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Newspaper
Olympia Tribune
Location
Olympia, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1892
Page
1
Local offers feature Sonoma Preserve Co. goods including ketchup mustard horseradish and pickles plus evaporated apples beans soap walnuts almonds and more. Also advertised FREED oats rolled barley bran shorts and wheat with a note to compare logging camp prices before buying elsewhere.
The Olympia Independence Day celebration featured a citywide display of colors, a morning 44 gun salute avoided, a long popular program with the Capital City band, Governor Ferry and other dignitaries attending, and a day of races, log rolling, hose events, and Caledonian sports. Prizes were awarded for foot races, bicycle, log rolling, and throwing events. The crowd enjoyed clams, strawberries, and fireworks, ending with a reading of Yankee Doodle and a spirited public celebration.
The Perry Advertiser reports Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ellis's golden wedding at Sixth and Holna streets last Tuesday. Seventy two and seventy years old, they marked fifty years of marriage with seven children and many grandchildren present. A dozen relatives sent gifts as friends recalled memories and shared a grand repast. Mrs. Ellis is the mother of Mrs. McReynolds of Perry.
The text laments Irish struggle for home rule and local self-government. It recalls the 1886 U S presidential administration of Grover Cleveland and his allies Bayard and Phelps who backed an extradition treaty with Britain to extradite Irish patriots. The treaty was blocked by a Republican Senate and ends with a note of Irish revenge.
Mr and Mrs Loren Trescott keepers of Gov Lighthouse at Sand Beach Michigan and their four year old daughter fell ill with measles a dreadful cough and fever. After home and Detroit doctors failed she grew weaker until a mere handful of bones. Two and a half bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery cured her completely. Free trial bottles available at Marr and Ross Acme Drugstore.
General James B. Weaver of Iowa and General James G. Field of Virginia were nominated for president and vice president by the people's party in Omaha. The report details Weaver's birth in Dayton Ohio in 1833, Civil War service, law career, Oklahoma boomers, and political leadership, alongside Field's Virginia birth in 1826, Confederate service, and postwar career as a state attorney general.
Twists of opinion from Tacoma Seattle Spokane and Mt Vernon echo concerns over canals river projects and local improvements while a spate of violent incidents and construction activity are noted including a fatal stabbing in North Yakima a cannon blast accident in Tacoma and major building permits in Tacoma and Seattle during the period.
The text notes Grover Cleveland's mother Anne Neal Cleveland from Baltimore. It mentions his maternal grandfather once sold books at 179 Baltimore Street, and that Richard Farley Cleveland married Anne Neal in Baltimore in 1829. Grover Cleveland was born eight years later while his parents stayed in Essex County New Jersey at a parsonage where Rev Grover’s father became god father. Anne Neal Cleveland died in 1882, the same year Cleveland won the New York governorship by an unprecedented majority.
In England and on the continent a shoe made from three thicknesses of cowskin pressed in a steel mold is claimed to be lighter longer lasting and to prevent split hoofs. It is perfectly smooth on the bottom adheres to polished surfaces and its elasticity reduces sprains and makes steps lighter and surer.
A Bangor Commercial quote shows a boy’s stark view on honesty in danger, claiming one’s honesty is proved by who hesitates when offered a blade. The remark frames a grim, but blunt, reflection on courage and moral choice amid peril.
An advertising notice promotes Bartons Hand Book of Washington for 1891 92 as a comprehensive political reference with the state constitution and officer lists. It offers postpaid copies for 1 dollar from C M Barton Olympia and 50 cents for 1889 90 edition. The notice also markets Washington Fuel Company coal wood and supplies from Woodruff block Office room 15.
Thomas Heacock retires as agent of the Oregon Improvement company coal. I Liberman will succeed him and conduct a general fuel business henceforth.
A reminiscence notes that no living woman can be blamed for the long train abomination and comments on a fashionable trend introduced in the era. The tone is reflective and cautious about social practices.
England five centuries past saw Anne, Queen of Richard I, pursue experiments in fashion and riding. She popularized the side saddle for women and ended the cavalier riding style, marking notable shifts in equestrian practice and attire.
Multiple papers from Washington state discuss potential congressional and state ticket choices. Sauk City Star favors Colonel T. W. Eddy for congress. Port Angeles Tribune-Times weighs Kinnear or Burleigh for governor. P I attacks prominent Republicans. Allen and Squire vote free silver. Lincoln county scheming to divide the county is noted.
More than a thousand workers now toil at Jackson Park on the mammoth world’s fair structures, doubled to accelerate progress toward a October dedication. Caribs, Turks, Swiss, and British exhibitors prepare diverse displays as nations seek more space. Baron Alfred de Vialar previews France’s vast exhibit valued at least twenty million dollars.
Following a grain market drop, milling products show lower quotes. No. 1 wheat at 1.50 per 100 lbs, steam rolled barley 1.20, cracked corn 1.50, shorts 1.10, Capital chop 1.25, various flours range from 1.05 to 1.85 per sack, with further declines anticipated. Il-2w Hiestanp, Warner & Co.
Chas Grainger begins tearing the front wing of his Main street barn and plans to move the rear to the sidewalk then partition the structure into offices and storerooms. The old barn, over thirty years old, stood when Main street was wilderness, far from town.
Report from St Peterspur e says cholera nears Moscow with few doctors volunteering for hospitals and medicines scarce at high prices. Temporary hospitals rise along the trans Caucasian railway while steamers are pulled from Baton route. Paris notes fresh deaths in suburbs amid filthy barracks and calls for vigilance as the disease spreads.
Mathias Hadelt was guillotined for murdering his father the Trapist monastery procurator at Aigue Belle. He then robbed the monastery and has a history of crime under many names in Europe. He posed as Count Von Spee and served in the army, leading to repeated disgrace. Ravachol is slated as the next execution.
Proposals for the Port Orchard dry dock project were opened in Sipney Washington. The contract will be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. The dock will be 605 ag as with 30 feet draft of water. Construction includes timber and concrete masonry entrances along with a tents house pumping plant floating gate culverts and related works. Work to start within 60 days of acceptance notice and bidders must sign a contract within 15 days.
Chicago market notes show wheat steady cash 78 and September 73. Corn higher cash 51 September C ats. Pork cash or 85 September 11.12. Lard cash 7.20 September 7.32 14. Short ribs cash 75 2 14 September 7.55. Barley 60c.
Des Moines Iowa July 5 An effort to unite the democratic and people's party by giving the people's party the electoral ticket and the democrats the state ticket. The object is to influence the house election to elect Cleveland.
St Paul Minn July 5 Mrs A M Smith a colored housekeeper for Charles Henige a market gardener on his Lake Oswasso property shot and killed an unknown man who trespassed on the premises She says the man threatened to shoot her
An unknown Black man attempted to assault two white women in Wilcox County Alabama. He was surrounded in a swamp by lawmen and shot dead. Police have not released his name.
July 5 report from Curgenne Agency South Dakota describes Monday's opening at the Great Sioux Catholic congress with a scalp dance by Cherry Creek wild Indians. The day began at sun rise with the temporal affairs conference and closed with a noonday feast.
A mob attempted to release convicts at the Calahorra prison in Mapnip. Several regiments were needed to prevent the breakout as martial law was declared to restore order.
A Paris dispatch reports that Spain and Italy have signed a secret agreement to partition Morocco, raising tensions in international diplomacy.
In Vincennes Indiana on July 5 William Tyler president of the Vincennes National Bank went to his daughter’s grave and shot himself through the heart. In Louisville Kentucky on the same day Geo Benger Lod fatally shot his friend Win es and then killed himself in remorse.
BorraLto New York July 5 startling figures show the national savings bank defalcation reaching 426 000 dollars with authorities investigating the full extent of the loss and naming responsible parties.
Anineoton July 5. A man named Thompson on trial for beating his wife killed her with a butcher knife at home. He also killed another woman who was a witness against him. He will probably be lynched.
Judge Murphy grants Sidney Bell a new trial for the murder of Samuel Jacobson, after his conviction on August 16, 1890, in San Francisco. Fire Works listing: wholesale and retail. No. 625 Main Street. Marx Ten Suiz & Co.
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