Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-08-03
TERRITORIAL NEW :.

Mother tea ship at Tacoma; cargo
valued at 100000. +
Sheriff Mccarthy, shot at PLsoo hy
his Deputy, through mistaken iden-
tity. is al the hospital in Seattle and
will recover.
The population OF Snohomish has
increased about 20 per cent. during
the past year, while property values
have nearly quadrupled.
In San Juan county. ut East Sound.
coal, marble and silver have been
found in quantities which at least
warrant number % parties in taking
up mineral claims.
\ woman and her twelve-ycar-old
daughter were found in starving con-
dition, living on the floor Of a Seattle
hut This is one OF the fruits Of the
surplus-of Chinese
Crops peyer We're better generally
on northern Puget Sound than this
year. Hay is an abundant crop, well
harvested, and fruit, vegetables and
grain are a remarkable yield.
a laborer named Ingwcr Glicsmann.
30 years old. committed suicide by
hanging himself in a woodshed adj
joining his house at Seattle. last Sun
day. He leaves wife and family OF
five children
Enoch Shquwoga, an Indian, claims
| tn hn al ~
ton in section 10, township %, range
43, within the city limits OF Spokane.
This is the property in dispute between
Rev. II. |. Cowley and the Northern
Pacific railway. He claims that Cow
ley, as agent of the railroad, obtained
the property from him by fraud, and
has re,itioned the land commissioner
to restore it to him.
The heavy boiler of the steamer
North Pacific, while being placed on
board at Tacoma, Tues lay night, fell
overheard. The work was being done
by James Randall, an experienced
house mover, who had six men en-.
gagged in the work. The boiler had
been got i'll proper position On the
wharf and when the tide brought the
steamers deck and the floor of the
wharf on level the moving was be-
gun. The boiler WAS supported or
three inch fir planking AS soon as
the weight OF the heavy iron structure
came upon the deck, the boat sunk
lower IN the water and the boiler rolled
on board, but the few three-inch plank
were insufficient to support the enor
nous weight OF thirty tons and
snapped like toothpicks, letting the
whole weight OF the boiler fall on the
port guard of the steamer. The guard
was smashed and possibly some serious
strain sustained by the hull. The port
rall went to the water as the boiler
went over and the stern lines snapped
the steamer swinging far out into the
water. A bystander remarked that i,
was almost miraculous that none OF
the men on board were injured. There
Was great commotion on the boat and
the noise of the breaking timbers and
splashing water could be heard on Pa
clfic avenue. The boiler was built by
Hinkley, Simpson & Hayes, of San
Francisco, weighed 10000 pounds, and
cost about $4,000. The exact loca.
ton of the boiler could not be deter.
mined owing to the deeply sloping
character of the bottom at that point
Close to the wharf the water is about
twenty-five feet deep, but not far out
1T Is said to be over twenty fathoms
1t is thought, however, from the man
ner in which the bubbles rose, that the
boiler struck ON its side and remained
stationary. The lost boiler will proba-
bly, be located by a. diver at once and
the work Of raising it with lighters will
be begun as soon as possible.