World News in Brief from The Telegraph
A wide-scope weekly world roundup covers diplomatic moves in Canada and Britain, political crises in British Columbia, a suspected arson fire on the Pilgrim steamer, the Portland Lewis and Clark exposition name, and local crime notes from Helena and Chicago. The report also notes Lincoln monument vault work, a murder attempt in Montana, a Black Jack hanging, and notable weather and fishing records in Canada and the Pacific Northwest.
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Seattle
Rogers
Snohomish County
Billy” Smith
National Sporting Club
Odell
New York
Mgr
Falconia
Canada
Cardinal Martinelli
United States
Mgr. Zalesky
West Indies
London
Fort Darwin
Howland
Charterland Jpolice
Chintai
Pm Bixty
Chicago
William Mesee Ee
Lo Baccs
Jesee Knight
Provo
J. E. Dubois
Dubois
KE. W. Genter
Nigeria
V. Kemball
West Africa
Maya
Bothas
Lord Kitchener
Botha
Delarey
Viljoen
Amsterdam
Kruger
Hunt
Idaho
McKinley
British Columbia
Great Northern
Canadian Line
Boundary
Republic
Kettle River
James J. Hill
Portland
Oregon
Washington
Pilgrim
Ballard
Seattie
Helena
Mont
Matthew Hager
Charles Geiss
Marysville
Hager
Geiss
Springfield
Illinois
E. E. Marvin
Land Department of the Northern Pacific
Lewiston
North Fork
Clearwater
New England Telephone Company
George H. Brainard
Davenport Case Finds Alum Baking Powder Illicit
In Davenport Iowa a trial before Judge Bollinger and a jury found alum baking powder sold as Pure Food Baking Powder by The Pure Food Co of Chicago to a Davenport grocer to be deleterious. Defendants won. the verdict upheld state Pure Food laws and public health policy.
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Daven Iowa
Pure Food Co
Chicago
Davenport
Pure Food
Bollinger
Neal & Neal
Fire destroys Pittsburg department store. one child dies
Fire at the corner of Carson and Seventeenth streets in South Side Pittsburg caused $225,000 in losses, destroying over a dozen buildings and leaving many families homeless. A three year old child of Mrs Kate Donley perished in the blaze while eight feared dead reports proved false. Also reported: Ludwigshaven police capture butcher Damian, suspected of Jack the Ripper style attacks, after a Berlin dispatch noted prior Batavian arrest and later release.
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Callahan
Cudahy
Clayton
N. M
Thomas BE. Ketchum
Black Jack
Lyman H. Sherwood
Lyon Music Academy
New York
Chicago
United States
Li Hung Chang
Christian Herald
Hani
Topeka
John C. Cooper
Anthony
Vancouver
Vancouver Island
Pittsburg
Carson and
Seventeenth Streets
South Side
George E. Lorsch & Brother
Kate Donley
Jack the Ripper
Ludwigshaven
Baden
Berlin
Whitechapel
London
Damian
Chinese Minister Warns of Possible Boxer Uprising
Minister Wu reports that imperial authorities strive to avoid clashes with foreign commanded forces. He cites Pe-chi-li Manchuria and the Yangtse region, where a Boxer uprising is reportedly being planned for the coming summer.
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Washington
Pe-chi-li
Manchuria
Yangtse
Presidential Appointments Listed for State Consuls Abroad
Washington April 30 announces new state consuls Charles H. Egbert of Illinois at Durango Mexico and G. W. Colville of Oregon at Barranquilla Colombia.
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Washington
Charles H. Egbert
Illinois
Durango
Mexico
G. W. Col*ville
Oregon
Barranquilla
Colombia
Northwest States News Briefs From Four Regions
A compact weekly collection from Idaho Washington and Oregon notes include Levi Brown planning a Kendrick fruit drier, Bank of Commerce opening at Wallace, pardons in Ada county, land sales near Weiser and injury reports from Vincen's quarry. Infrastructure projects loom with Salmon River railroad progress and Kendrick electric plant talks. Minor fires strike Peck stores. county payrolls face scrutiny. Spokane banking and city elections appear, with legal notices and agricultural outlooks across the Northwest.
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Idaho
Levi Brown
Kendrick
Bank of Commerce
Wallace
Board of Pardons
Charles E. Ambe
Ada County
Lon Mitchell
Weiser
L. Herrington
Kansas
W. L. Kimmel
Grangeville
Washington State Bankers’ Association
Spokane
Vancouver
L. M. Hidden
Charles G. Brown
John J. White
Joseph M. Moore
Mollie Vaughn
Seattle
Alma Williams
Snohomish County
Clark County
Portland & Puget Sound
Veterinary Department
Washington Agricultural College
Board of Naval
Department At
Washington
Davenport
Leonard & Farley
Big Bend Electric Power Company
Washington Forestry Reserve
Methew Region
Okanogan County
Alaska rates eyed. Seattle school to install elevators
A strong rate cut is anticipated for Alaska points as a push advances to install elevators in the Seattle schoolhouse under construction. Great Northern engineers finish their preliminary survey through Kettle Falls while Mount Vernon reports a damaging fire destroying six business buildings with about $50,000 in losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Seattle
Great Northern
Kettle Falls
Mount Vernon
Mrs Nation Crazy Wichita Brother Charles Moore Dies
Charles Moore brother of Mrs Carrie Nation, jailed in county custody for joint smashing, died at Lewisburg. Mrs Nation sought temporary release after a telegram. attorney and bondsmen negotiated with the county attorney but release was denied. Nation and fellow crusaders had been kept separate in a steel rotary cell after quarrels with others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Charles Moore
Carrie Nation
Lewisburg
Indian Chief Maquinna Dies in Nootka Coast
Victoria BC April 30 report the death of Chief Maquinna of Nootka, the leading Indian on the coast. New York April 29 saw the third international cable chess match end in a draw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Queen City
Maquinna
Nootka
New York
Cable
Kitchener Scouts Capture Laager and Prisoners
Lord Kitchener reports fighting scouts under Grenfell surprised Van Rensburg’s laager at Klipdam north of Pietersburg. Seven Boers killed, 37 captured. ammunition and wagons seized. Other columns report 63 killed, 58 taken prisoner, 37 surrendered, and one quick firer captured. Also notes Dominion dispatches on Bassutoland border skirmishes and Lydenburg surrenders.
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London
Lord Kitchener
War Office
Pretoria
Blood
Rossenkal
South Africa Republic
Byington
Basutoland
Wepener
Urenfell
Lydenburg
Single Wheel Lawn Mower Patent by Rauber and Lentz
A new lawn mower pattern uses a large drive wheel for better traction and power to a reciprocating knife bar. The device features adjustable cutter height, a backward motion clutch, and a vertical tilt for easy relocation. Inventors Frits Rauber and John A. Lentz of Eldorado Kansas received the patent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frits Rauber
John A. Lentz
Eldorado, Kan
The New First Reader Apology Costs For Skirt
A Chicago Daily News item notes a young man apologizes to a young lady after stepping on her gown. The incident ends with a $40 cost for a replacement skirt, and the apology adds no value to mending the situation.
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Chicago Daily News
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Cecil Rhodes
Charles L. Villar
Rectary
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George F. Shrady
New York Herald
Clay
Richmond
Neale Anderson
Cassius M. Clay
State Bank & Trust Company
Mary G. Clay
George Clay
San Francisco
E. R. Folger
Oakland Golf Club
Pacific Coast Golf Association
John Lawson
San Francisco Golf Club
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John J. Badenoch
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First Reader
Reynald de Bugge
Buffalo Express
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