Vast list of weekly notes on fires crimes and politics
Fire destroys a large flour mill at Houston Minnesota with 750 barrels a day capacity. Milwaukee and St Paul cars burn on the track. Lexington Ky financier Edward Price dies by suicide amid illness. Ontario election returns show Liberal majority 48 to 43 with one independent. Augustus St Gaudens moves to Europe. his New York studio to be rented. Major mortgage filed in El Paso County Colorado for 100 million by Rock Island Pacific to Central Trust. Bradstreet reports strong February clearances despite short month. Union Pacific Laramie shops closed. Waltham mills cut wages 10 percent. Indian Commission notes progress in industry and education among Indians. Beatty Bros ranches sold for 350000 to Bryce Bryce cattle Co. in Montana. New gas extraction method found for drowned wells. Pension bill aids ex Confederates who enlisted before 1864. Oklahoma hunting tragedy and other brief national items.
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Houston
Minn
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Edward T. Price
Lexington
Ontario
Augustus St. Gaudens
America
Europe
New York City
Paris
el Paso
Col
Colorado Springs
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Central Trust Company of New York
San Francisco
California
Fred Moore
Tom Anderson
Senatobia
Miss
Anderson
Moore
Bradstreet’s
Union Pacific
Laramie
Wyo
Boston
Waltham, Maas
Beatty Bros
Kansas
Oklahoma
Bryce-Bryce Cattle Company
Montana
Cayle
Indiana Oil Company
House Committee On Pensions
Gibson
Isadore
Anadarco
Okla
Placadius
Smithsonian Institution
Supreme Court of the United States
Peter Christiansen
Sacramento
Cal
Christiansen
Republican Congressional Committee
Hull
Town
Cannon
Illinois
Mercer
Nebraska
Proctor
Vermont
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Wilson
Washington
McClear
Minnesota
Loudensinger
New Jersey
Pearson
North Carolina
Jackson Jones
Hempstead
S. 1
Crowninshield
Bureau of Navigation
Cuba
Elizabethport
W. J
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Central
New Mexico
Kentucky
Center County
Monte Cristo
Wisconsin
Lucha
United
States
Advice on Food Supplies for Klondike Miners
A mining journal essay urges every miner prospector and trader heading to Alaska to secure a proper food supply. It stresses healthful concentrated foods lasting under harsh conditions, recommends Royal Baking Powder brands and sweet sound bacon, and advertises a portable two ounce cookbook sent free by the Royal Baking Powder Company to aid camp cooking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Klondike
Yukon
Dominion
Alaska Mining Journal
Royal Baking Powder Company
New York
Royal Baking Powder Co
The Spanish Torpedo Fleet Arrives for Cadiz Voyage
A Cadiz Herald correspondent reports on the torpedo destroyers and torpedo boat squadron preparing for a voyage from Cadiz. The Rayo Azor repairs, Terror Furor Pluton rigged with sails, magazines emptied for coal, guns moved for seaworthiness, and City of Cadiz to accompany as a war transport carrying heavy coal and provisions. The squadron aims to sail at about 10 mph for roughly 40 days with three reefuels and daily revictuation, start weather permitting.
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New York
Cadiz
The
Herald
Rayo and
Azor
Ocean
Maine disaster details firm as divers find no new clues
Havana dispatch notes naval board holds all leading Maine disaster facts. Divers confirm external explosion theory as they proceed near bow and plates at Key West. Spain and United States prepare official conclusions while Madrid and Washington weigh responses and future actions.
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New York
Tribune
Havana
Maine
Naval Board
Key West
Sampson
Washington
United States
Sigsbee
Madrid
Vizcaya
Cuba
Spain
Lake Bennett steamers heading to Skaguay on Dirigo
The first steamers for Lake Bennett and upper Yukon waters travel to Skaguay aboard the Dirigo. Measuring 50 by 10 by 2.5 feet, these modular vessels will cross via the Chilcoot pass with twelve men accompanying to assemble them at Lake Bennett. Mozambique cyclone devastates Mayotta islands with buildings crops destroyed. many killed or injured and recoveries scarce.
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San Francisco
March
Lake Bennett
Yukon
Skaguay
Dirigo
Chilcoot Pass
Mozambique
Mayotta
Comoro
King's Daughters to Start Cuban Relief Garment Branch
The central council of the King's Daughters plans a new relief effort to cut and sew garments for Cuban famine victims. Miss Clara Barten notes in letters that thousands there live in ragged condition amid widespread need.
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New York
Central Council of the King’s Daughters
Clara Barten
Smith Wanted in Montana for Murder of Son at Clancy
Jefferson county sheriff has asked Governor Smith to requisition John D. Smith from Minnesota. Smith is charged with killing his 9 year old son at Clancy by cruel treatment, resulting in death on February 14. The boy’s father and stepmother are jailed at Boulder. Smith works as a switchman for Montana Central.
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Helena
Mont
Sherlock
Jefferson County
Smith
Clough
Minnesota
John D. Smith
Clancy
Boulder
Montana Central
Tri state pact alleged to end Robbers Roost gang
Denver reports a rumor that Colorado governor Adams Utah governor Wells and Wyoming governor Richards form a tri state alliance to exterminate Robbers Roost. Adams confirms steps to apprehend Hoy's murderer and capture the Hole in the Wall gang with Wyoming and Utah governors in coordination.
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Denver
Adams
Colorado
Wells
Utah
Richards
Wyoming
Hoy
Scia tica fears and various notices in ad filler
A jumble of health claims and local notices appears. The text urges St Jacob's Oil for sciatica, mentions painters’ wage demands, mail delivery tests in Bucks County, and notes deaths and legal trademark assertions, with scattered historical and medical ad copy.
Proceedings of Congress Report on Legislative Activity and Cuba
Senate discussion covers investigation into the Lake City postmaster murder and home arson, with federal jurisdiction urged. Bills pass including Russian bells gift, Seattle assay office, and Alaska provisions, while pension and diplomatic bills proceed to the president. House approves artillery bill and sets Cuba independence resolution for early consideration.
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Lake City
Senate
McLaurin
South Carolina
Columbia
8. C
Russia
Bridgeport
Inn
Sydney
Nebraska
Seattle
Wash
House
Alaska Hill
George W. Melville
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Morgan
Cuba
Conference
Hitt
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Alum baking powder and pest comparison note
A brief note compares alum baking powder to Schling's Pest and states prussic acid is stronger than vinegar. The fragment ends with the symbol ¢5.
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Schling
Oregon Ships Provisions for Starving Cubans
The Cuban relief committee of Oregon has shipped six carloads of provisions via the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company to New York for transport to Cuba. A second shipment of about 100 tons is planned within two weeks. Also reported is President Roosevelt seeking command of a New York regiment if war with Spain occurs.
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Portland
Cuban Relief Committee of Oregon
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
New York
Cuba
Oregon Committee
Navy
Roosevelt
Spain
Adjutant General of
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Quick Foot Comfort and Cures
Discount claims tout Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for pains swelling and stiffness in feet with instant relief for tight shoes. Ad copies include many testimonials and a mail order offer, plus a trial package free and stamps accepted. Also mentions cavalry appeals, Miss Parlon's Choice Recepts, Piso cures, and memorials for Gov. John A. Martin.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy, N. Y
Warships abroad eyed as US moves to buy ships
Washington reports the president ordered the navy to open negotiations for purchasing warships abroad amid fears of Cuban tensions and the Maine disaster. Officials say purchases would bypass neutrality limits if war were declared with Spain, with ships built by European firms offered at cost. Also notes Alaska-bound departure and a Cincinnati bank teller arrest for a $23 000 discrepancy.
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New York
Washington
Navy Department
Spain
Elswick Company
England
Brazil
Maine
United States
Thornycroft Shipbuilding Company
Stop Women Speak to Mrs Pinkham for Private Health Help
The advertisement invites women to write to Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts for confidential guidance on female weaknesses. It claims her experience surpasses any living physician and that letters are read and answered by women only. It emphasizes trust and invites all women to seek advice at no cost beyond goodwill.
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Gonzales
Tamaulipas
Mexico
New England
France
Lozere
House of the
Klondike Gold Fields
Atlantic
Senor du Bose
Blanco
Sagasta
London
Armstrongs
Amazonas
Continent
Bethlehem
Army
Bethlehem Iron Company
Twenty-Fourth Infantry
Salt Lake
Fort Douglas
Deep
Bucks County
W. B. Taliaferro
Virginia
John Brown
Castoria
Pitcher
Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Massachusetts
Chas. H. Fletcher
Mothers of America
Chas. H. Fetcher
Centaur Company
Samuel Pitcher, M.D
Thomas Ford
Mascot
Neb
Kline
R. H
Arch Street
Philadelphia
North Borneo
Manly Strength Mason Chemical CO
P. O
Basle
Switzerland
Hans Holbein
Proceedings OF Congress
Military Committee
Hawley
M. Hay
Jones
Cox
Tennessee
Norton
Ohio
Committee On Rules
Republic of
Oregon
Arizona
Miss Parlon
Walter Baker & Co. Limited
Dorchester
Maas
Czarina
Amos Kelner
Cherry Valley
Ills
China
John A. Martin
Atchison, Kan
Walter Baker
Neon
Mass
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Townsend and
Hassel
Dewell & McDonald’s
Dewell & McDonald
Townsend and White Sulphur Springs
Stage Co
W. E. Tierney & Co
G. W. Gilman, M. D
P. C. Hall
Center Broadway
Herman Berg
Townsend, Mont
E.h.goodman
C. H. Baldwin
Attorney At Law
Broadway
McKinley
Valencia
Queen
Copper River
Tacoma
Cincinnati
Sherwood Canning
First National Bank
Mrs. Pinkhan
M. E. Davis
Sprague
Spokane
M. FE. Davis
Salzer
Salzer Berd CO
LA Crossr
Wis
California Fig Syrup CO
Stewart & Holmes Drag Co
C. E
Taber & Whitman OO
M. DD
Fowler
Southington
Conn
C. S. Perry
Broadway and
Spruce
G. W. Houghton
Gen
Agt
Helena, Mont
J. E. Kanouse
A. K. Prescot
N. Main St
Montana Central Tiave
Norman Tripp
Herman Sperling
Henry Heneberg
E. F. McRae
Townsend
Wallace
Pine Street
Cc. A. Wilder
Offoe
South Side Broadway
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