News of the Week Recap of Global and U.S. Events
A roundup of events includes Moscow fighting and government claims of crushing the revolt. Roosevelt accused of taking sides in British elections. Burlington officials indicted for rebating. Smoot defies the WCTU in Salt Lake City. Refugees arrive in New York. Snow halts Rock Island trains in Texas. Baltimore to unite Methodist work in Japan. Fire in Minneapolis leaves one dead and many injured. 27 families rescued. Schwartz Bros. jewelry store robbery again hits New York. Honolulu bankers move gold to evade bank tax. profits cited. Three Memphis banks fail. Hearst declines congress bid. Yellow fever found in Texas. U.S. Army to adopt a new revolver. France sends a Baltic warship. Detroit statue seized for labor lien. Mutual Life to move agents to salaries. Cincinnati coal price fixing indicted. Panama Canal commission back in Washington. Stevens favors lock canal. Gates forms new steel trust. Moscow battle continues with rebels. Russian finance issues $800 million bonds. New York seat sells for $95,000. Japan appoints Viscount Aoki ambassador. St Petersburg committee captured. Chicago mayor to curb theater ticket sales. London pauper relief high. Black Hand threatens Syracuse donor. Tangier workers strike. cargoes blocked. London turkey shoot ends in deaths. France to Morocco. trial delays. Annapolis hazers to be disciplined.
Great Wrong to Arizona in Joint Statehood Condemned
James Douglas of Phelps Dodge & Co. opposes a union of Arizona and New Mexico for statehood. He argues Arizona would be misrepresented in taxation and policy under a joint state, noting Arizona’s longer path to statehood and distinct demographics. He urges keeping Arizona as a separate state.
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New Mexico
New York
James Douglas
Arizona
Phelps, Dodge & Co
Arisona
Douglas Sage
Aso
Oregon State Board of Agriculture Considers Relocating Forestry Building
John H. Albert submits a proposal to move the Lewis and Clark fair forestry building to Salem. The board forms a committee to study transport costs and land access, aiming to display near the Southern Pacific track and keep the structure until the 1907 legislature.
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Salem
State Board of Agriculture
John H. Albert
Lewis and
Oregons Timber Resources
Board of Agriculture
W. H. Downing
J. D. Matlock
Frank Lee
Lippincott Arrives to Settle Klamath Ditch Claims
Supervising Engineer J B Lippincott arrived in Klamath Falls to clear preliminaries and settle government owed payments for the Klamath irrigation project. He plans to resolve private company buyouts and ensure contractors can commence work after bids are let, clearing uncertainty over future ditch construction.
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Klamath Falls
J. B. Lippincott
California
Klamath
Mr. Lippincott
Woolen mill project saves Albany plant and jobs
Albany Commercial club forms a committee to raise 15000 for reorganizing Ban nockburn Manufacturing to rebuild the woolen mill with double capacity. New plant values at 100000 capital, 100 workers to be employed, six set machinery from Massachusetts, owner to hold stock, old mill rebuilt with 40000 more stock, total working capital 40000, over 2000 already subscribed, board of directors and officers re-elected led by President M. H. Elie.
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Albany
Commercial Club
Bannockburn Manufacturing Company
Massachusetts
M. H. Elie
Chaffee Backs 60 000 Man Army Reserve Plan
Lieutenant General Adna R. Chaffee endorses the army bill creating a 60 000 man reserve of veterans from a three year term. The plan aims to keep seasoned troops ready for wartime, with five year enlistment and peace time civilian work allowed. Chaffee returns to Washington tomorrow.
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New York
Adna R. Chaffee
Army
General Staff
Secretary of War
General Chaffee
Washington
Portland appointee named administrator of Mitchell estate
In the County court Port land David M Dunne is appointed administrator of the estate of Senator John H Mitchell. The petition by John H Mitchell Jr states the estate is valued at 2000 dollars and lists heirs including Mattie E Mitchell wife of deceased, Mattie E de Rochefoucauld daughter in Paris, John H Mitchell Jr Ramiro E Mitchell sons and grandchildren Alice Mildred Chapman and Mitchell and Robert Handy.
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Portland
David M. Dunne
John H. Mitchell
John H. Mitchell, Jr
Mattie E. Mitchell
Mattie E. de Rochefoucauld
Paris
Hiram E. Mitchell
Alice
Mildred Chapman
Mitchell
Robert Handy
Want Trees Destroyed In Milwaukie Orchard Case
Oregon City Fruit Inspector James H. Reid will appeal to Clackamas county courts to compel attorney E J Riley of Portland to destroy his Minthorn addition Milwaukie orchard trees infected with San Jose scale. Reid says eradication requires destruction and Riley intends to test the case.
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Oregon City
James H. Reid
Clackamas County
E. J. Riley
Portland
Reid
Mr. Rileye
Wich
Minthorn Addition
Milwaukie
San Jose
Reia
Another Hope for Malheur Irrigation Project
Senators Falcon and Gearin asked the geological survey director to revive the Malheur irrigation effort now nearly dead. They propose trimming the project by removing wagon road lands and railroad right of way lands to remove obstacles and aid settlers in the area. Wolcott will decide in a few days if remodeling is feasible, offering hope for a smaller, modified project.
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Washington
Fulton and
Gearin
Geological Survey
Wolcott
Statistics of Feeble Minded in Salem State
An official inquiry by a state commission, prompted by the last legislature, surveys the need for a school for the feeble minded. A census from Eastern states suggests an average of 2 per 1,000 people, estimating about 1,000 feeble minded individuals in Oregon.
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Salem
Secretary of State Urges Filing Before Primary Petitions
Salem notes that candidates for state or district offices must file a notice of intention with the secretary of state before or at petition circulation for primaries. A candidate may submit a platform up to 100 words and have a 12 word condensed ballot platform printed.
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Salem
Dunbar
Traveling library book agents warned by state library
Salem reports traveling agents soliciting orders for books as traveling libraries. Some pose as authorized by the State Library Commission, which has no traveling book agents or authority to solicit such orders. People are urged not to patronize these agents and officials have advised the public accordingly.
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Salem
State Library Commission
Library Commission
Weyerhauser tied owners deny plan to cut passenger service
Klamath Falls bound timber interests connected with the Weyerhauser lumber syndicate deny reports they will discontinue passenger service on the Thrall to Pokegama line running through the Klamath Lake railroad holdings on the Jenny Creek plateau.
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Klamath Falle
J. W. Alexander
Weyerhauser Lumber Syndicate
Klamath Lake
Thrall
Pokegama
Jeny Creek
Klamath Falls
Try to Liberate Peons. Peonage crackdown in New Orleans
Federal authorities in Louisiana move to end peonage practices dating from the Civil War. Planters allegedly sign contracts forcing labor while covering living costs for years, with profits kept by the planter. J. J. Newland of Washington, Louisiana, arrested on federal peonage indictment.
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New Orleans
J. J. Newland
Washington
Open Debate Sought on Central American Policy
Democrats in Congress urge public discussion of U S policy toward Central and South American republics. They weigh whether the Santo Domingo treaty should be submitted as a joint resolution to both houses, a move likely to prompt a protracted bitter debate.
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Washington
Jan
Congress
Central and
South America
Santo Domingo
Bomb Kills and Mangles Many in Dvingk Strike
A bomb explosion during a workingmen meeting in Dvingk West Roseia killed eight people and wounded 28 as a strike was declared today and martial law proclaimed.
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Dvingk
West Roseia
Incomplete Census Returns From Oregon Counties
Only 17 of 33 Oregon counties filed census returns with the secretary of state. Many reports are incomplete with duplications and inaccuracies. Klamath County lists eight Indians though the Klamath reservation is within the county. names, residences, and birthplaces are often misrecorded.
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Salem
Klamath County
Great Klamath
New Immigrant Families Arrive in Linn County
Three families from Shelburn Minnesota totaling twenty four people have joined Linn County as newcomers. The influx signals potential rapid growth if spring offers favorable conditions. The vanguard of Eastern and Middle Western migrants reshapes the county population ahead of autumn.
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Minnesota
Albany
Linn County
Shelburn
Lincoln County Sees 10 Percent Drop in Taxable Value
Salem Lincoln county assessment summary for 1905 shows a 10 percent decrease in taxable property value. 1904 total was 1,030,592 dollars, dropping to 989,454 dollars in 1905.
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Lincoln County
Salem
Mill at Enterprise Promises Constant Power
Enterprise reports a chop mill installed by Enterprise Otto Srothers near town. The floating mill in Enterprise often must idle but the chop mill can run at any time, providing a steady source of power for local industry.
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Enterprise
Otto Srothers
Portland Markets Prices and commodities report
Portland market listings show grain and hay prices across cereals and feeds, including wheat at 67 to 73 cents per bushel and barley around 52.50 per ton. Fruits, vegetables, dairy, poultry, wool, and livestock prices are given for apples pears beans onions potatoes butter and more with various grades and regional notes.
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Valley
Oregon
Broilera
Yerkes Dies at Waldorf Astoria After Illness
Yerkes the Chicago and London railway financier died last night in his Waldorf Astoria apartments after six weeks of illness from a cold and related diseases. Born in Philadelphia in 1837 he rose from clerk to reform London transit by electrifying the underground and gaining control of the Metropolitan line, challenging J. P. Morgan in Parliament.
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Yerkes
Chicago
London
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Mr. Yerkes
Charles Yerkes
Philadelphia
America
William Penn
T. Yerkes
Friends’ School
Central High School
City
Flour and Grain Commission
James P. Perot & Bros
Metropolitan
J. P. Morgan
Postmaster General Announces Major Mail Schedule Change
Washington Jan 1 The postmaster general announces a major change in railway mail schedules affecting all East to West points. Effective December 31 the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific routes plus Chicago lines will cut transit times between New York and San Francisco by about 24 hours, saving one business day each way. Direct Ogden connections shorten Oregon Washington and Idaho mail times by about 12 hours.
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Jan
Mississippi River
Union Pacific
Omaha
Ogden
Utah
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
New York
Green River
Pocatello
Idaho
Huntington
Portland
Oregon
Rebels Wreck Bridges In Moscow Uprising
Rebels remain active in Moscow as they place bombs under the bridge to Tver cutting rail access. A mob attacked police barracks, was defeated with heavy casualties, and the Social Revolutionary committee was found and its members arrested.
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Moscow
Tver
Insurgenta
Social Revolutionary Committee
Revolutionary Committee
Western Fruitjobbers Back Ban on Private Car Lines
The Western Fruitjobbers association in Des Moines passed strong resolutions urging federal action to abolish private car lines and criticized pending legislation as insufficient. They endorsed Governor Cummins whose banquet speech attacked private car companies and Congress for slow relief to shippers.
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Des Moines
Western Fruitjobbers Association
Congress
Cummins
Socialists Urge Poles to Strike in Warsaw Parades
Socialists parade in Warsaw urging a general strike. They force closures of newspapers and insurance offices and dispatch youths to smash windows of open shops. Traffic on the Vienna railway is impeded while engineers maintain the Miava branch of the Vistola line.
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Warsaw
Russian Poland
Bande of
Socialista
Vienna
Miava
Vistola Libe
Drydock Dewey Heads to Philippines Route
The Dewey drydock left Solomon's Island yesterday and passed the Virginia Capes at 10 40 pm en route to the Philippines via the Suez Canal.
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Atlantic
Norfolk, Va
Dewey
Solomon's Island
Philippines
Sues Canal
Virginia Capes
Canal workers face eight month season due to rains
The Panama Canal Commission reports progress mainly in preparatory work for the Isthmus project for the year ending December 1. Eleven steam shovels clear Culébra cut with about 1,000,000 cubic yards moved while sanitation improved and costs studied. The chief engineer John F. Stevens says the working year will be eight months, calling for cheaper labor and stronger administration. payroll runs about 600,000 dollars monthly, and urgent appropriations are urged.
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Washington
Panama
Canal Commission
Roosevelt
Culébra Cut
John F. Stevena
Culebra
United States
State eyes revision of extradition treaties with France and Germany
Washington reports that the State department plans to revise extradition pacts with France and Germany after recent cases exposed defects. Hoboken police sought return of Sasola for grand larceny, but French authorities released him due to no extradition provision. Also treaties with Prussia and Germany omit grand larceny.
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Washington
State Department
France
Germany
Hoboken
Paris
United States
Sasola
Progsia
Administration Plans Squadron for European Crisis
A Washington dispatch reports the administration will dispatch a squadron to European waters if American life or property is menaced in the Russian crisis. Admiral Sigsbee is instructed to proceed to Madeira with the cruiser division, then move to the Baltic if needed.
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Chicago
The
Tribune
Washington
Root
Secretar Bonaparte
Sigsbee
Madeira
Baltic
Yerkes in Critical Condition in New York
A bulletin reports Charles T. Yerkes remains in critical condition with no change in 24 hours. Dr. Loomis notes no immediate signs of death, but the end may come at any moment. Yerkes’ London business affairs are arranged to avoid jeopardy from his illness.
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New York
Charles T. Yerkes
Loomis
Yerkes
London
May Quarrel With Germany in Baltic Rebellion
London dispatch from the Times indicates deteriorating Russia Germany relations and warns of international complications stemming from the Baltic region rebellion and tensions involving St Petersburg officials and German interests.
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Germany
London
St. Peteraburg
the Times
Russia
Revolutionary leaders rounded up in St Petersburg crackdown
The energetic government measures in St Petersburg have overturned the revolutionists plans. Practically all leaders have been arrested, signaling a broad success for authorities.
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St. Petersburg
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