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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
3
Condensed wrap of events from two continents detailing naval actions and fleet readiness, political shifts, industrial strikes, and wartime tensions. Mentions ships, battles, arrests, legal cases, and social unrest with emphasis on fleet movements, jury trials, and economic disruptions.
President Roosevelt opens the great White House conference on May 13 in the East Room with governors of all states and their advisers. Five special guests including Grover Cleveland and William J. Bryan will attend, along with other national leaders and invited figures from major organizations.
United States Senator Samuel Piles of Seattle secured a half interest in John Sullivan estate valued around 1,000,000 after eight years of litigation. Sullivan died without a will, prompting claims from many, until Irish heirs Edward Corcoran and Johanna Callighan were recognized.
Bishop P T Rowe arrived by the Yucatan bringing authentic details of the Nolan Creek gold strike at the head of the Koyukuk river. He witnessed 50 pans on the Olson claim and pans washed out high, with about 1500 reported at the site. About 125 men remained in camp as the strike was made at 150 feet depth. 4000 has been washed by crude methods, with a potential end-of-summer clean-up near 1,000,000 dollars.
Catch Italian confidence men Servante Davis and Salvatore Lubano held in county jail for drugging and robbing a countryman of $1000 in gold. They are suspected of similar crimes in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Victoria, and San Jose, with varying stolen sums. Dondero, Lubano's partner, was taken to Victoria for the last crime, while Lubano escaped. The information came from San Francisco.
Mrs Zachary Taylor Cooper discovered her sons dead at the bottom of a 60 foot well while digging for water near a dry farm east of Watrons. Seven men nearby struck natural gas and suffocated without a sound.
A remarkable blizzard, the worst in southern England since 1881, raged across the United Kingdom from Friday night through Saturday, disrupting telegraph and telephone service and delaying rail traffic. Enormous damage occurred, notably to young fruit crops.
The House spent the day debating and passing, under suspension, the sundry civil appropriation bill while striking a restriction on secret service detective work. In the Senate, Senator Davis moved to discharge the judiciary committee on his anti trusts bill and used a typed statement to denounce trusts, praise the president, call for indictments of Rockefeller Standard Oil and Morgan, and reference coin motto changes. He also commented on press and military pay figures.
In Washington on April 20 the House resumed consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill. Townsend of Michigan offered to raise the IEC enforcement appropriation from 50 000 to 350 000 to fund examinations of interstate railroad accounts under the Hepburn act and publicize results. After four hours of debate the amendment passed. The House kept the District of Columbia and pension bills from Senate amendments and sent them to conference. A no quorum point halted business until reconvening for a five minute rule session with doors locked.
Washington reports the President signed the Fulton land grant resolution. The house public lands committee discussed Mondell's patent land-grant plan intended to follow Fulton. The committee opposed reporting the measure, citing bad faith by bombermen and preferring a legislative path only if needed.
Washington reports show John Sharp Williams urging a free vote on the Stevens bill to place wood pulp on the free list with a signed petition from 164 Democratic senators. Daleell proposes a $60,000 amendment for a Smithsonian national art gallery, rejected on a point of order. Senate and House conferees agree on an army pay schedule, increasing General and officer salaries, with Major-Generals at 8000 dollars yearly and other ranks adjustments.
Washington April 20. Naval officials estimate the fleet will have traveled about 42500 miles on its voyage to Hampton Roads. The route spans San Francisco to the Philippines to China and Japan and back to Manila totaling 16218 miles with the longest leg from Honolulu to Auckland at 8860 miles.
Washington reports describe a House session largely spent on speeches covering diverse topics. The reading of the president's special message drew strong applause, with lawmakers including Lake and Hitchcock weighing in. Senate actions included passing pension and District of Columbia appropriations, noting War ner's Brownsville speech, aiding cyclone victims, and deferring a commodity clause extension to later consideration.
In Washington on April 27 the senate rejected the four battleship program by a large margin after three days of debate led by Senator Beveridge. The vote fell to support the house plan for two battleships. The session also reported a favorable motion on Ankeny’s bill to raise Indian war veterans pensions to 12 dollars a month.
Washington April 5 The senate spent another day considering amendments to the naval appropriation bill but failed to reach a vote as discussions included four ship program defeat prospects and possible vote before Monday. Beveridge and Piles faced criticism from Aldrich Perkins and McCumber amid heated exchanges.
Washington April 30. The senate committee on finance reported a bill allowing the Mint superintendent and the New York United States Assay Office to receive gold coins and deliver gold bars of equal value in exchanges of at least $250. The measure serves gold workers and jewelers.
The surgeon general proposes using several vessels as hospital ships for readiness. Among the suggestions is the Buffalo currently on the Pacific coast, with Rixey advocating constant preparedness for naval medical needs.
A massive early tornado outbreak across Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia leaves an estimated 150 to 175 dead in Mississippi alone, with hundreds injured and widespread destruction. Martial law and looting occur in several towns as relief efforts mobilize for Purvis and others.
The American liner St Paul collided with the British cruiser Gladiator off the Isle of Wight in a dense snowstorm. Casualties were initially reported between 20 and 80 drowned, later reduced. three bodies were landed and eight wounded were taken to Golden Hill hospital. The Gladiator, 320 feet long with 450 crew, was beached after the disaster. One officer, Lt. William G. Praves, is missing.
After a 13 hour deliberation the jury in State of Oregon vs John M Dickenson William Dickenson John Dickenson Farl Ransier and John Riley returned verdicts. John M Dickenson and his son William were found guilty of murder in the second degree others convicted of manslaughter. Penalties range from life imprisonment to 15 years in the penitentiary.
A Chinatown shootout on Washington Street and Waverly Place left four men engaged in a two block running battle. Yun Ving of the Hop Sing Tong was shot in the right eye and died shortly after arriving at Harbor Emergency Hospital.
In Mexico City on April 27 a persistent rumor claims the cruiser Albany will land armed parties in Central America if conditions in the southern republics warrant. No official confirmation was obtained.
Washington reports Roosevelt says two battleships this year, two more promised yearly, place the United States in the front rank of naval progress though not yet able to dictate global disarmament. He views senate approval as strength in his naval program.
Roosevelt sends a special message to Congress urging rapid passage of strengthened anti trust legislation. He stresses the danger of vast wealth concentration and says unions cannot be wholly exempt without making the bill unconstitutional. He notes labor should be protected when peaceful and lawful but may restrain trade if unlawfully blocking distribution.
San Francisco April 28. Ship owners agree to immediate radical freight reductions on flour and grain for overseas ports. The rate from San Francisco to Hongkong and Japan will drop from 3 to 2 dollars per unit, while to Singapore it falls from 4.75 to 3.50 dollars.
The Anti Racetrack League organized in Berkeley opens Race track Sunday with sermons in more than 2000 California churches on Sunday morning to push for state race track legislation.
Albany April 28 Governor Hughes opened a campaign of speeches in major cities to back anti-racetrack gambling legislation likely to dominate the extraordinary session set for May 11. He plans nationwide exposure to rally support for the measure.
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