Weekly News Roundup of Global Events
The week covers Fall River cotton strike stalemate and grand jury notes. Silver shortage, price rise, and producer waits. Chicago memorials for Iroquois theater disaster. Vladivostok dry docks prep as Baltic squadron may dock. London police crack forgery gang. Boston tunnel opens linking Boston and East Boston at three million cost. Morrocan crisis fuels French navy yard activity. England fog halts ships at Thames. Kazankoff recalled. Doubasoff to replace. Montana exhibits headed to Portland. Butte mineral exhibit to Lewis and Clark fair. Kuropatkin optimistic. Japan bank official insists victory. Russian Waring hull work halted till spring. Colorado canvassing board certifies two Republican senators. Peabody possibly upset. Prince Vildaroff reported killed. Rear Admiral Terry’s retirement prompts Craig promotion. English steamer reports no Russian torpedo boats from Port Arthur. Lake Michigan storm damage around 500000. Unknown steamer stranded off Cape Hatteras. Meyerdorff attempts suicide in Denver. Two Japanese cruisers sighted near Hong Kong. Chinese warships monitor Russian fleet at Shanghai. Pardee backs Mission style in California Lewis and Clark building. President discusses railroad freight rates with Congress. Beresford to command British Mediterranean squadron May 1. Russians foresee reforms. Chicano storm fatalities rise. Congress to mint coinage. Britain assumes Tonga Islands governance. T. Powell named US marshal at Nome.
Denver Supreme Court orders sweeping election fraud investigation
The Colorado Supreme Court directs a broad examination of the Denver city and county election after alleged fraud in November. The order covers ballots, registration lists, campaign expenditures, and all election matters to uncover those responsible. Attorneys for Alva Adams and the Republicans urge the scope, while Chief Justice Gabbert notes possible discovery of guilty actors behind the fraud.
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Denver
Supreme Court
Alva Adams
Samuel W. Belford
Adams
Henry J. Hersey
Republicans
Arroval
Gabbert
Discharge follows finding ball cartridges in blanks
Investigation under General Crozier shows 1 750 000 blank cartridges issued for Manassas and California maneuvers contained two ball rounds. One packer in California was discharged. in Virginia the offender was not found. Frankford arsenal overhauls led to one more ball cartridge found and discharge. Weighing each box before sealing now required to detect ball cartridges.
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Washinon
Virginia
Frankford Arsenal
Whipping Post Suggested for Wife Beaters in DC
The Washington grand jury urged establishing a whipping post in the District of Columbia as a punishment for wife-beaters and petty larceny offenses. The panel said the measure could reduce these crimes, aligning with the president’s call for corporal punishment.
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Washington
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
French Moroccan security plans delayed by talks and detail
Paris reports friction and time constraints delay French measures to secure Moroccan towns. Officials say progress stalls as details await final approval before M Saint Rebe Taillander meets the sultan at Fez at month end.
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Paris
Morocco
France
M. Saint Rebe Taillander
Fez
Coal for Russian Fleet in Bombay
Russian agents in Bombay seek to buy 100 tons of coal and hire ships to transport it. No shipments yet, but word states the Henry Bolckow, a 630 ton British steamer owned by Bombay and Persian Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., may have been sold to Russia. The vessel has sailed in ballast for Saigon in French Cochin China.
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Bombay
Henry Bolckow
Bombay & Persian Steam Naviation Company, Limited
Russia
Saigon
Cochin China
Two Cruisers Return From Pacific Squadron
A report from St. Petersburg on January 4 claims the second Pacific squadron may have been ordered to return. If true, Vice Admiral Rojestvensky could await reinforcements from the Third Pacific squadron.
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St. Petersburg
Rojestvensky
Break at Folsom Penitentiary Leaves Four Dead
A prison break at Folsom California ends in tragedy as guards fire on convicts attempting to seize Captain Murphy and others. Four convicts die and three are gravely wounded as shots echo around the rock crusher area. Guard Harris fires on the attackers after a demand for surrender.
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Folsom
Cal
Captain Murphy
Charles Jolly
Taylor
Murphy
Jolly
Harris
Campbell
Ford
Moors Commit Outrage Near Tangier
In a Tangier area garden a Moorish band killed a Spaniard worker and stole four cows from a British subject. One robber was wounded by the Spaniard’s wife. Reports say the local garrison has deserted, with two months' pay overdue.
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New York
Jaan
Tangier
Herald
Tetuan
Post Office Reports Record International Money Orders
New York reports from the money order division show from December 1 to 24 a record 334,084 international money orders sent to other lands totaling 4,687,692 dollars. The remittances were the largest in post office history with an unusual geographic distribution.
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New York
United States
Storm Destroys Jetty at Astoria Mouth
A fierce 80 mph gale along the Astoria mouth yesterday morning tore away five thousand feet of jetty superstructure leaving only five hundred feet at the outer end. Repair will take months and no extension is expected until late next summer if at all during the coming year.
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Astoria
Baltic Sea Warship Officers Identified Aboard Captured Steamer
Private advices from Sasebo report Commander Pelem of the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Rastoropny and another officer identified among those on board the captured British steamer Nigretia. The dispatch comes from Shanghai dated January 2.
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Shanghai
Sasebo
Pelem
Rastoropny
Roosevelt Plans Diplomatic and Consular Post Changes
President Roosevelt is weighing several diplomatic and consular appointments set for formal announcement in March. Key shifts include Choate's replacement by Whiteslaw Reid in London, Porter retiring from Paris, and Porter’s successor unnamed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hay
Joseph H. Choate
Court of St. James
Whiteslaw Reid
The
New York Tribune
France
Horace Porter
General Porter
Charlemagne Tower
Germany
Robert 8. McCormick
Ammericaan
Russia
Bellamy Storer
Austria-Hungary
Italy
George von L. Meyer
Paris
Meyer
Rome
Powell Clayton
Mexico
Edwin H. Conger
United States
China
Conger
Towa
Cummins
David E. Thompson
Nebraska
Brazil
Thompson
Court of Pekin
Wiliam W. Rockhill
Bureau of American Republics
John K. Gowdy
McKinley
F. H. Mason
Berlin
Fraser River Mill to reopen with big lumber output
A Fraser River sawmill near New Westminster British Columbia planned to reopen within weeks after 15 years closed. The Fraser River Lumber Mills company will produce 250000 feet of lumber daily,Employ nearly 300 workers, and ship by rail and sea. E J Dodge of San Francisco funds and operates the lumber vessels for the marine fleet and a market is already opened in Australia with the first cargo sent by water.
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New Westminster
B. C
Fraser River
Lester W. David
Monarch Lumber Mills
Blaine
Fraser River Lumber Mills Company
E. J. Dodge
San Francisco
Australia
Cunning of the Japanese at Mukden
Dispatches from Mukden report irrefutable evidence that Japan hires Chinese bandits and enlists Chinese under Japanese officers to foil Russian flank attacks. Japanese forces also flood trench approaches with water that freezes into ice slides, causing Russian scouts to slip and fall.
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Mukden
Good Health on Isthmus
Commissioner Greene and Examiner Snyder of the civil service commission returned from a three weeks visit to the Panama canal zone. They came to introduce the commission rule for canal employment. There has been an average of 1,500 Americans on the isthmus for eight months with no deaths.
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Washington
Greene
Examiner Snyder
The
Civil Service Commission
Panama Canal Zone
Commission
Judge Rules Chicago Not Liable in Iroquois Theater Fire
On January 8 Judge Charles M. Waldo ruled Chicago not liable for deaths from the Iroquois Theater fire. The last day allowed for filing damage claims saw 49 suits totaling about 490000 filed in circuit and supreme courts.
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Chicago
Charles M. Wal
Vhs Om Ap Chien
Iroquois Theater
Circuit
Supreme Courts
Free short courses at Oregon Agricultural College
After winter holidays Oregon Agricultural College will offer two free short courses one in agriculture and one in dairying. Courses include lectures and laboratory work with no educational test for admission. Agriculture course runs January 9 for 10 days and dairying starts January 21 for eight weeks with six days of study weekly. Breakage deposit is $3.
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Corvallis
Oregon Agricultural College
State considers new school for defective youths
Pendleton State Senator C. J. Smith and two other holdover legislators visited the Washington school for defective youths at Vancouver and will urge establishing a similar facility in this state. The committee also empowered the health board to enforce regulations rather than merely recommend, and typhoid fever was reclassified as a quarantine disease rather than a reportable illness.
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Pendleton
C. J. Smith
Legislative Committee
Washington
Vancouver
Health Board
Wool Trade Boosts County Prospects for Next Year
Enterprise R C Mays buys wool in the county for the Kosh land company, closing contracts for over 500,000 pounds more. This totals about three fourths of the county clip, with 1,000,000 pounds already purchased. The total clip is estimated at 2,000,000 pounds. with 16 cent wool and rising cattle, good times are foreseen.
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R. C. Mays
8. Koshland Company
Activity at Sumpter Mining District Picks Up
Indications point to unusual activity in the Sumpter mining district next year as claim owners return to complete assessment work before deadlines. The smelter’s operations have revived interest, with previously neglected properties being prepared for development.
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Sumpter
Hatchery Chief Eyes Yaquina Coast for Egg Station
Albany C. Wallich superintendent of the Clackamas fish hatchery travels to the Yaquina coast to select a site for a steelhead and silverside salmon eggs collection station. Edwin Stone notes several suitable spots along the Yaquina River and says a station is likely to be established there.
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Albany C. Wallich
Clackamas
Yaquina
Edwin Stone
Yaquina River
Inland Empire and Regional Meetings Listed in Oregon
Inland Empire Sunday School Institute in Pendleton on January 30. Oregon State Horticultural Society in Portland January 10-11. National American Woman Suffrage Association events in Portland June 22-28. Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition scheduled in Portland from June 1 to October 15.
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Inland Empire Sunday School Institute
Pendleton
Ore
Oregon State Horticultural Society
Portland
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Imperial group to expand operations after East visit
General Manager Sibley of the Imperial group will push ahead with larger hoisting plant installation and more extensive operations upon returning from the East. The plan signals a broader shift in the project as work resumes.
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Sumpter
Sibley
Imperial Group
Hse Setok Sognttrettionta
New Sawmill at Lacomb Nears Completion
Lacomb prepares for a major industrial upgrade as a new sawmill nears completion. The facility will rank among Linn county’s largest and best equipped with a capacity of 20,000 feet of lumber daily.
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Lacomb
Linn County
Albany Club pushes for year round Willamette River opened
The Albany Commercial Club urged Congress to keep the Willamette navigable year round. A committee will press Oregon’s delegation to back Major Langfitt’s river improvement plan including dredging upper reaches and revetments. The War Department may be urged to buy Oregon City locks to ease upper river traffic.
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Albany
Albany Commercial Club
Portland
Congress
Oregon
A. B. Graham
Oregon City Transportation Company
Willamette
Corvallis
Independence
Langfitt
War Department
Oregon City
F. J. Miller
W. H. Davis
E. D. Cusick
Iike
Salem
Major Langfitt
J. H. Mitchell
Binger Hermann
Tin Pan Mine Sale in Grants Pass Leads District Trade
The Tin Pan mine on Galls creek was sold by Willis Kremar and H C Reed to A A Tanbeneck and associates of Allegheny Pa for $10,000 cash. The property is well developed with ore rich in lead silver and gold, valued at $25 to $30 per ton.
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Grants Pass
Galls Creek
Willis Kremar
H. C. Reed
A. A. Tanbeneck and
Alegheny
Gallas Creek
Grand Ronde Exhibit Hall Contract Let in La Grande
M L Causey awards contract to Peter Bosquet for a 500 dollar exhibit hall 40 by 10 feet with a 14 foot ceiling. The hall will display Grand Ronde fruits grains grasses and other produce grown locally. Local commercial club and valley citizens funded the project.
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la Grande
M.L. Causey
Peter Bosquet
Ex Sheriff Brad ford sent to Hillsboro poor farm
Former Hillsboro sheriff W D Bradford who suffered paralysis is moved to the county poor farm for care. He served two terms and was popular, but family illness and his wife’s death left him financially ruined. His condition has not improved and fears are held for recovery.
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Hillsboro
W. D. Bradford
Two Gold Bricks From Vesuvius Mine Clean-Up
Cottage Grove reports F. J. Hard returning from Bohemia with two gold bricks from the Vesuvius mine. The ten stamp mill has been in operation, working to the company’s satisfaction with round the clock running. This marks the second clean-up since the plant started recently.
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Cottage Grove
F. J. Hard
Bohemia
Vesuvius
Delegation Named for National Livestock Meet
Governor Chamberlain appoints O. G. Andrwes of Linn County as Salem’s delegate to the National Livestock association convention in Denver Colorado from January 10 to 13 1905.
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Salem
O. G. Andrwes
Linn County
Chamberlain
National Livestock Association
Denver
Colo
Sinking Main Shaft Progress at Sumpter-Columbia Mine
The Sumpter-Columbia company sinks the main shaft now 60 feet below the 700 foot level. Ore from the upper works is ready for the mill with enough in sight to insure an indefinite run.
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Sumpter—Columbia Company
The Markets Reported Prices On Grains Eggs And Wool
Markets show Wheat in Oregon and Washington at 85 to 89 cents a bushel with bluestem 88 89c. Tacoma bluestem 88c and 85c. Eggs Oregon ranch 31c. Butter Fancy creamery 25 27c. A san 29 30c prime 27 28c. Wool Valley 19 20c Eastern Oregon 10 17c Mohair 25 26c.
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Yortland
Walla_Walla
Bluestem
Valley
Tacoma
Oregon Ranch
Oregon
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