Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-05-12

Willard Falls, which runs - per cent
and silica sand. secured eight nil,
from Spokane, going NN prr cent III,
ore is mostly from the Culylll, district
AT a meeting OF committee rom
the Tacoma Commercial Cmh. Chan,
b"r OF Commerce and Academy u
Science. it was decided Ia Immediate, I,
work upon the cnnstfuctiut
OF a road from lIirshcy'-. where th'
county road now ends. 10 the ,lacicr-
in Paradise valley, thu. rnahiin,
tourists desiring To- visit Mount Rain
isr and the Pacific forestry reserve. ~
opportunity tn 60 from Tacoma "a ~,
camp OF the clouds hy catringr. II ~
estimated that this road will ,u.t a.
600.
While working in the garden patch
AT the United States rcnitcutiafv. ur
McNeirs Island, the other laN. pat
Mitche! made break for Ihc wood.
As there was only one guard hc could
not leave the rest of the prisoners. d,
escaped. lie was rccaptufrd
after two days without fnud ur shelter
When captured hc was engaged max
lngt raft 10 escape from the l.lnud
1t had raincd the whole III the tim,
he WAS III the wood-, nnd when ,pp
tured he was in an cNhnuSed condition
Mitchell was sent up from S,attlr
charged with opium smuggling
Mrs. NJ. Smith, who Ia. been doing
a rushing cash busines. in the grpccrlc.
in the Citizens market, has left a.,
city after playing u clever trick on hcr
creditors. She opened the store with
goods bought on credit, established her
business by selling at low prices,
pocketed the proceeds and left. Ia
order to fool the creditors, boxes we're
piled up in busincss-likc manner and
the fraud was not discovered until an
attachment was served Saturday. II
is estimated that creditors will lose
Eli COO. Her whereabouts are un.
known but it is supposed she has gone
10 British Columbia.
Frank Stcadman. u sailor. on "a
plying between san Fran
cisco and Puget Sound, is IN search
)f his father, Ruben II. Steadman.
and half brother who bears the same
name. They moved from Oakwood.
ILL.,, in 1862, to California, hut did not
long, coming from there to
Territory. The daughter
Flora, married i'm California. Since
lhen he has lost all trace Of them.
He has spent good deal Of time and
money hunting for them, but his
search has been fruitlcss. lie wa. a
lad of s years when they left him To-
The tender mercies of the world.
Last Sunday, while T. Wood aud
family, of Waitsburg, were at church.
their re'idence was entered by burglars
who not only ransackcd the place
from cellar TO garret. but actually
ievoured everything eatablc in tlc
house. Mrs. Wood had on SATURDAY.
prepared bountifully for Sunday. and
was completely Mortified on returning
from church to find the cupboard bare
not even bone being left.
The Castle Rock Manufacturing
Company's shingle mill closed down
the first Of the week on account Of no,
being able to secure cars to make
Their dryhouscs are all
full, and they had TO shut down for
The present or stack shingles out where
they would be exposed 10 the weather
The scarcity OF cars il working n great
inconvenience TO shinglc manuiac
!urers all over the coast. The trouble
seems to be due TO the fact that, owing
10 the increased Eastern orders for
shingles, the railroad companies are
unable to fill orders for cars unless by
hauling them through from the Miss
ssippi valley empty, which they refuse
10 do unless they are guaranteed an
increased rate for so doing.
James Hamill, roadmaster Of the
Cascade division Of the Northern Pa.
cific, was arrested last Friday. at Gle.
Elum, on the charge Of obtaining
money under false pretenscs and con
verting to his own use. The arrest
Was made at the instance OF Division
superintendent Prowell and created u
great sensation. A conference was
held, at which the company rcpre.
sented by Attorney Caroy No settle.
ment was reached, and the parties
retired. When the time for the
second conference came, Obcrmiller.
who swore out the complaint. could
not be found, and Hamill was ~.
leased on 81 900 bonds. II il charged
that he has been carrying dead men
on the payroll. The man was hereto.
fore trusted, has many friends and
will make big fight.