The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-08-04

fore the Port Angeles Eastern, says
the Port Angeles Courier. AZ
The Chehalis Peoples Advocate re-
marks that there is a work -,for pop
ulists of the state of Washington to do;
"we hold the keys to the situation"
You'll nave to be content with holding
the keys hereafter, gentlemen. The
people are not going to let you hold
the situations any more.-Republic.
In all the race for improvement in
stree; car transportation, West has led
the way. The cable was first used in
San Francisco and the electric trolley
first appeared in Appleton, Wisconsin
Horse cars are still used on the cross
town lines in New York, and are now
almost as great curiosity to visitors
from the west as were the cable cars
twenty years ago TO San Francisco.
The editor of the Seattle Times, who
is for expansion, and Col. w. J. Bryan
who is against it, have had an impor-
tant conference in Chicago, and the
editor has concluded that his differen-
ces with the candidate are"merely
technical" The differences between
Bryan and the gold bugs are also
technical. 1t is these little technical
differences, as Mark Twain might say,
that make horse races.-Yakima Re-
public.
The state of Washington boasts of
having the shortest railroad in the
world. It is built on the east shore of
Like Crescent in the Olympic noun
tains in Clallam county. 1t is STAN
dard gauge and is one rail in length,
was built several years ago to hold the
right of way through the mountain
pass, has never been extended, and Is
the property of the Western Washing
ton Development company, of Port
Angeles and San Francisco.
Mrs. LELAND STANFORD, of California,
has turned her entire fortune to the
institution which bears the name of
her only son. The amount is about
SILL 100000 and is invested in produc-
tive securities. Added TO what had
already been given from her husbands
estate, the university has an endow-
ment of $26000,000. This sum of
money should make Stanford Univer-
sity one of the greatest educational
institutions in the world. Leland
Stanford's millions have thus gone
back to the people from whom they
are made.
MRS. MARY M. PECK died at her
home at Centralia last Friday after
noon OF old age. She was 80 years
old AM said to be the oldest woman
Lewis county. Mrs Peck came to
Thulston county in 1852. The family
originally came from Nova Scotia,
travelling over the plairs to Washing
ton Territory by OK team in 1850.
Mr.. and Mrs. settled in Lewis county
in 1897. Mr.. Peck died in 1889.
Nine children were born to them, only
two of whom suvive. Mrs. Emma
Colvin, of Centralia, is one. The
number o. grandchildren and great
grandchildren is large. Deceased had
a large number of friends in this state.
The Nebraska regiment after years
campaigning in the Philippines, has
just returned to San Francisco, and
reports a total death loss from all causes
OF sixty-two Of its members, including
Col. Stotzenberg, killed in battle
This regiment participated in nearly
all the fighting from the time the first
shot was fired by one of It's members
February 4, up to the time it was or
dered home, and has glorious record
yet cut OF the nearly /, 400 men com.
posing its rank and file the death rat,
is but 5 per cent There is not IN re
corded history an instance of cam
paigning in the tropics where tn,
death rate of an army has been as low
orthe health of the men composing i
as we'll maintained as that of til
American army III the Philippines
Unlike anti-expansionists, figures d
not lie.-P. /.
The press correspondents may e,
perience some trouble in writing til
truth about affairs in the Philippine
but the volunteers do not seem to.
member of the Twentieth Kansa
writing home, says: at is true tn.
about half our regiment are off dut'
but you needn't imagine we are Attic
ed with some dread disease and abo,
to turn our toes to the daisies. W
are only dead tired, with lot of cas-,
OF a sort Ct itchsnd more of dysenter
which the boys get b. eating all Il
fruit they can lay hands on, again
the doctors orders. With ! little Re
the old Twentieth could turn OUT Il
entire strength and 60 anywhere v
have had only two deaths in the ree
ment from disease ia four months,
you zee It Is pretty healthy here =