, 1889-10-17
COAST NEWS.
Telegraphic Flashes From All
Quarters--A Convict Shot
at Walla Walla.
Columbia Waterway Convention
Baptist Convention-Fish
Commissioner.
The Jury Decentralization Re-
ports-Burned to Death by
Coal Oil.

The Jury Disagreed--Election Re-
ports-Burned to Death by
Coal Oil.
WALLA WALLA, WASH, Oct. 10.-This
morning convict named Charles Clark,
who was sentenced from Seattle for a
term of thirty-six years, made an at
tempt to escape by jumping on the
brake beam Of u train loaded with brick
for Spokane Falls. The warden ordered
him off. He refused to obey and two
guards fired, one ball making flesh
wound on his arm and the other bullet
entering the fieshy part of his leg. Ho
tumbled off when shot. The doctor
pronounced the wounded leg serious,
but thought ho could save it. The
wound in the arm Is slight.
Elicnsburg q Northeastern Railway.
ELLENsBURe, Oct. 10. 1t Is an.
hounced here to-day that the Ellensburg
& Northeastern Railway Company have
received assurance from Eastern capital
lists that "a, ,0O0, 900 of their bonds for tho
construction of 1l6 miles of their road
can be negotiated. This assures the
completion of tho road from this city to
tho Big Bond and Okanogan mines.
THE BAPTIST CONVENTION
of Eastern Washington and Northern
Idaho has just closed its session in this
city. Tho report presented shows the
church growing rapidly. They have
forty churches with a membership of
400. Six new churches have been
built this year and the Baptist college at
Colfax is doing well. IT is the purpose
of the church TO establish large college
in Ellensburg, one of the members here
having signiiied his intention of donat-
ing twenty acres adjoining the city for
the college building.
PUGET SOUND pREsBYTERY.
The Presbytory Of Puget sound, which
was held in Ellensburg, adjourned this
morning after q pleasant session, and the
members left this morning for Pcndle-
ton, Or, where the general assembly
meets tomorrow. 1t is the purpose of
the Washington ministers to ask Tor
division of the assembly, Washington
acting Independently of Oregon.
Pullman sleeper to Run Regularly
between Seattle and Chicago.
SEATTLE, Oct. 10.--N. G.. Dickinson,
assistant general manager of the North
ern Pacific, was in the city yesterday
and to-day, and arranged with Manager
Nadeau OF Puget Sound Shore to run
Pullman sleeper and emigrant car regu-
larly between Seattle and Chicago. The
cars will be attached to morning trains
and will connect ~ with oi. the
through without change. The returning
train will arrive at Seattle at 9:35 in the
morning. BY this arrangement Eastern
passengers can buy tickets in Seattle, get
aboard the cars here and 60 direct to
Chicago without change. Seattle will,
therefore, enjoy equal terminal facilities
with Portland andbc exactly in the same
situation as that city with respect to the
nominal terminus of tho road. The cars
will begin to run In about two weeks.
NEW COURTHOUSE.
Plans for the King county courthouse
will to-day be submitted to the county
commissioners by Architect Richie. The
height, with basement The general
style of architecture is Ionic. The d. |
mensions are 1876 by LIS.
Senate Committee ON Pacific Railroads |
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. l0.--Senator |
Stanford and a. L. Towne leave for Og- |
den Saturday to meet the United States !
htllutC ldllEOuus
The committee consists ofSeuators Frye |
of Maine chairman, Dawes of Massa |
chusctts, Hiscock of New York, Davis of |
Minnesota, Butler of South Carolina |
Morgan of Alabama and Hearst of Cali. |
fornia. The committee will reach Ogden |
Monday, travelling over the Union Pa !
'iic BY special lo train, ,.,S, The trip over The
train. After visiting this city the com.
mitteo will return East going to Port
land over the Shasta route, and from
Portland TO Ogden via the Oregon Short
Line. The committee will examine the
Union and Central Pacific railroads with
a view of recommending to congress the
just measures for the PAYNE by the
two roads of the Indebtedness to the
government
TIL Meet.
NAPA, Cal, Ce,. ,u.--At this morn.
tngs session OF the Women's Christian
Temperance Union for California,
number of committees were appointed
and the reports of secretary, treasurer,
auditor and county president read. In
we're heard, after which Mrs. II. X.
Johnston, president, delivered an ad-
dress. She claimed there should be a
third party, prohibition, whose aim
should also be the securing of woman
outrage.
Columbia waterway Convention.
PORTLAND, Or, Oct. 10.-The Columbia |
Waterway convention met to-day and |
the legislature to build
a portage between The: Dalles |
and Cello, and also that con-
gress continue the government improv-
ments in the Northwest. The following |
officers were elected: President, J. r. |
Halloran, Astoria; vice president, Il. d. |
Mckee, Portland; Y. +. Moody, The |
Dalles; j.. Q. A.. Bowley, Astoria; II.
Parker, Walla Walla; Il. l.. Canly,
Vancouver; secretary, j. p. Shaw, Ore.
gon City; treasurer, Louis Sohns, Van
couver.
United States Fish Comnissio onor Or
dered to Warrington.
PORTLAND, Or, Oct. 1O.-Livingston
Stone of the United States fish commits.
sion, now stationed at Clackimas hatch
cry, was to-day ordered to Washington
20 appear before the congressional COM
mission on Alaska fisheries. He will go |
In December. He returned recently |
from a long tour in Alaska.
Late Election Reporta,