News of the Week in Brief Condensed From The Past Week
A sweeping recap notes events from senators and suffrage to royal weddings, earthquakes in Luzon, San Francisco losses, and wars. It cites political deals, reform efforts, graft findings, labor leadership changes, and natural disasters. It mentions Port Arthur inquiry results, Guantanamo clashes, and city water and transit projects. The summary blends global politics, disasters, and notable U.S. affairs with multiple named figures and places.
Congress likely to adjourn by mid June after rate bill
Indications point to adjournment around June 15 as a wave of key appropriation bills nears passage. Senate has moved to finalize deficiency, pension, fortifications, army and Indian allocations while House nears approval of the sundry civil, diplomatic, and other measures. The pace hinges on final rate bill votes and presidential assent to amendments.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Post Office
Agricultural
Legislative
District of Columbia
Military Academy
Conference Committee
Allison
Expenses Cut in Zion Large Salary Reductions Reported
W G Voliva announced a January to May saving in Zion City church finances from 9800 to 3832 dollars per month by cutting the working force and salaries. Overseers once paid 300 monthly now receive 60. others reduced proportionally. Voliva's own pay set at 100 monthly. He also noted a 70000 annual saving in ecclesiastical departments. John G Excell resigned as general ecclesiastical secretary. John Alexander Dowie’s condition described as practically unchanged.
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Chicago
W. G. Voliva
Christian Catholic Church
Zion City
Voliva
Oversera
Landis
John G. Excell
John Alexander Dowie
Mission Kept a Secret
The cruiser Columbia bound for West Indian waters with marines will stop at Guantanamo naval station where orders will be issued. Navy officials decline to reveal the mission’s purpose, stating it does not affect the San Domingo situation.
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Washington
Columbia
Philadelphia
West Indian Waters
Naval Station
Guantanamo
Navigation Bureau
Navy Department
West Indies
San Domingo
New Signatories To Be Bound
The government submits a bill in The Hague May 22 asking the second chamber to approve a protocol for signatories of the 1599 convention to attend the second peace conference. It declares powers not at the first conference but invited to attend become adherents by accepting the invitation.
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The
Hague
Balkans Turmoil Sharpens as Turks Ravage Villages
Vienna May 22 reports say fighting between Turks and Bulgarians worsens in Baritz and Prochterje districts with Turkish forces burning villages pillaging homes and murdering civilians including men and boys.
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Vienna
Balkans
Baritz
Prochterje
Ticket To Be Voted On in June Made Up by Secretary of State
Secretary of State Dunbar issues the official list of nominating tickets for Oregon in June. The slate includes governors, state officers, judges, and U S Senators with nominees from Republican Democrat Prohibition Socialist and other minor parties across Multnomah Clackamas Marion and Lane counties.
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Salem
Dunbar
I. H. Amos
Multnomah County
Prohibition
W. Vance
George E. Chamberlain
Multnomah
James Withycombe
Benton
Frank W. Benson
Douglas
R. O C. Brown
T. 8. McDaniel
P. H. Stoat
Marion
Leslie Butler
Wasco
G. R. Cook
J. D. Matlock
Lane
George A. Steel
Clackamas
O. J. Bright
Sherman
Robert Eakin
Union
T. G. S. Umatilla
Marcus W. Robbins
Josephine
C. ©. Brix
Crook
A. M. Crawford
Robert A. Miller
F. B. Rutherford
Superintendent of
J. H. Ackerman
J. E. Hosmer
Linn
United States
Hiram Gould
Yambill
Fred W. Mulkey
J. D. Stevens
Jonathan Bourne Jr
John M. Gearin
B. Lee Paget
Spring Produces Clams Near Lebanon
Report from Albany notes a spring draining from a sandstone hill three miles northeast of Lebanon yields water that does not contain clams yet causes clams to form in a trough. Water travels 45 yards through an iron pipe into the trough where clams repeatedly develop after cleaning.
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Albany
Lebanon
Indians to Work on Klamath Project Ditches
The Klamath project is expected to employ 100 to 250 descendants of Modoc war fighters from the Klamath reservation. The plan, routed through the Indian bureau, aims to have Native Americans perform labor in digging ditches for the United States reclamation service.
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Klamath Falla
Klamath Project
United States Reclamation Service
Klamath Reservation
Indian Bureau
Lava Beda
Modoc
Advisory Board Formed for Boys and Girls Aid in McMinnville
An advisory board for the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society has been organized in McMinnville to pass on county applications for children to be placed in family homes. It will monitor placed children and report on their condition and may address truancy and delinquency with strong cooperation.
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Boys’ and Girls’ Aid
McMinnville
Boys’ and Girls’ Aid Society
Yambill County
Paper Currency Floods Soule City After Mint Suspension
Flooded with anomalies in currency, Soule City Oregon City faces paper money abundance due to the San Francisco mint suspension following the earthquake. Local banks report steady gold and silver from San Francisco and ample prior supplies despite the disruption.
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Soule City
Oregon City
San Francisco
Albany Iron Works Completes Sawmill Outfit
Albany firm builds a full sawmill system at its foundry and ships it to Medford for immediate installation and operation. The entire machinery from large to small components is locally manufactured.
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Albany
Albany Iron Works
Medford
Rich Strike Reported at Goldbug Mine No. 5 Vein
The Goldbug mine in the Reda area north drift vein No 5 reports a rich strike with a streak eight to ten inches. Assays range from 300 to 1900 dollars per ton according to the Blue Mountain American.
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Blue Mountain American
Goldbug
North Drift
Oregon Voters to Decide June Ballot Measures
Salem reports 11 statewide questions on June ballot five constitutional amendments and six initiative measures. Items include equal suffrage amendment local option law anti prohibition equal privilege and several taxes licenses and regulation proposals for railroads express telegraph and oil interests.
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Salem
Agricultural
Mount Hood and
Barlow
Mammoth Canal Project Underway at Klamath Falls
Bend Mason Doris & Co hold the contract for a massive canal at Klamath Falls with about $400000 involved. Some 700000 yards of dirt will be moved, including concrete work and a 3300 foot tunnel beneath the town. Seventy five teams and around 300 workers are on the job for a nine mile trench across 44 to 75 feet wide and 18 feet deep, with intake at Upper Klamath Lake.
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Klamath Falls
Bend— Mason, Doris & Co
Upper
Klamath Lake
Sawmill Site Chosen on Wendling Line Near Marcola
Southern Pacific selects a site for a new sawmill on company land about one mile north of Marcola station. A large crew clears a right of way for a nearly one mile spur from Wendling line to the site. Company agents seek about 20 workers in Eugene.
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Wendling
Eugene
Southern Pacific Company
Marcola Station
Hop Farm Incorporated in Oregon
Salem Molson Hop Farm of Rickreal Oregon is incorporated with articles filed in the secretary of state. Inventors include Albert J. Ray Clifton N. Mc Arthur and Earl O Bronaugh. Principal office in Portland and capital stock set at 500 shares of 100 each totaling 50 000 dollars.
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Hop Farm
Salem
Molson Hop Farm, Company
Rickreal, Or
Secretary of State’s
Albert J. Ray
Clifton N. McArthur
Earl O. Bronaugh
Portland
Commodity price listings from Oregon market report
The document compiles prices for Wheat, Barley, Hay, Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Wool, Fruits, Vegetables, Onions, Potatoes, Veal, Beef, Mutton, and Pork from Oregon markets. It lists grain and feed costs, dairy and egg rates, poultry prices, fruit and vegetable box and per pound rates, and meat prices across various grades and regions.
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Oregon Ranch
Oregon
California
New California
Pelton
Four towns wiped out in Northern Michigan forest fire
A Sentinel dispatch reports four known dead and scores missing after the worst Michigan forest fire since 1871. Five counties Marquette Menominee Delta Alger Dickinson are devastated with 100 square miles burned and numerous towns annihilated or left in ruins including Talbot Quinnesee Saunders Niagara.
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San Francisco
Michigan
Milwaukee
the Sentinel
Escanaba
Mich
Star
Michigan Peninsula
Pestigo
W. E. Wells
Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad
Peter Lafond
Eaton
Quinnesee
Marquette
Menominee
Delta
Alger
Dickinson
Talbot
Kill Canal by Delay
Chicago May 20 expresses senators and congressmen oppose the senate committee vote for a sea level canal. Edward G. Clark reports a belief that corporate interests seek to delay Panama project and shift toward a lock canal, signaling pressure on the House to reverse its stance.
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Chicago
Senate
Edward G. Clark
Washington
Chicago Evening Post
Panama Canal
Platt
New York
John T. Morgan
Alabama
Senate Committee
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria Largest Passenger Steamer Afloat
The Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, largest passenger steamer afloat with nearly 26 000 gross tons, completed her inaugural Atlantic voyage from Hamburg Dover and Boulogne. She carried 490 saloon and 1706 steerage passengers at an average speed of 17 knots. The vessel measures 700 feet in length, 77 foot beam, and 57 foot depth.
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New York
Tne
Hamburg Line
Hamburg
Dover
Boulogne
Gout Improves as Pope Rests in Bed in Rome
Rome reports the pope showed improvement after a gout attack seen by Dr. Lapponi. The pontiff had a restless night due to feverish symptoms and will remain in bed for several days, with concern over frequent attacks from fatigue.
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Rome
Lapponi
Heat Claims Two Lives in New York as Temperatures Soar
In New York on May 20 two deaths and numerous prostrations were reported due to heat. Official readings showed 85 degrees in the afternoon, while street temperatures climbed higher.
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New York
Provisions Of Bill Naw Rate Bill As Passed By Senate
The railroad rate bill passed by the Senate authorizes the Interstate Commerce Commission to fix rates. It empowers the commission to investigate unjust charges and discriminatory practices, determine just maximum rates, and enforce orders with penalties up to 5000 dollars per offense. The act allows appeals to the Supreme Court and broadens circuit court jurisdiction over commission orders.
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Senate
Interstate Board
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Federal
Supreme Court
United States Circuit Courte
Transit Tubes Flattened Under East River
Mayor McClelland announced at a Rapid Transit meeting that sand and water have crushed the East River tubes, requiring rebuilding so trains can pass. Chief engineer M Jacobs and experts Lindenthal and Smith say conditions may delay work 24 to 36 months, with reconstruc tion needed for over 1200 feet from Joralemon to Hicks streets along the Brooklyn waterfront.
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New York
McClelland
Rapid Transit Commission
East River
Manhattan
Brooklyn
M. Jacobs
Pennsylvania
East
North Rivers
Gustav Lindenthal
C. 8. Smith
Joralemon
Hicks
World’s International Commerce in 1906 Estimated
The bulletin from the Department of Commerce and Labor projects world trade at 25 billion dollars for 1906. It defines world commerce as the sum of imports and exports from all reporting countries and notes trade will be six times 1850 levels and twice 1870 levels.
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Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
Rail rail demand soars as steel firms book 1 million tons
Pittsburg May 19. Since orders opened two weeks ago major steel producers including United States Steel Colorado Fuel and Iron Jones Laughlin Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Steel Maryland Steel and Tennessee Coal and Iron have booked an aggregate 1 000 000 tons of rails for 1907 delivery. This marks an unprecedented volume for this season.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Maryland Steel Company
Tennesse Coal and Iron Company
New Delegate to Rio Conference Named in Washington
Paul Samuel Reinsch of Madison Wisconsin appointed as American delegate to the Pan American Conference replacing James B Harlan who declined due to knee injury. Reinsch is a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin.
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Washington
Paul Samuel Reinsch
Madison
Wis
James 8. Harlan
Paul Reinsch
University of Wisconsin
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