Exiles Return and Global News From Roosevelts Tour to Samoa
News of the day reports Venezuelan exiles returning home while President Roosevelt notes fear of fever on his African trip. Ambassadorship changes loom in Rome and a Los Angeles court case of Mrs Botkin advances. Reports cover strikes, corruption probes, fires, ship sinkings, and political tensions worldwide.
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Venezuela
Roosevelt
Griscom
Rome
Henry W. Poor
Wall Street
Cubans in Control Evacuation Begins New Year
Havana December 29 evac uation of Cuba by the army of pacification begins New Year’s Day with 900 Marines from Camp Col and part of the 27th Infantry to sail January aboard the cruiser Prairie. Final embarkation scheduled for April 1 as plans shift to hand over to Cuban authorities a model camp for the new permanent army under General Pino Guerrera.
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Havana
Cuba
Army of Pacification
Camp Col
Prairie
Newport News
27Th Infantry
Magoon
Gomez
Permanent Army
Pino Guerrera
Castro the Looter Exiled Venezuelan Dictator
Washington reports Crespo? No Castro, Venezuelan president, leaves amid little regret from those he ruled as he amassed wealth since 1899. He sent vast sums abroad and fled to Europe under the pretense of illness, a maneuver to escape Venezuelans who despised his regime and poverty. Castro was born in 1860 in San Antonio and rose from obscurity.
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Washington
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Andrade
Castro
Province of
San Antonio
Relief Work Ends as San Francisco Society Dissolves
The San Francisco Relief and Red Cross society ends after distributing $9.5 million since the great fire. Only 2.3 percent was spent on expenses, with nearly $400,000 left for transfer to charities. It fed and housed thousands, built 8,000 permanent homes for 30,000 people, and funded aged and infirm care at $375,000. New York contributed large sums including $2.75 million and other amounts.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Relief and Red Cross Society
New York
Poison Squad Tests Dried Fruit Safety In San Francisco
In San Francisco on December 29 a local medical and chemistry panel launches a poison squad trial to prove whether sulfur dioxide used in California dried fruit harms health. The effort targets Dr. Harvey W. Wiley as a challenger in the ongoing pure food controversy.
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San Francisco
Washington
California
Harvey W. Wiley
Shorthand Record Set by 14 Year old Ruth Olson
Ruth Olson of San Francisco, age 14, set a new world record for rapid shorthand in a five minute test before Superior Judge Thomas Fedban. She wrote and read back a transcript of court proceedings accurately, a feat described as phenomenal by officials.
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San Francisco
Ruth Olson
Thomas Fedban
Miss Olson
Natives Demand Opium Spark Northward Turmoil
Dispatch from Amoy dated December 29 reports orders issued to natives about twenty miles north of a ceremonial site. An officer and a civilian were killed in the unrest. The Tongans are rising and troops have been sent to restore order and quell the disturbance.
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Amoy
State Levy Plans And County Apportionment For 1909
The 1909 revenue plan estimates total state taxes at about 1 275 000 dollars, with 1 075 000 from indirect sources and 200 000 for Oregon City locks. The levy includes a 1909 deficit and a possible pool of 100 000 dollars if the locks bill is repealed, apportioned to counties by revised ratios reflecting Hood River’s separation from Wasco. County shares are calculated by applying each county’s ratio to the 1 275 000 figure, with Wasco and Hood River sharing the adjusted proportion.
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Salem
Univ of Oregon
Oregon
Oregon City
Eoin Force Saas
Euren
H River
Wasco
Hood River
Wasco County
Hood River County
Hood
Pet
Orme Oka
Clathkamas
Caribod
Ates
Colter Bins
Jackson
Josephine
Klamath
Sepsiex
Gauabahenned
Cderenles
Ccc
Morrow
Sacha
Gheemat
Ccesnaceresupewe V'S
Tillamook
Cccseucereuses
Unmatiffa c Cos
Yamhill
Recommendations for federal aid to rural education and extension
The Country Life Commission at Oregon Agricultural College favors federal funds directed to existing high schools and normal schools to teach agricultural industrial domestic arts and home sanitation. They urge cooperation with states for extension work under agriculture colleges with itinerant schools farmers institutes free libraries and free publications to disseminate farm discoveries nationwide.
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Corvallis
Agricultural Faculty
Oregon Agricultural College
R Aor
Count Life
Deschutes Line Survey Advances Toward Central Oregon
Engineers in Chief Engineer Boschke's office proceed with surveys south of Madras for the Southern Pacific central Oregon route. The line runs through Kystock, Culver, La Monta to O'Neil, likely joining with the Deschutes line and an east west cross state line along the Central Oregon military road. Extension to Bend is anticipated on current surveys.
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Harriman Road
Portland
Deschutes
Central Oregon
Southern Pacific
E. H. Harriman
Boschke
Madras
1Ystock
Culver
Lamonta
O'Neil
Oregon
Corvallis & Eastern
Vale
Malheur County
Bend
Crook County
Umatilla Lobby Formed for Pendleton Efforts
A 15 member legislative committee from Umatilla County, appointed by the Commercial Association, will work with the county delegation to push for key measures. They seek an experiment farm for the Umatilla project, higher Weston normal funding, a branch asylum, and changes to the good roads law.
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Pendleton
Commercial Association
Umatilla County
Umatilla
Weston Normal
Midland Town Company Sells 3300 Acre Tract Near Klamath Falls
A 3300 acre land tract near Klamath Falls including Midland townsite was sold for 75 000 to 80 000 dollars. The California corporation Midland Town company sold the property to E R Reames and D B Campbell of Klamath Falls. It is noted as the largest sale in the area.
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Klamath Falls
Midland
California & Northeastern Railway
Midland Town Company
California
E. R. Reames
D. B. Campbell
Wage War on Coyotes in Oregon Planned for January
Pendleton reports ten thousand coyotes to be killed in Oregon during January as stockmen fight losses to coyote devastation. Last January an organized effort slaughtered about 10,000 animals and the plan, expanded, will operate again next month according to the sheep commissioners.
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Pendleton
Oregon
Board of Sheep Commissioners
Ready to Build at Eugene Post Office
Work on the new post office building in Eugene will begin soon with excavation preparations already under way. The government has notified Postmaster Page that the contractor’s bond is accepted and a construction superintendent will likely arrive immediately.
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Eugene
Arid Valley Land Price Rises to 100 Per Acre
Land in the arid valley now sells for 100 per acre, up from 25 to 30, due to promised irrigation. Market is dull as landowners resist selling their holdings.
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la Grande
Pendleton Snow Brings Hope to Wheat Farmers
Pendleton Umatilla county fields lie under a mantle of snow though depths are light. Forecasters predict more before morning, and farmers, eager for moisture, express happiness at the welcome weather.
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Pendleton
Umatilla County
Object to Advanced Rates in Portland Freight Protest
Portland implement jobbers protest freight-rate increases as they object to higher shipping costs. Local merchants say rising rates will raise prices for buyers and hurt business.
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Portland
Market Price Snippet for Farm Produce and Livestock
The listing shows varied prices for grains hay fruits vegetables and dairy from wheat to oats and timothy hay. It includes apples pears grapes cranberries quinces potatoes onions turnips carrots beets horseradish artichokes tomatoes and eggs with regional notes and per unit pricing.
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Willamette Valley
Oregon
Inea
Cimcumbern
Ile
Stanford Scholar Finds Key to Ancient Italic Script
Professor George Hempl of Stanford University claims a breakthrough in deciphering Etruscan and early Italic inscriptions. His lecture suggests Romans and Etruscans share a common origin, challenging the view of distinct ancestral races and reshaping Roman history and Latin etymology.
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Stanford
Kay
Bramford ‘University
George Hempl
Stanford University
Hempl
Hemp
Stanford Philological Association
Italy
Troy
Virgil
Quicksand Adds Cost to Chicago North Western Station
Treacherous quicksand beneath the site of the new 20 million dollar Chicago & Northwestern station raises foundation costs by about 500 thousand dollars. The George A Fuller Company reports the problem and says construction should continue at any cost using pneumatic methods. Two engineering experts from New York tackle the quicksand issue, bringing subway tunneling experience to Chicago.
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Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
George A. Fuller Company
New York
America
Teles
Russia approves foreign policy stance in St Petersburg
Foreign Minister Iswolsky received a favorable reception as he delivered Russia’s annual foreign policy statement. He praised the Japanese American agreement for keeping the Far East open and China's integrity, noting Russia was informed before signature. The speech offered no new details on Bosnia and Herzegovina annexation by Austria.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Iswolsky
Doama
Far East
China
M. Iswolsky
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria
Earthquakes Hit Virginia City Area Signal Yellowstone Theory
Thirty earthquakes have rattled Virginia City Mont since last Sunday with the latest tremor at 4 10 yesterday morning. The ground shook notably as a southward earth wave suggested a geyser burst in Yellowstone Park 75 miles southeast, though no damage occurred beyond plaster loss.
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Virginia City
Mont
Yellowstone Park
Congressman Robert C. Davey Dies in New Orleans
New Orleans reports the death of Representative Robert C. Davey of Louisiana's second district from apoplexy on Saturday. Born in 1853 in New Orleans, he served in the state senate, was a judge in 1880, and ran for mayor in 1888. Davey began service in Washington in the fifty-third congress, with a single declined nomination term, and was later re-elected to the sixty-first congress.
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Daved
New Orleans
Robert C. Davey
Louisiana
Washington
Davey
State Senate of
Claus Spreckles Dies in San Francisco at 80
Sugar magnate Claus Spreckles, known as the Sugar King of the Pacific Coast, died at his San Francisco home after a weeklong illness. He was 80, with pneumonia following a severe cold, and passed away at 4 30 Saturday morning.
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Claus Spreckles
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Mr. Spreckles
Navy issues specs for Pearl Harbor drydock
Specifications issued by the navy department for the Pearl Harbor Hawaii drydock set the structure at 1195 feet in length with a caisson to dock two battleships simultaneously. Depth will be 35 feet and width 130 feet with bids to be opened February 13 1909.
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Washington
Navy Department
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Sims seeks broad exposure in beef trust probe
ChicagoDecember 26 District Attorney Sims announces a grand jury inquiry into the beef packing industry. Special agents from the interstate commerce commission and secret service operatives probe shipping rates rebates and possible tacit price fixing across distribution territories. He says the case is definite not a fishing expedition.
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Chicago
Beef Trust
Sims
Interstate Commerce Commission
Secret Service
Department of Justice
Ese
Perce
Department
Harriman Plans Major Oregon Rail Network Expansion
Chicago December 26 Oregon bids face delays as Harriman and aides push to occupy Northwest traffic and build 750 to 1000 miles of Oregon rail. Surveys ordered for untouched areas while Kruttschnitt and Isaacs return from New York confirming plans.
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Chicago
Oregon
Pacific Northwest
Edward H. Harriman
Northwest
Harriman
Julius Kruttschnitt
Harriman Lines
J. D. Isaacs
New York
Unemployed in London and Glasgow During Christmas
The article notes a surge of unemployment and destitution in London and Glasgow with shipbuilders out of work. A small group of ragged men marched through fashionable streets as police watched to prevent trouble. Over 1000 homeless men gathered on the James embankment at midnight seeking Salvation Army beds.
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London
Inondon
Glasgow
James Embankment
Salvation Army
Tacoma smelter man acquires Graham Island coal rights
Henry Hewitt of Tacoma has bought coal mining rights on Graham Island in the Queen Charlotte group. Rich coal deposits are noted and an application for a charter to build railroads and steamship wharves, and to conduct business, is to be presented at the next British Columbia legislature meeting. Projections suggest the mines may surpass the Dunsmuir properties in value.
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Chicago
Oklahoma
Mount Clement
Mich
Cosgrove
Boni de Castellane
Harriman
Wyoming
Mare Island Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Vancouver
B. C
Henry Hewitt
Tacoma Smelting
Graham Island
Queen Charlotte Group
British Columbia
Dunsmuit Properties
Wreckers Suspected in Lake Shore Derailment Near Pleasant Lake
Hillsdale Michigan December 26 message says a tunnel switch caused the derailment of a Lake Shore passenger train near Pleasant Lake Indiana. About 30 persons were hurt and possibly fatally. Suspicion falls on a gang believed to be robbing safes in the region.
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Hillsdale
Mich
Pleasant Lake
Ind
Lake Shore
Ravia Business District Destroyed by Fire
Virtually the entire business section of Ravia Oklahoma with 1200 residents in Johnston county was wiped out by a blaze yesterday. Loss estimated at about 55000 dollars.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Okla
Ravia
Johnston County
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