Warrimoo Stranded Near Carmanah Point Amid Fog
News from Victoria and Vancouver Island reports the Canadian Australian steamer Warrimoo off Carmanah point near the Duchess of Argyle wreck site. About 100 passengers will be taken off if not refloated, with Lorne tug and Islander to assist. The ship later floated at high tide and was docked for survey.
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Warrimoo
Victoria
Vieronta
B.C
Carmanah Point
Duchess of Argyle
Lorne
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Carmanah
Vioronts
Imansh Point
Esquimalt
Arandel
Tastoosh
Theo. H. Davies & Co
Vancouver
Sydney
Outcry as Hong Kong Mission Attacked Near Foochew
A Hong Kong dispatch reports an assault on the American mission near Foochew. A mob armed with weapons wrecked the chapel and school, wounding four native scholars while the foreign tonchar escaped. Hostile sentiment grows as locals chant anti foreign slogans.
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Koochew
Hongkong
Foochew
Tonchar
Vouehow
Orion
Mony Homg
Defaulter Spofford under scrutiny amid treasury losses
Washington salutes a royal row of headlines as Ainsworth R. Spofford, Librarian of Congress, is accused of payroll fraud. He allegedly drew six salaries for staff where only five existed, costing $24,880 over four years. He offered to cover $22,000 after treasury experts flagged the issue, claiming no wrongdoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ainsworth R. Spofford
Librarian of
Congress
Treasury
Han
Spofford
Millionaire Mackay and party arrive in city at Palace Hotel
The San Francisco Chronicle notes John W. Mackay the telegraph magnate arrives with E. J. Mathews and C. R. Hosmer after Alaska travel. The trio seeks Pacific cable success and lower transpacific telegraph rates, with Hosmer highlighting Mackay as a leading telegraph owner and potential cable advocate.
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John W. Mackay
Palace Hotel
San Francisco Chronicle
E. J. Mathews
Mr. Mackay
Philadelphia
C. R. Hosmer
Canadian Pacific Telegraph Line
Montreal
Alaska
Queen
Vancouver
Mr. Hosmer
Mackay
Pacific Ocean
Hawaiian Islands
Orient
Japan
China
Heamer
Western Union
Quirky Fragments Report Far-Flung News Tidbits
A garbled excerpt mentions Decker’s four daughters, Captain Ganvel of Star Baseball Club departing for the Stites by the Australis, and locals like Jack Sue Charla Weatherwax sharing quarantine moods. It notes a cramped room advertised near a news desk, a low rent, and vague travel plans for Inland downwere before Monday.
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Captain Ganvel
Star Baseball Club
Stites
Australis
Jack Sue
Charla Weatherwax
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Hawaiian Operal V
Potiehed Etenner Sapaey
Ediccal Department
Buninees
P. O. Box
B. L. Finney
Mia
H. Backfeld & CO
Guxman Commision Agryrs
Cor, Fort and
Queen Streets
Honolulu
Imroutensa
Dratenamm Lowen
Fort Street
Thos, Lindsay
Partionl Campbell
Merchant Stre Street
Ron Works
Shige Rinckamitbiog
Kinau
Punchbowl Street
Viggo Jacobsen
Nuvanu Ave
White House
Jas. F. Morgan
Queen Street
Odin
Allen & Robinson
Edmund P. Dole
Fort St
Merchants Exchange
I. Shaw
King & Nuuanu Streets
Hanotale
Pioneer Steam Candy Factory
F Horn
Hotel Street
H. G. Biart
P.O
C. Gertz
Bishop & Company
Traumet
Hilin
Deponite
D. J. Cashman
California
City Drayage Co
W. F. Bharkatt
H. Hackfeld & Co
Welinseldone
Dwight
Tavis Wl
Kite
Woarke
Comant
Stone
Ayer
Bat
J.C. Ayer & CO
Lowell
Mass
U.S. A
Hollister Drug Co., L’d
Republic of Hawaii
G. Jontm
A. Jon
Ian
Union Tide
Wi Wee
Peggy
Arundel
Dasger
United States
Gev. F. Root
W.H. Crossman & Brother
New York
Tom Sharkey
U. S
McAuliffe
Irving M. Scott
Union Iron Works
S. F
U. . S. Columbia
Taylor Brothers
Carrolton
Missouri
Meek
Hartford
Farragut
Howell Edmunda Jackson
Supreme Court of the United States
Mideamon
Vietore
Rosmer
Decker
Wenal
Talladay
Pusilist Sharkey
Milla
Helplis
Pugiliar Dane
Olyaiphe
Vatleje
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