The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-02-23

YAKIMA AND THE 30" RoAD.-Much
speculation is now INDUCED as to the
route and coast terminal Of the Chicago,
Burlington Il Quincy railroad, which is
headed for the Pacific northwest. and has
been built through Wyoming into Mon
tans and surveyed to the Idaho line.
Charles B. Wright is said to have largely
transferred his interests from the North
ern Pacific to the 20" road, as it is called,
and is pushing the arrangements for its
extension. Wright's friendly relations
with the Northern Pacific were badly
strained through the failure OF the nego-
tiatiops by which he was to sell the o. &
W. T. r. r., better known as the Hunt
system, to that company for 5000, 900.
Since then he has been quietly periecting
an alliance with the c., b. & O., by
which the Hunt road is to become Sec
ton OF the new transcontinental line.
While The HERALD representative was in
Tacoma some weeks ago he learned that
the object OF Nelson Benefits eastern
trip was to obtain q construction con-
tract on the 20" road, but his lips and
pen were pledged to secrecy, to be re-
leased now by the publication through
another source that Bennett has been
awarded the contract for sixty-five mile
extension of the Tacoma & Eastern, a
short line running out OF Tacoma, which
is also said to have fallen into the hands
Of the c., B. & Q. That the new road
will pass through Yakima there is every
reason to believe, for it is not only on the
direct line from the Hunt road to Ia
coma, but the engineers OF the c., E. &
q. have twice QUILTED here in running
their lines across the Cascades, and the
Yakima route has not only been pro-
nounced feasible, but the most advan-
tageous as to grades and tributary coun-
try that could be selected. Portland and
Astoria are endeavoring to prevail upon
the Burlington people to build down the
river, but if, as claimed, Bennett has the
contract for the extension OF the Tacoma
& Eastern, that terminal grounds have
been secured on the Sound, and that Mr..
Wright and his Burlington friends have
purchased three-fourths interest in the
Tacoma Land Co., the probabilities are
their efforts will not avail. The c., B. 4
@. is one of the richest and best paying
roads in the United States, and, with
plenty Of money to carry out their great
project, it is not unlikely that the COM
pany's graders will be throwing dirt in
the Yakima valley before the close Of the
present year.
HUGH SUTHERLAND's SUICIDE. "Details
OF the suicide OF Hugh Sutherland, which
occurred at Goldendale February 10. have
been received. After leaving Yakima,
Sutherland opened blacksmith shop at
Goldendale, but business was slack, and
he secured the appointment of deputy
city marshal, which position he held at
the time Of his death. The night before,
in company of his wife, he had attended
. masked ball at the armory. and on re-
turning homo in the morning hours his
wife reproached him for drinking. This
angered Sutherland and he grabbed a
revolver and threatened to end his life.
Badly frightened, Mrs. Sutherland ran
from the room and directly afterwards
heard the report Of pistol. Summoning
aid she returned home to find that her
husband had carried out his threat by
placing the muzzle of the gun in his
mouth and firing. When the doctor
arrived there was no indications of life,
the bullet having passed completely
through the head, coming out at the top
Sutherland married Goldendale girl,
but previous to that time his career was
acheckered one. At one time he drove
. stage in California, and was fond of re-
lating how he was held up by the famous
Black Bart. At another period he was
one Of the bareback riders in Montgomery
Queens circus, and made tour OF Ore
gon, Idaho, Washington, Montana and
> California. Later Sutherland and an
other man started circus OF their own,
but stranded in Portland, after losing a
large sum Of money. In Yakima Suther-
land worked for Schichtl & Schorn as
horseshoer for time, but losing his posi-
ton he knocked around doing odd jobs,
until hearing OF an opening for black
smith shop at Goldendale he left for that
place about year and half ago.
A CELEBRATED CAsE.-The indications
are that the appearance of Carolyn Gage
at Mason's opera house Wednesday
March LIST, in that powerful drama, "a
Celebrated Case" will be greeted by a
large audience, as Miss Gage has many
admirers among the theatrical attending
public. She is an actress OF beauty and
talent, possesses fine figure, that is al
most imperious in character, and COM
bines high order of dramatic instinct,
with fair comprehension OF Evolutionary
art, as we'll as being thorough and vigor-
Gus in her work. II she is as studious as
she is talented, and as tractable as she
10 beautiful, she has 4 splendid future
before her in her profession. To her
natural advantages she adds the neces-
sary material equipment-an extensive
wardrobe Of beauty and costliness.
II. A. Grifin's new advertisement ap.
pears in this issue. THE HERALD as a
medium for the dissemination OF trade
announcements seems tn he annyeciated