Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-04-26

, railroa acro-s the Ceur d'Aleu
r servat on is progr' ssing favorar y
Twelve hundr, men and number o
cams ae said to BE- employed. &;
Indian agent Gwydir has returned t
SIP kane Falls, from Ceur d'Alen,
with the rot ri us horse thief of tn,
Ceur d,Al ne ribe, Paul II .rry, WHO
is cused oil running off twenty hol ses
during the past six months, M st Of
which were in Spokane Fail He
car les ulle in his leg, watch H.
ableL the age t to catch him.
o. ID. Gillon, contract on the Seat
tie, Lake Shore & Eat, IN railroad, is
entitled t. the credi, of making the
besi time on record in hridg uild 'ng,
nav;ng ere, ted bridge near Snequa :
mie Falls 40 feet long AID ITO ieet
high, thus handling over 100000 feet
of lumber, in just five d Us from the
time the first stick was Placed n posi-
| ton.
In AN interview at Ellensburg with
Samuel Collyer, C shier of the NJ r
chants National Bank OF Tacoma, OF
Which institution Walter j. Thomp-
n is President, he said: as III tain
ing, as / do, intimate relations with
Mr.. Thompson, l have reason to be-
lieve that ut the proper time he will
be candi late for the United States
Senate"
Tuesday morring the Columbia
Land and Improvement Com any OF
Vancouver, to whom the city granted
a street car franchise, broke the first
ground near the ferry landing at that
city; and as all their rails are alread
! on the ground, it is expected tn tn t
part of he route from tie la ding to
the garrison will soon be completed
and ready for travel,
The late disastrous fire at Cheney,
instead of being a detriment t. that
cit >, is a bl ssing in di guise; SO says
its citizens. ms, al of pr pc
values de reasi 6, that in the burnt
distr ct has increased at least 20 per
cent, and where before the fire old
Woo len shanties have stood, massive
and commodi1us brick and SO C
buildin s will be reared.
Marquis DeMores, made famous by
his gigantic beef and ref igeIator car
ooerat ons in Montana ard DIX ia,
W il Spokane Falls Monday, ON his
way from To quin, China, to Paris,
France. He now has gigantic rail-
road scheme, which he will submit on
his arrival in Paris. 1t contempates
the construction OF road from Ton
gum coast to the interior.
1t is under TODD that a comp ny has
been organized at SIP kane Falls to
bu Id twentv-ti rites of roai from
hat city to Rockford, so as to form j.
connecting link between Spok me Falls
ard the Oregon Railwav & Navi ation
Company's system. 1t was tn" orig
i,al plan to have thsse twenty-five
miles bull, by either the o. r. e. N OF
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern but for
various reasons this was found i'm
practicable.
Captain Frank White, late of III.
steamer Premier, has sh pped as CHIEF
officer Of the steamer l. bly, for Wha
com. He declined to make any sta e.
ment for publication. From other
sources it is learned that White
shout 'ers tie responsibility of TAXI G
the $4,000 attributed him to save
the company from finan ial strain
and that the management sanctioned
his action and gained time 10 meet
their creditors.
The first cargo of $50 ton. of stee'
r,ils for the Farhaven & S uthern
Railroad left Tacoma Tuesday IN he
barge St. Paul, in to " Of the tug E. w
Pardy. There are thirty-one cal sd,
yet in the yard, and more are daily ar
irving for this road. The road Ill be
pushed vigorously north and suth to
transcontinental connection each
way. so Nelson Bennett says, but he
d clines say what the southern con-
nection is to be.
The Oregon Railway & Navigation
company's steamer, Emma Rsyward,
will soon commence making trips
fir IN Tacoma to Whatcom. This will
b. the first time that Tacoma has had
through communicat on with Bell g.
ham Bay. All toats hitherto have
star ed from Seattl;. Captain Clancy,
port captain of the, company let Ia
coma Sunday for Portland and new
time table for the steamers will be put
out soon after his return.
The powder house of the Burling on
nine at Burlingt n, w. T., was discover
ed 10 be on fir, Sunday. The magazine
containing large amount OF caps and
giant powder. The alarm was quickly
Civ. n, and every inhabitant of the
town fled 20 the hills adjoining FIR
safety. Soon terris e explosion took
place which Produced shock like al
earthquake. The new public scho i.
hou situated near the magazine, was
badly wrecked, and window glass was
broken all over town.
The funeral of A. H. Reynolds, who
died Sunday at Walla Walla, occurr. d
Tuesday morning. He was born in
New York St te in 1908; came to Cali
fornia in 1850, TO Oregon in 1851 and
to Walla Walla in 1859, the same year
building the frs, grist mill in Ea>tern
Washington. In 1862 he built what
is now known rs McKinnon's mills.
In 1874 he, with DIR. J. H. Day, estab-
lished the first bank in that city. He
was also chief promoter OF the Dayton
wooden mills, built in 1872.
The city OF Spokane Falls, ia gaily
decorated with flags, bunting, banners,
notices and evergreens, as NANTES
tation OF welcome 20 the members Of
the G. A. K. of Washington and Alaska
who assemble tht re in the seventh an
nual encampment. Every train brings
la &c numbers OF Wit RS, and the no.
tells are filled to OVERLOOKING, while all
tn. available furnished r, oms in public
houses, have also heeu secured. This
promises to be the largest encampmeut
ever held in Washington.
Charles Mint, an italian fisherman
OF S attic, was arrested, Wednesday
evening for an attempt to rae Mabel
Clifford, the 5 year old daughter OF a
'aundrym n OF that city He had en-
ticed tire Ii tie girl to his cabin IN the
shore Of the harbor, above the town, a
number OF times the. past two week
and attempted his designs on her. He
frig tened her into silence by threats
of kiling, but yesterday she was taken
seriously i'll from the effects # his
abuse, and she related the story to her
parents.
People on Shoa'water bay and al ne
the Willapa river are excited over n
report that the Northern Pacific will
build branch down the river 10 the