Battle Near Aguacate Reported With Rebel Forces
News from Havana via Key West describes actions near Aguacate in Matanzas with 200 rebels and Spanish forces under Weyler trading blows. Reports mention storms of fire along the road, pursuit after night fighting, and a major clash around Saguala as Gomez directs insurgents.
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Havana
Key West
Aguiacate
Matanzas
Gomezino Matanzas
Sagua la Grande
Gomez
Aguacate
Mell
Guanabacoa
Araguara
Guez
Mepler
Guaname
Rodriguez
Mit
Weyler
Iriguez
Guanabacon
Mariano
The Elder Returns From Dyea to Astoria
Astoria reports the steamer George W. Elder returning from Dyea with accommodation mail and one passenger. News covers White Pass progress, drownings at Dyea, packing fees, and warnings to travelers about fall passage hardships and high costs.
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Astoria
OR & N. Co
George W
Arer
Dyea
Skaguay Bay
Linnton
Chilkoot Pass
White Pass
Dwight Fowler
Seattle
Skaguay
Fowler
Thomas Wall
Nanaimo
Young
Cleveland
Pasage
Juneau
GC. R. Scovey
Theodore Lang
Sitka
Portland
Lake Bennet
Linderman
Bennet
Wheat market peaks in Walla Walla session
The top notch wheat market for the season was reached today in Walla Walla as bluestem opened at 75 cents and club at 73 cents. After several sales at those levels the price jumped to 76 cents for a time, then settled back to 75 cents at the close with thousands of bushels traded.
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Walla Walla
Treasury rules ban fig brandy distillation in California
Acting Collector Thomas reports a ruling from Secretary Gage that fig brandy distillation is illegal in the state. The Tenny Fruit Packing Company of Fresno produced fig brandy last May, but legal production will be halted and the law will be enforced going forward. Immigration falls to new low as arrivals number 230 882 for the last fiscal year, down 112 435 from the prior year.
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San Francisco
Thomas
Gage
The
Treasury
California
Tenny Fruit Packing Company
Fresno
Treasury Department
Washington
Strategic Base of the Pacific
In a Washington dispatch Director Smith of the Bureau of American Republics argues Hawaii’s location makes it a critical strategic and commercial hub. He says Hawaii shortens sea routes to Asia and Australia, serves as a coal depot, and would be vital for naval power with a fortified Honolulu, extending U.S. reach 2000 miles.
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Washington
Smith
Bureau of American Republics
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaii
San Francisco
Japan
China
Australia
British Columbia
British India
Panama
Yokohama
Hong Kong
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Seaboard
North
South America
North Pacific
America
Asia
Pacific
United States
Honolulu
Still Has Faith Windrow doubts Andree balloon sighting
Captain John Windrow of San Francisco questions a ship captain's report of seeing Professor Andree's balloon in the ocean. He cites Sweden travels and Andree's warning that two months without news could miss a year for communication. Windrow believes a southwest wind may have carried the party toward Siberia and expects no quick contact.
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Chicago
John Windrow
San Francisco
Andree
Windrow
Lasalle Avenue
Sweden
Stockholm
Spitzbergen
Andrye
Siberia
Landsemen
Infant Nearly Suffocates As Brother Pumps Wind
Mrs George Ruthman of Beaver Falls reports her seven year old son inserted a bicycle pump tube in his baby brother s mouth and pumped air until the infant was unconscious and bloated yet regained consciousness. In New York the tax stamps crisis leaves 2500 tobacco workers idle due to missing revenue stamps under the new tariff.
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Pittsburg
George Ruthman
Beaver Falls
New York
Internal Revenue Department
Washington
McKinley to Attend Ohio Fair Opening
President McKinley has accepted an invitation to attend the Ohio fair at Columbus opening August 31. A separate despatch reports a powder explosion at Summitville mine in Colorado killing four men including Foreman Robert Jones and trapping others. Weyler reportedly resigning as Captain-General of Cuba, believed linked to Canovas del Castillo assassination. The Bank of England payroll runs about 1,100 staff with pensions totaling around $500,000 yearly.
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Columbus
McKinley
Denver
del Norte
Colo
Summitville
Little Annie
Robert Jones
Weyler
New York
The
Herald
Havana
Key West
Madrid
Canovas del Castillo
Bank of England
Wheat Prices Soar On Strong Demand And Tight Supplies
The weekly market letter notes a large and rapid rise in wheat prices with demand for old wheat pressing in Chicago and abroad. About 1,945,000 bushels were taken for prompt and future shipment as the crop’s value rises ahead of harvest. Receipts this week total 5,348,406 bushels at nine primary markets, up from last year.
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Chicago
Europe
Prices for local staples and crops across the Northwest
A long list of market rates for wheat flour oats barley millstuffs hay and animal products from Oregon Washington and California shows varied prices per bushel ton sack and dozen. Notable items include wheat around 84 to 81 cents per bushel flour at 4.15 to 2.25 per barrel hay up to 12.50 per ton and eggs about 11 to 12 cents per dozen.
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Walla Walla
Valley
Graham
California
Oregon
Oregon Burbanks
Wool—Valley
Ce Aras
Washington
San Joaquin
Mountain
The Tale of a Kiss Told by Utican Globe
A Victorian moral verse warns fellows not to ask for a kiss but to steal one if desired. The speaker recounts a maiden of nut brown hair who would die of modesty rather than consent, implying danger in hesitation and boasting of a bold, forbidden kiss.
Romance and Rivalries at Vaquero Water Ranch
Anne James joins Mrs Allandale at the Vaquero Water ranch after a string of failed servants. Cedric suspects a romance as Anne settles in, nurses Billikins, and digs into her past while Ah Ging’s superstition lingers and Samantha leaves. The narrative blends rustic life, humor, and hints of hidden histories.
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Ah Ging
Cedric
California
Billikins
Ely
Gretchen
Bridget
Samantha
England
la Huerta
Odessa Green
Anne
Anne James
Temple
Countess of
Mystery of the Honorable Anne at the Californian Ranch
A narrator in California recounts Cedric, Anne, and a posse from Tulare chasing a fugitive believed to be a scion of a lordly house. Bloodhounds frighten the household as Anne’s true identity unravels, ending with her marrying Hiram Waite and becoming Mrs. Waite while rumors about a Lady Emily Brown fade.
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Anne
McPherson
Fergus
Cedric
la Huerta
Chance
Waite
Hiram Waite
Billikins
Tulare
Smith
Henry Smith
Mia
Mr. Allandale
England
Iron Springs
Allandale
Miraim
Countess of Melligan
Emily Brown
San Francisco
Lion Siege Ends in Tremors at Tangier Camp
Kaid Maimon, governor of Tangier, enters a tense night as a lion caged by four mules escapes. The beast stalks the pavilion, mauls a horse, and pursues the keeper until the Kaid's men recapture the animal after forcing a dangerous standoff with the prideful lion asleep.
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Kaid Maimon
Tangier
Portugal
Lion
Maimon
Naid
Hon
Bastinado
Bet Flint Acquitted In Counterpane Theft Case
Bet Flint, friend of Dr. Johnson, faced theft charges for a counterpane at the Old Bailey. Chief Justice Willes summed up with leniency toward her sex, and Flint was acquitted. She quipped that if the counterpane was hers she would turn it into a petticoat.
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Bet Flint
Dr. Johnson
Old Bailey
Willes
Bet
Politician Pledges to Support American Industries
A statement from Sipnick questions funding with a sharp exchange about cost. The dialogue underscores tensions over domestic industry protection and national economic strategy.
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Sipnick
Puck
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Conn
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Mother Pacific
York
C. S. Mellen
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the Pacific
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Weekly Market Letter
Downing, Hopkins & Company
Review of Trade
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