Carter Harrison Elected Chicago Mayor In Surprise Victory
News wires report Carter Harrison wins the Chicago mayoralty. Other items note Theodore Roosevelt named assistant secretary of the navy, J B Catron appointed warden at Walla Walla, and Crete autonomy talks amid broader foreign developments.
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State of Washington
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Walla Walla
Rivera not to be shot Spanish minister says
Spanish minister reports General Rivera wounded near Havana is not in serious condition and neither the Spanish government nor Weyler contemplated his execution. Rivera remains at San Cristobal recovering, likely to be held as a prisoner of war if tried. A rumor claimed Rivera was freed after a train attack on the way to Havana.
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Bryan Injured as Piazza Collapses in St Augustine
In St Augustine Florida on April 12 Hon William Jennings Bryan was injured when the piazza collapsed during his talk about 3 000 people gathered at the San Marco hotel. He was carried to a physician's office unconscious but was found to have no serious injuries. The reception was abandoned. The crowd was shocked as a forty foot section of the piazza fell and dropped about twenty feet.
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Navy receives only irregular bid for 8000 tons armor
The navy department got a single irregular bid from Illinois Steel Co of Chicago for 8000 tons of armor at 260 dollars a ton with a 20 year supply contract and 240 dollars for remaining armor paid in gold. An alternative plan would have the government build an armor plant with Illinois steel supply. No award. matter may go to Congress. Havana contract aims to improve city sanitation at about 15 million dollars. Work to start next winter with 4000 to 6000 workers. bonds total 12 million. approval pending from Captain-General Weyler.
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Oakland Mail Carriers to Ride Wheels in City Delivery
Oakland's Fifteenth Street post office will house a new cycling club for mail carriers. Wheels replace horses as delivery shifts shorten and routes may expand, improving mail distribution and extending coverage beyond central city areas.
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Palmer verdict in libel suit linked to land deal
In Canton a jury awarded Tyndale Palmer $1.50 in a libel suit against the Evening Repository. Palmer had sought $50,000 over a press dispatch tied to a land deal. The case is among many similar actions against newspapers. President McKinley is listed as a stockholder. In San Francisco Durrant’s lawyers ask for a writ of error as the appeal proceeds. Eagles pair for life and may reuse nests for years.
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Sealing dispute with Britain threatens entanglement
Washington reports show ex-Secretaries Foster and Hamlin aiding negotiations with Great Britain over Behring Sea fisheries. Olney cites alarming seal mortality and vessel searches, warning of possible entanglement unless the issue is settled before May end.
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Pruning the Tems Senate Tariff Bill Progress
Washington April 12 Republicans on the Senate finance sub committee push back the tariff bill timeline keeping wool sugar hides coal lead ore lumber and other key topics for later. They report progress on chemicals and cottons with many smaller items decided and substantial reductions likely despite pressure from interested senators.
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Greek Bands Cross Into Turkey Near Gerono
April 12 Elassona Greece reports bands of Greek irregulars entered Turkey at Krania near Gerono. Turkish troops engage the fighters since dawn with dispatches saying Fadhim Pasha orders readiness for a large advance. The Greek presence and uniforms are unclear but officials fear a broader Turkish push if regiments appear.
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State lands withdrawn from sale by land board
Olympia April 12 The board of state land commissioners withdraws all state granted school and public lands from sale and rejects new purchase applications. Deposits already received are returned. Timber and rights under existing prior purchase law are exempt. Lands may be leased to permanent occupants to extent allowed by law.
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Northwest Briefs Highlight Oregon County News
Baker City sees building boom while Sherman County pays full 1896 tax into state treasury. Harney County horses endure winter with good condition. Linn County reports 7,210 youths 4 to 20, plus male predominance. Curry County shows school-age gain of six. Lane County hop yards suffer wet weather delaying cultivation. Umatilla County sheriff sues on allowable expenses across grand salary law. Douglas County builds a 200 pound daily cheese factory on Roberts Hill. Goodale Lumber Co. to ship 5,000,000 feet of bridge timber to Mexico. Empire Coos County accident injures two children. Albany liveryman notes no young Linn County horses, plans to ship thoroughbreds to Crook County.
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Sheep to Shear 50,000 at Wallula and Northern Industry Notes
News briefs report vast sheep drives to Wallula for shearing as grass grows in Coulee City ranges for cattle. A Port Angeles cultivator tests Eastern oyster farming in Washington harbor Sequim Bay. Everett hosts 32 mining firms plus Monte Cristo properties. Auditor in Kittitas County notes 340.46 in Jews for a month. Port Townsend fights a “seorcher” case while city cops enforce sidewalk bicycle bans. Wenatchee Power Co. leverages river head to build a ditch wall 1,800 feet long. Pullman’s Professor Spillman sees 800 creameries possible to supply Washington dairy markets. Secretary Cass says Skagit prune trees fared only slightly damaged by January freeze. Walla Walla prepares a $1,000 nucleus for a city library. funds advance with $550 in Farmers’ Savings and $900 raised by local women.
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Senate protests Cuba action reach Washington fade
Senate protest against Spanish Cuban actions reaches the State Department via the White House and Secretary Sherman but is viewed as declaratory and unlikely to prompt a protest to Spain as Rivera’s fate remains uncertain and no shooting is expected. Secretary Long moves to secure a ship to aid Indian relief under a humanitarian act, as no naval ship is available. In San Diego a boiler room alcohol poisoning incident kills one tailor and injures others aboard the cruiser Philadelphia. Boston notes foreign wood receipts at 40,000 bales this week, a record.
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Flood Scare Eases as Mississippi Flows Slow
Memphis reports that despite high winds and rain the flood district shows no worse condition. Water from five crevasses pours toward the Mississippi twelve miles north of Vicksburg and moves south with force. Refugees rise in Helena as the Sunflower river swells. levees along the Mississippi front hold at Greenville while trains resume regular service.
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Postal Congress to Convene in Washington May 5
The Post Office Department has leased the old Corcoran gallery at Fourteenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue for the Postal Congress to assemble May 5. The union omits only the Chinese empire, Corea and the Orange Free State, which are expected to join. Delegates from each nation may be many, one vote per nation, sessions closed, proceedings in French.
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Cyclone Rips Dale County Leaving Wreck and One Fatality
A Dale county cyclone struck last night causing widespread destruction. Mrs Powers died when timber collapsed on her home. other family members were rescued. Farmers suffer as crops and belongings are ruined. Olark citizens dispatch wagonloads of relief supplies.
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Marblehead Sailors Drowned in Key West Accident
Three sailors were swept into the sea when a davit broke while lowering a boat from the cruiser Marblehead at Key West. Two were drowned.
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Key West
Colfax Sheriff hunts woman horse thief and arsonist
Colfax Washington April 12 The sheriff is combing the countryside for a female horse thief and arsonist named Mrs Jane McDonald aged 50 She fled from the poor farm and returned to Sunset a former family haunt She is reported to have set fire to two hay stacks belonging to farmers she believed had wronged her or her children Later she stole a horse from Farmer Elder and fled
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