Week in Review Across Two Continents and Incidents
A chaotic digest of events includes plans by central directors to raise 30 million dollars, a presidential visit to France, arrests in Cal for counterfeit schemes, legal actions against Chan of Byraciie University, timber cutting disputes, Shiloh battlefield monuments, and a push for Easter trade. International tensions involve Emperor William and King Emmanuel, anarchist activity in Chicago, and diplomatic frictions with Guatemala and Italy. The report notes railway accidents, ship seizures, and political shifts including court actions and emigration limits.
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Chan
Byraciie University
Tay
Roosevelt
United States
Helena
Johnson
Minon Shiloh
Shake
London
Inghiserniae
Mediterra
William
King Emmanuel
Italy
Francis Jiseph
Austria
Chicago
Railroads retrench to meet nine hour law demands
Washington reports American railways plan to comply with the nine hour law. The move will employ thousands more workers and close many mail stations on main systems, causing temporary travel and shipping delays to cut operating costs. Officials claim this is the only way to handle current financial strains.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Surprise for Evans Aims to Elevate Admiral Before Retirement
Washington naval officers discuss greeting Admiral Evans with a commission as vice admiral of the American navy during the fleet’s Pacific cruise. The move hinges on Congress, with the president supporting the recommendation to establish the grade briefly before his retirement from active service. A British comparison bolsters the case, noting their larger fleet under a single commander.
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Washington
Evans
Golden Gate
Pacific
Timn
Amercan
Congress
Iisge
Admiral Evans’ Commission
San Francisco
Navy Department
Silver Thaw Prevents Telegraph and Telephone Collapse
In Chicago on March 3 a rapid temperature rise averted a record telegraph and telephone disruption. Sleet covered 25 to 50 miles north and west and 100 to 150 miles east, coating lines and poles and causing outages from Fort Wayne to New York. Rail lines suffered, with a mile long stretch of poles and wires collapsing. As temperatures rose, sleet melted and services began returning to normal for planned business the next day.
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Chicago
Fort Wayne
Lake Shore
Michigan Central
Fire Devastates Tampa Northern Section
A Sunday blaze in Tampa Florida destroyed the entire northern city area over four hours, consuming 65 acres and 308 buildings. The loss tops $600,000 with one woman dead from excitement. four cigar factories and many restaurants, boarding houses, and over 200 dwellings were ruined.
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Tampa
Fla
Chinese Minister Wu Ting Fang remarks at San Francisco banquet
At a banquet in honor of Chinese Minister Wu Ting Fang hosted by San Francisco Chinese merchants, Wu reportedly stated that the exclusion of Chinese laborers from the United States is a fixed fact and warned opponents of the exclusion that such opposition is ill advised for their own interests.
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San Francisco
Wu Ting Fang
San Fran’co
United States
Pittsburg Fears Flood Rises With Warm Rain
Pittsburg reports warm rain causing rivers to rise. The Allegheny and Monongahela headwaters flood creeks and towns. Officials fear the 22 foot danger line may be reached unless temperatures fall and weather improves.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
Monongahela
Mall
Congress Passes Army Pay Bill and Manila Damage Payment
The Senate approved an army pay bill raising officers salaries by 5 to 20 percent and boosting enlisted pay by 40 percent, with six months pay to families on death. Congress also approved 403000 dollars for Manila church damage and took up naval corruption charges and postal subsidies amid debated reforms.
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Senate
Culberson
Texas
Keott
Bacon
Senate honors memory of Senator Redfield Proctor
Thursday March 6 tribute in the Senate followed by a vote to adopt the resolution. Vermont’s Senator Dillingham spoke of bereavement as officials appointed a funeral committee to attend Proctor’s service. The House observed brief proceedings and adjourned after naming its own funeral delegation. The body will be taken to Proctorville Vermont with family accompaniment.
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Redfield Proctor
Vermont
United States Senate
Dillingham
Senate
Daniel
Gallinger
Perkins
Taliaferro
Overman
Hemenway
Proctor
Haskins
Cannon
House
Proctorville
Currency legislation debate in the Senate grows tense
In Washington on March 4 the senate discussed the Aldrich bill with Heyburn opposing it as foolish and pledging not to vote for it while Perkins urged support. Bailey and Dypew set speaking dates and Aldrich aimed for a vote next Wednesday as the party split showed more Democratic than Republican support amidst railroad bond opposition concerns.
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Washington
Senate
Heyburn
Aldrich
Perkins
Bailey
Dypew
Smith
Michigan
Agricultural appropriation bill advances from committee
Washington march 4 the house committee on agriculture has agreed on the agricultural appropriations bill. it totals 11 491 416 dollars a reduction of 1 420 005 from the department estimate and 1 948 056 over the current year’s appropriation.
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Washington
House Committee On Agriculture
House
Senators Debate Aldrich Bill and Bank Guarantees
In Washington on March 8 Senators McCumber and Newlande spoke at length on the Aldrich bill. McCumber opposed currency expansion except to avert catastrophe and favored a government guarantee of deposits in national banks. During a colloquy Senator Carter said there should be a clear way from failed banks to the penitentiary regarding savings banks.
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Washington
McCumber
North Dakota
Newlande
Nevada
Carter
Rail mail robbery claim shocks Congress in March House session
In Washington on March 3 Lloyd of Missouri charged the nation’s railroads carrying mail with a theft of 70 million dollars from the public. He asserted the loss occurred through improper handling and defalcations in the mail service.
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Washington
Lloyd
Mirsouri
Fulton Bill Faces Battle as Senator Promises Fight
Washington March 5 Senator Fulton pledged to fight for his rate law amendment bill and not yield. Some members oppose Chairman Knapp’s stand against the Fulton measure, signaling possible turmoil within the commission over the case’s evolving aspect.
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Washington
Fulton
Interstate Commerce Commission
Knapp
Commission
Senate Passes Consular Service Reorganization Bill
Washington March 2 a bill to reorganize the consular service passed the Senate today It provides closing 28 consulates and creating 15 new ones with no consul dropped The law takes effect July 1 1908 The mail shipping bill was set as special order for next Thursday Senator Smith of Michigan spoke against railroad provisions of the Aldrich currency bill Most of the day was on calendar bills not of general import.
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Washington
Senate
Smith
Michigan
Congress Adopts Inquiry into Peonage Charges
Washington reports the immigration committee will investigate peonage charges in certain states. Lawmakers reviewed 400 pension bills and other private measures while devoting time to the post office appropriation bill. Hepburn of Iowa proposed a tax of 50 cents per hundred shares on stock or options.
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Washington
Immigration Committee
Post Office
Hepburn
Iowa
Senate panel to reject Fulton freight rate bill
Senator Elks states the Interstate Commerce Committee will report adversely on Senator Fulton's bill preventing any freight rate increase until the ICC deems it reasonable. Elkins says the adverse report relies on a Knapp letter indicating the commission finds each proposed measure inadvisable.
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Washington
Elis
Committee On Interstate Commerce
Fulton
Interstate Commerce Commission
Elkins
Knapp
House Debates Army Appropriation for Land Purchase
In Washington the house clashed over a paragraph in the army appropriation bill granting 25,000 for 6,000 acres near Washington to build a target range. Mann of Illinois opposed the new land cost and later blocked a provision granting the chief of ordnance discretion to buy ordnance supplies without disclosure. The bill, totaling 84,757,586, was eventually passed.
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Washington
Army
D. C
Mann
Dlinois
Chief of Ordnance
Magdalena Bay Becomes New Commercial Center
Washington reports Magdalena Bay has emerged as a commercial hub after Mexico declared it a port of entry from February 15. Rafael Castro Montana appointed administrator of the Magdalena Bay customs house and port captain as Mexican houses rush sales and stock to trade with 15,000 American fleet personnel during target practice.
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Washington
Magdalena Bay
State Department
Gottechalk
City of
Mexico
Senor
D. Rafael Castro Montana
Arbitration Treaty Between United States and Switzerland Signed
Secretary Root and Minister Leayouel signed an arbitration treaty with Switzerland in Washington. The agreement likely mirrors terms found in recent treaties with other European nations, outlining dispute resolution provisions and mutual commitments.
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Washington
United States
Switzerland
Root
Leayouel
Subig Day Naval Base Move Placed at Cavite
The joint board of the army and navy decides the naval base for the Philippines should be at Cavite rather than Subig Bay. A revocation of a prior order removes Subig day from future estimates plans and allotments by the navy bureau.
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Subig
Naval Gage
Washington
Olongapo
Philippines
Navy Bureau
Joint Board of the Army and Parvy
Cavite
Fubig Bay
Western Education to Rival Old World Systems
President E A Bryan of Washington State College returns from Europe and plans a lecture series on modern education. He argues the Western United States will soon match the old world in efficiency and fame, driven by natural wealth, Pacific focus, and Western initiative.
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Washington State College
Bryan
America
England
West
United States
Universitien
Pacific
Globe
Pacific Coast
Old Superstition Refuted by Washington State College
The 15 year study from the state experiment station shows January and February temperatures do not predict March and April warmth. Professor George Severance reports that mean monthly temperatures fail as an index to future spring conditions, disproving the old belief.
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J. L. Ashbek
Washington State College
Pullman
State Experiment Station
George Severance
Agricultural Club Forms at University of Idaho
The University of Idaho forms an Agricultural club on December 19 to boost campus interest in farming and engage state farmers. Plans include publishing the Idaho Student Farmer magazine with a first issue soon and a quarterly edition starting next fall. Send your name and 10 cents for postage to the Idaho Student Farmer at Moscow to receive the first issue.
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Agricultural Department
University of Idaho
Idaho
Maho
Moscow
Irrigation Bulletins For Farmers From Federal Dept
Federal agricultural department issues free publications for farmers. Circular 68 covers irrigation in Lost River Valley Idaho by Albert Eugene Wright. Bulletin 73 on Irrigation in the Rocky Mountain States by B J Ulrich details conditions and methods for water use in Colorado Wyoming Utah Idaho and Montana.
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Agricultural Department
Washington, D. C
Lost River
Idaho
Albert Eugene Wright
Office of Experiment Stations
Rocky Mountain States
B. J. & Ulrich
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Montana
Fruit Squash and Cooking Polish Instructions
The fragment describes peeling a yellow squash and using it in a stew with milk and beaten eggs for a crust. It also mentions mixing pulverized alam with stove polish as a polish solution for a shiny finish.
Assailant of Chicago Chief Slain After Attack on Home
Laz arus Averbuch, a Russian student described as anarchistic, attacked Chicago Police Chief George M. Shippy at his Lincoln Place home. Shippy fatally wounded Averbuch after a brief struggle as his son Harry and driver James Foley were injured in the exchange.
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Chicago
Assausin
George M. Shippy
Lazarus Averbuch
Chief Shippy
Lincoln Place
Averbuch
Harry Shippy
James Foley
Shippy
Averbach
Thesesassin
Foley
Mr. Foley
Mr. Shippy
Washington Delegation Seeks Alaska Yukon Pacific Expo Funding
Washington lawmakers fret over hostile reception from house leaders to the Alaska Yukon Pacific expo bill. They expect eventual government buildings and exhibits funding but fear large cuts. The senate measure moved to Ways and Means due to free admission provisions, with the committee opposing the bill.
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Washington
Senate
House
Committee On Industrial Arts and Expositions
Humphrey
Committee On Ways and Means
Thie
San Francisco Probe on Rebating Moves to Southern Pacific
Assistant attorney general Raymond Benjamin returns from Los Angeles with a lengthy report on alleged rebating by Santa Fe and Salt Lake railroads. On Thursday the railroad commission will begin its own inquiry into rebating methods of the Southern Pacific company.
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San Francisco
Raymond Benjamin
Los Angeles
Santa Fe
Salt Lake
Southern City
Railroad Commission
Southern Pacific Company
Naturalization challenge blocks Japanese eligibility inBC
Vancouver March 3 Objections to the naturalization of Japanese residents were filed by EB A Lucas and announced at the March session opening of the County court. The case tests eligibility for citizenship and rights to fish on British Columbia salmon grounds amid widespread anti Japanese sentiment.
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Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia
A. Lucas
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