, 1888-11-29

The executive committee of the
w. G, I! y. of Western Washington
met this week at Seattle. 1t was
recommended that efforts be made
for the re enactment Of ths law Tor
the proteetiea 6t gifis, which is null
ahd void throGgn the repeal of the
outrage act. The committee also
directed the superintendent of leg
islatiCn aud petitions to make, peti
ton work to SECURE the national pro-
lhll5ltion amendment take precedence
~ ner department. A committee Of
three was appointed to canvass the
subject of the establishment of a
home for girls, which was considered
by many OF ths ladies. an absolute
necessity to the successful prosecu-
tioh of the Work Of the social purity
department.. The ladies favored the
location of such home at Tacoma.
The following, motion was unani-
InouslY carried; This committee en-
ters a most earnest protest against
the lax and careless manner in which
the police force of our principal
Sound cities treat the cases of the
young girls who frequent the low
quarters of the cities and who are
becoming inmates of houses of ILL.,
fame.
The Victoria Times reports "a
prominent American customs officer"
as saying: There is little opium
smuggling going on now on Puget
Sound. So many of the small fry
whe had been Id the business had
been captured and the smuggling
had been partially abated:" This
drug he said was now being shipped
over the Canadian Pacific road and
taken off at various points along the
line. 1t then goes south through
Montana and Idaho to points in the
west and then to Portland and San
Francisco. The customs officers are
few in Montana and smugglers have
an easy time of it.
Last year there were only about
300 tons OF pig iron made on the Pa.
cific Coast. This is poor showing,
when it is remembered that Kittitas
County alone has iron enough III its
mines to keep scores of furnaces and
rolling mills running for ages. The
present year, 1t Is hoped, will see
new order of things and activity in-
augurated in every iron producing
section in the Northwest.-CqpitaL. |
The skipper of a small sailing
barge, which arrived with cordwood |
from iSaanich yesterday, states that |
ne passed the little sloop which ran
IN the rocks while trying to reach
Victoria with a cargo of hoops from
San Juan. The sloop is fast break
ng up, and in few days the hull |
will be useless, and the mast and
'igging are all that the owner will
ind worth saving.-COiOnist.
To illustrate the inexhaustible
wealth of Alaska, Gov. Swineford
emarks, in casual way, in his an
lual report that a single haul in
SitEa bay took in a thousand SAL
non averaging ten pounds each, and
hat single one of Alasks's multi
udinous islands is solid mountain
II ore, containing enough mineral
wealth to pay the entire nationa.
lebt
According to the Methodist Times.
he Methodist churches have 25,000,~
100 adherents throughout the world.
t adds that its returns are ''unus-
tally exact" What a great constit-
Iency this representa- The growth
f Methodlsra is one of the marvels
f the ages. |
The Dayton Chronicle says that
ohm B. Allen owes his nomination
D Whitman county. and that great
redit is due to the Palouse Gazette
s tie first and strongest advocate of
is nomination. |
The commissioners will be ap-
ointed at Washington next week by
ecretary Whitney, to select sites
n navy yards on the Pacific coast
nd on the gulf.
The Victoria Coionist says the to-
j salmon pack of the Pacific coast
n 1888 was 1.057OO0 cases and fig
res that the value at $3.50 q case 1
as $5,813,5 500.