The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-05
ne NEW COUNTY OFFICERS.
/ General Change of Public
Servants in King County.
s-~vease OF Badness In Several
Omees-Depnfies Appointed
A Testfmonfaf.


King ccanty now has a straight cut
.nd car Republican administration the
.pneral change ancng county officers
sbsf vas arranged for at the several
coil;ng places last November having
tsrsn place yesterday. The ..Esss'
rrnf out and The "onts" went In 20
auietiy that the change did not affect
the transaction az current business Ia
the leasa. aud by the ends of the week
4. the new officers VIII be thoroughly
;ndsrfed into their new positions.
Ex.city Clerk w. r Forrest found
erpryfhing in apple-pie order In the
aadstsr's Office when IL was turned
over 10 him nj IL O'Clock YESTERDAY.
tuaisor Wood and his deputies had
bssn working DAT add night for the
rex previous % get the records enter.
II compared and indexed 10 date,
snd 10 check up everything In the
ofFjee ready for turning over 10 the
new auditor. Late Saturday evening
tbs task was completed and Mr.. Wood
took leave OF his employees with the
allowing remarks
6<usIsm<n and Tadaes. This evening sbe
e;exsasf Official relations thafshase exisset.
5etween "a during fne past two years
cone 70 an end By nay retirement from the
aflee al county auditor. Before the mart
inx hsur comes wish 20 tender each ard
IN of yeu ay most heartfelt thanks Tor the
rsrnsr in which yGa have discharged
FaEr duties, thereby making light the
1usits that would have otherwise found
mach more srksome aud la1oriotss. A few
days ago sou we're kind enough 20 present
NJ with a very catering testimonial al
exsfegs. accom- panied By words and gsod
uishes szofe fsffefsEg stu. Ia return IL,
these pleasant amenities allow me 10 say
fhz,ff my conduct and bearing has been
xufh rs 80 yin yDnr regsrsls. have done
roshing more than observe the psrceut ol
DE golden fnIe. aud done as / haye been
dg9e hy Hoping the pleasant relations
fhss haye existed In our Official aud blsi
PES relations may extend and continue Id
our social iife, again shank you and sas
=safr9eli.'
Mr. Wood turned the Office over %
nj Successor with clean record
During his administration the busI.
mess of the Office has nearly fFebiesl
- will be shown by tse following
facts and figures:
From the first organization of tire
count 70 the time Mr.. Wood be-
eaule auditor 40 books of deed
fmany Of which were Of small size
had been recorded During the pasl
t1o wears 81 large books have beer
fsIfa with deeds, showing the number
iless during this time 70 have beer
nearly. Ii not quite. as large as during
the preceding - years of the county 1
history. The number OF instruments
flied for record during Mr.. Wood,
term Wa 1916. whereas his preae
cessor, Mr.. Harris. only recorded
SIZE instruments. The business in
other departments of the Office has in
creased In like proportion. The
papers OF the commissioners court
during the past two years would
stand Is feet high II piled npon ths
Door and closely packed; the docu
ments fled by all the proceeding
boards would not occupy onc-hal
this space. On the first day Of Mr
Woods term l3 Instruments weTs
fled on tie last. 10. The daily aver
age for February, 1880. was ~ which
placed against -, the daily averans
Tor the same month In 1887, show,
atsn' the proportion in when tbs
business OF the office has increased.
Dir. Harris otsiy employed three re
euraefs who did all the work witt
ease: during the past year eight have
been kept busy all the time. Mr.
woea has employed 60 different per
soma III the office during the past tws
years and has had as many rs p
clerks 81 work al enc tinae. Marriage
Togistss No 1, which Was filled lasI
Saturday. shows that MIR Wood hAs
lsslless is5S heentcs Ga wed during his
term
4 still more striking proof iAssi ans
given above O tae fact that the bust.
hess Of The office has Increased 10 !.
wonderful degree since Mr.. Wood tool
the Office i Siiesn by the fact that the
net ciilokniaenss have increased from
about sz5D 10 ahoat $500
Aia3S0r Forrest has appointed IS
his deputies, A Il. Kennedy, formerly
cashier at The City dock anu late with
The Moore Manufacturing Company
and II. l.. Van Br0ckiin, who was Ell.
Try clerk under the last administration
+. A. Iwieheii. clerk OF Inc old board
OF commissioners. will remain in tns
Office for time az least. The record
ers viii be appointed o.day and II il
understood that fhos. Peiiniinvn 9ll
have charge of that department.
Ex.Audltor Wood has not yet dc.
eided what his lutare vocation will be,
and wilt take good rest before he
does anything else. Roswell scott, ex
dsRaty. viii 80 into the real estate
bnsiness.
District Attorney j. +. RonalS
signed his last indictment in the dis
tiet court last Saturday afternoon ana
Yielded up the Office he has liiled with
egeiit Ia himself aud honor % tho dis.
riet Yesterday morning to his success
sor, w. w. Newlin. Mr.. Ronald was
appointed deputy prosecuting after
ney IN August Sssa. aud served in that
capacity until November 1884. when hs
vas elected district attorney, which
aiiiee he has held ever since. Daring
ne SIX years he was public prosecutor
Mr.. Ronald signed over 100 insiict.
ments and tried fully that number ol
criminal eases. The records show
nai he won 80 per cent of the cases
wei before juries. Some 81 of the
riais in which Mr.. Ronald prosecuted
we're very important. During the first
ksm ne tried the three "squas" eases,
Which resulted in the acauit
M OF tao of the defendants
On charge OF mursier and
me ronvictlou OF third. Dewitt Rum
sy, ieT riotsng. This conviction was
AseFwards set aside By the supreme
court ON account of It's being tried be-
,efea jury composed partly of women.
paFIng this last tarm he tried Miller
iar murder three times before secnr-
ag 4 conviction, and the supreme
0aff set this verdict aside ON the
ground that the testimony was Insult
aeaeat. Tn Hill civil eases which
esasumed ~ days and the recent
nekersham trial were among the
Ssaes important incidents of Mr..
noaasds pubic career. Prior Ia
fsafnsry, isss. Mr. Ronald's salary
va only SiT9s year. The ieg,sia-
safe then raised the salary oil The
kuseruiine officer OF this district 4,
80 per year, 90 he paid cat OF the
s.s'sofial Treasury, and compensation
sea each county at the rate ot So
80 vac Hrss lou inhabitants. and SIS
" eaeh subsequent 1909 inhabitants.
AAs VIII make Mr. Newiin's salary
Nas11 10 over $3.50 Tor the ensuing
fsas, ADD Il will be doubled next year
se increase IN population. There
no lees in this office. The new
sases attorney has not vet named
= very pleasant Incident occurred in
- PROBATE court ut ID O'Clock yester-
Sss, last before Judge Rochester gave
MS seat - Jadse-eIect Osborn.
NJ. Eban Sn,f,h .,Sd $780,. -