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Newspaper
Chehalis Bee
Location
Chehalis, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1897
Page
14
A resume from Spanish sources notes steady growth in Oregon and surrounding areas. Reports cover new water systems in Marshfield, crop and livestock exports from Crook County, wool and prune industries, fruit dryers in Roseburg, and rail and river trade implications, alongside a Cuban engagement with losses on both sides.
A massive redwood slab, 14 feet in diameter and about three feet thick, from Humboldt County, was landed at San Prime tse aboard the German ship Varia Hackseld. It remained unblemished after careful precautions during transport on the National City steamer. The block, valued for its size, was reported to Mr Wall in Windorft Aston To and hailed from California’s timber regions.
Reports from Washington detail drownings of Frank Shipman in the Skagit river near Mount Vernon and Mark Conkling at Green Lake Seattle. Inland notes include 12,000,000 feet of logs in Shelton bay, a potential new cannery in Blaine, jute bag manufacture at a penitentiary nearing 8,000 daily, and a 600,000 pound wool clip in Kittitas county. The state fair commissioners canceled this year’s fair in Yakima, while a 10 foot cherry tree in Mason county and a Pierce county mayoral ruling surface. Other items note a Lamont Shingle Company dryhouse fire, O R N Company tax suit in Whitman county, and a Colfax courthouse bedbug fumigation.
In London on June 28 the Princess of Wales with the Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince Charles of Denmark hosted a jubilee dinner for about 3000 slum residents at centers including the People's Palace in the East End and Central Hall Holborn. The royal party greeted many ragged waifs as 17,000 attended Central Hall. At People's Palace the princess helped make the first ice cream block for the children.
Washington June 28 The senate completed the wool silk and tobacco schedules of the tariff bill leaving only a second reading to address the many items still on the free list. Progress was rapid though carpets faced firm contention as silk duties sparked a contest with Senators Teller Mantle and Democrats opposing. The tobacco schedule passed with minor changes in wrapper and leaf duties.
In Calistoga California a fatal shooting affray occurred on W R Coburn's property killing W H Coburn and fatally wounding Deputy Sheriff Storey. Sheriff Pardee and a posse pursued G W Coburn son of the dead man who escaped from Lockport jail. The elder Coburn appeared to shoot at Parsons prompting a volley from the posse. Young Coburn then fired at Storey and fled amid the confusion with capture expected within hours.
In London the parliamentary secretary for the foreign office told MP Beckett that a proposal to annex Hawaii to the United States had been submitted to the Senate but no decision was made. He said Britain would protect rights of Great Britain and British subjects under international law.
Congressman Edward Dean Cooke of the Sixth Illinois district was found dead in his Cochran hotel room in Washington this morning likely from heart disease. He retired about 11 PM in evident good health. Night Clerk Cochran reported nausea at 2 AM, declined a doctor, and Cooke was found dead around 5 AM. Cooke, a native of Iowa, was 48 years old.
The Hawaiian Islands posted a surplus revenue of 93627.26 dollars for the previous year, indicating improved fiscal balance. Details show a positive year with higher income than expenditures across core programs and services.
William Waldorf tells a California redwood story at a London dinner party. He bets he can yield a cross section large enough for a forty person table. The skeptical English guests challenge the boast as mere Yankee bluster.
The article extols the California redwoods sequoia gigantea as world wonders with heights from 250 to 325 feet and diameters up to 35 feet. It notes vast woodland grace, stage roads through towering trunks, hollow stumps, and the remarkable scale of these trees amid early modern speculation and awe.
A fragment notes Marco Volo’s venture toward the eastern coast and southern Avia where glimpses of Africa sparked strong reactions. It hints at reports gathered in this distant region as part of his travels.
An uneven collage surveys foreign peoples with harsh stereotypes and vivid descriptions, then shifts to travel anecdotes about monarchs and modern machines. It includes misfits of language, jokes from Punch-like columns, and notes on fashion, industry, and social habits.
Artist Harry Fenn recounts his Lebanon visit noting the famous cedars and local elk. He describes mulberry cultivation on ledges, hanging gardens, and a unique fattening method using Syrian sheep fed mulberry leaves by women. The fat is stored for winter as meat.
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