Northwest News Highlights From Washington Oregon and Montana
Sunnyside band reorganized and Northwest Iron & SteelCo filed articles with principals in Seattle capitalized at 11 million dollars. Yakima carpenters strike for 3 50 eight hour day while Spokane county totals top 50 million assessment. Deadly accident on S F N line at Chewelah. fall of horse kills Judge Hiram in Seattle. Baruth shot by wife at Medical Lake.
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Sunnyside
Northwest Iron & Steel Company
Seattle
James A. Moore
Loren H. Mershen
Louis Steckler
W M. Wood
M. M. Lyter
Carpenters
North Yakima
Spokane
Northern Pacific
Pasco
Riparia
Snake River
Hiram
C. L. Baruth
Medical Lake
San Francisco
Cal
James
Wishkah
William Anderson
Frances
Gruell’s Hospital
South Bend
William Spangle
Spangle
Columbia River
Thomas
Chewelah
Ritz
Washington State Agricultural College
San Jose
J. D. Farrel
Union Pacific
King County
Oregon Telegram editors reshuffle roles as Meeker monument dedicated
Do J Owen resigns as editor and manager of the Evening Telegram of Portland and becomes business manager for F Tyler who becomes editor. Hugh Hume takes over as news editor. Ezra Meeker marks 1843 1857 Old Oregon Trail slab dedication, recounting his journey to a 1500 strong audience.
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Do. J. Owen
Evening Telegram
Portland
F. Tyler
Telegram
Owen
Hugh Hume
California
Oregon Trail
Ezra Meeker
Des Moines Founder Dr Campbell Dies in St Louis At 80
Dr T Campbell who with his father and three brothers founded Des Moines Iowa has died in St Louis aged 80. The group started a trading post on what became Des Moines from Raccoon ridge. The obituary notes his role in early frontier commerce.
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T. Campbell
Des Moines
Iowa
St. Louis
Raccoon Ridge
Miracle French Miners Escape After Twenty Days Entombed
Thirteen of twelve hundred Courrieres miners emerge alive after twenty days underground. They survived on hay and bark and decomposed horse meat, aided by a faint draft that led them to an exit. Nemy led the group, recounting signals heard from rescuers and a path through a distant gallery.
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Courrieres
France
Nemy
Martin
LeFebvre
Loutiers
Provost
Governor Pattison Holds Steady Amid Health Bulletins
Ohio governor Pattison remains in apparent good condition per doctors bulletins. The report notes he shows resilience as medical updates continue.
GOOD SHOWS AT SPOKANE APRIL LINEUP
The Spokane theatre presents acts from April 3 to 30 including Merry Maidens, Beauty and Beast, Primrose Minstrels, New Century Girls, The Christian, Blanche Walsh, Mascots, Alberta Gallatin, Heir to Hoorah, Creston Clark, My Wife's Family. Reserve seats in advance with Joseph Petrich. prices range 25c to 1.50 with a deposit required.
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Merry Maidens
Beauty and Beast
Primrose Minstrels
New Century Girls
the Christian
Blanche Walsh
Mascots
Alberta Gallatin
Hoorah
Creston Clark
Joseph Petrich
Sleep ing Beauty and the Beast at Spokane Theater
Special R. R. Bates presents the Drury Lane Extravaganza The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast in Spokane on Thursday and Friday nights and Saturday matinee and night The production claims record splendor and a one third round trip rail rate from nearby points on Friday April 6 with return on April 7 Tickets range from 25 cents to 1 50
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London
Drury Lane
Spokane
America
Theatrical Season Moves Through Spokane Bookings and Deals
William Collier and company sail for Australia in mid April for an extended engagement. A Kirchner wins Spokane Theater music contract. Nat Goodwin to appear in Spokane in June. The Heir of Hoorah opens Spokane Theatre April 25. Gertrude Coghlan to succeed Margaret Iington in the western Lion and the Mouse company. Miss Lillian Russell denies marriage abroad. A senator from Oregon appears in The Embassy Ball. Madame Nordica may leave the Metropolitan Grand Opera next season. Alberta Gallatin rumored for Cousin Kate at Spokane bookings.
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William Collier and
Australia
A. Kirchner
Spokane
Nat Goodwin
Henry B. Harris
Gertrude Coghlan
Margaret Iington
The
Lion and the Mouse
Lillian Russell
Europe
Lawrence D’orsay
Oregon
Nordica
Metropolitan Grand Opera Company
Alberta Gallatin
Kate
Spokane Market Price List Highlights Regional Groceries
A dense list of regional commodity prices from Spokane includes vegetables such as potatoes at 75 cents per cwt and lettuce 25 cents per pound, eggs and butter rising to multiple dollar per case and per pound rates, meats priced by weight, and grain and hay figures for timothy, alfalfa, oats, and wheat. Also noted are Portland and Tacoma price checks for related grains and produce.
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Spokane
Ingenious model train centerpiece at Gwalior banquet
At the Maharajah of Gwalior's banquet for the Prince of Wales a table ornament revealed a full scale model railway. The eight foot train carried decanters cigars cigarettes and matches and could be stopped by lifting a decanter. The engine mirrored the Gwalior light railway and featured bogies that navigated a four foot curve with each truck bearing a letter from Scindia.
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Gwalior
Prince of Wales
Scindia
King of Spain to wed British princess Ena
Royal match in Europe draws attention as Spain’s young king to marry Princess Ena of Britain. The plan blends cableway and suspended monorail concepts with ten passenger cars, aiming for an efficient transport line described from Grindelwald to the next station. details indicate an international marriage amid royal matchmaking.
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Spain
United States
Alice Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Europe
Great Britain
Ena
Spain's Alfonso XIII and Princess Ena in a royal profile
The article outlines Alfonso XIII who will turn 20 next May and Princess Ena Victoria Eugenie, aged 19, daughter of Beatrice. It notes Beatrice's marriage to Henry of Battenberg, their British upbringing, and the king’s youthful rule. It then shifts to a Swiss railway project near Enge station, detailing cable lift sections, altitude gains, and planned electric power for a Wetterhorn ascent using a rare mono rail system once, noting Vesuvius in 1880 as its sole prior use.
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Barmen
Elberfeld
Germany
Battenberg
Edward
Great Britain
Alfonso XIII
Princess Ena
Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena
Queen Victoria
Beatrice
Henry of Battenberg
England
Prince Henry
Africa
Batty
Spain
Wetterhorn
Vesuvius
Electric Aerial Railway Aims at Wetterhorn Summit
A novel plan proposed to ascend the Wetterhorn by an electric aerial railway on the northwestern slope. The Wetterhorn rises about 7 700 feet above the surrounding terrain in the Swiss Alps, and engineers seek a new method to bring tourists to its summit. The concept represents a departure from existing mountain railway designs aimed at sightseeing in Switzerland.
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Wetterhorn
Switzerland
Harper’s Weekly
Odd Student Essay on Horses Causes Gentle Guffaws
A lower grade class task yields a boy's humorously misspelled essay about horses with lines like Some horses is called pacetern and They can run faster cause they sry bowlegged. The clipping notes a quirky remark and a lighthearted tone from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
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