Telegraph News Review of the Week Abroad and at Home
A wide sweep of incidents from Wallula to Syracuse, Forsythe and Port La Vica, with fires, robberies, suicides and storms. Reports on famine droughts and heat waves in Kansas, paroled outlaws, and a Great Northern express hold up near Malta. Also notes on Turkish indemnities, weather, and urban population trends.
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Wallula
Wash
Frederick D. White
Andrew D. White
United States
Germany
Syracuse
N. Y
Forsythe
Mont
Occidentaly
McGuire
North Dakota
Chicago
Minnesota State Pardon Board
Cole
James Younger
Stillwater
Northfield
Minn
Port la Vica
Calhoun County
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
la Vica Bay
Glasgow
Griffith
Great Northern Express
Malta
Missouri River
Little Rockies
State Department
Turkey
Constantinople
Leishman
Ottoman Imperial Bank
Washington
O’brien
St. Joseph
Kansas
B. H. Conger
China
Pekin
Anne Sur
Daufskle Beach
Bavanah
Mme
Melba
Covent Garden
Coleman
Board of Perdons
Btillwater
Springfield
Paul Hague
Zeno
Island Park
Pacific Coast
Dennison
Niagara Falls
Carlisle Graham
Wilson
John
Kimball
Nome
Seattle
St. Michael
M. Santos Dumort
St. Cloud
Paris
Hiffel Tower
Minnesota
Dakotas
Attempted assassination during Frazer River salmon strike in Vancouver
A man believed to be union fisherman Michael Sullivan tried to shoot J. A. Russell police magistrate as he exited the police station. Russell blocked the shot with his arm, the attacker fled up an alley, and the incident followed tensions over conspiracy and kidnapping cases involving fishermen and Japanese nationals.
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Vancouver
B. C
Frazer River
Michael Sullivan
J. A. Russell
Sullivan
Butte Smelter Reopens After Eight Hour Dispute
The Colorado smelter near Butte Montana restarts after a six week idle period due to wage and eight hour demand disputes. Management insists on the old arrangement with eight hours for most workers while machinists secure nine hours and outside machinists ten hours.
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Butte
Mont
Colorado
Strike Ends at Reading Iron Works After 10 Weeks
Reading Pa July 15 The strike of 2700 Reading Iron company workers including tube works Ninth street and Olney street mill ends after 10 weeks from May 6 The new wage scale matches August 1899 levels with Puddlers at 44 dollars per ton and other trades proportionally paid The union is not recognized and the company retains the right to hire any workers but all strikers will be rehired with no discrimination
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Heading
Reading
Reading Iron Company
Ninth Street
Olney Street
Puddlera
Scourge in Tennessee and Mississippi Crop Areas
A July report from Memphis notes the barbon scourge spreading across Bolivar and Madison in Mississippi and causing terror among farm workers. The disease kills livestock and has led to worker refusals, with seven deaths near Beulah in Bolivar County.
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Memphis
Tenn
Barbon
Bolivar
Madison
Coahoma
Mississippi
Beulah
Bolivar County
Drowned Ferry Worker Frank Keifer on Wenatchee Crossing
In Wenatchee Washington July 16 Frank Keifer aboard the ferryboat with Mr Morris fell overboard and drowned as the vessel crossed the river at dusk. Two men stood watch at the ends when Morris heard a splash and realized Keifer was gone into the Liver River.
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Frank Keifer
Wenatchee
Wash
Morris
Keifer
Lawson Generous to His Crew in Newport
In Newport July 15 before departure, Mr. Lawson boarded the Independence and gave Captain Haff $1000 in gold plus $500 to the first mate and $250 to the second mate. Each crew member received a smaller gift. The Philadelphia Academy of Sciences holds a lock of hair from every U.S. president.
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Lawson
Newport
R. 1
Independence
Haff
Miller
Philadelphia Academy of Sciences
United States
Mines and Miners Our Northwestern Mines Prosperous Year Predicted
Mining notes from the year 1900 claim value at a billion and a third dollars with exploration expanding. Reports from Bodie on Toroda creek and Republic mills show mixed results while new strikes and undeveloped properties promise activity. Leaders like Charles Sweeny and L. K. Armstrong report profits, exhibits, and growing ore bodies. the era of railway access and smelter plans shapes fortunes and town growth.
British Columbia Mining Growth Promises Major Outputs
Last week a diamond drill at the R Bell project moved to Phoenix for deeper work in the Old Iron sides. The Hewitt mine should resume full operation in about 30 days, with steady shipments expected to begin and the site poised to become a leading producer in the Sokan district. Granby Consolidated plans a copper refinery with Jay P Graves confirming rapid progress. The Rossland mine shows ore value consistency despite lower grades, while the Lardo district and Lexington Mountain holdings remain staked. Fort Steele division records the largest production growth in 1900 among BC mining areas, with mineral output rising to about half a million, second only to the Crow's Nest coal operations and Nanaimo leading in coal.
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R. Bell
Phoenix
Hewitt
Slocan
Spokane
Granby Consolidated Company
Jay P. Graves
Granby Company
Rossland Mine
Lardo
Lexington Mountain
Fort Steele
British Columbia
Crow's Nest
Nanaimo
Idaho mining notes span mills, crews, and congress dates
At Wallace Idaho Amador directors report development readiness for shipments. C B Hopper of Silver City says a stamp mill will be erected near Twilight gulch on Flint company property. Buckhorn mine near Northport to run double shift sinking a winze in days. The International Mining Congress meets Boise July 28 1901 continuing 24th 26th. Dynamite near Grant smelter Denver explodes killing Domenico Muto Tony West. Two carloads of mining machinery arrive in Seven Devils for Blue Jacket Consolidated Mining Co. M M Brown, Hoodoo mining man, has vanished in Spokane last week with no trace since.
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Empire State Idaho Company
Charles Sweeny
New York
L. K. Armstrong
Washington
Buffalo
Rossland
Thunder Mountain
Grangeville
Idaho
Colonel Dewey
United States
Hayden Lake
America
Redding
Cal
H. H. McClure
Bully Hill
Captain de Lamar
C. D. Porter
Associated
Spokane
Wash
Moscow Mountain
White Cross
Cleveland
Ohio
Treasury
Northport Mining & Smelting Company
Pullman Palace Car Company
Pullman
Ill
Wallace
Amador
C. B. Hopper
Silver City
Flint Company
Buckhorn Company
Northport
International Mining Congress
Boise
Grant Smelter
Denver
Col
Domenico Muto
Tony West
Salt Lake
Blue Jacket Consolidated Mining Company
M. M. Brown
Hoodoo
Wenatchee Steamer Wenatchee Destroyed by Fire
The Wenatchee of Bailey & O Connor line burned at the foot of Orondo avenue after being removed for repairs. Firemen arrived late and upper works were aflame. A watchman barely escaped. Loss estimated at 4500 with 3500 insured.
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Wenatchee
Wenatchee, Wash
Bailey & O'Connor Line
Orondo Avenue
Copeland Kills Rogers On Train Near Rawlins Wyoming
Ned Hartley Copeland shot and killed A. P. Rogers on a Union Pacific train near Rawlins Wyoming. Copeland had been a trusted teller at the Nebraska National Bank in Omaha for ten years until August 1800 when he left city on a summer trip and has not been heard from since. Minnesota reports 260 fewer inmates in prisons and reformatories than in 1897.
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Copeland
Rogers
Omaha
Neb
Ned Hartley Copeland
A. P. Rogers
Union Pacific
Rawlins
Wyo
Nebraska National Bank
Minnesota
To Mothers of Large Families Appeal for Aid and Remedies
In this appeal a speaker urges women with large households to seek intelligent aid and to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for menstrual relief. Mrs Becrevitze of Ludington Michigan endorses the remedy, noting improved health and ability to manage eight family members.
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Ares
Mra
Tad
Pinkline
Pinkhal el
Tyron
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mus
Becrevitze
Ludington
Crops Burn Up Amid Severe Drought Across Plains
Kansas City reports drought across Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Indian Territory with no relief in sight. Prayers for rain planned in Missouri and Kansas as reports from 24 Kansas counties show corn holding steady though late crop not yet tasseling and livestock prices and feed costs rising.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Judge Allocates Prize Money From Adula Capture
Judge Spear of the United States Superior Court distributes prize funds from the capture of the British steamer Adula during the Spanish American War. The Adula, owned by Atlas Steamship Co and chartered to Don Jose Solis, was seized by Marblehead under Commander McCalla near Guantanamo Bay. Half of the net amount goes to the United States and half to Navy officers and sailors eligible for prize money.
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Mount Ayrie
Spear
United States Superior Court
Atlas Steamship Company
Don Jose Solis
Marblehead
McCalla
Adala
Guatanamo Bay
United States
Navy
Excursion Boat Explosion Near Sunbury Kills Two Boys
An excursion boat anchored on the Susquehanna at Market Street in Sunbury exploded with force. Two boys aged 14 and 12, Allen and Artie Fetzer, were killed and about a dozen others injured, with one man missing and feared dead. Pilot George Ky mire is also missing.
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Sunbury
Sugquehanna
Market Street
Allen
Artie Fetzer
George Kymire
Enid Fire Loss Estimated At Two Hundred Thousand
Enid loses from fire place a $200,000 estimate cited by Fugle correspondent across Enid Oklahoma. Wichita report notes fire damage tallies in the city.
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Enid
Wichita
Kan
Fugle
Pino's Cure for Consumption Stale Patent for Coats and Colds
An old item notes Pino's Cure for Consumption as a stale patent medicine for coats and colds advertised in Grove, N. A Feb 31, 1900 notation. The brief mentions the remedy and its dubious status in a local context.
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Pino
N. W
Grove
N. A
Timber auction sells Idaho state white pine parcel
Big Timber Land in Moscow Idaho reports 18000 acres of white pine timber sold at public auction to Henry Turrish of West Superior for 105442.20 dollars. State appraisal valued pine at 1.00 per thousand and fir and yellow pine at 0.75 each with cash payment required at sale.
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Moscow
Idaho
Boire Meridian
Henry Turrish
Weat Superior
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Genoa
Perlin
District of Columbia
Tennessee
Republica
William G. Madison
Bodie
Toroda Creek
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Republic
A. W. Strong
el Caliph
Belcher Mountain
Metal Report
London
Pritish
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