The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-03-16

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panied to learn of the death of Mrs
Elizabeth Morrow, relict of Elder
William M. Morrow, who came t.
Mason County in 1854 and settled on
the donation claim, which included
Oakland, the former county seat. Mrs
Morrow has been staying with hel
children in Shelton for the winter and
was on the point of visiting her son al
Scio, Oregon, when slight disability
coupled with old age, carried her away
suddenly. Elizabeth Morrow was
born in Hopkins County, Kentucky
in 1914, being 80 years of age. She
united with the regular Baptist church
when thirteen years old and has lived
a long christian life. She married
Elder VIM. Morrow in June, 1888, in
Ga11atin County, Illinois, and after
twenty years Of circuit work, the
family came West, settling in Mason
County, where twelve years was spent
and several children grown up as pio-
neers of the County, where they still
remain. William and Elizabeth then
removed to Linn County, Oregon,
where the former died in 1888, after a
long life of christian work. Elizabeth
Morrow has spent the intervening
years living in pleasant ease with her
children in various parts of the North
west. She leaves the following child
rem, as we'll as many descendants to
mourn the loss of kind and loving
grandmother: George, of Scio, and
Hon. J. L. Morrow, of Heppner, Ore
gon; Mrs. J. H. McEwan, of E1lens-
burgh; Perry and Grundy Morrow
and Mrs. w. D. Baldwin, of Shelton.
Another son, w. Temp. Morrow, died
here in 1888. The McEwen's are also
old residents of this county, having
originally settled on the prairie which
now bears that name.
The funeral services will be held at
| the Baptist church at 2 p. III. today
| friday, Rev. S. W. Beaver, officiating
and large number of the older friends
of this pioneer woman will attend
from all parts of the country to pay
| their last respects to her many good
qualities, as we'll as the local friends
of the family. The remains will be
inferred in the Masonic Cemetery, be-
| side those of her son, William. In
this brief review of her long and use
full life it is not possible to give her
history, but suffice it to say that the
| Christian spirit of devotion and doing
good to all, of this pioneer woman
stands before us as a bright example
of long and useful life, with it's toll
ing years we'll spent, and she has gone
to her we'll earned reward.
ARRESRED FOR MURDER Ned
Waterman, d Skokomish Indian, was
arrested by Sheriff Duckworth last
Monday, for the murder of oseph
Nadir, the Syrian peddler, near Hoods
port, on November 9Th last. The COM
plant was sworn out by John Mich
ael, nephew of the murdered man,
who has been engaged in gathering
evidence during the winter. Water
man does not bear very good reputa-
ton, and ugly rumors have been
af1oat ever since the murder, connect
ing him with the crime. A number
of affidavits were also taken before
c. M. Brooks in Union City last fall,
but some of the Indians were supposed
to be under fear, and some of the affi-
davits were of little value. However,
the testimony gained so far was SUBJ
nitted to assistant attorney general
Haight by prosecuting attorney Nc
Donald, and he gave the opinion that
the State had a prima facie case.
Hence the arrest of Waterman and
his preliminary hearing will take
place next Monday, at which Mr..
Haight will probably assist. Consid
cradle interest has been taken in this
| case by the state officials, and it was
the occasion of considerable CORES
pondence between Gov. McGraw and
the u. S. Sec. of State, as we'll as
with the Turkish government. A
number of Skokomish Indians have
been summoned to give their testimony
at the preliminary examination, and
if there are reasonable grounds for
connecting the Indian with the muir
der, he will be bound over for trial.
| N. P. LAND GRANT.-The reports
on the land grant decisions are mixed,
but the N. P. seems to have the best
of it. Last weeks decision by the
U. S. Supreme Court, on an appeal
from the U. S. Court of Oregon, is
unimportant. Paul Schu1ze says it
does not annul the land grant from
Portland to Tacoma, but merely held
that the grant was made by joint re-
solution of May, 1870, and not by act
of congress, July 1864, as was con-
tended by the company; and that the
amount of land involved by this deci-
sion is small, and was thrown open to
settlement by Commissioner Sparks
in 1885. So much for that report. On
the heels of this comes the re port that
the interior department had issued
patents to the railroad Company for
78.2S7 acres in the indemnity strip and
107, 767 acres in the regular grant,
knocking out more than 200 settlers
in Cheha1is County, whose applica-