Proceedings of Congress Consume Time in Talk and Transact
The House lingered in filibuster over two minor bills while the Senate took up the Indian appropriation bill. Amendments by Senator Wilson provided funds for a Puyallup school and opened Co lville land to mineral location. Pettigrew pushed a restora tion of the free homestead law and its land patent provisions. The Senate passed the Indian bill and adjourned to Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland, Me
Senate
Wilson
Washington
Puyallup
Colville Indian Reservation
United States
Harris
Kansas Pacific
Morgan
Committee On Foreign Relations
Allen
House
Cuba
Disgusted Miners Return From Skaguay Voyage
A Nanaimo special reports the steamer Noya arriving in Victoria with 25 disgusted passengers en route from Skaguay. They denounce the Klondike rush and carry about $10,000 in treasure. One passenger claims 200 men can do all work at Skaguay, while 500 more idle drink and gamble. The Nova’s position near the Corona remains critical with no link to wrecked Lewis Island passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Nanaimo
Skaguay
Klondike
Lewis Island
Suspected Dauntless Eludes Guard at Savannah
Treasury officials report via Spanish sources that the Dauntless slipped past Savannah authorities and sailed offshore carrying arms and supplies for Cuban insurgents. Customs officers and revenue cutters along the coast were alerted to remain vigilant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Savannah
Chilean recognition offer tied to Uruguay stance on war
A Montevideo cablegram reports Chile offers to recognize Senor Cuestas's Uruguay government if Uruguay shows a favorable attitude toward Chile in a potential war with Argentina. Also notes Berlin servant girls’ German service average nine and a half months.
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Tandon
Montevideo
Chile
Senor Cuestas
Uruguay
Berlin
Germandienstmadchen
Bank Directors on Trial in Spokane Case
The trial of A. A. Newbery B. B. Hyde and W. J. Dwyer of the failed Citizens' National bank proceeds in Spokane Washington. They face charges of accepting a deposit from Postmaster Mallon after the bank was in a failing condition. Mayor E D Olmsted and D F Wetzel seek separate trials. Receiver R E M Strickland testified, identifying himself before adjournment until tomorrow.
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Spokane
Wash
A. A. Newbery
BE. B. Hyde
W. J. Dwyer
Citizens’ National Bank
Mallon
E. D. Olmsted
D. F. Wetzel
R. E. M. Strickland
Fourth Mysterious Murder Baffles Houston Police
On February 15 in Houston Texas the fourth mysterious murder in two weeks occurred on Buffalo Bayou. Saloonkeeper John T. Hurst was shot by a stranger who entered his saloon about midnight and struck him with a coupling pin. Police hold a description of the killer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Buffalo Bayou
John T. Hurst
Largest Fort Worth fire destroys eight buildings
Fort Worth Texas reports a morning blaze at 3 am that consumed the Hurley building, Dreyfus dry goods house, Farmers and Mechanics Bank, the Fort Worth and Denver Railway offices, Fort Worth Cycle Co, and other firms. Firemen fought the blaze until 9 am, with total losses estimated over 250000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth Tex
Hurley
Dreyfus Company
Mammoth Dry Goods House
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank
Fort Worth & Denver Railway Company
Fort Worth Cycle Company
All Around Market Report of Prices and Quotes
Local wholesale quotations cover wheat oats barley rye and flour with per bushel and per ton figures from warehouses and Spokane. Produce butter cheese eggs and pork products list varying tub sizes and prices while vegetables meats poultry wool and metals reflect regional market levels across Portland Tacoma Colfax Garfield and San Francisco dated Feb 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluestem
Spokane
Spokane F. C. B
Earthquakes reported in Coloma Rica area in Argentina
A Buenos Aires dispatch reports tremors across southern provinces with Coloma Rica heavily damaged and Villapamon nearly wiped out. Two killed and three wounded as thousands lose shelter.
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New York
The
Herald
Buenos Ayres
Coloma Rica
Villapamon
Boxing exhibitions halted by St. Louis police board
General James M. Lewis ordered a halt to further boxing and sparring events in St. Louis claiming legal violation. Meanwhile the New York post office employs 1420 mail carriers and 1754 clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
James M. Lewis
Board of Police Commissioners
New York
Mining profits and new finds across Oregon and Montana
The 1897 annual report of the Consolidated Tiger and Poorman Mining Co reports 91 089 tons of ore mined yielding 15 819 tons of concentrates worth 431 879 87 after freight and smelting. Net profit 130 044 09 and dividends expected March 1. Reports on rich ledges near Canyon City and new activity around Whitehall Sunlight Cardwell district Badger group of mines and Republic postmaster appointment. Fort Steele Coronda claim shows rich gray copper ore. Kalispell court convicts J W Brown of cattle theft.
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The
Tiger & Poorman
Canyon City
Berm
Oregon
Whitehall, Mont
Frank R. Culbertson
Consolidated Tiger & Poorman Mining Company
Tiger-Poorman
Coeur d'Alene
Susanville
Granite
Robinsonville
Great Northern
Isaac Guker
Sunlight
Cardwell District
Whitehall
Mont
Sunlight Or
Henry Schmidt
Badger
Hughes
McQuade
King of the Hills
Steamboat
Elk Creek
Grant County
Sumpter
Republic
Rossland
Columbia and Kootenay
British America Corporation
Trail Mining Company
Chicago
C. H. Mackintosh
War Eagle
Columbia
Troops to Alaska Move Ordered From Vancouver Barracks
Four companies of United States troops from the Fourteenth Infantry are ordered to station at Skaguay and Dyea Alaska due to threats of lawlessness. Transport by ship is being arranged with the steamship Australia of the Pacific Mail fleet.
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Portland
Ore
Department
Vancouver Barracks
United States
Dyea
Skaguay
Fourteenth Infantry
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Steamship Australia
Pacific Mail
Best Cure for Rheumatism St Jacobs Oil Ad
The ad touts St Jacobs Oil as the master cure for rheumatism across all weathers. In Chicago on Feb 15, Harvey Steel Car Company of Harvey NL was placed in receivership for $58,000 secured by Lobdell Farwell Co due to default on interest on a $100,000 bond.
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Klondike
St. Jacobs
Chicago
Harvey Steel Car Company
Harvey, NL
Lobdell, Farwell & Co
Allen's Foot-Ease and Early Advertiser Notices
A collage of 19th century ads and notes including Allen's Foot-Ease claim cures for tired feet and bunions with testimonials, a Manila fire report destroying two hundred buildings, King Solomon’s Treasure swindles by mail, post office profits, local church governance, a Spokane townsite birth, Castoria trademark battles, and Dr. Samuel Pitcher’s authentication.
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Allen
Olmsted
Roy, N.Y
Manila
Philippine Islands
De Lome Letter Still Unsettled in Washington
A Washington dispatch reports the De Lome incident remains open as the Woodford cables are reviewed. The president hopes Spain will disavow the interpreted insult after a possible Madrid meeting. The dispute over autonomy and a commercial treaty continues unresolved.
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New York
Herald
Washington
de Lome
Woodford
Day
Spain
McKinley
United States
Madrid
Global snippets of political and crime news across oceans
Reports note Paul Krueger’s re election in the South African republic and General Morales named Guatemala president. A fire at Thirteenth and Pike in Pittsburg kills at least 15, with property loss of about 1.5 million. US Spain relations shift as De Lome is replaced, Woodford handles correspondence. Kennedy sues J G L Day in San Francisco claiming one third of $360,000 profit from a Columbia River canal project.
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Paul Krueger
South African Republic
Sampson
Key West
Cushing
Havana
Tenachi
Hermosillo
Mexico
Tepachi
Prospero Morales
General Barrios
Guatemala
Thirteenth
Pike Streets
Pittsburg
McKinley
New York
Cuba
United States
Spain
de Lome
Woodford
Madrid
Washington
Michael Cudahy
Chicago
Los Angeles
Cal
California
Nadeau
Florence
Gensui Fu
Prince Komatsu
Yamagata
Marquis Oyama
Saigon
Orient
Sands
United States Legation
Seoul
John F. Kennedy
San Francisco
Columbia River
Cascades
Kennedy
Insult to the President fuels diplomatic tensions
A supposed autograph letter by Senor De Lome criticizes President McKinley as weak and catering to the rabble, sparking a sensation in official Washington and signaling De Lome's likely departure. The note follows a separate item about a girl charming a fiancé with an engagement ring. Asotin county reports fall wheat prospects.
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Washington
Senor de Lome
Canelejas
de Lome
United States
McKinley
Woman to Woman in Health: Female Ailments Discussed
An article notes women learn from experience that many doctors struggle with female diseases. It describes common symptoms such as backache nervousness lassitude whites irregular or painful conditions and urges informed care.
Missouri River Dry Above Canyon Ferry Dam
Upper Missouri below Canyon Ferry is dry for the first time in history as the Helena Water and Electric dam near Helena halts flow. The unfinished dam area forms a seven mile lake covering six square miles while men drill for gold and fish in the river bed awaiting power generation.
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Helena
Mont
Missouri
Canyon Ferry
Helena Water and Electric Power Company
French label costs raise California style claret price
A Chicago Tribune reader notes a French claret tastes like the California claret bought two weeks prior, yet carries a higher price. The shop explains the extra cost stems from sending labels to France.
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California
France
Chicago Tribune
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Colfax
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Colville
Eureka
Uncle Sam
John Stack
Eureka Camp
Marcus Road
Marcus
Kootenay
Montana
Kalispell
J. W. Brown
Alaska
Fort Vancouver
Philadelphia
Overbrook’s Seminary
John FE. Fitzmaurice
Erie
Car Company
Mason Chemical .O
P. O
New York Post Office
New York City
Anna M. Ross
Williamsport
John Hall
Dr. John Hall
Harvey Thomas
Chelan
Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Massachusetts
Chas. H. Fletcher
Pitcher
Mothers of America
Centaur Company
Samuel Pitcher, M.D
Asotin County
Lydia E. Pinkham
California Fig Syrup CO
Louisville
New York, WY
M. E. Davis
Sprague
Davis
Western Novelty Seed CO
Buckner, MO
Bismarck
Queen Vic
Salter
Salter Seed
LA Crosse
Wre
Moore
Stewart & Ho
Buell
Lamberson
BO Front
Portland, OR
Uhienen
M. Pb
Fowler
Southington
Conn
Era
C. S. Perry
Patriarchial
Broadway
Bpruce
G. W. Houghton
Gen
Agt
Helena, Mont
Townsend and
Hassel
Dewell & McDonald’s
Dewell & McDonald
Vt W
G. W. Gilman, M. D
P. C. Hall
Center Broadway
Herman Berg
Townsend, Mont
E.h.goodman
C. H. Baldwin
Attorney At Law
South Side
Townbend
J. E. Kanouse
A. K. Prescot
N. Main St
Montana Central Depot
Norman Tripp
Herman Sperling
Henry Heneberg
E. F. McRae
Townsend
Wallace
Pine Street
C. A. Wilder
South Side Broadway
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