Summary of Week's Notable Events and Conflicts
A collage of global and national items lists Raisuli activity, Alaska senate bills, Carnegie funding for an industrial school, Manchuria cold hampering both armies, Odors of Porto Arthur delays and battles. Oregon land fraud trial postponed to April. Boxers imprisoned in northern China and Boxer uprising suppression noted. Rockefeller donates to Chicago University. Portland post office plans and traveling agents meeting listed. Rough Riders set for inaugural parade. Chinese capitalist claims Port Arthur provisions for three months.
Doings in Congress December 12 13 14 1907 Senate House
Senate committees hear Smoot case and discuss salaries with a March 4 1909 start. House backs forest reserves control and currency measures. Senate votes 44 to 28 to pass the Philippine government bill with tax exemptions and bonded debt limits. Adjournments set for December 21 to January 4 and January 21 statuary ceremony. Oregon wins prizes.
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Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Stewart
House
Agricultural Department
Senate
Pure Food
Swayne
Florida
Yakima
Smoot
Mitchell
Canale
Kansans
John J Ingalls
Statuary Hall
Oregon
Oregon Exhibit Impresses at St Louis Fair
W H Wehrung report upon return to Portland from St Louis cites strong Oregon showing at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. He notes Eastern interest in the Lewis and Clark exhibit and predicts heavy westward travel to the Western World's fair. He claims Oregon held its own against better funded states and mentions Washington displaying Oregon cherries as its own product.
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Portland
St Louis
Oregon
W. H. Wehrung
Wehring
St. Louis
Washington
Battleship quarrel in New York ends with shooting
A disturbance aboard a U S battleship in New York leads to a gunfire incident involving a Black sailor and others. Details remain unclear as the incident prompts naval authorities to investigate the altercation and its fallout.
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New York
Rietees Raeington
Sinetel Shathera Telat
Batton
Missouri to Exhibit at Portland Lewis and Clark Fair
Missouri plans a premier display for the Lewis and Clark exposition in Portland. President M T Davis says the exhibit could not be duplicated for 300000 dollars. E J Carver leads boxing and packing of government exhibits for shipment by March. Portland will receive about five percent of the government displays. the rest goes to Washington. The mint display machinery heads to Denver for enlargement. The big ordnance may return east if better rifles and guns are secured on the West coast.
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St Louis
Missouri
Portland
M T Davis
E 8 Carver
United States Mint
Nebraska to Have Big Exhibit at Portland Fair
Lincoln Nebraska December 19 J B Dinsmore state livestock exhibit head and former state board of agriculture president said Nebraska would have a large display at the Portland fair in St Louis action period.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
J. B. Dinsmore
Hivestock Ehibit
St Louis
State Board of Agriculture
Portland
Japanese Oppose Chile in Russia Warship Sale Plan
Tokyo reports strong Japanese feeling over alleged Russian bid to buy warships from Argentina and Chile. Argentina disavows selling ships. Chile’s reply is evasive. Diplomatic correspondence continues amid rising resentment toward Chile and potential retaliation by Japan if ships are sold.
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Argentine
Chile
Argentina
Russia
Associated Press
Japan
Protect Flooded Valleys in California Delta Plan
A committee of distinguished engineers chosen by California presented a report to tackle flooding along the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers. The plan aims to redeem about 1,060,000 acres by confining water to the channel and removing debris. The project would cost at least $1,000,000.
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Sioux City
California
San Joaquin
Sacramento
Flour Exports Fall. Shaw Seeks Millers Aid
Secretary Shaw met with leading flour mill interests at the treasury to discuss draft regulations granting drawback on flour exported use of imported wheat. He noted U S exports dropped from 1 8 million barrels in October 1903 to under 800 thousand in October 1904, warning recovery hinges on cheaper wheat and competitive pricing for mills.
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Washington
Shaw
Treasury Department
Russian Sailors Murder Chinese Shopkeeper In Shanghai
Disorder among crews of the dismantled Russian ships Askold and Gromovol escalates as an intoxicated Russian sailor shoots and kills a Chinese man in front of a store. A petition seeks exclusion of Russian crews from Chinese settlements amid rising tensions and collective moves by Chinese residents.
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Shanghai
Askold and
Gromovol
Askold
Hfe
Philippine Exhibit Sale Pending Authorization in Washington
The St Louis Chronicle reports the sale of a large Philippine exhibit for 16000 to the Lewis and Clark exposition company awaits Insular department approval. The exhibit, prepared by the Philippine board, covers ethnology, arenas and other departments from the St Louis fair. The Western fair corporation accepted the price but awaits Washington authorization to finalize the deal and shipment to Portland.
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St. Louis
the Chronicle
Washington
Philippine Board
Portland Company
Western Fair Corporation
St. Louis Fair
Lewis and ‘Clark Company
Portland
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