Mining notes on Utah Nevada Idaho gold and copper mining
A roundup of mining activity reports across the West notes the Thunder Mountain Pearl Mining Co plans ore removal and a 100,000 ounce shipment to New Orleans at 67 cents an ounce, while Roosevelt and Dewey line claims near the Dewey indicate strikes. Infrastructure damage halts ore traffic from American Fork after storms. Consolidated Mercury declares a 25,090 dollar dividend totaling 2,260,212.97 to stockholders. Fire at Rapid City National Smelting damages property, with losses around 150,000. plant value 260,000. Noted visitors include U Chicago chemist Oscar Uckstein and Wilfred Pralick on an expedition for eastern capital interests. A rich carload of copper ore from Eureka HIT is valued above 41 percent ore. Bowen Troughs in Lovelock shows widening seams and a $100,000 to $5,000 per ton potential. D. P. Rohlfing returns from London after mining engineering meeting. Carson City sues Mohawk Mining in Nevada over proximity claims to Combination mine. Napoleon & Maghera Copper Mining pushes deep tunnel at Mt. Monte Crinto near Ogden, while Nevada prospecting for dry lake placer gold continues. A 100-ton milling plant is planned near Idaho City with Grade property suggesting upside to 1,300,000. Work on Potos at Silver City, Idaho proceeds.
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Charlies Nef
McBride
Otters
Dewey
Roosevelt
Consolidated ‘Marear Company
Oscar Uckstein
University of Chicago
Wilfred (. Pralick
New York City
Botwe
F. J. Brinton
Nevade
Brooewall Mountain
South Africa
Idaho City
Ofteret Ia
Filver City
Italo
Insurgents in Western Cuba Eye Pinar Del Rio Move
Loyalists and rebels in Cuba gauge support as Guerrera aims to seize Pinar Del Rio. Insurgents gather hundreds of veterans while 450 artillerymen arrive from Havana to back a potential advance. The population’s loyalty will shape the campaign’s outcome amid Havana's cautious stance.
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Pizar Deliho
Pino Guerrera
L Wne
Pinar del Rin
Pinar del No
Vuelta Abajo
Guerrera
Cuatrem Ie
Vinar del Rio
Havana
General Games
Patieot
Will Rebuild Stricken City In Chilean Aftershock
Valparaiso employs about 19 000 workers clearing debris and seeking bodies after the earthquake and fires. A child was found alive in a barrel, protected from harm. The naval school will be rebuilt and cadets may resume in two months. Food sales are supervised as prices rise. Food depots and large caldrons distribute meals to the poor under female supervision. Many families plan to go to Europe during rebuilding. Temporary housing material is distributed freely by local and government authorities. Heanor offers a Ecuadorian cruiser to help transport refugees from Valparaiso.
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Valparamo
Naval School
Valparaiso
Te City
Europe
Heanor
Valparmino
No One to Blame in Cal Stagecoach Collision Verdict
Coroner's jury rules the Wednesday crash between a stage coach and Santa Fe train caused by stubborn mule team. several injured. Meanwhile county treasurer Wade is missing. books under review. A Cripple Creek letter warns of a $6,000 shortage and refusing capture. In Chicago, 20 percent payments spark stampede at Allwaukee Avenue State Bank.
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Cal
Rhoden
Tonenrdia
Kan
J. ER
Wade
Cripple Creek
Colo
Board of Trade
Chicago
Allwaukee Avenue State Bank
Feteer
Indiaman In Peck of Trouble In Indiana Drift Case
Indiaman in trouble Evansville officers took Tankesley of Bedford and Nelly Rainey a girl from Haltonsville to Bedford Friday. Police plan to learn if Tankesley knew anything about a murder and possible abduction involving schoolteacher Miss Sarah Schrefer.
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Evansville
Tankesley
Bedford
Ind
Nellie Rainey
Haltonsville
Tankesiny
Rainey
Sarah Schrefer
Bombs Kill Premier Stolypin Reception Attacked
A bomb at Premier Stolypin’s country home during a public reception killed twenty eight and wounded twenty four. Conspirators, including two in gendarme uniforms, were among the dead or wounded. Stolypin and several aides were injured, with many nobles and officials among the victims.
Young Girls Employed for Murderous Work in Odessa
Odessa reports two young girls and a university student were detained after a late Saturday bombing near Governor Kaulbars palace. One girl was injured when the bomb detonated in her hand. A second blast suspect and the student were arrested as authorities recover the device. In St Petersburg General Min, blamed for harsh actions against rioters, was assassinated by a young girl who fired five shots into his back at Peterhof. The killer held a bomb and indicated it was found in a station area. The victim had long been unpopular for his methods.
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Odessa
Nicholas Boulevard
Kaulbars
Min
Sminovsky Regiment
Technologcal
St. Petersburg
Husbands Accused in Fatal Portamouth Shooting
In Portamouth Ohio on a Sunday street crowd, John Hart was shot and died before help arrived. Flora Hughes died en route to a hospital after surgery. Jarrett O Hughes, alleged husband, fled from a hid yard, later surrendered at his father’s home, claiming innocence as a warrant was issued.
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Hughes
Pulajanes Split as Forces Move in Philippines
Central committee of the social revolutionists threatens harsher action if policy not altered, while government troops and constabulary sweep disaffected regions in Leyte and adjacent areas. Native volunteers report prisoners taken as unrest spreads from Tirlk to other regions.
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Mantin
Leyte
Bayor Bay
St. Powrspurg
Central Committee of the Social Revolutionists
Mse
Btolypin
Tir_lk
Vorontxotshkoff
Caucasus
Extortion case and rail strikes ripple through ports and cities
Porto Rico Fruit Growers appeal to the executive council against a proposed freight tariff that could raise rates by 200 percent, threatening pineapple and orange lands. San Francisco sees mass streetcar strikes suspend traffic except for two lines, awaiting United Railroads president Patrick Calhoun. Chicago reports Professor Charles Frye arrested for bigamy after thirty two years away. New York notes amateur aeronaut Julian Fr Thoman completes a 10000 foot ascent ending in Oakdale. San Francisco insurer resignations claim poor customers were paid less, with premiums reduced for the wealthy.
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Executive Council
San Juan
P. R
Porto Rico Fruit Growers’ Association
American Railroad Company
Chicago
Charles Free
Chicago Normal School
Frye
Clara Goddard
Herley
Chas, Goddard
Bonds
New York
Julian Fr. Thoman
Jefferson Davia Thomas
Augusta
Seventy-second Street
Oakdale
Sullivan County
Dangerous Whisky Barrel Explosion Injures Infant
A Percant special reports a bursting empty whiskey barrel exploded due to gas expansion, injuring Raymond Easton, one year old son of George Easton, in Los Angeles. The blast severed a six inch forehead gash and fractured the skull.
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Los Angeles
Perris
Raymond Easton
George Easton
Bomb kills police captain and two others in Berlin incident
Dispatch from Kattowitza reports a bomb thrown at Bondain Poland killed Police Captain Jakubik and two policemen, and wounded another. The blast destroyed the district police office as a Cossack detachment fired on pedestrians. The attack targeted Jakubik who led a patrol that earlier killed a Jew.
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Berlin
Tageblatt
War Materials Shipped to Cuban Government From New York
United States bound arms and ammunition for the Cuban government were loaded Saturday aboard the Ward Line steamer Mexico for Havana. The ship carried 15,000 Remington rifles 600000 rounds of ammunition and six Gatling guns for President Palma's forces. The load was reportedly limited by weight capacity.
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New York
Havina
Ward Line
Mexico
Palma
Corrections on White House History and Materials
A reader challenges an article on the White House noting the first occupant was John Adams in 1800, not Madison. The letter corrects dates of construction begun 1792, burning in 1814 and restoration in 1818, and questions claims about ready mixed paint versus white lead used in the building materials.
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White House
Madison
Adams
Beare the Sgpature of lu Vee For Over 90 Years and More
A jumble of 19th century notices notes vital medical claims with X rays aiding treatment for ringworm, a mothers guide to Castoria, marriage law for seamen in British diocese, Foochow schools expanding to 2000 pupils, and a curious tale of an English sparrow nesting in a hat as recounted by Van at Kinsley.
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I. Eenseé
Good Night’s Sleep Via Grape-Nuts Postum Claim
A testimonial claims Grape-Nuts cereal and Postum coffee-like drink restore sleep and daytime alertness. A woman reports three years of indigestion and vomiting improved after switching to Grape-Nuts, noting腹 digestion restored and nervous relief. Her mother also becomes well after use, with praise for brain and nerve benefits. The note ends with a name variation and brand attribution.
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Postum Co
Hanon
HOUSES SWEPT AWAY BY THE WATERS IN EL PASO AREA
Severe floods rocked El Paso and Mazatlan with the Bo mollera clothing store Steen-Ure stock and Cis Industrial y Agricole ruined. The German Casino and Pantheon No 1 suffered heavy damage while water pipes and the system were destroyed. All districts faced widespread destruction and partial loss of water supply.
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el Paso
Tex
Mazatlan
Mexico
Bomollera
Steen- Ure
Cis Industrial Y Agricole
Duarte de Royales
Pantheon No. 1
Duxens
Howes
Cape
Calenda de Puenta
Flornide
General Von Liarlarek Shot Dead in Warsaw Streets
Warsaw General Von Liarlarek, acting military governor of Warsaw, was killed Monday afternoon when a shooter fired four shots through a carriage top as he rode from the commander's residence to his own. He died en route to the hospital. the coachman fled with the horses at full speed.
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von Liaritarski
Warsaw
von Liaritarek
von Liarlineskd
von Liamarsk
Slararski
Home Rule for Irish Council to be Directly Elected
The Daily Chronicle reports a proposed Irish representation plan keeping Westminster powers intact. It centers on a Dublin based directly elected Irish council of ten percent, joining the existing Commons representation and adding area councillors with high value electors. Peers and clergy would be eligible.
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Dublin
Lonion
The
Daily Chronicle
Ireland
Westminster
House of Commons
Legislative Council
Legislative Assembly
Gladstone
Standard Oil Indicted On 6428 Counts In Rebates Case
Federal grand juries in Chicago return ten indictments against Standard Oil Company before Judge Bethea. The 6428 counts allege rebates tied to tank car shipments from Whiting Indiana refineries. No railroad is named in the indictments.
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Chicago
Standard of Company
Bethea
United States Circuit Court
Whiting
Ind
Russians Mistaken General Threat Sparks Park Turmoil
An attempted attack on Baron Stabl in Peterhuf park was reported but unclear. A number of arrests occurred in the park during the evening as several officers resembling General Trepoff were mistaken for him.
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Peterspurg
Baron Stabl
Peterhuf
General Trepoff
M. Trepot
Seamen Plant Red Flag on Baltic Island Mutiny Leader Captured
Twenty one sailors from the battleship Pantelei mon, once Kniax Potemkino, landed on Beren tao island after mutiny. Lieutenant Schmid, the mutineer, was captured and a red flag planted. Posts and troops were spread to Odeesa and Sebastopol, with reports of detachments on alert.
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St. Peterspurg
Panteleimon
Kniax Potemkino
Berentao Island
Leutenant Schmid
Troopa
Odeesa
Sebastopol
Young Colonel Carr in Dilemma at Civil War Start
A fragmentary Harper's Weekly vignette places Gen. Carr at the outset of the Civil War. In a Troy connection, he leaves town to command a regiment amid rumors of ambush and sudden fire from Confederates. He reacts with alarm as his retreat appears imminent and officers react with shock.
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Army and Navy Club
Carr
New York
Troy
Kory
Dewilderment
Harper's Weekly
Child Healed of Severe Sores by Cuticura Remedies
Mrs Egbert Sheldon of Woodville Conn recounts a year and a half battle with painful sores on her baby son across face arms chest and body. After trying two doctors and two months on Cuticura Soap and Mint Gel the sores vanished and the child thrived.
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Egbert Sheldon
Woodville, Conn
Diamonds in United States Boost Demand in 1996
The article notes unprecedented U S demand for diamonds in 1996 with large imports while domestic production remained zero. It cites historic values from 1899 to 1908 showing fluctuating output and values from 50 to 300 dollars while declaring diamonds found in four U S regions, all in levee or superficial deposits and typically by accident. The high prices fuel ongoing searches for U S sources.
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United States
Dean's Kidney Pills Promoted Amid Backache Claims
An old advertisement extols Dean's Kidney Pills to cure backache and kidney trouble, featuring J A Haywood of Lufkin Texas recounting relief after months of back pain and gravel. It cites price, seller Foster Milburn Co, and a testimonial tone amid other brief items.
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Dean
J. A. Haywood
Lufkin
Tex
All Denters
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
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