Mining News From Calumet and Hecla and Western Mines
The Denver Republican details the Calumet and Hecla mine in Michigan now at 4900 feet, with a six‑compartment main shaft and 300 power drills using compressed air and electricity. It notes Le Roi Mining stock litigation in Washington and a restraining order against sale or transfer. New gold finds in Montana and Idaho plus early assay results and mining notes frame a busy, litigious mining landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet
Hecla
le Roi
Montana
Denver Republican
Mome
Calumet and Hecla
Michigan
Comstock
Nevada
Austria
Puerto Rican Commission Appointed in Madrid
The Puerto Rican commission has been appointed in Madrid and is composed of Admiral va Jerino General Ortega and Senor Carlos de Laguilla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Va Jerino
Ortega
Carlos de Laguilla
All Around Market Report from Spokane and Tacoma data
Wholesale prices for wheat, oats, flour, feed, hay, eggs, butter, cheese, vegetables, poultry, beef, pork and wool listed with country points and Spokane figures. Includes wheat quotes from Tacoma and Portland for Aug 22, silver and copper in San Francisco, and lead prices, totaling varied commodity values across multiple regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Bluestem
Banner
Aister
Superb
Graham
Tran
Shorts
Vran
Eastern Creamery
Tacoma
Portland
Walla Walla
Valley
Os Francisco
Vast list of distant world events and notable trials
A wide Atlantic column summarizes aging Mr. Fatton, plum varieties in Texas, grafting schools in California, Oklahoma prison notes, Formosa storms, Danish seaport alert, new post offices, Philippine coal surveys, a 2000 volt streetcar shock, Kentucky gold finds, Sitka coal discoveries, Klondike gold forecast, food riots in Yukon, Western governors visits, church dedications, dynamite gun plans, Buffalo Bill, Spanish-American War length, a Philadelphia roach plague, Dewey cup gift, a legless man jailed, Bannock Indians, copper recoveries, accidental eye injury, Archbishop feud suit, trolley crash, Italy’s naval wood ban, Sydney Philippines stance, Manila cable repairs, Mexican explosion, Klondike marriages, Nanaimo killer suicide, nurse bitten by mosquito, Day’s signet pen, Michigan peaches, court martial murder, Brussels tariff talks, Madagascar tax plan, missing children case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret—Fatton
King’s Ferry
N. Y
Texas State Horticultural Society
Lone Star State
California
Barnes
Oklahoma
Fort Reno
Formosa
Denmark
Copenhagen
England
Russia
United States
Hobson
Sigsbee
Ark
Dewey
N. C
Sampson
Fla
Manila
George F. Barker
United State Geological Survey
Philippines
Charles Poppe
New York
London
Manchester
Clay
Laurel Counties
Sitka
Alaska
Whale Bay
Baranoff Islands
San Francisco
Klondike
Fort Yukon
H. M. Teller
Colorado
Washington
Idaho
Spokane
George Turner
William
Germany
Church of the Redeemer
Jerusalem
Cuba
Keeeele Tyee
Signal Service Department
Atlantic
Ing
Rampa Schley
Clark
Oregon
Wainwright
War Department
Lexington
Knoxville
Kansas Pacific Railroad
Spain
West Philadelphia
Piccadilly Club
Cincinnati
Admiral Dewey
C. R. Gifford
Auburn
Ind
Jackson's Hole
Lake Huron
Lancaster
Henry Barr
Father Kozlowski
Archbishop Feehan
Chicago
Nesson
Brooklyn
Newice City
Italy
Navy Department
Sydney
New South Wales
Philippine Islands
Kaiulani
Hawaii
P. Bradley Strong
Strong
Honolulu
Hong Kong
Singapore
Guerrero
Mexico
Michigan
Ohio
Harry Lewis
Dora Cross
Malinta
Squire Hague
Napoleon
Claus
Nanaimo
B. C
Burns
Henderson
Miss Aslang Larsen
New York City
Mystic
Conn
Secretary Day
Michael
State Department
M.thibeaut
Alexander LaDuke
Wisconsin
Ponce
Puerto Rico
Thomas Stafford
Leavenworth
Kas
Brussels
Great Britain
Austria-Hungary
Belgium
Holland
France
Sweden
Madagascar
Wilson
New Haven
Children's Society
Building Outdoor Fires In Rainy Camping Use
A practical guide to camping fire making under wet conditions. Learn to keep matches dry with metal cases and newspaper, choose a safe fire site, clear debris, and stack dry twigs from fallen wood. Shaving a spot on a stump yields dry splinters. gather dead twigs from trees and protect the blaze from breeze with a broad hat.
Navy clarifies admiral commands amid commissions
Washington August 23 Admiral Sampson will keep command of the North Atlantic Fleet despite Cuban military commission service and Admiral Schley will stay in his naval post though temporarily on the Puerto Rican commission. Navy department released the authoritative statement yesterday. Berlin August 22 The Berliner Post notes 35 of 300 Siberian convict ship Angara prisoners died from suffocation and overcrowding during a voyage from Teum to Tomsk. Pasadena August 22 A fierce forest fire in the mountains has grown to twice July’s extent, burning six days over 40 square miles and still spreading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sampson
Sehley
Navy Department
Berlin
Berliner Post
Angara
Teum
Siberia
Tomsk
Tom
Pasadena
Cal
Captain Sigsbee Promoted for Ex rare Heroism
Washington August 23 The president promotes Captain Charles D Sigsbee U S N now commanding the St Paul by three numbers on the list of captains for extraordinary heroism Beachy Head on England coast rises 504 feet high
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signber
Washington
Charles D. Sigsbee
St. Paul
England
Beachy Head
McKinley Seeks Peace by Disbanding Cuban Army
A Washington dispatch reports President McKinley and his cabinet oppose paying Cuban soldiers and outline a plan to discharge them with service certificates and promissory notes. The plan may also muster Cuban soldiers as U S volunteers for garrison duty in Cuba under a pledged government aid framework.
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Cuba
Armand
Chicago
Washington
Inter Ocean
McKinley
United States
Congress
United States Volunteer Army
President McKinley Expected to Attend Omaha Jubilee
G W Wattles reports President McKinley has given positive assurance to be the guest at the trans mississippi exposition grand peace jubilee in early October. Cabinet acceptance not yet, private sources suggest a majority may accompany him. The week will feature president’s day governors day army and navy day and more with famed orators and a grand review of volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oamaha
G. W. Wattles
E. Rosewater
Washington
McKinley
Rosewater
Omaha
United States
Fierce Forest Fires Rage Near Pasadena
Fire in the San Gabriel region rages for six days with flames gaining headway. Firefighters work through the night as reinforcements are sought to defend San Gabriel canyon Hatton canyon and Tejunga. The 40 miles of burned woods defy simple valuation, as access is limited and moisture is scarce. In a separate note, Major General Merritt reports the Hong Kong to Manila cable is back in operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Cal
Aug. C
San Gabriel Reservation
San Gabriel Canyon
Hatton's Canyon
Tejunga
New Yorka
Washington
Merritt
Department
Hong Kong
Manila
Death of famed Spanish painter Don Frederico Madrazo
Painter Don Frederico Madrazo dies in Madrid at age eighty four. The notice notes the artist's prominence and his age, conveying the event in a restrained, period-appropriate tone. A separate odd local item reports Paris barbers required to wash hands between customers, and the use of nickel-plated combs, along with powdered rice noted for stopping bleeding.
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Madraso
Madrid
Don
Frederico Madrazo
The Uniform Color For Soldiers In War Time
The article argues that uniforms should blend with terrain to reduce visibility. It cites British red as fatal and gray shades as safer, noting West Point cadets and Confederate gray adoption influenced by General Lee. It claims many soldiers are hit depending on uniform color, with dark blue especially risky for officers. It praises a new canvas uniform for its camouflage.
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Robert E. Lee
West Point
Lee
Seventh Regiment
New York
Fifth Regiment
Maryland
Powder Mill Explosion Kills Two at Ooltewah Plant
A massive blast at the Chattanooga Powder Company facility near Ooltewah Station, Tennessee, on August 23 killed two white men, Lucius B. Angan and Horton Mortchke, and seriously wounded six others as the plant burned.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Chattanooga Powder Company
Ooltewah Station
Here
Lucius B. Angan
Horton Mortchke
Kaslo and Slocan Time Card Western Route
Train timetable shows Pacific standard time schedule for Kaslo Slocan and connected Cody Line stations with departures and arrivals from 8:00 a.m. Kaslo to 10:38 a.m. Junction and return times, listing stops at South Fort Sproule's Whitewater Bear Lake McGuigan and Cody Line stations with officials Robert Irving and Geo E Copeland as general freight and passenger agent and superintendent respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaslo
South Fort
Sproule’s
Whitewater
Bear Lake
McGuigan
Junction
Cody Line
London
Cody
Robert Irving
Geo
E. Copeland
New Steamship and Rail Connections on Kootenay Lake Route
International Navigation and Trading Company introduces new service on Kootenay Lake with steamers International and Alberta. Daily Kaslo to Nelson routes connect Northport Rossland Spokane, with ticketing to United States points. New Tuesday to Saturday Kaslo to Nelson 8:30 am and Kaslo to Nelson 4 pm return. Bonner's Ferry and Kaslo river service links to Spokane trains. G. Alexander, Kaslo, Oct 1, 1897.
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International
Alberta
Kootenay Lake
Northport
Rossland
Spokane
United States
Kaslo
Nelson
Bonner's Ferry
Kootenay River
Boundary
Bonner’s Ferry
Bonnner’s Ferry
G. Alexander
Also Mentioned on This Page
Silverton
British America Corporation
le Roi Mining & Smelting Company
Richardson
Spokane Superior Court
le Roi Company
Victoria
Sheepeater
Park County
Livingston
P. Dougherty
Felix McCarthy
N. C. Henderson
Park Geyters
Canyon Creek
Wallice
Republic
B. A. Parisot
Stewart Woodside
Florence
Buffalo Hump
Rigley
Robbins
Woodside
Custer
Bonanza City
Butte
Anaconda
Boise
Denver
Dawson City
de Lamar
Hope
Salmon City
Marysville
Mont
Charles H. Mackintosh
Vancouver
Victor
Colo.) Gold Mining Company
North Star Company
Fast Kootenay
ALL Around
Lake
MLL
Indiana
Slocan Alway
Navigation and Trading Company
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