Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-06-11
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John Diglau, an ltailan, Was bu-
ried ahve by coal from IA chute at
the Back Diamond niue, Yesterday.
When taken out life WAS extinct.
W. H. White, E-g, has accepted
the invitation to drhv,r the Fourth
of July orati u at Seattle. Miss
Ella Il. White has also consented
~ read the Declaration ot lndepen-
deuce
The steamer Lily struck a snag in
White River, on Saturday, about
twelve miles above the bridge and
sank A scow was taken up the
river with which to lift her, so that
sue can be fJa.ed to bar III the
river, and temporarily repaired.
A gentleman from San Juan Is
land states that all the lime hiins in
that section are shut down, win the
exception of the Eureka kiln. which
is running MS usual. All the com
panles have large stocks of lime on
hand and the demand is very light
ut present.
The Hteiltgenccr saws: There il
a good demand tor labor now, and
every man who wants wolk can 20,
it. The supply does not seem e
equal the demand. The ruling
wages on railroad work is 81 pc,
day for common laborers and 81 q
per day for axmen. The usual rate
charged for board is SIS per week.
Word comes from Wa; hinsiur
that George L. SparlinS, nppulut.
from Oregon AZ cadet to the United
States Military Academy, AZ Anna!
oIs, failed 10 pass the n-ce>s,tl J.,
phi, sica! Examination . pa.h a MI
sion. HIS mental ,xa.nihairnu 4.
SAID to nav. been ably. he q'nr-
ments. George w,ii pr~b.b v ,o:..
retnrn TO the roas
O >t-,v,,l, Jurnrl: ) - WI
BY s:"i,'. hN: = +, ~: l.o,I en-
lie Wiila,.,, N,rt", t.da' All \
sci rivers wouii furnish I'll auuu
dant supply If sa.ron. WA t:.r.i
customary enterprise, the Aoeiu' ct
packing company. o. l;waco, ~ W,
a.c lniOim' q, uie cun5luerlnS ia
mai ter with view 10 es u;,.;sl I
81 mon canrery a. ~Ume conv. Ill, u
point Oh She lay.
To complete The line fru!n Ell Il
bur. 10 Tacoma i, Is es imatlu VII
cost S3.000,OU0. To do tnis woiL
will require large force Of NEIL
and the expendi' ure OF that vast sun
of money viii stimulate ali kinds U
business. The circulation o! thu
amount of money in that portion o
Washington Territory viii. MAKE
times good and money easy. We
may therefore anticipate grea, bust
ness activity in the next two years.
The Seattle longshoremen have
made a demand on the Pacific Coas
Steamship Company for forty cent.
per hour day-work and fifty Cent
per hour night-work for all time pu
10 by them discharginS freight from
the Pacific Coast Company's steam
ers. Such demand was made one,
before, and the company b,ough
men here each trip from other point
to do the work. 1t is to b.
hoped that the same state of affair
will not be brought about again.
Reports from Chehalis county sa,
that since the weather changed 70
the better the condition Of the crop
has improved wonderfully, and th
prospects for good harvest wer
never better. though probably littl
later than usual. An increased acre
age and the present condition o
grain and hay would seem to lnsur
the largest yield that this count
has ever produced. Many farmer
are putting III much larger cops q
potatoes than usual, owing TO til
high price of that article this season
which is occasioned by their scarcity
Several hundred bushels havr bee
imported for local use from Cslifor
MIA.
Kittitas Locdlizer: Tunnel CT i
: reached at 6 P. NJ. the same day g.
starting from ElIensburg. Tune
City consists of two stores, three So
looms, two eating and lodging houses
one butcher and slaush Ell ronst
one g. BILE, one engineer. Il, a luu,r
tiers, in all even very comfor alb
aud solid houses. nine ar-e .nts
including machine IN stable tents
The electric light power engin
house Is loca'ed hsr. AID "a nr, ..
re lI&h' f." tbs c,y .rd Fou, f.
work III h tunnel. The Il ~ we
rod IA If = inu nv r til. - .na.r
mn; Of NJ. ID. n..i,r.ry. y >si.:".
mrchanic sent from New Yis ,
; the Ingersol' rock aiill ccm.iuy
Stampede tia,l commrnceS a, thi
point and winds around The h,l,s n
over the summit, distance two mlie.
from wnere a grand view If Noun
Rainier can b- had. The spot w'er
Engineer NcAlster was found near
" dead two winters ago, l. marke
by red blaze Oh the left of the tr.i
one-quarter of u mile east of III
summit.
On the 31st utt. the fish retoi
recently built by the WasIinsto to,
Iron Works for the refinery at Sa
Juan, exploded with terrible force
The head of the retort carried th
roof completely off the building au
almost demolished that structure
after which it flew two hundre,
yards through the air, taking off tn
top of fir tree in it's flight. Tim
bers were thrown 800 yards to an
other island by the accident. A
the time of the explosion eishtee
/ men were ut work around the refir
cry, but, strange to say, no one wa
injured. Two men standing on tb
dock jumped into the bay to escap
falling timbers, and heavy piece O
iron fell in the exact place wher
they wero standing. breaking in tn
wharf. Fish, livers, etc. were scat