June 11 fear inspired by terrorists prompts 2 police inspectors 5 sub inspectors and 87 policemen to seek resignations. Authorities refuse, saying such action would amount to treason.
President in talks with Garfield Carter Ballinger and Newall about the Denver gathering ten days away. Officials including Wilson and Pinchot will defend forest reserve policy and coal land withdrawals as in the public interest while stressing restoration and protection of waters and timber.
Washington dispatch reports two potential national parks in Oregon. If Congress passes needed laws next winter, a Columbia River park around Multnomah Falls and a southwest Oregon park around a giant tree grove would be created. The areas were withdrawn from forest reserves to permit national park designation pending regulation.
About 250240 acres previously withdrawn near Deer Lodge and Ruby Mountain national forests and Helena addition are opened for entry. Roughly 220000 acres added to Madison forest, 89640 acres near Snowy Mountain, 60880 near Crazy Mountain, and 20320 near Bitterroot. all Montana sites restored for entry.
United States Senator John Tyler Morgan of Alabama died at 11 15 Tuesday night after years of ill health. He suffered angina pectoris, the cause of death. At his deathbed were his daughters Miss Mary Morgan and Miss Cornelia Morgan and his secretary J O Jones. His home was in Selma Alabama and the funeral will be held there.
Washington June 12 The board appointed to inspect animals bought for the army will meet at Walla Walla Washington. Members include Colonel Edward A Goodwin and Capt Alonzo Gray both of the Fourteenth Cavalry along with Capt Edward F McGlachlin Jr of the Fourth Field Artillery veterinarian Henry W Peter of the Fourteenth Cavalry and Major William H Sage Adjutant General is relieved from duty in this city and will report to Vancouver Barracks
June 14 Washington announces postmasters appointed in Oregon and Washington. In Oregon Fairgrounds Marion county Harrison Doe carrier Henry H Craig substitute Kent Sherman county Walter H Bennett replaces H G Donley resigned Provost Josephine county Henry F Batley takes over from H L Green resigned. In Washington Antiome Asotin county Earl BE Kirkpatrick replaces J A Bradley resigned McMurray Skagit county John W Blake replaces M Larock removed.
Developments since the Cabinet conference at the White House last Friday evening make it probable that the government will begin proceedings under the anti trust act against B. H. Harriman and his associates for violations in the Chicago and Alton railroad deal the Union and Southern Pacific transactions and perhaps in connection with the Southern Pacific and San Pedro agreement.
The secretary of the interior withdraws from all forms of entry the land around Multnomah Falls and the enclosing Sequoia big trees in Oregon to create national parks for protection of the falls and trees.
Carrie Nation harangued a downtown saloon crowd in Washington on June 14 and was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge. She was later released on a 20 dollar bond.
Washington reports that a Japanese alliance between Tokyo pacific coast groups and the Progressives seeks to topple the Saonji government and repeal the immigration exclusion. Officials say delegates have urged recall of Ambassador Aoki and plan a campaign to pressure indemnity and an apology over San Francisco riots.
The Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers Association and other Washington lumber groups sue Northern Pacific Great Northern Oregon Short Line Union Pacific and 15 other railways alleging denial of through routes via Portland Oregon to Wyoming Colorado Kansas Nebraska and other Western destinations. They claim local rates apply to Portland shipments with transfer to other cars and insufficient car supply and failure to interchange.
President Roosevelt left Washington for his summer home at Oyster Bay with Mrs. Roosevelt and a party including Mrs. Cowles Secretary Loeb and M C Latta. They expect to stay most of the summer, aside from one exception, until the McKinley memorial unveiling September 30 in Canton, Ohio. The Roosevelt children are at Oyster Bay awaiting their parents.
Fos ter Lumber Company of Tacoma files a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging higher timber shipment rates from Washington to Tow ner Cole and Tribune Kansas compared with longer hauls to points in the same state. The difference cited is 18 cents per hundred pounds.
The Fort Council of the Progressives met and passed a resolution denouncing anti-Japanese attacks on trading places on the Pacific Coast, led by San Francisco, as a flagrant violation of the treaty rights guaranteed between the United States and Japan.
Northwest Postal Affairs reports new postmasters in Oregon and Washington. Charles W. Brown replaces M. F. Dickson in Oregon, and Benson L. Northrup replaces Robert A. Mason in Washington. W. A. McCoy named regular, Rollie Ranny substitute for rural free delivery route 1 at New Kamitche.
Washington June 15 Pullman Car Company rejects ICC rate jurisdiction in response to St Paul citizens suit and challenges the constitutionality of the railway rate law.
Washington June 12 The United States National Bank of Centralia Washington is authorized to begin business with capital of 100000 dollars. Chas Gilchrist named president and J W Daubney cashier of the new institution.
A string of tornado–driven storms last week caused extensive damage across Southern Illinois Indiana and Central Kentucky. Gradyville Kentucky suffered the worst, while York Illinois and New Minden Illinois reported multiple fatalities and injuries. Property losses run into thousands with homes bridges and crops ruined.
A cloudburst on Gradyville Kentucky caused Big Creek to flood, killing 21 residents and destroying numerous homes, a mill, and crops. Most victims drowned as the flood swept through the village late last night while residents were abed.
A tornado sweeping New Minden Illinois at 6 AM killed five people and injured several. Many cottages were demolished, the German Lutheran church suffered roof loss and organ damage, and the adjacent parochial school was torn down. Most other village buildings remained intact.
Federal authorities will not pursue criminal charges against E. H. Harriman over railroad operations. Harriman spent the day at his country home while associates decline to comment. Friends say few illegal acts are actionable due to statute of limitations and market traders pushed Harriman related stocks higher on the news.
Several hundred prominent Norfolk men including physicians lawyers architects engineers newspapermen and printers volunteered to labor at the Jamestown Exposition in preparation for President Roosevelt and the Georgia day celebration. Ground cleanup was undertaken due to a labor shortage as the event neared.
Kansas supreme court affirmed a judgment of ouster against the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company and ruled the appointment of receivers for foreign brewers in the state proper to protect the court’s jurisdiction. About a dozen foreign brewing firms are affected. The opinion was written by Justice R. A. Burge.
In Omaha on Saturday D. O. Clark of the Southern Pacific Coal Company and Thomas Gibson president of UMWA District No. 22 arranged a temporary end to the Rock Springs Wyoming coal mine strike. Work will be resumed.
Washington reports thousands of dollars are being raised by Japanese on the Pacific Coast in alliance with Japan’s Progressive party. The fund aims to overturn the Sal onji ministry, repeal the immigration exclusion, and push naturalization rights for Japanese residents, amid tensions over U S immigration policy and possible war if pushed too far.
General Baron Kuroki, returning home from the Jamestown Exposition, said no danger of war exists between the United States and Japan. He asserted the 20 year friendship cannot be broken by the San Francisco incident and that any flareups will not lead to a rupture in his lifetime or ours.
A late night blaze on Bryant street between Seventh and Eighth in Bay City San Francisco caused about 200000 dollars in damage. The fire started in a stable and quickly crews responded, but Franklin Grammar School Yose mite Flour Mills lodging house and wholesale units of Customs Seed Company and San Francisco Paste Company plant were destroyed.
In Springfield Ohio on June 11 a common pleas filing sought a receiver for the Farmers Co operative Harvesting Machine Company capitalized at $500 000 founded three years ago by William N Whitely noted agricultural implement manufacturer The stockholder complainant alleges the company is financially distressed and seeks court relief
News from Victoria B C dated June 11 says the steamer Bellerophon brought reports of a plan to defeat Premier Salonjis cabinet upon Admiral Yokemoto and Prince Fushimi returning to Japan. A new ministry headed by Admiral Yokemoto, former Navy Minister, is alleged to be formed.
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