Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-05-01
STATE NEWS.

4 the,tor building Is being erected /
IN South Bend and will lie completed
~ few weeks
Thy city council Of Seattle recent; |
decided To- call an election June LIST 10 |
vote on issuing bonds.
The indebtedness oi Fairhaven is
t.0.57s.C0 and the actual and pros
pcctiyc liabilities are sll0,jGi.73.
King cnunty's assessment roll foots
80 ESQ .WD.0,D. $i0.VOOO0 less than
Pierce county. which is s90. 100000.
William Hunter. formerly justice
II the peace at Newcastle, died in the
Stcilacoom insane ayslum Tuesday.
The sps cial election in Chehalis
county for voting s203,00O bonds for
building public roads will be held
May 30
+. Y. Ritter & Co. Of Seattle, have
been awarded the contract for build |
,ng liic--aying station at llwaco
beach for $500.
The fidalgo Brewing company Of
Anacortcs has incorporated with xJ0.-
40 capital. II has a capacity for forty
barrels ri beer daily.
The national government has taken
no steps Ia investigate the lynching
II the man Hunt. at Walla Walla, 10y
United States soldiers.
Mrs. !. r.. Ballard, wife Of DIR. Bal
lard, q former Governor of Idaho, died
a Spokane Tuesday. She was pio-
necr Of the northwest
Indian commissioners have gone to
Fort Spokane agency TO negotiate for
the purchase 81 u portion Of the reser-
yation owned by the Okanogahs.
Seattle sash aud door makers de-
mand reduction Of hours Of labor
from ~ Ia y, and the employers ask
Tor u cut In wages IN consequence.
ben y Snipes Il Co. bankers Of
Ellensburgh, have been awarded SlJO,-
NM worth of kitiitas county bonds at
par. They bear q per cent. interest.
Spokane will vote 60 issue 81 200 600
Ia bonds for city Improvements, Of
which t5Oo.O00 will be- used in ex.
tending aud improving the water sys-
tenn
The Farmers Alliance Warehouse
aud Elevator Company. Of Davenport,
Lincoln county, was Incorporated
Tuesday with capital stock Of $50,
taO
Arrangements have been completed
ut Anacortes for the erection Of $40,-
100 high school building on lots do
mated by the Oregon improvement
Company.
On the ith Of May the question Of
extending the city limits OF Seattle TO
the northward will Ice voted on. Two
aldermen will also be elected at the
time Ia FIJI vacancies.
Tacoma, West Coast Trddc: The
Itgat Sound Steamboat Association,
~ view 81 railroad competition 10
Olympia. have decided Ia reduce rates
g. fl.i5 for the round trip in place of
VI each way. hs heretofore.
The salmon catch ia the Columbia
continues light, the average per night
per boat hcing only five. The dealers
At Portland are paying eight cents per
pound. Some -hnd are being caught
ia the salmon Scincs aud weigh from
three o. five pounds.
Fred Norm. Of Fairhaven, died from
a s.li.inillctcd wound made by the ac-
cidcnial discharge oi shotgun. He
never spoke from the time Of the acci-
dent to his death, although he was ev-
identity conscious. for he would return
the pressure and the grip Of the many
Sons II Veterans who visited his bed
side.
meeting Of the Puget Sound Steam
b0atmen's Association was held at Ia
coma Saturday. All lines in the pool
wcre represented except the Canadian
Pacific Navigation Company. The diff
icrcnces with the Pacific Navigation
Company were arranged. The only
business transacted known To- the pub
lie was mn agreement not TO issue any
more stnp-oyer tickets to Bellingham
Bay points aud not "a give reduced
rates hereafter to societies or organized
bodies of any kind 10 or from any ports
on the Sound.