05 Feb 1892
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Newspaper
Olympia Tribune
Location
Olympia, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1892
Page
1
Travel routes and train times listed for Portland to Ta coma and Seattle with connections to Tacoma Chehalis Gate City and Port Townend. Schedules show daily arrivals and departures including morning and afternoon services and noted Sundays.
The board of regents invites bids for a building contract with bids due February 16. Bidders must provide a bond and meet site requirements. The project aims to construct specified facilities and the successful bidder will be prosecuted for defaults.
Proposals addressed to the Supervising ArchitectTreasury Department include sugar coffee soap and canned goods among listed items. Bids due March 2 at the Office of the Supervising Architect Treasury Department in Port Townsend Washington. Vendors to deliver specified quantities of groceries and sundries to be inspected and accepted.
A jumbled collection of notices mentions Ben R Byers Tacoma and W I Kolls Orting with legal and financial references, a Perry Gow ton meeting, and a mounting debate over a public scheme. It mixes court, property, religious association land bids, and a Kansas City urban daily note on work patterns.
A fragment describes Jesus O'Gosh in a green goggles and a rain Mackintosh, riding with a companion as they cut ro aaplosh in the Genesee Valley. The wording is garbled but preserves the central names and attire.
Galvanized iron cornice work is being placed on the new court house. Over the archway are neatly carved the words Thurston County A. D. 1861. The structure will soon be placed under roof.
The New York Sun argues the issue is apology and reparation rather than arbitration and states the US Supreme Court has no role in the current matter, equating it to the Sharif of Mecca in its framing.
A newspaper note offers funds for loans tied to improved farm property. Terms emphasize available capital and quick processing for qualified borrowers seeking agricultural financing.
The House rivers and harbors committee heard a western waterways delegation in Evansville Indiana last October urging bigger appropriations for river improvements. Speakers argued improved water transport boosts land values and industry, with emphasis on the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
Prince George of Saxony, inspector general and Twelfth army corps commander, has issued an order to halt inhuman treatment of privates. The Reichstag convener community debated stronger military tribunals and punishment for officers involved.
In Vallejo Cal on February 5 the secretary of the navy ordered a brief probe into changes made by Jim A Watson Jr of Mare Island Navy Yard against Charles J Phillips San Francisco master shipsmith. Captain Hen C Cochran will lead the testimony under oath in the matter.
Reports from multiple cities discuss Garza on U S soil and Mexican revolutionary rumors and a new trial motion in Las Fran cisco. The House immigration committee weighs Chinese exclusion with a meeting planned and stock market notes accompany local crime and boxing news.
In St Louis on February 5 prosecutors report tension as Adams Express Company faces alleged discharges of messengers tied to the Tete. A Brotherood member warned of a strike if persecutions persist. Also from Curacao and Chicago, a $100,000 suit over a Utah railway deal is filed by Horace K Thurber of Thurber Whyland. Chicago Produce Market notes firm wheat and corn. oats and seeds show steady prices.
A Mensate judicial inquiry indicts three elderly women for killing ten peasants. It uncovers a class of professional murderers in southern Hungary villages, with crimes reportedly instigated by victims’ wives.
Attorneys for Brown filed a demurrer arguing the information fails to state a crime. The matter will be argued when court business allows.
G Noschka has moved his tailoring business to 1 Kingington Street within the Washington Club Building as of February.
John Whittaker a large pork packer from St. Louis and Wichita addressed the House committee on agriculture in opposition. He warned of fictitious selling and speculative excesses, argued the law would not hurt meat or provision owners, and questioned potential market manipulation by large buyers.
Since December a total of 1382 car loads of wheat arrived in Tacoma and 51 in Seattle. J F Morse of Seattle reports a hematite ore bed in the Olympic mountains. H Dempsey of Seattle sued for defamation for $25000. James Leighton’s store dispute ends with an arrest after a scuffle with C M Meyers. A courthouse site near Chene businessmen is proposed for a future park valued at over $30. NP surveyors push toward Vancouver BC, crossing the Fraser above New Westminster. A Lynden rancher, George Roebacker, is killed by a falling tree while cutting from a springboard. Downie, founder of Downieville, lies near death at his daughter’s home. his life mirrors Pacific coast history.
Speaker Crisp convened the house as Lexington and Irvine report sudden deaths and crimes. Gen James F Rob inson of Lexington dies, Wm Pickett faces murder charges, and Judge David Clapton of Montgomery dies. Adams brothers killed in Connecticut rail accident. Paris reports a financier fleeing with 1 500 000 francs. St Louis firm seeks creditor relief. El Croniste Mexicana editor Obregon in medical panic. Philadelphia broker Jamieson estate dividend declared. Craig wins Pennsylvanias 24th district contest. William Burke stands accused of murder in Stanford Kentucky. Louisville tobacco warehouse fire kills one owner. Henderson Ky man hanged for murder of his mistress.
A basket sociable will be held this evening at the South Bay school house to form the nucleus of a library fund.
In Olympia a new engine is being constructed for the life of the foundry while the old engine is overhauled. Repairs are also made to the United States steamer McArthur. Additional work is underway for buildings under construction in the city. Leave God Money at Home And buy your flour and feed at the Cap tol mills, Tumwater. Telephone 98.
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