War and world notes from a week of dispatches
Rt Hon Sir John Mowbray dies. Ho raises in health. Ship owners clash with seamen in San Francisco. Maine battleship payment authorized. Costa Rica’s Rafael Iglesia returns to New York. A new San Francisco theater is planned at $400000. Embezzler W B Storts arrested in Los Angeles. Patterson steamer fitted for Yukon survey. Kettle Valley railway charter stalled. Lincoln tannery burned, loss $150000. Army Navy League of Chicago to disband May 1. Four children burned in Berne Indiana. Counterfeit coins flow in San Francisco. Simon Hotonia confesses murder in Indian Territory. Morphine overdose kills St Louis matron. Armored cruisers may get triple screws. Zimmerman bicycle comeback draws interest. North Atlantic squadron moves toward St Pierre. Duke and Duchess of York welcomed across Welsh towns. Four killed by Chicago Northwestern train in Wisconsin. Oakland man dies in barber shop dice fight. Jerome Green advances wireless tests. Graeco Roman wrestling title bout challenged by Roeber. Paris bike race winner Linton. Missouri river rises above danger. Spanish dignitaries press U S on Cuba stay. Cantacuzena forms cabinet in Bulgaria. GAR selects Cincinnati leader. national HQ in Philadelphia. Selborne school burns. pupil dies. Cancer surgeon Patten ill from arsenic. Chinese legation denies minister Wu resignation. Cannon seeks Speaker post. G White dies. Joan of Arc celebration in Orleans slated. Kingman warehouse fire in Omaha. Missouri river rising in Kansas City. Klondike kin Jack McDonald dies in mine accident. Shafter meets Meriam in Denver. Sam Hose burned near Newman. Spanish elections favor government. Dry kiln fire at Tacoma lumber mill. Wardner mining tensions feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Robert Mowbray
London
Hobart
Ship Owners’ Association
Seamen’s Union
San Francisco
Navy Department
Maine
Rafael Iglesia
Costa Rica
New York
Europe
W. B. Storts
Saline County
Missouri
Los Angeles
Cal
Coast Survey
Patterson
Yukon
Bering Ser
D. C
Berne
Adams County
Ind
John Keogh
Puget Sound
Simon Hotonia
Cold Springs
I. T
Catherine A. Gilbert
Four Courts
St. Louis
Glenogle
North American Mail Steamship Company
Tacoma-Oriental Line
Kingston
Tacoma
Brown
Internal Revenue
Denver
Albrecht
One Hundred and Twenty
Bromberg
Prussia
Spandau
Berlin
Kid" Lavelle
Chester
Penn
John Cavanaugh
Georgia
Camp McKenzie
North Carolina
Glenagle
R. H. Martins
Colfax
Melville
Board of Construction
Arthur A. Zimmerman
Chamson
North Atlantic
Brooklyn
Indiana
Msetts
Texas
St. Lucia
St. Pierre
Martinique
Duke and Duchess of York
Chicago & Northwestern Fast Mail
Crawford's Crossing
Wisconsin
Bennie Tubbs
Kittle Marshall
Nellie Welch
Frank McDonald
John McCann
Oakland
Cornelius Townsend
Democratic County Central
Jerome J. Green
Illinois Savings Bank
Ernest Roeber
Hyder Ali
Turg
Paris
Tom Linton
Edouard Taylore
A. F. Walters
Brooks
United States
Cuba
M. Cantacuzena
Demetrio Stradza
M. Lavovary
Council of Administration
Philadelphia
W. C. Johnson
Cincinnati
Pike Building
Selborne
School For Boys
San Rafael
Felix Armstrong
William Babcock
B. F. Patten
Terre Haute
Cannon
Illinois
Reed
G. J. White
Stanford
Ill
Ireland
Orleans
Kansas City
Jack McDonald
Victor
Col
Alex McDonald
Little Montana
Crary
W. R. Shafter
H. C. Merriam
Newman
Sam Hose
Spain
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Don Carlos
St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company
Bunker Hill & Sullivan
Wardner
Idaho
Steamer General Wheaton Sinks Near Cape Canaveral
A report from Oak Hill Florida says the steamer General Wheaton sank 0 miles east of Cape Canaveral. A boat carrying 16 men attempting to reach Mosquito Lagoon house of refuge capsized with 12 drowned including the captain. chief and assistant engineers, a fireman, and one sailor saved. The captain's body recovered. Fifteen others in a second boat are missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Oak Hill
General Wheaton
Hawthorne
Cape Canavares
Mosquito Lagoon House of Refuge
Upsot
Minister in Spanishburg Arrests Mountaineers During Service
In Spanishburg West Virginia on April 23 a minister who also served as deputy sheriff identified two wanted mountaineers during church services. He drew his revolver handcuffed them and escorted them to jail after finishing the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parson
Parkersburg
W. Va
Spanishburg
Minneapg to retire bonds for northern Minnesota iron fields
The Minneapolis council plans to retire some bonds and use the surplus for improvements including an extension into the iron fields of northern Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
St. Paul
Minn
Mining Notes: 50 Cents Stamp on Unpatented Prospects
The internal revenue service rules that deeds for sale of unpatented mining prospects must carry 50 cent stamps per $500 of consideration. Okanogan district covers rich mining belts from Lake Chelan to the Canadian line with gold copper and silver ores. Local mines report shipments, drills, and promising tunnels across multiple camps including Toroda Sheridan Bossburg and Ymir.
Four Robbers Arrested After Chicago Clash Ends Fatal
Late April 24 in Chicago four robbers were detained by three officers. As they escorted prisoners to a patrol box a mob led by the prisoner Anderson's wife attacked. Anderson wrestled free, Garretty fired, and Anderson fell. He died at hospital from a gunshot wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Amer Anderson
Anderson
Garretty
Rin
Grretty
Appointment of Colonel James F. Smith as brigadier general
Washington April 25 The president has appointed Colonel James F Smith of the First California regiment a brigadier general of volunteers His regiment is now in the Philippines General Smith will be assigned to a brigade in General Otis army
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James F. Smith
California
Philippines
Smith
Otis
Tumor Expelled After Lydia Pinkham Treatment
A woman from Magno lia Iowa reports relief from a long standing health decline after three boxes of Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Lozenges. She describes shedding a tumor and improved energy plus reduced heart palpitations and bloating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia
Lydia & Pinkham
Ranch Sale and Local Steadfast News Across Montana
James Johnson of Miles City buys H W Mc Laughlin’s Powder River ranch. Robert Nelson of Miles City sentenced to eight years. About 300 Italian laborers arrive to work on Montara Central repairs. Helena hosts reception for Company D Twenty fourth Infantry. Timber inspectors reach Missoula for NP line survey. Western Ranches buys 4000 cattle to move to Custer county. Flint Creek Lodge A M and M filings. Laborers clear Kootenai canyon for river traffic under government supervision. Lewiston enumeration totals 982 with adjacent-population 1100. Matheson Ditch Company articles filed. directors Matheson Archers Cowen. capital 5000. John S Baker of Butte bankrupt. debts 1724.64, assets 3400. C M Williams of Helena bankrupt. liabilities 500, assets unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Johnson
Miles City
H. W. McLaughlin
Powder River
Robert Nelson
Montara Central
Anaconda
Manila
Standard
Northern Pacific
Missoula
Helena
Company D
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Fort Harrison
Western Ranches, Ltd
Scott & Robertson
Colorado City
Texas
Custer County
Flint Creek
Lewiston
D. J. Kane
Matheson Ditch Company
John Matheson
Charles Archers
Thomas Cowen
John S. Baker
Butte
Pocatello
Idaho
C. M. Williams
Vancouver Chinese circulate to curb Celestials influx in Canada
Kamloops report says Casimir the Indian who killed Philip Walker has been captured. Vancouver Chinese distribute circulars to friends in China urging limits on Celestials entering Canada. Two men injured by a premature blast at Pat Welsh's camp on a CPR project last week. The Alaskan Steamship Association approves rate changes including May 1 increases of 2.50 for second class from Puget Sound and BC ports to Skagway and for cattle. A nugget weighing five and one quarter ounces valued above 80 dollars was taken from Bridge River by Jim Lake. A gold brick valued at 8200 dollars was shipped from the Athabasca mill to the United States assay office at Helena. February mill run value listed as 6900 dollars. Nelson's 1899 property income is 2000 dollars higher than Rossland, Kaslo, and Sandon combined. figures from Provincial Assessor John Keen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Colombia
Kamloops
Casimir
Philip Walker
Vancouver
China
Canada
Pat Welsh
Canadian Pacific
Alaskan Steamship Association
Puget Sound
British Columbia
Skagway
Jim Lake
Bridge River
Horseshoe Bend
Lower Bridge River
Bank of
Montreal
Nelson
Dominion Express
Athabasca
United States Assay
Helena
Rossland
Kaslo
Sandon
John Keen
Lynching of Lige Strickland near Palmetto shocks Georgia
In Palmetto Georgia the body of Lige Strickland a 60 year old minister linked to Sam Hose in the Alfred Crawford killing was found hanged near town. A placard read We must protect our southern women. Hose confessed to the Crawford killing saying Strickland paid him $12. An impromptu crowd mobbed the Major Thomas plantation where Strickland worked and carried him to town for a mock trial with neighbors testifying to his character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmetto
Lige Strickland
Sam Hose
Alfred Crawford
Crawford
Strickland
Hose
Major Thomas
Strickling
Cranford
Thomas Place
Transcontinental Steamers Serve Kootenay Lake Route
International Navigation and Trading Company announces steamers International and Alberta operate on Kootenay Lake and River with five mile point connection to N and F 8 R B trains to Northport Rossland and Spokane. Tickets checked to all United States points. Schedules show daily departures from Kaalo to Nelson and connections, plus new Kaslo Nelson service with Tuesday to Saturday departures. Bonner's Ferry river service links to Boundary and Spokane trains. G Alexander general manager Kanlo B O Oct 1 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International
Alberta
Kootenay Lake
Five Mile Point
R. BR
Northport
Rossland
Spokane
United States
Kaalo
Nelson
Way Pointe
Rovaland
Kootena
Lake
Kaslo
Bonner's Ferry
Kootenay
Boundary
Bonner’s Ferry
Sam
Spokane Db
M. G. Alexander
Kanlo B. O
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Mines and Mining News
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Okenogan Country
Lake Chelan
Canadian Boundary Line
Colville Indian Reservation
Cascade Mountains
Massachusetts
Twisp
Methow
Similkameen
Chelan
Horseshoe
Ruby
Slate Creek
Avoirdupois
Zela M. Gold Mining Co
Sheridan Camp
Toroda
Sheridan
Okanogan River
Pingo
Bossburg
Kettle River
Jimmy Doyle
Cripple Creek
Jack
Colorado
Doyle
Manitou
Colorado Springs
Jimmy Burns
Battle Mountain
Burns
John Harmon
Harmon
Pennsylvania
Boston & Montana Mining Co
Hunter
Coeur d'Alenes
Winnipeg
Wellington
Rossland Mines
le Rol
War Eagle
Iron Mask
Evening Star
Deer Park
Republic
Mountain Lion
Lone Pine
Monroe
Bryan & Sewall
McDonald Creek
Horse Thief Creek
Wildemere
T. Starbird
Fred West
B. Washburn
Slocan Star
Turris
Goat Mountain
New Denver
Kaslo & Slocan
Payne
Last Chance
Rambler
Whitewater
Jackson
Rathmullen
Preslea
Maple Leaf
Ymir
Union Group
Wildemere Mountain
B. C
Tamarac
Great Western
Nevada Mineral
General Smith
C. M. Fassett
Montana
Steperono
Pittsburg Safe & Deposit Co
Pittsburg
Cemedy Company
Chienge
Mentrval
Slocan alWay
Dally
South Fork
Sproules
Bear Lake
McGiigan
Bailey
Cody Junction
Bandon
Cody Branch
Cody
International—Navigation and Trading Company
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