Profits In Big Mines Roar Across U S Fields
Mining World reports seven months of 1900 profits large across 104 mines and ore treatment works. Dividends totaling about $510 655 on capitalization roughly $549.8 million, with major properties like Calumet and Hecla and Homestake leading. Copper, gold, silver, and lead properties show strong returns amid rising metal prices and ongoing reorganizations.
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United States
Ehern Lr
gimGat St
Thi
Ine
Calumet & Heela
Michigan
Rv Hill & Sullivan
Idaho
Alaska
Black Hills
Iaegest Gas
Vever Somme
Wisconsin
California
Amalgamat Copper Company
American Securities Camp
Copper Bar Consolidated Annan
Elx
Mated Copper Company
Montana
Scanda
Securiies
The
United
Amalgamated Coplex Company
United Metals Selling Company
Guerrilla Leader Quantrell Said to Live in British Columbia
A Canadian tan of a fallible tale claims William Clarke Quantrell, the Missouri Kansas guerrilla leader, survived his Louisville hospital wound and now lives as John Sharp in Quatsino on Vancouver Island. Duffy and local officials say Sharp resembles Quantrell and recounts raids while recounting his travels from Chile to Oregon and British Columbia.
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Victoria
BO C—Biht Quantrell
Quantrell
Kentucky
Quatsino
Vancouver Island
John Sharp
J. E. Duffy
Gray
Daffy
Michigan
Duffy
Sharp
Louisville
South America
Chile
Texas
Oregon
British Columbia
Quatsing
West Vancouver
Rascal
Sn Sharp
Kansas
United Sea Army
R. B. Montgomery
Fort Worth
Tex
H. O. Berg
Shap
Suyzeon
Hellsh Columbia
Bill Quantrell
Kansas City
Ville
Half Body Split Across States In Mexican Tragedy
Miguel Martinez, a Mexican Central brakeman, was cut in two when his train moved while he slept under a car in Zacatecas Espiritus Santo. One half of the body was taken by Salinas San Luis Potosi authorities and the other by another state, each refusing to release its portion. Without a full corpse no official investigation can proceed, delaying family burial.
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Salinas
San Luis Potosi
$60,000 Allocated for Statue of Liberty Wardrobe
New wardrobe and accessories planned for the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe's Island. A bronze dress costs 1800 dollars and pedestal repair amounts to 22,400 dollars. A spiral staircase and an elevator will be installed in the statue's right arm before next winter.
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Y York
Liberty
Bedloe’s Island
Telegraphic Brevities Across the Nation
World condensed items note a giant steam locomotive to haul a mile long train in Schenectady. Prince Victor of India plans to enter Cornell College of Agriculture to try for the football team. Chicago Directory 1907 estimates population at 2.367 million with 737,400 names. Washington ICc directs wheat through rate changes to Pacific coast terminals. Bears invade Standish as fires force business shutdowns. Engineer James H. Banta killed on Illinois Central tracks. Colorado Springs plant destroyed by fire. Los Angeles school tax pass for $250,000 building fund. Owens River aqueduct bonds offered at 4 percent. Silk cargo valued at $1.25 million to Nippon Maru shipped east. Rudolph Rudio falls with minor injuries. Wickenburg plague affecting locals. Crowley shot dead near Laytonville. San Francisco plan outlines 60 miles of new wharves on waterfront improvement.
Lumber famine warned by Secretary Wilson in San Francisco
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson warned of years of wasteful lumber practices and a looming lumber famine across the United States. He urged state laws to curb waste and emphasized forest reserves, fires losses, and the need for action by coast and inland states to sustain the industry.
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San Francisco
United States
Agrilinne Wilson
Wilson
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Deport Largest Japanese Group From Coast Sail On Manchuria
In San Francisco 106 Japanese deportees left on the steamer Manchuria for the Orient, the largest such group from this coast. They were rounded up for stealing across the Mexican border into Texas and were brought here by the immigration inspector at Fort Worth.
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San Francisco
Manchuria
Orient
Texas
Immigration Bureau
Fort Worth
Guarch
Raisins Exports From California Surpass Nine Million Pounds
A June 1 1907 report from the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor states California exported over nine million pounds of raisins in the eleven months ending May 1907, with crops promised abroad and a trade not likely to be matched this year.
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Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
California
Submarine bells warn ships of danger along coasts
A new method uses submarine bells hung from sea bottom tripods to signal ships up to ten miles away. Electric bells are activated by cables from shore signal stations at Point Allerton Massachusetts and Halifax harbor entrances. Canadian ports St Johns Louisburg and Yarmouth follow, extending protection to major North American harbors.
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Point Allerton
Mass
Halifax Harbor
Lighthouse Board
St. Johns
Louisburg
Yarmouth
North America
Steamer Winema Wrecked by Ten Foot Waves on Klamath Lake
The steamer Winema ran aground and overturned on Upper Klamath Lake due to a strong wind. Fourteen passengers were aboard but no lives were lost, rescued after about three hours. Captain Hansbury reached shore on a gang plank, securing aid.
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Portland
Winema
Upper
Klamath Lake
Hansbury Fet
California fruit growers seek halt to pure food law fines
Secretary Wilson met California fruit growers and packers to discuss enforcement of pure food laws amid a large dried fruit crop. He warned he would not protect growers from prosecution if they violate sulfur limits, leaving legal risk for those selling contraband fruit. Colonel Philo Hey highlighted hardship from abrupt enforcement that could ruin thousands of growers.
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San Francisco
Wilson
California
State Board of Trade
Ferry
Department of Agriculture
Fresno County
Philo Hey
San Jose
Peary Aims to Reach Pole Again With Extra Sleds
The report notes Commander Peary believes he can reach the pole on another expedition. He plans the same equipment and route, but uses lessons from the prior voyage and hopes for favorable drift conditions to push farther west from Camp Columbia with sufficient sledges and supplies.
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Peary
Pole
Camp Columbia
Million Worms Found in Glacial Ice on Mount Tacoma
Prof John B Flett of Tacoma with Prof Cowles and a Chicago party found in the Eurenia glacier ice millions of small worms. The worms measured about an inch long and hairline in thickness, forming a wriggling mass in the solid ice and stunning the scientists who cut into the ice for examination.
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Tacoma
Wash
Mount Tacoma
John B. Flett
Cowles
Chicago
Eurenia Glacier
Collision Drives Ship Onto Nigger Tom Island
The Portland and San Francisco liner City of Panama, hauling a full passenger list, collided with the Coos Bay steamer Alliance in fog near the Willamette river mouth. The Alliance ran aground on Nigger Tom island. the Panama reached Portland with minor bow damage and cracked plates. This marked Panama’s first voyage on the Portland route replacing the Columbia.
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Portland
San Francisco
City of Panama
Alliance
Coosbay
Willamette River
Panama
California fruit and canning market surges amid high prices
Crop reports from Dun and Co note strong demand for fine fruits in Southern California. Valencias and lemons show robust prices. peaches and apricots face supply challenges. Canneries edge up activity as orange season nears peak. Sugar and oil sectors report steady exports and regional industrial notes.
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California
Dun & Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
Middle West
Atlantic
Turks Slay 300 in Persian Town Amid Invading Forces
Teheran reports Turkish troops crossing Persia’s northwest march toward Urumiah burning villages along the route. The village of Mervan shelled with about 300 dead including women and children and ten girls abducted. Panic grips Urumiah as Prince Fima is named governor of Azerbaijan and system talks with foreign representatives continue.
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Teheran
Persia
Urumiah
Mervan
Prince Firma
Azerbaijan
Salvador Warships Ready for Battle
San Francisco reports the Salvador warship Arcata, provisioned for three months with ammunition and modern quick firing machine guns, is prepared to raid Thursday night. The second ship, the President, is ready to follow, provisioned for six months and heavily armed.
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San Francisco
Arcata
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W. C. Quantrell
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Schenectady
Erie Railroad
Ithaca
N. Y
Victor Marya
India
Indian Empire
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Cornell
Trade Organization
Treasury Department
Europe
Standish, Mich
Standish
Washington
Harlan
Nebraska
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
James H. Banta
Ilinois Centralroad
Banta
Hanta
Colorado Springs
Colo
Golden Cycle Mining Company
Milion Dollar
Colorado City
Angeles
Toeans
Sangeles
Owens River Aqueduct
Rudolph Rudilow
New Montgomery
Minna
Phoenix, Ariz
Wickenburg
Phoenix
Ukiah
Cal
T. J. Crowley
Black Rock
Laytonville
John Butts
Crowley
Black Rock Range
William 1 Huer
Engineering Corps
USA
San Franco
Trade Review
California Fruit Canners’ Association
Visalia
Los Angeles
Oxnard
Alamitos
Los Ategeles
Kern
Salvador
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