The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-18
In WASHINGTON CITY.

WASHINGTON. Jan. r.-soecssl.-The
| luEzSsrEnsn % The state CO Washington
are very much interested in 3 restoration
81 t5e tarlN ca lHnber TIE washington
members ara receiving numerous rss4-
grams from fznbsr dealers ara mil oxn-
ers throughout the state, urging them 20
work WITH the Ways and means commit
tee for at lczSt a s. Eartfr. Following Is 4
sample of telegran1s received:
SEATTLE. Jan T.--JTse eva-v enssesv-
OF 20 restore duty s. on Iumber canada
imposes elty on American lumber.
sTETSON & POST MILL CO.
COSNoPOLIS. Jan 7s-Wfu you ksn.s-
" urge upon the members Of ways ard
means committee snd use sour best tnf7,l-
encS fcr the fawCra4ss reporting 20 cor
sreSs o TIE Importance and necessity of
tas restoration Of The s. tarlI On IGmaer.
- q par ansount importance 20 me
state OF IS Washington &C. r. WHITE"
HADL0Ck. Jan. s-The restoration q
TIE 3 tariff OF lumber imperative tor cen
tlnu&nee or our business. Please erge a
favorable report by ways and means CON-
miJtee- WASHINGTON MILL CO.
Those members who are here have been
before the committee and have reason 20
believe that the 3 rate OF duty viii BE re-
stored by the Few DlngIey biz.
Simon Finn, national bank examiner.
row located At Spokane. is here on basl-
banks ia the state OF Washington ever
which he has supervision. Mr. Finn was
formerly q newspaper man, and for a tine
was one 81 the stan OF Washington CORE
spOndents for the Baltimore sun.
Capt. Frank Taylor. OF the Fourteenth
Infantry. stationed az Vancouver bar
racks. has been visiting friends in this
city during the past week
". Il Kelley. % Spokane. is IN the city.
a - arsFFt ,, sszS-
was az the war department this week. re-
ceiving orders preparatory 20 his depar-
tGrs for his new station at Seattle, Wash.
Following is the fun text OF the order
issued by Secretary Lamont. setting aside
the reservation al Marrowstone point for
military purposes:
by authority OF the president of the
United States dated November 18th. 1895.
the lands comprised within the north hail
/ OF the southwest quarter OF section II,
township 30 north. range ! east, OF VII
lot 6. of section 10 In said township and
range not already embraced in the reser-
walton under executive order OF Septem-
Der y, 1866. all OF which is located ~
Marrowstone point, Admiralty inlet,
Washington, are hereby reserved and set
apart for military purposes and pro-
claimed a military reservation.
DANIEL s. LAMONT,
Secretary OF War"
By direction OF the assistant secretary
of war Sergt. Adman Cisson. Company
3. Fourteenth infantry, now with his
company az Vancouver barracks. Wash
ington. having satisfactorily explained 10
the department that his true name IL Jo-
seph Simonton, viii be borne under the
latter name on all rolls, returns. etc. OF
his command after this date.
Original pensions have been granted to
George D. Potter Of Chattaroy. Spokane
county: Patrick Downs, South Seattle:
James Divine. Oakesdale. Whitman coun-
~; Iredell w. Bradley. LewisviIle, Clarke
county; Sebastian Ellis, jr.. Occur
d'Alene. Kootenai county. Idaho.
An original widows pension has been
granted TO Mrs. Mary Sheehan. of Water
vile, Douglas county. The suspended
pension OF PhiIander OdelI OF Redmond,
King county, has been restored. and
+ new certificate issued at an increased
rate. but 1t comes too late TO do Mr..
OdelI any good as the pension office has
been notified OF his decease. A pension
has also been granted to a minor child OF
Richard J. Whearty. of Peone. Spokane
county.
| Commissions have been issued to tina
| following postmasters in the state OF
| Washington: Willis O. Wheeler, Latah:
Henry F.. Buckner. Methow; Helen Il.
Robinson. Porter.
An order has just been issued to the mail
contractors carrying mails between Seat
tie and Juneau 10 stop at Metiahkatia,
Alaska on the route between Mary Island
and Fort Wrangel. The North American
Commercial Company. Of San Francisco,
VIII be permitted TO carry the mails one
trip from san Francisco TO kadiak, leay-
| ing San Francisco about February 5.
TIE Alaska Commercial Company, of San
Francisco, has been authorized to carry
the malls one trip from san Francisco 70
Unga and Ounaiaska. leaving San Fran
cisco about February Is Both these SER
vices are 20 be without compensation and
: the mails will be IN charge OF a sworn car
rier.
The mail service from North Yakima 10
Tampico viii leave North Yakima here
after Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays
at .. m, and leave Tampico the same
days az a. m, five hours being allowed
for the trips.
/ Vancouver TO Hopewell-Leave Tuesdays
/ and Fridays at 80 a. m, returning
Wednesdays and Saturdays at the same
hour. eight hours being allowed for each
trip.
bridgeport to Buckingham-Leave Tues
DAYS and Saturdays at a m, and return
ing the same day. leaving buckingham at
! p. m.
New WhatcoTn 10 Rome-Leave Rome
/ Tuesdays and Saturdays at $50 A. m. re-
turning to New Whatcom the same sfieF-
noon at 3 2. n
Gettysburg 70 Twfn-Leave Twin Tues
/ day and Saturday mornings at g. return
| ming from Gettysburg the same afternoon
al !.
/ Cosmop0iis to Newskah-L.eave News
/ kan Tuesdays and Saturdays At a. m,
returning leaves Cosmopol's the same day
az 1890 p. n.
Brush Prairie 20 Roxwell-Leave Rox-
well Mondays and Thursdays al a. m.
leave Brush Prairie TUESDAYS and Fridays
I a. 1870 n.
II. J. Bulls has been appointed posimas-
ter a. Victor. Mason county. IN place 81
T. ". Sisson, resigned.
f 4 postoffice has been established a. Ole
ma. Oxanogan county. on route I-lH
eight miles west OF Malgtt and fifteen
mics east OF Silver. with Charles 8 Nc
y~srlaus as postmaster An office has also
+ been established at Stranded. Waafcom
county. four miles north o. Goshen and
( three-euarters OF 2 mile southwest q
F.versor. with Andrew Strandel as post
master. The postof8ce 81 Mansford,
Skavtf county. has been moved SIX miles
zoBth and Lizzie J. Smyre has been ep-
pointed postmistress.
commissions have been issued % the fol-