Myrtle Point Enterprise Digest of Happenings Worldwide
A condensed weekly review lists varied items from Vicar General Mooney’s illness in New York to the Nevada battleship commission, a Cleveland syndicate seeking options on Kane and New Rivera, and Virginia’s leading role in agricultural goods. Other notes cover theft on a Jamaica-bound steamer, mining strike concerns in British Columbia, a dying catalpa tree once linked to Raleigh and Elizabeth, Yale’s Russian collection gift, and a fire damage incident in Buffalo.
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Luinden
Virginia
Walter Raleigh
Queen Elizabeth
Special Senate Session Opens with New Senators Sworn In
The United States Senate convened in special session on March 6 1903 with the swearing in of new members after the president’s call. Theodore Roosevelt’s message to consider treaties with Colombia and Cuba was read as the body prepared to resume business amid ceremonial and procedural notes.
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United States Senate
Washington
Senate
Bennett
Hoar
Burrowa
Committee On
Cockrell
Barnes
Seneion
Republic of Colombia
United States
Isthmian Canal
Republic of Cuba
Theodore, Roosevelt
White House
Washington Senate Okays 50 000 for Lewis and Clark Expo
The Washington senate passed a bill to appropriate 50 000 for the Lewis and Clark exposition. Sharp moved to cut to 25 000, Warburton objected. Capitol bill added 101 600 to 350 000. Hamilton and Moubray debated moving the capital to Tacoma. Secretary Moody names battleships Kansas Vermont Minnesota Mississippi Idaho. seeks names Cumberland Merrimack Constitution in naval law.
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Ympa
Wash
Washington Senate Westering
Sharp
Warburton
Capitol
Hamilton
Moubray
Whatcom
Tacoma
Washington
Moody
Kansas
Vermont
Minnnesota
Mississippi
Idaho
Cumberland
Congress
Jetties Project Delayed by Haupt Opposition in War Dept
Senators Mitchell and Fulton urged early approval of the engineer board report to improve the Columbia River mouth. Secretary Root said action within a week to ten days, noting Haupt’s bid to substitute a reaction jetty. Oregon interests argue the board plan is essential and urge swift completion to aid commerce. Felton plans to seek right of way for a The Dalles Celilo portage road with federal cooperation.
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Washington
Mitchell and
Fulton
Root
War Department
Engineer Board
Columbia River
L. M. Haupt
Oregon
Board
Coluumbia
Felton
Ecen
Dallea
Celilo
Empress Dowager Accused of Plotting to Suppress Reforms
Reports from Pekin warn of an imminent outbreak and a “carnival of murder” as empress dowager and Yong Lu allegedly aid Tong Fu Haiang in Kanau. Shanghai sources claim she feigns reform while wiring viceroys to resist Western methods and prepare for Pu Chun’s ascent to the throne.
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Victoria
Pekin
North China Daily News
Yong Lu
Tong Fu Haiang
Kanau
Shanghai
Anl
Tung Fu Hsiang
Providence man seeks writing of Crank claim in court
A Providence man calling himself Z ude appeared in Washington on March 9 to present a Crank for $100,000 claim. Secret service officers found his communications hallucinatory and per the 19th century report, he had previously claimed Spaniards planned to blow up a U S battleship and sought $168,000 for the information.
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Washington
Providence
R. J
Secret Service
United States
Coal Mining in Bengal and India in 1900
Bengal’s coal industry dates to 1837 with the Bengal Coal Company opening as pioneer. Mines are shallow and managed poorly, with labor shortages and high ash content in Bengal coal. Output in 1900 reached 4,064,956 tons, transported by water from Singapore to western destinations, and by tramways within pits to loading docks.
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Tome
India
Europe
Bengal
Assam
Bengal Coal Company
Calcutta
Equitable Coal Company
Singapore
Perim
Jiboutil
Rangoon
Madras
Bombay
Colombo
Aden
Delhi
Cawnpore
Northwest
Caasier's Magazine
Earthquake Shocks Berlin Reports Strong Tremor
Berlin reports a severe earthquake shock on March 9 with initial tremors felt across the city. Local authorities assess damages and urge calm as residents begin inspections and relief efforts.
Public Timber Land Notices for Oregon Lode Claims
Notice under the Timber Land Act of 1878 from the Roseburg land office listing Abram L. Robinson of Spokane County Washington and Louis G. Shutsolm of Portland Oregon as applicants. They propose to prove timber and stone value over agricultural use and seek patent for sections in Camas Valley Oregon with witnesses named. Public notices invite adverse claimants to file by deadlines in May 1908 and December 1903 respectively.
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United States Land Office
Roseburg
Oregon
Oseburg
Ames
William M. Porter
Camas Valley
John F Lehnherr
Herman Davis
Dan Siddens
Portland
Act of Congress
California
Nevada
Washington Territory
Ofa
Louis G. Shutsolm
Multnomah
N& Nek
Wei
Timber Land Act Notice for Roseburg Listing
Public land notice from Oregon with multiple claims under the Timber Land Act. Names include Frances D. of Eugene and others, filing sworn statements for timber purposes. notices indicate locations in Roseburg Myrtle Point and Myrtle Creek and requests to file land claims by June.
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Myrtle Point
Mooney
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Navy Yard
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Cleveland
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New Rivera
Weat Virigins
Charles Piyonn
Farrant
Jamaica
A J McMillan
Lewer
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B.C
Tendon
British Columbia
Yale
Samuer Smith
Locktreet
Buffalo
Leo
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Eudleon
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Keven Negrowa
Dallas
Texas & New Orleans Railroad
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Smoire
Henry C Gavitt
United States Army
Denver
Chicago
Funston
Gavitt
Fort Grant
Ohio River
Crogramahield
Navy
Choate
London
Ladrones
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Panama Canal
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Trength
Wabash Railroad
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Oregon Penitentiary
Granie
William Redelph
George Colline
Union, Me
Hartford
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Haupt
China
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Crank
COAL
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Lane
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Rewe
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John My
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Rinte
Burg
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