Northwest items recap gains and losses across Pacific Northwest
A compilation from Seattle to Butte notes diverse events including a Seattle garbage plant plan, wheat damage in Palouse by cold, tributes for the Spokane minister Dr James M Allen, horse poison in Reardan, Yakima school board Warrant forgery sentence, new inland thresher company articles, Whitman College debate win, Yakima man found frozen, Great Northern agent in Marysville arrest, Seattle army purchasing agency, Castle Rock injunction, Seattle gambling crackdown, and varied weather, crime, and business updates across Oregon Washington Idaho and Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Palouse
James M. Allen
The
Christian Church of
Spokane
Central Christian Church
Gilbert Cowles
Yakima City
Olympia
Inland Thresher Company
Whitman College
Washington State College
George Brouchou
Yakima Valley
M. E. Mergens
Great Northern Railway
Marysville
Everett
Commissary Department of
United States Army
Atkinson
Castle Rock
Columbia River
Portland
Ballinger
Woman’s Temperance Union
Mead
Myrtle Tipton
Whitman County
H. J. Snively
North Yakima
Nob Hill
Patrick Sullivan
W. D. Yates
L. S. Green
Ballard
W. A. Holland
Tacoma
Tacoma High School
Moran Shipbuilding
Moran Brothers
Griscoms
Philadelphia
Morans
Nebraska
State Supreme Court
Portland Chinatown Targets Highbinders in Rousing Meeting
The Oregon item reports a mass meeting of Oriental residents in Portland to expel Highbinders, with a council formed by Susan Anthony’s family. Marie Anthony is slated to travel to Oregon to aid suffragists, speaking on platforms across the state. Deputy state game and forestry warden C Shumway was appointed for Umatilla County, while a Portland snowfall measured four inches and then disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Umatilla County
Phelps
Supreme Court
Ellis
Oregon
Louis F. Swift
Swift & Co
H. G. Naylor
Athena
Byer
Pendleton
Naylor
Susan
Anthony
Marie Anthony
C. Shumway
Montana Qubbs and Rail Plans Stir Missoula News
The Seventh Infantry at Fort Missoula seeks county action to abolish nearby saloons. W J Priest narrowly avoids death after a bed fire caused by a warm electric globe. George Howard, convicted in Silver Bow in 1896, is pardoned by Governor Toole. Great Northern plans a Lewistown branch line. A full blooded timber wolf is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda
Fred Gangner
Hogeland
Taft
Smith
Great Northern
Lewistown
Garneill
Great Falls
Billings
Tom Brown
Daniel T. Fowler
Henry Koch
Merry
Butte
Silver Bow County
State Board of Health
Dillon Municipal League
John Quirk
Seventh Infantry
Fort Missoula
Missoula County
W. J. Priest
Western Union Telegraph Company
Livingston
George Howard
Toole
Good Shows at Spokane Theater February March Lineup
The Spokane theater booking list for February and March includes Empire Burlesquers on March 20 and 21, Paul Gilmore on March 22 and 23, Madame Gadski on March 24, burlesque on March 27 and 28, and Ollie Mack on March 31. Out of town patrons may reserve seats by remittance to manager Joseph Petrich. Other attractions include George H. Primrose minstrels, The Christian, Blanche Walsh in Heir to the Hoorah, and the Roscian Opera Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Petrich
George H. Primrose Minstrels
Blanche Walsh
The
Hoorah
Roscian Opera Company
Madame Gadski Recital at Spokane Theatre Next Saturday
Opera star Madame Gadski will perform a recital at the Spokane theatre next Saturday night. She will be assisted by Frank La Forge of Seattle who lately returned from Berlin to favorable reception in the east and west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame Gadski
Spokane
Frank la Forge
Seattle
Berlin
Theater and music figures plan summer work and new venues
Dan L Weaver returns to Spokane after guiding Mme Calve during a U S tour. Teresa Carreno gave a Bechstein hall recital in London and repeated her prior triumph. Mabelle Gilman may star in light opera again with strong backing. Spokane theater manager Petrich books summer attractions. H B Irving signs to perform in Lights Out next season here, in place of Taps. Chimmie Fadden style revivals and new Seattle theatres loom as Cort Independents Sullivan Considine plan venues. Olga Samaroff tours U S and Canada next autumn. Russell Drew and associates seek new theatres to replace the Third Avenue house due to regrading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan L. Weaver
Spokane
Mme. Calve
United States
Teresa Carreno
Bechstein Hall
London
Mabelle Gilman
Petrich
H. B. Irving
Sir Henry Irving
Victor Moore
Broadway
Olga Samaroff
Canada
Seattle
John Cort
Independents
Sullivan & Considine
Russell & Drew
China Trade Improves Prospect for American Commerce
Agent Crist of the department of commerce and labor returns from a month in Japan and northern China. He reports no boycott in Tientsin and says American trade has grown and will continue to grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crist
Department of Commerce and Labor
Japan
China
Tientsin
Royal Arcanum expels Rome man over alleged conduct
Frank Z. Wilcox a Royal Arcanum member and opponent of rate increases was found guilty of alleged improper conduct and expelled from the order in Rome New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Arcanum
Rome
N. Y
Frank Z. Wilcox
Order
Cremation Planned for Anarchist Herr Johann Most
Cincinnati authorities announce plans to cremate the body of anarchist Johann Most. The article comments on charitable attitudes and jokes about subscriptions, dyspepsia, and poor excuses as social quips alongside the main notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Johann Most
Vincent St John to Face Murder Charge in Telluride Case
Vincent St. John former Telluride Miners union president now leading the Burke Idaho union arrived to answer to a murder charge linked to labor troubles years ago in Telluride Col. He declared his innocence and urged a speedy trial while Governor McDonald prepared militia trains if needed. Steve Adams linked to the Steunenberg case is jailed in Park City for house breaking and described as possibly insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakley
L. J. Simpkins
Steunenberg
Elks’ Lodge
Lewiston
Idaho
Utah
Nevada
Tecoma
Nev
Gooding
Wilson
Peter A. Steers
Bingham County
B. O. Brown
Cedar Creek
E. A.mills
Foresters
Corbin Road
Boundary Line
Bonners Ferry
L. P. Ames
J. W. Lankard
Joel
Latah
Spokane International Railway
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Athol
Supreme Court
Stewart
George C. Thompson
Coeur d'Alene City
Thompson
Odd Fellows and Masons
Grand Lodge of Idaho
Odd Fellows
Wallace
Herman Rossi
Mabel Price
Coeur d’Alene
William Holcomb
Neal
Big Fiddler Creek
Senate Public Lands Committee
Dubois
Telluride
McDonald
Col
Denver
Steve Adams
Salt Lake Tribune
Park City
Adam Stevens
Daly West
Arthur Hooper
Salt Lake City
Adams
Hooper
City
Cripple Creek
Union
Supreme Court of Colorado
Peabody
Adjutant Bell
McCormick
Beck
Western Federation of Miners
Mining unrest and a growing mining boom across North American markets
Strikes at Lethbridge Alberta prompt martial law and police control as 500 union men walk out while 100 continue work. The New York Herald notes a national mining craze driving copper stocks higher, with brokers expanding from Broad Street to major eastern cities. A Scottish syndicate aims to acquire the Klienschmidts Seven Devils interests, and Ajax's tunnel No. 2 reports a broken l edge with ore shoot anticipated.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Northwest Mounted Police
New York Herald
Herald
New York
Broad Street
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Goldfield
Tonopah
Heralds
San Francisco
Baltimore
Greenwood
B. C
West Kootenay Power & Light Company
Kootenay
Yale
Weiser
Idaho
Klienschmidts
Seven Devils
Ajax
Hercules
Bolt of lightning saves train by welding broken rail
A 14 year old Willy Schultz near Bentley spots a seven foot broken rail on the Wheatley line. He refits the rail before a 8:56 local arrives, then is struck by lightning which welds the rail in place. The engineer stops the train just in time and the track is found sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limited
Wheatley
le Sueur
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Bentley
Willy Schultz
Schultz
Mike Sheds Light On Fake Labels In Baggage Scandal
In a New York Press report, a Grand Central station worker nicknamed Mike mocks a traveler whose trunk plastered with labels from London Paris Berlin Naples Shanghai Bangkok exposes egotism. He argues the labels mislead and brands the owner a bragging fool.
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Mike
Grand Central Station
London
Paris
Berlin
Naples
Shanghai
Bangkok
Vienna
New York Press
Overgrown boy and the slow mowing bill
A boy who mows the Miller lawn slow earns pay for four hours at twenty cents, arguing he is sick and cannot work fast. A light satirical piece recalls romance on a bridal tour and a pun about public opinion and capitalization.
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Tom
Representative proposes whipping wives bill in DC
Philadelphia lawmaker Robert Adams Jr introduces a measure to whip husbands convicted of beating their wives in the District of Columbia. The bill allows a magistrate to order up to 30 lashes in a prison yard supervised by a physician and jailkeeper. Proponents cite deterrence and relief for abused spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Congress
Robert Adams, Jr
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Washington
Adams
Butterfly Farms and a Lively Catch Short News Snippet
The piece notes butterfly farming as a steady profitable industry with experts who rear larvae much like poultry. It describes a glass stocked stockroom filled with iridescent butterflies and highlights the high demand and profits in museums.
Brightly Says Idea for Sonnet Draws Interest
In a Philadelphia Press excerpt Rimer I shows a sonnet to Crit tick and Rimer claims Crit tick is struck by the idea. Brightley questions feasibility while Rimer affirms the concept as his original plan for a perfect sonnet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rimer
Crittick
Brightley
Philadelphia Press
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ively
Miles
News OF Northwest
Montana
Washington Notes
Idaho News
Empire Burlesquers
Paul Gilmore
Ollie” Mack
Most
John
Colorado
Him
Dustin Stax
Washington Star
Chance
Maryland
Delaware
Butterfly Farms
Mrs. S
Bridget
Mum
Harper’s Weekly
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