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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1895
Page
4
The lengthy session covers senator votes, party alignments, and procedural moves. Debates center on county division, delinquent tax sales, election finance, and public bond considerations with notable names mentioned across the chamber.
Reported chaos in the legislature centers on attendance and a joint session. Shoup 1, Sweet 11 with absent Clagett and others. no change in the senator's tally. A Republican caucus reportedly planned a steering committee to push key legislation.
In a tense legislative day, both houses adjourned as vote tallies shaped a tax and spending package. The Senate advanced a restricted tax plan and rejected changes while approving a Ways and Means appropriation bill totaling $473,861.90 plus $57,000 to cover deficits, with a grand total around $400,682. The session saw debate over a consolidation measure and age related amendments, with a 30 to 7 vote in one tally and a party line push across the chamber.
In green cloth parlance a straight is hard to beat with three pairs announced: Brown and Hunt Gamble and Clark Glenn and Young. Jont Hallot at Salem shows a shifting editorial scene as the United States senator ballot yields Dolph twenty, Hare one, Weatherford four, Wilden nine, Lord six, Lowell eight, and others two.
Crowds gathered as tensions rose over a Guatemala embargo claim and a disputed demarcation. Protesters pressed for government action while military and political leaders weighed the national response and potential enlistment of men for a declared mission.
Washington reports Secretary Gresham received a cable from Minister Dunh in Tokyo confirming the expected press assertion that Chinese peace commissioners lack plenary powers. No word on any capture of U S steamship Concord or related details remain.
An angry Senate debate centered on state railroad commissioners. A resolution proposed appointing a committee to oversee shipment of 100 tons of supplies now on hand amid reports of hunger and starvation. Critics called the commissioners grossly incompetent and urged immediate action to avert further deaths.
In Lewiston Idaho two men, Leachman and Dick Meloy, fought an hour after a heated exchange. Leachman struck Meloy with a double barreled shotgun, then Meloy tried to seize a gun from Leachman’s son as bystanders intervened. Meloy collapsed, remains unconscious. Leachman in custody. In Tulsa, J. T. French and Verdigris Kid were killed by John Irvine during a botched robbery after a separate incident. No new Mexico Guatemala settlement details emerge.
Workmen begin demolition of the famous Astor House at Fifth Avenue and Thirty fourth Street in New York. A magnificent hotel costing 88 000 000 is planned to rival the Waldorf and is to rise on the former home site, with construction expected to take five years.
In Lowell Massachusetts and New Orleans connected bout, Tom Moriarty faced Jack Everhardy before a crowd at the Southwark Athletic Club. Moriarty was knocked unconscious from a right hand, dying after a four round sparring session.
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