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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1901
Page
2
Overview of weekly world events with notes on casualties and strikes. Mentions Butterfield's death near Poughkeepsie New York. large pension totals. Shamrock I sailing July 25. Leigh G J Hunt ill in Nagasaki. steel and mine strikes. robberies and accidents. naval maneuvers. rising U S payrolls. regional unrest in Europe and Asia. notable court and political episodes.
In Unalaska on July 4 during Independence Day festivities a British steamer flew the Union Jack amid American port tensions. Captain Whipple of the U S Concord demanded the flag haul down, a British captain resisted, threats of arrest followed, and temporary retrenchment ensued before the flag was again raised and a national salute fired from the Concord.
Alarm among New York Japanese over San Francisco unions seeking to exclude Japanese as Chinese under the Geary act. San Francisco labor groups preparing a petition to Congress. Toled o Ohio July 23 The Republic Iron and Steel Toledo rolling mill resumes about August 1 employing 400 men with a $30 000 monthly payroll.
A dispatch to the Evening Standard from Odessa reports that special agents say the Giberian crops are nearly a total failure, signaling potential food shortages and economic impact.
Paris dispatches report ex President Kruger notified by cable that his wife died on Saturday at Pretoria, sending shock through the family and diplomatic circles.
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on July 22 officials of the United Mine Workers and the Stationary Firemen's Association said the strike would end soon if the miners defined their stance clearly. Their leaders met to decide how to proceed, with 26 UMW officers and firemen's officers in attendance. Statements from district presidents urged unity and noted some districts did not join the strike. A formal firemen's headquarters note indicated talks aimed at terminating the strike if employers respond favorably, while promising to protect workers who remained at their posts.
R G Dun weekly review notes anxiety over future possibilities but not current misfortune. Retail and agricultural sectors show resilience as labor disputes affect prices but not day to day demand. Steel, tin, and wool markets firm. cotton goods steady. footwear prices stable with full factory runs. Atlantic exports rise to 3,902,775 bushels. U S failures 198, Canada 32.
Local market notes list poultry and eggs with live weight prices for chickens ducks geese and turkeys plus dressed rates. eggs at 4.25 per case. Vegetables show potatoes and onions priced by hundredweight. Livestock covers beef veal and hogs with live and dressed quotes. sheep and hides with small pelt values. Grain delivered prices from local mills include Club wheat Bluestem and red varieties with bulk and sacked options.
Wilkesbarre Pa July 23 Mines resume with United Mine Workers committees meeting coal company superintendents. Some firesmen to be reinstated and old workers to be restored, signaling near end of the strike. Expected official declaration of off tonight with about 85 percent returning tomorrow and mining resuming.
Everett Washington July 22 Basil Murphy a seven year old boy from Monte Cristo was instantly killed when struck by a heavily loaded ore train car at the Monte Cristo concentrator.
William H. ReedLy pamie et te Weekes tnip greit emmission to succeed himself details unclear due to damaged OCR. The report notes a new grain commissioner selection process and potential renomination.
A weekly round up covers Spokan o and nearby regions with notes on potato crops at St. Joe and grain yields around Moscow. It reports a Frank Scott acquittal on a criminal assault charge, wheat shipped to Lewiston, and 300 acres yielding 30 bushels per acre. Idaho pine lands grow. Nez Perce forms village trustees. a tramp’s fatal train accident near Glenn’s Ferry. Spokane bicycle licenses at 4,300. Walla Walla electric cars planned. pear blight in Tekoa. Cheney Normal opening Sept 9. a South Bend clam cannery nearing certainty. and local civic and railway news across the region.
Idle painters and carpenters scarce in Helena. Big Timber reports alfalfa crop below normal. Forty applications for a new Big Timber military company. Flathead county sees steamboats only countywide. Pugsley Bros wool clip about 200000 pounds sold to Jeremiah Williams and Co. at 13 cents. Bitter Root stock farm employs about 500 men, will cut over 10000 tons of hay. Missoula assessor says property value up $306582 from last year. A. F. Noble fines $50 at Glendive for shipping stock without notice, appeal planned. West Gallatin reports over 100 cattle poisoned by poisonous weeds. Butte cigar dealers in price war, Retail Cigar Dealers Association formed. Ravalli county has 740796 acres unappropriated, 23893 surveyed, 716902 unsurveyed. Judith land district receipts rise to 70854.07 from 60764.26. Fort Keogh to remain garrisoned near several trib es. Deputy Game Warden Hall optimistic on season for game including chickens. Chief Sanger to deploy patrol wagon with restricted access in business district fires.
A. A. Goldstein of Vancouver Wash accompanied a party to Mount St Helena and became separated. F. Murray near Trout Lake reports tracing footprints to a glacier brink and fears Goldstein fell over a precipice and will not be found alive.
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