The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-08-07
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

Il. II. gray WAS kiiied Dy SWITCH
engine at Everett.
The Seattle Electric Company will
place all service wires in the business
section of the city underground
Indian fishermen at Port Angeles
canneries refused to stand a reduction
of cents per fish and went on strike.
The Centennial -four mills at Spokane
have been destroyed by fire. Loss is
estimated at fully $S5, 900. The COM
pany will rebuild as soon as possible.
At the Transmississippi Commercial
conference, to be held in st. Paul,
August 10, the Seattle chamber Of COM
merce will present the needs of Alaska
in the way of government concessions.
| Cyrus Happy, Jose Sears and H. G.
J1ougee, of Spokane, are on their way
to Tenino to plan coal bunkers and
other extensive improvements for the
Great Western coal mine. located near
that place.
William Ritz, for Eve years president
of the Walla Walla Fruit Fair, sudden
| ly resigned, and his place is now vacant.
A business man will likely be elected
in few days, or as soon as the execu-
tive committee can arrange meeting.
Mr.. Ritz is an old settler, and at
present very wealthy farmer.
The Miller House at Tekoa was de-
stroyed by fire The loss is estimated
at SIS 900.
The Order of Red Men stopped the
Tracy and Merrill show at Everett on
technicality, the opera house manager
having allowed his license to lapse.
Collector Clarence w. Ide of Port
Townsend has announced his first APP
pointment. 1t is that of Ernest L.
Scott to he private secretary to Colonel
Ide.
Miss Florence Walker has been
chosen queen of the Elks carnival at
Seattle by vote of 6 1891. Her closest
competitor, Miss Elizabeth Newman,
received 3,74l votes.
Prof. James w. Dow, formerly of
Cheney, and until recently principal of
the Eells academy, of Colville, has ac-
cepted the position of principal Of the
Union high school at Chewelah.
Engineers have located permanent
line for the Bellingham Bay & British
Columbia railway through Hannigan
pass, and by the construction of tun-
mel instead of switchback it would be
possible to go through the Cascades
without any sleeper grade than has
been encountered in the construction of
the road to Maple Falls. Z
John Dooley, for as years a resident
of Walla Walla, and one Of the
wealthiest men OF that city, is dead.
Land Office officials expect the COM
ing year to be the banner year for
homestead contests, most of which will
be in Franklin county.
The King county school census,
which is now practically completed,
shows that the total number of school
children in that county for 1902 is more
than 80, 900, as against 26,965 for the
preceding year. With the exception
of one small district all the enumera-
tions have been turned in. 8
The steamship Ohio has gone North
with Is tons of material for the estab
lishment of wireless telegraphy in
Alaska.
July holds the record for the value of
building permits in the history of
Seattle. The total value of permits is
sued was $S48, 626, over $780, 900 more
than the previous record, which was
1925, 1874, in March, 1902.
The state militia has broken camp
and returned home after very credita-
BILE showing at Camp Weisenberger.
Two men were seriously injured and
scores of others severely shaken by a
passenger train running into G COW at
Ravenna park.
The steamship Lyra, Captain George
V. Williams, hiss arrived from the
North, her only passenger being A.
Davidson, the prospector who was so
badly frozen on one of the Nome trails
last winter. Both his legs had to be
amputated. His hands were also frozen
so that they are practically useless.
Siwash Indians have started trolling
for salmon in Puget Sound.
Harry de Windt. the famous French
explorer and correspondent, has arrived
in Seattle.
Money, jewelry and clothing valued