The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-06-19
Editorial Notes.
IT'S extra hot at st. Louis.

IT'S extra hot at st. Louis.
Xxx
THE president of the Waterbury
Watch company is dead. Well, it is
high time. The general public has
been winding up his affairs for num-
her Of years.-Seattle Argus.
TACOMA is arranging splendid Car
nival OF Roses for June 25-6-7th and
will Guido their effort OF 1895. There
is no reason why Puget Sound with
its splendid flowers, cannot have flow
er fiesta, as we'll as Southern California.
THE reports OF Secretary Armstrong
Of the state board Of health for 1895,
show the total deaths in the state re-
ported for last year, 1851, against
1873 for 1894. Mason reports 81
deaths. The births however, are more
than double the deaths.
IT is conceded that the free silver
democrats will have the majority in
the national democratic convention,
but it is doubtful if they have the two
thirds requisite to nominate the presi-
dental ticket. At any rate the free
silver delegates will construct the plat
form, and it is suggested they can adj
journ to st. Louis and select their can
didate for president later on.
THE Democratic National Conven-
ton will convene at Chicago July 7th
1t Will certainly declare for free silver,
but the presidency is an unknown
quantity. The populist convention
will be held at st. Louis on July 22nd,
and the free silver leagues at the same
time and place, with the object OF ar
ranging combination on the silver
question, the pops to drop their other
isms for the present.
Poor old Olympia. The state pol.
iticians have tapped every Olympian
who had the audacity to stick his head
UP forsan Office during the past five
years on the head and "squelched"
him with the capitol" club-but their
capitol fails to materialize. And now
because theyare mildly demonstrating
the P.-I. threatens to take the State
house away. We have no doubt that
some Seattle people have always had
an idea that they could resurrect the
question and capture the Capitol, but
they will never do it. Mason County
win join the insurgents to steal their
"ditch" for Olympia, on the principle
that the second thief is the best own
err"
x*E
HoQUIAM suffered severe loss in
the burning of the Northwestern
Lumber Company's mills last Monday
: afternoon. The dry kilns, lumber
yards and machine shops We're saved,
but two schooners which were loading
lumber at the docks were more or
less damaged on the upper works.
The mill was one of the largest on the
harbor, having a daily capacity OF
: 100000 feet, and was fitted with i'm
proved machinery. Geo. II. Emerson,
managing owner OF the plant, is in
st. Louis as delegate to the Conven-
ton. This is the main laboring insti-
tuition of Hoquiam and will likely be
rebuilt
!. One OF the most brutal of murders
occurred at Seattle last week, when
Larry Cummings, farmer, who had
formerly held positions in that city
and had considerable means, shot his
daughter and his wife, besides pound
ing in the latter's skull with the butt
of his revolver. Recently his tamil,
left him because of i'll treatment and
were staying with friends in the city.
Cummings came to town fully prepar-
ed for his mdrderous deed and attack
ed the defenceless women, before his
purpose became known. Mrs. Cum
minge hss since died, but the daughter
will recover Cummings is IN jail and
the machilery has begun to move for
his trial. Moot Of Seattle's murderers
appear to lve out their natural lives,
but It is 20 Be hoped that speedy
justice viii be meted cut IN this go