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Newspaper
Olympia Tribune
Location
Olympia, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1892
Page
1
The Thurston County Republicans dispatch a Seattle-bound delegation to press for an Olympia state convention site and a Minneapolis national convention representative. The group reports harmony aside from a few disruptors led by Col Owings and notes plans to fund the Olympia convent ion push before the April 17 Seattle meeting.
Col Wallalla Walhalla Redington announces a grand literary project with a host of listed authors and pseudonyms including Herbert Bashful Gen Oh Oh Howard Barnyard Skipling and many others linked to the Puyallup Commerce. The roster includes figures tied to poems routines and regional concerns.
Commencing Tuesday March 15 the steamer City of Seattle will be laid up for repairs and will be succeeded on the Whatcom route by the steamer Premier. On the same date the steamer Eliza Anderson will be taken off the Hyerett route. G. G CHAnpier G. F. & P. A. Subscribe for Tue Trieune and get an accident policy.
Supreme Court reverses Massachusetts ruling in Butler case. It voids a $15,000 judgment with interest from 1879 against Gen Benjamin F. Butler over funds advanced to Togus Maine for shoe making. Justice Harlan writes for the court ordering a new trial. Brown dissents. Fuller and Gray did not participate.
New York arrivals from Havre as Behring sea talks stall. Oil trust exits business prompting UK miners to return to work. A London prisoner Mrs Florence Osbore faces death in jail for robbery. A blaze in St John New Brunswick destroys a custom house, losses $300000. Grand Trunk strike threats imperil thousands. American relief aid ships reach famine areas. Malta to Berlin and Prussia debate the Hanover sequestered fund bill as Bismarck succumbs to illness. Sealing vessel notices issue claims deadlines in Victoria. A Cape Cod dog-eating survival tale contrasts with a rising New York market snapshot and a sensational murder confession in Adelaide.
In San Francisco dated March 21, wheat prices rose with buyers active for the season, reported at 1,633 dollars. Barley traded at 99 cents, reflecting a steady advance in grain values across the market.
Chicago March 21 John L Sullivan says Corbett is no good and this will be his last battle before turning to acting He weighs 245 pounds and can drop to 200 He plans one more fight then a stage career He notes stage roasts draw crowds and recalls feuds with Williams and Goddard/McAuliffe pairing anticipated with Joe McAuliffe in Australia
A compilation of business entities filed with the secretary of state including National Investment Company of Seattle capital 10000 Bellingham Bay Grocery Company of New Whatcom capital 5000 Northwestern Mining and Agricultural Company of Spokane capital 500 rail Puyallup Loan and Trust Company affidavit of payment three fifths capital stock of Puyallup 25000 Union Mining Company of Tacoma capital 50000 Pine Creek Mining Company of Tacoma capital 50000 Ritzville Adams county Itzville Lodge No 58 I C C F of Ritzville Adams county Seattle Cedar Lumber Company of Seattle capital 9000 Uniontown Mercantile Company of Uniontown Whitman county capital 25000 Tacoma Washougal and Elevator Company increase of capital stock to 150000 Western Star Club of Spokane Gold Finch Mining Company of Seattle capital 200000
Mrs. P. C. Hale H. I. Bilger and B. L. Melton helped a 22 year old opium user in deep need to enter Keeley Institute. After treatment the man has ceased drug use and is to be discharged soon. The act reflects Scriptural charity and community support.
The Spokane Review urges Western Washington Republicans to grant Spokane the state convention, praising the city’s facilities including its public assembly venues, hotels, lodgings, transport links, and press access, while noting Olympia holds the capital and may seek a new capitol building in the future.
The Olympia city council accepted Engineer Miller of New Whatcom to provide plans and supervise sewer construction at 750 for plans and specifications and 250 per month plus twice monthly travel. A 500 payment is due on plan acceptance with the rest in two equal installments. plans expected by May 1. Bond & Co. offer a four hundred page advance Exposition Guide for 50 cents postpaid.
The rapid growth of the Odd Fellows lodge enables a south hall now used by the G A R Woman's Relief Corps Sons of Veterans and the Elks to be vacated and turned into a library. About 500 in books to be purchased bringing the count to nearly 1200 volumes. Olof Frisch oversees the library open daily 2 to 9 p m for Odd Fellows use. The other societies have not decided on a meeting place.
In New York on March 21 a Wall Street driven effort to fund anti Hill activities is expanding. A Philadelphia Press report cites a Friday meeting to establish a fund to back a convention and delegates for Chicago. Contributions include $20,000 from a noted local lawyer and $10,000 from ex Secretary Fairchild, plus $5,000 from ex Mayor Grace and other donors bringing initial pledges to at least $30,000.
Hoquiam Tribune notes Centralia’s new Northern Pacific depot opening. Reports list sixty students at State Agricultural College in Pullman and other local items including a Meeker Junction fatality, a pledge ceremony at Peterson’s Point, and a planned Tacoma tide flat project.
In Chicago on March 21 the grand jury continued the doodle investigation with officials from the gas trust and city aldermen. The foreman says the evidence so far points toward bribery reaching aldermen and other prominent citizens tied to franchise deals.
The Hast Jordan mill boiler exploded in the morning, killing Simon Carney Peter Sheldon John Brown Bert Cook Emanuel Hunt instantly. Four others were seriously injured and about a score more hurt. The mill is a total wreck with losses around 10600 dollars.
Chicago March 21 Acting on a report from the United States district attorney in Chicago the attorney general has decided to prosecute the biscuit trust as contrary to law.
New York March 21 visible supply figures show wheat at 41 143 000 with an increase of 825 000 bushels corn at 12 272 000 down 32 000 oats 8 972 000 up 30 000 rye 1 783 000 up 72 000 and barley 1 171 000 down 149 000 as published in the grain brief.
A Tur Trennn Nr rep asks Gen Thomas H Cavanaugh about last meeting action on where the state convention to nominate candidates would be held. Spokane favors its city, Olympia backers press capital location, and a tentative Spokane majority is noted though no motion passes.
In the House of Representatives on March 21 Enloe of Tennessee moved a resolution demanding the secretary of the treasury provide a list of all Coast and Geodetic Survey employees whose salaries changed in 1890 and those dismissed or who resigned that year. Walpe cited claimed ring activity within the survey. The vote adopted the resolution. The day also saw expunging from the record portions about the mugwumps. The army appropriation bill was then debated. Five lives lost as Sylvan wrecks near Yarmouth during a storm.
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