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10 Aug 1901
Page 1
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Newspaper
Nelson Daily Miner
Location
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 10, 1901
Page
1
The readable text is garbled with numbers and names unclear. It mentions age, a bank, a president, and locations but lacks coherent facts or a definite event to summarize.
The United States Steel Corporation ordered dismantling of the Dewees wood plant at McKeesport as the large strike escalates. AFL leaders vow moral and financial support to the Amalgamated Association after two days of talks with President Shaffer.
The Government Survey Party, led by Hon FE Dewdney, has started locating a route through the Hope mountains for a proposed Coast Kootenay Railway. The party arrived at Hope last Saturday, Capt Odin guided the Fraser ascent, and pack horses were obtained. Chief Engineer Carry advances the main party to survey ahead of staff.
Disclosures connect attempts to recruit an officer and tipping off gambling houses to raids. Edgar A. Whitney and EB Bergdorf, alleged secret bureau members, are charged with conspiracy and aiding gamblers. bail set at 1 000 each. Toronto apple shipper convention notes crop conditions across regions. Joseph Chambers dies after a 20 foot fall, survived by a wife and three children.
New Italian Consul General Count F Mazza arrived in Montreal and asked the acting consul general about reports of widespread starvation among Italians in Canada. He was assured the rumor was untrue.
A grain elevator fire today destroyed multiple structures and halted telegraph communication early as flames spread from the grain facility to the Illinois Central depot and into the nearby business section.
King Edward Queen Alexandra Princess Victoria and prince of Greece with a high official party depart London Aug 9 for Port Victoria aboard a yacht. They sleep on board and sail to Flushing tomorrow morning to be welcomed by Vice Admiral Kennedy. The party will go to Cranberg and Potsdam for the funeral next Tuesday.
Washington monitors Colombia Venezuela tensions as reports claim a Colombian invasion near San Juan de Colon and revolutionary outbreaks unfold. Officials cite no current war but warn the risk remains serious with possible naval movements toward the isthmus.
An Ottawa special reports Canada’s population will reach about 5 400 000. The piece forecasts fewer Ontario and Maritime MPs and says the West and Yukon will gain more representatives in the House of Commons.
The Echo de Paris prints an interview with French ambassador M. Jules Cambon. He says American workers are not hostile to the elite and notes France’s language and culture remain loved among descendants in the United States. Cambon observes Americans blend French English and German identities. M. Santos Dumont orders a new balloon after damage to the prior one. M. Chambre, builder of the Andro polar craft, will deliver a new envelope by September 1.
London reports the War Office has no record of Lord Kitchener being wounded in a Boer skirmish. Official despatches received this afternoon contain no reference to any accident involving him, and the circulating U.S. agency rumor is discredited.
The United States ship Ranger in San Diego will likely depart for Panama within 24 hours to protect American interests amid Colombia’s revolt. Cmdr Field has orders to go to sea at once and the ship carries three months provisions.
David Nation filed for divorce from Carrie Nation accusing her of public ridicule neglect of family duties and abandoning their home in Medicine Lodge Kansas on August 9.
Mrs. Sarah Cobler of East Verona, aged 83 and deaf, was gored to death yesterday by a bull while picking berries. The attack occurred near Syracuse and left her body terribly mutilated.
Major Hargreaves of the Salvation Army arrives from Spokane with plans for a new Victoria street barracks. The brick and stone building will be 58 by 47 feet, housing two halls, officers quarters, fuel stores, and heating. Construction should start next week after tenders close, with electric lighting and hot air heating.
A Lehigh Valley eastbound Black Diamond express derailed near North LeRoy ten miles east of Batavia. The observation car fell off the embankment and eight occupants were injured but not seriously. The parlor car stayed on the tracks and the train proceeded to New York. The cause is listed as a mystery.
Esmeralda ore from Dayton Creek yielded 50 dollars per ton in a general sorting. The claim shows three wide parallel roads, a center vein ten feet wide with a twelve inch paystreak from which the shipment came. Quartz contains iron copper sulphides silver native silver and free gold valued at 15 dollars per ton. The Esmeralda is among Sle Can camp's most promising claims.
Reports say a larger faster steamship will join the Trans Pacific fleet. A steel truss Fraser River bridge, 2200 feet long, will be built by the province with rail access for N P R and Canadian Pacific. Prof McLean schedules freight rate hearings across Canadian cities in August.
National League results show New York 2 over Philadelphia 13, Boston 4 tied Brooklyn 4, Chicago 4 over Pittsburgh 1, St. Louis 13 over Cincinnati 6. American League tallies include Baltimore 11 over Boston 9, Philadelphia 5, Washington 4, Chicago 3, Detroit 12 over Milwaukee 3, Cleveland 8. Eastern League Rochester 14 over Providence 6.
The Grand Dorks lacrosse team is set to return match against Nelson on August 22 at Nelson. They have been invited to meet Kamloops twelve and to stage an exhibition at Spokane during the interstate fair.
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