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A dense morning mist on the Spokane, Portland & Seattle tracks led to a collision between two passenger trains, killing five prominent citizens and a Pullman professor.
“Both trains were running on strange tracks without pilot crews. It was stated that the Northern Pacific trainmen were so familiar with the S., P. S. tracks that pilot crews were considered unnecessary.”
A pre-dawn fire decimated half of Cheney’s business district, leaving city officials to suspect arson as the town vowed to rise again from the ashes.
“A hose was brought out, but when the pumps were set to work it was discovered that the hose was plugged with wood.”
When the Northern Pacific Railroad refused to pay taxes in 1882, the local sheriff didn't just file a complaint—he seized their locomotives.
“But it has been permitted by the general Government to disregard laws until the corporation supposes that no one except itself has any rights bound to be respected.”
Students petition Governor McGraw to honor their contract with the state after the institution faces closure due to budget cuts.
“Upon entering the school we made a contract with the state, pledging ourselves to teach in return for diplomas. If the school is closed now, we lose what is rightfully ours.”
Facing a long-running legal dispute, the city of Cheney strikes a deal to bring its water utility under public control.
“The company has agreed to withdraw all suits against the city and sell the plant to the city.”
A Cheney woman speaks out against a preacher who combined petty theft with unwanted advances.
“Mr. Hamley is not a man of God, and is not to be trusted.”
The Supreme Court rules that two women teachers wrongfully dismissed from the Cheney Normal School are entitled to their full contract pay.
“The supreme court has ended a noted case by deciding that Miss May Mackenzie and Mrs. Rose Turner... were entitled to the full amount of their claim.”
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