Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-03-13
STATE NEWS.

1t is said that la grippe, or influenza
is prevalent at Seattle.
The Swedish population of Spokane
Falls is said to number 1000.
The Palousc country recently had
an accession of population by thirty
families OF North Carolina farmers.
Owens & johnson last week pur-
chased the entire plant of the Aberdeen
Bulletin, from +. &. Finch.
There will be a public sale of 1929
pounds of seized opium and a lot OF
Japanese cuiios at Port Townsend on
March l6.
Edwin Tonkin, Northern Pacific
railroad ticket agent at Seattle, has
been arrested on charge of embezzl-
ing 5000. Gambling was the cause.
Representatives of all the lumber
companies held a secret meeting at
Tacoma, this week, and took prelimin-
~ry steps toward tho advancement nj
prices pnd the formation OF a trust.
William Patterson, dealer in boots,
shoes and harness, at Snohomish, failed
last week, with $1,000 liabilities; as
sets $4,000. This is the first business
assignment in many years-at that
place.
The Blue Canyon coal mines now
have u tramway running to Lake
WhatcOm, where the coal is to be
shipped in scows across Lake What
com, and thence by wagon to Relling-
ham Bay.
+. II. Dix, foreman OF a construction
gang, was struck by train near Fern
dale, receiving injuries from which he
died shortly afterward. He WAS get
ting off the train to run calf off the
track and didn't jump far enough.
The Ilwaco cannery OF Mr.. Seaborg
has doubled its capacity at an outlay
of $4,000 for improvements. The
capacity is now 1000 cases day and
the owner expects to can 10000 cases
OF salmon this season.
Charles F. Frasch, grocer at Seattle
failed Monday, with liabilities OF $685..
700; assets $4,000. The failure was
caused by Frasch losing $24 600 stock
in the great fire, on which he had only
a 81 900 insurance.
The little 8-years-old daughter Of
f. Richmond of Slaughter. saved her
fathers residence from burning, by
smothering the flames with bed clothes.
A lamp had been overturned, and the
floor, saturated with coal oil, was all
ablaze.
The asbestos mines of Washington
are attracting a great deal of attention
in the east, where extensive plants
have been established, but the mines
have not been opened sufficiently to
demonstrate the extent of the beds or
veins.
A storm on the lower Sound last
Monday, dashed the waters into huge
waves, some of which broke across the
track of the Seattle and Montana Rail
road between Edmonds and Port Gard
ner, damaging it to the value of $780,
600.
Messrs. +. T. Wilson, F. II. Luce,
+. J. Smith, b. q. Van Houten and
w. J. Parkinson, were chosen by the
Senate TO represent Washington in
the Congressional Congress OF the
Western and Pacific States, which is to
assemble at Kansas City, April 18th.
The pigiron made from the Ellens-
burg hematite ores is pronounced
equal to the best Scotch pig, and San
Francisco manufactures say they will
give it preference. The iron mines
are being opened up OH an extensive
scale in Kittitas county.
The First Thought mine has entered
into a traffic arrangement with the
Northern Pacific to ship ore to the Ia
coma smelter, and agrees to pay 1927
per ton from Okanogan to Tacoma
The railroad receives but 81, $40 being
paid for wagon transportation to Spo'
kane.
The The Pacific Coast Wood ana
Iron, a lumber journal has collected
statistics regarding the output OF lum
Der in Oregon, Washington and Cali
fornia for the year 1890, Washington
produced 1870, ISL 600 feet. Oregon
S29, 2S3 feet and California S64 ,9l9,OV
feet.
EFF. Humason, who has been or
tia! for some days past at Spokane
Falls on a charge of cattle stealing
has been found guilty. the jury return
ing a verdict after short deliberation
His attorney stated that an appea
would be taken and Humason Is OH
on IS 600 bail.