The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-08-30

preston OF broken down pOnClclans.
"Politics is out from me-" would be a
better way to express it says the Seattle
Republican.
BUSINESS must be rushing in Taco
ma, as a contractor on new 4-stOry
brick building has installed electric
lights, and workmen are working
night as we'll as day
ONLY two bids were received for the
superstructure of the new State Capt.
tai, but as both bids exceeded the
million dollar limit, they were rejected
and new bids have been called for, to
be opened Nov. 9th.
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CoxEY, of the army" fame, is
soaring high, and says he will be the
populist candidate for president in
1896. Coxey, as usual, has his nerve
with him, but he would probably do
as well as any other candidate.
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JUDGE Pritchard, one of Pierce
County's superior judges, resigned a
short time ago, and precipitated the
bar into wrangle, before they made
a selection. The Governor ignored
their candidate and appointed late
supreme Judge Stiles. Pritchard,
however, retained q string on the re-
signation, and as the Governors selec-
ton did not suit him, pulled it back.
and proposes to stay with it during
his term, leaving all other factions to
wonder where they are at.
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WE have received the usual cOurte-
sizes of the Great Northwestern Fair,
which will be held at Whatcom, Sept
1927. Among the features will be an
SO-foOt Ferris wheel, on which people
can get married and secure chrome !;
Prof. Collins famous museum, manu-
featuring flax from homegrown fibre,
military drills, fine band, etc. It will
also include fine agricultural, horti-
cultural, mineral, stock and machin-
cry exhibition, and will prove of much
interest to those from this part of the
sound who will be so fortunate as to
visit the Fair.
a TERRIBLE catastrophe occurred at
Denver, Sunday. The Gumry hotel,
five-story brick and stone structure,
crowded with guests, was blown up by
the bursting of the boilers in the base
ment, and many people were imprison-
ed IN the wreck. Fire followed the ex-
plosion and rs people lost their lives
from the results of both. The accident
was the fault of a drunken engineer.
MIR. Gumry, owner of the hotel, was
killed. Years ago, when a young man.
he was engaged in contracting in
Olympia, being the builder of T. NJ.
Reeds cottage on Sixth and Franklin
streets. Mr.Reed says that the night
OF the explosion he had dream, in
which his old house figured as a wreck.
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HoP-PIcKING will begin early in Sep
TENDER, but owing to the poor prices
the last three years, growers have paid
but little attention no the hops and
only light crop will be harvested this
season. A S edger special from Puyall-
up says that reports received there
show that the Washington hop crop
will be very small this year. Ezra
Meeker, who on Sunday visited the
3OO-acre yard at Snoqualmie-the larg-
est in the state-is quoted as saying
that they are spraying there without
effect and that it is doubtful if they
harvest bale of salable hops in the
Puyallup valley. Only the yards that
have been very diligently sprayed are
rec from lice.
The Supreme Court has lust de-
cided an important case which is of
vital interest to beneficiary orders as
we'll as their members. In this case
the widow Of Il deceased member of
the A. o. u. w. sued the order for
$1,000, under the beneficiary certifi-
cate of her husband. The Finance
committee refused to honor the claim
of the widow, because, in answer to
several questions propounded by the
medical examiner, Thomas had mis-
represented his physical condition and
secured the certificate by fraud, when
he would otherwise have been rejected.
1t was shown that he knew tie state
ments were false when he made them.
and the Order claimed the certificate
was null and void, according to GER
tain conditions expressed thereon.
The lower court decided in favor of
the plaintiff widow, but the higher
court reversed the decision, and holds
the position of the order legal and
equitable. The finance committee,