Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-05-03

s. Salmon weighing twenty pounds ar,
being caught in the irrigating ditc he,
3 near Ellensdurg.
: A woman of the town named Lottie
1 Mckibbon, attempted TO commit SUI
eide at Seattle, Tuesday night, by tax
ing chloroform.
3 A report from Port Gamble says a
| bloody row occurred there last Mon
day night, in which a number of men
were killed and wounded.
The bank of North Seattle began
business on Saturday, with H. w.
Wheeler as president, and C. B. Bag
ley, cashier; capital stock, $4,000.
A syndicate of Port Townsend
gentlemen have organized thu Port
Townsend Furniture Company, and
will begin the erection of large plant
for manufacturing furniture at once.
Judge Hanford, last Tuesday, refus d
to grant writ of habeas corpus for a
Chinawoman who claimed the right
to land in the United States, as she
was the wife Of Chinese merchant in
San Francisco.
Ritzville has population Of 600, is
the county seat, draws trade from
hundreds Of miles, and is situated in |
the heart Of fine farming and graz
ing country and ships 100000 worth
OF wool every spring.
Two years ago Port Angeles con-
tanned nine business and dwelling
houses; now they number 120, besides
10 in course of construction. The in
habitants in the district have increased
from 100 to 500 people.
Toledo, little town on the Cowlitz
river has cigar factory. The Cheha-
lis Bee says that two more workmen
will be employed Immediately. Ex-
periments with tobacco crops in Lewis
county have been very satisfactory.
A man named w. d. Kelly attempt
ed to commit burglary in the cabin of
Michaely & Krause, saloon keepers at
Black Diamond, King county, Tuesday
night. He was shot and MORALLY
wounded by a miner named Weber.
In the immediate neighborhood of
Kent are hop fields aggregating in
area over 800 acres of land and from
which over 300 tons of hops will be
shipped. At present prices this will
SIC, 600 this season.
Two small boys, ten and twelve
years of age, appeared in the North
Yakima police court Tuesday, charged
with larceny. The father, who was
compelled to appear in court, seemed
indifferent to the fate of his sons, and
the magistrate, after severely lectur-
ing him, said that if there was any law
which would punish him for neglect
ing the proper training of his children
he would hunt it up and give him the
full benefit of it.
An accident happened four miles
south of Seattle, on the Duwamish
river Monday, by which Mrs. Willard
Cowan will probably lose her life.
About 4 O'Clock she and her husband,
who live on the old Wichof ranch,
were in the rear of their residence.
Lying on the back steps was 32-cali-
bre lightning Colts rifle cooked, but
thought to be unloaded. The hus-
band reached for the gun for the pur-
pose of letting the hammer down,
when the hammer slipped and the
gun was discharged. The ball struck
the step and rebounded, and passing
through Mr.. Cowan's left arm shat
tered the bone, and entering the left
side above the hip joint, lodged in the
back near the spine. The unfortunate
woman was taken to Seattle in the
evening and placed in Grace hospital.
The chances for her recovery are very
slight.
The United States man-os-war The
tbs arrived in Tacoma's barbor on Fri
day morning and will remain there
until Wednesday. She is ep route
from San Francisco to Alaska and the
Arctic ocean where she will 60 to pro-
tect the whalers and render assistance
in cases OF danger or distress. Captain
Stockton, her commander, is one of
the members of the Naval Commits
sion, selected by Congress to choose a
site for a navy yard on Puget Sound.
The Thetis used to be Scotch whaler.
The United States government bought |
and remodeled her and made her a |
msn-of-war. She carries three guns
and a crew of 120 men. Two Of the |
guns are Of the Calling type, and can
throw 600 shells per minute. The
other is of the Hotchkiss type. It is
manufactured in Paris, and throws
five pound shell distance of five
miles. 1t can be fired from 20 to 80
times per minute. She leaves Tuesday
| for the north.