Whitman Massacre Historic Site Tour Near Walla Walla
A historical spot near Walla Walla marks the Whitman massacre site from 1847. Visitors see breastworks, two posts marking Whitman’s fall, and the graves of Marcus Whitman and fourteen others. The article urges funds to erect a fitting monument for the famed dead and Northwest discovery.
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Walls
Walla Statesman
Jon
Willis Land
Improvement Company
M. W. Swegle
Walla Walla
Whitman
Walla Walla Valley
Marcus Whitman
United States
Northwest Territory
Apples at World Fair Showdown Across The Globe
A NSW grower ships yellow and red apples to the World’s Fair. the yellow fruit sails via Suez and London while the red barrels travel west by sea and east by rail, reaching Chicago after sixty days and dominating exhibition tables in the Horticultural Building. Meanwhile a Olympia rancher feud ends in tragedy as Geo Melville shoots McCabe during a meadow dispute. McCabe dies and Melville suspends awaiting sheriff arrival.
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Sydney
Hong
Suez Canal
Pacific Ocean
Chicago
Mediterranenan Sea
French Channel
London
Liverpool
New South Wales
Atlantic
New York
Thomas Pugh
San Francisco
Australia
China
Duhonn
Miles Fron Olymee
Geo . Melville
Melville
Northern Pacific
McCabe
Ten'ino
Olympia
Tom Conboy
Conboy
Tenino
Missionaries in China Proclamation Reported in Go Hong
A letter from Rev W J Drummond, missionary in Nanking, describes a placard pasted in Gu Hong 80 miles east of Nanking. It claims foreigners buy land to preach, threaten to burn houses, beat, and kill locals, demanding a united public action against “evil middlemen” and foreigners. A British consul denied the charges, calling the document false. later identified as authored by a local official.
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Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Presbyteraan Church of
New York
W. J. Drummond
Nanking
Gu Hong
China
Pope
Typographers Slip Marred a Marriage Notice
A typographical error in a marriage notice changes the blessing to May if they always live on pease and hom iny. The compositor misread the manuscript, producing a humorous and unintended line that startled the couple.
His Home Destroyed in Birch Creek Area Fire
Lee Butler's residence in the Birch Creek neighborhood was destroyed by fire while he was away in the mountains. Mrs. Butler camped a mile away and saved only a few items from the blaze. The house carried about $400 of insurance with the State Insurance Company via J M Bentley. A telegraph message records the incident.
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Lee Butler
Birch Creek
Pork Corner Breaks Avalanche at Chicago Board of Trade
Tuesday proved disastrous at the Chicago Board of Trade as pork prices collapsed from 19 to 10.50 per barrel before a partial rebound to 12. The tumult involved firms J. G. Sleever & Co B. W. Bailey & Co and A. Helmolne & Co and linked to North American Provision Co and Cudahy interests in Wright & Haughery with John Cudahy a key figure in provisions.
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Board of Trade
Chicago
Stone
J. G. Sleever & Co
B. W. Bailey & Co
A. Helmolne & Co
Trea
North American Provision Co
John Cudahy
Wright & Haughery
Cudahy
Contagian and Crowd Psychology in History and Violence
The text discusses how crowd dynamics arise from collective will and individual impulses. It cites examples from Denmark's past executions to the French Revolution, noting how suggestion, fear, and imitation can drive mobs to extreme acts. It also touches on European military threat from standing armies and the social causes of unrest among the impoverished.
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Ninal
Epy
Murer
Aubry
Roth
Europe
Fragments on crime and free coinage debate in 1891
The piece cites sensational crime gossip and a National Review quote on phantom crimes, then recounts a bird visiting a newspaper office. It reports Albany World notes on Senator Hill seeking free coinage by proposing a 154 to 1 silver to gold ratio, with references to Elma and Kenmore speeches in late 1891.
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Albany
N. Y
Hill
Gota
United States
Senator Hills
Elmira
Kenmore
River water delays lock work on Columbia canal
High river levels halted operations at the locks in the government canal bed. Columbia has fallen to its lowest stage yet spring arrived late, leaving mountains storing water. It may be two weeks to a month before the Day brothers can lay walls on the second lock and a large work force will rush navigation improvements. In about two years, the river should open from The Dalles to sea level, enabling rivercraft to reach the ocean without cargo delays.
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Government Canal
Columbia
Walla
Dalles
Tilewater
Usat City
Fraudulent Landing Report From Chicago Telegraph
A Chicago telegram claims 605 Chinese arrived for the World's Fair certifi cates with eighty still in the city. Officials say the pair Chun Puk Kwai and Chou i brought Chinese to the country six months ago, with Meat Set named as the alleged cargo. The custody officers now report uncertainty about the fate of those involved.
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Chicago
Whiengs
Chun Puk Kwai
Francisco
Choui
China
Custern
Kwak
Adrift on the Sea and the Rescue Tale of Theodore Anderson
Theodore Anderson of the Victoria sealing schooner recounts his survival after the ship was lost off Yen-oa-Kima. He and two companions perished after hunger and exhaustion, while Anderson endured two days and nights at sea, was rescued on a small island, and eventually aided by native villagers before reaching Yokohama with British consul support.
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Theodore Anderson
On&s
Japan
Pcific Railroad Company
Ina
Isidore
Johnnie
Anderson
Yen-oa-Kima
Tie
Calimer
Yokosama
Yen-os-hima
Yokohama
Spies Subdued In Sumter Barroom Search Mission
Constables McCarty and Wert secured a search warrant from Judge Frasier and, with Assistant Attorney-General Busman, forced entry into Dave Martia’s former barroom. They found only old stock sealed before the dispensary law. Morris and friends ordered the spies out. one man was slow, and Morris kicked.
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Sumter
McCarty
Wert
Frasier
Dave Martia
Busman
Morris
Attempted Shooting and World Fair Cuts Stir Public Alarm
Daniel Snyder a blacksmith employed by D 8 Andrus was arrested Monday for attempting to shoot W F Wamsley Walla Walla ticket incident involves 75 dollars and destitute family claims. The World’s Fair faces drastic staff cuts with vows to reduce secret service female ticket sellers guards and passes as bond payments near. A Spokane Idaho report notes a Lewiston man suddenly blind after a warm sensation and vomiting mid morning fall.
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Union Journal
Daniel Snyder
D. 8
Andrus
Adams and Brown
W. F. Wamsley
Snyder
Mr. Wamaley
South Dakota
Walla Walla
Wamasley
Wameley
Warmac Joy
Mr. Wameley
Great White City
Ithina Beets
Lumbian Guards
Lyman J. Gage
Idaho
Lewiston Tribune
George DeFinn
Rimrock
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