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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1906
Page
2
Reports from Europe and Asia detail King Edward's visit and German maneuvers. The Oregon sails from Manila to Puget Sound while a Buffalo wheat elevator burns, causing heavy losses. A tornado devastates Meridian, Mississippi, killing over 100 and damaging half the town. Chinese tensions rise as Pekin fortifications grow, and Japan seeks railroad control.
Washington reports outline War Department preparations for a possible invasion of China. If needed 20 000 regulars would join 6 000 Philippine troops for a campaign toward Pekin, with plans for home defense and a possible joint army navy seizure of a Chinese coastal town.
From Wantington March 2 Associated Press reports the Post Office plans no rate cuts and backs congressional action for better compensation. Readjustments have reduced mileage on many routes, lowering salaries until service is completed nationwide. under the new policy routes installed 34 038 through February 1 with 27 discontinued as counties finalize service.
Washington March 3 President Roosevelt issued a proclamation under the Dingley act applying duties on imports from Germany. The rates match those in force and would have ended yesterday but for Germany granting the U S the benefit of its minimum tariff.
Washington March 1 committees on labor favor a bill to appropriate 300000 for a compilation by the Commerce and Labor Department on the condition of women and child workers nationwide. The measure grows from Governor Cartie Guild of Massachusetts’s push for labor condition investigations.
Unclear garbled text references famine relief and Japan related to Allied efforts during a wartime period. Mentions Washington and March 2, with possible references to an American request or aid to famine sufferers and Japanese relief activities.
Washington March 2 The Senate approved a bill to settle affairs of the Five Civilized Tribes and debated railway questions as the measure moves toward a general adjustment. The House and Senate have passed the bill with many amendments awaiting conference.
Doliver speaks for Dolliver Hepburn bill as complement to interstate commerce law. House passes army appropriation of over 46 million and a bill to mark Confederate graves. joint resolution sustains Five Civilized Tribes tribal government in Indian Territory until property disposition.
Washington battles over the army appropriation bill with Tawney and Hall leading clashes on spending limits. In a separate update Senator Lodge reports the US Dominican Republic treaty on customs revenues to the Senate, while Foraker delivers a long speech on railroad rate policy critiquing the Hepburn Dolliver bill and defending the Elkins framework.
Washington notes the Senate faces a pivotal Smoot case vote with Senator Heyburn seen as likely to replace Smoot. The piece hints Heyburn’s Mormon sympathies may clash with his state’s preferences as party and factional tensions rise amid the Basho legislature dynamics.
Washington notes report the death of ex Speaker David B. Henderson with resolutions of respect and adjournment. The House passed DC bills incorporating the Lake Erie Ohio River Ship Canal company and approved public building appropriations for Moscow Idaho and Baker City Oregon. The Hepburn rate bill was referred to the Senate with a cautious timetable amid GOP dissent.
Secretary Wilson urged the Burleson bill to compile farm statistics by the government every five years rather than ten. Secretary Tomlinson of the Black growers association also urged favorable action on the measure during the House census hearings in Washington.
U S Supreme CourtJustice Peckham delivers decision siding with railroads in the citrus freight case involving all California lines. The ruling centers on the rights and actions of the railway operators and the parties affected by the dispute.
Francis Burton reports the canal work underway with minor issues and officials noting needed support. Mr Stevens is active along the line and canal plans receive cautious approval. Critics seek nonpartisan progress as the canal project continues.
Annapolis Md Feb 28 Naval officials plan a formal ceremony for Admiral Jones remains to lie in a temporary vault before transfer to a new chapel and memorial hall at the naval academy Secretary of the Navy Bay part and other officials will oversee the arrangements with President Roosevelt Governor Warfield and M Jusserand invited to attend the naval ceremony
A Manila cable reports widespread anti-foreign feeling fueled by an autocratic viceroy, accusing agitators of blackening the economy and rallying support for anti-foreign propaganda. The note links the rise in anti-foreign sentiment to the ruling style and to associated dynastic concerns.
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