Water supply crisis in Butte prompts rapid fire response
Fire Chief Peter Sanger credits scarce water for near disaster in Butte. Ten alarms in four days hit districts without water. firefighters used chemicals to curb fires. William Scallon supplied water from the flats, preventing policy cancellations. City reserves and Big Hole inflows eased the risk. daily use now ranges 2 to 4 million gallons as pumps refill.
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Butte
Peter Sanger
Sanger
Park Street
Wyoming
Copper Street
William Scallon
Scallon
Card quarrel ends with ankle shot in Virginia City
Virginia City reports Charles Lane wounded in the ankle after a card quarrel with Newt Cowan. A barkeeper intervened to prevent a fatal shot. The incident follows other scattered telegram items from Great Falls and London noting various events.
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Virginia City
Charles Lane
Newt Cowan
Lane
Three Men Injured in Montana Central Wreck Near Here
Three men injured in a Montana Central wreck near Great Falls yesterday are improving. Engineer Jewell is in the worst condition but friends expect his recovery. the others are doing well and likely to be released soon.
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Great Falls
Montana Central
Jewell
Cuban constitution presented to Governe General Wood
Havana February 22 Governe General Wood said the Cuban constitution was officially presented to him this afternoon and he awaits instructions whether to forward it immediately or hold it pending U S relations. A special relations committee met today with Senor Tamayao, its chairman, set to submit General Wood's letter on relations to the committee and present it at an executive session.
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Havana
Wood
Washington
Cuba
United States
Special Committee On Relations
Ayao
Senor Tamayao
Fate of Captain Ward and the Rio Disaster Told
Conflicting survivor accounts cite Captain Ward as responsible for steering the Rio to doom after ignoring the pilot’s warning. The wreck lies about three-fourths of a mile off Fort Point with four lifeboats launched, only one reaching safety. Italian fishermen rescued the others.
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Wagd
Rio
Frederick Litstrom
Captai Ward
Admiral Tryon
Victoria
Captain Ward
John Rooney
Jordan
Ward
Woorkers
Amopg
Fort Point
Lindstrom
Mrs Fairbanks Elected President General of DAR
Mrs. Chas W Fairbanks wife of Indiana senator won the national DAR presidency general position with 333 of 584 votes. Mrs Donald McLean of New York and Mrs Washington Roebling each had 43 votes. The meeting opened with prayer by Bishop Satterlee and featured readings and song in honor of Washington's birthday.
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W. Washington
Chas
W. Fairbanks
Indiana
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Fairbanks
Donald McLean
New York
Washington Roebling
Bishop Satterlee
Washington
Caldwell
Bunker Hill
Manchuria Seizure Reported as Complete Annexation
A New Chwang correspondent reports Manchuria fully annexed with Russian control of maritime axes and a head tax. He notes plundering Russian soldiers attacked his lodging on February 16 and the British consulate the following day, with the watchman killed. A Pekin dispatch says China agrees to powers’ punishments and executions of main culprits at Lian Fu will be witnessed.
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Berlin
Voasische Beitung
New Chwang
Manchuria
Lokal Anzeiger
Pekin
China
Lian Fu
Steamer City of Rio de Janeiro Leaves Hong Kong for San Francisco
The iron steamer City of Rio de Janeiro sailed January 22 from Hong Kong bound for San Francisco via Yokohama under Captain Ward. Owned by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, the vessel was built in 1878 at Chester, Pennsylvania.
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New York
City of Rio de Janeiro
Hong Kong
San Francisco
Yokohama
Ward
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Chester
Roach and Son Vessel Description and Dims
A vessel named Roach and Son measures 344 feet in length, 38 feet beam, and 28.4 feet depth. It is registered at 3,548 tons gross and 2,279 tons net.
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Roach and Son
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Princeton
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John Layn
Cudahy
Congress
Mrs. Fairbanks
Daughters of the Revolution
John Roach
Vienna
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