Lemon Claims Prompt Map Purchase by City Council
City Council approved paying Mr. Lemon for maps and the costs of drawings by Mr. Hooper on sewer and Westside roadway plans. The council also considered ownership of the maps and allowed reimbursement to Lemon. An attorney opinion followed on rebating taxes for Providence academy and Olympia Collegiate Institute, concluding rebates are not permissible.
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Lemon
Chas. W. Hooper
Lennon
O’brien
Open Council
Silas Wentz
Sixth Street
Central
Teuben
Wentz
Frisch
Committee On Judiciary
E. M. Gale
Main Street
M. L. Aldridge
Paul H. Neuffer
George Messegee
Messegee
Sisters of Charity of Providence Academy
Ways and Means Committee
Geo. L. Sickels
William
Ayer
Cora R. Atwell
Hazard Stevens
Franklin Street
Seventeenth
Maple Park
Mr. Stevens
Martin Scully
Swan Street
Union Pacific
Judiciary Committee
Robert Graham
George Scofield
Henry Mallory
Boundary
Eastside
J. N. Ritchie
Fourth
Spring
Robert Whitham
Good Templars’ Hall
Tullis
Fourth Street
Second
Washington
Round Table Society
Columbia Hall
French Panama Canal Frauds Arrests Startled Paris
Paris reports Charles De Lesseps Marius Fortune and M Sanleroy arrested by Justice Minister Bourgeois over Panama canal swindle. Henri Cotter fled to Vienna. Sanleroy accused of taking a deputy bribe. Authorities searched residences seizing documents, sparking nationwide shock and debate over republican integrity.
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Paris
Charles de Lesseps
Marius Fortune
M. Sanleroy
Bourgeois
Panama Canal
Henri Cotter
Vienna
Sanleroy
Chamber of Deputies
de Lesseps
Fontaine
Cotter
Lanteroy
Panama
Republic
France
Kill Them All How the President of Hayti Fixed His Suspected Enemies
A New York report recounts an assassination attempt on Hayti President Hippolyte. A guard was stabbed, the attacker shot after capture, and six guards executed for lax security. A son of Hippolyte spared the lieutenant, amid claims of conspiracy and rival factions. Other items note arrests in San Francisco, a British envoy credentialing in China, and deaths of public figures, plus a mob vigilante killing in Tennessee.
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Hayti
New York
W. A. Griffin
Clarence B. Riker
Adirondack
Kingston
Jamaica
Hppolyte
Hippolyte
Hiplyte
Aaha
Hppelyte
Blalock resigns Washington World's Fair post
Dr. N G Blalock resigns as executive commissioner of the Washington World's Fair Commission. G W Calhoun elected his successor. Meany remains press agent. resolutions praise Blalock. Also notes rail, steamer and city notices in Tacoma and Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Tacoma
N. G. Blalock
World's Fair Commission
Edmund 8. Meany
Seattle
Blalock
Fidelity Trust Company
P. C. Kaufman
B. Conover
Thomas H. Cavanaugh
W. L. la Follette
Percy Rochester
L. R. Grimes
G. V. Calhoun
Meany
Washington World’s Fair Commission
G. W. Calhoun
A. R. Link
Linus E. Post
Post
Pacific Avenue
South Bend
Northern Pacific
Olympia
Umatilla
Whatcom
Port Townsend
San Francisco
Pacific Navigation Company
Henry Bailey
Skagit
State of Washington
James M. Ashton
Pompee
Bowers
Onatho EL
RCM
Henry L. Yesler
Mattia Leoni
Speaker bid echoes in editorials and legal seats
Editor urges bid for speaker as Tenino notes for January seating. Judge Allyn orders county officers to take seats on the second Monday in January. Washington caucus weighs western senatorial contests and authorizes a committee to study potential interference by the party Senate group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Tacoma
Allyn
Superior Court
West
Washington
Hawley
Connecticut
Sherman
Democratic Caucus Committee
Government backs Boisserin step on Panama inquiry
December 16 Paris reports Bourgeois, justice minister, to present Boisserin’s motion to endow the Panama investigation with judicial powers. In the chamber, Brisson pushes for full powers while Ribot and Bourgeois defend the move. the government wins 424 to 122 after a division. Berli Reichstag adjourns Berlin bill on immorality to a committee and adjourns to January 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers of Deputies
Paris
Bourgeois
Chamber of Deputies
Boisserin
Panama
Boisserins
Berli
Berlin
Reichstag
Woman Beaten to Death in Guatemala City Plaza
Press reports Senora Norriaga was arrested in Leon San Jose de Guatemala and taken to Guatemala city where she was beaten to death with rods in the plaza before the prison. She supported Salvador in 1890. Also noted, the French vessel Leaparece wrecked off Guernsey with all crew drowned.
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City of
Mexico
Leon
San Jose de Guatemala
Senora Norriaga
Salvador
Guatemala City
Leaparece
Guernsey
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Ss. St. Brookes
Crockery and Glassware Store
Tacoma, Wash
QO. R. Simenson
Chilberg
Melton and Kersey
Chinchilli
Melton
Chinchilli and
Kersey
IL Beyoudi Main
the Furnisher and Clothier
E. C. Bickford & CO
Columbia
Northwest
Pacific Ave
Russell
Main St
Gho. A. Mottman
J. N. Squires
California Grocery
the State Printing and Publishing Company
Olympia Washington
United States
Ohio Rubber CO
Ladies Relief Society
Wir
de Melas
Giyssp Ribune Iy Cic
Nsg
Ccseones
Muunes Agent Company
Al's
Marr & Rods
Eeess Rees
WA Weller
DSS
Aice
Andrew Hunter
Hans Ance
Mound Tariede
Olympia Persene
Hartsock
Aes Ines Eed
Pn Camster
Saseine Company
L Branson & Co
Déomcaderess
Pepsi Dent
Deesseees
Sewef
Sackeas
Sayidge
Eire Seapets
Maggie Bur
Eowneli
Doungaunedg
Total
Frange
Carcano
Louis B. Hagenow
Andrew Anderson
Hagenow
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
China
Tien Tsin
O’conner
O’connor
Sving
Curiaco
Randall Gibson
Louisiana
Hot Springs
Leopold Morse
Massachusetts
Boston
Henry L. Hallett
Blaine
Nashville
Tenn
Bellevue
Here
Emma O’brien
Dr. Blalock
The
World’s Fair Commission
Mentzer
Tenino
Tucoporr F
Tenino, Wash
U. K
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