Weather and world notes from the Weiser Signal
A collage of items reports Boer forces in the field near 9,500 and Lewiston water bonds offered at a premium. Chicago votes favor municipal ownership of street railways and lighting. the U S Supreme Court to hear the Northern Pacific Great Northern merger case. neutrality concerns over British camps on American soil. travel disruptions from Boise to Thunder Mountain route noted. Irish events in Cork include Boer flag protests. Ireland and Africa liberty reflections. heavy April snowfall in Pittsburgh and a major Wisconsin blizzard. Idaho weather described as cold but calm with no storms. a note on Portland moisture distribution and national prosperity.
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United States Supreme Court
State of Washington
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Pittsburg
Penn
Wisconsin
Idaho
Portland
Reward of the Faithful Major E S Rathbone Convicted
Cuba case readers learn Senator Hauon and Mark Hanna push for a pardon or new trial for Rathbone the Havana post office thief. The piece suggests political maneuvering in the United States to secure release, framing it as a tactic by influential Republicans to aid persecuted office holders.
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Major ES. Rathbone
Havana
Cohan
Mark Hauon
United States
Mark Hanna
Cuba
America
Mark
Rainy Portland Memory Of Jim Bromley
A Portland weather note recalls persistent rain and a tale from Jim Bromley, superintendent of Ben Holliday's Overland line. He joked about testing rainfall with a whiskey barrel and described steamboats tied up by downpour. The reminiscence remembers Truthful James, a familiar Idaho old timer who has since passed away in Weber Valley.
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Portland
Oregon
Jim Bromley
Jim
Ben Holliday
Overland
James
Idaho
Weber Valley
The Echo Canyon Shadowed Debate On American Trade
Late London reports warn that a Chicago beef trust may raise meat prices as Americans seek to control meat shipments. The Liverpool Post notes battleships sailing without livestock, signaling tariff protected trusts dictate pricing. Critics fear subsidized ships and railways centralize wealth, elevating transportation costs above production costs.
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London
Liverpool Post
Chicago Beef Trust
Hatvedo
Liverpool
National Congress
Trial reveals clash over orders in Samar killings
Reports from Jerusalem and Manila describe General Jacob H. Smith denying he gave Major Waller power of life and death. Waller accuses Smith of ordering killings to make Samar a wilderness. The narrative contrasts biblical brutality with American ideals and condemns violent conquest as un-American.
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Jacob H. Smith
Samar
Ness
Waller
Marine Corps
Smith
Major Waller
Bashwy
Bay
Manila
Waller Resis
Gentle Horses for Sale at Signal Office
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Thunder
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Warren
Cork
Ireland
Free Ireland
Free Africa
Echo Canyon
National Treasury
Jerusalem, A. D. Ont
Jerusalemo
Judea
Henderod
Bethlehem
Greenland
India
Smith Areroe
Herod
Kimball
Weiser Cycler
Jenney
Davis
OPERA
Charles B. Hanford
Helen Grantly
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