Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-11-07
STATE NEWS.

outing in Alaska.
George Mol has sued the Tacoma &
Puyallup Railroad for $40 900, for dam
ages sustained by bank cavinc upon
him.
The gas heater i'll passenger coach
OF local train from Seattle to Tacoma.
on Saturday, exploded, shattcring all
the windows and wrccking the stove.
There Were only few passengers in
the car, none Of whom were injured.
\. Cal'len, q porter in the employ of
a Liquor firm in Tacoma, fell over a
step with a bottle in his hand, which
was broken in the fall, a sharp, Jagged
piece of the glass piercing his neck and
scvering the carotid artery, from which
he blcd to death.
The HoIuiam Board OF Trade has
given subsidy of $4,000 and depot
facilities both at Hoquiam and Gray's
Harbor City to the Northern Pacific
railroad, which has been accepted, and
the company agrees to have trains run
ming into Hoquiam by December l,
1890.
In an alteration over some money
matters between G.. w. Walker and
Hannibal Wilson, some twelve miles
north of Gray's HarbOr City, G. W.
Walker shot and severely injured Will
son in the breast with five birdshot.
Walker went to Montesano and gave
himself up.
The Rosalia RASTER offers this adj
vice to farmers: Hold your potatoes
and oats and sell your wheat. The two
former arc bound to bc worth far more
than they are now, while it has been
decreed by the railroad companies that
wheat shall not advance. Oats will be
worth $l.75 before next harvest"
II. ]. Merriam, of Malone, N. Y,
hopbuyer, says relative to Washington
hops: "The yield in Washington this
year will be about 5000 bales, against
Is 1000 bales in New York State. The
New York State acreage is over four
times as great as that of Washington
In New York hop lands can be bought
for from $50 to 1928 per acre.
Frank Unger, Il brakeman on the
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern railroad,
was crushed to death by logs at Birds
camp, on a spur of the railroad. Mon
day night. At the time of the accident
Unger was endeavoring to make coup
ling. He stepped between the cars
and protruding logs caught him and
literally crushed him to death.
A sensation was created at Renton
King county, the other day by the ar
rest of Frank Hayes, n prominent store
keeper of that thriving town, who was
not only charged with stealing 5 cents
worth of coal, but was technically found
guilty. Hayes was tried before Justice
Miller, but his fine was RENTED. l..
G. Gilman defended Hayes and Colonel
J. C. Haines acted for the Oregon I'M
provement Company. Mr.. Hayes gave
notice of appeal.
Mrs. Matilda Leck, who was found
nearly suffocated in her room in the
Snoqualmie hotel, Seattle, Sunday
night, died Tuesday morning. 1t is
plainly case of suicide. She recently
married the husband of her deceased
sister. and ever since she seemed posses
sed of the Authorization that she had
no right to remain with him. Sunday
evening she wrote u letter to her hus-
band, turned on the gas in her room
and retired to bed. She was almost
asphyxiated when found. She was the
daughter of Manager Meinerch, OF the
Bayview Brewing company.
A case of black leprosy has been de-
veloped in the Walla Walla penitenti-
airy. The victim is Thomas Burke
convicted from Port Townsend. The
reports were filed, and the commission
ers decided to refer the matter of the
disposition of the man to Attorney
General Jones. The commissioners
are of the opinion that Burke can be
turned over 10 the British authorities
as he is subject of great Britain and
never endeavored to become citizen
Of the United States. In the opinion
of the attorneys of this city the matter
depends entirely upon the existing
treaty between the nations. Burke
when he contracted the disease in the
Sandwich islands, was in the English
naval service.
The steamer Michigan arrived at
Astoria Saturday morning after wild
race for life, lasting seven hours
When about ID miles of Gray's Har.
Dor at 4 A. NJ, fire was discovered in
her fore hold. All possible precautions
were Immediately taken, matches were
battened down and every air hole that
could be found was stopped up and
with every pound of steam that could
be carried, and every stitch OF canvas
to the breeze, she flew down the coast
In response to her distress signal when
she crossed the bar the observer at
Fort Candy telegraphed to Astoria
and the tug lVallowa started to heI
assistance, but fortunately she sue
ceeded in getting safely in. The YES
sci was scuttled. The origin of the
fire is supposed to have been from lime
in the fore hold.
An unknown man attempted to com
nit suicide at the Olympia house
Montesano, last week, by exploding a
giant-powder cap on his head. The
bones of his forehead were found to be
badly shattered, and some brain mat
ter had oozed out. Several small
pieces of the skull, one larger than a
1O-cent piece, were taken from the
wound. In response to the question
as to what his name was, the wounded
mans answer was " Mud" and when
repeated attempts were made to get
some information from him concern.
ing his family or himself, they were
met by the statement that he would
tell nothing; he afterward told the doc.
tor that he had no fOlks-all were dead
On the register of the hotel he had
signed the name of-Brannon. He
states that he will do surer work next
time. He is a strong, good-looking
man, somewhere about 81 or % years
old. No reason is known for the ACT
save the one he gives: 81 wanted to
die" There is just slight chance fol
his recovery.
Stella Betz, the pretty 20-year-old
daughter of Alfred Betz, a carpenter
living on ranch between SnohOmisll
junction and Yew, on the Seattle
Lake Shore & Eastern railway, eloped
Sunday night with negro in her ia
theirs employ. The case is an instance
of the attraction of opposites. Betz
who has been doing carpenter work for
the various mills of the Seattle, Lake