Commemorative Death Observance at Mount Vernon
A national gathering marked the death of George Washington at Mount Vernon on December 16. Masons Red Men and Virginia officials led elaborate ceremonies with a large crowd, honoring Washington’s life and death at his home.
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George Run
Vernon
Lodge of Masons
Lorado
Bebg
Wright
Masons
Virginia
Old Dominion
Grand Rginia
Cksburg Lodge
Washington-Alexandria
United States
Advance Guard Reaches Subig Bay Olongapo Gain
The force under Major Spence seized Subig bay after a difficult mountain march Dec 9 to 10. Marines occupy the Olongapo navy yard as a naval station and General Grant's command moves toward Subig joining Major Spence with no casualties.
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Manila
Grant
Spence
Olongapo
Subig Bay
Baltimore
Oregon
Myers
Navy Yard
Navy
Subig
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Andrew S. Burt
Iba
Debates Open in Congress on Currency Bill
Washington reports opening debate on the currency bill with Dolliver of Iowa delivering a witty lengthy speech. Overstreet and Maddux spoke for and against the bill as McClellan warned it would contract the currency and raise coin values. Separately Cushman proposes 500000 for Alaska lighthouses and creates district 17. Mason presses for Transvaal sympathy in the Senate.
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House
Washington
Dolliver
Iowa
Bryan
DeArmond
Missouri
West
Overstreet
Indiana
Maddux
Georgia
McClellan
New York
Alaska
Lighthouse Board
Cushman
Alaskan
Puget Sound
Cape Flattery
Boundary Line
Stormberg Disaster Attributed To Distance Miscalculation
London dispatches quote General Forestier-Walker explaining that the attack on Stormberg failed because the distance was underestimated. Boer fire from a high hill pinned the advancing troops, with several guns lost to quicklysand and a deep mud. Wounded and missing tally for the British include 366 Northumberland casualties and Metcalf’s rifle brigade losses.
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Stormberg
London
War Office
Forestier-Walker
Cape Town
Guatacre
Northumberlands
Irish Fusiliers
Cape Police
Jeffreys
Molteno
Ridge
Irish Rifles
Sterkstrom
Queenstown
Ladysmith
Buller
White
Metcalf
Second Rifle Brigade
Ferguson
Paley
Davenport
Bond
House Sets Three Night Sessions on Currency Debate
Washington December 14 three night sessions were ordered as members seek time to address the currency bill. Grosvenor spoke for the bill while Cochran of Missouri and Newlands of Nevada spoke against it. Other speakers included Parker Smith Prince Lawrence Powers and Shafroth Sims. Pettigrew urged a senate inquiry on Admiral Dewey and the Philippine republic. McBride reintroduced a 650000 Portland public building expansion plan and a bill fixing city letter carrier salaries.
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House
Washington
Grosvenor
Ohio
Cochran
Missouri
Newlands
Nevada
Parker
New Jersey
William Allen Smith
Michigan
Prince of
Illinioi
Lawrence
Massacusetts
Powers
Vermont
Shafroth
Colorado
Sims
Tennessee
Dewey
United States
Manila
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Navy Department
Senate
Secretary of the Navy
Chandler
New Hampshire
McBride
Portland
Simon
Bandits of Luzon Nabbed Near Malasqui by U S Forces
Colonel Smith and a Seventh Infantry detachment surrounded a guerilla group at a village near Malasqui. The band killed seven officials for aiding the Americans. They will likely be tried and may be shot or hanged if convicted. In Chicago a gang of five boy burglars aged 11 to 17 was arrested in lavish apartments with costly tapestries and paintings.
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Luzon
Manila
Smith
Seventh Infantry
Malasqui
Chicago
Freight Train Wreck Kills Two in New Jersey Crash
A severe freight wreck on the New York division of the Pennsylvania Railroad between Plainsboro and Princeton New Jersey killed Engineer Sheigler and Wireman Henker and seriously injured Brakeman Zagbaum. About 30 cars were destroyed and three trains damaged in the early incident.
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Philadelphia
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Plainsboro
Princeton
N. J
Sheigler
Henker
Zagbaum
Fish Industry Report Details Oregon Hatchery Output 1899
Fish Commissioner F C Reed of Oregon filed an annual report for the year ending October 31 1899. It covers hatchery construction progress and totals of Chinook salmon eggs taken at Oregon hatcheries and adjacent Washington sites with breakdowns by hatchery and species. The report notes salmon pack statistics and local versus eastbound shipments, plus related notes on Northwest towns and industry.
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F. C. Reed
Oregon
Columbia River
Upper Clackamas
Ces Escees Ry
Clackamas
Washington
Columbia
Veceveeers
No Hesitancy in Trade Signals Strong 1893 Outlook
R G Dun and Co review notes less hesitation despite year start. Domestic contracts and consumption demand push production, with rising foreign trade and higher payments through clearinghouses. Rail and shipping equipment demand remains strong, wool prices up, wheat and corn gains offset by lower Western receipts. Failures total 221 in the U S and 33 in Canada.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
Canada
Pacific Coast Market Prices Seattle Onions and Produce
Seattle markets list New onions at 1.00 to 1.25 per sack. Potatoes 16 to 20 per sack. Beets 75 to 85 cents per sack. Turnips 60 cents. Carrots 50 cents. Parsnips 75 to 85 cents. Cauliflower 75 cents per dozen. Cabbage 78 to 90 cents per 100 pounds. Peaches 65 to 80 cents. Apples 1.25 to 1.50 per box. Pears 1.00 to 1.25 per box. Prunes 60 cents per box. Watermelons 1.50. Butter 82 cents per pound creamery. dairy 17 to 22 cents. ranch 22 cents. Eggs 80 to 38 cents. Cheese 16 cents. Poultry 9 to 10 cents. dressed 11 to 18 cents. Hay Puget Sound timothy 12 dollars. Eastern Washington timothy 17 to 18 dollars. Corn whole 23 dollars. cracked 23. feed meal 23. Barley rolled or ground 21 per ton. whole 22. Flour patent 3.35 per barrel. blended straights 3.10. California 3.25. buckwheat flour 6.00. graham 3.80. whole wheat flour 3.10. rye 3.80 to 4.00. Millstuff bran 16 per ton. shorts 17. Feed chopped 20.50. middlings 22. oil cake meal 35 per ton.
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Seattle
California
Puget Sound
Washington
Graham
Walla Walla
Oregon
Young America
Wool—Valley
Various agricultural prices at regional markets
A compiled listing shows prices for wheat, flour, oats, barley, millstuffs, hay, butter, eggs, cheese, poultry, potatoes, vegetables, hops, wool, mutton, hogs, beef, veal, and related goods. Values include per bushel, per ton, per dozen, per pound, and per sack across Wheat-Walla Walla Bluestem Oregon markets.
Behring Sea Tide Lands Mining Ruling by Commissioner
Commissioner Hermann of the General Land Office rules tide lands along Behring Sea near Cape Nome Alaska are not public lands. No authority exists to grant mining concessions on tidelands, impacting numerous pending applications. The decision cites Shively v Bealby, noting U S sovereignty over tidelands is limited by state admission and territorial status.
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Hermann
General Land Office
Behring Sea
Alaska
Cape Nome
Interior Department
Tidelands
District of Alaska
United States
Department
Shively
Congress
New Copper District Emerges in Crook County Oregon
In Trout creek mining district Crook county a 12 claim property features substantial buildings a 60 hp boiler 8 by 10 hoist water lines blacksmith shop and gallows frame for hoist. Vein is replacement type on a east west fault line with ore across dumps awaiting bins. Depth 130 feet drift 120 feet at 100-foot level. Other prospects show good potential as Oregon adds another producer.
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Trout Creek
Crook County
Oregon
Great Northern awards Spokane line contract to Chicago firm
The Great Northern attaches a contract to Grant Smith Co of Chicago for building part of a new line on its Spokane right of way. Work starts immediately. The segment runs from west of the army post to Bridge Street on the Spokane River. The Index to Helena ga lina and Troublesome district section totals about 17 miles through rich Index mineral territory.
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Index
Galena
Transferring His Affections and Other Fragments
A collection of brief notes touches on engagements, a quip about joining a library, flax production in 1898 versus 1897, cultivation areas in Ireland and Russia, and union growth reports from General Secretary W. J. Gilthorpe noting 20 new local unions and a record membership increase.
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Pigotte
Puck
Ireland
Russia
W. J. Gilthorpe
Iron Shipbuilders
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