The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-19
THE PACIFIC COAST.
The Cruiser Charleston Ordered
TO Honolulu.
IN American Captain Tells Of the Horrible
Atrocities Committed Upon the
Russian EXileS

The trades of Eureka, Humboldt eoun-
". Cal. are now working on the nine
hour day schedule. There has been
no reduction In wages
The sale OF the Silver Bell mines TO an
English syndicate has been e0nsummat-
Sd by the payment OF 100000. The
mines are located thirty miles west d
T Tucson.
+ The Penitentiary Commissioners Ot
Washington have decided 10 order q y
loom plant for making jute bags in ac
o0rdance with an action OF the last Leg
\ islatUre-
I The right OF WAY for the Union Pacific
Z between Lake City and Tacoma has beer
nearly all secured &. 4. E. Naubert i:
securing the right OF way On this portion
Cf the line The rOad viii enter on the
tide fats near the reservation school
+ The steamer Mabel struck & large snas
IN the SnOh0mish river the other night
and sank where the water reaches her
sulOkestack al high tide The disaster
was entirely due to the carelessness Ot
IOggers. who 2 few days ago cut of 3
= sawyer snag few inches below the
water without either hanging buoy OF
informing the boats
Several late arrivals OF vessels from
Alaska bring recent intelligence from
Z Chignik bay. Four canneries. managed
+ bv different companies. effected q COM
binati0n and worked in common. Fish
were 50 plentiful that hundreds OF thou
sands were thrown away On account OF q
scarcity OF Uacking materials The tOtal
pack 81 Chignik bay was s, ,5s2.
The Trustees Of the Seattle. Lake Shore
and Eastern railway met at Seattle last
week. l. :. Dunham, the Managing
Trustee. stated that the sole object Oi
the meeting was 10 ratify some right-Of-
wav agreements On the new extension
II i understood. however. that the meet
ing had relation TO the placing OF bonds
10 the amount OF about 81 -0t0. 900 in NeW
York. the proceeds 10 be used in paving
f1r new construction
+ The United States cruiser Charleston
has sailed for the Hawaiian islands IN
obedience 10 telegraphic orders received
bv Rear-Admiral Brown from Secretary
Of the Navy Tracy, ordering the vessel
70 proceed Immediately To Honolulu
The occasion OF the return OF the Charles
Ton 10 Hawaii creates anticipation OF an
other revolution IN the islands king
dom. The Charleston has large stock
OF fuel and provisions for 2 One-yeal
cruise
F The case OF the Southern Pacific Com.
pany against the Recorder OF Fresno
county. Cal. has been decided in favO.
OF the company The case at issue va;
the definition OF . course " in collecting
fees ON recorded papers The Recorder
has usually construed the word 10 mean
the shortest unbrOken line between two
points: that course begins and end:
with the streets and alleys OF block
The Court decides 2 course" To be i
straight line between two points, whether
broken or not
The steamship Australia arrived al
San Francisco from Honolulu last week
bringing adyices 10 August 29- Since
the last advices the Legislature has beer
principally occupied with the considers
tion of the Oahii railway bill. The
House passed an amendment giving the
company 4 subsidy OF 500 per mile
King KaIakaua visited the Ieper settle
ment August q. and addressed the peO
Die. Orders have been issued by the
Minister OF Foreign Affairs hOnOFzbly
disbanding the First Battalion OF Ha
waiian volunteers, known as the Homo
lulu Rifles
II Is stated at San Francisco that there
Is probability that the brewers trus-
viii come 10 grief Deposits were paiC
bv the syndicate on all concerns pur
chased. bat In most cases the remainder
OF the contract has not been fulfilled
This is particularly the case In regard ID
the Philadelphia brewery. A deposit o
sI50.Ul0 was paid To it TO bind the con
tract. Then $500 900 was 10 have beer
paid on the 1st OF July last, $50, COO or
the lst OF August and the balance on the
Ist instant These payments have no
been made. and the whole contract /.
about 10 be declared of The syndicate
however. has been given until the l5tf
instant in which to pay the whole OF the
purchase MONEY! Should II fail, Th'
property viii revert 10 Mrs Wieland
and the sI5O. 900 deposit viii be forfeited
The barkentine Catherine Liedden h2
arrived at Port Townsend from Siberia
Her commander, Captain John Thomas
gives description OF the Russian exil'
system IS witnessed by him. He de
scribes q brutal scene, which he Wit
messed on Saghalien island, the famOu
Russian exile prison A large party O
IexiIes of all ages heavily mlan2cled
we're being taken To the island. A few
old men whose strength gave out, fel
from exhaustion A brutal driver, act
ing under orders from his superior, shO
the unfortunate men. and removed theI
chains. No mercy or discrimination va
shown. Wives saw husbands killed be
fOre their ewes; mothers saw their daugh
tiers outraged and insulted- The exile
were driven ike cattle, heavy viii
+ being used to urge them On The pTIS0l
cells were filthy and the treatment ban
barOus-
new bridge has just been completes
acrOss the main Umpqua river at imp
qua ferry. The driving OF the last sIik
was the means OF great rejoicing by IN
n<,1uIe In that neighborhOOd, and tn
exerrises were witnessed by so people
Miss Maud ShambrOOk drove the las
sDlke- Speeches were made BY severa
rsr0mInent men OF Douglas county an
at night . dance was gwen BY the yOun
ne-ouIe- The structure Is combanarlOi
Pratt trust and i 6lS feet In total Iengtl
, With one span Of so feet. probably tn
longest span In the State at present; an
other suan OF fOrty-twO feet and the res
in spUroaehes- The height above lo'
wsrer to the floor i ffty-one feet, an
the piers are forty feet IN length In
, ride i seven feet above high watel
snd the total height from low water {
the top OF the truss work L l05 feet- Tn
Icosf was 81. .00-