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- The Passing of a Pioneer Cobbler
Rev. Alexander LeClaire, a 96-year-old shoemaker and Civil War-era convert to Protestantism, passes away in Lynden.
- Steamboat Men Race the High Water to Open the Upper Columbia
Two veteran river captains came to Kettle Falls to scout a boat line from the Rickey rapids south to Fort Spokane — and meant to have a hull on the water within ten days, before the freshet made the obstructions impassable.
- A Locked Furniture Store and a Mattress Fire in Colville
Citizens broke in to haul out furniture while smoke filled the upper floors of M. C. Kelly's store; the blaze was stopped, but the damage outpaced the insurance.
- A Stern-Wheeler for the Pend d'Oreille: Newport Bets on the Metaline Trade
Seven thousand dollars subscribed, a hundred-foot boat drawing two feet of water, and a captain promising to be running ore to Newport by June 1.
- A Mother with a Rifle: Newport Woman Shoots Intruder Who Broke In
Mrs. O. F. Allen, alone with seven children on a ranch east of Newport, fought off a drunken man who forced his way into the house and shot him twice before the constable could be summoned.
- The Morning Mine Cuts Into a 60-Foot Ledge of Galena
A company announcement claims the largest body of galena ore yet found in the Northwest, and the Metaline district suddenly has proof that its mineral wealth runs deep.
- Newport Bets on the Railroad
The Idaho & Washington Northern will break ground on a brick passenger station next week, with a freight depot and $75,000 in yard improvements close behind.
- The Dredge Gappa Bites Into the Pend Oreille
After years of waiting, a Seattle contractor's steam dredge finally starts cutting a federal channel just below Boundary Island — and Newport's steamboat men begin to talk about a river that never runs dry.
- A Palace on Rails Arrives in Newport
Idaho Washington Northern's new Pullman coaches—steam-heated, electric-lit and brass-trimmed—began service out of Newport, promising a new through line to Spokane.