The Irish standard., 1896-03-28
Spokane, Wash.

Spokane, Wash.
Editor Irish Standard: -
The A. O. H. entertained about 500 peo-
pie at Auditorium hall on the night Of the
18th. Music, Grafton and song inter
spersed with wit and humor was the or
der. Rev. Father Kearns Of Colfax, spoke
On the glories OF ireland, and the Irish
race in America; briefly epitomiZing Irish
and American history.
The Irish American association honored
st. Patrick's memory with ali elegant
banquet and patriotism abounded.
"F'inlegan's Bail'--comedy- rendered
at the Auditorium on the 18th and 18th
was another Irish entertainment. SO The
| Irish were strictly in 1t this time IN Spo-
kane, but as usual divided in sections.
Emblems Of green adorned more costumes
in this city on St. Patrick's day than ever
before. About a dozen orange ribbons
were haunted. Peace and good order
reigned supreme during the day.
A burglar named Robinson while ran
sacking residence on the north side one
night recently was shot. He got away
from the scene Of his operations a few
blocks and drew his gun and blew his
own brains out
Ching Pong, a Chinese highbinder
carved and killed Lee Tong with a
butcher knife and axe and then cut a cash
in his own neck for self defense.
The town of Hillyeard is now disincor~
porated. 1t was too much. ct a useless
burden on Jim Hill so he issued his Nlti-
matum and the officers of the town had
to yield with reluctance.
The Northwest Milling and Power Com
pamy is aow in the hands of a receiver.
About q year ago Simon Oppenheimer re-
turned from Europe where he enlisted for
eign capitalists in the enterprise A saw
mill and a Touring mill were built last
season. The saw mill was in working or
der and run for few months but the
walls and roof Of the Touring mill are all
that have been erected SO far. The foreign
capitalists have mortgage on the prop
erty of the company for $500, 900 Local
claims to the extent OF about $4,000 are
due and unpaid and Mr.. Oppenheimer has
left for parts unknown.
| The city of Spokane held stock as col
lateral security in the old Spokane Water
Power Company and it is feared that the
city has lost in the reorganization. The
Water stock was taken by a former city
treasurer to secure the city for the loss
of SIC. 900 or $50 DOC cash in the defunct
hank of Spokane Falls.
County Treasurer Geo. Mudgett recently
levied on a Pullman palace car detached
from train and held it in the Northern
Pacific yard for two days to force the pay
ment Of taxes for 1894 against said prop
erty. The county treasurer was acting
under the legal instructions Of the coun-
ty attorney but Judge Hanford Of the
United tSates court at Seattle telegraphed
the United States marshal to notify Mr..
NIudgett that the rolling stock OF the
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jurisdiction of his court, and demanded
the release of the Pullman car and citing
the treasurer to appear before him at Spo-
kane on April 7th aud show cause why
he is not in contempt of court. 1t the Pull
MAN Palace Car company is in the hands
OF receiver that is not generally known
OF if the Northern Pacific railroad COM
pany owns these cars that fact has not
been known heretofore. MI. Midget is
doing his duty faithfully and has no de-
sire to discriminate between the delin-
quents but serve all alike.
About the 21st of last January Mr. Mud
gett applied to Judge Hanford for an order
for the collection Of delinquent personal
property tax Of the, Seattle Lake Shore
e. Eastern railroad but has received no re-
ply UP to date. 1t would appear shat Judge
Hartford is treating Mr. MudgsGt with
real ClLempL. HOW long uHt psople CAL
endure this is question.
Mining is all the rage here now. II all
that are talking of going to the mining
regions will go, the city will be virtually
deserted during the summer. There is a
big rush for the Colville reservation and
several hundred locations are now made
even though the SHOW is knee deep.
We are solicitous about the welfare
Of the poor people who are living in the
eastern states. We want them to come
to Washington and grow up in poverty
with the country The great evidences of
our prosperity are apparent by the num-
Der of mortgages we have. We look
through magnifying glasses when writing
literature to catch the tenderfeet. People
who are living in the east had better take
off their spectacles while reading our lit
erature.
Our new city water works is completed
at last And now the courts will be kept
busy for a while. Whoever has the best
pull takes the prize. Our legal resources
for bonding state, counties and cities is
about exhausted so we want people from
here and we will show them how to get
rich. and we will hold the stakes while
they experiment.. There are some bona
fide opportunities for safe and profitable
investm ent-but the ignis- fatuus seems
to predominant.
Political fences are being built UP now.
And evidences OF treachery are numerous.
The sub-cellar consp:rators are in the
saddle, and woe to any who oppose their
sway. They want everything from presi-
dent to dog-catcher. They may be sue
cessful Little Johnnie Wilson will be
back from Washington ere the campaign
fairly opens to whip the bigots into line.
They are now divided among themselves,
and in debt for hall rent. 1t is the general
: opinion that they can't exist on vinegar
and gall. If the Irish-Americans were
true to themselves with the aid of their
friends they could accomplish much but
alas some of them are treacherous to
their kith and kin.
Tacoma, Wash.
Editor Irish Standard:
!, The way things look now the A. P.
!, 4 e Will he hurled an deem they will never