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Newspaper
Olympia Tribune
Location
Olympia, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1892
Page
1
Voters may cast ballots at our store on July 7 at 10 a.m. for Washington State Flower with Clover and Dogwood as options. The event promotes civic participation in a local ballot tied to state symbols.
Typographical Union No. 6 held in Clarendon Hall with about 500 members voting to commend President John E. Kenney and the special committee for presenting at the Minneapolis convention. Kenney denied railings of supporting Reid or the Republican ticket.
Luciano Islan, who killed his partner and her mother, faced execution in the Belon prison yard. He refused eye bandages and cursed the firing squad, taking three shots to die. A chilling scene drew soldiers and witnesses alike. Believed murderer. In Montana, locals suspect a man killed by lightning near Lavina may be connected to Carl Schmidt’s Napa murder in 1891.
The conference of Jewish rabbis closed after a vote 25 to 6 abolishing initiatory rites for proselytes. A unanimous decision permitted cremation within the Jewish church in Bismarck. In Berlin the Cologne Gazette reports editor involvement with Bismarck Sempelen, and printer editors refused publication. Pressure in July sees the Typographical Union pledge aid to Homestead workers and calls for Carnegie library recall.
Lonpon July 11 the mayor led a relief fund drive for St John s sufferers with strong citizen support. Returns show 194 conservatives 163 liberals 27 liberal unionists 21 anti-Parnellites 5 laborites 4 Parnellites.
Archibald Adams operates at 419 Main Street offering real estate, insurance, and loan services. Local residents may consult for property transactions and financial protection.
A early morning fire in Portland Oregon destroyed a row of one story frame buildings on Washington street and damaged adjacent lodgings and a cigar shop. Loss set around 125000 with principal losers named. insurance coverage varied. President B F Barge of the state normal school visits Ellensburg and reports strong first year representation from 24 of 34 counties.
At Gemy Idaho this morning a fight between union and non union miners left four dead and about twenty wounded. Frisco mill destroyed and guards placed under Tiger union HQ. Report states union men joined the strike and captured the union mine near Burke with prisoners taken.
Note: The event describes a joint communion by Methodist and Presbyterian members at a mission tabernacle. Rev. Samuel Moore of Tacoma preached a broad-gauge sermon on human aspiration and the limits of effort. The sacrament was administered to converts as the choir marched to the altar. Evangelist Bell led final days with a love feast and calls for conversions.
Notice is given of a stockholders meeting of the Olympia Motel Company in Olympia Washington on Saturday evening July 16 at 8 o'clock at the Olympia hotel. The meeting will consider feasibility of winding up affairs by sale or other means and handle any other business that may come before it. Secretary T S McKenny signs for the president and secretary.
A testimonial notes the Dr King s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds as a friend in need with claims of curative power for throat chest and lungs. A trial bottle is offered free at Acme Drug Store Marr and Ross Proprietors.
Work started today on the main turnout of the electric railway along Main street south of Fourth street. The section will extend about 1300 feet, improving service in the area.
Governor Pattison orders militia to Homestead and Brinton as two regiments mobilize amid labor turmoil. Militia to secure Carnegie plants while Homestead strikers resist, with Frick and Carnegie workers seeking talks but blocked by guard action.
The Olympia Capital denounces the state militia costs at Camp Murray as over $20 000 and claims the militia serves corporate aims to suppress wages. It argues for a standing militia and condemns riot policing as enabling anarchy while noting wages depend on more than force. Dr Miles Nervine advertised.
The Walla Walla Union suggests John L. Sharpstein as a potential Democratic candidate for governor with Marion D. Egbert named for lieutenant governor. Other items mention John M. Reed seeking legislative seats, Canal and Columbia river projects, and a Spokane group backing John L. Wilson for Congress.
General OBrien plans visit to discuss using Point Defiance in Tacoma as permanent encampment ground for summer programs. He cites 700 acre park with 100 acres needed, government reserves, and potential state funding for fortifications to train the militia and national guard.
The Montesano Vidette notes a hematite iron ore find three miles off Quilcene and criticizes the failed Lake Washington canal project. It accuses Senator Squire of pushing pub docs to expand Puget Sound, calling the scheme a major fraud and warning it could hinder Columbia River improvements at the Cascades.
The Zollverein nations unite against a proposed French exhibition in 1900. The Ohio Valley Trades Assembly, meeting in Wheeling and Louisville, passed resolutions offering moral and financial aid to Homestead workers. Former Indiana Congressman I D New, related to John C New, died by his own hand while temporarily insane.
F R Brown of the Westside Mill company left today for a several week trip to Montana to boost operations. Brown reports brighter business and says the firm is shipping lumber to many eastern states, with local building interests improving.
The maximum temperature at 2 p.m. was 67 degrees and the minimum was 58 degrees. Tomorrow is expected to be showery. £. B. Ouxey, Observer.
A local promotion at Deming andErry’s provides one spoon free for every two Mokaska coffees purchased. The offer aims to attract customers to the shop’s coffee roster and reward loyal buyers.
An advertisement urges readers to support domestic industry by using Davis' Best flour, promising it to be as good as any in the market and encouraging home production and spending.
E T Allen and associates present to Jesse F Murphy a plan to build a Ladies and Children shoe factory in Olympia with capacity 600 pairs daily. The deal requires 50 000 from Olympia citizens for site and buildings, 10 000 in real estate and 40 000 in cash from Allen. Murphy pledges mortgage and 500 in cash with additional property value if others join. Public bond security demanded and five year operation subject to strikes and other events.
The Visscher entertainment orchestra performs at the Olympia tonight with a near full house expected. Cummings runs the box office while Crego handles tickets at the door. Ushers Reed Rotch McDonald Mills guide patrons to seats, and Shepherd Root lead to balcony. Liberman handles programs. Horr and Adams sell opera glasses. Botkin will promote comic songs between breaks. Visscher and the Elks provide the humor.
D G Waldron recalls friendships with Tom Reed state auditor in Olympia and John Conness, early Coloma postmaster, and delivering six pony express letters at $1 each. He mentions the Miners' Advocate, printers paid $2.50 per thousand, and gold dust earnings from early California days.
Thurston County forms eleven alliances including Bucoda Tenino South Union Little Rock Des Chutes Sappennes Meadow North Star Muda Grand Mound and Tumwater with a total membership of 850. A cooperative store opened at Little Rock, now called Viora. Elected officers include J. R. Elswich president from Tumwater L J Byrne vice president from Yelm 8 E Jones secretary from Bucoda A Webster treasurer from Bucoda L M Webster chaplain from Bucoda Charles Duby lecturer from Grand Mound L M Salle steward from Tumwater J W Hendershot doorkeeper from Little Rock A H Bowers Olympia assistant doorkeeper and J F Brown organizer from Little Rock.
The Skamokawa Eagle argues Senators Allen and Squire should back broad-gauged leaders for Washington. It supports the Seattle canal as a public good but urges funding be allocated to other statewide enterprises where most needed, stressing national and state balance.
In Ithaca the Sigma Phi and Delta Upsilon houses along with the town and gown club house and homes of residents like Charles Burling Mrs 8 O Goddard and L B Gross use American tin for roofs. George R Williams plans a $89000 tin roof after tests of home and foreign products. The city hosts forty four tin factories as discussed in a Horton conversation between a democratic lawyer and a hardware merchant, noting McKinley bill claims and political impact.
A dialogue notes a newspaper’s turnover from Squire to Calkins to the people’s party and treats its fate as settled and unremarkable with no complaints raised. The exchange implies the paper’s demise and a quiet acceptance by those familiar with its history.
The Temple Baptist church hosts a cake walk in Columbia hall on Tuesday night with good music and refreshments. Everyone is invited to attend. The note also advertises Davis Best flour as the best in the market for purchase.
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