Cline Dispensary Bill Blocked In Senate Amid Maneuvering
State senate actions on Friday derailed the Cline dispensary bill as opponents secured a table motion after a prearranged report swap. A substitute bill to submit the issue to a general election was pursued, while other measures including highway and land acts advanced in the House and Senate.
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Cline
Senate
Public Morals Committee
van Patten
van Patton
Plummer
Friends of the Cline
ZACATEGAS MINE DISASTER CLAIMS THREE BOYS
A Turmoil of reports details a mine disaster near Zacatecas with three boys drowned and 70 miners feared dead. The event sparks mourning in the city as officials confirm fatalities and a rescue effort unfolds.
Turner railroad commission bill faces defeat in house
In Friday actions the house failed to reconsider the indefinite postponement of the Turner measure. A roll call ended 46 negative to 30 affirmative with two absent. Senators likely to take up next week. Several bills passed or moved to third reading, including railway tideland purchase and various county and legal reforms.
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Friends of the Turner Railroad Commission
J. M. Edwards
Jory
Yakima
Day
Pierce
Senate
House
Crawford
Congress
Clearwater River
Hansen
Nelson
Way
Bush
C. P
Phelps
Mareus
Stevens County
Marble Mount
Skagit County
Irwin
Carr
Wenatchee
Twisp River
Okanogan County
Moore
Ilwaco Railway & Navigation Company
Thys
Iwaco
Hargrave
Baker
Winsor
Williams
Warner
Couch
Rader
Thacker
Guie
Marshall
Louise Croy
Governor's notice on trans-Mississippi delegation visit
A message from the governor announced a delegation from the trans-Mississippi Congress would be in Olympia and urged a special joint meeting of the legislature at 7 o'clock.
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trans-Mississippi
Oympia
Senate approves anti deficiency bill and more measures
The senate full session finally passed Crow’s anti deficiency bill after a heated debate. It also approved Warburton and Easterday measures on insurance, probate proceedings, and a pension deposit plan, plus McAtee’s game protection bill with licensing for hunters and an exception for prospectors. A salary reduction bill, amended to pursue a constitutional change, sailed 55 to 18 after prior defeat. A standing committee was named to prioritize pending bills. De Matius’ tax rebate and penalties bill advanced to third reading.
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Senate
Lesh
Board of Forest Commissioners
Warburton
Board of Trustees
Cole
Crow
Judiciary Committee
McAtee
Witt
Lusher
Geraghty
Warner
Baker, Roberts
Railroad Commission Bill Killed In House Vote
The house indefinitely postponed Turner's railroad commission bill by 836 to 35 amid a brief debate led by Williams an anti-Turner figure. Proponents included Roberts Geraghty and others. With seven members absent a reconsideration is expected and a new fight possible.
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Railroad Commission
House
Turner
Williams
Roberts
Geraghty
Senate Passes Hills Bill for Woman Suffrage Amendment
The senate approved Hills' constitutional amendment to grant women the elective franchise. The measure, set for a November 1898 general election vote, passed with 23 ayes and 11 nays after Benator Hill's advocacy. A large, largely female crowd attended the debate, applauding witty remarks by supporters.
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Senate
Hills
House
Benator Hill
Deckenbach
Senate approves pension, voter registration, and incorporation bills
The senate passed a memorial favoring pensions for Indian war veterans and Land's bill for registering male and female voters in school elections. De Mattus' bill raising secretary of state filing fees to 25 dollars plus a penny per thousand of capitalization aims to regulate corporations.
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Joint Memorial
Land's House
Senate
de Mattus
Secretary of State
Capitol Foundation Labor Relief Act Drafted
A set of house measures includes relief for workers on the capitol foundation and provisions related to improvements and utilities. Names cited include Hansen Thacker and Wolf in various labor and furnishing contexts.
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Letrave
Capitol Foundation
Hansen
Way
Thacker
Wolf
KILLED BY INCHES ON MYSTIC FIRE BOAT
Seattle March 2 Albert Thompson a fireman on the tag Mystic was killed when he slipped from a platform into the crankpit six feet below and became entangled by revolving cranks. The throttle was nearly closed but the engine stopped only after ten minutes of struggle. He died a few moments later. A surgeon cut off the remaining leg after the other was severed.
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Seattle
Wash
Albert Thompson
Thompson
Criea
Fire at Gould Match Factory in Passaic Extinguished by Workers
A fire at the Gould match factory in Passaic New Jersey was put out by 800 employees without a fire department alarm. The blaze appeared to originate in multiple cellar spots and workers used building bells to summon everyone. No insurance coverage, modern fire appliances present, and some discharged Koine workers rumored to threaten arson, raising suspicions of criminal action.
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New York
Big Gould
Passiac
N.J
Bella
Tragedy in Wyoming: Hogg and Eissel Frozen to Death
A Rawlins Wyoming special reports that a searching party found Thomas Hogg and a half breed named Eissel fourteen miles from Rawlins. They were discovered side by side having frozen to death after going missing since Saturday.
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Salt Lake
the Tribune
Rawlins
Wyo
Sage
Thomas Hogg
Eissel
Miners Deny Rush to Ramsbury as Idle Workmen Reported
William Polazki returned from Ramsbury to Cal March 2 and says stories of new mines there are greatly exaggerated. He reports hundreds of idle men and no clear plan for shelter or work, warning other workers not to go there.
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Ran Jose
Cal
William Polazki
Ramsbury
Tragic Ambush in Dear Trail Gulch Claims Two Yount Men
A Tribune report from Maryov to Utah details that Charles Woling and Carl Peterson were killed by a wildfire that swept through their cabin in Dear Trail Gulch. The men had gone into the gulch about ten days earlier.
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the Tribune
Maryov
Utah
Charles Woling
Carl Peterson
Wesas
Dear ‘Trail Gulch
Enewelide Hich
A Corner in Wool Sparks U S Market Tactics
A Boston special reports a large wool corner forming in Chicago amid expected tariff changes. A syndicate plans to buy European wool, with 16,000 bales already secured overseas and $5,000,000 wired to London brokers as 3,000,000 bales or 600,000,000 pounds of wool are forecast to enter the United States before duties take effect.
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Chicago
Boston
London
Hamburg
Tte
London Agefitas
Burglary Game Ends in Death of Man in Cal
Margiare Petaluma Cal March 2 Tarle Temple 14 son of C Temple a hardware dealer and Henry Gerkens 19 son of J H L Gerkens proprietor of the Western hotel played burglars in Temple's attire Temple snapped a revolver that exploded the bullet piercing Gerkens heart killing him instantly
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Margiare
Petaluma
Cal
Tarle Temple
C. Temple
Henry Gerkens
J. H. L. Gerkens
Western Hotel
Temple
Young Temple
Young Gerken
Conspiracy Indictments Against City Waterworks Figures
Louisville March 2 The circuit court jury adjourned after returning indictments against banker McKnight of the wrecked German National Bank Sterling Edmonds and seven board members for conspiracy to defraud the city in selling the Waterworks valued at around 10 000 dollars.
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Louisville
Circuit Brand
McKnight
German National Bank
Sterling Edmonds
Allerren
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