Mine Disaster in West Virginia Claims Dozens
Rescue workers in the Red Ash mine near the New River district struggle to reach entombed miners after a blast. Officials fear 40 to 50 may be dead or missing as heavy timbers and slate collapsed blocking entrances and hindering efforts. Gas and debris hinder air supply while families gather at the scene.
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New River District
Red Ash
Thurmond
Chesapeake Railroad
J. Fred Effinger
Yartio
Great Pa Poou
Pinckney
Res
Ildren
Thoes
Envnes
Montgomery
Charleston
Eple
Red Ath Company
Typhoid Fever and Dysentery Ravage Mafeking Garrison
From Mafeking Feb 21 It is reported typhoid fever and dysentery spread in the women laager due to vegetable shortages and hospital overload The siege burdens the garrison with exhausted resources and rising deaths The Boers control streets and markets while natives face hunger Guards insist on resistance and refuse to surrender despite heavy casualties and grim morale
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Mafeking
Meee
Guarded Chicago unions resume work amid violent riot
In Chicago on March 10 police guarded over 3800 panunion workers who returned to downtown construction as contractors restart projects after a union strike. A riot at Thirty-sixth and Wallace streets left William Schindler fatally wounded and six others injured, amid attacks on Joseph Walsh and H. K. McLain.
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Chicago
Panunion
Building Trades Council
Nenunion
Thirty-sixth
Wallace
William Schindler
Joseph Walsh
Link Belt Machinery Company
H. K. McLain
Walsh
McLain
Schindler
Farming for Alaska shows latent agricultural potential beyond ice box image
The report to Congress on Alaska's agriculture highlights Sitka and Kenai experiment stations growing spring wheat barley oats rye buckwheat and flax with successful red clover vetch and vegetables. Livestock data from Kodiak and Sitka indicate open-whewering cattle Angora goats and sheep thrived on native grazing, suggesting strong future animal husbandry possibilities in Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Alaska
Oar Vaet
Northern Territory
Finland
Sweden
Russia
Profewor C. O. Georgesom
Washington
Sitka
Kenai
Kenai Peninsula
Alaska Commercial Company
Kadiak
Kodiak
Cook Inlet
Senate Debates Puerto Rico Tariff and Civil Government Bill
Washington March 10 The Senate began consideration of the Puerto Rican tariff and civil government bill and continued without break through the day. Mason moved to discharge the foreign relations committee on a Boer sympathy resolution, which was laid over for tomorrow. Potten then delivered a carefully drafted bill as Foraker spoke in defense of the measure.
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Senate
Washington
Mason
Committee of Foreign Relations
Tomorro
Potten
Foraker
Fire In Philadelphia Causes Major Damage At Retail Center
A fire in Philadelphia on March damaged a retail center, with estimated costs surpassing 700000 dollars in losses and repairs. Officials warned the incident may affect local commerce for weeks.
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Philadelphia
Miners Seek Fair Pay and Comfort in Tough Camps
The piece describes miners valuing fair prices and basic comforts over aesthetics. It profiles Fred Smedeman returning from Atlin to Seattle en route to Cape Nome, notes Southern Oregon mines like Golden Standard planning to upgrade mills, and reports Klondike claims yielding high per foot returns while rains clear tailings for improved mining potential.
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Fred Smedeman
Oregon
Kabli Bros
Jacksonville
Golden Standard
Gall's Creek
Bear Gold Hill
Klondike
Kalne Benet
California
Klamath River
Trade conditions improve but trade retarded by weather
Bradstreet reports underlying business health remains strong despite stormy weather delaying spring trade. Cotton prices stay firm while retail goods hold steady. food products rise and raw materials like wool and hides quote lower. Wheat shipments total 3 868 857 bushels for the week, with February U S failures at 745, liabilities $9 995 404, and 178 failures this week.
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Bradstreet’s
Stremth
Co’ Sons
United States
Pacific Coast Trade Market Prices Listed by Beattie
Prices for produce and meats from Beattie list a range of goods including onions at 3.25 to 3.50 per sack, new potatoes at 18 to 20, beets 75 to 85 per sack, cauliflower 60 to 70 cents per dozen, apples 1.25 to 1.60 per box, prunes 6.00 per box, butter 1.00 to 1.70 per pound, eggs 2.00, poultry 18 to 14 per 100 pounds dressed, hay prices for Puget Sound timothy 12.00 and Eastern Washington timothy 18.00 to 19.00, various flours and millstuff fees, and fresh meat prices for beef, mutton, pork, veal, and breakfast bacon.
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California
Piuget Sound
Washington
Portland Market Prices and Grain Quotes
Market price notes show Wheat from Walla Walla at 51 620 and Valley 6520 Bluestem 650 per bushel. Flour grades list Best 800 graham 2350 superfine 210 per barrel. White date 36 80c and choles gray 846 per bushel Bartey Featerley 14 15.00.
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Portland
Walla Walla
Valley
Graham
Bartey
Featerley
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el Pee
Mentos
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Northwest
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Jane Rees
Lebanon, Or
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Bandon, Or
Fairhaven
Wash
A. ©. Vettys
Morrow County
Orchan
Lowe
Pendleton
Eng Chong
San Francisco
Mines and Mining
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Aestheticica
Josephine County
Brownin
Leland
Beattie Markets
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