Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-11-28

eighth OF mile away, was totally de-
molishcd hy the flying fragments.
VIM. Mex. Ounce committed sui
eide at Spokane Falls, Wednesday, OF
last week. 10y a pistol Shot through the
brain. lie was Il prominent mining
and real estate broker. but spent much
OF his time at the gaming table, and
it was his losses that undoubtedly led
to the commission OF the act.
The British ship MlrUc Island.
said Dcputy Collector of Customs
Alexander. OF Seattle, will land her
cargo OF tin-platc and liquors ut Sc
attic. She brings 1924 barrels Of
cement, hut most Of that will 90 to
Tacoma, as the merchants here are
pretty we'll stocked. 1t is estimated
that the duties on the tin alone
amounts to $23,1J0.
\ terrible tragedy occurred at Day
ton last Monday. \ dispute occurred
between :. Marquiss and \. +. Mccall
about settlement OF an account, when
MarGlIiSs shot Mccall, who returned
the fire. The consequence is that
Marquiss is dead and Mccall is proha-
bly, fatally wounded. IIeis well known
to some OF our people, having served
in the Territorial Legislature OF 1856.
4 dispatch from Stanwood to the
PoSt-IWeHjaencCr says: While William
Darby, OF Seattle, was out shooting
ducks a few mornings ago, he was shot
by an Indian. They were both steal
ing ND on ducks when the birds be-
came frightened at Darby's canoe.
The Indian turned and deliberately
shot Darby in the face with double
barrcled shotgun and then padded
off. Darby's injuries are very scriou S
but he may recover.
The latest rumor in marine circles
is that affecting the steamship Premier.
1t is stated that the Premier has been
sold to the Puget Sound and Alaska
Steamship Company by her owner
Capt. John Irving, by whom she is
leased to the Canadian Pacific Steam
ship Company. 1t is further stated
that her name will be changed either
to City of Victoria or City OF Port
Townsend, to correspond with the
titles of the other steamers OF the
line.
~ George WORKMAN, of Lewis county,
was convicted last week of seducing
Alta Fisher, Il pretty girl Of l6, and
sentenced to four years in the peni-
Tertiary. a child was born, and the
mother offered to dismiss the case if
Woortman would acknowledge the in
FAINT as his offspring and provide for
its support. When called up to re-
ceive sentence, WORKMAN said he
would rather serve ten years in the
penitentiary than father some one
clse's child. 4
The Chamber of Commerce at spe-
cial meeting adopted resolution cal
ling on the railroads to furnish more
cars to transport wheat from Eastern
Washington and Oregon to the sea-
board. There is very large wheat
blockade in Eastern Washington where
the crop was enormous this year
Every depot and warehouse is full and
much is piled in sacks about stations,
but slightly protected from the weather.
The presidents of the Northern and
Union Pacific lines were telegraphcd
to, asking that measures be taken ut
once to afford relief and save farmers
from loss.
a terrific explosion occurred at Sec
ond and Stevens streets, Spokane Falls,
Friday morning. which did $4,000
damages to the buildings in the vicin-
ity. A carpenter who was cleaning
out store found can contain
ing what he supposed to be de-
cayed vegetables and threw them into
fire of rubbish burning in front of the
store. The vegetables were dynamite.
The force OF the explosion blew out the
front of the building and wrecked the
colored Methodist church across the
street. Numerous other buildings in
the vicinity were badly wrecked, and
windows within a radius of two blocks
were entirely shattered
The Rev. Clark Davis, pastor of the
Methodist Protestant Church, Seattle is
n plucky parson. He arrested one Of
two men who attempted to waylay
and rob him on the streets, and handed
the fellow over to the police Tuesday
night. Mr.. Davis was proceeding
along the temporarily dark street from
his church, at Pine and Third streets,
when his footsteps were logged by the
would-be highwaymeu. He turned
quickly on his pursuers, and just then
the electric lights blazed forth in all
their brilliancy. The scoundrels made
q break for freedom, but before one
could get away he was collared by the
plucky minister and turned over to n
policeman.
The Swinomish Indians are now
preparing to take up the balance of
the marsh land at the northern end of
their reservation, near La Conner, I'M
der the severalty act, and will dyke
and reclaim it. They dyked about 300
acres several years ago, and divided it
into tracts of from five to forty acres,
according to the amount of work each
one did. Their success in raising oats,
and their enormous profits, has acted
as stimulus, and all the marsh land
on the reservation will soon he under
cultivation. 1t was probably this
movement that gave rise to the report
that the Indians had leased the land
under the provision in their patents
authorizing them to lease for two
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