Interesting global tidbits mix of shipwrecks crime and policy notes
A mixed wire digest reports the steamer Caransa off Cape Abrea with six crew saved and others missing, Tacoma burglars shot by a police officer as a mother aids, a drowning of Eddie Chandler in Idaho, and Mayor Rader moving to curb public exhalations as a misdemeanor. Also noted are counterfeit banknotes warning, a fatal family shooting near Walla Walla, Pacific trade with Japan, civil service rule extensions, pension reforms, Mexican harbor improvements, a Georgetown strike, Siberian railroad plans, and coal and iron worker suspensions in Philadelphia.
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Cape
Bratton
Tacoma
Ahes Bratton
Eddie Chandler
Partnent River
Pocatello
Idaho
Rader
Los Angeles
Cal
Chief Hazen
Secret Service
Washington
Union National Bank of Detroit
National Bank of Commerce of New York
Saloon Riot in Grand Rapids Leaves Officers Injured
Two officers cited by name were pounded by a crowd in a saloon raid on Sommers & Treadwell. Officer Viergiver suffered multiple injuries including a broken arm while Harrington faced serious scalp wounds. Treadwell was shot in the lung as a patrol squad moved to arrest patrons. The riot erupted amid a police crusade against illicit saloon activity.
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Totley
Viergiver
Hartingtom
Sommers & Treadwell
Afr
Harrington
Treadwell
Vvergive
Colombia and Nicaragua Clash Over Corn Island Move
Colombia plans to land troops on Corn Island as Nicaragua fortifies, seizes both Big and Little Corn islands, and strengthens defenses. Reports say Nicaragua, acting on U.S. guidance, raised its flag, prepared storehouses, and aims to prevent a Colombian reoccupation of the strategic isle near the Mosquito Coast.
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Hamés
Com Saland
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Veda
Ilind
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Hittich
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Columbia
Cornteland
Rizal shot in Manila amid crackdown and new policy
Madrid dispatch reports Dr Rizal executed in Manila in front of a large crowd under General Polavieja’s harsh repression. He admitted authorship of the Philippine revolutionary constitution but denied active rebellion. Separate notes describe a California arch of oranges proposed for Washington.
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Standard Anus
Polaveja
Philippines
Manila
Hong Kong
Rizal
Polavoeja
Stockton, Osal
Henry Shaw
Bates
California
Shaw
Washington
Arms for Cuba Maneuvers Stir Policy Shift
Washington permits customs to clear vessels loaded with arms for insurgents in Cuba, allowing Dauntless and Commodore to seek Cuban ports. telegrams from Jacksonville owners prompt Treasury guidance on manifest compliance, while officials weigh oath requirements and movement status.
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Washington
Sret
Cuba
Secretary of the Treasury
Jacksonville
Neuvivs
Neuvitas
Treasury
Northwest brevities show Oregon notes from 1896 season
The Oregon section reports idle John Day flouring mill after grinding through wheat supply, Marion County 1896 assessment around $7,000, and various local items. It notes manpower at Rainier near Astoria, a Wallowa stage wreck, a large Brownsville hog, a Perth Bible from Edinburgh, and river and rail happenings.
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Statesman
Illinois
Yamhill County
Polk County
Fred Kemper
Pendleton
Engivett Dillman
Astoria Railway
Rainier
Clarekante
Henry Bucchels
Tamarack
Yamtills County
Wallowa
Wallowa Hill
W McKinney
Brownsville
America
Crosby
Humter's Creek
Qarry
SruWhing
M Cullagh Dead Editor Falls From Window in St Louis
Joseph B. McCullagh editor of the St Louis Globe Democrat died after a fall from a second story window at 8837 West Pine boulevard. Authorities debate accident versus suicide while friends dispute the latter. The body was found by a servant and removed after examination by Dr O H Hughes.
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Joepeh B. Mc Cullagh
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Kate Manion
West Pine Boulevard
McCullagh
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