Shipping, Fires, and Crime Reported Across Northwest
An array of incidents spans Tacoma to Seattle. Sandbagged and robbed at Salem. the TJ Potter taken to Bound. Henry Villard slated to visit the Far East. Second Cavalry exhibition at Walla Walla fair. Ellensburg electric works active. A Mellvoy hand injury in Wallula. convict brickmaking near Walla Walla. Oregon state fair receipts near 14000 and a major event. Multiple accidents and crimes noted including a fatal shooting in Farmington and a jail theft case in Cventerville. Public works cover windfalls: water works in Ellensburg and new gravitation system for Port Townsend.
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Salem
TJ. Potter
Henry Villard
Soond Country
Second Cavalry
Walla Walla Fair
Timiny
Ellensborg
Mellvoy
Wallula
Walla Walla
Oregon
Washington report favors bills for Indian depredation claims
Oregon dispatch dated Sept 14 186? reports Rep Hermann presenting to Congress favorable committee recommendations for passage of town and land office claims. Names include John P Hains for register, C C Walker for 500, Michael Riley for 046, W C McKay for 142, J Dowell for 20, B B Bishop for 1556, Isaac Bailey for 857, P B Nicholas for 4718 and notes losses from Rogue River and Pitt River Indian depredations and related goods and mules.
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Hermann
Committee of Todiga
Olaima
Congress
John P. Hiair
Georgia
Ban Ben
the Land Office
Mentelis
C. Walker
Ashland
Michael Riley
Emmettsburg
Rogue River
W. C. McKay
Umatilla County
Walla Walla
Umatilla
J. Dowell
Portland
Hague River
Oregon
Bishop
Pendleton
Old Block Hone
Cascades
Columbia
General Sheridan
Isaac Bailey
Donglass County
Nevada
Pitt River
P.B. Nicholas
Douglisa County
Department
Clair
Japanese Sailors Desertion Spurs Migration Predictions
A Portland rumor notes Japanese sailors deserting ships like Mr. William Dunbar’s Kitty and finding work in stores or migrating toward the Sandwich Islands and Victoria. A local observer predicts if the exclusion bill passes, many Japanese may come to the Pacific coast, noting population figures and wage comparisons with China.
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Kitty
Yakima
China
Japan
Sandwich Islands
Victoria
Pacific
Hare
Oregonian
Sheridan Court Martialed at West Point in 1802
The article recalls Philip H.B. Sheridan being court-martialed for breach of discipline as a cadet at West Point in 1802 and dismissed. Before departing, he appealed to the Secretary of War, who commuted the sentence to a punishment involving sons of generation for that year. The story notes the later brilliance of his career.
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West Point
Academy
Redeon
Sleridas
Charles M. Conrad
Minstrel’s Remains Move Crowd in Oregon Benefit
In a crowded opera house Av Enat Oregonian notes a benefit performance by famed minstrels. A ragged old man pleads for one last song to honor his mother and banjo, moves the crowd to tears, and dies on stage after a final, haunting chorus.
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Swanee River
Wong
Sis
Bunny
Miny
Swoods From the Sanctum
A cryptic poem fragment mocks a proofing scene with garbled lines and misread phrases. The speaker notes the odd rhythm and imagery of a manuscript being worked over at midnight. Des Moines Kepis fe
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