Ladies of Olympia Poll Opens at Clover Store
Ballot access at the Clover store on July 7 at 10 a.m. for local residents to vote in an announced election. No further details available in the fragment.
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Newspaper
Olympia Tribune
Location
Olympia, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1892
Page
1
Ballot access at the Clover store on July 7 at 10 a.m. for local residents to vote in an announced election. No further details available in the fragment.
Reports from Washington and Wallace detail clashes between miners and strikers in Coeur d Alene Idaho with planned troop movements from Fort Walla Walla and Fort Spokane. Men are killed or wounded, refugees flee Wardner and Mission, and martial law is declared as soldiers secure the area.
In Tacoma last night Judge George Turner voiced confidence in winning the United States senate seat. The piece notes name changes and candidacies across the region, with references to Democratic, People's Party, and other figures. It also discusses the Lake Washington canal setback and the The Dalles appropriation, criticizing Senators Squire and Allen for blocking funds.
Noon quotes show grain and railway stock notes across major lines. Key prices include Pacific 6s at 6, New York Central 9 34, Union Pacific 37, Western Union 94, and California Wheat at 1.41 for September futures with San Francisco reports.
July 14 Homestead Pa martial law reports claim troops and police staged arrests and prepared to escort prisoners to the provost marshal while workers threaten strikes. Carnegie mills face shutdowns. congressional inquiry into Homestead closes with Frick defending wage cuts amid cost declines. A 400 non union workers train is set to arrive. London jury returns wilful murder verdict in a separate poisoning case involving Thomas Neill.
London July 14 returns show Gladstone and the government on equal footing after earlier majority reports. Other notes mention a Parnellite shift delaying home rule, and a mix of Conservative Liberal and anti-Parnellite tallies. Rioting in Papucan Kentucky and news on William Waldorf Astor’s recovery amid a bogus death dispatch.
At a Philadelphia union meeting last night the Building Trades approved a resolution by General Secretary MacGuire of the Carpenters and Joiners of America. It bars carpenters from working on any building where structural iron is supplied by Carnegie.
Montgomery July 14 The people of inter county on Tombigbee river are absolutely destitute due to floods. They appeal to the governor to request Congress relief. He issues a proclamation urging state residents to contribute.
The People's party convention in St Paul resumed work and nominated Ignatius Donnelly for governor, Kitter Halverson for lieutenant governor, H. B. Martin for secretary of state, and M. Ringdall for treasurer.
Reported cholera outbreaks stretch from Paris to Astrakhan. Authorities fund a cholera hospital in Paris and seek safer water. In Astrakhan riots erupt as hospital staff are attacked and killed, patients fed milk as a supposed antidote before troops restore order.
Rev. Dr. Thomas Dixon Jr returns from vacation and delivers a broadside against Tammany Hall. He brands Croker Scannell Stokes and Koch as real governors of New York, calling the group a criminal secret order and alleging Koch’s oath violation as commissioner.
The Thurston county Republican central committee calls a county convention at Columbia hall Olympia on July 30 1892 to elect delegates and alternates to the state convention nominate a legislative ticket county and precinct officers and elect a county central committee. Primary elections to select delegates will be held July 27 1892 from noon to 7 pm at designated precincts with voting places and judges listed for Olympia Tumwater Yelm Bucoda Rainier and other locales.
Rioting across Solva against Octroi duties ends with the tax office burned, officials assaulted, the town hall seized, the mayor wounded, and a troop response causing multiple deaths and injuries. In San Francisco a nine column Examiner report claims certificates of Chinese identification are being illicitly distributed in violation of the Chinese restriction law.
The Times notes the unexpected reemergence of the silver issue following its defeat in Congress. It attributes the revival to the need to advocate for silver and points to the stance taken by both the Minneapolis and Chicago conventions.
The Tacoma Theater band led by M. J. Leonard serenaded officers aboard the warship Baltimore and its tender, with decorations praised. A Washington shore line study and river scheme were discussed by Spokane Review. A couple returning from Westport were stranded with a missing third member. a hospital operation at Steilacoom saved a nurse. The state Sunday school convention in Seattle elected D. S. Johnston, W. H. Cornet, H. L. Sizer, and O. A. Covander to top posts. Also a plug for Davis Best flour.
Letters from Tumwater residents discuss city valuation changes, potential legal challenges to the council, and criticism of a proposed real estate tax general raise. The correspondence questions the impact on city warrants, praises electric lighting, and urges retrenchment without cutting services.
Tim M Healey elected to parliament Cyrus W Field to be buried at Stockbridge Mass Democrats plan branch in Chicago Francis P Loomis dead at Hartford Republicans and People’s Party failing to unite Gemigorstein organization Cleveland and Stevenson to be notified of nomination in Madison Square Garden July 30 French senate passes 600000 francs credit for World’s Fair Exhibit Prohibitionists and Republicans fuse against Democrats in North Carolina North Dakota independents short of funds levy ten acres of wheat per county Baptist Young People’s Union convention in Detroit over 5000 delegates expected in attendance Sherman introduces bill to repeal part of silver act effective January 1 next
The Tam O'Shanter from Baltimore and the Shenandoah from New York arrived after an 111 day voyage, a commendable run. The Tam O'Shanter passed the Shenandoah by about two hours.
A testimonial style note touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. It claims it helps throat and chest diseases and offers a money back guarantee with a free trial bottle at Acme Drug Store Marr and Ross proprietors.
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