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Newspaper
Silverton Silvertonian
Location
Silverton, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 05, 1899
Page
3
Parcels of dispatches summarize events from Paris approving designs for the Lafyette monument to Dreyfus court martial opening August 7. Reports cover uprisings in Alaska to New York strikes, suicides, accidents, and political moves across the United States and Europe, naming frequent figures and places.
A collage of ad copy and brief items notes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward claim, Allen's Foot Ease shoe relief ads, a senator Clark caricature collection, Cascarets for complexion, and Nikola Tesla's new Pike's Peak lab with withdrawal from friends.
Random snippets mention medical cures and products from Dr. Kline to Mrs Winslow's Syrup, plus training and education notes. References include Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer trial bottle offer, Jesse Moore whiskey pricing, Governor Roosevelt health stance, and Holtz's School for Boys in Menlo Park with a August 16 reopening note.
A cyclone wrecked Butterworth & Co in Laporte Indiana endangering local families. Train wrecks east of Clark's station killed Engineer Real and hurt others. Reports touch San Domingo revolution, fires at Tupper Lake New York, Prince Bismarck memorials, Manila arrivals, and no casualties on route. Additional items note a Paris St Malo race, Idaho Badger creek quartz, and Idaho Franklin Bryant discovery. White House dismisses war fears over Alaska boundary. Judge Thornhill ruling may free Doyle tomorrow.
San Francisco reports the first national bank outside the continental United States will be established in Honolulu. Colonel W G McFarland, former chamberlain to Queen Liliuokalani, arrives to organize the bank and return with gold coin from stock subscriptions by San Francisco and New York capitalists. A charter was secured by Perry S Heath but cannot be used until Congress applies territorial laws.
Senator Walcott of Colorado Israel Zangwill critic and novelist and Ted Sloan jockey have sailed for New York on the Cunard line steamer. Dr Amos Williams Patten of Hyde Park Episcopal Methodist church Chicago chosen professor of the new chair of Biblical instruction at Northwestern University Alfred Harmsworth of the London Mail is as great a devotee of the automobile as James Gordon Bennett.
Paul Corcoran convicted of murder in the second degree for the Wardner outrages. After a night of deliberation, he faces at least ten years in the penitentiary. the verdict signals strong action against the mob. Corcoran later sentenced to 17 years with court adjournment to September. Washington: 617 recruits enrolled to push total to 5409.
Portland Wire & Iron Works advertises wire and iron fencing, office railing and related metalwork at 334 Alder. The notice references trade and craft context, ending with miscellaneous ad copy and testimonials from 1895.
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