Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-05-16
An organized band of yoIlnp thieves

An organized band of young thieves
has been discovered at Tacoma and
several Of them arrested and lodged in
Jail. The rest will be apprehended.
These boys are aged from Is to II and
have cause much trouble and, on sew
eral occasions, serious losses by thefts,
taking anything, from old castings,
rags, barrels. to jewelry and money
and selling the same to junk shops.
a crazy man who has been masquer-
aiding about Seattle under the name
of Sir John Leslie, entered the room of
a sick man in the American house
about ii o'clock Sunday night, and
demanded money or blood. His de-
mand not being complied with, he was
about to throttle Il sick man when the
door was burst in and he was carried
off to the police station, where he gave
the name OF Thomas Island.
J.P. McCoombs, ex-agent of the Seat
tie general relief committee, was on the
9Th inst. bound over to await the action
OF the Superior court on the charge of
forging the Endorsement of Mrs. Kate
Marony to check given in her favor
on the relief fund for twenty dollars.
He furnished cash bail in the sum $500.
1t has been learned by the detectives
that McCoombs has been in the peni-
tentiary.
In the New Whatcom election on the
2d inst. the vote for incorporation was
AL against 3, the name of New What
com being adopted. Following are the
new municipal officers: Mayor, Ed
mund Cosgrove; Councilmen, Reginald
Jones, NJ. L. Jameson, Peter Halberg,
A. E. Woodland, George Cooper, Ellery
Rogers; Assessor, A. w. Custer; Treas
urer, w. Finley Hall; Health Officer,
Charles G. Requa; total number OF
votes, 447.
Yakima Herald: There appears to
be trouble ahead for public buildings.
The President is on the two-cent tack
and has already vetoed two building
bills. Perhaps it would be a good
thing to put all the money of the
country in the Treasury, lock it up,
and throw the key after McGinty.
Notwithstanding the increase OF pop
ulation and the development of new
country, the circulating medium is be-
ing constantly contracted.
ColfaX Commoner: Our monopoly
friends have, from time to time, made
merry over the supposed failure of the
campaign OF education" They had
the spoils, and they were not particu-
lar who had the education. But their
joy is apparently being considerably
tempered. Whole sections of the
country are in open revolt. Great
industries are sending up their ap-
peals for immediate relief, and promis-
ing the ruin of the monopoly party if
they fail to get it.
Tacoma Globe: The Farmers AL
lance is actively organizing through
out this State. There are now between
sixty and seventy local alliances in the
State, forty OF which are in Whitman
county, and new ones are organizing.
Some OF these local organizations have
from forty to sixty members, and all
are receiving additions rapidly. Since
last November nearly every local body
has doubled its membership, while the
whole has more than doubled. In
Whitman county the alliance has
grown so strong that in an election it
would hold the balance of power, and
could elect or defeat whomsoever it
chose.
The Stanwood Times is authority for
the statement that surveying party is
being organized at Seattle by Mr.. Wat
son, the chief engineer of the Great
Northern or Manitoba railroad, to pro-
ceed up the North Fork of the Still
aguamish river as far as possible. in
search OF pass; also to go across the
pass on North Fork to the Sauk, and
UP that river to Ward pass, which has
received little attention as vet from
railroaders. The company has care
fully examined the Cady and Sno-
qualmie passes, and is in the hope of
finding one superior to either of these
that the party will start out. 1t is well
known that the easiest manner to reach
the pass is by way of this river, and the
whole distance would be through n
magnificent country OF easy grade.
The party will start out in about
week.