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Silverton Silvertonian

Location

Silverton, British Columbia, Canada

Date

Sep 17, 1898

Page

3

Unusual Fall of Snow Reported Across Colorado and Kansas

Dispatches indicate an unusual snow event Friday night and Saturday across eastern Colorado northwestern Kansas and southwestern Nebraska. Atwood Rawlings county reports five inches with a heavy frost Saturday morning. Oberlin Decatur county also reports heavy snowfall and many western Kansas points note light flurries.

Kansans City Colorado Kansas Nebraska The Journal Atwood Rawlings County Oberlin Decatur County

Modest Man Unearthed in New York Founder of Cornell College

It is credibly announced that the hitherto unnamed founder of the Cornell Medical College who gave 1,500,000 for the building in New York is Colonel H. Payne.

New York Cornell Medical College Colonel H. Payne

Montreal to Host Bicycle Races Next Year

Montreal representatives have reportedly received the world bicycle meet for next year via private cable gram from Vienna. The note mentions a Vienna consular message and notes a durable German weight advantage over French riders.

Montreal Vienna Rattray

Woman Overcomes Years Of Female Trouble With Lydia Pinkham

Mrs Lucy Goodwin describes four years of womb trouble and nervous distress. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sunative Wash she reports recovery, weight gain from 108 to 135 pounds, and renewed strength to do housework. She praises the medicines and urges others to try them.

Lydia E. Pinkham Mrs Lucy Goopwin Holly, W. Ve

Osteopathy ad announces new practice openings

An osteopathy notice promotes Doctors Murray, Dodson and Wilcox with a female specialist. It states treatments for bone and muscle manipulation and lists several address numbers at the Mr Rookery building, Spoke Washington, with a private entrance. Openings begin November 1 for particulars.

Murray Dodson

Jerome Fire Destroys Mining Town Wipes Out Large Area

Prescott reports Jerome in Arizona was destroyed by a morning fire causing over 1 million dollars in damages. Eleven bodies recovered with many believed trapped. blaze started from a gasoline stove in a cabin and spread rapidly. The United Verde Company plant survived. dramatic scenes as residents rush to aid. Italian men named as suspects amid investigation.

Prescott Ariz Jerome United Verde Company

Alger defends wartime admin amid charges

Secretary Alger rejected sensationalist attacks on the War Department and defended the huge daily task of provisioning and transporting supplies. He said a strong commission will investigate, aiming to refine army organization and apply lessons learned to the past and future.

Detroit Mich Alger War Department

New Westminster Burned In Devastating City Fire

The business portion of New Westminster British Columbia was destroyed by a morning fire. Property losses reach hundreds of thousands. Dozens homeless as aid arrives from Vancouver. Firefighter Campbell killed while on a burning roof. A woman died of fright and others succumbed to injuries and illness amid the blaze. Three river steamers Edgar Gladys Bonaccord destroyed. Royal City planing mills and Cleve Canning Company spared. Fraser River railway station and bridge burned. Fire began near midnight from a spark aboard a river steamer.

Vancouver B. C New Westminster Royal Campbell Tike Edgar Gladys Bonaccord Royal City Planing Mills Cleve Canning Company Fraser River

Riot Strife in Guatemala Bucks Election Toll

The steamer Olympia from Porto Cortes reports Guatemala election riots with large casualties. Troops fired as followers of Prospero Morales resisted President Estrada's victory, leaving 360 killed or fatally wounded per the captain.

New Orleans Olympia Porto Cortes Guatemala Porto Barros Prospero Morales Estrada 360

Spanish Prisoners Shot Aboard Halvard Near Cuba

In portsmouth New Hampshire on September 12 Colonel K E Dudley of the US Army investigated the shooting of Spanish prisoners aboard the auxiliary cruiser Halvard just before it departed Cuba for Seavey Island. The shooting followed a dispute between some prisoners and privates of the Ninth Massachusetts Regiment. The report adds that no specific religion receives official recognition in Japan.

Portamouth N. H KE. &. Dudley United States Army Hore Halvard Weasel Cuba Seavey's Island Ninth Massachusetts Japan

Fusion tickets nominated in Washington state race

Ellensburg Washington September 12 fusion by the three conventions democratic populist and silver republican nominates for congressmen at large James Hamilton Lewis Seattle and Will Kane for supreme court judges Benjamin F Houston Tacoma Melvin M Godman Dayton fusion described as strongest ticket with representation from large population centers and recognition of agricultural counties

Ellensburg Wash Flere James Hamilton Lewis Seattle Willkane Supreme Court Benjamin F. Houston Tacoma Melvin M. Godman Dayton M. M. Godman Columbia County

Empress of Austria Stabbed in Geneva by Anarchist

The Empress Elizabeth of Austria was killed at the Hotel Beau Rivage in Geneva by an Italian anarchist named Luchoni. She was stabbed in the heart while walking to the steamer landing and died shortly after at the hotel. The empress, born December 24 1837, was wife to Emperor Francis Joseph and mother to three archdukes and archduchesses.

Geneva Switzerland Austria Beau Rivage Empress Luchoni Paris Elizabeth Amelia Eugenia Maximillian Bavaria Francis ‘Joseph Hungary Gissola Luitpold Rudolph Stephanie Belgium Maria Valeria Franz Salvato Austria-Tuscany

Natives Reportedly Overthrow Spanish Garrison in Pacific Islands

A private dispatch from San Francisco dated September 12 says native rulers on the Caroline Islands have risen against the Spanish garrison and seized the atoll. Factional wars between two native kings weakened Spanish defense. Guam aid failed and Ponape was reinforced poorly. The likely result is loss of the whole island group to natives.

Caroline Spain Guam Ponape San Francisco

Nine men well known chosen for war department inquiry

Washington selects nine prominent figures to investigate the war department. Lt Col Schofield and Gen Gordon bring Civil War leadership, while Granville Dodge and Charles Manderson add political and military depth. Johns Hopkins president D C Gilman and Robert T Lincoln join, with Lamont and Keene also named. Gordon declines due to unstable health.

Washington War Department Eee Schofield Miles United States Army Gordon Georgia United States Congress Granville M. Dodge New York D. C. Gilman United States Johns Hopkins University Baltimore Cleveland Charles F. Manderson Nebraska Robert T. Lincoln Daniel Lamont W. W. Keene Philadelphia James A. Sexton Atlanta John B. Gordon McKinley

Who are the Carlists in Spanish history

The Carlists led by Carlos claim the throne by male line succession after Ferdinand’s 1833 death, opposing the female heir. Basque clergy and shepherd farmer communities powered uprisings, while republicans in cities favored independence and liberal liberties gained during Spain’s brief 1873 republic.

Ferdinand Spain Carlos

Sentenced Private Scruggs for assault at Presidio

General Miller approves the court martial sentence of Private A W Scruggs of the First Tennessee for assault on Dan Thomas a negro under guard at the Presidio reserve. He faces confinement at hard labor for three months dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of pay with imprisonment at Alcatraz. Colorado Springs reports five suspects in the silver Republican opera house clash released for lack of evidence in Harris killing. A German officer cites wars since century killed about 30 million people in civilized nations.

San Francisco Washington Miles Presidio Miller A. W. Scruggs First Tennessee Dan Thomas Alcatraz Colorado Springs Silver Republican Party Charles KE. Harris Denver

French ambassador in Washington relays U S reply on Philippine hostilities

Cambon reports American answer to Spain over insurgent actions in the Philippines and the peace protocol. The United States will dispatch envoys to urge Togolos to honor the truce and stop Manila vessels carrying insurgents aiming to spread insurrection. Also notes Spokane girls boarding school and a remark on postal savings banks.

Spain Madrid Washington Cambon Philippines United States Manila

Early testimonial and trivia items in 1895 page

Advertisements praise a nerve restorer and a cough cure while noting assorted curiosities. Claims include a cure for fits after one day, an autograph by Richard IL Piso, plant feeding pills, and a fact about elephant trunk muscles.

Evacuation Commission Opens First Meeting in San Juan

The Evacuation Commission held its first annual joint meeting in the palace council chamber in San Juan de Puerto Rico. Spanish and American commissioners discussed pending instructions and secret sessions while inventories of government property were reviewed.

San Juan de Puerto Rico Brooke Schley Gordon Ortega Valleriano Senor Aguila Macias Alfonso XIII

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