Railroads Transform Spokan Falls Trade Center
Spokane Falls readers note a Great Change as the Northern Pacific railroad arrives altering travel and freight. Merchants anticipate cheaper goods, wider markets across a 150 by 200 mile area, with Colville mining and timber regions joining the Falls trade network. The piece also threads political jabs about Conkling and Beecher, plus Gen Sheridan announcing Lieut. Col Fred Grant’s resignation after eight years of service.
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Washington Territory
Spokan
Galville
Prairies
Walla Walls
Walla Walla
Portland
Northern Pacific Railroad
Palouse
Almota
Spokan Falls
Colville
Senate
United States
Sheridan
Fred Grant
Beecher on Conkling Discussed in Louisville Talk
A Courier journalist reports a brief extract from a conversation with Rev. Henry Ward Beecher in Louisville on May 30. Beecher comments on the intense political fight in New York amid ongoing national affairs.
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Louisville
Courier Journal
Henry Ward Beecher
New York
Joint ballot in New York legislature for Conkling successors
Report of a legislative joint convention results shows Conkling leading with 3437 votes and a scattered 505 for Wheeler 18 for Cornell 20 for others in the race to select a successor. A further ballot for Platt's successor yielded Kernan 50 Platt 50 Cornell 13 with 28 scattering as Sp'nlona moved to adjourn until noon Saturday. Democratic and Garfield factions voting together. Separately Sid ney Dillon and banker Gould discuss Central railroad purchase near Austin, with theories on path to connect to Oregon system. The Olympia Courier predicts the Columbia River mouth will fill with sand, potentially shifting Northwest commerce to Puget Sound.
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Culls
Wheeler
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Piure
Henry Wird Beecher
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Gould
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Central Pacific
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Oregon
Olympia Courieep
Colunt
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