Four Northwestern States Items Dominate Week Briefs
A long list of scattered notes from the Northwest recalls accidents, missing persons, political nominations, and infrastructure updates. Deserters from Fort Walla Walla, La Framboise missing, Godwin nominated for Seattle mayor, Chelan Falls ferry back in operation, and proposed state funding for a Wenatchee Indians transfer and a Yakima fish hatchery. Also reported: deaths near Olympia and Yakima City, a Spokane political slate, a fire aboard the San Diego dredger, and local developments in Freewater, Pendleton, and Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Walla Walla
la Framboise
Colville
John W. Godwin
Seattle
Chelan Falls
Jones
Washington
Yakima Couty
James Carrier
Olympia
Thomas J. Humes
John Rip Minger
Wenatchee
Clara Malvern
Snoomish
Joe Malvern
Malvern
Douglas
Northern Pacific Company
Tacoma
Adams
Ainaworth
Ainsworth Bridge
Tooke & Amery
Geagee
Montana items flash health, trials and tragedies
Health Officer Leggatt tightens smallpox exposure controls in Butte as Montana reports a slow lease month. miner John Kaus dies from a giant powder blast near Whitehall. banker F P Sterling notes $780 raised for McKinley Memorial. convict Charles Bloom released after seven years. lineman Miller Olding died from 2000 volt shock in Anaconda. Bear Afraid of the Wolf Sioux chief dies by self inflicting gunshot near Havre. Great Falls police uncover plot to destroy Great Northern depot with 50 sticks of giant powder found near the depot. investigations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leggatt
Butte
State Land Office
John Kaus
Whitehall
F. P. Sterling
Montana
McKinley Memmorial Association
Monument Fund
Herbert H. Matteson
First National Bank of Great
Olding
Havre
Bear Paw Mountains
Great Falls
Great Northern
Cleveland Declines White House Banquet Invitation
Washington February 24 Grover Cleveland refused President Roosevelts invitation to the White House banquet honoring the Prince of Prussia citing ill health as the reason for his absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Washington
Grover Cleveland
Roosevelt
White House
Prince of Prussia
Assay Offices Blown Up in Cripple Creek District
Cripple Creek and adjacent towns suffered a coordinated early morning series of six explosions targeting assay offices. Buildings in Victor, Cripple Creek, and Gold Field were wrecked while occupants were asleep, injuring a miner and a resident woman among others. Sheriff’s deputies search for perpetrators amid claims that high grade ore was being diverted to smelters in Salt Lake and San Francisco.
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Victor
Col
Cripple Creek
Gold Field
Davenport
Vanderwalker
Morgan
Williams
Benjamin
Exina Street
Florence & Cripple Creek
Here
Boyce
Swinehart
Gold Fields
Robertson
Salt Lake
Selby
San Francisco
Prince Henry of Prussia Arrives in Washington With Glowing Reception
Prince Henry of Prussia and his suite arrived in Washington at 10 20 am to a ceremonial welcome by Secretary Hay Navy Secretary Long and embassy attaches. The depot reception was adorned with American and German flags as Roosevelt linked officials in a grand presidential greeting at the White House setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Baltimore
John Hay
Navy
Long
Pearce
Count Quadt
Cowles
Roosevelt
Corbin
Prince
Ay Oes
Trania Avenas
White House
United States
Rich silver ore shipment shocks Montana mining scene
The United Smelting Refining Company’s East Helena smelter receives a notably rich $8000 silver ore shipment from the London mine at Niehart owned by William Mueller. The ore, about a quarter silver, is described as malleable and potentially a major future shipper as Grand Forks rail access nears.
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United Smelting & Refining Company
East Helena
Montana
London
Niehart
William Mueller
Trail lead refinery and mines expand amid rising ore output
The Trail lead refinery and Sullivan Mining in East Kootenay plan white lead works while Granby mines in Phoenix camp start ore shipments at 1400 tons daily. Boundary mines set a 9423 ton weekly record as British Columbia seeks refined lead protections and Canadian smelters push for a home market.
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Trail
Sullivan Mining Company
East Kootenay
Granby
Phoenix Camp
Canadian Pacific
Boundary Mines
Horsefly
Cariboo
Nelson
P. Morrison
Cape Breton
Klondike
Vancouver
British Columbia Copper Company
Greenwood
House of Commons
British Columbia
Canada
London
Mining News From Idaho and Surrounding Regions
Reports from the Black Lake gold district in Idaho predict a large season ahead. A Wallace Idaho syndicate owns a 16 month option on most Kill Buck Mining stock and has sent two men to operate there. Louis W. Buskett returns to Helena after leading an assay business and working in Central America for a major mining company. A $2,000,000 company plans a smelter on the upper Snake River to process copper ores from the region. Edward Boyce, head of the Western Federation of Miners, has become wealthy from the Hercules mine find at Burke in Coeur d’Alene. The San Poll mine is located in the Republic.
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C. R. Leonard
Butte, Mont
Britannia Copper Mining Company
British Columbia
George H. Robinson
T. M. Hodgens
Frank M. Leonard
Okanogan (Wash
Washington
C. T. McElroy
Milwaukee
Wis
McElroy
Goat Mountain
Blue Lake
Salmon River
Okanogan County
Bolster, Wash
Peter Grant
Aaron Anderson
Copper Mountain
Wallace
Idaho
I. L. Magee
Gold Hunter Mining & Smelting Company
Jacob Neiderauer
Copper Head Mining Company
Conconully
Wash
Okanogan
Lloyd Brown
Bullion Camp
Northport
United States
Salt Lake
Utah
Michael Shaugnessy
City Savings Bank of
Detroit
Shaugnessy
Utah Territory
James B. King
Helena
Mont
State Savings Bank
Exposition Commission
Butte
Colusa-Parrot Mining & Smelting Company
Colusa-Parrot
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Colusa People
Anaconda
Black Lake
Kill Buck
Louis W. Buskett
Helens
Central America
Snake River
Edward Boyce
Western Federation of Miners
Hercules
Coeur d’Alenee
Burke
San Poll
The
Republic
President Roosevelt backs Schley findings in Santiago case
The 1902 statement from the White House confirms Roosevelt reviewed Admiral Schley’s appeal and all court testimony. He finds the court of inquiry largely just, notes the captain's fight and Bernard Brooklyn loop mistake, and credits Sampson and Schley for substantial justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Admira Schley
Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
Teay
Admiral Sampson
Admiral Schley
Santiago Naval Campus
Court of Claims
Santiago
Roosevelt
Schley
Brooklyn
Wainwright
Clark
Sampson
McKinley
Trade report notes mixed weather and steady demand
R G Dun weekly review reports Atlantic coast business paused by storms with interior weather impacts yet demand remains intact. Prices of perishables rose sharply, staples drift upward, and spring wear jobbing remains ample. Rail earnings dip 3.5 percent year to date due to weather, with a 9.8 percent rise versus 1900. bank exchanges up 15.5 percent outside New York, while New York shows a 5.8 percent decline. Stock market fell after attorney general announcement against Northern Securities. February commercial failures total 6,697,881 with 250 failures in the U.S. and 31 in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dun & Co
Atlantic Coast
New York
Northern Securities Company
United States
Canada
Wheat Report From Pacific Northwest Markets
Portland reports wheat steady with Walla Walla at 66c for Bluestem 67c, Valley 65c. Tacoma shows unchanged prices with Blue Stem at 65c and Club at 64c.
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Portland
Walla Walla
Bluestem
Valley
Tacoma
Club
Prices Paid at Spokane Poultry and Eggs and Livestock
A list of quoted prices for poultry eggs and livestock in Spokane includes chickens at old weight 9 10 per lb and young chicks 10c. ducks 1ic. geese dressed 12%¢. turkeys live 12c dressed 15c. eggs 7.50 per dozen. potatoes 9 0 per cwt. onions 1.25 per cwt. Beef and hogs quoted with live and dressed prices, hides and skins listed. closing note cites a proverb about forgiving by giving.
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Spokane
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North Western
Washington News
Wilwedem
Pendleton
Freewater
Ing
Sis‘ters
Saint Francis School
Halley
Margaret E. Blackburn
Alexander Blackburn
First Baptist Church
Madison Streets
Washington & Columbia River
Umatilla
Idaho Gleanings
Summit Flat
Idaho City
First National Bank
Emmett
C. T. Stranahan
Carlyle Industrial School
Mary Madison
Weiser
George Chapin
Idaho Falls
State University
John W
Charcolette
Dewey
Defender
Harrison
Coeur d'Alene
William Walters
William Haddin
Hope
Walters
George Levi
Davis Levy
Boise
John Steiner
Mickey Reynolds
Reynolds
Colorado
Wasch
Mikes and Mining News
Press
Miscellaneous Mining News
Trade Report
Wheat Report
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