Duel to the Death Over Lake Fishing Rights in Stevens County
In Chewelah Washington at Brown Lake two veteran prospectors Mike McKale and William Drugan fought over permitting a Chewelah party to fish. McKale killed Drugan with a pistol as Drugan fired six shots while dying. McKale surrendered to Deputy Sheriff W J Jackson and faced possible charges.
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Mike” McKale
William Drugan
Treut Lake
Chewelah
Wash
Stevens County
Brown Lake
Drugan
McKale
Lonely Hills
Spokane Markets Highlight Wholesale Prices Across Vegetables and More
Spokane markets report wholesale prices for vegetables fruits and staples with specifics for cabbage onions tomatoes watermelons new potatoes and more. Beef mutton pork and other meats along with dairy eggs and seeds are listed with per unit rates and ton or cwt measures.
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Walla Walla
Ford
Minnesota
California
Bunker Hill mill to start tailings plan November first
Stanley A. Easton says Kellogg Idaho plant will process tailings at 1000 tons daily with a gross tailings rate between 2.50 and 4.50 dollars per ton. Nearby Kendall Montana tunnel work heads for ore from new bodies and high grade ore, while Rossland shipments trail development.
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Stanley A. Easton
Bunker Hill & Sullivan
Kellogg
Idaho
Barnes-King
Kendall
Mont
Rossland
B. C
Boundary
John Sullivan
Eureka
Cascade Mining Company
Liberty
Swank
Ellensburg
Wash
Capitol Mining Company
Wallace
Phoenix
Tamarack & Chesapeake
Weather halts Panama Canal. Shonts aims to use Spanish and Chinese labor.
Panama Canal Commission leaders Shonts and Bishop arrived in New York from Colon aboard the Panamo. Shonts says conditions in the canal zone improve and seeks more labor with less rain. He notes Spanish workers have been hired and Chinese laborers are being recruited. Yellow fever and smallpox are not prevalent. Gompers denounces Chinese labor as imported coolies and accuses Shonts of bad faith over promises.
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Shonts
T. P. Shonts
Joseph B. Bishop
Panama Canal Commission
New York
Colon
Panama
Stevens
China
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Panama Canal
Woman Interrupts Roosevelt at Church Service in Oyster Bay
Asi Esac, a visitor summering at Sagamore Hill, created a scene in Christ’s Episcopal Church when she seated near the president’s family pew and refused to move. She was moved to the rear by secret service personnel, shouted for the president, and later sought a warrant against Asher Duffy.
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New York
Asi Esac
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Christ’s Episcopal Church
Miss Esac
Miss Case
Sagamore Hill
Secret Service
Asher Duffy
President Roosevelt
Quentin
Representative
Longworth
Miss Roosevelt
Duffy
Washington
Cincinnati
Stewart Opera to Open 1906-07 Season in Spokane
John Cort announces the Stewart Opera Company will open the 1906 07 season in Spokane next Friday with Babette a Herbert lyric opera. Mabel Day stars as prima donna with costumes scenery and effects like the Broadway production.
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John Cort
Stewart Opera Company
Spokane
Babette
Victor Herbert
Harry B. Smith
Mabel Day
Theatrical Notes from Spokane Season Lineup
The theater in Spokane announces a strong season with Florence Roberts in The Strength of the Weak and Maxine Elliott in Her Great Match. Olga Nethersole appears February 4 and 5, with Violet Houck to lead Wanted, a Chaperon, in autumn. The season also features Mary Tudor in When Knighthood Was in Flower and new operatic plans by Henry W. Savage. The piece notes changes in management and a shift in primary voting laws as context.
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Charles Muehlman
Spokane
J. Petricch
Salt Lake City
Florence Roberts
Maxine Elliott
Max Figman
Olga Nethersole
Frank L. Perley
Grace Merritt
Mary Tudor
William and
Cecil de Mille
Paul Leicester Ford
George Hazelton
Violet Houck
Patrick Campbell
Drury Lane Theater
London
Henry W. Savage
Europe
America
Puccini
Day of Accidents Claims Multiple Fatalities Across Regions
Sunday proved a day of numerous deaths and injuries. Elizabeth H. Slaughter, 35, was killed in Evanston when an auto collided with a Chicago and Milwaukee electric car. A Cleveland and Eastern Traction car plunged off a track near Chardon, Ohio, injuring eight and endangering a dozen others. Milton Whetstone and Daniel McGeehan, both of Lansford Pa, were struck by a trolley near Tamaqua, killing Whetstone and fatally injuring McGeehan. W H Hyres, Kansas City board official, shot himself after reporting a $10,000 shortfall. George Moe, 18, died and Minnie Gurschke, 17, was seriously hurt in an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe accident at McCook Ill. An auto rollover near Houston, Texas killed George Meiklejohn. J Campden and Mr Drake were injured but expected to recover.
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Chicago & Milwaukee Electric
Evanston
Ill
Elizabeth H. Slaughter
Cleveland & Eastern Traction
Chardon
Ohio
Milton Whetstone
Citizens’ National Bank of
Lansford
Daniel McGeehan
Tamaqua
George Moe
Minnie Gurschke
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
McCook
Silver mining boom linked to treasury policy
The Treasury Department resumption of silver purchases is expected to revive mines in Colorado and the West. Veterans predict reopened shut mines, expanded milling and smelting, and a ripple effect raising output of gold and other metals like lead zinc and copper.
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Secretary of Treasury
Treasury Department
Frank Hall
Denver Post
Secretary of the Treasury
Colorado
West
Big Crowds At Spokane Interstate Fair Grounds
The Spokane Interstate Fair grounds expand with a larger grandstand and a new exposition building for the 150 000 club home display and nightly vaudeville. Helena contractor B W Fisk visits Spokane to study the grandstand build and learns it follows the Montana fair plan. He calls the structure one of the finest he has seen.
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Spokane
B. W. Fisk
Helena
Mont
Fisk
See a Wonderful Mirage Over Cleveland Heights
Residents of eastern Cleveland witnessed a remarkable mirage over Lake Erie. A clear image stretched across the sky showing the Canadian shore sixty miles away and the town of Rondeau, lasting over an hour and drawing thousands of watchers.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Erie
Rondeau
Four die as launch capsizes near River Park
Winnipeg reporters note four youths drowned when a gasoline launch capsized after striking a sunken log near River Park on Sunday. Three victims were children of City Clerk Brown, identified as Thiel Brown 16 Myrtle Brown 12 and A Brown 14.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
River Park
Brown
Thiel Brown
Myrtle Brown
A. Brown
Navy Short of Officers Amid Leave Requests
The navy faces an officer shortage as many leave of absence applications for the hot months are refused. Several ships lack full crews and there is a call for officers to fill shore duties in the various bureaus.
Grand Duke Nicholas narrowly escapes during Russian maneuvers
During army maneuvers the Ismailovsky guard sharpshooters fired at Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich from 450 to 500 yards. A ball struck near his head causing chaos. commanders ordered a ceasefire but shots continued. The incident prompts changes to imperial plans and raises questions about soldier eligibility and discipline.
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Grand Duke
Nicholas Nicholaievitch
Council of National Defense
Nicholas
Grand Ducal
Associated Press
Ismaailovsky Guard
Seminovsky Regiment
Zarubaeff
Guard Corps
Nirod
Krasnoye-Selo
Sultan Missed Weekly Prayers After Illness
Constantinople reports the sultan, ill for three weeks, failed to attend the selamlik and Friday prayers for the first time in 30 years. German surgeon Professor Bergmann has been summoned and a slight operation is possible.
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Constantinople
Professor Bergmann
Refugees Seek Relief Funds In San Francisco Suit
Refugee R W Baronoff sues in superior court seeking restraining order against Red Cross association Mayor Eugene E Schmitz John D Spreckles and James D Phelan. He claims to act for himself and forty thousand dispossessed citizens and requests division of four million dollars among them.
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R. W. Baronoff
San Francisco
Red Cross Association
Eugene E. Schmitz
John D. Spreckles
James D. Phelan
Baronoff
Bridge Collapse Blocks Duluth Harbor Traffic
The steamer Troy collided with the Interstate bridge in Duluth, sending a span into the channel on both sides of the center pier. Navigation to and from the upper harbor is blocked, cutting traffic between Duluth and Superior. The Great Northern owns the bridge, one of the world’s longest draw spans, and about forty steamers are bottled in the upper harbor.
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Duluth
Troy
Superior
Te Great Northern
Noted Negro Poet Paul Laurence Dunbar Dies in Dayton
Paul Laurence Dunbar, famed Negro poet born in Dayton on June 27 1872, died at his home in Dayton Ohio of consumption. He rose from newsboy to renowned author with twenty one books including Oak and Ivy and Lyrics of Lowly Life. His wife Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar contributed to his work and later published stories. He and his wife married after a courtship inspired by her poem. He valued church ritual and avoided organized creed.
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Paul Laurence Dunbar
Dayton
Ohio
Mr. Dunbar
Rteele High School
Malindy
Malinda
Dunbar
Dixie
Cabin and Field
Gideon
Lil’ Gal
Happy Hollow
Alice Ruth Moore
Boston
Congressional Library
New York
Accents of Our Tongue Taught on Pacific Beach in 1579
Outing notes history as Francis Drake claimed Nouva Albion on the Pacific coast in 1579 after a month’s stay. He named the new region New England because the white cliffs near Point Reyes reminded him of Dover.
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Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Plymouth Rock
New England
Francis Drake
Elizabeth
Nouva Albion
Point Reyes
Dover
No Smoke for Him Clever Philadelphia Doctor Declines Cigar
A young Philadelphia physician at a New York dinner refuses a cigar since smoking harms him. After women depart, men offer cigars but he declines, saying smoking would ruin the whole dinner for him.
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Philadelphia
New York
Age of commerce echoes in political wit
A compact collection of quoted quips on commercialism and public life from 19th century newspapers. Notable lines compare the American eagle to the American hen and discuss finance, counsel, and political investigations in a breezy, opinionated tone.
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Washington Star
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Tacoma
Portland
Ore
Valley
Mining News
Conconully
Plant & Callahan Mining Company
British Columbia Copper Company
East Hecla Group Mining Company
Hecla
Gertie
Burke
Hauck Brothers
Placer Gulch
East Butte Extension Mining Company
Butte, Mont
Russia
Dhe
Presi
Dent
Vesuvius
Zinno
Chicago
W. H. Hyres
National Board of Trade of
Kansas City
Board
Houston
Texas
George Meiklejohn
J. Campden
Mr. Drake
Navy
Czar
Sultan
McCarl
Rogerman
Cleveland Leader
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