Cline Dispensary Bill Defeated in Senate Action
Washington legislature turmoil as the Cline dispensary bill is laid on the table after a prearranged compromise on a substitute measure to submit the question to voters. In the House a Turner railroad commission bill fight and multiple measures pass or advance, including a harbor and land bills.
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Public Morals Committee
van Patten
van Patton
Plummer
Friends of
Marquie de Palmerola Attacks General Lee in Havana Palace
A Havana palace incident unfolds as the Marquis de Palmerola assaults General Lee in the presence of reporters after censorship blocked the dispatch. The Marquis labels Lee a liar imposter and rebel, highlighting tensions between the elite and press amid political censorship.
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New York
Adiapatch
Herald
Havana
Marquis de Palmerola
General Lee
Palace
Scott
Pahoerola
Lee
Three youths lost at sea during daring rescue attempt
A shorefront incident recalls three boys clinging to a boat as breakers swept them from the bar. A steamer and rescuers pursued, but only one youth survived the peril while the others perished, leaving families and a city in mourning.
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Elmore
The
Tay
Governor Announces Trans-Mississippi Delegation Visit
A message from the governor informs the legislature that a delegation from the Trans-Mississippi Constesa will be in Olympia and requests a special joint meeting of the legislature at seven o'clock.
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trans-Mississippi
Constesa
Olympia
Senate Passes Anti-Deficiency Bill and Related Measures
The Senate approved Crow’s anti-deficiency bill after a lengthy debate. It also passed Warburton’s insurance payment mandate for losses, the charitable institutions entries for veterans’ home, and pension allocations. Easterday probate reform and McAtee’s game protection bill also cleared, with licensing for sportsmen set at $5 annually and a provision for prospectors to hunt on public land for personal use.
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Crow
Warburton
McAtee
Statehouse salary bill sparks heated debate and passage
In a Tuesday house session a constitutional amendment bill to cut state officers salaries by about half and reduce legislator per diem and mileage failed 49 to 20 earlier, then revived after reconsideration. The measure, with Lusher Geraghty Warner Witt involved, passed 55 to 18. A sitting committee led by Baker Warner Witt Pierson De Mattos Powell and Burh will fast track bills. De Matto’s tax rebate and delinquent tax penalties bill also passed to third reading.
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Friends of the Turner Railroad Commission
House
J. M. Edwards
Jory
Yakima
Day
Pierce
Senate
Crawford
Congress
Clearwater River
Hansen
Nelson
Way
Bush
C. P
Phelps
Marcus
Stevens County
Marble Mount
Skagit County
Irwin
Carr
Wenatchee
Twisp River
Okanogan County
Moore
Ilwaco Railway & Navigation Company
Hwaco
Hargrave
Baker
Winsor
Williams
Warner
Couch
Rader
Thacker
Guie
Marshall
Louise Croy
Witt
Lusher
Geraghty
Baker, Roberts, Warner, Witt, Pierson
de Mattos
Powell
C. P. Burh
de Matto
Railroad Commission Bill Killed In House Vote
The house indefinitely postponed Turner's railroad commission bill by 36 to 35. The debate lasted about an hour with Williams leading the anti Turner opposition and Roberts Geraghty supporting. Because of the narrow margin and seven absences, a reconsideration is expected and another clash likely.
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Railroad Commission
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Roberts
Geraghty
Senate passes Hills bill on woman suffrage amendment
The senate approved Hills bill to amend the constitution to grant women the elective franchise with the vote set for November 1898. A large audience of women attended, applauding speakers as the measure moved toward expected house substitution and final passage. The tally was 23 ayes to 11 noes, with Deckenbach switching from no to aye to seek a reconsideration.
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Hills
House
Hill
Deckenbach
Senate passes pension memorial and voter registration bill
The senate approved a joint memorial favoring pensions for Indian war veterans and Land's house bill registering male and female voters in school elections. De Mattos' bill increasing secretary of state filing fees for articles of incorporation also passed, setting a $25 base fee plus charges per $1,000 of capitalization aimed at mining corporations.
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Joint Memorial
Land's House
Senate
de Mattos
Secretary of State
Legislative summaries of 19th century municipal bills
A list of proposed measures includes Struve relief for a person on the Capitol Foundation, Hansen restricting fortune telling and clairvoyance, Way authorizing bonds for local improvements, Thacker relating to furnishing water gas and light, and Wolf addressing laborers liens in unspecified sessions.
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Personn
Libur
Capitol Foundation
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Way
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Thacker
Wolf
Killed by Inches on Tug Mystic in Seattle
Albert Thompson, a fireman aboard the tug Mystic, fell from a platform into the crankpit as the boat eased from shore. His legs were drawn into the revolving cranks, one leg freed after half an hour, the other amputated. he died minutes later as surgeons struggled to release him.
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Seattle
Wash
Albert Thompson
Mystic
Thompson
Fire at Gould match factory stifled by 800 workers
A blaze at the Gould match factory in Pussiac New Jersey was contained by 800 employees without fire department aid. No insurance covered the mill and workers fear arson after fire appeared in multiple cellar locations, with some discharged workers suspected.
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New York
Gould
Pussiac
N. J
Fie
Two Missing Men Found Frozen Near Rawlins
A searching party from Rawlins, Wyoming, found Thomas Hogg and a half-breed named Eissel fourteen miles from the city. Both men were found dead, frozen where they lay. The discovery ends a missing persons case that began Saturday.
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Lere Prazen
Salt Lake
the Tribune
Rawlins
Wyo
Jook
Thomas Hogg
Eissel
Exaggerated Mines Report Warns Workers
William Polaski, a returning worker from Kantlebury, says claims of new mines are greatly exaggerated. He reports hundreds of idle men, no sleep plan, and little food, warning laborers not to hurry there.
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San Jose
Cal
Willam Polaski
Kantlebury
Fatality in Deer Trail Gulch Tragedy
A Tribune report from Utah states Charles Woolley and Carl Peteregn were killed in Deer Trail gulch when an enowelide swept away their cabin. The men were believed to have been in the gulch about ten days ago.
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Salt Lake
Tribune
Muarveysi
Utah
Charles Woolley
Carl Peteregn
Wool Syndicate Expands to Bring Wool into Country
A wool syndicate in New York raised funds and plans to import up to 1,000,000 bales weighing about 600 million pounds of Australian and South American wool. Buyers have already purchased 16,000 bales and more are slated as the duty timeline approaches. The syndicate sent $5,000,000 to its London agents recently.
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Hamberg
London
Tragedy in Temple Store Shoots Two Men
In Petaluma California on March 2 Phig Temple aged 16 son of hardware dealer C Temple and Henry Gerken aged 19 son of J B proprietor of the Western hotel played with a revolver in Temple's store. The weapon fired wounding Gerken fatally.
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Cal
Phig Ternoon Furle Temple
C. Temple
Henry Gerhens
J.B. L
Westerm Hotel
Varglam
Temple
Young Temple
Young Gerken
Ble
Bankers and aldermen charged in waterworks sale conspiracy
Louisville March 3 The circuit grand jury returned indictments charging Banker McKnight of the wrecked German National Bank Sterling Ejimands and seven city aldermen with conspiracy to defraud the city in approving a waterworks sale resolution. The property valued at 0,000,000 is cited in the charges.
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Circuit Grand
McKnight
German National Bank
Sterling Ejimands
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