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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1902
Page
2
A broad Northwest digest notes Hoquiam to gain a large shingle mill and a building boom in North Yakima. Colfax reports wheat damage from frost. Spokane banks show higher deposits. A bridge of various items includes a Ballard robbery, a Colfax road tax ruling, and a Pendleton sheep shearer returning to streets.
The Collins Flouring Mill at Independence suffered a 15000 fire loss with 5000 insured. About 40 Woodmen candidates will travel from Weston to Pendleton for an eastern Oregon logrolling event on April 21 and 22. A unknown man’s body, missing for six months, was found near Cold Springs six miles from Umatilla. In Arlington a bloody shooting in the post office building left H. R. Hawkins dead, shot by T. D. Sweeten. witnesses say Hawkins fired wildly, Sweeten fled then surrendered after four shots. After a year away, the town resumes.
Weather may allow early valley plowing around Bozeman while Kalispell mills upgrade with a 100 horsepower electric motor. Cattle bound for Chicago. Ketchener and Chadburn ship ten cars from Livingston. Montana Jockey Club moves to open in Butte on June 21. Summer fairs, Fourth of July events, and Missoula matinees promoted. Woodmen of America plan a June state logrolling picnic in Helena. Butte police file 17 saloon license complaints for non compliant merchants. Red Lodge jury convicts Andrew Bilant of second degree murder in the Davidson case. Lapwai child accident results in a seven year old losing an arm. Great Falls wrestling match nets $500 purse for Jack Curran over George McLaughlin. Finn miner Mat Mattson killed at Red Lodge Rocky Fork mine. Deputy Internal Revenue Charles French outlines Montana division changes with two districts, offices in Butte and Helena, and discontinuation of Great Falls office.
Paterson New Jersey endures a second disaster as flooding swamps miles of riverfront and central districts. Hundreds homeless, 600 families driven from tenements, rescue crews battle rising waters amid collapsing bridges and submerged mills while fire crews fight blazes and evacuate residents.
Mogg in London reports that former Texas Governor Hogg, visiting London to advance a Texas oil deal, was to be presented to King Edward at a levee. He refused knee breeches and sword, declaring he would not wear another country's uniform even to meet the king. Governor Hogg reportedly weighs 364 pounds and his vest fullness causes seating issues.
Miss Stone arrived from Salonica and went to the United States legation in Constantinople. Dragoman Gargiulo also returned and reports Miss Stone and Mme Tsilka in excellent health, not appearing spent from six months in brigand custody. Mme Tsilka’s baby is called Kismetcha or Lucky Child by the brigands.
Bradstreet's weekly trade summary reports full season demand, brisk spring activity, steady iron and steel consumption, and uneven hog products. Wheat price declines did not spark expected export trade, while reports of winter wheat crop stress boosted short covering. US failures total 204 that week, Canada 27, with year-ago comparisons cited.
A Spokane market list shows live weight and dressed prices for poultry and eggs, cheese, turkeys, ducks, and vegetables with per pound or per case rates. Beef, mutton, hogs, veal, hides, and sheepskins are listed by weight or piece, plus a note on a 12 by freight difference versus the Coast and adjusted wheat prices in Spokane with Bluestem at 54 c and club wheat at 53 c.
Portland traders report Walla Walla wheat at 65 to 66 and Bluestem at 66 to 67 cents. In Tacoma the market remains quiet and steady with Bluestem at 66 cents and club at 65 cents.
An explosion on Monday wrecked the five story building at 210 212 Canal street housing Aster Press Printing. The blast sent half the Canal Street front into the street and turned the interior into a roaring mass of flame. Many employees were injured by jumping to escape the blaze.
London dispatch reports Pretoria details of a convoy escort disaster at Vondenop near Klerksdorp in the Transvaal. British casualties total 632 killed wounded and prisoners, with two guns captured by the Boers.
Pittsburgh March reports a rising Allegheny to 35 feet may match 1832 peak and 1884 flood levels. Fifty thousand workers idle as mills close. water floods streets from Henry's Island to Penn Avenue. Rail lines submerged. Western Penitentiary damaged. hotels and theaters inundated. Fire protection limited as Monongahela water shuts plant boilers.
Reports from March 4 indicate a revolutionary outbreak in Colombia near Bogota with severe fighting around the capital. Government forces are claimed to have prevailed, driving revolutionists into the mountains amid heavy losses.
Des Moines Iowa March 3 Attorney Frank Sherman 45 son of Major Hoyt Sherman and nephew of General William T Sherman and Senator John Sherman died after a paralytic stroke suffered while visiting his wife’s grave at Woodland cemetery in Des Moines.
Paris March 1 Officials of the Panama Canal company remain without explanation for a dispatch from Colombia saying the concession could not be transferred without Colombia assent to changes in articles 21 and 23. A cable will seek clarification, the company maintains its offer to sell property to the United States, and negotiations continue.
Salt Lake area anxieties rise as the Great Salt Lake continues a multi year drop. Experts debate causes from rainfall cycles to water use by agriculture and grazing, plus timber removal affecting streams feeding the lake. A US Geological Survey investigation is being sought to study the issue. Marconi reports a new wireless record aboard the Philadelphia Southampton voyage with witnesses Captain Mills and Chief Officer Marsden. Seventeen hundred miles at sea confirmed transmissions from Cornwall station, while Newfoundland messages were questioned as atmospheric phenomena. The speaker denies plans for a Cuban United States wireless link or an English channel line. Some men refuse to repay borrowed trouble.
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