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Newspaper
Chehalis Bee
Location
Chehalis, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1898
Page
11
The Fifth Washington Legislature adjourned sine die after a long day of conference committees on freight rate reductions and the general appropriation bill. Debates stretched past midnight with lobbies cleared. many measures passed include tax and road funding, municipal reform, water works powers, and new state governance rules.
A Southern Railway passenger train wreck near Rome Georgia on March 16 injures about sixty passengers. The Pullman sleeper and coach stay on track while freight cars and the engine plunge forty feet into the river as the trestle collapses after heavy rain. Fire department and locals rescue victims. engineer Pitman survives with a broken leg after clinging to the engine and falling into the river.
Sacramento March 16 The Bee closes its series claiming Carl von Arnold a Chicago saloonkeeper is moving to Sacramento to run a gambling den concert hall and start a daily paper with 50000 funded by him. The paper claims evidence shows trustees conspired to shield him and reveals von Arnold as a Bee detective testifying before a grand jury.
The article outlines Democratic opposition to the tariff bill and Republican plans to advance it. It notes expected import increases before enactment, projected revenue shortfalls after implementation, and the need for finance committee amendments. It discusses possible delays, minor concessions, and efforts to bring the measure to the Senate quickly.
A roundup of enacted measures includes debt payment reform for decedents, mortgage assignment and cancellation rules, reduced penitentiary salaries, rape law updates, coroner duties, liquor protections, a sugar bounty, street notice sales without foreclosure, bid bond remedies, prior liens for workers, insolvent insurer distributions, cemetery incorporation, electric wiring protections, currency-only debts, trade mark protections, anti-option foreclosure limits, exemptions for householders up to 1400, heirs’ rights to exempt property, woman suffrage amendment submission, lands abutting purchase rights, admission of attorneys, revised motions and orders, attorney removal rules, divorce advertising ban, ballast discharge limits, six-year judgment liens expiry, and a new revenue and taxation framework.
In Birmingham on March 16 a burglary by Will Hunter and a police pursuit led to a fatal shot wound to Hunter and to officer Priceman Perdue being struck in the jaw. A bystander child Myrtle Boland was killed by a stray shot as a mob clash erupted between white and black residents leaving about a dozen hurt.
Governor Rogers vetoes a total of 113,250 in appropriations for Cheney normal school 25,650 and New Whatcom 1 grial school 87,600 after reviewing the general appropriation bill. He issued a formal statement outlining his reasons.
The governor approved eight bills including acts on assignments and satisfactions of judgments, state secretary fees by corporations, dissolution of certain municipal corporations, reservations of highway portions for bicycles and four passengers, and game animal protection with penalties. A provision fining sporting club members was vetoed.
Washington reports that the patent convention with Japan has entered into force after exchange of ratifications in Tokyo on March 8. American manufacturers may patent their inventions in Japan under U S law, enabling rights protection for their wares.
The Neely cotton plantation levee near Memphis has broken under the water rush. One thousand acres around Memphis are submerged and the bar. Two side-wheelers announce excursions into Eastern Arkansas to view the flooded region fifty miles west of Memphis.
John I Sullivan was hanged in Dorchester New Brunswick for the September 11 1896 murder of Mrs Elisa Dutcher and her 6 year old son at Meadowbrook. The robber entered the tavern to rob killed the woman with an ax then attacked the child and set the house on fire before fleeing. Neighbors rescued the girl and rescuers found the charred remains of the others.
A special dispatch from Mexico City notes multiple epidemics sweeping the country with scarlet fever in Vera Cruz and a virulent typhoid outbreak nearby. Gulf cities report similar illnesses and doctors warn of yellow fever precursors as authorities brace for further spread. In New York a man jailed for robbery and assault receives a twenty year term at Sing Sing. A Virginia woman named Susass Smith is elected sheriff.
March discussions show Republicans and Democrats agreeing that governors appointing men to vacancies will face Senate delays or rejection. Appointments from legislatures that failed to elect may leave states underrepresented as debates drag on. Nervous previews suggest governors’ choices may not be admitted to discuss cases.
March 15 Roseburg Oregon reports Medley’s grocery in Oakland entered last night. Safe blown open with dynamite. Money drawer broken. Between 75 and 100 dollars plus Woodmen records stolen. Expert job with wrench and bits used. Front door pried with tools from blacksmith shop. Suspect described as man seen near Oakland after dark. age unknown.
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