Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-10-06
WHOLE NUMBER 1,762.

I. w. Lowe says there is room be-
hind the Olympic range in Western
Washington for 5000 homesteaders
in addition to the 1000 or 5000
already settled there. AS yet the
country is cut off from the outside
world, is sparsely settled and is as
much a wilderness as Kentucky was
in the days OF Daniel Boone.
The Imperial Clothing Company, of
Spokane, the Spokane Tailoring Com
pany and the T. M. Rasin Clothing
Company, of Seattle, have passed into
the hands of a receiver, William Mears
being appointed. The liabilities ex-
ceed 100000, more than covered by
the assets. The principal creditors
are secured by mortgages on the
stocks.
Efforts are being put forth to re-
establish the Methodist college which
was conducted in Spokane until about
a year ago. The subject was con-
sidered at the Columbia River Metho-
dist Episcopal Conference last week.
A commission will look into the advis-
ability OF establishing it in some other
city or consolidating with the jenkins
university.
Mrs. Sather, who has sued the city
of Spokane for $4,000 damages for
her husbands death, refused an offer
to provide her with nice little home
and put her on the city pay roll for
1G years for $25 month, the idea be-
ing that this would insure her a living
whereas if she received the money all
at once, other parties would probably
get the most of it.
1t turns out that the amount of city
funds tied up in the three suspended
banks of Spokane is $3.50, JOG. 80
instead of 100000, as at first stated.
On the 18th of the present month the
total amount of funds in the city
treasury was $293,332.SS, including
the sum tied up in the banks. The
sum OF $4,000 has just been drawn
out to pay interest on bonds.
About half mile from South Bay
Lake, Whatcom, there is small lake
called Lake Reid. The lake covers an
area of 25 acres, and is of q uniform
depth of about 81 feet. 1t abounds in
trout, big gamey fellows, who take the
hook with alacrity. This lake is sell
dom fished, but it affords some OF the
finest trout fishing in country well
known as the anglers paradise.
In the neighborhood of Rosalia,
Whitman county, there are IL steam
threshers and one horsepower and
one combined header and thresher,
averaging about 1000 bushels per day,
and yet there is grain enough in the
vicinity to keep all these machines
running for two months steadily. So
far, several of the machines have had
to stop for want OF sacks to hold the
grain.
P. Finnegan and Paul Paulson, two
miners, have just arrived at Marcus
from the mouth of Rock creek. They
report that the recording Office at
Rock Creek, B. c., has taken in $145
in half a day on records in the new
gold district. Over $4,000 of nuggets
was brought into Rock Greek and
exchanged there by Cinnamon. 1t il
thought the strike is not only rich
but extensive.
Colfax hoodlums rolled fatcar of
a switch and down an embankment
pulled the foundation stones from be
meath the city pumping house, over
turned several piles of lumber, ant
broke into flouring.mill, carrying
away 100 sacks of flour, which the,
hid under a culvert near by. Th
police caught six of the boys. The,
range in age from II to IS, and nearl
all are sons OF prominent citizens.
Baisil Suponizka, alias NJ. H. Baisil
and William Gilman are under ST. ,OOl
bail each for their appearance at th
next criminal session of the distric
court at Seattle. The crime charge
against them is using the mails 10
unlawful purposes. 1t is alleged tina
the men have been engaged in dealin
in Louisiana lottery tickets. Thei
arrest is the result of long investiga
ton by Post Office Inspe ctor Thrall.
The remains of Henry A Maison Q
the San Francisco liquor dealing firr
of Maison & Feldtman, who disaE
peared from Port Townsend early il
May, 1898, were found last week il
underbrush three miles from tina
place by Joseph Hoffman, a hunter
Nothing was left of the unfortunat
man but the skeleton and the cloth
ing. Maison arrived at Port Town
send on the Umatilla during the las
of April, and acted strangely, refusing
to register at the hotel where h.
stopped. The next day he mad
several collections and disappeared
Since then there has been no trace O
him, except discarded coat found
until Monday. The remains wer
positively identified by veteran
fireman's badge with his initials,
diamond-studded wat, h and chair
and locket, the latter containing tn
pictures Of his wife and children, an,
by letters from his wife. His ap
pearance when found indicated tha
the demented man had crawled into
jungle, after removing his vest an,
shoes, lay down and died of exposur
and hunger. His estates at Sal
Francisco, involving over 100000, j
} now in court, insurance companie
and others claiming that Maison i
not dead but has disappeared to ayoi
his creditors and secure insurance