Great Northern strike eases as workers return to duty
H A Kennedy reports no telegraphers strike and notes most agents and operators have resumed work on the Spokane and Cascade divisions. He cites telegrams from Minot and quotes officials praising restored service and improved conditions, while a Panama section warns of harsh laboring conditions in the ditch project and disease risks.
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H. A. Kennedy
Great Northern Road
Minot
N. D
H. A. Kennedey
Spokane
Wash
Nicholson
Dakota
O. R T
Perham
J. M. Davis
Central Division
Cascade
Panama
Chagres
Uncle Sam
United States
States
Culebra
Three Tragedies At Rossland
In Rossland B C L M Harden West Kootenay Power and Light superintendent was electrocuted while repairing a circuit on a pole. He sent a lineman to summon power and was found lifeless as current returned. A 13 year old, Reginald McIntosh, drowned at a Methodist church picnic on the Columbia River. Flora Agnew, 9, was found dead in her room, likely succumbing to shock after witnessing the day’s deaths.
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Rossland
B. O
L. M. Harden
West Kootenay
Hayden
Reginald McIntosh
Harry McIntosh
Columbia River
Methodist Church
Flora Anew
George Agnew
Reggie McIntosh
Cleared for Action Health Boost Promoted by Dr King
An advertisement proclaims Dr Kings New Life Pills clear the body for action. It claims health bloom on the cheeks bright eyes firm flesh and buoyant mind. Available at U G Pogue Drug Co for 25 cents.
Governor Orders Guards Discharged in Washington Penitentiary
Governor Mead orders dismissal of Charles B Wood and seven guards D H Wool ery H Kinsman R R Hazleton T F Donahue Freda Scott W H Dixon C L King from Walla Walla penitentiary after perjury charges tied to their Lewis precinct registration before a city election. Wood registered occupants in Paicae hotel annex. guards housed at the penitentiary per state rules.
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Lewis
Walla Walla
Wood
Paicae Hotel
Waves of rain flood Harbin road as carts disappear
A special dispatch reports two Chinese carts with eight horses and two drivers swallowed by a torrent near Harbin after a sudden rainfall. Separately, Japanese forces push toward Russians in Korea while trade grows in southern Manchuria with Japanese merchants nearby. In Washington, President Roosevelt asks Surgeon General Wyman to coordinate federal help for New Orleans yellow fever and report back. In Butte, Ralph Spurrier is escorted from the depot after opposing Northern Pacific strikers, as others vanish.
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Chisago
Chicago Daily News
Nogi
Harbin
Korea
Kwakhodo
Peter the Great Bay
Vlasivostok
Manchuria
Washington
Roosevelt
Wyman
Public Health Marine Hospital Service
Blanchard
Louisiana
United States
New Orleans
Army and Navy
Butte
Aug
Ralph E. Spurrier
Mill and Smeltermen’s Union of
Northern Pacific
Spurrier
Striking telegraphers halt Northern Pacific trains
In St Paul the strike cripples Northern Pacific and Great Northern service with No 4 replaced by No 2 and passenger trains delayed seven to fourteen hours while freight traffic stalls. Seventeen non union operators leave for the west. In Chicago William J Bryan Jr lies in Presbyterian hospital after knee surgery for a inflamed abscess linked to a coin injury.
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Great Northern
L. W. Hill
R. Campbell
F. E. Ward
W. W. Broughton
D. Miller
GC. B. and Q. Railroad
Wenatchee Valley
St. Paul
Seattle
Porland
Wenatchee
Spokane
O. R. and
Oregon
Miller
Burlington
Sound
United States
Northern Pacific
Woth
Dakota
Perham
West
Chicago
William J. Bryan Jr
Presbyterian Hospital
Young Bryan
Winona Lake
Indiana
Creeping Death Poison Case Cites Arnica Salve
J E Stearns of Belle Plaine Minnesota reports a friend suffered a hand injury that swelled with blood poisoning. Bucklen's Arnica Salve drew out the poison, healed the wound, and saved his life. Describes salve as best for burns and sores sold for 25 cents at U G Pogue Drag Co.
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J. E. Stearns
Belle Plaine
Minn
U. G. Pogue Drag Co
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Kennedy
Chagres River
Man Burns
Arthur Gunn
Cor. Wenatchee Ave
Palouse St
Savings Department
Columbia Valley Bank
Old Strong Bank
Wenatchee, Wash
The
Telegraphers Union
J. Bryan, Jr
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