The Telegraph World in Brief summary dead at 93
Theodosius Secor, pioneer marine engine builder, dies in Brooklyn at 93 leaving an estate near 1 million. Other items note Cudahy dispute over abducted son, Honolulu mail fumigation for smallpox risk, and boxing results at Mechanics Pavilion. Also reported: burglary in Cayucos, Pan American Expo opening, San Juan pier fire, and various political and labor developments.
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Theodosius Secor
Brooklyn
Cudahy
Honolulu
San Francisco
Terry McGovern
Oscar Gardner
Mechanics Pavilion
Cayucos
Cal
Degettardi & Righetti
Thetafe
Buffalo
San Juan
Porto Rico
Customs House
Livis
Robert A. Maxey
Pond Lumber Company
Arkansas City
Kan
Trade Report Highlights Mixed Week Across Sectors
Bradstreet's weekly trade report notes heightened stock speculation and strong money inflows, with general business satisfactory. Iron and steel show some lull while textiles lag, wool quiet, and western plus Pacific movement rises. Weather boosts crops. insect damage seen in the southwest. wheat exports totalling 176,916,238 bushels so far this season. Failures rise to 163 for the week. mobility value down 20 percent from 1900.
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Bradstreet
Pacific
London
Southwest
Northwest
California
Bessemer
Southern Pig
Birmingham
Miner killed by belt in Utah mine accident
A Salt Lake special from Richfield Utah reports Martin Whipler died after a belt driven machine at the Anme io mine dragged him into cog wheels. An engineer and assistant heard groans from the screen room and found him entangled, his foot slipping while clearing an obstruction. Whipler, reportedly with a sister in Seattle, died from severe injuries.
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Salt Lake
Richfield
Utah
Anme Io
Martin
Inpffer
Whipfler
Seattle
Salt Lake Marriage of Hunt and Rogers in Jail Justice Lochrie
Salt Lake City May 56 report Witfield J Hunt son of a wealthy Decatur contractor and Clara A Rogers of Decatur were married in the county jail by Justice Lochrie. Hunt previously known as Harry Wilson in Salt Lake, was found guilty of highway robbery and his pending sentence was commuted to jail.
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Salt Lake
Butterine Plant Destroyed in Chicago Fire
Fire destroyed the butterine plant of the A. B. Friedman Manufacturing Company in the stock yards district of Chicago. Loss estimated at about 150000 dollars. No injuries reported. The blaze broke out in the afternoon and caused extensive damage to the facility and nearby properties. Firefighters battled flames for hours to control the fire and limit spread.
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Chicago
A. B. Friedman Manufacturing Company
Stock Yards
Leva
Wool burned building at 110 Chestnut street destroys stock
Philadelphia May 5 A six story brick building at 110 Chestnut street occupied by Charles Webb & Co. importers of wool is burned. Loss about 75000 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
Charles Webb & Co
Losa
Inoculation Found To Protect Cattle in India
It has been found in India that inoculation against rinderpest can protect an animal for a period of eighty days or more. This discovery promises a practical method to shield livestock from the disease.
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India
Mines and Mining: News From Our Northwestern Mines
The Chickadee group at Gilt Edge Fergus county Montana shows a major ore body with a cyanide plant processing about 4500 tons monthly. Ore bodies along the lime and porphyry contact extend for miles confirming a large mineral belt. Republic notes include the Gold Ledge tunnel at Gold Hill 276 feet, San Poil ore shipping, and copper refining plans at Tacoma Smelting. Multiple mines including Caliph Ben Hur and Morning Glory report shipments or develop new work with expectations of regular output and expanding mill capabilities.
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Northwest
Chickadee Group
Great Northern Mining and Development Company
Gilt Edge
Fergus County
Montana
Chicodee
Republic
Gold Ledge
Gold Hill
Messrs. Bedler and Hoffstadter
Caliph
Granby
Grand Forks
Tacoma Smelting Company
Trade Dollar
Ben Hur
Miller
Repubic
Morning Glory
Boyer
Flag Hill
Xor
Charles P. Robbins
Lone Pine Surprise Company
Prospects for Kaslo smelter brighten outlook in BC
The article notes renewed optimism in British Columbia with talk of a Kaslo smelter, a possible Green wood-Phoenix tramway contract killed in city council, and expected Canadian Pacific expansion into the Lardo district. It cites 14 workers at Homestake, April ore figures for Greenwood smelter, and interest in Vancouver refiners and the Centre Star mine in Rossland. It also mentions Le Rol stock near £10 per share and a Rossland mine valued around $10 million.
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Kaslo
Greenwood
Granby
Grand Forks
Vancouver
Wayne Darlington
John W. Mackay
Rossland
Centre Star
Gooderham & Blackstock
Mother Lode
Deadwood Camp
London
Great Rossland
Conpo
Spokane Company Posts Large Value Increase and Dividends
The Turner-Peyton interests report a three year gain in value and note that $1,305,000 in dividends have been paid. The latest dividend was 5 shillings, equal to $1.20 per share.
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Turner-Peyton
Spokane
Mining activity and closures across the Northwest and Idaho
The Buckhorn group north of Bonner’s Ferry Idaho plans to resume work while Frisco Consolidated Mining closed its Gem Idaho mine for an indeterminate period. Okanogan Gold Mines near Oroville will resume on a large scale as Black Tail Mining adds a stamp mill near Kalispell Montana. Hawkeye copper lodge near Lambert Creek is 114 feet wide and well equipped. Coal prospects on Oro Fino Creek above Orofino Idaho proceed by Colfax Wash interests. A new Stevens county Washington marble quarry is white in color near the United States marble quarry. J D Menner reports growing interest in the International Mining congress in Boise next July. St Paul Idaho Mining & Milling probes Pine Creek near Wardner with a $60 000 bond. Cole of Boston finances hydraulic elevator plans at Murray and greenlighted silver lead properties near Burke with bonds for summer work. Silver Butte group at Northport Washington eyed for sale to Philadelphia buyers at about $200 000. consolidation with Great Western likely. American Smelting & Refining at East Helena Montana orders shutdown for 600 workers due to eight hour day law and wage reductions. Butte miners union investment in Amalgamated Copper shares $50 000 steadies labor peace. stock held in union name to align miners’ interests with copper operations.
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Buckhorn Group
Bonner’s Ferry
Idaho
Frisco Consolidated Mining Company
Gem
Okanogan Gold Mines, Limited
Oroville
Black Tail Mining Company
Fisher River
Kalispell
Mont
Lambert Creek
Orofino Creek
Orofino
Colfax, Wash
Stevens County
Wash
United States
J. D. Menner
Boise
Coeur d'Alenes
International Mining Congress
Congress
Coeur d’Alenes
St. Paul
Wardner
Cole
Boston
Murray
Burke
Northport
Philadelphia
Great Western
Silver Butte
Deep Creek Country
American Smelting& Refining Company
East Helena
New York
Butte Miners’ Union
Amalgamated Copper Company
Amalgamated
Bennington to Come Home from Asiatic Station
A dispatch from Admiral Kempff says the gunboat Bennington will detach from the Asiatic station and sail for the United States. The move reflects a general reduction in Asiatic waters. Both ships will proceed to Mare Island for repairs.
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Washington
Kempff
Navy Department
Bennington
Asiatic
The
United
Mare Island
Road to National Park road contract let in Yellowstone Park
A contract to build a 30 mile government road in Yellowstone Park has been awarded to George A. Miller of Billings. The route connects the lake outlet to the head of the Shoshone river and will join the stage road from Cody, Wyoming, at the terminus of the Burlington branch.
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Helena
Mont
George A. Miller
Billings
Yellowstone Park
Cody
Wyo
Burlington
Congressman's Recovery Aids His Health in 1898 Letter
Washington April 1 1898 Dr B Hartman of Columbus Ohio certifies the curative qualities of Peruna and Manalin in Botkin s stomach catarrh and constipation relief. Botkin praises Peruna as a wonderful remedy and invites others to seek Hartman s free medical advice if results are unsatisfactory.
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Washington, D. C
B. Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
J, D
Botkinsman
Kansans
Manalin
Washington
Peruna
J. D. Botkin
Two British Seamen Shot at German Bridge Collision
May 6 report from Tientsin states German guards firing on the British tug The Ego near the south end of the British concession wounded two crew. The bridge across the Poho river blocks river traffic and the tug touched it.
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Tientain
Poiho River
Rancher George Reeder Missing Near Trail Creek
A Missoula dispatch says rancher George Reeder of Trail creek has been missing for three weeks. He left hunting with his dog and neither he nor the dog have been heard from since, prompting fears of foul play.
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Butte
Mont
Missoula
George Reeder
Trail Creek
Double Murder Near Richfield Springs in Warren
May 6 report: in Warren near Richfield Springs a double murder occurred. Victims named Benjamin Hoyt and Mrs. Wallace. Hoyt killed Mrs. Wallace and was then shot by Mr. Wallace.
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Little Falls
N. Y
Warren
Richfield Springs
Benjamin Hoyt
John ©. Wallace
Hoyt
Wallace
Industrial shifts and reform push across unions and prisons
A survey notes rising automation and wage ratios from ten men per woman to four men per woman, plus soaring auto demand. It reports Brookyln unions uniting to standardize wages, New York sweatshops to be abolished, and a 200,000 East Side drive led by prominent figures to end urban sweatshop poverty. Louisiana’s penitentiary system farms 1000 convicts on two plantations Felician and Iberia parishes, with cotton and sugar crops, as reforms end convict leasing.
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France
Germany
United States
United Kingdom
Brooklyn
First
National Union of Plasterers
Italian Plain and Ornamental Plasterers’ Union
New York City
Brotherhood of Tailors
Potter
Gompers
Adler
East Side
Board of Control
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Felician and
Iberia Parishes
Louisiana
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Allegedly Paralyzes
An odd fragment claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic paralyzes on the eve of use. It also mentions iron and bile in a tasteless form and notes sugar in parsnips, mallows, and nearly all vegetables.
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Grove
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Colville
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