Queen Victoria Lying In State Amid Guarded Ceremony
In Cowes and London, royal and foreign dignitaries observe elaborate funeral preparations for Queen Victoria. Emperor William and German suite view the coffin, with wreaths from Portugal and others, while guards remain motionless. Preparations for Edward VII’s procession and mourning extend across Britain and Europe.
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Edward
London
England
Edward VII
United Kingdom of
Great Britain
Edward Rex
Europe
William
Burns Wins Fight in Second Round at Burns
Burns, the Spokane heavyweight, defeated Langley, champion of the Coeur d'Alenes, in the second round for a $500 purse. He landed a clean knockout as the bout ended. The report also notes broad reflections on royal ceremonies and German reactions to Queen Victoria's death, plus local legal news from Muncie about John Diehl’s prison sentence for a fatal incident in Richmond years ago.
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Wardner
Idaho
Burns
Spokane
Langley
Coeur d'Alenes
John Diehl
Muncie
Ind
Bundy
Henry County
New Castle
Akron
Mary Farwig
Richmond
Michigan City
Northern Pacific Cutoff To Save Time Between St Paul and Tacoma
Tacoma Wash Jan 20 The Northern Pacific plans a 2 million dollar contraction of the Lind Ellensburg cutoff in Washington this year to cut about 100 miles from the main line and reduce the southern detour between Spokane and Ellensburg saving roughly four hours between St Paul and Tacoma.
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Northern Pacific
Tacoma
Wash
St. Paul
Lind-Ellensburg
Spokane
Ellensburg
Tigers Arrested in Bristow Snakes Band Case
Bristow Oklahoma Territory January 28 Tom Tiger captain of the light horsemen of the insurgent Snake band and his father Walka Tiger a desperate character were arrested here and ordered held by United States Marshal Bennett There are 600 insurgent Snakes four miles south of the city at the old Indian camp grounds.
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Tigers
Bristow
I. T
Fatal Boxing Match Ends Life at Harvard Room
In Cambridge on January 26 Quurus Pobre Crane of Brookline was accidentally killed during a boxing bout with his close friend George B. Ainsworth in Ainsworths Craigie Harvard College room. Boston last year saw 33 665 arrests, up from 39 760 the year before, an increase of 6 105.
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Duke of Connaught
Cambridge
Mayn
Quurus Pobre Crane
Brookline
George B. Ainsworth
Craigie
Harvard College
Boston
Northwest News Items From Four States In One Week
Idaho notes danger from open winter to orchards track work on Idaho Northern to begin in spring lawmakers draft repeal of anti gambling law and asylum board reports 5000 dollar improvements many Idaho incidents cover taxes on mines and a Kalama hangings case. also robberies suicides and fortifications at Port Orchard with eight inch guns advancing.
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Idaho
Idaho Northern
Insane Asylum Board
Shoshone County
N. C. Carter
Bowlby
Nez Perce
Weaver
J. M. Pierce
Cassia County
Hunt
C. A. Hastings
Camas Prairie
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
State Auditor
C. B. Arney
Penitentiary
State Dairy and Pure Food Association
Boise
Oregon
Interior Department
Agricultural Department
South Boise
Craig
Spokane
Gene Johnson
Larene
W. A. Lewis
Rosenhaupt
Big Bend
Kalama
Martin Stickle
W. B. Shanklin
Kelso
Susan Mulkey
Tacoma
Royal House
San Francisco
Bean Point
Port Orchard
Seattle
Millis
State Normal School
Whatcom
Ellensburg
Cheney
Appropriations Committee
Robert Murphy
Leary
Seattle & San Francisco
Philomath Plans a Brass Band and City Vibes
Various local notes report Philomath forming a brass band, Hubbard facing chickenpox, Umatilla’s indebtedness near 150000 dollars, lost West mountains yielding free milling gold, Arlington seeing large scale poultry ventures, and a stir in Portland over gambling. Measles close Coburg school while steelhead salmon run in Columbia at four thirty four per pound. Judge Bradshaw delays Wheeler circuit court to April amid legislative date changes. Ministers form a law and order league in Portland with a substantial anti vice fund.
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Philomath
Hubbard
Umatilla el
Lostine
Alex McWilliams
Arlington
I. J. Straw
Klamath County
Coburg
Portland
Linn County
Sodaville
Columbia
Bradshaw
Wheeler County
Montana News Roundup Reveals Local Crime and Officials
Montana notes report Great Falls enrolls 1867 students while Missoula horsemen plan a race meeting. Butte resident Miss Lulu Largey loses diamonds valued at 500 to 1000 dollars. Montana Central hires require surgical exam for operating room applicants for over seven months. Kalispell vet battles glanders killing 135 to 150 horses last year. Kalispell court terms set for Teton and Flathead counties. Anaconda saloon robbery ends with gunfire. thief escapes after watch is found. Madison county Sheriff James Summers shot and killed by John Woolf, age 18, as he approached to serve a warrant. Woolf fled.
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Great Falls
Missoula
Lulu Largey
Butte
Montana Central
Depew
Kalispell
Vant Pont
D. F. Smith
Teton
Flathead Counties
Eleventh Judicial District
Flathead
Yellowstone
Anaconda
James Summers
Madison County
Morgan Gulch
Ennis
John Woolf
Summers
Woolf
U S Imports Rise as Agricultural Trade Surges in 1900
Frank H Hitchcock reports a century of growth in U S commerce with foreign markets. In 1900 total exports reached 1.37 billion dollars, imports 849.9 million, and agricultural products accounted for about 49 percent of imports while farm exports neared 845 million. Cotton price gains helped the surge, and exports of agricultural goods topped records again.
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Frank H. Hitchcock
United States
Armour Estate Valued At Fifteen Million Dollars
Chicago January 20. The late Philip D Armour estate is valued at 15 million dollars with 14 million in realty per a probate petition for letters testamentary. Legatees named Malvini G Armour widow J Ogden Armour son Philip D and Lester Armour grandsons executors the widow and son. Armour Institute not listed among legatees but he provided for its future via pre death transfers. Sudden Death Colfax Washington George Pangburn pioneer 66 died of heart failure leaving sister in Colfax as sole heir with 10 thousand dollars in a local bank. Olympia gambling houses raided. Secretary Gage reports Hawaii annexation indebtedness totaling 3 447 545 seeking appropriation. More writs filed in Topeka county and open joint debates noted.
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Armour
Chicago
Philip D. Armour
Malvini G. Armour
J. Ogden ‘Armour
Philip D
Lester Armour
Armour Institute
Colfax
Wash
Endicott
Here
George Pangburn
Pangburn
Whitman County
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