Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-06-22
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

Tacoma is making = RAID against
the gambling dens.
Tacoma has raised $500 for relief cl
sufferers by the Ritzville fire.
Mr.. Ronald, of Seattle, will deliver
the Grafton at Chehalis on the 4th.
\ building that had been raised for
placing a story underneath, in Seattle,
fell last Saturday. Several persons
were severely injured, and one death
has resulted from the catastrophe.
Two men, Pitman and Stonefeld, had
a quarrel last Tuesday on the farm OF
DR.. Olmstead, near Ellensburg, over Il
bucking colt, when the former shot
the latter in the stomach, fatally
wounding him.
Companies of the Territorial militia
parading on Memorial day or July 4
receive 81 80 per man and rations not
to exceed fifty cents per diem to each
individual The law requires that
they shall make two parades annually
ON the days above mentioned.
Matthew Fay, popular saloon
keeper OF Port Townsend, well-known
all over the Sound, committed suicide
on the 18th inst, by shooting himself
with a forty-four Winchester rifle.
Since the death Of Fay's wife, four
months ago, he has acted strangely.
A row which occurred IN Harry
Morgan's variety show and gambling
house at Tacoma, Tuesday evening,
has brought the matter before the gaze
Of the would-be ignorant city dads in
such IL forcible manner that it will be
surprising if the authorities do not
take measures to suppress gambling in
that city.
The trial of the farmers at Colby for
running out Cinnamon has resulted in
Il farce. The justice held that there
was no proof of conspiracy between
the boosters" and that the public
were not disturbed by the act, and
that nothing remained for the " exo-
dused" Cinnamon to do but to COM
mence civil suit.
Governor Semple has appointed r.
I. Cowen, Of Camas, as Building Com
missioner Of the School for Defective
Youth at Vancouver, vice I. j. Haley,
who has resigned. He has also APP
pointed W. I. r. Nicholson a commits
sioner of deeds to reside in Portland
Oregon, and &. w. Carroll, of Seattle
and Geo. Melvin, Of Okanagan, us mo-
taries public.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany last week completed the location
of their lands in Washington Territory
and paid into the government land OF
fee ut Spokane Falls the sum OF $24,-
600, being the required fee of one and
a quarter cents an acre. The lands in
this, the last bunch, were in the Spo-
kane district, and were rs follows
Adams county 1862 .O30 acres, Whitman
county 3Ol ,lS7 acres, Lincoln county
591 1852 acres, Spokane county 49,
900 acres, Stevens and Whitman 4S0
acres, making total of l,S66, 1863
acres.
The Royal Arch Chapter held their
meeting at Port Townsend on the 18th
inst. and elected w. A. Fairweather,
Grand High Priest; W. V. Reinhart,
Deputy Grand High Priest: J. II.
Bellinger, Grand Scribe; T. NJ. Reed,
Grand Secretary; II. Drum, Grand
Treasurer; j. F. Damon, Grand
chaplain; DR.. Y. c. Blalock, Grand
Captain of the Host; E. r. Hare, P.
u.s.; Thomas Amos, R. A. c.; Capt.
C. A. Johnson, Master Of the Third
Veil; NJ. A. Nelson, Master of the
Second Veil; John Moore, Master of
the First Veil; w. r. Andrews, Grand
Sentinel, and J. w. Hull, Grand
Tyler.
The anti-Chinese feeling is flaming
up again. A few days ago some Mt.
Vernon residents bundled up two
Chinese laundrymen and put them on
board the steamer, and on Saturday
the same thing occurred Mt Colby.
The Disguised Chinese came to Seat
tie and swore out warrants against
their prosecutors. 1t is rumored that
able counsel will be secured and the
cases prosecuted with vigor. Defend
ants. say the mill companies are to
blame for the presence Of Cinnamon
in Kitsap county, and that they want
them to fill inferior positions around
the mills. Much interest is taken in
the result of the case.
Gov. Semple has appointed the
members of his staff, under the pro-
visions Of the new militia bill, as
follows: General, with
rank of Colonel, w. H. Blair Of Mon
tesano: Inspector-General, with rank
of Colonel, A. P. Curry of Spokane
Falls; Judge-Advocate-General, with
rank of Colonel, Elwood Evans of Ia
coma; Paymaster-General, with rank
of Colonel, NJ. kaufman of Tacoma; ;
Surgeon General, with rank of Colonel,
]. Randolph Smith of Vancouver
Chief of Ordinance, with rank OF
Colonel, John II. Sharpstein OF Walla
Walla; Aihes-ie-Camp, with rank OF
Lieutenant Colonel, James Hamlin
Lewis of Seattle, Gwin Hicks of Olym-
pia, Vince II. Faben of Seattle, and
Henry KEELING of Walla Walla Assis-
tant Acknowledgement, with rank Of
Major, J. Kennedy Stout of Spokane
Falls.
The following officers of the Grand
Lodge, F. & A. NJ, were elected at
Port Townsend ON the 18th inst. for
the ensuing year: Grand Master,
Nathan S. Porter, of Olympia; Deputy
Grand Master, A. w. Fairweather,
of Sprague; Senior Grand Warden,
ALI. A. Plummer, of Port Townsend;
Grand Secretary, 7. NJ. Reed, Of
Olympia; Grand Treasurer, Benjamin
Harmed. of Olympia; Grand Senior
Deacon, Louis Sohns, Of Vancouver;
Grand Junior Deacon, ID. H. Mullen,
of Montesano; Grand Lecturer, DIR.
Allen, of Waitsburg; Grand Orator,
Fred Terrell, OF Tacoma; Grand Tyler,
w. A. Rose, OF South Bend; Grand
Chaplain, w. ii. Eagan, Of Walla
Walla; Grand Bible Bearer, Isaac
Parker, OF Seattle; Grand Steward,
A. C. Campbell, Of Puyallup. The
next session OF the lodge will be held
at Olympia on the second Tuesday OF
June, 1889.
A. Edward Stetson, OF Seattle,
stockholder and superintendent of the