The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-08
PoEr TOWNSEND NEWS.
Rsilroad stoekholders' Meeting
Desperate Fight with Prisoners.

Desperate Et8Ht WIN fFfsohers.
PoRr TOWNSEND. March The an
nuai meeting OF the stockholders Of
the Port Townsend Southern Railroad
Company was held to-day. The fol-
lowing trustees were elected: j. A
Kuhn, n. ID. Hill, Henry Landes,
Charles Eisenbeis, L. Is. Hastings. /.
Jackman sad William Payne. They
elected officers a. follows: President,
J. A. Kuhn, vice president. l.. b.
Hastings: treasurer. Henry Landes !;
secretary, N. ID. Hill. A resolution
was pass ed authorizing and instruct
ing the board Of trustees TO proceed
at the earliest moment with the work
Of building the line from the present
terminus 70 Quilicene bay. distance
OF n miles. Proposals Tor the con-
tract will be advertised ~ soon as the
engineers haze completed the profiles
and estimates. Surveyors are now in
the field, commencing ut Union City,
ut the head OF Hoods canal, and loeat.
ing the line 20 connection with the
Northern Pacific near Chehai:s.
ATTEMPT TO nREAK JAIL.
The prisoners in the county Jail
made another attempt To escape this
afternoon. Dinner Is served up stairs
about o'clock. and the prisoners TN
ished the meal as usual. Five OF them
rose almost as a body. and Richard
Ketchum said 10 Jailer Fnriong, II
want 70 speak TO you" At the same
moment ketchum threw his arms
around the iailer's body, and another
prisoner, Tom Clark, caught the jailer
by the throat alter the manner of q
garroter. They were bending him 10
the floor, but Furiong resisted yigor-
ously. Fortunately his right arm was
free from the elbow down, and he
reached for revolver in his front
pantaloons pocket, and got the weapon
after q struggle and fired. the bullet
going through katehun's right arm.
At this time a trusty named Smith
seized an AK and came 20 the jailer's
defense. This stopped the outbreak.
Those engaged besides the two men
toned above are John Martin, Thos
Connors and Frank Williams. all in
for grand larceny. ketchum and
Clark committed q burglary In San
Juan county, and were sfought here
for safe keeping. keteham was the
new sheriff : very FIRST guest A few
minutes after the trouble Deputy
Sheriff Jones took Clark and Connors
90 the nearest blacksmith shop aud
had shackels riyeted on them.
ketchum's wound is not dangerous.
1t was evidently the intention of the
prisoners 10 carry Furlong down stairs
Ia cell, take the keys from him, lock
him up and make their escape.
THE NAVAL COMMISSION.
The naval commission left here
early this morning on the MaGzsnita.
They viii cali 1T Port Ludlow and
Port Gamble, aud then proceed 20 the
head of Hoods canal. Probably they
will anchor there fer the night, aud
viii reach Seattle tomorrow afternoon.
rmK sisrER~' HOSPITAL.
Two sisters OF charity. representing
tho board of management, were here
this week and selected a block ia Ehs
E,senbeis addition for their hospital.
10 ia the same block on which the
Methodist university would have been
located had not tho conference got at.
fairs into a muddle. Perhaps IL IA not
unworthy of remark 10 say that the
subsidy of land which was offered "a
the university less than Is months aga
could be sold for cash to-day for $50.
600 Work on the hailding will hegis
n soon as a tes blocks Ia the neigh
borAood are cleared of timber. The
intention of the sisters il To have shs
hospital ready for the reception ol
patients late ln the fall.
NOTES.
The county commissioners have lei
the contract tor widening and improv.
ing the road between here and purl
IN A
will begin work Immediately. The
road viii be made - feet Wide for ths
entire distance, ALI stamps etc. will b.
removed aud the is~ bad places wii
be pat in firSs-eiasS condition..
Mrs. q. I'll. Lotxges4st, of Port
Angeles. died hers iast night os can
Ger. aged 80 she had been a resissSnI
OF Ciallsra county fer niars than 3
years, aud was we'll kaown through
oat the ''siown sound" region. al,
body WAS sv-siay taken % Port Angvie.
for iasartnsnt
The large immigration 60 C8a!lau
county Continues undated TO-DAY
the steamer kvangel toak Is paSSea
gers aud lail tresght, lieF pssseagel
list would have been larger. hat 10
The fact that hss kisatt under Der Ii
cesi,e was reached and customs u 81
GERS were ea hand to guard again
ovsrcafEylhR,
M. y H. Mastiek tr,. editor ol ID,
fots Angeses CsRssss&xalfA, IS la ta,
city.
The Hrstssk bark Francis Thorn.
cleared Ia das Eos Qleen>sown ar Fat
mouth Tor ofsiers. with gsAti5 hushel.
o. heat. valued AZ sSA.tCo She vii
60 ~ sea tSs,xnprfow