24 Dec 1888
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1888
Page
1
The fragment references recurring Monday meetings at Eton with T. M. Horn as secretary and monthly all-day sessions at the Masonic Temple starting seven o clock. It hints at attendees Habre So and HA. ML, with limited legible details.
Reports from Chicago New York San Francisco and Liverpool show weak or dull wheat trading with December and January futures mainly flat or down. Portland theater notes recount a Carleton Opera Company engagement interrupted by Drew’s absence and a festive poultry display amid city life while warning about gambling dens and moral concerns.
Kilrain via a New York contact deposits cash with the Clipper to back a Sullivan bout for 10 000 a side and the world championship. Kilrain states he is prepared to meet Sullivan anywhere outside U S jurisdiction for the prize and belt.
Health authorities quarantine a ship after smallpox strikes aboard the Chateau Lafitte carrying immigrants from Bordeaux to Swinbort Leland. Hippolyte Capture reports insurgent victory near Port au Prince with Kilrain and Mitchell sparring disputes ending in police actions and casino license threats. A Missoula hotel burns with two fatalities attributed to a lamp explosion.
Foreign dispatches describe Formosa unrest ended but public unease persists amid Kumwers revival rumors. China sees regionwide tension with fragile negotiations and flood damage in Japan near Pike village, plus a major fire with subsequent rains and drowned man.
State and coast notices recount the wreck of the schooner Mendovine near Humboldt and its loss of cargo, with officers saved and two salvage attempts. May Bragg is noted for the engineer's death. A separate item reports a domestic tragedy in Coyron, Cal, where a house fire follows a claim of family distress, and a Tacoma drowning involving Captain Thos Johnson of Hip Van Winkle after a fall from a gangplank. Other local lines mention property transfer and a sales notice, with brief social curiosities and community life notes.
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