Washington Builds Capitol at Olympia Gifted by Uncle Sam
The state of Washington plans a large capitol complex in Olympia funded by a federal land grant. The Temple of Justice will cost about $800,000, and a grand capitol building is planned to cost around $3,000,000, with the total project near five million dollars at no tax burden to residents.
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Evergreen State
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Columbia
Michael T. Simmons
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Deschutes River
Simmons
Deschutes Falls
Temple of Justice
Grand Capitol
Thurston County Court House
State of
Court House
Changniong
Chingting
Tlen
Mea
Tientsin
England
Oxford
Olympia's Capitol Group Nears Completion and Growth
Olympia prepares for a monumental capitol complex featuring two executive office buildings, a governor’s mansion, and a grand dome. The city envisions water and Main street approaches, a merged court house wing, and a booming port as tidelands fill with manufacturing.
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Governor’s Mansion
Olympia
Capitol
Water’s Edge
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Thirteenth
Fourteenth Streets
Britain and China clash over opium treaty terms
The article notes how England argues China breached the treaty by restricting opium smoking while China says Indian opium sale was not guaranteed. Britain seeks China to buy and resell opium hoarded by merchants, valued at about 60 million dollars, as a state monopoly. The piece also trails a cafe theft incident involving Dr. Peter J. Peel who saw a man who bumped him as he left.
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China
England
John Jordan
Chicago
Peter J. Peel
Olympia as Capital City Foreshadows State House Pride
In the article, Olympia residents express pride that the capital belongs to the city and that its growth mirrors state progress. A legislator remarks that Olympia is a capital capital, reflecting a long‑standing push by progressive citizens to make the capital more inviting to the state.
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Olympia
Prince Changmong Siay Lee seeks reform and education in China
A Manchu prince who survived a spring flood in China reports his plan to study American farming and manufacturing, then return to organize Chinese society. He aims to educate, build schools and presses, start a daily paper, and later establish factories with workers trained to earn a living.
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Changmong Siay Lee
United States
East
New Republic
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Prince Changmong
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