Brief Sparks From The Wires In Pacific Northwest
Happenings across Oregon Washington and Idaho include municipal elections in Washington towns many lighted by electricity Grand Ronde mines to be electrified Spokane contemplates a stock exchange amid Seattle commerce Spokane street beggars reappear with cold weather Lane county Oregon jail emptied Paullman Washington restrained from paying overcharges Nehalem cannery labels packed about 6200 cases first creamery in Washington Cheney Sentinel notes fifty two creameries daily butter and cheese output Pendleton Oregon Indian divorce suit Grant Oregon a rising town rebuilding after floods Jdsons hopeful for distillery by December Olympia land office receipts total 1840.93 with multiple land entries and timber land dealings Across Oregon and Washington.
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Grand Ronde Mining Company
Olympia
Spokane
Stock Exchange
Erce
Seattle
Sprague
Wash
First Infantry
North Yakima
Walla Walla
Lane County
Paullman
Nehalem
Cobu
Cheney
Lowell
Pendleton
Nanmat Wolf
David Wolf
Nunmat Wolf
Grant
Evee
Olympia Land Office
Obehalis County
William Bybee
Jacksonville
Josephine County
Happy Camp
Cal
Mr. Bythem
Nicaragua Canal Project Aimed By US and British Capital
Chicago reports suggest a Nicaragua canal built with American tractors and English capital. New York investors and Chicago engineers may lead, modeled after the Chicago drainage canal. The plan, private and financed by investors, seeks government no involvement. No specific names are given and Washington discussions follow recent visits by developers.
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Chicago
Ey Post
New York
Capital
Sed Acam
Nicaragua
Mdtha
Warner Miler
Gaudaur Wins One Mile and Four Mile Ocean Race
Jake Gaudaur claimed the 1 mile aqua world championship and the Angles cup with a $1,000 purse in Austin. Competitors included Bubear and Fiamnes of England and Ras Rogers of America. A 14 mile single scull world title followed with a $1,500 purse, featuring Bubear Barry Haines Win gate for England and Teemer Rogers Charley and Jake Gaudaur for America.
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Tex
Jake Gaudaur
Bubecr and
Fiamnes
England
Ras Rogers
America
Ines
Bubear
Barry
Haines
Wingate
Teemer
Rogers
Charley
Jake Gandaur
Aoe
Bea
Yro
Toama
Landmark Land Board Ruling on Tide Lands Purchase
Olympia November 9 The board of land commissioners renders a decision affecting purchasers of tidelands in Ballard. The Banderton versus Winsor case defines a preferred right for adjacent landowners and outlines a method to divide the waterway into equal segments along the general upland line to grant equitable portions.
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Olympia
X Board of Land Commissioners
Banderton
Winsor
Ballard
Dada
Nora
Riguy Angles
Arallel
Banderson
Hungarian swindler Guttman linked to Highland escape
Reports tie Adolph Guttman, suspected swindler from Hungary, to a Highland Illinois residence after a shipwreck tale and Austrian consul inquiry. Aboard the Wieland, Maria Holomihy met a man claiming to be Guttman who coerced money and claimed Hungarian ownership. Detectives traced clues from a Winnipeg bank to locate him. The tale includes a hurricane wreck and a bottle message sent ashore with a relief plan and sparse details.
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Guttman
New York
Orld
Adolph Guttman
Hungary
America
Highland
Austria
Maria Holomihy
Beboken
Wieland
V Ag
Joseph Pfeifer
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Ill
Broadway
Winnipeg
Adele
Navy Estimates Drive Increased Funding for Vessels
Commodore Philip Hichborn reports for the Navy showing next year’s appropriations totaling about 5.95 million for new vessels, 1.5 million for general repairs and stores, 528 thousand for Hartford and Chicago work, and 500 thousand for two composite ships. He urges vast drydock capacity and warns that extreme economy harms fleet efficiency.
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Washington
Philip Hichborn
Bureau of Construction and Repair of the Navy
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Hhis
Congreda
Hartford
Chicago
Ated
Eee
Hichborn
Marblehead
Colombia
Olympia
Minneapolis
American Vessel Barrieta Searched by Spanish Authorities
The Brig Barrieta underwent overhaul and weapons were found. Spanish officers forced Captain Miller to remove his illicit chains from below deck. Two youths, Otto pendiger and Gustav Torre, were compelled to leave the island for the United States.
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Miller
Otbda Pendiger
Gustav Torre
United States
Plumbers Move to Increase Wages in Pittsburg
The United States Plumbers Association has sanctioned a wage push in Pittsburg and Allegheny. The union demands a 10 percent raise starting tomorrow at 7 am. Members are instructed to report for work, present demands, and refuse to work if not granted. The 16 percent raise from 1843 is referenced as the target.
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Sassent Potat
Morton
Ebay
Smith
E. Ellery Anderson
Union Pacific Railroad
Congress
Wison
Corea
United States
Pittsburg
United States Plumbers' Association of
Canada
Allegheny
Plumader
Untion
New Machinery for the Erioceen Torpedo Boat
The Iowa from works shipped the torpedo boat Erioceen and a trial trip is planned on Long Island Sound this month if weather allows. A previous trial in fall destroyed a piston rod and killed three men when a cylinder head failed. the defect has now been corrected in the new engine.
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Erioceen
Dubuque
Iowa From Works
Long Island Sound
Dramatized Story Set On Emanuel Church Murders
San Francisco novelty drama by R C White titled The Crime of a Century or the Demon of the Belfry will be staged next Monday despite Judge Murphy’s injunction. White claims the injunction lost force after Frank Durrant’s conviction for Blanche Lamont’s murder and has rewritten scenes to add realism.
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San Francisco
R. C. White
Emanuel Church
Amo
Murphy
White
Blanche Lamont
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