Northwest News Briefs Sketch State Happenings
Colfax area frost injuries slight. Spokane banks rise in clearances. Quincy post office established. Sprague electric lighting eyed. Washington state on cash basis for first time. Deaths include Peter Barrett in Sprague and William Hogan in Pasco. Spokane plans electric railroad to Sunnyside.
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Colfax
Waitsburg
Quincy
Douglas County
Spokane
Walla Walla Valley
Sprague
State of Washington
Fred Wilkeson
Wallaburg
John O'Connor
Downs
Harrington
Peter Barrett
William Hogan
Pasco
Eastern
North Yakima
Sunnyside
Tekoa Company
Tekoa
H. J. Russell
Pomeroy
Alpowa
Butte
Tokoa Meat Company
Moscow
Methodist Episcopal Church
Garfield
Frederick Lubbin
Dusty
McBride
Whitman College
University of Idaho
United States
Whitman
St. Louis Fair Commissioners
C. J. Lord
Olympia
George B. Randle
Tacoma
Charles L. Denny
Seattle
T. B. Summer
Everett
Miles C. Moore
Walla Walla
George M. Brown
A. H. Steelfauth
Ellensburg
Northwest
Freewater runs on open market principles and fairs
Portland wholesale grocers agree to abolish old credit abuses while C. G. Kirk completes the Sand country inspection tour. Pendleton hosts a successful log rolling with Woodmen of the World and Woodcraft praise. Hereford bulls shipment boosts cattle blood, with 161 calves aged 10 months to two years sold. Oregon penitentiary chief J D Lee submits quarterly report. Spokane survey work by Colonel W N Linsley for R B continues.
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Freewater
Portland
Kirk
Morrow County
Pendleton
Woodcraft
Retail Grocers’ Association of
J. D. Lee
Oregon State Penitentiary
Secretary of State
WN. B Linsley
Spokane
R. B
Anaconda High School contract awarded. vanishings and signings noted
Montana items report a contract let for Anaconda high school construction alongside disappearances in Butte and Anaconda. Mary MacLane to publish a diary style work in Chicago, signed by butte author. Helena team signs B J Hartwell, Heinelin, and a Helena base ball roster update follows. Disclosures include soldiers home payments, heavy snow in the mountains, a murder confession in Helena, and a Baltimore Elks leader’s self harm incident.
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Anaconda
Daniel Murphy
J. J. Murphy
Butte
John H. Sausman
Monarch
Thomas H. Smith
Noxon
Mary MacLane
Herbert 8
Stone
Chicago
Samuel Wegner
Mount Haggin
Jack Flannery
Helena
B. J. Hartwell
Los Angeles
Interior Department
Poney
Ennis
Washington Bar
Eee’ Creek
James Freer
Independence
J. A. Diffenbaugh
Baltimore
the Elks
Mining News Roundup Brings Northern Districts to Fore
A wide range of mining notices reports new districts near Loomis Washington and Miles. smelting plant plans at a mine. copper and gold shipments pricing changes. major deals in Montana Idaho and Colorado. new mills, machinery purchases, and a $60 million consolidation plan. Notable items include St Joe placer sale to Wallace Idaho, Kendall Montana mill expansion, and a $2000000 Holcomb claim sale at Thunder Mountain with water rights.
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Loomis
Washington
Cross Ledge
Crystal Mine
Miles
Thunder Mountain
Utah
Colorado
Co. F. Pence
B. R. Starr
Spokane
Ida
Golden Curry
Grant's Pass
Oregon
Montana
St. Mary's
Dan'l
Chichester Joneston
Helena Assay
Minnie Healey
Belmont
Corn Rock Island
Butte
F. Augustus Heinze
Northwest
St. Joe
Wallace
Idaho
Cripple Creek District
Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek
Portland Mill
Colorado Springs
Sand Creek
T. C. Mendenhall
Providence
R. L
William Hallock
Columbia College
New York City
Theodore Waters
Stratton
Independence Mining Company
Cripple Creek
Arapahoe County
Strong Mining Company
Maggie Lode
Independence
London
Strong
Sam Strong
Grant Crumley
Holcomb
Marble Creek
Sunnyside Creek
Belle of Thunder Mountain Company
Fred Holcomb
Boise
Eee
Apex
Black Bill
Holly Terror
Warren
Oriental Invasion of South Africa Amps Chinese Labor Front
A Vancouver syndicate plans shipping 200 Chinese workers to Johannesburg under five year contracts. Reports say mining activity in Johannesburg waned after the war, with caves and abandonments, while cheap labor demand rises. Other notes cover mine profits, ore shipments, and new Canadian refining capacity as industry eyes shifted production.
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Vancouver
B. C
South Africa
Johannesburg
Hideway
Queen Mine
Salmo
MacArthur
Waldbeser
Broadfoot
Nelson
H. E. T. Haulum
Hastings
Arlington
G. Porter
Gifford
Hall Mines
Whitewater
Canada
Trail
Canadian Smelting Works
Dominion
B.C
A. B. Rombauer
Butte
Crafton
Vancouver Island
Charles Hunter
Dominion Assay
George Creaver
Sunset
Boundary Falls
Greenwood
L. E. Gooding
Rossland
Crow's Nest Pass
British Columbia
Chewelah Marble Mines Expand Operations in Washington
The Chewelah Marble company has started ten men on its property near Chewelah, Washington. Platinum is among the metals pursued with steady effort. Stamp mills with ten stamps are being installed at the Wise Bay and Crackerjack mines in the Buffalo Hump district. The Night Hawk Mining company operates the Night Hawk mine in the area.
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Chewelah
Washington
Wise Bay
Buffalo Hump
Night Hawk Mining Company
Night Hawk
Generals Report Surrenders in Samar and Negros
Manila reports detail surrenders of insurgent leaders Guevarra and Rufo in Samar and Negros with troops, rifles, bolos, and minor arms. Surrenderes ease control of southern coast and follow brief civil military friction as Ninth Infantry officers are honored at a farewell banquet.
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Manila
Frederick D. Grant
Basco
Florida
Ganadara
Samar
Guevarra
Rafael Sebastian
Abaki
Catabalogan
Sulat
Lukban
L. V. W. Kennon
Sixth Infantry
Island of
Negros
Rufo
Kennon
Papa Isio
Malvar
Ninth Infantry
Luke E. Wright
Chaffee
Judge Harney Faces Contempt Over Minnie Healy Case
In Butte Montana on April 27 Judge Harney upheld F Augustus Heinze in a mining dispute granting possession of the mine. Amalgamated company attorneys accused the court of undue influence by a Heinze employee. Harney struck affidavits, denied a new trial, and later held Fortis and Evans in contempt fining $500 each and detaining them 24 hours in county jail.
Strikers Riot Across Moscow and Russian Provinces
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports six striker riots in Moscow with military forces dispersing rioters and heavy bloodshed. Fifty people are said to be killed or wounded. Peasant revolts in southern provinces like Kiev and Poltava prompt greater instability and troop suppression.
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Vienna
Algemeine Zeitung
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Russia
Kieff
Poltava
Grain Bags Apportioned in Washington State
Olympia April 29 The state board of control apportioned 95 percent of the total pen itentiary grain bags demanded by applicants. An estimated 1,300,000 bags will be required this season to fill orders under this apportionment.
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Olympia
Wash
State Board of Control
J Wilson Drowned in Irrigation Ditch at Reno
Reno Nevada April 27 Jame Wilson a blacksmith was found drowned in an irrigating ditch He had been drinking heavily for two weeks and it is believed he fell into the ditch accidentally
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Reno, Nev
Jame Wilson
Astor to be made Baron Clevedon of Taplow next month
London reports reveal latent official plans for William Waldorf Astor to receive the title Baron Clevedon of Taplow in the coming month. The commentariat notes a social debate on good manners versus modern masculine conduct.
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New York
London
William Waldorf Astor
Trade Report from Bradstreet's on last week's markets
New York analysis notes irregular weather and extreme temperatures harming southwest winter wheat, with overall strong seasonal business. Central west and south see reduced wholesale demand, while northwest retail trade is slowed by snow. outlook remains cautiously positive. Wheat and corn exports for the week fall from prior levels, hog products and eggs show weakness, eastern demand hampered by strikes, while western prices for new crop run higher.
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New York
Bradstreet
Teor
Kansas
Wal
Grant Birthday Dinner Among Nation’s Leaders in Pittsburg
The Americas Republica club held its sixteenth annual dinner at the Hotel Henry in memory of General Ulysses S. Grant. Attorney General Knox acted as toastmaster with L. M. Shaw, H. C. Payne, Charles E. Littlefield, and John P. Elkins among the guests. Knox delivered a message from President Roosevelt. A standing toast honored the president, followed by a silent toast to Grant.
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Grant
Pittsburg
Americas Republica Club
Ulysses S. Grant
Hotel Henry
Knox
L. M. Shaw
the Treasury
H. C. Payne
Charles E. Littlefield
Maine
John P. Elkins
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
United States
Coming Events Highlight Regional Meetings and Conventions
A list of upcoming gatherings including the Oregon A O U W supreme lodge in Portland from June 10 to 20 and the Oregon S O O F in Newport on May 21. Other events cover Arbor Day in May, federation meetings in Portland, state elections, national dairymen in Portland, G A R encampments in Astoria and Everett, and regional Picnics and church camps across Oregon and Washington.
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Oregon
A. O. O. W. Supreme Lodge
Portland
Newport
Montana
Oregon Federation of Women’s Clubs
National Dairymen’s
Astoria
Department of Washington
Alaska
Everett
Wash
Weston
Christian Church
Milton
Washington State Convention of Christian Church
Waitsburg
Nerrid Harriet-Sadie’s Quiet Husband Described
A terse fragment notes Harriet Sadie and Estelle Yeas with a calm husband who never reacts, while the Brooklyn e appears as a setting or voice in a clipped, exasperated tone. The passage reads as a fleeting vignette of domestic restraint and social shorthand.
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Harriet
Sadie
Estelle
Brooklyne
Sere to Come Down. Tom Yee and a Society Ruse
A fragment from a Philadelphia Press item recalls Tom Yee arranging a visit by telling a maid the caller was a society reporter to see Sere. In another note Jack pleads with a father, while a Detroit Free Press quip about a club presidency mocks the absentee member.
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Tom—Yee
Tom
Philadelphia Press
Nic
von Blumer
Detroit Free Press
Newygook Lovers Exchange Quips in Witty Banter
A playful exchange contrasts a groom’s awkward proposal with his clever landing of the moment. The dialogue touches on expectations set by a mother’s ideals and a bride’s hopes, highlighting social norms and romantic pride in a light, humorous vein.
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News OF the Northwest
Strahorn
Sumpter Water System
Pole Creek
John Wyne
McKay Creek
Christian Endeavor Union
R. P. Quarles
Supreme Court of Idaho
Paducah
A. H. Waver
A. A. Snider
Parks
Melrose
Idaho Vitrified Brick and Pipe Company
John Shevlin
Bonners Ferry
Pierce City
Snake
A. T. Hitt
Welsor
Idaho State Horticultural Board
T. C. Galloway
J. M. Towles
Hope
Post Office Department
J. B. Lattimer
C. B. Ballou
Kendrick Brick Company
Kendrick
Alfred Odle
Osburn
Samuel H. Mosco
Nampa
Madison M. Snow
William Adams
Welser
Eli Cotler
Harpster
Bingham County
Federation of Women's Clubs
Grace Knepper
Lewiston
Helen M. Young Wallace
School of Mines
Mines and Mining News
Ladrones
J. Wilson
Jack
Helen
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