Arrest in murder case shocks Cranberry district
The body of Louis Stark, a mulatto rancher, was found near the Nanaimo River Falls on February 27, 1895. Ephraim Hodgson reported the discovery, noting injuries and a missing lamp. Hodgson was arrested at the N. and N. Extension mine and remanded until the 20th for further evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Stark
Nanaimo River Falls
Cranberry District
Ephraim Hodgson
Todgson
I. McFarland
McLean
Hodgson
N. & N. Extension
McFarlane
Sockeye Salmon Run Draws High Catches at River Mouth
Salmon fishers report boats averaging 125 to 150 fish near the river mouth with some hauls up to 400. In Blaine officials say 122000 sockeyes were brought to canneries from Jan 1 to Jan 7, totaling 277000 and valued around 48000 dollars. Downriver catches run about 75 per boat, while canneries see glut and price drops to 10c or even 5c per fish.
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Blaine
Malcom & Windsor
Steveston
Anti Chinese Committee Forms in City District
An executive group appointed at a mass meeting at the Opera House organized an anti Chinese campaign. The called meeting in the Council chamber elected Mayor Davison as Chairman, Ralph Smith as Secretary, Arthur Wilson as Treasurer, with a Finance Committee of Young Wilson and Stevyensen. The secretary was asked to delay circulating petitions to the Dominion Government until Nanaimo and Victoria can discuss the preamble. The meeting adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Council Chamber
Davison
A. Wilson
R. Duggan
Thos. Keith
C. Wilson
M. Woodburn
Jas. Young
W. W. Walkem
M.P.P
Tully Boyce
Ralph Smith
H. Carroll
Arthur Wilson
Jas, Young
C. E. Stevyensen
Vancouver
Nanaimo
Victoria
San Francisco Coal Market and Local Notes 1896
Report on San Francisco coal receipts for the first seven months of 1896, noting 721 300 tons vs 765 700 year prior, with Newcastle strike settled and cheaper Australian coal. Pacific Mail ships source coal from Nanaimo for Guatemala and China routes. English anthracite also offered low rates. Also includes a local political letter on Dr Walkem’s constituents and a burn accident on Nelson Island, plus a plea to avoid health experiments and Hood’s Sarsaparilla advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Steuart
Lever
Newcastle
New South Wales
Pacific Mail Company
Honolulu
Artes
Nanaimo
San Mateo
Guatemala
Notable World News and Local Heat Wave Updates
Mr Costigan to attend the Irish National convention in Dublin on September 1. Senator Squire of Washington State endorses Bryan and free silver in a constituent letter. A London commission reports against compulsory vaccination in England. Li Hung Chang will travel via Canada home, with government transportation. The St Paul runs aground near Moss Beach in fog. all 40 passengers are safe. Queen Victoria thanks the nation but asks celebrations wait until sixty years of reign. A W Pile is found dead in Washington amid foul play suspicions. New York heat deaths exceed previous records. Jersey City Newark Staten Island Paterson and other areas report high fatalities and prostrations. Li Hung Chang notes bi metallic question must be settled by silver consuming nations. Europe’s approval is pivotal.
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Costigan
Dublin
Squire
Washington State
Bryan
London Daily News
England
London Chronicle
Russia
Armenia
Crete
Europe
Li Hung Chang
Canada
Dominion
Pacific Coast Steamship Co
St. Paul
San Francisco
Moss Beach
Queen Victoria
A. W. Pile
California
Silver Commission
Washington
Aqueduct Bridge
Pile
New York
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Staten Island
Newark
Long Island City
Paterson
Hackensack
Passaic
Hoboken
the Times
Bank of England
China
Japan
America
Campaign of Destruction Around Havana Aug 7
In a collision between mixed passenger trains near Havana an engine is smashed, several cars damaged and two passengers seriously injured. Insurgents burn tobacco fields at Union de Ris and Fumenito, plus La Carlotta and Alfonso XII plantations in Matanzas. seventeen horses destroyed. damage estimated at $600,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
la Rosita
Fumenito
Union de Ries
la Carlotta
Alfonso XII
Matanzas
Fire Devastates Buckingham Ross Bros Mills
Ross Bros lumber mills at Buckingham were destroyed by a blaze on Aug 10 causing an estimated loss of 50 000 to 75 000 dollars insured. About 850 workers are left unemployed. In Halifax on Aug 10 a store under the Globe hotel suffered a smoke tied scare with two hotel boarders and a servant girl evacuated. In St Petersburg on Aug 10 talks among Rostovsky and other officials led to continuing the Behring Sea protection agreement of 1898 and pledges to safeguard trade and seal interests.
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Buckingham
Ross Bros
Halifax
Globe Hotel
St. Petersburg
Prince Labanoff Rostovsky
Hat
United States
Great Britain
Japan
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British Columbia
Okell & Morris
R. J. Wenborn
Hemans & Wamsley
Commbergiat
Svet
ORR & Rendell
Woner
Cwi
Ore Ky
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Liberal Party
Messrs. Prior
Earle
Liberal
Ottawa
Skunloops Sentinel
Willapa
Alaska
Roberts
Captain Roberts
Wheeling
Winnipeg Free Press
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Mir Laurier
Folsom State Prison
Indiana
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Bloomington
Ind
Nettie Chrisman
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James H. Barry
the Star
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Barry
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Pope
Manitoba
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