Weekly News of the Week Condensed for Busy Readers
Nan Patterson ill with tonsillitis. Greece denied annexation of Crete. Colon reports yellow fever gone. Russian officials attacked by terrorists. imperial family threat. Coal for Cavite contracted. New York society to build Colony Club. US Cotton Duck Co. surplus after interest. Panama canal commissioners head home for recommendations. Heney arrives to assist in Oregon land fraud cases. Czar offers peace. Japan demands enduring peace. Patterson murder trial set for March 6. West Virginia Senate clash. North Dakota funds Lewis and Clark. Alaska to gain a congressional delegate. Naval appropriations urged. France to build larger warship. Moscow women petition czarina for peace. Parcels post treaty with Britain signed. Kansas oil refinery bill approved. Winton hotel fire kills one, 15 escape. Jay Cooke and Lew Wallace dead. Annual mail weighing underway. Aldermen raise concealed weapon fine. Addicks unlikely senator. Brodie named assistant in Record and Pension. Manchuria likely decisive battle before thaw. Susan B Anthony 85th birthday. Standard Oil probe ordered. Japanese move heavy guns toward Kuropatkin. Puter not prosecuted for land fraud. Ex-Governor Boies ill. Cold wave ends. weather moderates. Brevoort Hotel fire damages. John W Gates predicts wheat rise. Congress to fund Lewis and Clark fair. Venezuela turmoil rumble near President Castro.
Doings in Congress Hearings and Statehood Push
The senate heard 10 witnesses in the Swayne impeachment trial and then focused on the agricultural appropriation bill. House leaders began active work to move the statehood bill into conference with a circulating paper to gather signatures for a vote to send it from committee to conference.
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Senate
Swayne
House
Senate Deliberates Amid Impeachment Trial And Appropriations
The senate allotted three hours to the Swayne impeachment trial with only two witnesses examined. It passed the agricultural appropriation bill and took up the District of Columbia appropriation bill. The sundry civil appropriation bill was reported to the house and the naval appropriation bill was then taken up with eight hours set for general debate and daily 11 a.m. convening while under consideration.
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Aosual
Senate
Swayne
District of Columbia
Senate Delays DC Government Appropriations Bill
The senate continued debate on the District of Columbia government appropriation bill without final action. In the Swayne trial several witnesses testified on judge travel passes, while House members again debated naval upbuilding policy as the navy appropriation bill remained under consideration at adjournment.
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Senate
District of Columbia
Swayne
Navy
Senate probes Swayne impeachment trial amid naval bill debate
The senate spent two thirds of the day on the Swayne impeachment trial with two and a half hours behind closed doors. Before addressing the naval bill, the house protested senate amendments to the agricultural bill. After the naval bill, minor measures were passed.
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Senate
Swayne
House
House Rejects Statehood Bill Sends It To Conference
The house rejected all changes in the original statehood bill and sent it to conference without further action. The senate approved a district appropriation of 9.94 million dollars and a separate diplomatic and consular bill of 2 dollars. Only one hour was spent on the Swayne impeachment trial.
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House
Senate
District of Columbia
Swayne
Senate Adopts Conference on Statehood Bill Amid Delays
Saturday actions include a conference committee on the statehood bill postponed to Monday after a senate impeachment session. The House passed a pension bill totaling $138,285,200 and DC appropriation moved to conference. A bill banning interstate transport of insect pests passed with penalties.
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Senate
Sentnor Quay
House
District of Columbia
Grand Duke Sergius Killed In Kremlin Bombing
In Moscow near the Kremlin a bomb exploded beneath Grand Duke Sergius as he rode in a carriage. The blast packed with nails and iron fragments tore his body apart and shattered palace windows. The assassin from the Socialist Revolutionary group had warned officials and evaded security, mirroring the von Plehve case from July.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Tyan the Terrible
Red Square
Sergius
Nicholas
von Plehve
Palace of Justice
Socialist Revolutionary Party
Federal Appointments in Oregon Held Until Land Fraud Trials
Washington officials announce no federal appointments in Oregon while land fraud trials proceed. The pause covers post office positions. interior and justice vacancies unlikely during the proceedings. district attorneyship and land office roles also held pending trial outcomes.
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Oregon
Washington
Hitchcock
Moody
Wynne
Interior Department
Department of Justice
Roseburg
Senate committee to hear Smoot case postpones action
Washington February 16 Chairman Burrows calls a senate privileges and elections panel meeting Saturday to hear counsel in the Smoot investigation. No session since hearings closed and officials doubt a vote this session due to the many points involved.
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Washington
Burrows
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Smoot
Congress
Senate
Loubet to Resign Before End of Term
President Loubet plans to resign before the seven year term ends on February 18 1906. A Paris Herald dispatch says the triennial renewal of the senate and the chamber of deputies election next year will delay parliament until late 1905. He will resign so his successor can be chosen by the existing chambers merged in the national assembly.
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New York
Loubet
Paris
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
National Assembly
Mexican children passed as Indians investigation opens
El Paso February 17 H B Pears of the United States Indian Bureau is inquiring into a report that Mexican children were sent to government Indian schools on false affidavits claiming one fourth Indian blood. It is alleged hundreds were rejected from the Oklahoma school for this reason and others are found in various Indian schools.
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el Paso
H. B. Pears
United States Indian Bureau
Government
Oklahoma
Castro defies Uncle Sam as Venezuelan court seizes American Asphalt assets
A Caracas dispatch reports under President Castro pressure a court orders the sequestering of the American Asphalt company's landed property. The ruling stirs excitement among Americans in Caracas as the case escalates tensions with the United States.
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Castro
Sam
Paris
Caracas
Venezuela
American Asphalt Company
Caravas
Japanese Run Spy School Reported in Mukuin
Chinese and Japanese suspects were arrested here over espionage links. Documents show they were trained at a school established by Japan to qualify them as spies. They will be tried by court.
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Mukuin
Cha
Blackmailing throne fears rise from Sergius death
Berlin observers say the assassination of Grand Duke Sergius will strengthen autocracy, not weaken it, with diplomats noting czar concessions may be seen as fear rather than free acts. Pessimists warn the czar will avoid far reaching reforms, fearing regency if crown is challenged, as aristocrats push to preserve autocracy.
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Berlin
St. Petersburg
Zemsky Sobor
Sergius
Czar
Czarevitch
Reserves Break Up Crowd In New York Protest
Police reserves dispersed a crowd sympathizing with the Russian revolutionary party after two officers spotted a cheer for a speaker. Eight men were arrested for parading without a permit and holding an unlawful meeting. Albert Argentier was linked to revolutionary literature and a subscription list for revolutionists. The arrestees, all tailors, protested their detention.
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New York
Russian Revolutionary Party
Albert Argentier
Pro-Revolution Committee For
Russia
Atlantic Cable Expansion Moves Forward With bids
Clarence Mackay announced bids for laying a new Atlantic cable with operation expected this summer. The Mackay company will fund the project, keeping the Commercial Cable company reserve intact and not issuing new stock. The line will use the latest electrical discoveries and a shareholders report will be adopted within two weeks.
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Clarence Mackay
New York
Mackay Company
Commercial Cable Company
Mackay
Witte Resigns Over Differences With Liberal Yermoloff
St. Petersburg reports M Witte has resigned as president of the committee of ministers citing clashes with Agriculture Minister Yermoloff over proceedings. Yermoloff, seen as the empire’s most liberal minister, reportedly enjoys the emperor’s complete favor and advocates summoning a Zemsky Sobor. The report is unconfirmed.
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St. Petersburg
M. Witte
Committee of Ministers
Agriculture Yermoloff
M. Yermoloff
Nicholas
Zemsky
All May Again Quit Work
A circulating report from St. Petersburg on February 18 suggests a renewed general strike may be declared Friday. Evidence cited includes employers’ reluctance to concede during governmental arbitration talks, fueling widespread dissatisfaction among workers and strike leaders.
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St. Petersburg
Vladivostok Blockaded by Uriu Fleet Reported
New York cables report that Vladivostok is being closely blockaded by Admiral Uriu s fleet as of February 18.
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Vladivostok
New York
At. Petersburg
the Herald
Uriu
Bridge Blown Near Yaomin Half A Century Ago
A party of Japanese and Chinese bandits damaged the Yaomin railway bridge abutment about 100 miles from Harbin. An explosion at 3:40 a.m. damaged the abutment and two telegraph poles, with an unexploded charge found nearby. The bridge was repaired and traffic resumed within hours.
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Harbin
Yaomin
Frontier Guards
Strike Yields Higher Wages for Warsaw Chemists
In Warsaw on February 21 chemists assistants struck for shorter hours and a free day weekly. Most strikers returned to work except ironworkers. The action brought general improvement, including higher wages and shorter hours, with tanning districts noting the first wage increase in 40 years.
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Warsaw
Tanjing
Blockade Runner Silvania Seized by Navy
The navy department reports the British steamer Silvania bound for Vladivostok with Cardiff coal has been seized. The exact location of the seizure is not disclosed.
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Tokio
Navy Department
Silvania
Vladivostok
Cardiff
Oregon Legislature Ends Amid Busy Final Days
Oregon lawmakers wrap a 40 day session with adjournment without day. The senate and house pass multiple measures including a deaf mute school building appropriation and a local option bill. Jayne measure is indefinitely postponed. Governor Chamberlain signs 14 bills as final acts.
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Sabaaieeeb
Railroad Commission
Smith
Josephine
Portage Road
Senate
Governors Mansion
House
Hot Lake County
Salem
Settlemier
House Committee On
Chamberlain
Asylum
Penitentiary
Reform School
State University and Agricultural College
Ways and Means Committee
Jayne
Cascade County
Kuykendall
Mille
Oregon
ans + satlenide
Remarkable Cleanup at Opp Mine 10-Stamp Mill
The Opp mine in the Jacksonville district reports a standout 15 day run with $1,500 in free metal and $1,500 in concentrates, totaling $200 per day from ten stamps. Management plans plant enlargement as returns impress.
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Opp
Granta” Pass
Jacksonville
McCormick Plans California Harvester Engine
Pendleton Walter McCormick and his brother farm 2,100 acres north of the city. He travels to California to study a combined harvester and will purchase a marine engine to power the separator, reducing the need for at least 10 horses. If successful, many farmers may adopt the scheme and save horses.
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Pendleton
Walter McCormick
California
McCormack
Merchants Form Protective Association in City Hall
Eugene businessmen met in City Hall to organize the Merchants Protective Association. They elected officers and adopted by laws to prevent firms whose aims are solely profit from operating at stands. Fourteen firms signed on and discussed operation plans.
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Eugene
Merchants’ Protective Association
Seaside Lumber Plans Logging Railroad South from Seaside
The Seaside Spruce Lumber company intends to start a logging railroad from Seaside heading south. One and a quarter miles of rails have been purchased. The route follows the Necanicam river survey and could allow extension of the Astoria & Columbia River railroad to Nehalem if pursued.
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Coast
Astoria
Seaside Spruce Lumber Company
Seaside
Necanicam River
Astoria & Columbia River
Nehalem
Pendleton Firm Plans Creamery Building Expansion
Pendleton Ice and Cold Storage will construct an adjoining building for a new creamery to be operated by Knight and Harper of La Grande. The project marks a regional expansion and creation of local employment.
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Pendleton
Pendleton Ice & Cold Storage Company
Knight & Harper
la Grande
Market Prices Reported for Wheat Hay Eggs and More
Wheat prices listed for Walla Walla and related grains show cents per bushel and per cental. Hay values include Timothy and clover with per ton pricing. Eggs from Oregon ranches quoted per dozen. potatoes, apples, pears, and wool prices across regions also noted with varying per unit measures.
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Walla Walla
Valley
Bunkel
Oatea
Oregon Ranch
Oregon
Wool—Valley
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Canal Committee of Congress
Heney
Supreme Court of the United States
Japan
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Governor White
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Hoch
Kansas
Standard Oil Company
Winton Hotel
Jay Cooke
Lew Wallace
Ben Hur
New York Board of Aldermen
J. Edward Addicks
Delaware
Governor Brodie
Arizona
Record and Pension Office
Manchuria
Susan B. Anthony
Port Arthur
Kuropatkin
Puter
Klamath Falls
Boies
Iowa
Madison Street
Chicaog
John W. Gates
Chicago Exchange
Conrgess
Signa
Doings
Grand Duke
Atlantic
Witte
Mitchell
Creamery
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