Rich Northwest mining report details vein hits and shaft progress
The Mining and Scientific Press notes continued activity across Canadian and American camps. Developments include high grade ore at the Morning Glory and Gold Ledge shafts, improving Republic and Mountain Lion outputs, a 100 foot milestone for Lorna Doone, and plans to move Enterprise ore to market despite labor troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora
Princess Maud
Summit-Republic
Ben Hur
Independent
Lorna Doone
Gold Ledge
Gold Mountain
Cody Camp
Republic
Palo Alto
Mountain Lion
Summit
Gold Hill
Cody Camps
Catamaran accident near Stockton claims two lives
A late night pleasure ride on the river Catamaran overturned in Stockton California leaving Miss Mabel Kafitz and engineer Walter Henderson dead. Twenty one youths struggled in the water as rescue crews and strong swimmers pulled most to safety. The cause of the disaster remains a mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
Cal
Mabel Kafitz
Walter Henderson
Northam Runs Aground After Collision Near Green's Farm
The New Haven line steamer Northam ran ashore at Green's Farm Conn to prevent sinking following a night collision with the Peck. No injuries reported. Also cited is U S youth population totaling 21 082 472 with 9 718 432 in Sunday schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green's Farm
Conn
New Haven Line
Northam
Peck
United States
Aguinaldo Declares Dictatorship Amid Philippine Turmoil
A Manila dispatch reports Aguinaldo dissolved the Filipino congress and proclaimed himself dictator. Morong province action scattered insurgents. 25 killed, 4 Americans dead or wounded. Otis’s view sees insurgents as a dwindling marauding band under American rule. Troop movements include Oregon, Hancock, and Sixth Infantry. transports adjusted for safe passage and minimal sickness. A blockade will station Oregon off Dagupan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Manila
Aguinaldo
Washington
Morong
Antipoli
War Department
Philippines
Otis
Portland
Ohio
Newport
Sixth Infantry
Negros
Hancock
Nebraska
Oregon
Dagupan
Gulf of Lingayen
Toll cuts at Esquimalt drydock reduce by half
In British Columbia authorities announce tolls on the Esquimalt drydock have been slashed by roughly 50 percent. The measure follows costs and traffic patterns with early signs of relief seen on nearby routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esquimalt
Kettle River
Fragmented 1900s Classified Items and Local Notices
Allen's Foot-Ease advertised as a cure for painful feet with testimonials, selling by mail and in stores. Mentions a bronze bust for Thomas Paine costs 300 dollars. Constipation remedy Caseinets Candy Cathartic promises cure. Mennonite church plans first foreign mission in India. A light poem notes Lenore youth and war. Portland Wire & Iron Works advertises fencing and office railing at 34 Alder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen 8
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Portland Wire & Iron Works
FIRS AND TELEGRAPH BILLS AND MONTANA ITEMS
A Columbia River–area digest notes D. C. Corbin’s telegraph bill moving forward and a government line to be built immediately. It reports on British Columbia issues, copper mine corner attempts by Marcus Daly, drownings, and the Boundary Creek telegraph company wiring Greenwood, with Montana fatalities, shipments, and a constitutional road law ruling. The Christian Endeavor Society exceeds 3 300 000 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark & Sweeny
Columbia
North Pole
Queen
Baker City
Sumpter
Buffalo
Butte & Boston Company
Heinze Brothers
Michael Davitt
Delamar Mining Company
Big Buffalo
George A. Blodgett
Blodgett
Supreme Court
Clancy
John MacGinnis
Boston & Montana Company
J. R
Helena Land Office
General Land Office
W. B. Gaffney
Davis C. Turner
Buffalo Hump
Lake Creek
Fish Lake
D. C
Similkameen
Princeton
Boundary Creek Telegraph & Telephone Company
Greenwood
R. G. Sidley
Sidley’s
Osoyoos
Frank H. Jell
London
Ont
Texada Island
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Alaska
Victoria
Montana
Stevensville
Mattie E. Todd
Thomas Todd
Fort Benton
Texas
New Mexico
Billings
Bloom Cattle Company
Musselshell
F. EB. Parker
Grigsby’s
Rough Riders
South Dakota
West Colusa
Butte
Federal
Copper and Main
Park and Broadway
Sutton’s
Silver Bow County
Western Iron Works
Moody
Durability and Wealth: Health Versus Riches Spotlight
The passage links health to wealth, noting that riches cannot substitute good health. It discusses Hood's Sarsaparilla as a supposed health aid for all social classes and touches on shoemaking in Valparaiso Chile, with five factories employing 1000 workers and no local children’s shoe production. It mentions deafness arising from inflamed Eustachian tubes and catarrh as a cause, offering Hall's Catarrh Cure with a money promise for cures. It also notes the official Records of the Rebellion printing cost projection reaching 3,000,000 dollars with completion by 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Chile
Switzerland
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Report on Bloemfontein negotia tions sparks UK political tension
London June 8. The breakdown of the Bloemfontein negotiations has created excitement in political circles and sparked speculation on the next move by the British government. Though war is not expected, many believe military preparations are likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bloemfontein
Great Britain
Governor Pingree VII Quits Politics in Detroit
Governor Pingree VII will not seek office this year or next, announced by a close adviser. Family wishes retirement for social reasons and the governor faces political considerations behind stepping away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pingree VII
Detroit
Pingree
Postal Clerks Assess Dues for Washington Visit
Indianapolis June 9 postal clerks convention voted to assess each member $1 to finance a committee trip to Washington to lobby for favorable action on the reclassification bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Postal Clerks’ Convention
Washington
Looks Like Murder In Chicago Home of Swiss Millionaire
Martin Meier, a wealthy Swiss resident in Chicago, was found dead at his home. He lived alone for years and authorities say the condition of the body indicates murder with robbery as the motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Martin Meier
Flour mill and timber land sales noted across Northwest
Reports from Washington and Oregon describe near completion of a new flouring mill in Reardan and a double-block shingle mill planned for Cosmopolis. Timber land sales rise in Skagit County while sheep movements and grain prospects dominate Palouse and Morrow areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reardan
Skagit County
Wash
Snake River
Cosmopolis
Highland District
C. F. Scheimer
Grand Coulee
Sherman County
George Small
Silver Lake
Rosalia
Heppner
Morrow
Flour Mill Workers Union
Spokane
Centennial
C. & C. Mills
Wheeler County
Catlin Land & Live Stock Company
Montana
Agno
Illinois
Tekoa
Olympia
Palouse
Wyoming
Big Horn
Ore
Gilliam County
Pacific- American Fisheries Company
Fairhaven
J. W. Berriam
Bert Greenman
Oregon City
Falls
Clackamas
Pinkham Eases Sleepless Night for Woman in Distress
Mrs. Pinkham stands cited as the remedy that relieved a woman from her troubles causing insomnia. The brief item notes success of the tonic in restoring rest and peace of mind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. Pinkham
Lyons Boarding School Adverts and Family Assault News
An ad promotes Lyon's Boarding School for Boys in Spokane Washington with a prospectus via James Lyon. A separate New York report recounts Morris Foley age 56 shot and beaten by his wife and her daughter Hannah Poole amid a family quarrel with no recovery hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyon
James Lyon
Spokane
Wash
New York
Morris Foley
Foley
Hannah Poole
Shdt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Metals OF the Northwest
Pacific Northwest
Mining and Scientific Press
Republis
British Columbia
Rossland
Evening Star
Con
Basun
New Denver
Mountain Chief
Enterprise
Filipino Congress
Thomas Paine
Paine
New Berlin
India
Lenore
Jesse Moore
Ana
DR. B
Arch Street
Philadelphia
The
Christian Endeavor Society
England
San Francisco
John Landsman
Fred Trueworthy
Landsman
Ben
Eugene
Mra. Manor Bancock
Grand Rapids
Mich
Lydia B. Pinkham
Mrs. Winslow
Russia
J. B. Palmer
Seattle
Newell
Ian
Keitz
Jones St
Sioux City
Neorting Remedy Company
Chisage
Bestreal
Northwestern Busines College
Riverside
Gonerrhera
Giset
Pytte
Plain French Drug CO
Pearl ‘St
California Figs Fig Syrup Co
Moore
Draggien
Gunn
Bosanko
Philada
Ivira
DRC
Philoda
Pee
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