Northwest Notes of Decedents and Labor Strife
A long list of obituaries and notices from Northwest society includes Mrs. Ellya Routt former governor’s wife, and Edwarda Slack pioneer newspaperman, with other deaths and local happenings. Also mentions labor disputes between Butte and Anaconda printers, union activities, and political nominations in Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellya F Routt
John L. Routt
Colorado
Robert Mugdox
Tacoma
Buechtel
Edwarda Slack
Lamboffer
Wyoming
Chenne
Michael Schwenther
Niker
Patrick Lynch
Botte
Harry Hansen
Laramie
Wye
Hrieht
Eight Miners Buried Alive In Canadian Avalanche Near Vancouver
EIGHT MINERS were buried by a massive avalanche at the Britntola mine on Howe Island, about forty miles north of Vancouver. Four died, four survived, including two Japanese workers. Rescue efforts saved the remaining men after several hours. none of the rescued men were believed to die from the accident.
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Bollinghai
Wash
Britntola
Howe Wound
Vancouver
Copper Company
Foreigners in grave danger from famine in China
Shanghai advices to the state department say famine spreads across China threatening a rise against the ruling dynasty. Officials fear hysteria and sedition, with propaganda aimed at turning the poor against the government as relief efforts fail.
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Washington
Shanghai
State Department
China
Beon
Stanlee
Wealth of United States in 1904
The census bureau reports total national wealth in 1904 at 107.104 billion dollars, up 18.086 billion from 1900, a rise without precedent since 1850–60. In 1860 wealth stood at 7.186 billion, as 1800–1904 wealth growth per family averaged 152 dollars annually amid prior price declines.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Turmoil Strikes Small Towns Amid Danube Incident
Reported unrest spreads as a convoy of peasants clashed with local authorities after a train was seized and menaced. Cavalry guarded retreats while towns urged immediate safety measures and evacuations amid growing fear of further violence.
Twenty Filth To The Philippians Verse Fragment
Fragmentary OCR text listing names and phrases, with unclear repetition and garbled headings. The readable elements include references to Philippians and scattered proper nouns. No coherent event or structure emerges from the fragment.
Islands in Panama harbor eyed in canal zone dispute
Washington officials led by Richard R. Rogers and Secretary Taft travel to Panama to review titles to small rocky islands in Panama harbor. Pacific Mail Steamship and Panama railroad use parts of the islands, which were included in the transfer to the United States and are claimed as canal zone property. A quarantine station site is considered. ownership disputes relate to Spain’s transfer and fifty year payments.
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Washington
Richard R. Rogers
Inthmlantary Commission
Panama
Taft
Panama Harbor
United States
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Panama Railroad
Panama Republic
Canal Zone
Spain
Canal Commission
Burton Returns to Abilene After Imprisonment
King Joseph R. Burton ex senator from Kansas was greeted warmly in Abilene upon returning home after five months in Ironton Missouri. He denounced President Roosevelt as personally persecuting him and claimed the president promoted many who helped convict him. The theater crowd packed and interrupted his speech with applause and tears. In Leavenworth Kansas veterans at the National Soldiers Home fell ill from meat hash at breakfast and ambulances brought in patients. no deaths reported.
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Abilene
King
Joseph R. Burton
United States
Kansas
Ironton
Apeak
Nile
Arely
Burton
Roonovett
Leelainety
Leavenworth
Kan
National Soldiers Home
Wick Veterana
Iad
Gelzed Police Station and Directed Arrest of Saloon Men
New York report says a peneational goriny at rardy sipan allege violators of the excise law was mat Saturday under the direction of Charles S. Whitten president of the board of city aa Kletraton. The mmaiatvate farily wested the West Fartyweven th etreat station dn tie upper tenderlain, ve Datel the serdvant in corsa, die of the arrest of sever vino fot the excise law and ven lela im improptu selon of court in he pollag stallion.
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New York
Rardy Sipan
Mat Raturday
Charles 8. Whitten
City Aa Kletraton
Mmaiatvate
Corsa
Vino
Failure of Venezuelan Revolution in 19th Century Text
Fragmentary report details general Juan Valdia Momleiin and Venezuelan forces involved in a failed uprising. The telegraph notes confusion in leadership and suggests strategic setbacks during the attempted coup, with vague references to a pivotal date and ongoing military action.
Fiendish attempt to wreck a train derails Pittsburg limited
The Pittsburg The Chicago Limited traveling from New York to Chicago on the Pennsylvania railroad derailed near Stewart, seventeen miles east, at about thirty five miles an hour. The locomotive and five cars left the tracks but no injuries occurred. Rail officials found an axle plate removed at the joint, bolts withdrawn, and rails bent inward, with the derailment on a straight stretch. Passengers escaped serious harm as the train cleared the area beyond a cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
New York
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Stewart
Here
United States Ranks Third in World Manufactures Exports
The United States now ranks third among the world's exporters of manufactures per a Bureau of Statistics monograph. Manufactures exports exceed 70 million dollars annually and have doubled in a decade. In 1880 manufactures formed 15 percent of total exports. by the decade ending 1890 they were 40 percent, with notable growth compared to Germany, the United Kingdom, and France.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commercs
Germany
United Ki
France
Stolypin Backs Famine Relief Commission Plan
Premier Stolypin announced government support for famine relief commissions proposed by the Constitutional Democrats after a long debate in the tower house of parliament. He admitted past mistakes and the policy received flat government approval as the proposition passed unanimously.
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At. Peterburg
Tower House
Parliment
Congo Prospecting Expedition to Seek Gold in Africa
The International Forestry Company, with Guggenheim and Ryan of New York backing, plans a mineral prospecting expedition to the Congo region. Dr. Dorsey Mohum will lead, with a team of American and Belgian members, departing around May 16.
Plan Turned Down by Roosevelt Conference Stopped
Governor Johnson reports President Roosevelt declined a governors conference on railroad matters. He says Roosevelt indicated no conference will be held and that no action will be taken by public railroad commissions.
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St. Paul
Johnson
Roosevelt
Guernore
Justice Worded In Blixapoty Kidnapping Case
Pasquotank County court Friday sentenced Joshua Harricon to twenty years in the penitentiary for the kidnapping and murder of Kenneth. A lawyer in Arhunaue disclosed a clue about a boy, and Harricon has left for that state to pursue the report. Mr Hensley is confident he has the lead on the right track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blixapoty City
Co Pormer
Bearly
Kenneth
Pasquotank County
Joahua Harricon
Tiny
Arhunaue
Fin Boy
Hensley
Burton Out of Jail in Iroton Missouri
Fragmented OCR summary notes a former senator named Burton released from custody in Ironton Missouri after completing a federal sentence. Mentions a Joseph Turton and a Kaneos affiliation. References involvement with a government department and an alleged religious-themed matter.
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Ironton
Joreph J. Turton
Aiatod Monator
Kaneos
Mililay
Jalher
Ely
I. Lamia
Hilton
Bromton Chetty Lh
Fierce riots in Roumania mobilize army reserves
In Bucharest and nearby towns peasants clashed with troops as plundering resumed. An administrative palace was surrounded, officers wounded, and several soldiers killed. Troops, reinforced from central points, moved to contain uprisings with large Jewish communities arriving from Moldavia towns.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Vastul
Jansy
Jassy
Vasini
Botosahni
Botorahn
Miners Split From I W W In Goldfield Vote
In Goldfield Nevada miners vote 1120 to 768 to hold meetings apart from the Industrial Workers of the World. The move signals a possible withdrawal from the I W W as miners seek better pay and hours and a quick return to work amid ongoing disputes and mine closures. Sacramento flood reports warn of worsening conditions surpassing 1900s levels with the Sacramento river at peak flood and thousands of acres inundated. Transvaal Parliament opens under new constitution with the Earl of Selborne to address labor questions in South Africa.
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Goldfeld
Nev
Goldfield
Diamondfield
Western Federation of Miners
Dietelor
Transvaal
Pretoria
Kruger
Peribe
Regbel
Earl of Selborne
South Africa
Ohinew
Inbor
Irrigation Project in Egypt Aims to Boost Water Reserve
The council approved a project to increase the Ammonian water storage by about twenty percent. It will supply new water for Lefijule and Norton Keypt areas, with an estimated annual benefit ranging from 17 million to 920 million dollars. The work is expected to be completed quickly and reach 97 million.
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Anator Milan Wores
Norton Keypt
Ely
Central American War Escalates Involving Three Nations
Reports from Washington describe a brief Central American conflict with Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador at odds. Casualties are low while Choluteca sees fighting amid rival revolutionary movements. Cusco and Guatemala remain neutral as each country denies responsibility for the war.
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Washington
Tegueigalpa
Londuran
Nicarax
Honduran
Salvador
Choluteca
Honduras
Euibeak
Nicaragua
Cussica
Guatemala
Prospects of a Gigantic Rail Strike Looms
Negotiations falter as 50,000 trainmen vote to strike over the Wake question. Railroads across 40 systems with 95,000 miles of track and $220 million annual payroll stand united against unions demanding a 44 percent raise and a nine hour day. General managers claim they have conceded all they can as unions press for change.
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Chicago
Wrat
Agery
Oto Tal Atanda
Railroal
Tetween H
Railway Upton
Overal
Accidents on Railroads Reveal Commission Findings
A bulletin summarizing Interstate Commerce Commission findings on railroad collisions reports 448 incidents in the latest period. It attributes 17 percent to operator negligence and notes that fatalities in this category account for 70 percent of total deaths.
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New York
Terly Bulletin
Interstate Commerce
Retrenching Debates Hit San Francisco Utilities Panel
Fragmented local dispatch reports retrenchment moves in San Francisco with utilities committee scrutiny over a cross street trolley franchise and budget cuts. Mention appears of Alexander O Grady, a former commissioner, and a looming inquiry as details blur amid wartime era jargon and partial vessel news from Victoria and the Orient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Vine Hebdlin
Huepal Lin Utilities Committee
Alexander O'Grady
Wiles
Bert
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Northwest
Butte
Anaconda
Hyper Graphical Union
Jeremiah Mahoney
Butte Stationay Engineers’ Union
Democrats
Aleck McGowan
Nevada
Ernest Leflingwell
Hinev Merkelsen
Portland
H. A. Andree
Weather Bureau
Bieber
Industrial Workers
Richard W. Hoard
Eb, Jackson
Wio
Medicine Dun
Reno
Willie Phillips
John Kelly
Antelin
George H. Trwin
Montana
Vieilante
Butta Els
Ehtep
Commie Thinkie
Waenioe Bay
Charles Aniermin
Alinin
Briber Coal Company
Curban Furetys Mountain
Uriah
Bowiti
Waliie Enenhetil
Aualiothe
Mae Caneties
Cottie
Helene
Roumae Nian
Hucharest Ag
Danube
Moldava
Alesandria
Thode Twllaw Renervinls
Chem
Anthoritieg
The
Philippians
Dippin
Eliewetitell
Stuartorinaat
OiMiOot
Ramkraete
Isles
Pacific
Uncle Sam
Hash
Gelzed
Little Marvin Boy
England
Portamouth
Bogan
Paquirten
van Wiehingten
Conway Een Heye
John Malo
Mie Luca
de Mergen
Marvin
Hannoeh
Maatin
Uncle
United
Constitutional Democratic Party
Congo
ExSenater Burton
Sacramento Valley
Sacramento
Cal
River Pointe
Union
Freeport
Courtland
Walnut Grove
Franklin Nate
Brockton
Thorianda
Egypt
Nican
Commerce Commission
Fransisco
Victoria
Oriant
Tremont
Wreckid Watts
Hold & Aourt
Quiry
Yehobans
Hoyt
Viedutinge
Wighbhaue
Moe
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