The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-03-31

THERE has been considerable fierce
fighting at Manila, and the campaign
against Aguinaldo is gradually forcing
him from all his strongholds. Many
insurgents have been captured and
thousands killed in battles, while the
American loss has been quite severe.
Capt. Fortson, a prominent Seattle
lawyer, and several Washington sol
diers are among the killed. The cam
paign cannot last much longer.
EUGENE M. McConaha, the first
white child born in Seattle, died
Monday at the residence of her
mother, 1926 Second avenue, in that
city. She had been in poor health for
the past eight or ten years. She was
born in small one and one-half story
frame house at the corner of Main
street and First avenue south, Septem-
Der Is, 1852. D. r. Baxter, another
pioneer of Seattle dating from 1858,
also died there last week.
STATE Treasurer G. w. Young is
sending out the following notice :"Ow-
ing to the fact that the legislature fail
ed to make sufficient appropriation
for the state treasurer's Office, those
who write this Office must send stamps
for return letter, If they expect re-
ply" The remarkable fact concern
ing this, says the Spokesman Review,
is that the last legislature appropria-
ted 81 100 more for this Office than did
the proceeding legislature. What is
still more strange in view of this notice
is that 5000 more is appropriated for
postage than was appropriated last
year. It cannot be that state treasur-
er has already used up $500 worth OF
postage stamps.
THE prompt and vigorous manner
in which Shelton people turned out to
capture gang of robbers, is shining
example to the authorities of Seattle
and Tacoma, especially the latter city,
where the "long man and the short
man." have been keeping people off
the bicycle path, even better than the
municipal ordinance. Robbers in
general will please take warning that
when they "do a trick" in Shelton
they are in danger of "doing turn"
in the pen, more SO, than if they car
ried off Tacoma's city hall. There are
some things we OF Shelton will stand
with impunity, but then again there
are some thing things which don't go.
Public safely would be better preser-
we'd everywhere if greater effort was
made to put stop to robbery, whether
"cracking safes" or picking pockets on
the public highway.
A STRANGE case is reported from
Tacoma Sunday morning in which a
well known druggist, Charles r. Corey
shot and instantly killed his wife,
sleeping beside him. while under the
influence of dream. Mr.. Corey says
he dreamed his wife was pursued by al
assailant, and he was unable to catch
up to the pursuer, and drawing his
revolver fired at the phantom assail.
ant. 1t proved reality and he had
taken his revolver from under his pill
low and the shot awoke him to fine
his wife by his side quite dead. He
had returned from business feeling il
and dazed and was wrought up over
the numerous hold-nps which have
occurred in Tacoma. Mrs. Corey was
high up in society and lodge circles
and the couple were said to have lived
in perfect harmony; and this is per
haps all that will ever be known, bu
it was an awful affair."
FOURTEEN Washington cargo mills
shipped 24,9O2, 100 feet of lumber dur
ing February, against 27,374,04S fee,
during January. Coastwise shipments
are showing strongly the effects O.
long continued blighting drouth in
California, while foreign demands arr
not yet fully up to satisfactory pro
S portions. The eastern rail trade, how
ever, continues its promising upward
movement, taking 637 cars, or 10, l2S,
GOO feet in February, and 1896, OO(
feet in January, total of 20,128 ,00(
feet, against 17,0SS,OOO feet in tn,
initial two months Of 1898, Will,
shingle shipments for February were
966 cars. or 154, 456, 900 pieces, agains
119,6SO,0O0 the same month yea
ago, and for two months 26O 1896 600
compared with 1913 .56O,0OO in $685.
w. G. Trade.