Northwest Breevities Irregular Notes From the Pacific Coast
A roundup of coastal items: fruit prices fall to 50 cents per hundred, a navy bean plant on W. L. Itis’s farm yields 514 answer 418 ounces, Coos river slough logs crowd the mouth, a sixth body found in Marshfield bay linked to a fireman, Arctic owls seen along the coast, Captain FE Hansen nears completion of the three masted schooner Siuslaw, a 1200 pound elk carcass found on Cow Creek, beef cattle numbers from Shear and Harney counties top 40,000, a massive gun carriage car built for Stevens destined for Coos river, gray wolves near hkah river, wheat prices rising as farmers pay debts, Colfax county property filings surge, Washington fair receipts show a cash balance, Pendleton railcar details, Port Townsend fire at a residence.
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Navy Vaty
W. L. Itis
Forest Grove
Coos River
Lower Bay
Marshfield
Poney Slough
Coos Goun
FE. H. Hansen
General Siglin
Siuslaw
West
Cow Creek
Thwestern
Douglas County
Ter
Coquilleman
Parkersburg
Congress in Session Opens With Dull Senate Meeting
The Senate opened the second session of the fifty fourth congress with the president's message read and little drama. Diplomatic observers found special interest in the message. The House proceedings were routine and subdued while news of ex Speaker Crisp's death prompted immediate adjournment after memorial resolutions.
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United States Senate
Congress
Senate
Haile
Crisp
Turner
Georgia
Avalanche Strands Injured at Gavarnie Rescue Fails
Paris dispatch reports a deadly Pyrenees disaster as Spaniards reach Gavarnie and learn a woman left behind with her husband and brother two hours away. Guides rush to aid but an avalanche blocks the pass. two rescued, the trio left in peril, two dead and one dying. Separately, John Thiel is acquitted in Ritzville shooting case after proving he borrowed the gun and fired no shot. In Kentucky a fatal family fight leaves multiple dead and dying. In Denver Mrs Montgomery, wife of a leading capitalist, is severely injured when an electric car strikes a carriage with two other women aboard.
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Paris
Pyrenees
Gavarnie
France
Guvarnie
John Thiel
Ritzville
Wash
Denver
John C. Montgomery
San Francisco
Herr Langslow
The
Orpheum
Ellen Vetter
Langslow
Berlin
Notable Fatal Wounds and Disturbances Across Continents
Count Finickenstein, a top German landowner and confidant of Emperor William, was mortally wounded on his estate, likely by poachers. Kurdish raids in Mamoutrel al Aziz killed and burned villagers after pretexts of revenge. In Paris, the Farmers’ Union debated excluding American pork amid plummeting swine prices. A wealthy Hillsboro woman, Mrs Eliza Cummings, died by suicide in New York. The tug Edith Barnes burned near Dostlemeyer's point en route to Seattle. East St Louis reels after the fatal head injury of Christopher Ludwig, 52, by Harry Schmeltzer, 28, who fled but is pursued.
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Count Finickenstein
Emperor William
Germany
Eliza Cummings
Hillsboro
New York
Edith Barnes
Edith
Seattle
Dostlemeyer
East St. Louis
Christopher Ludwig
Harry Schmeltzer
Schmeltzer
Ludwig
Percival Lowell heads to Mexico for extended Mars study
Boston astronomer Percival Lowell sails to the City of Mexico where he has established an observatory. He travels with a distinguished group of scientists to continue planetary research for at least two years, conditional on favorable climate.
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Percival Lowell
Boston
Mars
Mexico
Government Retains Lands Bond Aided Roads Until Debts Paid
Washington declares the Interior Department annual report urges continued government hold on bond aided railroads lands until debts are settled. It reviews land disposal, pension costs, Dawes negotiations, and western issues focusing on reclamation, Carey act reform, and a lump sum settlement approach for the Central Pacific claim.
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Washington
District of
Alaska
Francis
Congress
Indian Affairs
Central Pacific
Bridge Washout Delays Coal Traffic on Northern Pacific
Tacoma reports a Crocker and Carbonado bridge washed out cutting nine loaded coal cars into White River. Abutment failure caused the collapse. wrecking crew and piledriver dispatched. Repairs expected within 24 hours as water level drops. impact on coal shipments minimized by steamers already in port.
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Tacoma
Northern Pacific Railway
Crocker and
Carbonado
Carbon Hill
Coal Company
White River
Northern Pacific
McCabe
Passenger Trains Collide near Storrs in Ohio
A Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern special with company officials collided with accommodation No. 22 near Storrs station at 8 am. Engineer John Price and Fireman Homer Dixon were killed. Fog impaired visibility and orders to stay behind were forgotten. L. Zepernich died of injuries. The accident occurred three-fourths of a mile west of Storrs.
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Cincinnati
Storrs Station
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Cochran
Ind
Storrs
John Price
Homer Dixon
L. Zeper
Floods Hit Bordeaux Coast Breakwater in France
Severe flooding reported around Bordeaux with a section of the Points de Grave breakwater washed away. The coastal storm affected a broad stretch of the French coastline.
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Paris
Bordeaux
Points de Grave
France
Famine in India forecast to worsen despite rains
The Chronicle reports independent representatives expect the famine in India to reach its worst level yet, despite ongoing rains. The piece notes the earth growing colder as a factor in the developing crisis.
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India
London
the Chronicle
Venezuela Accepts Arbitration Treaty to End Boundary Dispute
Secretary Olney announced that Venezuelan Minister Andrade in Caracas stated the government accepts the British-American boundary settlement memorandum. An extra Venezuelan Congress session will be convened to enact the treaty, and Caracas will publish the memorandum this afternoon. The department also released the heads of the treaty text confirming the AP reporting was accurate.
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Washington
Olney
Senor Andrade
Caracas
United States
Venezuela
Andrade
Great Britain
Associated Press
Three Men Survive Dynamite Blast In Prairie WA
At about 2 a.m. in Prairie Washington J C LaPlant and L LaPlant owners of a shingle mill and their engineer L Walters slept in one building when dynamite exploded under the house. The blast lifted them into the air and blew the beds through the floor destroying the house and its contents. They crawled to a neighbor’s home a quarter mile away to seek help. The blast left a large hole under the floor and wrecked the nearby structure. Authorities believe dynamite was placed in a bag under the house and ignited. Miraculously the men escaped serious injury.
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Prairie
Wash
J. C. and
L. LaPlant
L. Walters
Beng
Head End Collision Near Waelder Kills Four Workers
A foggy morning wreck on the Southern Pacific near Waelder, Texas, towed two through freights together. Two engineers, two firemen, and a brakeman died. The east-bound freight crew slept on a blind siding and mistook the third section for the second, leading to the crash. A relief train conveyed the dead and injured to San Antonio for treatment.
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San Antonio
Tex
Southern Pacific
Waelder
Oregon Woman Denounces City Memorial to Brewer
Mrs Helen Dickerson Hartford national organizer of the W I T U denounced in a Kansas City pulpit the city acceptance of a memorial to Fred Heim the late brewer and urged the congregation to oppose the monument. She criticized city officials and called the structure a monument of infamy during her December sermon at the Dundee M I church.
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Kansas City
Helen Dickerson Hartford
Oregon
Dandee M. I
Fred Heim
Heim Brothers
Unknown assailants kill five on Cotton Belt railroad crew
A Malvern dispatch reports that last Tuesday afternoon near Camden and Reardon on the Cotton Belt railroad a section gang mostly of negroes with a white foreman were shot at by masked assailants. five workers died and the foreman did not identify the attackers.
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Little Rock
Ark
Democrat
Malvern
Camden
Reardon
Cotton Belt
London Raid at Battenberg Club Arrests 150
London police raided the Battenberg Club on Goswell road early Sunday morning and arrested 150 people, including many women. The operation targeted suspected disturbances and social misconduct, prompting widespread attention.
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London
Battenberg Club
Goswell Road
Great Britain's Wheat Crop Up From 1895
The Times reports official returns show Britain's estimated wheat crop is 20 million bushels higher than in 1895. It notes the rise reflects improved yields and conditions, with the total crop size surpassing last year by a notable margin.
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Great Britain
London
the Times
Durrant murder case again delayed in supreme court
The Durrant murder case returned to the supreme court with a motion to dismiss the Los Angeles order of submission. Another two week delay followed, and no decision is foreseen as the case has not been formally submitted. Durrant faces the prospect of dying in prison.
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San Francisco
Durrant
Supreme Court
Los Angeles
Weekly Market Letter From Portland on Wheat and Corn Trends
The report notes a skeptical tone for May wheat around 85 cents with a professional market dynamic. Big traders capture profits while small holders hedge, and foreign buyers stay cautious. Corn remains heavy and oats show only professional scalping. hog receipts push pork futures lower by about fifty cents per barrel for January.
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Portland
America
Weyler Surrounded As Maceo Forces Close In
A Havana dispatch reports General Weyler encamped ten miles from Artemisa with Spanish troops scattered along the trocha and Pinar del Rio. Maceo’s forces flank Weyler, daily skirmishes intensify, insurgents totaling about 7000 near Havana, while efforts mount to trap Weyler by rail. Firemen and volunteers are dispatched to Weyler’s aid amid nightly attacks on Guanabacoa. 37 houses burned and supplies seized.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Key West
Whitney
Havana
Maceo
Weyler
Artemisa
Trocha
Pinar del Rio
Guanabacoa
Fighting Intensifies Around Havana Guanabacoa Urges Refugees Flee
Jacksonville report on December 8 describes sharp firing near Guanabacoa and other Havana suburbs. Over 500 refugees arrived in five days amid battles between soldiers and insurgents. About 100 soldiers killed or wounded as guerillas relocate within ten miles of Havana.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Havana
Guanabacoa
Greece enacts large scale maneuvers by royal manifesto
In Athens on December 8 the king ordered a massive army exercise and the summoning of 10,000 reserve troops for a permanent camp. The move accompanies a push to select a new service rifle and other military improvements long urged by the public and forces. The item ends with a remark that heat travels faster than cold and that anyone can catch a cold.
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Athens
Greece
Sheriff Removed for Malfeasance in Lake County
The state supreme court affirmed the Park county district court decision removing Sheriff Newman from office for malfeasance. He was fined and sentenced to six months in jail for receiving money from gambling houses in Leadville and protecting their business. The report also notes about three hundred species of turtles and tortoises exist, with some attaining large sizes.
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Denver
State Supreme Court
Park County District Court
Newman
Lake County
Leadville
Flag Insult in Turkey Tearing of U S Flag Reported
A letter from Constantinople confirms Americans in Turkey faced flag desecration during a massacre era incident. It identifies a police officer Hassan Chavush who tore down the flag, was captured after killings, and questions whether action will vindicate the U S symbol. A second letter notes looting of Hasseky house and a mob attack with uniforms, ending with the U S flag ripped.
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New York
Constantinople
Strong
American Evangelical League
Cyrus Hamlin
Turkey
Hassan Chavush
Terrill
Highwaymen Rob Home Brewing Co Office in St Louis
Three armed burglars robbed the Home Brewing Company office in St Louis at 3 pm, taking $400 then an additional $500 to $800 from drawers. They bound the cashier, clerks, and customers for about ten minutes, warned them not to noise, then fled toward the river after boarding a North Broadway car. Police were alerted by telegraph.
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St. Louis
Home Brewing Company
Robert Haverkamp
North Broadway
Plucky Portland Woman Captures Burglary Suspect
Mrs. E. E. Liddy of Portland Oregon seized an aged sneak thief who was half in a window during a 1:30 AM break in. She pursued the man with a woman helper and handed him to Officer Nicolai after police arrived.
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Portland
E. E. Liddy
Desperado Hinman Fights Off Officers in Angel's Camp
In Angel's Camp California a street battle ends with officers out of ammunition and a desperado Robert Hinman missing after a pursuit. A posse hunted him through darkness with reports he may have been struck. Independent items note other events including a fatal fire at Fort Ringgold, a suicide in Sacramento, and a snowslide burial in Logan Canyon.
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Angel’s Camp
Cal
Angel
Robert Hinman
Roseburg
Hinman
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Rua” Smith
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Mamoutrel al Aziz
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Weekly Market Letter
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