Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-15
ALONG THE COAST.

John F. Gowav of Olympia, Wash.
who was appointed United Consul at
Toxic, Japan, has declined the appoint
ment, owing to i'll health.
Vice-President Thompson OF the
Union Pacific Extension Company at
Portland denies that The Union Pacific
intends to build from kalama to Frank
fort, opposite Astoria, and build a new
town
The Kern and Tulare Irrigation Dis
trict, embracing 20, 600 acres in northern
Kern and southern Tulare counties, Cal,
voted to issue bonds in the amount of
$700, 900 for the construction OF canal
fir m the Kern river and its lateral
branches.
California, which increased "a per
cent. in population during the decade
between 1870 and 1880, has maintained
during the past decade a rate OF increase
of 50 per cent. The increase, though
widespread throughout the State, has
been most marked in its great cities and
in the southern part.
Two pile drivers and a constantly in
creasing force of men are working along
the line of the Roseburg and Coos Bay
railroad. More men are wanted, and
all are engaged who apply for work.
The schooner G.. H. Merchant has ar
rived at MarshfieId with fifty tons of
blasting powder and other material for
prosecuting the work.
J. C. Ellison has obtained IS, 800 dam
ages against the Northern Pacific road
at Ellensburg, Wash. The father of the
plaintiff had been put off one of the
roads trains a year ago last February,
in a snowstorm. between Thorpe and
Cleelum. The old gentleman walked
back to Thorpe, his destination, and
caught a cold, which ran into pneu
monia, resulting in death.
Exactly 1885, 22 acres of public land
have been taken up in the State OF
Washington during the last fiscal year,
as just made public in the report of
Land Commissioner Croft. The sur
vey of the year amounts to $50, 222 acres.
The commissioner favors the special
rate for additional surveys, and the
taking of timber from the public domain
by settlers for certain purposes.
A special train of twenty-four cars ar
rived at San Francisco one day last week
entirely loaded with canned corn from
Hoopeston, Ill. The shipment is a
notable one for being the largest amount
of canned corn ever shipped at one time
in the United States. The train carried
10000 cases or 28S, 1000 cans. The train
originally consisted of twenty-eight cars.
but four were detached and sent to
Seattle.
The refusal by Governor Francis of
Missouri of his warrant for the return
of F. f. Parker. the Pendleton, Or, en-
bezzler, has called down upon his head
the wrath of Governor Penoyer, who
has telegraphed him that he has neg
lected 20 discharge the duty imposed
upon him by the Constitution Of the
United States, which he has sworn to
obey. \ peremptory demand for Park
er's surrender accompanies the tele-
gram.
West Oakland, Cal, was the scene of
another railroad disaster the other
NOR ing. A few minutes before 3
O'Clock the incoming Oregon freight
containing thirty cars and an engine,
ran into the rear of the incoming Central
Pacific freight, which but few minutes
before had pulled into Sixteenth street
two hours late. Thirteen cars and the
engine of4the Oregon train were smashed
and piled up in wild confusion. Fortu-
nately no one was killed, but Engineer
Kelliher and the trainmen were some
what bruised. When the engine plunged
into the caboose of the forward train
the cars caught fire. The caboose and
two cars of ice were burned. Other cars
were badly wrecked and telescoped.
Just who is to blame for the disaster is
not known. Whether the semephore
signal was not set. or whether the rear
end OF the Central Pacific freight was
not protected with Ii hts, will never be
known. No other train was delayed by
the accident. as they passed the wreck
on the Berkeley track.