Northwest News Items Briefly Told In Notes
A collection of short notes from the four northwest states covers J A Kelly leasing the Blackfoot Creamery plant, Blackfoot asylum inmates reaching 227, Knights of Pythias building plans in Boise, and a 400-strong British American club in Boise. Also noted are U S debate wins, a Lewiston hotel fire, Salmon River Railroad incorporation with 1 million capital, a near-murder north of Bonners Ferry, and a Lewiston harbor committee invitation. Detailed shipments from Troy for the quarter ended March 31 total wood, ties, wheat, logs, hay, apples, lumber, poles, fence posts, and prunes valued around $50,000, plus local political tickets, a Wenatchee accident, bloom reports, and regent appointments for the Ashland normal school. Antelope adopts a curfew, Milton cannery plans by Charles Pierce, Portland aims for a linen factory, and Dr H Stranahan sells a Sherman County farm to O A Hazen.
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J. A. Kelly
Blackfoot Creamery Company
Blackfoot
Blackfoot Insane Asylum
Knights of Pythias
Boise
U. of S
Whitman College
Lewiston
Mean’s Implement Company
Owl
Salmon River Railroad Company
Bonner’s Ferry
Arnold Sterns
Burton
River and Harbor Committee
House
Milton
Charles H. Pierce
Albany
Portland Board of Trade
H. Stranahan
Sherman County
O. A. Hazen
Stranahan
Hood River Valley
William Simmons
Frank Carper
Frederick Berstecher
Adolph von Grueningin
Bethany
Portland
Ore
Jimmy Burns
Ed Cuff
Rossland
Cuff
United States
George L. Schetky
San Francisco
Carbon County
Wyo
Orno McSwain
James McMahon
Russell House
Sault Ste. Marie
Rosedale
Kan
Kansas City
Joseph Hume
Pacific Coast
Hume
Columbia River
Alaska
John A. Smith
Seattle & International Railway
Fremont
Seattle
Ballard
Smith
London War Office
Lord Kitchener
Henry H. Merrick
Henry Harris
Roup Farm
Chicago
Galbraith
Madison
Franklin Streets
Middlefield
Mass
Westfield
Steamboat Springs
Nevada
Comstock
Indravelli
Yokohama
Portland and Asiatic Steamship Line
Asia
Indrapura
Pao-Ting-Fu
China
Diverse Washington State notes and developments
A roundup of recent regional items including Chris Strohm injured in a Walla Walla runaway accident, H. J. Rand building a central Washington cold storage plant, Milton Fruit Growers union forming with 400 shares at two dollars each, Genesee poultry farming growth, Adna farm purchase by A Wakerbarth for 3325, missing Walla Walla insurer W. R. Carleton, lodge consolidation of Hiram and Amos in Colfax, Tacoma high school student Gordon Burke injured, W A Lauder securing 60 cent rail rate for small lots, Washburn Crosby aiming to control Spokane plant, Calthneas bringing crew with smallpox to Port Townsend, Frank Reich killed near Skykomish, W P Drugan's jail fire and alleged insanity, Tacoma Shipbuilding land deal requiring $300,000 plant investment, and Spokane Democratic nominations for mayor treasurer and comptroller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Strohm
Walla Walla
H. J. Rand
North Yakima
Washington
Milton Fruit Growers’ Union
Genesee
A. Wakerbarth
Sanborn
Iowa
Art Browning
Adna
W. A. Lauder
Moscow
Seattle
Great Northern
Washburn- Crosby Milling Company
Minneapolis
Washington Grain and Milling Company
Spokane
Calthneas
Mororan
Japan
Port Townsend
Frank Reich
St. Paul
Skykomish
Kelly Atkinson Construction Company
W. P. Drugan
Chewelah
J. A. Sloan
Cleveland
Ohio
Puyallup River
Tacoma
Tacoma Shipbuilding Company
P. 8. Byrne
Harry Eggleston
Floyd
Local Elks Exalted Leader Named in Bozeman
Montana Joseph H Baker chosen ex alted ruler of Bozeman lodge. Montana Odd Fellows raised $6000 of $10000 for widows and orphans home. Great Falls hosts ten day horse racing meet next September with $10000 subscribed for expenses. State medical board certs issued to Edgar R Bradley R O Bilaydes 8S 8 Attix W W Kingsbury Budlett O Connor and W T Reynolds. Geis shot in back during Marysville mining row. Hager clashes over alleged freeze out. Geis likely to die. Wounded Edwin Burke also hit in thigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Baker
Lodge of Elks
Bozeman
Montana
Odd Fellows
Great Falls
State Medical Board
Br. W. C. Riddell
Bell Boy
Geis
Hager
Lehman
Edwin Burke
International Chess Match Ends In Draw After Two Days
In New York on April 21 the sixth international chess match between the United States and Great Britain ended with a tie. England led after two days with two wins, but Newman and Pillsbury won to offset the advantage. Two games were drawn and at London time many games remained. two more were agreed drawn by mutual consent, awarding one game to each side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
United Kingdom
Cable
Newman
Pillsbury
London
Maceo Denies San Francisco Deportation Report
Antonio Maceo, claiming to be the Cuban patriot General Maceo’s son, denies a San Francisco dispatch that Santiago Maceo arrived there after deportation from Manila by General MacArthur. Antonio, who enrolled in Ithaca high school in 1899, is pursuing a course to enter Cornell University.
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Ithaca
N. Y
San Francisco
Santiago Maceo
General Maceo
Manila
MacArthur
Antonio Maceo
Young
Ithaca High School
Cornell University
Patrick Collins Killed In North Milan Quarrel
Spokane April 21 A quarrel between Patrick Collins and J A Miller on adjoining ranches six miles north of Milan ended with Collins struck on the head and killed Miller surrendered in Spokane saying the killing was in self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Patrick Collins
J. A. Miller
Milan
Collins
Miller
McLeay Wins Oregon Golf Championship Final
R L McLeay of Portland defeated S D Bowers of Tacoma in the finals to claim the Oregon championship golf title at the Portland event played on April 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
R. L. McLeay
S. D. Bowers
Tacoma
Oregon
Minister Relies on Bride to Complete Wedding Ceremony
The minister need not recall every line for the rite as the bride can prompt him if a word slips, ensuring the ceremony proceeds smoothly.
Negotiations for purchase of Danish West Indies advance
The Telegraph reviews a week of events including U S talks on buying the Danish West Indies, a large Salt Lake funeral for Apostle George Q Cannon, a Kentucky gambling raid, coal and mining news, a naval report, prison breaks, and disasters from boiler explosions to dam collapses.
Amakanak Island Reserved by War Department Order
The War Department reserves for public purposes all of Amakanak Island Dutch Harbor Alaska as of April 21, except the lighthouse tract and the land in the North American Company grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Amakanak Island
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
North American Company
Terrible storms sweep Pittsburgh region and Ohio valley
A vast East storm crash hits Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and northern West Virginia. Rivers rise, cities flood, manufacturing plants delay, and thousands lose heat, food, and work as snow and rain pile up across multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Scoville
Pressed Steel Car Company
Wheeling
W. Va
Allegheny
Beaver
Oil City
Oil Exchange
New York
Parker's Landing
Greensboro
Monongahela River
Wood Junction
Allegheny River
Carnegie
Foster
Prospectors Bond Four Claims At Santa Field Near Tekoa
A. Cohn, F. M. Quinn, and Pete Hanson return from the Santa goldfields with O. M. Sparka and J. W. Maxwell in charge of four Tyson Bros. & Renfrew bonded claims. Three rise above the original discovery and one below. They will resupply and resume work with a large crew, noting many prospectors in action. Upper mines appear as rich as the original discovery and colors are found on Carpenter creek daily with several promising quartz claims nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tekoa
Wash
A. Cohn
F. M.quinn
Pete Hanson
Santa Goldfields
O. M. Sparka
J. W. Maxwell
Tyson Bros. & Renfrew
Carpenter Creek
Four Children Slain by Tramps in Chartres France
In Chartres April 23 a farmer named Briere and his five children were attacked by unidentified assailants. Four children were killed and the father wounded in a brutal murder attempt. Police are investigating the inhuman assault and seeking clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chartres
France
Briere
Carter Denied Bail by Supreme Court
Washington April 23 The United States Supreme Court denied the application of former Captain Oberlin M. Carter to be admitted to bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Oberlin M. Carter
Golden Wins Six Day Go As You Please Walk
Columbus reports Peter Golden of New York won the six day go as you please walking match in Columbus Ohio on April 21. The event tested endurance with continuous motion over alternating days and varied pacing. Golden secured victory amid a field of competitors and reached the finish line first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Peter Golden
New York
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Morthimest
Northwest States
Idaho
Daggett
Leonard Funk
KE. W. Hand
Fred Baldwin
P. Sondgerath
C. DuQuesnay
IB. Laing
E. M. Voydt
G. W. Burch
Julius Zittel
N.S. Pratt
Rupert McClure
Wenatchee
Salem
R. P. Neil
Ashland
J. S. Orr
Klamath Falls
A. J. Sherwood
Coquille City
Board of Regents
State Normal School
Antelope
Maceo
California
MccLeay
the Telegraph
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Danish West Indies
George Q. Cannon
Salt Lake
Zanesville
J. K. Lambsley
Lowell
Muskingum River
Frank B. Loomis
Venezuela
Caracas
Porto Rico
Loomis
State Department
McKinley
Associated Press
Castro
San Juan
Mr. Castro
Kansas
Memphis
Ben Marsh
Peabody Hotel
Shamokin
Natalie
Shamokin Coal Company
James Bateman
John Yeager
Locust
Oberlin Carter
Savannah
Carter
Richards
Supreme Court
Lemars National Bank
Lemars
Thomas J. Ward
Isthmian Canal
Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Butte
Mont
al Davidson
White Sulphur Springs
Romona
H. Morrison
Fort Langley
B. C
Vancouver
New York Evening Post
United States Treasury
Santa Fe
N. M
George Stephenson
Simmons
Jose Monica Sena
Felipe Armijo
Pedro Sandoval
Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
Middle East
Lake Michigan
Elmira
Cowesque
Tioga
Tioga County
Pomeroy
Kentucky
Louisville
Ridgeway
Golden
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