VENTS OF THE DAY A WORLD-WIDE BULGING WIRE BAG
A digest of incidents from around the world notes a Ty Wash farmer killed by a runaway team, arrests in Panama for stolen government supplies, an Isop Mill lumber exhibit winning first prize, a railroad wreck near Ardmore causing multiple deaths and injuries, a Manila leper scare, a ship collision disaster near Takami, and naval inquiries into the Maria Teresa abandonment. Also reported are a Chemulpa storekeeper's murder, a bank president’s suicide near Emporia, a derailed electric streetcar in Tacoma, a fatal blast near Meacha ash, ongoing U S war preparations, canal surveys, rumors of an American fleet, sugar fire fatalities aboard the Kenilworth, and various political and military notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Luzon
China
Takami
Secretary of the Navy
Vy-Yard
Norfolk
Maria Teresa
George W. Lake
Chemulpa
Lake
Various World News Items From San Francisco Dispatches
A collage of brief reports notes incidents across the U S and abroad. A fire in Canyon City Oregon forces shelter for sixteen families. naval policy moves raise age requirements. prunes from Oregon sold as Santa Clara fruit. sugar ventures expand in Hawaii. ships, ships losses, and coalitions stir oceans as tensions rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canyon City
Portland
Ibens
Long
Gaye
San Ja Cal
Oregon
Santa Clara County
Rights in the East Address of Senator Lodge
Senator Lodge argues for a strong navy and open ports to American commerce in a Boston banquet speech. He says the United States must protect merchants abroad, expand its naval power, and keep ports of China open to all or closed to all, highlighting a Pacific power balance with England and Japan. He stresses a farsighted foreign policy to secure the nation’s share of world trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Senator Lodge
Boston Boot and Shoe Club
United States
Philippines
Pacific Ocean
England
China
Honolulu
Nicaragua Canal
Russia
France
Germany
Japan
Wall
China and Thibet tensions spark regional concerns
Vancouver reports late Oriental dispatches indicating trouble between China and Thibet. The Yachow prefect arrives from Thibet to address the Chantai and Derge raid after which the region is placed under Lhasen and Lama rule. Some fear China worries over Lama independence and a potential British road from Darjeeling to Lhassa as the England Thibet treaty nears expiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B. C
China
Thibet
Yachow
Chang Tunglin
Chantai
Derge
Corea
England
Darjeeling
Lhassa
Manila courts reopen with mixed jurisdiction and health fears
Steamship reports Manila law courts resume with Spanish judges handling civil cases and American judges handling criminal cases. Health concerns rise as malaria typhoid and malignant smallpox spread among troops, with hospitals averaging 100 deaths monthly and a leper scare prompting arrests and isolation on a Luzon island. A Peary letter notes potential long absence of messages and possible ice delays for the Windward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luzon
Drowning in Fifty Mile Rapids Near Yukon Route
Passengers aboard the steamer Dirigo report the drowning of two men in the Fifty Mile rapids on the Yukon. Four men left Lake Bennett September 21 with 50 tons of provisions. the scow sank after seams opened. Two survivors, Smith and Halloway, swam ashore. two others unnamed were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Skagway
Yukon
Lake Bennett
Smith and Halloway
Market Prices and Goods List From Pacific Coast Trade Seattle
A Pacific Coast market listing from Seattle shows prices for produce dairy meats and grains. Items include tomatoes at 50 to 85 cents per box, cucumbers 10 to 15 cents per dozen, onions 85 to 90 cents per 100 pounds, potatoes 10 to 12 dollars per 100 pounds, and various vegetables fruits and staples with specific per unit and per sack rates. Dairy products include butter 27 cents per pound and eggs 80 cents per dozen. poultry prices for hens chooks and turkeys are listed. Grain and mill products cover wheat feed wheat oats hay corn barley flour and millstuffs with multiple per-ton and per-barrel rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Puget Sound
Washington
Graham
Shorts
Walla Walls
Oregon
Market Prices for Wheat to Veal and More
Readout lists commodity prices across grains meats and produce. Wheat and flour rates appear with varying cents per bushel or barrel. butter cheese poultry and potatoes shown with per unit or per sack figures. hay hops wool and livestock prices given for Oregon regions and national equivalents. overall snapshot of late 19th century market rates.
Market Price List for Agricultural Produce and Commodities
The document lists varied prices for wool and millstuff such as middlings and bran by ton, onions yellow sold per sack, butter in several grades per pound, eggs at store price, and citrus fruit including Valencia oranges Mexican limes and California lemons by box or per unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Oregon
Valley
Valencia
California
Cyrano Street Fakire And Other Curious Sights
The New York Sun notes a petty street entertainer selling a false face with an inflatable nose and a “Rubber Neck” novelty on uptown sidewalks. Pittsburg lawyer James T. Buchanan wins $4,000 in damages after a dispute over a beef steak bill. German assurances say Emperor William’s Spain trip is unofficial, with Cadiz and Cartagena stops framed as health precautions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
James T. Buchanan
Pittsburg
William
Germany
Spain
Palestine
Cadiz
Cartagena
Greatest Mines on Douglas Island Alaska Face Booming Output
The article notes Treadwell and allied mills with 80 stamps on Treadwell and up to 120 on Ready Bullion. mills to process about 2,600 tons daily. It cites large ore in sight at Treadwell, Ready Bullion comparisons, and new developments at Ebnor and Alaska-Juneau Company plus multiple mines in Berners Bay and Linn canal area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Island
Alaska
Treadwell and Allied Companies
South Africa
Australia
Douglass Island
Gastineau Channel
Ebnor
Silver Bow Basin
Alaska-Juneau Company
Berners Bay
Ophir
Northern Belle
Bald Fazle
Seward
Judge Mellen
Indiana
Ivanhoe
Milo Kelly
Montana Creek
Linn Canal
Juneau
Boston & Alaska Company
Funters Bay
United States Wool Clip Estimate for 1898 Released
Secretary North reports the 1898 wool clip at 266,720,684 pounds washed or unwashed, with 111,661,581 pounds scoured. Oregon leads with 21,291,887 pounds and high shrinkage, followed by Montana California Texas Wyoming and New Mexico in descending order. The pulled wool adds 22,116,371 pounds, and New England totals about 1,745,025 pounds with Massachusetts at 128,860 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
North
National Association of Wool Manufacturers
Oregon
Washington
Montana
California
Texas
Wyoming
New Mexico
Ohio
Colorado
Michigan
New England
Massachusetts
Stray Horses in Skagway Earn Civic Aid Effort
In Skagway stray horses wander the streets, worn and starved after overwork. Citizens have organized a subscription drive to feed and care for them, with a petition already started and local concern growing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skagway
Inland Empire threshing ends as season halts
Threshing is finished across the Inland Empire with the last machines stopped near Oakesdale and Farmington Washington. The crop is reported good everywhere. Contractors finish the in shore wall at the Yamhill locks and begin the outer wall to beat winter weather. Lomand clam cannery at Anacortes started about a year ago now supplies jobbing houses with seventy cases in the last week of October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inland Empire
Oakesdale
Farmington
Yamhill Locks
Anacortes
Wash
City Opens Bids for 8600-Foot Water Main Extension
New Whatcom city council opens bids to extend water mains 8600 feet using 24 inch wooden stave pipe. The project aims to improve supply and pressure across the system in Washington state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Council of
New Whatcom, Wash
R P Rithet Co Reports November Shipping Outlook
In its November circular R P Rithet & Co notes improved grain freights after three weeks with less activity from San Francisco. Most shipments will come from Oregon with Washington likely next, California yields reduced by drought. Overall demand remained modest and freights firm but changes minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Rithet & Co
San Francisco
Oregon
Washington
California
Fuller's earth mines and new Pacific steam line announced
An unlimited deposit of Fuller's earth was found on Poso Creek with a grinding and bolting mill now operating. A new Pacific steamer line by Chargeurs Reunis will begin monthly service next March linking San Francisco with Liverpool and stopping at Mazatlan Acapulco Guayaquil Callao Valparaiso Montevideo Santos Havre and possibly a Belgian port. The company, active since 1872, is building three 6,000 ton steamers for Pacific trade.
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Pana
Nls
Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Santiago
Seoul
Petrel
Sandusky
Talofa
Fletcher
Guantanamo
Port Tampa
Cozumel Island
Yucatan
Progreso
Atlanta
Tacoma
Cape Town
Alsea Bay
Charles McBride
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Moscow
Wilton
Cuba
Mexico
United States
Bakersfield
America
Poso Creek
Pacific
San Francisco
Chargeurs Reunis
Liverpool
Mazatlan
Acapuloco
Guayaquil
Callao
Peru
Valparaiso
Chile
Monteviedo
Uruguay
Santos
Brazil
Havre
Acific
Millers War on the Sound and Beet Sugar Prospects
The article notes flour shortages and price tensions between Tacoma and Seattle millers with wheat at 50 cents, freight, and ground product value around 8.40, while selling at 3.40. It also reports a 12,000 acre beet-sugar project near Idaho Falls after visits to U.S. and German factories, with Chicago capital showing interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sound
Seattle
Tacome
Washington
Idaho Falls
Idaho
United States
Germany
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
St Mays
Air Wills
an-Ri
Tarda Rattoni
Lecit
Bitome
Telegraphic News of the World
Jase
Ym. Fink
Ty- Wash
Ntanamo
Isop Mill Company
Astoria
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
William Hatfield
Keeman
Harry Crogin
Ardmore
Charles S. Cross
1St National Bank of
Emporia
Kan
Taco Mailway
Steilhom
John Collins
N. Company
Meacha
Ash
Hagong
Lai Mum
General Miles
New York
Waldeck de Villmil
Lexington
Porto Rico
War Department
Themelves
Cirates
Norway
Austria
Hunary
Fred Douglass
Jules G. Ord
Gental KE. O, Go, Ord
George IV
San Francis
Tar Department
Havana
Liliani
John Morgan
E Curry
Great Falls
Mont
Isaac Shaeffer
Francisco Baxminer
Lessian
Hawaiian Island
Philadelphia Dispatch
Aficans
Carolines
Sable
Stephen B. Tyng
American Chamber of Commerce
Paris
Regular Army
Navy
Selfridge
Canada
Peary
Waterville
Robert E. Peary
J. F. Hill
Fifty-Mile Rapids
Pacific Coast Trade
Seattle Marketa
Portland Market
San Francisco Market
Cyrano
News OF the
Pacific Coast
November Shipping
New California
Spokane
Woolen Milla Improvement
Dalles, Dr
Woolen Mill Company
Everett
Frederick Hallin
Morrow County
Thomas H. Tongue
West Point Military Academy
Vancouver Barrack
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