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| 1903 | 19 |
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- A Body Beside the Tracks Near Cathcart
Dennis Wall, a Cathcart farmhand, was found dead in water beside the railroad with a head wound and two sets of new clothes nearby. A French farmhand who had been with him may know more.
- The Janitor Who Foiled a Ten-Man Jailbreak in Ellensburg
Prisoners had almost tunneled out of the county jail when a janitor sleeping in the sheriff's office heard the scraping—and made a promise they believed.
- The Stupendous Dam Proposal for the Walla Walla River
Engineers are eyeing the Reddin place for a massive masonry dam intended to transform the valley’s irrigation potential.
- A Seventeen-Year-Old's Failed Quest for a Marriage License
After her father abandoned her, a young woman faced the rigid wall of bureaucratic requirements when she tried to marry.
- The Stencil Building's Lucky Streak
For the third time in its history, a furnace mishap threatens to destroy the Stencil building at Main and Third.
- The Struggle for Walla Walla's Main Street
A local newspaper editor warns that the town's fragmented, 'cut-throat' merchant culture is paving the way for corporate monopolies to destroy local livelihoods.
- Safe-Crackers Raid Dayton Saloon
Thieves bypass the law and a saloon vault, walking away with silver and a taste for the house's best whiskey.
- The Short-Timer’s Escape
With only forty days left on his forgery sentence, a trusty prisoner at the state penitentiary slipped away from his garden duties and vanished.
- Shotgun Wedding Party: A Close Call in Ping Gulch
A celebratory charivari turns dangerous when wedding guests accidentally riddle the newlyweds' home with lead.
- The Bureaucratic Standoff Over Yakima Water
State Land Commissioner S. A. Calvert returns from D.C. after hitting a wall with the Interior Department over irrigation rights.
- The Road Supervisor Who Stole From the County — and the Wife Who Sued Him in Prison
Orva Thompson, convicted of embezzling county road funds, is served divorce papers behind penitentiary walls by the woman he married eleven months earlier.
- The Con Man Who Sold the Seattle Circus
A clever swindler fleeced the city's elite by selling them on imaginary contracts for a Ringling Brothers circus that was never coming to town.
- A Wedding Night Turned to Blood
A celebratory shotgun 'charivari' in Ping Gulch went terribly wrong when pranksters left live ammunition in their guns, leaving the bride with multiple bullet wounds.
- The Midwinter Circus Comes to Armory Hall
Whitman College students and local bands transform the Armory into a big-top spectacle for a week of performances.
- The Wife Who Couldn't Bear the Badge of Shame
In 1903 Spokane, a woman secured a divorce from her husband not because he was abusive, but because his life sentence for murder made her social standing untenable.
- A Child's Final Act of Mercy
A nine-year-old boy, dying from a pen-knife stab wound inflicted by a playmate, spends his final moments begging police to let his assailant go free.
- The Railroad King’s Surprise Endorsement
Northern Pacific president Charles S. Mellen shocks local business leaders by backing Teddy Roosevelt—despite the President's aggressive trust-busting.
- A Judge's Declaration of War Against Corporate Corruption
Federal Judge Grosscup denounces the 'polite swindlers' of Wall Street, sparking a local debate on the influence of railroad lobbyists in Washington state.
- Lincoln School Destroyed by Fire
A faulty water system leaves the city’s largest school in ruins after an outbuilding fire spreads.
- Twenty Clowns, Cloth Elephants, and a College Circus at the Armory
Whitman students and the Walla Walla Band plan four nights of acrobats, side shows and pink lemonade — with a hired professional troupe to keep it honest.