Trades and Terrors Across the Globe This Week
Reports from San Francisco to London include dismissals of charges against Walter Scott for an Inyo county ambush, a major fire loss assessment, Western forest fire plans, stock exchange failures, and troop moves.
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San Francisco
Walter Scott
Scotty
Inyo County
Woodward
London Stock Exchange
Greatore & Co
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Chicago
Hollister
San Benito County
Cal
Tenth Cavalry
Charles S. Francis
Troy
N. Y
Austria-Hungary
Hamburg
Pardee
California
United States
Roosevelt
Potomac
Treasury
Haversham Grange
Odessa
Singapore
Straits of Mallaca
Benton
W. L. S. Gilcrest
Junior Order of United American Mechanics
Order
Chicago Commercial Association
Senate
Departments of State, Justice and Commerce
Mining notes and theatre news from Spokane and B C
The report covers Center Star Rossland B C foundations for War Eagle equipment and a 650 HP motor as part of a larger hoisting plant plan. It notes regulatory changes at Simalkameen Valley, Rex mine activity in Coeur d Alene, and Boundary B C ore shipments. It also mentions a U S court damages ruling against Eyman Mining, a sheriffs sale in Colville, and a fatal Center Star mine accident. Dramatic season highlight is Mme Sarah Bernhardt’s Spokane engagement with a luxurious travel plan and mail order seating for Camille at the Big Natatorium Rink on May 7.
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Center Star
Rossland
B. C
British Columbia
Simalkameen Valley Company
Nelson
B.C
United States
Butte
Butte & Boston Consolidated Mining Company
Eyman
Spokane
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Paris
Mme. Bernhardt
Chicago
South America
Australia
Camille
Dumas
Big Nata
Torium Rink
Chant Music Store
Madame Bernhardt
Europe
Proctor celebrates 25 years in New York management
Theaters mark F. F. Proctor’s 25th anniversary in New York with notable industry figures. Miss Bertha Cordray, linked to Spokane theater manager John F. Cordray, appears in An American Citizen. Lillian Russell plans a comeback to light comedy next season after retirement.
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New York
F. F. Proctor
Bertha Cordray
Annette
John F. Cordray
Washington
Columbia
Spokane
Lillian Russell
Father and Son discuss acting path with tips
A dialogue shows a father urging his son to start by cultivating the art of walking and fasting as a foundation for an acting career. The exchange frames ambition and discipline as essential steps toward performance.
Mrs Hanna puts Glenmere up for sale near Cleveland
Mrs Hanna the widow of the late Senator Hanna intends to sell the Glenmere country home near Cleveland Ohio. She will move to New York with her son and make her home there.
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Hanna
Glenmere
Senator Hanna
Cleveland
Ohio
New York
Phelan Seeks City Aid For San Francisco After Fire
James D. Phelan, head of the municipal finance committee, warns of severe cash shortages in San Francisco after the fire. He notes banks are closed and hospitals, orphanages, and charitable groups lack funds, estimates Red Cross needs at 1000 dollars daily, and outlines plans to secure low interest funding to rebuild and restore normal life.
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San Francisco
James D. Phelan
Municipal Finance Committee
Associated Press
Red Cross
Chicago
United States
Quotations from Spokane Markets and Prices List
A dense listing of commodity prices and market quotes from Spokane. Includes fruits vegetables meats dairy grains and live stock with units and price ranges such as potatoes 75c per cwt beets 1.10 to 1.25 per cwt apples Spitzenburg 2.75 per box oranges 3.75 per 4 boxes butter 30c per lb eggs 4 to 6 per case beef prices cattle hogs poultry and other staples with varying weights and packaging formats.
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Spitzenburg
Rome
Ben Davis
Walbridge
Ford
Minnesota
Best Ranch
Best Creamery
Spokane
Columbia Theater Opens in Spokane With Grand Reception
The Columbia theater at corner Howard street and First avenue Spokane opened last Tuesday to a grand success. It seats 1400 with 800 on the first floor and 600 in the balcony and features modern lighting ventilation and speed exits. Prices range from 15c to $1 with matinees 25c to 50c. Beginning May 6 Byron Douglas company will present Hall Caine's The Eternal City.
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Columbia
Howard Street
First Avenue
Spokane
Byron Douglas
Hall Caine
Viola Allen
Mikado to Open Roscian Opera Season in Spokane
Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Mikado, drawn from official life in the land of the sunflower and the pagoda, will debut the Roscian Opera Company's summer program at the Spokane theater on First avenue near Davenport's restaurant. An augmented orchestra led by Adolph Friede will perform. Construction to convert adjacent premises into a palm garden for intermission music is underway.
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Gilbert & Sullivan
Land of the Sunflower
Roscian Opera Company
Spokane Theater
First Avenue
Davenport
Adolph Friede
Benefit receipts reach Spokane theaters total
The Spokane venues at Spokane and Auditorium theaters collected 974 dollars from a Thursday benefit. Mme. Sarah Bernhardt will perform Camille in Spokane May 7 at Natatorium park Big Rink. John Maguire plans a monster Salt Lake benefit for California earthquake relief. A Kansas City benefit drew 5000 attendees and 6230 dollars for relief.
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Spokane
Auditorium
Sarah Bernhardt
Camille
Natatorium Park
John Maguire
Northwest
Salt Lake
California
San Francisco
Convention Hall
Kansas City
Patrick Campbell
England
Paul M. Potter
Thomas Dixon, Jr
Earl of Roslyn
Angela Forbes
Henriette Browne
Byron Douglas Stock Company
Virginia Richmond
Edwin Booth
London
Marie Tempest
Peggy
Duke of York’s
Seymour Hicks
Ellaine Terriss
Aldwych
Charles Frohman
Avalanches From Vesuvius Strike Somma and Santa Anastasia
Torrential rain and a gale trigger mud and ash avalanches in the Somma and Santa Anastasia area. Bridges are destroyed roads blocked and railways damaged as troops aid sufferers while no fatalities are reported yet. The region remains volatile with ongoing threats to life and property as storms continue.
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Vesuvius
Somma
Santa Anastasia
Power schemes and climate theories in early 20th century notes
The article surveys potential hydro power on the Rhone at Bellegarde and its canyon Perte du Rhone as the largest in Europe, plus a discussion of a Marsden Manson theory on earth climate evolution. It also notes papaya fiber for paper making and predicts changes in U.S. military leadership with General Bell as a progressive influence.
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Rhone
Bellegarde
Philosophical Society of Washington
Marsden Manson
Earth
Oceans
Globe
Mexico
Moluccas
Florida
California
Harper Memorial Library Plans Approved at University of Chicago
Trustees accept complete plans for the $1 250 000 William Rainey Harper Memorial Library building and construction will start soon. The structure will be the largest college library in the United States except for one unnamed facility, promising an unparalleled repository of volumes and study spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Rainey Harper
University of Chicago
United States
Kansas wire fence feud and the western cattle raisers
An 1885 86 migration tale shows ranchers using barbed wire to fence vast plains, clashing with homesteaders the grangers. Congress enacted anti fencing laws aiding settlers, ending the cattlemen’s open range era and triggering subsequent legal fights over government land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Congress
Modern Love in Schoharie Chooses Between Two Girls
A verse about a young man in Schoharie torn between Kitty and Carrie both about sixty inches tall, unable to decide which to marry. A judge notes the humor of swaying affections. A tangential quip compares a girl slamming dishes with a powder rag to facing social scorn.
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Schoharie
Kitty
Carrie
New Military Chief of Staff Under Bell Appointment
Announcement from the armed services states Brigadier General J Franklin Bell is named chief of staff at the Pentagon. The covenant reshapes senior command as veterans depart from front line duties and new elements enter Uncle Sam’s military structure.
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Uncle Sam
J. Franklin Bell
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