Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-11-21

Bodcmanchc and John Davenport.
two Indians OF the Occur IL Alenc res
crvation. this season raised and sold
for cash 1000 bushels OF oats.
y two year old child of German pa
rents who recently moved TO Newark
! um was scaldcd to death last SATURDAY.
! by falling into ii tub Of boiling water.
\ new cracker factory will soon he
established at Spokane Falls by the
Washington Cracker company, incor-
poratcd last week with $4,000 capital.
Lumber amounting to 1885, go
feet was shipped from Puget Sound
last year on board Il6 vessels. This
year the mill companies claim that
their shipments will be greater.
\ cemetery association has been in
corporatcd ut Napayinc. About two
acres OF ground ON a pretty hill just
north OF town has been purchased and
Is being plated for that purpose.
Ben +. Snipcs & Co, bankers at Ell
lcnshurgh, have decided to open IL
branch house at Roslyn. The branch
establishment will be open for business
about the 10Th Of the present month.
The body Of Oluf Ehingson, who
was murdered at Lake Washington, in
the suburbs OF Seattle, has been en-
banned and will be shipped to his
brother in law. +. \. Holt, well-to.do
merchant OF Washburn, Wis.
The Northern Pacific freight de-
partmcnt estimates that it will handle
100000 bushels of wheat from
Eastern Washington this year. Farm
crS in that section only wish it would
hurry up the cars and handle it.
The remarkable power OF that in
visible observation-disclosures demon
stratcd ut Tacoma, the other day. a
broken wire OF the electric railway fell
on the track and melted the rails ut
every place they were struck by it.
George Chick, n II-ycar-oid boy of
Medical Lake, was killed by being
thrown from load of hay last week
The horses started to run away and
the wheel Of the wagon struck a large
rock and the sudden jar threw George
to the ground, breaking his leg and in
juring him internally. lie died in
few hours.
Lee Miller, wcll-known farmer liy-
ing near Colfax, disappeared recently,
leaving note that his body would be
found i'll the Palouse river. Athorough
search failed to discover the corpse, and
now that his affairs have been investi-
gated, he is "short" in his accounts
several thousand dollars, and it is
thought he has skipped" to avoid cred
itors.
Bids for the construction of the sec
ond track from Tacoma TO Meeker's
junction on the line of the Northern
Pacific, will be called for early in De
cembcr. The road will cost, it is esti-
mated, between $4,000 and $50, 900.
The second Northern Pacific track
from the wharf to the car shops. south
OF the city, has been completed and
will be turned over to the company
December Z.
Seattle is seriously talking of form.
ing Il vigilance committee. A Seattle
merchant, speaking of the affair re-
Gently, said: 1.-THE formation of this
vigilance committee means business.
The people have been tritled with long
enough, and ii the courts will not help
us We will help ourselves. The idea
that the mere letter of the law is to be
taken in its vague terms, regardless of
the intent and spirit of it, and these
thieves and thugs allowed to go scot
free, is too much to swallow, and we
will protect ourselves. You need not
be surprised ii you see lamp-post dec
grated some morning with the body of
! one OF the wretches that make Seattle's
| highways dangerous to travel"
! 7. \. Miller's residence Mt Port
Townsend was destroyed by fire Satur.
day last, and his family had narrow
escape from death. Mr.. Miler's wife
left their lycarold son and little
babe i'll the house and went out to
milk the COW in the lot. Upon COM
plotting her work and starting to re-
turn, she was Mortified to see the
house bl zing furiously. Rushing to
the door she could hear the children's
cries within. Forgetting her personal
danger and mindful alone of the peril
of her offspring, she dashed through
the seething flames and reached the
little bedroom to which the children
had taken refuge. Breaking open Il
window she threw the little ones to a
place of safety and escaped herself.
Upon looking back the entire house
appeared Il solid mass of fire. She suf-
fercd burns about the head and hands.
Tacoma NcWs: The Northern Pa
ciiic railway is not only not going to
discontinue any of its construction
work in Northern Washington, but
actually contcmplatCs other improve
ments and extensions of considerable
magnitude. The removal of the 800
men employed ON the Green River 4
Northern extension. so per cent of the
work of which has been completed, was
occasioncd not only Icy the bad weather
but by the desire to finish the Gray's
Harbor extension as promptly as posi-
bic i'll order to obtain the percentage
OF loan ON construction bonds due
when this road is completed. The 500
men from the Green River road being
added to those already employed will
rush the work forward. When thi.
road is completed the entire force will
be transferred to the Meeker double
track and other branch lines. 1t il
not the Intention to reduce the force
weather permitting. ~
Adjutant-General X. G. O,Brieri an
nounces the following changes in thu
National Guard OF Washington; Mar
tin d. Smith, Spokane Falls, to be al
jutant of the First cavalry battalion
: with the rank of first lieutenant; Frs
Lieutenant l.. Il, Dawson, b. COMPANY
First regiment to be surgeon with th,
rank of major; Private N. B. Brooks, I
company, Second regiment. to be al
jutant with the rank Of first lieutenant