Excitement in Lee Mass Over Dam Threat and Behring Seizure
Lee Massachusetts fears a dam break threatening the business district and mills as workers rush to save the structure. Washington reports no decisive details on the English sealing vessel Black Diamond after its seizure, while John L Sullivan surrenders to Mississippi authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Sullivan
Mississippi
Washington
State
Navy
Treasury Department
Bush
Behring Straits
Wharton
State Department
Department
Sault Ste Marie
Mich
Erry
Lee
Mass
Smith Paper Co
Bernie
Railroad Street
Main Street
Oxford
Ohio
Junction
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Here
Indianapolis
John Dougherty
Canesville
Hamilton
Charles Lee
Murat Halstead
Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette
United States Senate
Richard Smith
Batchellor
Treasury
Hapburn
United States
Alert
European News Highlights From Aug 1 Naval Review and Americas Visit
London reports the royal naval review at Spithead for Emperor William of Germany with the British fleet and imperial yacht Hohenzollern. Also noted are a deadly machine gun accident on Couronne, a workingmen delegation from New York, explorer Tappenbeck’s death, and a series of social and sporting items across London and Paris, including Goodwood races and parliamentary actions.
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Emperor William
London
Thames
Spithead
Emperor William of
Germany
Hohenzollern
Dover
Bpithead
Willian
Coates
Osborne
Valkyrie
Cowes
Yarana
Irex
Paris
Couronne
Hyeres
France
Rome
New York
Scripps (Newspaper
Cameroons
Woolwaud Aces
Goodwood
Duke of Portland
Seminole
Douglas Baird
Barcarolle
Lord Durham
Castelar
Warren de la Rue
Trayles
Duke of Beaufort
Latania
Lawton
Lord Arlington
Ben
John Watson
Strawberry Hill
Sexton
Commons
Thomas Sexton
Dr. Tanner
Stephens
Tanner
Sealing Schooner Walter Returns with 1123 Skins
From Behring Sea the sealing schooner Walter and crew arrived at Victoria after a catch of 1123 skins. Captain Siewerd recounted events near Ounalaska including captures of Black Diamond and Triumph and the Rush pursuit, with four other schooners noted in the area. The story also reports the death of Hon. Alex R. B. Davie premier and attorney general of British Columbia in Victoria after a long public career.
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Walter
Hich
Kich
Victoria
Siewerd
Ounalaska
H. B. Xa
Alice Alger
Sle
Behring Sea
Behring
Black Diamond
Alex, RE. B. Davie
British Columbia
Somersetshire
England
Silcoate’s
Wakefield Parkshire
Drake & Jackson
Cariboo
Legislative Assembly
Elliott
Chas. E. Pooley
Davie
Lillooet
W. Smith
Smithe
Barkerville
Constance Langford
Thomas 8. Skinner
Maple Bay
Cowiehan
J. C. Davie
Theodore Davie
Q. C
William Davie
Horace Davie
Alaska Notes From Sitka and Southeast Alaska
At the Sitka English service the choir includes native boys and girls from the Mission School. Sitka Training School oldest boys seek kitchen work to learn cooking. Six new salmon canneries started in Southeastern Alaska this summer. Postal guide lists twelve post offices in Alaska. First edition of Picturesque Alaska sold out due to high demand. Nicholas Haley accidentally shot himself with a revolver and is recovering with his two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sitka
Silmon
Alaska
Alaski
Nicholas Haley
Coast to Coast Vignettes and Theater News from Osborne to Nanaimo
A patchwork of brief items covers Lord Salisbury's Osborne visit, a Commercial street dog fight, a Central Hotel promotion, Windsor show commemorations, and telegraphic dispatches on ships Isabel and Lorne upgrades. Other notes include a Vancouver coal yard incident, Alaska education critiques, a lost sheep tale, a wrestling bout pair, Nanaimo weather stays clear, Bill Nye's obituary quip, a Jericho rose story, miner superstitions, whist players abroad, and a prison quip about schedule rates.
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Lord Salisbury
Osborne
Commercial Street
Central Hotel
Halleck
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Arthur Bullock
Crescent
Spencer & Perkins
Hudson's Bay Cay
Nanaimo
Haslem & Lees
Niunaimo
B.C
Lythe Pioneer Steam Brick Yard
Coughlan
MASON
B. C
P. O. Box
A. R. Johnston & Co
Importers & Commission Merchants
Bastion Street
Gordon's Wharf
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Massachusetts
Hullivan
New York Police
Ferry Hoat
Boston
Ross
Atcheson
Topeka
Santa Fe
KOLD
Omaha
Neb
Mobile
Ala
ATLL
Brewemier
Pittsburg
Eberhard Ober Brewing Company
Pennsylvania
Abot
George Gould
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Manzanilla
Pacific Mail
Punta Tejuhin
Cornellaville
McClure & Co
Frederick & Co
Frick
Schoonmaker
Rainey & Coch- Pan
Scottsdale
Cornellsville
E. A. Humphreys
Cary
Orange Trust
Florida Orange Growers and Healers Protective Association
E. Goodsell
Jacksonville
Cleveland
Axtell
Guy
Supreme Court
Henry. Ives
George H. Stayner
Mulderson
Nebraska
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Iron Co
Jogus Insurance
Reading
Standard Live Stock Insurance Company
Middletown
Conn
Hrick Lake
Middlefield
Ozama
Gonavere
Hippolyte
Port Au Prince
John Weiland
European News
States
Natalie
Servis
Belgrade
Milan
Alexander
Servia
D. Jones
G. W. Girdlestone
G. Stowe
Vicoria
A. R. Johnston
Miss Boothrrived
H. Curran
Comox
Isabel
Royal Notel
JF Hanston
Portland
Gilbert Young
McClellan
W Rogers
Adam McKelvie
McKinley
J Gowdy
J Davis
Murray
Cxntaan Hotr
T Hall
J Goepel
JH Routsdge
J Sluggett
Saanich
J Seattie
Seattle
CS Bradford
Windsor House
D Ewart
Ottawa
FC Gamble
C EK
Robert Dexter
A R Johnston
Ity
Foster Bros
Chapel Street
New Court
Photographws
W. Mr. Coughlan
Photograte
A. D. Widentist
Jy 10
Lange
T. J. Browne & Co
G. H. Blakeway & Co
Jyel-Tm
Windsor
Milwaukee
Wis
Lorne
Wellington Road
Vancouver Coal Company
R. Scott
Northfield
E. Quennell
Jumbo
Quennell
Matsuda Sorakichi
Vancouver
D. H. Cameron
Styles Mae
Quinn-Sorakichi
Nanaimo Renra
Gulf of Georgia
Bill Nye
Mr. Weeks
Jericho
Pennsylvania Botanical Society
Persia
Mark
Califo
Pike's Peak
Nevada
Leadville
San Jose
Hoe
Darkey
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