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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1906
Page
3
May 8 to May 11 reports show Senate debate over Interstate Commerce Commission penalties and rate rules while the House advances naval and army appropriation measures. Turbulent amendments, two‑year time limits, and market purchase questions shape proceedings.
A May meeting of local lawmakers discussed authorizing interior improvements to farm units and the use of reclamation funds. Provisions cover soil activity and related construction costs, with allocations drawn from the reclamation fund.
The Senate adopts a Foraker bill restricting rebates and discrimination in rail fares. Southern senators protest separate cars as a race issue. The House marks “suspension day” with 45 bills under suspension and votes on railroad rights and land acts. Postmaster General Cortelyou urges a seven member commission to review second class mail laws with a $25,000 appropriation. He argues current statutes are outdated and hamper publishers while aiming to balance government and press interests.
Washington reporters say conferees moved toward a Foraker style compromise. The discussion focused on admitting Arizona and New Mexico as one state and whether the vote on statehood should coincide with or precede state officer elections. The meeting adjourned until Tuesday.
Washington May 5. A special House committee led by Speaker Cannon began hearings into conditions at St. Elizabeth's asylum for the insane. Nearly a dozen witnesses testified that some patients in the hospital laundry were cruelly treated and Foreman Lt. Maench was often intoxicated while on duty.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Newberry testified before the president about a Gallantry and efficient duty report by navy officers and men linked to the San Francisco disaster. The data include extracts from communications by Rear Admiral Goodrich, Commander in Chief of the Pacific squadron, Rear Admiral McCalla, and Lieutenant Commander Heary Haines of the Marine Corps.
A Cuban sub committee reported to the full committee on negotiating a new commercial treaty with the United States. Cuba would seek more favorable sugar terms and is prepared to offer better terms on American cottons and food products.
Sacramento May 8 reports from Woodland to the Sacramento Union warn a slide of earth forming a 1000 foot dam on Cache Creek threatens the Capay valley flood danger. Waters back up to about 100 feet deep as the soft earth dam may leak or gradual release water. a breach could flood a large area.
Fifteen people were hurt when a head on collision occurred at Plainsboro on the Trenton New Brunswick Traction lines. One car from Trenton and another from New Brunswick were on midnight runs and failed to stop at a signal on a sharp curve. Passengers were thrown from their chairs as the cars collided.
A Commerce and Labor bulletin notes US Brazil trade totals around 611 million in round figures, the largest with any South American country. For fiscal year 1905 imports from Brazil reached 9 488 004 dollars and exports 10 985 006 dollars, with a long term decline from 16 106 070 in 1895 to 10 085 006 in 1.
Engineers of the Mexican National Railway have cut a line from Durango to Mazatlan on the Pacific coast after a year of locating work. It is probable the interoceanic railway will extend to oil fields near Toalutlan.
A condensed weekly digest notes Dowie and Voliva in Zion City near June. Earthquakes affect Cuba mines. Mrs Davis improving. Prohibition protests flood Congress while San Francisco saloons close. Wallace forms a $12 million New York electric firm. New York funeral drivers strike delays services. Russia’s Foreign Minister resigns. UK readies for Turkey clash. Chicago printers boycott Methodist ritual over labor disputes. Taft reluctant to buy canal supplies abroad. Seattle’s season steamer leaves for Nome. Troop withdrawals from San Francisco begin. Russian lower house moves to down amnesty. State Dept funds aid to starving Japan. Panama canal reforms debated. Great Britain to push disarmament at Hague. US opposes revolution in Panama. Dowie and Voliva plan Zion City joint management. Pardee notes San Francisco’s catastrophe impact. Gorky calls revolutionary change essential. Shonts reports canal progress. Chinese boycott weakens. Senate support for limited court review of rates. Anthracite miners and operators conclude agreement. Taft-Roosevelt political chatter. Roosevelt seeks more California relief. Czar protection measures at openings. San Francisco foreclosure protections. Bread lines pressured by authorities in SF. Turkey seizes Egyptian land. Britain to respond with force. Zion strike continues. miners and operators settle. Britain and Turkey poised to fight. Land reform proposals emerge in Russia. Free SF meals proposed. President supports states in Standard Oil cases. San Francisco rebuilding expected in one year. Creffield killed in Seattle. Severe frosts hit Midwest fruit. a Newport News man murders his wife. Dowie/Dowager empress tied to ongoing intrigue. Anthracite wage terms revert to old rates.
The Dis covery crew launches a monthly paper The South Polar Times to cheer crew morale in Antarctic isolation. Shackleton and Bernacchi argue poetry tastes, Browning versus Tennyson, with Ferrar making a quip after an excerpt. The piece covers voyages, cod fishing prospects from St Pierre, rising French cod prices, and cross Atlantic fish trade ideas.
The New York Herald notes bait shortages in Newfoundland and St. Pierre stir relief as American vessel owners may cooperate with the St. Pierre fleet to secure and preserve bait. Herring schools should be seized when available. last fall one school could have yielded thousands of barrels. Caplin, prime bait in July, arrives to spawn, and squid offer good bait year round along these shores.
A columnist notes that Japanese belief spans numerous mythical beings, from creatures with supernatural anger lasting a millennium to giant and multiheaded beings. They describe eight hundred foot serpents, eight legged foxes, four-eared monkeys, and fish with ten heads attached to one body, plus a crane surviving on water after six centuries.
A brief item notes Mia Dingle, described as someone who never drinks water, sought medical advice to curb her extremity of stoutness. The doctor reportedly warned against drinking water, and the punchline notes she is now thirsty all the time.
In Washington Star style dialogue, the question of the Dollartons’ special position arises as Mise Cayenne notes that recent society paper coverage from Town Whoppers contained complimentary paragraphs about them, prompting renewed scrutiny.
Neighbors recall the deceased wife of a widower who marries again, noting how her memory lingers with those nearby. The scene hints at lingering grief and social dynamics in the community.
A humorous scene unfolds as a horse appears to laugh while aiding a disabled automobile being pulled back to town by a passerby. The incident blends whimsy with a practical roadside assist.
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