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


ticing without a license.
F. L. Herdiske. leading merchant
OF Cincinnati, has opened a Sl0,OOO
stock of dry goods and gents furnish
ings in the new Thistle block, Fair
haven.
The schooner Lady George, of Ia
coma, bought III from her last trip
100 pounds of halibut. Her COM
mander, Messrs. Hume and Wright
report fishing good off Flattery, espec-
tally for halibut and cod.
The new electric motor line between
Tacoma and Steilacoom is being built
very rapidly, and it will be in running
order soon after the new year opens.
This work appears to have had very
beneficial effort on the Asylum city.
The city OF Spokane Falls has pur-
chased the Exposition building and
grounds at Spokane Falls from the
Northwest Industrial Exposition As
ISOLATION for $75 900. The directors OF
the association agree to rent the build
ing for $4,000 per year.
Nine OF the prisoners confined in
the King county Jail, who received
sentences Friday last ranging from
one to thirteen years in the peniten-
tiary, were taken from their cells by
the sheriff and his deputies Wednes
day and put ON the train for Walla
Walla.
The Western Washington Industrial
Exposition Company was incorpo-
rated Wednesday at Tacoma, to hold a
grand exposition in that city next
fall; capital stock, $4,000; incorpo-
rators and trustees, c. f. Hale, w. H.
Cushman, c. A. Snowden, l. w. An
derson and Fred F. Lacey.
The Methodist churches of Seattle
lately voted on the question of women
as lay delegates in conferences. Very
little interest was taken, a great num-
Der of those voting being women, and,
as result, out OF 800 votes cast 22S
are in favor of women having the
right to attend conferences as dele
gates.
The State Council of Catholic
knights OF America, Wednesday, elect
ed the following officers at Walla Wal.
la: Supreme Spiritual director, Right
Rev. A. Junger; State President, J. P.
Kent; Vice President, L. w. Schott
Secretary, F. A. Garrecht; Treasurer
F. ]. Genres; Supreme Representative
William O'Donnell.
Among the brutal amusements
ANNOUNCED by telegraph was a dog
fight for the champion of the State at
Seattle, this week. "Charley," of Sc
attic and "Old Jack" of Puyallup
were the contestants, and the former
was injured so badly that he had to be
shot to put him out of his misery. II
is reported that GO spectators witness
ed the refined entertainment.
Over $4,000 of the amount needed
to purchase Union Pacific terminals al
Tacoma have been subscribed. Chair.
man w. J. Thompson, of the commit
tee, has been notified by Engineer
Bogue that only thirty-three instead o.
thirty eight acres will be needed, the
Tacoma Land Company having agreed
to give the railroad the right-of.way
from the passenger station to and alonl
the water from the channel of the Puy
allup river. This change will result
in saving OF from $3.50 to $15,OO(
to the citizens of Tacoma.
Captain A. B. Scott, of Portland
builder of the steamers Fleetwood and
Telephone No. and No. 2. all boats
of extraordinary speed, is about to be
gin the construction of two steamers
which, it is expected, will outrun any.
thing ON the Sound or Columbia river
The steamers are to be TIA feet long
and 20 feet beam, and are to be of the
propeller model with the strongest
engines commensurate with safety on
boats of that size. It is Captain
SCOTS intention to pnt the boats in
the Tacoma-Seattle trade, making the
trip between the two cities in one
hour, carrying nothing but passengers
making the round trip with the two
boats every hour and ten minutes
the ten minutes being allowed te
cover the time consumed in embark
alton and Decentralization. The frs
of these boats is expected to be finished
by July l, 1891. The machinery has
been ordered. The best time mad,
so far between the two cities is l hou
and 20 minutes, the record of the 7
J. Potter.