Northwest Notes reports weather, crime, and local incidents across the West
A Montana wool crop and a snowy Front Range scene frame a list of fireside news items from Montana to Washington. Reported events include a Northern Pacific track washout near Myers Montana, four Alma to Loveland men frozen in a snowstorm, Leadville snow and a 40 degree plunge, a boxing result in Butte, a Spokane telephone operators strike, a harvest crop tally for the 10203 cereal year, and Internal Revenue receipts for a Helena district office. Also noted are a not guilty verdict in Baker City embezzlement, a Gunnison suicide, an Eatonville logging camp assault, a Ouray landslide, a miner crushed at Atlantic City, a Tacoma streetcar holdup, a Washoe smelter shutdown affecting Butte, and wide effects on Montana wool, Forsythe grasshopper damage, and July snow in Colorado.
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Alma
Loamlin
Colo
Leadville
Mose la Fontice
Joe Wateatt
Butte
Nome
Spokane
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Helena
Collecor
Internal Revenue
Montana
Utah
M. J. Morgan
Ed Eastman
Ouray
Forsythe
Fcr
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Cheyaone
C. McCarthy Mead
William Wands
Twe Ae
North
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Snake in Piano Snakes From Miss Carr House Near Charleston Ind
A musical snake hid inside a square piano at Miss Molle Carr’s house near Charleston Indiana. Mr Lyos Morrison visiting his daughter charmed it with tune, then saw the snake’s head at the keys. The creature was killed after revealing itself. It measured nearly five feet. On Lincoln avenue a Pittsburgh Railway car plunged from a bridge, killing three of its four passengers plus the conductor and motorman.
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Molle Carr
Charleston
Ind
Lyos Morrison
Indianapolia
Mias Carr
Larimer
Pittsburg Railway Company
Lincoln Avenue
Flood in Cumberland and Hyndham dampen Maryland Pennsylvania roads
Rain and floods hit Cumberland Maryland with six foot water depth damaging homes and plants. Debris blocked a streetcar line and landslides closed the West Virginia Central railroad. Hyndham Pennsylvania suffered cloudburst damage. total local losses reach about 950,000. Kansas harvest labor shortages persist despite shipments. International dispatches note Panama Canal talks and a large House majority, with unclear U S stance on Far East issues.
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Cumberland
West Virginia ‘Central Railroad
Hyndham
Pacific Cable Finished After Global Telex Feat
A newly completed Pacific telegraph cable connected Tonopaly to the Philippines and beyond. The system carried messages around the world in twelve and nine and a half minutes, surpassing the 1896 Depew record of fifty minutes. President Machi of theCommercial Pacific Cable Co praised the achievement.
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Shaloe
Tonobuly
Mrcellent Moevelt
Machi
Tag Commercial Pacifi Cubie Company
MacKay
United States
Chauncey M. Depew
Grand Central Palace
Washington
Afty Aminentes
Lost in Cloudburst at Merrymalers Park Disaster
A cloudburst near Oxford Park, Merrymalers, causes a wall of water twenty feet high. Are reports of 25 to 100 dead amid drowned and injured crowds. Brush Creek floods, park buildings washed away, and a streetcar filled with panicked passengers is carried by the flood. Rescue efforts continue with several bodies recovered.
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Payte
Oxford Park
Brush Creek
Forest Tree
Marrow Ravine
Jeannet
Officer Shoots Desperate Suspect at Douglass Carnival
Special dispatch from Douglass Izona reports Officer Lon Graham fatally wounded a man named Smith in a saloon shootout. Graham, recognizing Smith, demanded surrender. Smith reached for a gun and was shot in the neck as carnival crowds watched. Captain Rynning guarded the fallen man at hospital amid high local sentiment.
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Douglass
Izona
Lon Graham
Smith
Thomas Vansbo
Graham
Rynning
Rangers
Mine Disaster At Manna Wyoming Toll Reported
The Talon Pacific Coal No 1 mine at Manna Wyoming exploded killing 286 of 2002 workers. Most victims were Winlinders and Tegroes. many nationals and Knights of Pythian members are among the dead. Relief funds and public sympathy rise as authorities warn of further danger.
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Talon Pacific Coal Company
Manna
Wyo
Knights of Pythian Order
Carehow
Hanna
Theo, Schill
Woodcliff Fire Alarm Signal Amid Mine Disaster
A longstanding fire ring at Woodcliff New Jersey marks a tragedy after a mining explosion. Miner Schill died, flames engulf levels below seventeen, and rescue crews wall entries to block spread. Senators appeal for relief funds as house-to-house canvassing counts 169 confirmed or assumed dead, with total likely reaching 200 or more.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Schill
Woodcliff
Wao
United States
Clark
Evanston
Hanna
Ohio
Cleaning the Statue of Freedom on Capitol Dome
The bronze Statue of Freedom atop the Capitol dome in Washington is cleaned after scaffolding was erected around the peak. Two workers labored at about 67 feet high with narrow ledges. A weak weld solution and varnish were used to restore the surface, with reports of welding surviving the process. Separate reports recount multiple fatal accidents at Heron Lake Minnesota and nearby areas, including workers struck by lightning and an electric bolt case, detailing casualties and authorities involved.
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Woodcliff
Coytesville
Capitol Dome
Washington
Treaty notes on cadet bounds and colonial oil concessions
A damaged report outlines a treaty concerning onaling Madions and Pine sovereignty, duplicating at the mer office. Signers include Egulors, Garey, and others with references to treasury and state, while noting island privileges, land taxation, and coaling station rents amid colonial stakes and private land concerns.
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Atx
Cuba
Mer
Apne Garey
Besence
Povia
Ansistant
Senor
Diego
Justion
Tega
Squiera
Lost Boy Lived for Twenty ones Ex Sheriff Tale
A historical report describes a lost boy tale with a frontier backdrop. It recounts a sheriff finding the boy after days of wandering near mountains, with scarce supplies and danger from wildlife. The narrative emphasizes endurance, isolation, and the boy’s survival until rescue.
Drowned miner tragedy and escape near Oro Gr pany sites
A miner died and another man narrowly escaped at Oro Gr pany properties as a failing lift and pit hazards caused a deadly accident. Reported injuries and a long recovery tale follow, including local officials' responses and subsequent investigations.
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Oro Grpany
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