Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-05-29

Tacoma wants an eXpOSltlOn thlS
fall, and has miscalculated some $780,
600 on the building. and will set about
retrenching. 1t is to be hoped the
exposition may be made great sue
cess.
The body OF Robert Common, who
disappeared year ago, was found near
Wenatchee, a few days ago. Coyotes
had evidently eaten part of the flesh
and the head was severed from the
trunk.
Alfred E. Remington, of Van
couver, AT the late competitive exam
ination at Spokane, received the ap
pOintment of cadet to the West Point
Military Academy, and Robert Mona
han, of Spokane, that of cadet to the
Naval Academy at Annapolis,
Demont Bros, of Walla Walla, on
Monday sold to Reed & Son, of Ia
coma, 5000 bushels of prime club
wheat for SIT cents per bushel, sacked
on board the cars at Coppei, on the
Oregon & Washington Territory Rail,
road. This price is equal to SO cents
per bushel at Walla Walla, which can
be regarded as the top price for club
in the market, being equal to 96 cents
| in Tacoma. The best published quota
tons for Walla Walla wheat either at
Tacoma or Portland has been "a cents
This was about the last parcel OF
wheat of any amount remaining in
that country.
The members OF the Washington
Brochcmic medical college held ses
sion at North Yakima, Tuesday. The
officers elected for the ensuing year
are: President, DR.. G. w. Carey, oil
Spokane; vice president, DIR. J. w
Beck, of North Yakima; secretary, A
v. Gano, OF Yakima; trustees, DR.
Chapman Of Seattle; DR.. Carey and
Professor Charles C. Rodolph, of Spo
kane. Papers were read by Miss N. E
Wood, w. P. Wood and Professor Ro
dolph, OF Spokane, and DR.. Chapman
of Seattle. A lecture was delivered by
DR.. Carey, of Spokane, on the "Cause
and Cure of Disease"
Interstate Commerce Commission
ers Veazey, Bragg, Morrison ant
Knapp at Spokane, Monday, began 6
hearing of the Merchants Protective
Union against the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company, charging violation
of the interstate commerce law in un
justly discriminating against Spokane
shippers by charging them more for 6
short than long haul to terminals
and favoring the other interior citie'
to the east of this city. For Spokane
Hon. George Turner and A. E. HOugh
ton, corporation counsel for this city
appeared. The railroad was repre-
scented bylJ Judge John NJ. Thurston, o
the Union Pacific, and John Mitchell
son OF Senator Mitchell, of Oregon
Intense interest was manifested in thu
hearing.
The Trustees of the State Norma
School, which met at Ellensburgf
Tuesday, elected B. F. Barge, of Olym
pia, principal of the school and Pro
lessor w. N. Hull, of the Collegiate
Institute, of this city, as Assistant
Principal. Mr.. Barge's salary is 81,
600 per annum, Professor Hull's 81,
500; Miss Rice, of Spokane, and Miss
Norris were elected teachers. Those
present At the meeting were Superin
tendent of Public Instruction Bryan
w. R. Abrams, M. G. Gillian and DIR
J. 7. Newland. Abrams was elected
President, Superintendent Bryan Sec
rotary and Newland Assistant Score
tary. The following executive com
mittee was elected: Adams, president
Newland, secretary, and Bryan. The
principal and assistants work will
commence in July and the school
opens the first Monday in September
The Northern Pacific railway is
about to let a contract for filling in
with earth under several dozen bridges
on the Pacific division between Taco
ma and Kalama. This work will re-
quire the placing under the bridges Of
about 100000 cubic yards of earth and
will cost the company between $780,
600 and $500 900, according to the
amount of earth hauled in on trains.
A large portion OF it will be done with
teams. The bids we're opened by Chief
Engineer Kendrick and Assistant En-
gineer McHenry in the latter's office
this week. 1t is said that John Nolan
the we'll known contractor, is the lowest
bidder, and he will probably receive the
contract. When the Pacific division
was built several years ago, as many
bridges were constructed as possible to