Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-19

which was not returned, killing her instantly.
He escaped.
A colony OF fifty-eight persons arrived at
Grsy's Harbor from Arkansas last week
A recent rise in tho WislSah and Chehals
rivers brought down 22,000,0O0 feet OF logs.
Garroters In Tacoma operate on victims at
the railroad depot and no one dares TO inter
fere.
Five shinglo mills at Chohalls have been
kept running for months, turning out 100000
shingles day.
Frank ID. Hughes OF Tacoma committed.
suicide with laudanum. Unfortunate srecu~
lation was the cause.
The growth of Fairhaven is phenomenal
Eighteen months ago where the city Of 5000
Inhabitants now stands was a forest clear
ing.
branch Of the Northern Pacific road
from Tacoma to Olympia was TO have been
completed January /. A bonus Of $4,000 is
TO DO paid by Olympia,
Captain U. b. Scott is TO build a now
steamer TO ply between Seattle and Tacoma
that will cost $4,000 The vessel will bo
finished in ninety days
The output OF the Roslyn mine Of Kittitas
county for 1890 was 450, ,669 tons, against 23S,-
AL tons In 1889. The pay-rolls for many
months called for $50, 900 a month.
The vote takeh on the proposition to con-
solidate Whatcom and Schome was decided
by great majority in the Affirmative, The
town thus formed Is the fourth in popula.
tion in Washington.
The Washington Protective association,
composed of colored citizens OF the state, has
been organized. The object is stated to be Ia
encourage immigration Of colored people and
to improve the condition of the colored race.
An organized gang OF horse thieves is re-
ported from Whitman county. They drive
the animals of the ranges TO the nearest rail-
road station and ship them east. Three car
loads of hOrSpg thug SbinpaI from Snolr-
ane to ST. Paul.
Waite w. Webb, son OF prominent citizen
of Tacoma, committed suicide at Coulee City
He had been drinking aud gambling, and it
was Immediately after loss of $40 which ha
had borrowed that he killed himself HIS
father was secretary of Montana under the
Cleveland administration
1t turns out that the persons who strung
up e. L. Burris ut Dayton and attempted to
make him confess burglary of which he
whitecaps who have committed murderous
outrages in the neighborhood The grand
jury Of Dayton is after them.
Jack Conley, August Mills and two brothers
named Van Cleve are under arrest ON the
charge Of stealing CATTLE Strengthening them
and selling the meat in Seattle. For six
months past hundreds of cattle have myster.
ousy disappeared from tho ranches and
| ranges within radius of fifty miles of that
| city. OF late the losses have become 50
the purpose of capturing the thieves.
| The Holsters being planted in the sound
| have been heard from. The Kitsap Pioneer
| says: A former employe Of the United States
| fish commission steamer, the Albatross stated
| that he had recently found some of tho
Holsters in the bay of Utsalady, across the
sound from where they were planted, and
| that be found them in several other places,
showing that they are rapidly propagated.
| Several other persons have reported finding
1nt, Stpr of rio int an t1np
Acting Governor Laughton received dis
patch from the county commissioners OF
Okanogan county, dated at Concully, stating
that on Thursday night one of the Indians
implicated in the murder of FreIghter Coles
| few weeks ago, was taken from Jail and
lyuched. The telegram also stated that a
Catholic priest had warned tho settlers that
indignation ran high among the Okanogan
Indians, who had held four councils, and that
it was likely they would go on the warpath
| The officers asked for 500 stands Of arms and
ammunition to arm the settlers. The governor
ordered the arms sent i,nmediateSy' --.