Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-05-10

George Either, the Well-knoWn pl
prietor of the City Laundry, at Tao
: ma, died suddenly Thursday, of hea
disease. A few minutes before /
death he was attending to business,
usual, when he suddenly fell over al
expired before he could be placed upt
, bed.
The Territorial Dental Associate
meets in Spokane Falls Tuesday, ar
remains in session the remainder OF IL
week. Drs. Kilbourn and Carlyon
Seattle, Hicks and McC July of Tacom
and Pittwood of Spokane. Falls. coI
stitute board to examine candidat,
for dental surgeons certificates.
The first kiln of brick at the pei
etentiary was opened Saturday an
there are now 10000 ready for deli,
cry. They weigh four and a hal
pounds each. There are already neal
ly 100000 more built in another kilr
and with favorable weather in abou
three weeks half million more will
ready.
1t is announced that the syndicat
of capitalists who sre TO build a raj
road to Gray's harbor, has purchase
II thousand acres of land on the hal
Dor, stretching along the water from
from one to five miles below Hoaquim
1t is understood that the railway tel
minus will be at that point, and tha
a large city will be built there. A
high tide there is not less than 80 fee
of water between the proposed termi
nus and the ocean.
Patrick Keogh, who works in fore,
of men clearing land on Jackson
street, at Seattle, was going home
about 9 o'clock Friday night, and
when on the Jackson street bridge, b.
was garroted by three men. One O
them caught Keogh across the throat
and the others helped to throw him
down. He struggled and attempted
to yell, and he was choked by the
powerful hand of one of the men
They got from him a silver watch,
$1.50 and a knife, and then they let
him go.
The town OF Centralia is to have an
educational institution to be known as
Grace seminary, to cost $4,000. The
Northwest Baptist Convention made
the proposition for building and main
tainining such an institution, and the
citizens have gone vigorously at work
to comply with the terms of the prop
osition. More new buildings are being
constructed at Centralia this season, 10
proportion to the number of its inhabi-
tants, than in any other town in the
Northwest. 1t is progressing with
rapid strides.
Commissioner G. D. Emory, OF Sc
attic, who is acting as Deputy Collec-
tor of internal revenue at Seattle for
Collector Gwin Hicks, says that not
over half the dealers who should take
out revenue stamps have done so,
although their licenses all expired on
May l. He will only retain his stamp
books or few days, and those who do
not take out stamps before he returns
them to Collector Hicks will be put to
much extra trouble, and may also find
themselves subject to penalty for
selling without license.
Angus Mcdonald, bartender in Ira
cy's saloon, a! Seattle, dropped dead
Tuesday morning, while scrubbing out
the saloon. Mcdonald headed a party
that worked for four years, from 1876
to 1880, clearing out great jam Of
logs in the Skagit river, rendering the
stream navigable. The party labored
under The impression thas it would be
amply compensated by the government
for its work, but it never was. Nc
Donald's health was impaired by his
four years. exposure, and he was never
able to do manual labor afterwards.
The trouble at Port Gamble between
John Proctor and Peter Constadt was
not so serious as reported. The row
arose over Proctor throwing biscuit
at Constadt, whereupon the latter
called Proctor a vile name. Proctor
then proceeded to give Constandt a
whipping. With this the row ended,
and Constadt, who is a cripple, went
away, returning in few hours with q
pistol, and seeing Proctor shot at him.
The bullet took effect in his thigh,
and is not considered rs necessarily
dangerous. Constadt was held in ST.
500 bonds.
A dispatch from Port Blakeley dated
the 4th instant says: A man named
NJ. r. Silber, was found by Aelmer and
John Grinnell, Of Seattle, hanging to
the mast of small boat, about eighty
rods from Blakeley rocks, with a hole
in his forehead ON the evening of that
day. They took him to the socks and
called for help. A man named Albert
son came to their assistance, and the
body was taken to Blakeley by JUS
tee of the peace, who was also sum-
moned. The coroner was called from
Port Madison, and the jury began an
inquiry into the cause of death at 8 80
on that evening. 1t is supposed that
Silber was shot by unknown parties
with a rifle.
Lately several accidents have oc-
CURED to the boats of the o. r. & N.
Company, caused by the ferry boat
City of Seattle crashing with them.
The matter has been called to the at
tention Of the local inspectors, and
Capt. Bryant has determined to inves-
tigate. In this connection he says {:
The trouble has been brought to my
and / propose to investigate
the matter. If there is willful at
tempt being made by the captain Of
any vessel to run into another, his IL
cense will be taken from him immedi-
ately. No man will be allowed to run
into another on purpose. The lives
of the people are endangered every time
there is q collision.
Lord Lonsdale, who is at present at
Tempt G to rival Kane or Franklin
as an arctic explorer, arrived at Ta-
coma, Thursday, and gives q glowing
account on paper of his trip. He said
he had been fifteen months on his
travels. and had reached Melville
island, the farthest point north reached
by any one except the Greeley expe-
dition. He was accompanied by one
servant during the whole journey and
sometimes by two, and sometimes
more Indians. He had dog-sled and
boat with him during his wanderings
and the sled was drawn sometimes by
as many as sixty dogs. The cold in
some portions Of his trip was so in
tense that the Indiaos who accom-
panied him would succumb, and all
efforts to revive them would be use
less. The Pesce rivel country ne de-
scribed as being very fertile, and as
good country as any in Montana,