The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-04-12


man of Spokane, died in New York
City last week.
The Port Blakely Mill Company
shipped 2,S7S,828 feet of lumber for
eign and 3,63O,O23 feet coastwise
during January.
R. S. Eya, of Wilbur, recently fell to
the bot of sixty-foot well. He
had in his pocket at the time box
of dynamite cartridges, and although
the box in which they were placed
was broken and torn to pieces, they
did not explode. He was rescued with
a badly shattered leg, which h ad to be
amputated.
CHARLEY YORK, youngest son of the
Duke of York, head chief of the Clal-
lam tribe of Indians, died on the night
April l, of consumption. The only
survivor of the one numerous family
of the Duke of York are his widow,
Queen Victoria, and his son, the Prince
of Wales. Charley York was buried
in the Masonic cemetery at Port Town
send beside the remains of his father
the Duke of York
ANOTHER disastrous mine explosion
occurred at the Blue Canyon coal mine,
near Tacoma Monday, in which %
miners we're suffocated by fre-damp,
and the shock of explosion. Nearly
all were single men. Only two men
escaped from the shaft or rooms of the
mine. The cause of the explosion is
unknown, but fire-damp like dynamite
sometimes explodes in an unexplained
way, giving no warning.
THE Usage Indians are probably the
richest people collectively in the
world. There are only 1900 of them
and they have $S,OOO.OOO to their
credit in the United States treasury,
the in terest of which, amounting to
100000 annually, is paid out to them
by Uncle Sans agents. They are
treated as absolute wards of the
government, and their lands and
money are kept for them, as a guard
ian keeps the r roperty of minor.
NOTHING is to be gained by amino
sites and discussion, but something
may be accomplished by united ac-
ton. Citizens cannot afford to lose
time and opportunities in fighting
phantoms. However much we may
differ in opinion as to the mode of
action we take it for granted there is
unity of purpose, and it is for the
welfare of the city. Friction may
arise in management of city affairs,
and each voter think and firmly
believe his plan to be the wisest and
best, but if he really believes in good
government it will be for all the peo-
pie, not some of the people.-Tacoma
News.
AUSTIN CLAIBORNE of Seattle, repre-
senting the Pacific Steam Whaling
Co., has a roll of whalebone samples
that reminds one of the old-fashioned
umbrellas of % years ago. Mr.. Clai-
borne says the supremacy of the New
Bedford whaling fleet is thing of the
past and San Francisco now has a
firm grip on that trade, the company
he represents capturing 301 of the
352 whales caught last season. The
manufacture of whalebone was begun
in San Francisco last December and
the company promises to rapidly re-
build the industry WHICH used to be
controlled by eastern factories. His
company expects to supply the world
in the whalebone line.-Review.
PUGET SOUND figures to a small
extent in the new departure in marine
construction now prevailing in
Chicago. Ship building has experience
ed great change on the great lakes
within the past two years, and the
evolution from the wooden two-maste0
schooner of 200 tons burden to the
monster four-masted iron schooner o.
! 1000 and 5000 tons is something
remarkable. The vessels are perfec
models, constructed almost entirely O
steel, with the exception of the taper
ing spars, and this is where Puge
Sound comes in-resulting from tn,
advertising done during the exposi
ton, when the tall poles from Wash
ington literally knocked the persim
MONS" While Chicago has reason t.
be proud of its supurb iron ships
Puget Sound takes equal pride in fur
nishing the sky-scraping masts.-P.-I
Securing Indemnity Lands.