News Of The Week Condensed Recap Of Global Events
General Greely reorganizes San Francisco relief efforts. Russia Britain relations strained by Jewish massacres. Morocco signs East treaty backing Roosevelt against Bryan. Cross Creek PA wiped out by fire from electric storm. Michigan coal miners accept 1903 wage scale. Roosevelt to visit canal zone progress. Canada proposes Sunday business bans including railways. No entertainment with paid admission. San Francisco tax levy set at 1.322 per 100 with slight rise. King Haakon and Queen Maud crowned in Norway. Russian church critique calls cabinet resign. Kansas meat preservative experiments using dogs. Over 50 000 San Franciscans still depend on relief. Moody to prosecute Standard Oil for rebates. Transcontinental Insurance near insolvency for San Francisco losses. Portland grand jury indicts 12 men for election frauds. Santa Rosa insurance claims denied after earthquake. State insurance commissioner supports relief. Southern Russia peasant revolt grows. English suffragists arrested. Mutinies in Russian garrisons. Bryan attacks trusts as conservativism. Senate canal bill seen as Roosevelt win. Idaho seeks insurer data on unpaid SF losses. Alaska census notes 83 manufacturers with 10 million capitalization. Los Angeles doctors remove and reinsert heart after washing. recovery favorable. Wooden rake prong wounds chest. dirt laden heart risk remains. U S death rate low in Europe. malaria decline. Corean revolt spreads to control Orient trade. Los Angeles wholesale block fire. Russian papers suppressed for Bialystok coverage. California 5 percent state land sale net proceeds bill passes. Italian govt to curb American canned meat imports. Count Witte warns dogma turning revolutionary. Jews blamed. Submarine eruption creates offshore Alaskan island activity. Port Honde trial date uncertain. schedule tied to J.
Trade of United States shows shift toward Asia in 1905 analysis
A Commerce and Labor bulletin shows in fiscal 1905 Europe supplied 48 percent of imports and 67 percent of exports, with Asia rising for both. Imports from Asia grew to 163 million while imports from Europe rose to 541 million. Exports to Europe reached 1.021 billion, with Asia exports at 128.5 million.
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United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Europe
North America
South America
Asia
Africa
Bulletin
India
Marines safeguard Panama election amid unrest and rumors
Report from Panama dated June 26 states Amador's administration persists after municipal vote but tensions run high. American marines with Gatling guns patrol the canal area under Governor Magoon, amid liberal threats and claims of Guatemalan involvement to topple the government.
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Panama
Amador
Canal Strip
Eallen
Panama Republic
Dr. Amador
Outekirta
Magoon
Yellow Fever Reported at Mississippi River Quarantine
A Cuban sailor on the steamer Holstein tested as the first yellow fever case in Louisiana this year. The ship remains at quarantine after disinfection and no additional fever cases are noted aboard. Rio Janeiro cases and bubonic plague reports were also noted by the state board.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Louisiana
State Board of Health
Havana
C. H. Iron
Rio Janeiro
State Board
Secret Convent Found In Violation Of Reform Law
Mexico City reports a Moscas Street building raided and found to house a convent in violation of reform laws. The site included cells a chapel a refectory and other convent features with inmates in Carmelite garb. Legal action will be taken in the First District Court. Religious orders teaching and charity have not been touched.
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Mexico City
Moscas Street
Reform
Firat
Track Cast Into Swamp Near Salt Lake City Factory
A gang of 100 men hired by the Oregon Short Line removed 60 feet of Rio Grande Western track and dumped it in a swamp at 3:30 this morning. They ignored a deputy sheriff serving an injunction and laid new steel for a flatcar train on the disputed right of way in the city's north, which provides access to a local factory.
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Salt Lake
Oregon Short Line
District Court
Short Line Steel
Oregon moves to reform criminal laws for better convictions
Attorney General Crawford launches a statewide push urging prosecuting attorneys to propose changes to fix defective criminal statutes. He cites school land fraud cases and gaps in notary and false-name laws as examples of where existing laws fail to convict. Remaining Grand Ronde fruit outlook shows strong apple and cherry crops with rising orchard bearing and potential revenue.
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Salem
Crawford
Suneboys
Judiciary Committee
Marion County
Settlement Named After Wagon in Gilliam County
About thirty years ago a small group settled twelve miles south of Arlington in a flat area with a single wagon named Schutler. The neighborhood became known as Schutler Flat and a nearby Condon branch railroad station carried the name Schutler. The area grew into a premier wheat belt in Gilliam County.
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Arlington
Schutler
Gilliam County
Grain Sack Problem Hits Umatilla Farm Trade
The grain sack issue looms large for Umatilla county growers who will use 2,000,000 sacks this year valued at 200,000 at ten cents each. Eastern Oregon counties will spend at least 2,000,000 more, totaling 4,000,000 for the region. Expenditure for sacks plus harvesting costs approaches half a million dollars before any crop is sold.
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Pendleton
Umatilla
Oregon
Historic Eugene Sites Marked by Native Daughters
Acting on a suggestion from Professor F G Young the Native Daughters of Martha Mulligan cabin No 3 plan to mark early Eugene historic places. Ann Whiteaker appoints finance location and other pointmen as they select a Skinner butte saltic column to mark the Skinner cabin first building in Eugene first schoolhouse and first court location.
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Eugene
F. G. Young
The
State University
Martha Mulligan
Mies Ann Whiteaker
Porntmen
Skinner’s Butte
Skinner
Prunes Promise Great Yield Across Salem Area
Rains in the last two weeks spared most berries and pasturage remains excellent. Prune growers report bumper crops with abundant fruit causing weak limbs to break in some orchards. A few cherries were cracked by the wet weather.
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Salem
Bend Ships Horses Rumors of Theft Sweep Local Ranges
Bend residents report many horses being shipped to Portland and other valley points. Ranging crews search for animals as several valuable mounts vanish and suspicious persons are seen nearby, raising fears of organized horse theft.
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Bend
Portland
May Test New Law On Corporate Gross Earnings
The article notes uncertainty over state revenue from taxing gross earnings of telegraph tele phone express and other firms. It cites the Western Union Telegraph about 3800 dollars and Pacific States Telephone as higher, with many predicting annual revenue between fifty thousand and one hundred thousand dollars once the law is tested in court or practice.
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Salem
Telegraph
Telephone, Express
Westers Union Telegraph Company
Pacific States Telephone Company
Coast Railroad Impetus Push in Newport
Coast Railroad workers including J F Stewart and William Searth visit Newport to organize a local company. A Newport group is urged to back a new corporation with five thousand dollars capitalization to secure the right of way and bring the railroad through the area.
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Coast Railroad
Newport
J. F. Stewart
William Searth
A. Krogstad
Toledo Corporation
Portland markets report broad price ranges for farm goods
The Portland markets list numerous commodities with varied bids. Wheat bluestem and club ranges, apples and berries show per box or crate pricing. vegetables, dairy, poultry, wool, and meats are itemized with unit prices across multiple grades and regions.
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Bluestem
Valley
California
Oregon Ranch
Insurance firms face penalties over policyholder lists
Assistant Attorney General George Sturtevant said only five or six insurers have not filed policyholder lists or extended time for proof of loss. He warned forfeiture of bonds and state ejectment for those failing to comply as Georgia plans July 1 semiannual financial disclosures.
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San Francisco
Attor
George Sturtevant
Com- Neeser
Atatutea
Georgia
Board of Underwriters
Guerrilla Warfare in Russia Reports of Executions and Attacks
June 25 from St. Petersburg reports condemnations and executions after a village meeting over cow killing by rural police. Kiev messengers carrying 125000 dollars were ambushed. one killed, another wounded. money recovered after robber pursuit. Ufa saw Prince Manueloff killed. political motive suspected. Bialystok reports panic, martial law enforced with patrols. three men shot for failing to halt.
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St. Petersburg
Kruptyagork
Kiev
Ufa
Prince Manueloff
Bialystok
No Prison for John D Rockefeller in Oil Prosecutions
Washington June 25 Officials of the Justice Department signal a push to prosecute Standard Oil executives, but doubt arises about indicting John D Rockefeller H H Rogers and John D Archbold. An official says government will press prosecutions vigorously yet likely not target these Standard Oil leaders personally.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
H. H. Rogers
John D. Archbold
Recognize Only the Douma
Moscow reports that local garrison troops vow loyalty to the crown only if the czar and government protect the douma. They may refuse to obey officers if the douma is dissolved, instead directing allegiance to the president of the douma while not recognizing the current government president.
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Moscow
California wizard builds $5,000 Santa Rosa residence
Luther Barbark of Pasadena claims two cactus leaves raised on his land will fund his $5,000 Santa Rosa home. He told Pasadena board secretary D W Coolidge that his “new apineless cactus” proves the plant can pay the cost, following Coolidge’s return from a visit to Barbark’s Burbank home.
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Pasadena
Cal
Luther Barbark
California
Santa Rosa
Thiele
Barbark
D. W. Coolidge
Pasadena Board of State
Burbank
Roosevelt Signs Traveling Bill
Washington June 25 Roosevelt signed an appropriation bill for the president's traveling expenses set at 200000 dollars annually to cover official journeys and duties.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Injustice to West Bills Pending in Congress Drain Swamps
Washington reports that Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota introduced a 1 million dollar bill from the reclamation fund to drain swamps in North Dakota and other states. Critics say public land would not open for entry and a pattern could divert funds from desert irrigation to swamp drainage nationwide. The measure faces strong opposition in the Senate and House.
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Washington
Congress
Hansbrough
North Dakota
National Reclamation Fund
Ewampa
Senate
House
Virginia
North Carolina
Everglades
Florida
Arkansas
Missouri
Minnesota
United States
Crow Lands Crowds Grow as Registration Near Crow Reservation
A Billings Miner special reports Easterners flocking to Butte to register for Crow lands. About 850 registrants today, 200 more than yesterday, with a 200-person delegation from the East arriving on Burlington. Many settlers pitched tents on the reservation to inspect lands as registration may reach near 10 000 in the city.
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Butte
Billings
Crow Lands
Burlington
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Connecticut
South Carolina
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Appeal from Georgian Women to English Ladies
A London dated dispatch reports an appeal from Georgian women to English women opposing Russian government actions. It details Cossack incursions into central and western Georgia with destruction of four towns and 200 villages, brutal treatment, and murders including children. Signers include a princess and wives of officials.
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London
Georgia
Russia
England
Cosasacks
Dowie refuge chamber described in Chicago hearing
Wiltur G. Voliva testified in the Dowie hearing about a secret basement room with a steel lined door. He said Dowie claimed to have built the chamber as a refuge because he believed the Maannio order plotted against his life, keeping him in constant danger.
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Chicago
Wiltur G. Voliva
Maannio Order
Root weighs action on Russian massacres
Secretary Root is considering the Jewish massacres in Russia after discussions with the president. He has taken no action yet and awaits further direction before proceeding.
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Washington
Russia
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