Shovel and Pick Flank Attacks Signal South Africa Clash
London dispatch notes mobile British advances on the Tugela River as Boers fortify trenches along a 17 mile front from Prieska to Herschel or Barkly. New redoubts circle Kimberley and Britain expands naval stations and medical support for South Africa.
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London
Molteno
Cyphergat
Tugele
Lord Methuen
Butler
Prieska
Herschel
Barkly
Kimberley
Admiralty
Durban
Simons Bay
Port Elizabeth
Lorenzo Marquez
St. Vincent
Cape Verde Islands
Cape Town
Aden
Great Britain
John Churchill
Randolph Churchill
Winston Churchill
South African Light Horse
Lord Rossyth
Pitcher Evacuates Douglas During Raiding Expedition
Belmont reports Colonel Pitcher, on a military raid, evacuated Douglas and withdrew to near Belmont. Loyalists were brought away as refugees, with townspeople stating their safety could not be guaranteed after troops left. Transport wagons were given to women and children due to vehicle shortages.
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Belmont
Pitcher
Douglas
German Steamer General Detained at Aden
Berlin reports the Imperial mail steamer General seized at Aden by British troops for cargo search. The German East African Line vessel angering Germany as Emperor William grows irate over repeated Allied seizures. The incident heightens tensions amid calls for friendly relations with England.
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Berlin
Aden
England
Germany
William
Hagland
Senate Scrutiny of Financial Bill Opens in Dull Session
Senate began debate on a substitute for the house finance bill with Aldrich presenting in clear prose. The session carried no interruptions and adjournment was to allow others to present Philippine war views. Bev eridge and Pettigrew signaled future remarks on the Philippine question. House brief, Sulzer resolution on government funds and New York site sale information was unanimously adopted.
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Washington
Aldrich
Senate
Rhode Island
Beveridge
Sulzer
Gage
New York
New York Custom-House
Gaye
Congress
Runaway Train Narrowly Missed Disaster at Galena Junction
A Chicago Great Western passenger train collided with a stationary freight train in a long tunnel near Galena Junction. The engineer and fireman jumped to safety as the engine bounded back and a fire destroyed wrecked cars and the caboose. Several passengers fled or sought safety while the train rolled a mile toward a station before stopping. Both the engineer and fireman were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
The
Chronicle
Galena
Ill
Chicago Great Western
Galena Junction
Plague Reports Sweep Manila and Neighboring Towns
Manila lines report a serious plague like epidemic in nearby towns including Guadelupe Mandatogana Pienda and Malabon. Causes alleged range from diseased animal flesh with fatalities within hours and scarce medical aid in affected areas.
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Manila
Victoria
B. C
Guadelupe
Mandatogana
Pienda
Malabon
End of Pursuit Clears Northwest Luzon Prisoners
Washington reports General Otis confirms complete success of operations in Northwest Luzon aimed at freeing American prisoners. The dispatch notes Major rescues, with Lt. Gilmore implied among the freed, and banners of pursuit reaching Cavite. In Pampanga, Capt. Conhauser’s forces captured Comanche on Mount Arayat, with American casualties and insurgent executions noted.
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Washington
Otis
War Department
Luzon
Gilmore
Manila
Hare
Nowse
Vigan
Schwan
Wheaton
Cavite
Magalang
Pampanga
Conhauser
Twenty-fifth
Comanche
Mount Arayat
Rail line aims to link La Grande with Granite mining district
Articles of incorporation filed for Hilgard Granite & Southwestern Railway Company with 60000 capital. Robert Smith president. J M Church treasurer. Fr. 8 Stanley vice president. EK Bartlett secretary. Survey to start immediately for a 60 mile route from Milgard to Granite, along the Grande Ronde waterway to serve eastern Oregon mines and Grande Ronde agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Grande, Or
Hilgard, Granite & Southwestern Railway Company
la Grande
J. M. Church
la Grande National Bank
Robert Smith
Grand Ronde Lumber Company
J. M. Berry
Grande Ronde
Oregon
Portland
High grade copper gold ore found in Belcher tunnel
Reports say the Belcher tunnel winze at 85 feet depth struck a four foot wide body of copper gold ore. The Gold King mine south extension will be worked hard this winter with 4 men driving a cross tunnel and supplies stocked. Other mines in Greenwood and Republic districts show drifting, sampling, and planned deeper work amid a booming Eastern Oregon mining outlook.
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Belcher
Republic
Spokane Spokesman-Review
Gold King
M. Ediams
Greenwood Camp
Greenwood
B. C
George A. Sonneman
M. F
Spokane
Knob Hill
Rawhide
Coggins Bros to Build Saw Mill and Rail Line in Siskiyou
In Siskiyou county the Coggins Bros plan a spring saw mill on Hungary creek near the Oregon California line. They will acquire seven sections of timber land and construct a six mile switchback railroad to access the timber, shipping lumber to markets and their Igerna box factory. Outlook for loggers improves with high recent log sales to North Pacific Lumber Co at $6.50 per thousand. Patterson Armstrong bring 600 cattle from Wallowa to La Grande for feeding on sugar factory pulp, claimed good for fattening beef flavor.
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Coggins Bros
Igerna
Siskiyou County
Hungary Creek
Coles
Oregon-California State Line
Siskiyou Mountain
Stockton
Cole’s
Astoria
Elokamin River
North Pacific Lumber Company
Wil
Patterson & Armstrong
Wallowa County
la Grande
Messrs
Sugar Company
Patterson
Albany Welcomes New Industry and School House Plan
The Albany Herald reports a new industry may soon operate in Albany as Nudd and Taylor of Centralia Washington eye a local site. The firm makes wooden eave gutters conductors and moldings and employs 25 workers. Philomath plans a new five to six room schoolhouse costing 3000 with a 1000 tax levy and 2000 in bonds, to begin in spring on a suitable site.
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Albany
Albany Herald
W.H. Nudd
Nudd & Taylor
Centralia
Wash
Minneapolis
Minn
Philomath
Bank Moves to New Everett Location
The Rucker bank at Everett Washington has leased the Northwest Trading Company building on Hewitt and Coller avenues and plans to move there around year end. Bricks are on the ground for a vault and fixtures will be transferred once completed. Frank M. Phelps a Ph. G. chemist with fifteen years of experience plans Baker City relocation to establish a perfume and toilet articles laboratory for wholesale manufacture. The Idaho district No. 86 Bingham county school board offers $440 in 8 percent coupon bonds redeemable in 10 years to fund a new schoolhouse and furniture.
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Rucker Bank
Everett, Wash
Northwest Trading Company
Hewitt and Coller Avenues
Everett
Frank M. Phelps
Baker City
Northwest
Board of Trustees of
Bingham County
Idaho
Jones Lumber Company Incorporation Filed in Portland
The Jones Lumber Company has filed articles of incorporation in the state department to manufacture and deal in lumber and wood products. Principal office listed as Portland.
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New Lumber Company
Jones Lumber Company
State Department
Portland
Reed & Million Shingle Mill Progress at Mt Argus
Work at the Reed and Million shingle mill in Mt Argus Washington advances smoothly as new equipment arrives. The plant installs a Sturdevant hot blast fan in the dry house, weighing 22 000 pounds and 120 inches in diameter, the largest of its kind in the county and likely the coast's biggest shingle mill unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed & Million
Mt. Argus
Wash
Sturdevant
Bradstreet's Review Sees Dullness in Trade Yet Reorder Activity Rises
Holiday influence dulls general distributive trade, but reorder activity fills depleted stocks after peak holiday sales. Spring outlook brightens dry goods and textiles while iron and steel show quiet new business yet strong backlogged orders. Wheat shipments soar. year closes with few failures but some large financial suspensions.
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Bradstreet’s
New York
Pacific Coast Trade Prices from Seattle Markets
Onions new one dollar to one dollar and twenty five cents per sack. Potatoes new sixteen to twenty. Beets per sack seventy five to eighty five cents. Turnips sixty cents. Carrots fifty cents. Parsnips seventy five to eighty five cents. Cauliflower seventy five cents to one per dozen. Cabbage native and California seventy eight to ninety cents per hundred pounds. Peaches sixty five to eighty cents. Apples one dollar twenty five to one fifty per box. Pears one dollar to one twenty five per box. Prunes sixty cents per box. Watermelons and nutmegs priced. Butter creamery thirty two cents per pound. dairy seventeen to twenty two cents. ranch twenty two cents. Eggs firm eighty to eighty one cents. Cheese native sixteen cents. Poultry nine to ten cents dressed thirteen to fourteen cents. Hay Puget Sound timothy twelve dollars. choice Eastern Washington timothy seventeen to eighteen dollars. Corn whole twenty three dollars. cracked twenty three dollars. Feed meal twenty eight dollars. Barley roiled or ground twenty one to twenty two dollars per ton. whole twenty two dollars. Flour patent eight dollars thirty five cents per barrel. blended straights eight dollars ten cents. California three twenty five. buckwheat flour six dollars. graham three eighty. whole wheat flour eight dollars ten cents. rye flour eight eighty four dollars. Millstuff bran sixteen dollars per ton. shorts seventeen dollars per ton. Feed chopped feed twenty dollars fifty cents per ton. middlings twenty two dollars per ton. oil cake meal thirty two dollars per ton.
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California
Puget Sound
Washington
Walla Walla
Valley
Oregon
America
Wool—Valley
Market Price List for Grain Dairy Poultry
Readable across many commodities including Wheat Oats Barley Millstuffs Hay Butter Eggs Cheese Poultry Potatoes Vegetables Hops Wool Mohair Mutton Hogs Beef Veal and Onions. Prices reflect standard market rates with per unit figures in cents, dollars, and per sack or ton quantities.
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Cleveland
Peking
Brooks
Church Missionary Socciety
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Tutte
Mont
South Africa
Hey
Transvaal
Cincinnati
Charles Stout
Here
Italy
China
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
San Paulo
Santiago Murphy
Bank of Mexico
City of
Mexico
Deroulede
Paris
High Court
H. Buffet
M. Geurin
Marquis de Luz Saluces
Russia
Korbheta
Yorktown Party
Railroad Company
United States Navy
Wentshaugh
Albay
Sibutu
North Borneo
Watson
Philippine
Borneo
Philippines
Jolo
Chattanooga
Tenn
Waord
Tennessee Central Railroad
Rockwood
W. C. Hale
Euc Yene
Alaska
Johnson
Hale
Supreme Court
Mines and Mining
Hamilton
Oregonian
Greenhorn
Strawberry
War Eagle
Quebec Capital
War Eagle Copper-Gold
Quebec
Deadwood Camp
John Massam
Monarch Gold Mine & Milling Company
Cottage Grove
Lane County
G. B. Pitcher
T. M. Hunt
R. F. Martin
North Star
Republic District
Bradstreet
Pacific Coast Trade
Seattlico Markets
Portland Market
Than Francisco
Nevada
Yaleley
Northern
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