Robber's gold found after Winters confession
San Francisco reports Jack Winters confessed to the Selby smelting works robbery. About $130,000 in bullion had been recovered from the bay as detectives and Winters searched mud and water near the works. He led officers to the location, described the drop sites, and helped recover portions before an expected lighter punishment.
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San Francisco
Jack Winters
Selby Smelting
Bay
Winters
Ropp
Ropp Winters
Ropyp
Crockett
Vallejo
Seymour
Sheriff Veale
Kimball
Pinkerton Agency
Gibson
Ralston
Selby Smelting Works
New Salmon Cannery Trust Forms From Puget Sound Firms
Portland Ore Aug 11 Consolidation of about 30 salmon canneries on Puget Sound and in Alaska is complete and the Pacific Packing Navigation company has paid about 5 000 000 in cash and stock to cannery men joining the combination The new company includes Pacific American Fisheries company Pacific Steam Whaling company Ainsworth Dunn Fairhaven Cannery Quadra Packing Icy Straits Packing Taku Packing Chilkoot Packing Thrinket Packing Chatam Straits Packing Boston Fishing Packing E E Ainsworth manager says the pack for this year should reach 1 500 000 cases and the cannery operations will continue as before this season.
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Portland
Ore
Puget Sound
Alaska
Pacific Packing & Navigation Company
Pacific-American Fisheries Company
Pacific Steam Whaling Company
Ainsworth & Dunn
Fairhaven Cannery Company
Quadra Packing Company
Icy Straits Packing Company
Taku Packing Company
San Francisco Strike Sees No Settlement Yet
San Francisco workers and employers remain firm in a weeklong labor dispute as drives for peace fail to yield concessions. Efforts by business leaders to bridge gaps continue amid congested wharves and idle ships, while officials spar over police actions and proclamations. Fort Worth yards change hands as Armour and Swift form joint ownership and plan a $1 million expansion in Texas. The spider has no wings, yet he often takes a fly.
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San Francisco
Michael
Employers’ Association
Draymen’s Association
Teamsters
Labor Council
Phelan
Newhall
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade
Board of Trade Communication
North West News Notes Briefly Tell Of Varied Items
A roundup from four northwest states covers Vineland artesian well work, Idaho penitentiary population, Ada county valuation rise, Boise creamery plans, grain harvests, and a Stuart grain warehouse start. It notes Yale professor Eldridge resigning for Idaho, Idaho sheepmen considering Angora goats, local gun incidents, timber pools, railroad expansion talks, fruit shipments, and a raft of local incidents from Oregon and Montana.
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Vineland
Idaho Penitentiary
Ada County
Boise
Big Potlack
Bear Ridges
Kendrick
Kettenbach Grain Company
Stuart
Jay G. Eldridge
Yale
University of Idaho
Bear Lake County
Idaho
Marshal Stranahan
Pot Latch
Mellen
Northern Pacific
Riparia
Lewiston
Clearwater
Stites
Grangeville
Lapwai
Cul de Sac
Nez Perce Prairie
Snake River
la Follette
Wawawal
Ex-Governor Newell Died at Allentown New Jersey
A condensed notice reports the death of former Governor William A. Newell at his Allentown home in New Jersey last week. The item also notes regional agricultural activity including large milling plans near Spokane, fruit fair funding, brick works starting in Elma, and crop yields across Walla Walla and Stevens counties. It mentions a local suicide near Odessa, and an execution in Tacoma for wife murder, along with fire that destroyed a barn on Bonanza hill near Bossburg.
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William A. Newell
Allentown
N. J
Portland Flouring Mills
Odesea
Spokane
Walla Walla Valley
Elma Brick Company
John Nuttsky
Odessa
Frank Hibbard
Bonanza Hill
Bossburg
Mining boom drives up Deer Trail crew and profits
About 120 men are at work on Deer Trail properties in Cedar canyon Washington, the largest on record. Wages rose 25 cents daily with miners earning 3 dollars and laborers 2.50. The Deer Trail group ships seven cars of ore from Elephant ground in July, netting 9627.65, and expects 15 cars monthly if haulage improves.
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Deer Trail
Cedar Canyon
Washington
Deer Trail Company
Cedar Canyon Mining Company
Samuel Burbridge
Mining Notes Show Northwest Mining Activity and Dividends
Northport smelter employs 250 workers while a 30 ton mill near Republic is expected to run by October. The Hercules near Wallace Idaho will ship ore, and extensive mining in Spokane region continues with high ore values. The Empire State Idaho company declares a 1 percent August dividend totaling $50,000, with over $1 million paid to date. News from Dewson highlights Yukon basin exploration with Rampart and Lake Creek discoveries. Coeur d Alene mines employ about 1684 workers across Standard Mammoth Hecla Tiger Poor Man Bunker Hill Sullivan Empire State Idaho Morning Hunter. Belcher group sale completes for $75,000 to Davies Gold Mining. A Spokane court decision favors McFadden et al against Mountain View Mining.
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Northport
Wauconda
Republic
Hercules
Wallace
Idaho
James Clark
Northwest
Spokane
Washington
pan-American
Spokane Mining Board
Granby
Empire State-Idaho Company
Bunker Hill & Sullivan Company
Coeur d'Alene
Dewson
Yukon Basin
Yukon River
Great Basin
Rampart
Lake Creek
Big Salmon
Coeur d’Alene
Canyon Creek
Mammoth
Frieco
Hecla
Tiger-Poorman
Wardner
Bunker Hill & Sullivan
Empire State-Idaho
Mullan
Hunter
Belcher Group
Baker City
Oregon
W. R. Eisenhour
G. W. Davies
Danville
Wh i
Davies Gold Mining Company
Andy Larsen
Alamo
D. W. Denton
Iowa
Alfred Sterns
Baker
Superior Court
W. E. Richardson
W. D. McFadden
David O’neil
Charles W. Vedder
W. E. Harris
Mountain View Mining & Milling Company
Colville Reservation
Columbia River
Stevens County
American Boat Wins Open Race at Great Lakes Regatta
Chicago August 11 The first of five races for the international chain of the Great Lakes was fired off by the Royal Canadian Yacht Club and the Detroit Boat Club Cadillac. The American boat won with about nine minutes to spare.
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Chicago
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