Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-03-19
Territorial Items.

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organized 10y slectiug Gou. Bine
President and II. Il. johnson, Sec
rotary.
There are twenty-six applicants il
this Territory for the ReceivershiI
Of the land Office at Spokane Falls
Col. Flournoy, OF Kentucky. 10 ais,
in Washington making q fight TO
the place.
John Delfel, Geo. Vivian and Pa
Gull, of Snohomish, were adjudgo,
" conspirators" by COMMISSIONS
Smith. at Seattle. a few days ago
and have been placed under bondi
to answer at the next term Of Court
, Capt. julius w. Smith, q residen,
of Seattle the past ten years. vel
known to the travelling public a. the
proprietor Of the Arlington Hotel
died in that city. last Friday. His
remains were buried Sunday under
the rites of Masonry.
The Rereiile says, that il has been
determined by the political mana
gers Of Seattle to raise tho saloon
license in that city and make no ef-
fort to enforce prohibition. A few
political hobby riders will however
endeavor to compel smaller cities 10
take prohibitory medicine which
they will not swallow themselves.
Has fear of paying for her breweries
made the taxpayers Of Seattle
choose high license rather than pro-
hibition
The work OF boring the Cascade
tunnel is being pushed vigorously.
A force OF men are ut work ut both
ends. The power to run the mach.
inery will be located at tho eastern
end and will be generated in six or
eigh. large locomotive boilers to DO
there placed, ngregating about 800
horse power. The power to run tho
drills ut tho western end will be
compressed air conveyed in pipe
to be laid over the mountain, u dis
tance Of about three miles.
Four times lately, says the
WaIla Walla journal. the ,urb ne
wheel at the Eureka mills has been
SO closed by salmon as to cause il TO
become clogged and stopped. The
propriotors tried the placing OF latb
across the race, but the fish would
break the sticks. On the lst OF the
month wire netting was placed be-
low the wheel and has been effectual
in preventing further trouble. A
number Of fish weighing 4 TO IL
pounds, are caught daily in the vi
cinity.
The Sunday law, which requires
that saloons and business houses of
this Territory close doors on the
Sabbath day, is violated every Lords
day in Seattle, the " law aud order"
town. Why not call out the home
guards to enforce the Sunday Law
against open saloons? Is it not a.
much q law as that under which
Chinese seek protection :? Is it true
that in this Territory there are two
codes OF law-one for the poor man
and another for the richer classes
who wink ut violations OF law p
Rereiie.
1t is said that q Cinnamon ia the
employ Of Mayor Yesler. OF Seattle,
has approached the owners Of small
er craft with bribes for smuggling q
number Of Chinese from Victoria to
Seattle. The captain Of the Lone
Fisherman is given as authority, and
he is reported a. saying that the
Mayors "pet" had offered him $3.50
to bring back the twenty countrymen
OF his who had been sent to Victoria
by the summary" conspirator" meth.
ods adopted, during q lucid interval.
by Judge Greene. A the heatben
enjoys special protection under
higher law" treaty stipula,ions,
it is probably no crime for him 10
offer bribes for violation OF The low.
er law which only affects plebsians.
The Whatcom Repeills ssys:
Place not thy trust in political pro.
fessions. workingmen. When tho
political demogoguss riso up in Seat
tlein November and again attempt 10
throw " forfeiture" dust in your eyes
to blind and prevent you from seeing
the real issue, turn your back upon
them. What has oil this agitation
against railroads done for you ? Do.
fore the howl Of the political hobby
rider went up, men were busy at
work and we'll paid. Immigration
has ceased because clouds have been
cast upon land titles; workingmen
forced to idleness by the suspension
of business; pockets empty and
families in want; men are shot down
in the streets OF Seattle Of the com.
mand OF those who pretended to be
their friends.
A painful case came before the
county court on Friday, says the Ia
coma Ledger. Mrs. AImira 4. Wool.
cry was brought from Sum nor by her
mother and husband in order TO
have the question Of her sanity do.
cided. The unhappy lady. who ia
only Is years Of age. was married
some two years ago. Her first child
was born January 2lst last. Seven
days later she was attacked with pusr-
peral fever, and since then abe has
lost her reason, being at times dan
gerous in her actions. The Judge
made out the usual order for her
committal to the asylum. on Drs. r.
G. Miller and Z. NJ. Brown certify.
ing that her condition was such AZ 10
render it unsafe for her TO be at large.
The deputy sheriff conveyed the pa.
tient last week TO the asylum ct
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