Northwest News Items Briefly Told in Notes
A compilation from four northwest states notes new incorporations for Dano Hope Lumber Co in Kootenai County and St Joe Improvement Co at Coeur d Alene. Academy of Idaho plans near Pocatello move forward. Deaths include A. E. Callaway of Caldwell aged 79. Ada County assessment shows real estate value at 4.44 million and personal property at 1.29 million. Rossi log drive about 3 million feet near Boise canyon amid rising activity.
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Ada County
Boise Canyon
Arsenals for China Reported in Shansi Province
Tientsin Aug 6 The governor Yuan Shikai builds arsenals in Shansi for arms and smokeless powder, hiring experts formerly at arsenals here. Chinese manufacture arms and ammunition at Paoting. Trade improves but Chinese mood remains sullen and defiant. The specialist notes a patient reluctant to cooperate.
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Tientsin
Shansun
Yuan-Shi-Kai
Paoting
Steel Strike News: Two-Day Talks Fail in New York
Aug 4 New York reports another steel workers strike attempt ends without agreement as Amalgamated Association and United States Steel Corp fail to concede. Secret session outlines a reduced ultimatum while Morgan Schwab and Shaffer press for settlement. likely move to nonunion mills and broader strike action.
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New York
Soha
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
United States Corporation
United States Steel Corporation
Tin Plate Company
Amalgamated Association
American Steel Hoop Company— Company
American Steel Hoop Company
American Sheet Steel Company— Company
American Sheet Mill Company
Old Meadow
Saltsburg
Scotsdale
McKeesport
Welleville
Hoop
Youngstown
Girard
Pomeroy
Greenville
Warren
Lindsay
McCutcheon
Clarke
General strike looms atop United States Steel plants
In Pittsburg at the end of the day President Shaffer announced a general strike order could come within a week. He said the board would not meet unless peace was sought and confirmed Federation of Labor support via Secretary Morrison. Compers was not in town but was invited for a conference this week.
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New York
T. J. Shaffer
John Williams
Schwab
Steel Company
J. P. Morgan
Robert Bacon
C. F P. Dawkins
of Morgan & Co
Morgan
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
Steel Corporation
Amalgamated
Stevens House
Williams
Pittsburg
Bacon
Corporation
United States Steel Corporation
American Fedation of Labor
Structural Steel
Trust
United States
Shatter
Ise
Washington
Compers
American Federtion of Labor
Morrison
Federation of Labor
Britain to deal Boers death penalty war policy
London policy telegraphs General Kitchener that Boers guilty of killing natives employed by British forces will face death. Leniency is past and armed Boers will be treated as brigands. Comment notes guerrilla war demoralization and expectation of desperate acts as war nears end.
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New York
London
The
Tribune
Chamberlain
House of Commons
South Africa
Kitchener
Botha
Kruger
Prices in Spokane Poultry and Livestock Markets
A Spokane listing shows prices for poultry and eggs, ducks, geese, turkeys, and eggs by weight and unit, plus vegetables like potatoes and onions, beef and veal by live or dressed weight, hogs and sheep by weight, hides and shearing prices, and grain delivered rates for Club wheat blue stem red varieties. The note closes with two aphorisms about word skill and willingness to endure trouble for beer.
Dowager Empress Frederick Dies Sudden in Berlin
London reports the death of Dowager Empress Frederick as sudden and unexpected. Newsdesk notes the emperor and other children were in attendance, with officials and professors among those reacting, as details reach readers in London.
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Marlborough House
Chinese Protectorate Plan For Road Patrols In Shansi
Aug 5 report from Washington states Li Tsing Chang sent regulations to establish mounted patrol posts along the road from Chingting to Paotingfu. Nine stations to guard travelers with escorts within 12 feet and no payment accepted. Posts to be moved every two days.
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Washington
State Department
Sytters
Pekin
Li Thing Chang
Chingting
Paoting-fu
Squiers
Shansi
Chili
U S Leads World in Iron and Steel Output in 1900
The Geologic Survey report by James M. Swank shows the United States produced about 34 percent of pig iron worldwide in 1900, totaling 13,730,242 tons, and about 38 percent of steel at 10,187,322 tons. Bessemer pig iron output reached 7,943,462 tons and Bessemer steel rails topped 2,361,921 long tons, with total rails near 2,400,000 tons.
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Washington
Geological Survey
James M. Swank
American Iron & Steel Association
United States
Bessemer
Destitution in Kiowa-Conanche land at El Reno
Destitute homeseekers in El Reno OU struggle after failing to draw Kiowa-Conanche claims. Hundreds sell tents, horses and wagons to return home while many camped on borders wait for a possible open run. Some drift toward Anadarko Hobart and Lawton as destitution spreads.
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el Reno
O. T
Anadarko
Hobart
Lawton
Mail Pouch Stolen at Portland Depot
Thieves stole a registered mail pouch from a trunk in front of a mail car at the Union depot in Portland Oregon. The pouch sent from Omaha to Seattle disappeared with no trace amid darkness. A clerk pursued them but they vanished. A letter pouch was taken from a truck near an Oregon Railroad and Navigation train, with loss found only after reaching a station 20 miles away.
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Portland
Ore
Union Depot
Omaha
Seattle
East
Manila seeks streetcars and stores for Philippines trade
Manila, a city of 250000 people, lacks street car service. An electric street car line and lighting plant, an American department store, and a large dry goods store are proposed to stock firms to do business in the Philippines.
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New York
Manila
Philippines
Spokane Interstate Fair Opens September at Spokane
The Spokane Interstate fair runs for 12 days starting September 1. It includes departments for livestock, products of the soil, art and needlework, horse racing and musical attractions, mirroring an eastern state fair. The piece notes patience for those in pain.
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Spokane
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Dano
James O'Grady
Boston & Great Falls Land Company
Secretary of State
P. H. Poindexter
R. H. Butler
America
Dillon
Yellowstone Park Telegraph & Telephone Company
Livingstone
Livingstone Canyon
Paradise Valley
Fridley
Chico
Great Falls
Chauncey Griswold
Albert Jemison
Missoula Land Office
Kalispell
Big Fork
W. R. Whipple
Payette
T. R. Hubbard
D. Stegner
Mohler
Hazelwood Company
Hazelwood
Lenore
Kettenbach Grain Company
Chicago
Nelson Brothers
Tammany
Lewiston
Joe Southwell
Wasco County
Dallas
Mary C. Gates
N. H. Gates
Dalles
Desdemona Sands
Astoria
Gilliam County
Milton
J. A. Leman
A. M. Leman
Peacock Mill
Eagle Mill
Miller Bros
United
Alta Hevel
Yoakum
George Sears
T. L. Arnold
Beulah
Bender Mountain
Agency Valley
Montana
Lothrop
Western Lumber Company
Archie Crosson
Havre
Clarkston
Pullman
Whitman County
Inland Empire
Fairfield
Washington Red Cedar Shingle Manufacturers’ Association
Midland
Linseed Oil Company
Minneapolis
Walla Walla
Walla Walla Valley
Edward Scholes
Yakima City
Alvin Richmond
John Johnson
North Yakima
Kona
Roberts
Klondike
Alaska
Uncle Sam
Ellis
Cascade Mountains
Natches River
Arsenals
China
American Sheet Steel Company
Hyde Park
National Steel Company
Federal Steel Company
National Tube Company
Mr. Chamberlain
Hanperoe William
Her Majesty
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