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During the present summer the buildings have
been thoroughly repaired and = handsome third
story, with mansard roof added, afording ample
dormitores for young ladies'.
BOARD, including fuel, lights and washing,
$l3 so per month. other rates are moderate.
Annual session begins the first Monday in Sep
iember. For ca talogue and further particulars ad-
dress,
A. A. THOMAS, President.
aug ely
, 1889-07-11
THE Er ECTRIC ROAD.
Tracklaying Progressing Rapidly on
Both Ends of the Line.

The work of laying ties and track for
the Ross Park electric street railway,
which began Monday morning on Main
street at The intersection of Post, has
progressed at the rate of nearly block
day and by Six O'Clock this evening
the double tracks will be laid almost to
Stevens street. The company is laying
the rails as fast a. the ties are placed
and will put in the plankng as soon as
possible in order that the streets may
not bc obstructcd any longer than il is
absolutely necessary. Many people nor
acquainted with the provisions of the
ordinance regulating the laying of the
tracks are at loss 10 understand why
they ARE being laid so far above
the grade OF the street. BY
the provisions of the ordinance
the company is permitted to lay the
tracks six inches above the present grade
of the street, the company agreeing 10
grade up the approaches ON either side
and 20 Keep them so, and To round up
the street in a proper manner. The
company is also required 10 put in
planking hush with the rails, both be-
tween and on either side OF them, so as
to offer the least possible obstruction 10
travel
Trpcklaying is also being pushed on
the other end Of the line. The contract
requires that the road shall be completed
by the 1st of August.
, 1889-07-11
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SEATTLE's THANKS.
SEATTLE, july s, Correspcnden,

hEN LIB S'tit q, tOIItepCllQenCc.
4. II. Myers, Esq, First Assistant
Chief Spokane Falls Fire Department,
DEAR SIR: Your favor of JULY ,, en-
closing check for $40 for the benefit of
the sufferers by fire of the members com
pris ing the Seattle fire department was
received this day. In behalf of those
tilemcn who will receive the benefit so
generously bestowed by Mr.. John Nc.
Crane and by your department, and in
behalf of the citizens of this city, per-
init me to express our tervent thanks,
substantial expressions Of sympathy
such a. yours reach spot in ones heart
and bring Il tear TO the eye that no mis-
fortune or disaster could ever do, and il
l. Our sincere prayer that the generous
hearts of those remembering the attic
tions that have fallen upon our city
may never experience a calamity like
ours.
Coming as the gift does from one fire
department 10 relieve the distress of q
distant fireman, 1t possesses more than
a pecuniary value; it cannot be coun ted
by dollars and cents; il is an evidence of
q bond of sympathy between volunteer
liremen of more than money value-a
link that binds them together as one
grand brotherhood.
With the assurance that our best
wishes 80 out for the Spokane depart
ment and for the prosperity OF the city,
| am YER respectfully,
GARDNER KELLOGG, =.
EX-Chief Seattle Fire Department.
, 1889-07-11
A COLORADO JOB.
The Grand Jury at Denver Investi-
eating the State Officers.

DENVER, July 9--It is learned that
most of the time Of the present grand
jury has been occupied by investigating
charges of corruption made against cer-
tain state officials and members Of the
last legislature, regarding the purchase
Of lumber for the Legislature buildings,
stationery and other supplies for mem
bers of the assembly, and public print
ing, which during the ninety days ses-
sion aggregated in the neighborhood OF
100000, In the absence of the secretary
of state James Rice, who was East, the
grand jury demanded of Deputy ]. j.
WYATT the keys of the rooms where the
furniture in question is said to be stored
for the purpose OF continuing their in
yestigation. Mr.. Wyatt disregarded the
demands of the jury and was arrested
for contempt. To-day he was arraigned
before Judge Stone Of the criminal court,
found guilty and sentenced to ten days
in the county Jail and fined 500. His
honor concluded by saying he would re-
init the jail sentence providing Wyatt
turned over the keys on or before p.
NJ. tomorrow. lis understood the de-
fendant will carry the matter to higher
court
, 1889-07-11
THE NEW RAILROADS.
Twenty-on Miles OF Track Laid on
the ). g. N.-The Rockford Branch.

Superintendent Buckley reports that
track is laid on the Spokane and North.
ern as far as Dragon creek, a cistsnce of
twenty-one miles from Spokane Falls.
The contractors arc. hammering away
steadily and the track will be laid into
Colville by the 10Th of September.
Grading on the Rockford branch OF
the w. & |. is progressing rapidly, al.
though the heavy rock work in Ploof
gulch is proving u tough job, and much
slower than was expected. The rock is
blue granite, and large amount of
blasting is necessary. DR.. Littleheld,
surgeon for the company. reports that
numerous accidents have occurred from
blasting and the company hospital is al.
most full. None OF the accidents have
proved fatal as far as reported. Grading
outfits are at work st various points all
along the line, between 1900 and oOOo
men being employed. About one.fifth OF
the grading is completed from Rockford
to the timber line, distance of twenty
miles. After the heavy rock work in
Pioof gulch is disposed of, grading will
progress much more rapidly.
, 1889-07-11
A BUNCO GAME.
A Very Verdant East Portland
Ranoher Terribly Skinned by
Two Confidence Men.
Not Content With the Proceeds of
Monte They Exchange a Pack
age Of Blank Paper for Gold.

PoRTLASD July a.--.Iacob Zimmerman, /,
"a wealthy East Portland rancher, Is a
victim ofa peculiar bunco game to the
tune OF 5000. Saturday man calling
himself Judge Charles Jackson called
ON Ilmmermad, and said that he had a
sister living here possessed of 100000 in
United states bonds,a good part ofwhich
she wanted to invest in bottom lands
Just such as Zimmerman has. They
talked for y while on the subject and as
the Judge was taking his leave he re-
marked that he would bring
his sister over the following day
TO inspect the land. Yesterday
morning the 'judgo' drove over TO Zim.
merman, alone, apologi2ing for the alb
but he suggested that they alone might
look at the land, which was done, and
the Judge said he was well pleased
with It, Half way back they met we'll
dressed man with tourists satchel
strung over his shoulder and hailing
them he stated that he had a scheme by
which the Judge and Zimmerman
could make colossal fortune.
He opened his satchc and displayed
severtl large PACKAGES of Greenbacks
(bogus of course) and then bantered
them TO venture little game of monte.
zimmerman, who Is very unsophisti-
Gated, fought shy of the proposition
DNt tnc luuse went one and won 50.
Then Zimmerman played and he
won IS. The man with the tourists
satChel said if they would meet him at
the same place the next morning he
would give them $1,000 for each S5 they
won. They returned, but before leaving
the city Zimmerman drew $1,000 in gold
and currency of the bank. When the
tourist was met Zimmerman was Caioled
out OF his $1,000 good currency, and the
confidence man, as he subsequently
proved TO be, also induced him to give
him his $1,000 in gold for sealed pack
age. OF currency, asking him not TO open
II till they met at the bank the next
day. This morning Zimmerman opened
the package OF currency, which proved
nothing but cut paper, with an accom-
panying note admonishing him not TO
herald his verdancy 70 the world. The
judge and tourist, of course, were con.
iederates,
, 1889-07-11
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Tonnyson l. better.
Four thousand weavers at Jargem sdorff
have struck.
Distinct earthquake at Pennington,
Maine, last night.
Colonel WOdehouse is pursuing the
deTvichcs, who are 5000 strong.
Herr Weber, lately German consul to
Samoa, died at Hamburg to-day.
Russia has declined to take part in the
international labor congress at Bernc.
THONGS p. Gilland and Joseph K. Cox,
nationalist members of parliament, were
arrested in London to-day.
The Tenth Royal Grenadiers of Toron-
10 has challenged the Massachusetts ri
iie team to shoot with ten men Oh u
side.
Adyiccs have been received at Sidney,
\. :. W., from Apia, saying that treaty
of. peace has been concluded between
Maiaata and Tumasose.
j. Grecnshields, the celebrated Cana
dian criminal lawyer, of Montreal. has
arrived in Winnipeg TO assist Mr. How
ell in prosecuting, Tor the state ofIllinois
in the Burke case.
Hy Antoine Nolle and his wife
Blanche, and their friend Paul Hax-
michel are under arrest in New York,
charged with emhezzling l63, 600 francs
from b. Journal & Co., bankers of Paris.
Lieutenant Thurston has concluded
the inquiry into the charges made by
Germany that assistance has been given
Mataafa by the British consul. lie is
eNoncratcd
1t is reported that fifty Russian officers
passed Brala, Roumania, on their way
to Servia, and that the Russian govern
ment has been sending material of war
and pontoons TO Reni III Beosarabia and
10 the mouth of the Danube.
The Frankfort, Germany, express,
while going at a high rate of speed near
Roehemoor, ran into all open switch and
dashed into an empty train on the side
track Eight persons We're instantly
killed and eleven injured.
, 1889-07-11
INCREASED MAIL FACILITIES.
Extended From Ruby to Conconully-
nnIItInu f... MIL. s...I.--

c. c. Mccoy LETT yesterday for Ruby
City TO look after his stage line and mail
contracts. Mr.. Mccoy Informed a RE-
VIEW reporter that the mail route had
recently been extended from Ruby To
ConconuQy. An effort is now being
made to have it further extended from
Concunully TO SoOyos, and from Hazel
tine, on this end OF the line, TO Daven.
port, a distance of forty miles. Just why
the mail route should begin at Hazeltine,
forty miles from railroad communica-
tion, instead of at Davenport, is one OF
those things which nobody has vet been
able to find out. Mr.. Mccoy has lately
put OH nine new Concord coaches and
iirst-class stock, so that fast time is now
made all along the line, which, notwith-
standing the mail contract does not rem
der it necessary, extends from Daven-
port TO the mines, thus afiording a
through line. a lengthy petition has
been forwarded TO Washington asking
that the mail service be increased from
semi.weekly TO daily, which will prove
of great convenience 10 the people in the
Salmon River and Okanogan mining dis
tricts The petition has received the en-
dorsement of Delegate Allen and Senator
Mitchell of Oregon will also assist in get
ting the matter through.
, 1889-07-11
THOSE POLES.
Judge CaIkins Grants an Injunction
Against Them.

Upon the application Of Messrs. Goetz
& Baer, proprietors of the Frankfurt
building, representing themselves and
others, Judge Calkins yesterday granted
temporary injunction against further
work IN the construction of the electric
motor line along Main street. While
the principal warfare has heretofore been
against the erection of poles. down the
center of the street, and while property
owners along the street have been per-
fectly willing to yield the company a
right TO have the tracks in the street if
the poles We're placed 20 one side, there
are those who predict that the contro-
versy may yet end in forcing the line
from Main street altogether. In any
event il seems to be quite generally re-
garded that the motor company Is maxi
ing a great mistake TO thus antagonizc
the wishes of the public and that the
council ought in right to interpose and
bring about an adjustment of this matter
before it goes any further.
, 1889-07-11
BIG BEND ALL RIGHT.
Forty Bushels of Wheat to the
Acre Assured and Other
Crops in Proportion.
A Bank Needed---Complimentary
Mention of the Boss City of
the Northwest.

WATERyILLE, w. T., July g. Cores
pondence. The rain of last Wednesday
and Thursday, though not needed for
crops put in deep or on old ground, was
OF great value to sod crops and those
D9nly eaten by squirrels. The latter
VIII now bring in TO their owners S25 TO
thc, acTcin hay. Such farmers as Rush
Wilcox, who put in his grain deep, will
produce forty bushels of wheat TO the
acre; from oil reports obtainable the
Big Bend west OF Grand Coulee has been
the least to suffer from drouth in either
only a few years ago they said this coun-
Eastern Washington or Oregon and yet
try was too dry. Considering the fact that
we are proven success, agriculturally
speaking, II seems strange to us that
there should be- left so many thousands
OF acres not taken up. The absence Of
RAILROADS must certainly he the cause.
A. T. Greene, our leading public-spir-
lted citizen, Is very rich man. He Is
the owner of Greenes first and second
additions to Watervillc.
Tomorrow we will have great cele-
bration. Our pavilion for speaking Is
4Oxl2O feet, Al business houses have
been decorated with evergreeus and
bunting,
Are there no capitalists in your midst
who wish to 20 into the banking buss.
nesSP There is no better field in Wasn-
ington for bank Money can easily be
loaned on good collateral security and
personal endorsement at from two to
three per cent per month. Our nearest
bank Is at Davenport, 100 miles away.
The field Is immense. Parties wishing
further information can get it by adj
dressing Charles Littleteld & Co.
We are still selling a good deal of prop
perty to Spokane Falls, and there are
no class OF people more welcome than
those from the
BOSS CITY or THE NORTHWEST.
Our handsome court house Is being
painted by W. A. Helm, late of Spokane
Falls. To his many friends we will
state that he is much better since COM
Two new store buildings are going up.
There Is splendid opportunity here for
a first class clothing and gents furnish
ing goods store or a dry goods and fancy
goods store, more especially these, be-
cause the stocks OF the above are but
lightly carried, and there Is lots of room
yet for large concerns, as those here
have not the amount of capital requisite
for such large scope of country as is
tributary to Wstervile. Just think;
Davenport and Ellensburg as our near
est noighbors,
, 1889-07-11
IN THE COURTS.
Two Suits to Recover Damage.-Police
Court Cases.

In the district court Yesterday the Jury
IN the case of Balm against the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company rendered II
verdict awarding to the plaintiff the sum
of 500 for damage to certain goods.
The case of Eakin IL Son against the
National iron works was in progress be.
fore jury. Suit was brought to recover
damages alleged to be sustained by the
ant To fill u contract for machinery at a
certain specified time.
In the case of II. L. Cowley against the
Northern Pacific Railway Company thr.
" days was given the plaintiff and de.
fendant in which to take such action as
either of them may deem fit.
, 1889-07-11
An Outing Party.

soys; about the middle OF this month
Roy. W, I. Robinson and wife, William
Fudge and wife, J. l.. Dumas and wife,
l.. b. Sanders and family. 7. II. Jessup
and family and Miss Edna Billups, will
60 mp To Hayden lake to remain until
September I. They will be joined there
by Il. $, Burgan and wife and T.. l..
Powell and family. The lake is in
Idaho, forty miles northeast Of Spokane
miles wide. There is plenty of timber
and game. 1t is becoming popular re.
sort. The farmer who lookup land on
its southern banks has sold to Spokane
parties for 800 an acre. The NJ. f..
church here will be supplied during Rev.
Robinson's absence. ~
, 1889-07-11

SAN FRANctsCo, July o, Special,-Stan-
ford and Huntington have decided to
withdraw the Southern Pacific from
Texas. 4 late law in that state provides
that a railroad company operating roads
within its borders can have 10 legal stat
utes unless it contains principal office
therein. The Southern Pacific officials
say they could hot do the latter, there
lore the three Texas and Louisiana
roads that now form part of the
Southern Pacific main line to New Or
leans will hereafter be separated as
distinct roads, with different sets OF
officers
, 1889-07-11
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.
r. d. johnson Converts His Home
Into a Veritable Human
Slaughter House.
While Engaged in the Brutal
Business lie Deliberately Pens
Letters to the Public.

The Palouse City News yesterday Is.
sued an extra edition containing the fol.
lowing particulars of the awful tragedy
on Cedar creek, which was outlined in a
special telegram to yesterdays REVIEW:
on Sunday as the family of Henry
Cochrane were going to attend services
in the school house about three and a
half miles north of the city, on the
Pennington road, they noticed the cat tie
of r. u. Johnson In the corral. They
thought it rather strange, and at s
O'CLOCK this (MondayG morning when
Mr. CoChranc saw the cattle still penned
preaching the door he Knocked twice
but received no answer. He pounded a
third time and in response came the
voice of a child crying: "Oh, mammal
Running around TO the window he
called tile name of Mrs. Johnson, and
receiving no, reply but the pitcous cry.
ing of the child, forced open the door
and rushed into the house. Ascending
the stairs, II horrible sight met his eyes.
Lying at the head of the stairs was the
body OF Mr.. Johnson. The hair was
matted with blood, which had oozed
from bullet wound in the forehead
A revolver was, lying partly under the
body. On Il bed close by lay the body
of the boy Willie, the face blaclened
with powder and covered with blood
from two ghastly wounds in the head,
On pallet, at the foot of the bed, was
the little girl, her face also dabbled with
blood from bullet wound.
Overcome by the terrible spectacle Mr.
Cochrane rushed down the stairs and
out of the house to summon help. a
messenger was dispatched TO this city to
summon the proper authorities, and the
neighbors soon reached the scene of the
tragedy.
on the front door was pinned the fol.
lowing note;
, 1889-07-11
Police Court Penalties.

Judge Curry administered justice to
the following law-breakers In Police
court Yesterday:
Nj. Richardson was let otf with the
payment OF costs for driving stock upon
the graded streets.
j, Green, drunk, taxed the costs of his
trial.
p. Sullivan, drunk and disorderlv.
was fined So and costs.
c. Carson, vagrant, received dose of
$40 and costs.
y. o'Neil another vag, was assessed
SIS and costs
, 1889-07-11
omce-seokers Need not Anp,v.

WAsHINGroS, y. G., July 9,-Mlr. Por-
ter superintendent Of census, saws no
more applications for office In his de.
partmcnt will be considered and no more
applications will be made except those
already decided upon until after the lst
OF September
Count Baron Won Rietenfeld, of Hessen.
Germany, who was in the city two weeks
ago, returned last night from tour OF
inpection through the C9ur d-Alene
country and is quartered at the Grand.
, 1889-07-11

count Of the fact that tho telegraph wire
Throughout that section have been de-
stroyCd. Some reports have reached
here that cyclone caused the disaster,
while a moro serious character Is given
to the story by indefinite and as yet un-
confirmed rumors that there has been q
considerable losy Of life.
~ DARKNESS.
Troy, n. Y, July GA telephone
from Johnstown says the town Is In total
darkness and nine bridges were washed
away. The electric ligllt plant has been
washed away, also three mills Mt Glow
ersVillc. One body has been recovered.
of Fonda.
, 1889-07-11

Crow CREEK AGENCY, :. d., July T.
The Sioux commissioners held a council
this morning, at which the provisions OF
the act of congress was carefully OK
planned, and the difference between the
present bill and that of last year pointed
out. Last year the commission failed AT
this agency. White Ghost and Drifting
Goose were leaders of the opposition last
year. They are the most influential
chiefs on the reservation. The council
adjourned At noon till Monday, and
meantime special efforts will be made to
heat Is intense. Yesterday, at p. NJ,
the mercury stood lO6e in the shade.
, 1889-07-11
Educational Work,

ot>YMsrtAi Jgly 3, speeial,-.The terri;
Superintendent J. II. Morgan, Prois. l..
+. Folluusbce ofOlympia IL. f. Twin
of Lyndcn aud 4. L. Mcbride OF palouse
City met here to-day for the transaction
of regular business.
The Teachers Association met and he.
gan the consideration of various import.
ant questions to be presented before the
constitutional convention. Thirty two
teachers Were present to-day.
, 1889-07-11
A strike in the Gem Fraction.
From the Wallace Free Press.

A new and very important discovery
was made the past week in what Is
known as the Gem Fraction" 1t has
been opened upon the surface in several
places and has every indication of being
one of the richest discoveries which has
been made In this section for some time.
II joins on the eastern end of the Gem
and has length OF about 500 feet Some
of the ore from this property shows an
assay value of S33 in silver and sixty rel
cent in lead. We congratulate the own,
ers over this find. They are parties vel
known to us all. Messrs. a. &. Camp.
bell, j. II. Finch and X. G.. Nanderford
are deserving of the prosperity which
this new lode will bring them.