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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1906
Page
3
A wide collection of brief items reports on New York proposals for a municipal seaside resort, a six month delay in appointing a supreme judge, suffrage activities in Oregon, Japan paying railroads, population figures for Germany, and legislative moves in Columbia. Also noted are labor concerns in railroads, weather blizzards in New York, trust investigations, and various political maneuvers across nations.
Prince Trai Tao and high commissioners Zhang Chi Heng Li Cheng To depart on the Baltic to study England France and Belgium constitutions. They praise American courtesy and predict China will adopt a national government modeled after Britain and American ideas.
Chairman Burton will call a committee meeting to consider Senator Fulton’s $400,000 jetty appropriation for the Columbia River mouth. The group may widen the measure to include other emergency projects, but aims to keep it from becoming a general river and harbor bill.
Reports say a head on crash between two Denver and Rio Grande passenger trains near Colorado occurred after midnight. Sixty or more dead with many injured. trains from Pueblo and Colorado Springs sent for relief. details scarce.
Washington notes a filibuster and a near quorum lapse as the House debates preserving or abolishing the lieutenant general rank. An amendment extending the bill’s operation to allow Corbin and MacArthur promotions was offered and debated, with votes to occur Monday.
The senate engaged the rail road rate bill in regular order amid a contentious debate led by Rayner. Senators Foraker Lodge and Deliver challenged his claim that railroads influenced the bill, while others criticized the representation on the floor. Warren spoke on extending run times from 24 to 34 hours for livestock trains, arguing humanitarian aims and works for shipper requests without imposing hardship.
Washington reports the Smoot case will be brought before the Senate early in April and dominate discussion for a month. Anti Smoot leaders are expected to drive the debate as proceedings resume. The record notes the tense political atmosphere surrounding the controversy.
Washington reports the senate passed several measures including penalties for officials who reveal secret government data, authorization for bridge construction over navigable streams, and a boundary dispute settlement attempt by Delaware and New Jersey. The house then debated the legislative appropriation bill totaling $20,194,181 with party views on government reform, immigration, and New York city foreign residents.
In Washington on March 12 a Senate debate divided over whether the Tillman Gillespie resolution to probe railroad hold vintage of coal and oil lands should modify the president's message. Culberton proposed emergency powers for the Interstate Commerce Commission as a substitute for the pending rail measure. Senator Foraker argued Congress already claimed power to fix rates under the Commerce Clause. Also, bills, by Senators Piles and Humphrey, would authorize an ocean going tug for the North Pacific coast and establish three life saving stations between Gray’s Harbor and Cape Flattery with crew from the life saving service.
The house committee on judiciary favored reporting the Bates Employers' Liability bill in amended form. Representative Merling of Illinois will prepare the measure to make railroads liable for damages to employees and their families from accidents or injuries arising in course of employment.
A fragmented discussion details opposition and support for the Ber and Stone Act reform. Lawmakers weigh provisions aimed at timber regulation and enforcement, with House sentiment split and doubt cast on the bill's future in the Senate.
An article notes German aims to influence Morocco through a euro diplomatic scheme. It discusses French resistance to foreign control, fear of covert moves, and the risk of a larger confrontation as neutral delegates debate the legality and outcomes of interventions.
Storm surge and river overflow inundate North Belgium farmhouses along the Sebeldt river. Residents struggle as missing or displaced people are reported and aid is being organized. Officials estimate heavy losses across affected communities.
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