The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-03-24
The Mason County Journal.
G. c ANGLE. Editor and Proprietor


YESTERDAYS papers, some Of them,
announced the death of ex-secretary
John Sherman, On board the liner
Paris at Santiago dc Cuba, and others
contradicted the report. He has been
failing for some timeand hiscondition
is considered critical.
THE Mason County Logging Com
pany has recently ordered 4O-ton
Climax logging locomotive and four
road and yarding donkey engines for
its new works in the Black Hills. The
Simpson Logging Co. has also ordered
q Cotton Climax.
WHILE Western Washington is gen
orally considered a very moist and
juicy section of the Union, it is worthy
OF note that the average rainfall Ion
last year was less than so, inches to be
exact 1882. Our Hood Canal cores
pendent also gives some other inter
esting notes about the weather.
ONE of New York's big so-called firt
proof hotels, the Windsor, filled with
guests burned last Friday, the fire &C.
curing while parade was passing
A score of persons are known to b(
either killed by jumping or burned IN
the ruins and the list still grows at
about fifty persons are still unaccount
ed for. The hotel was of the first elias.
and many of the unfortunates were
wealthy people.
FORTY-oNE thousand officers and mer
OF the combined army and navy force
comprise the approximate total OF th'
American strength now at and enrout'
to the Philippines. The forces already
stationed in and about the archipelago
consists of 20 regiments Of infantry
one engineer battalion, seven troops O
cavalry and IL batteries OF artillery, al
aggregate of about q, 800 men. Nine
teen vessels, with an aggregate OF 20.
officers, 1890 men and marines, make
up the naval contingent.
On March 18th, 1899, the Northern
Pacific Railway started two trains
each day flying westward from its east
er terminals. AT the same time-no
at exactly the same hours-two trains
will also leave its western terminals
for the east. There will then be eacl
day, moving over the 1000 miles o
main track between ST. Paul, Mime
apolis and Duluth at the east, ant
Seattle, Tacoma and Portland on Tx
Pacific Coast, fourteen OF these train,
in both directions-going at iht
same time and this in 4 country " here
80 years ago The buffalo were roam
ing.
The Pacific Lumber Trade Journa
of Seattle, for March, was printed il
cOlors and contained the first Of ;
series of articles devoted TO the luin
bering and milling industries OF tins
state, which will be Invaluable II
showing the magnitude to which th'
logging and manufacture OF lumber
in Western Washington has grown il
q very few years. 1t is fast going-in
the front rank as the greatest lum
bering state in the union, while TIT
old eastern states are getting playe,
out as producers OF lumber, gradQalIr
yielding to us the entire field in som
lines.
IT is said that the organization of s.
many trusts is due to the grea
amount of idle money. Somebody els
asserts that on account Of The exten
to which consolidation has been car
ried and unusual amount Of money j
idle. There is a chance for an argu
ment here, but there will be no argu
ment about the need for some OF tn
idle money in couple OF years. Til
outcome OF the craze for combination
and the speculation which follows
going to be trouble. There wiii b
plenty OF wrecks OF old trusts lyin
around in 1900 Tor Mr. Bryan o use {
point a moral aud adorn 4 tale,-it
the opinion OF the Yakima Republic
The Chehalis Nugget takes
most sensible and patriotic course o.
the army question. It says. DAT th,
close OF the civil war the federal arm
numbered a grand total of Il N lsso
men, General GRAFT was in conlal#Il.
OF this vast body OF troops, an arm
greater than any king IN the world
history had ever commanded. With
but a few months this army Of Il mi
lion men had been mustered out Of ID
service excepting about $4,000 mel
and the mutton which had passe
through the throes eff an intern:
strife that lad threatened to -disrai
it, came oat Of that agial Test 81 Il.
and blood with The spirit Of 4 reyuof
can government stroager.in She heal
OF the people than ever before. Cor