Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-04-18
STATE NEWS.

An excursion party from Portland
passed over the Sound few DAYS ago.
A terrific gale OF sand and dust
prevailed several days at Walla Walla,
last week.
The Tacoma rifle team knocked
out" the Seattle team Tuesday, in
score OF lS2 to ITO.
Tacoma lOcators of Valentine scrip
are preparing an appeal from the late
decision of Secretary Noble.
1t is reported that many important
changes will soon be made in the
Puget Sound steamboat service.
Colonel Meyer kaufman, of Ia
coma, is being urged as Il candidate for
mayor on the Democratic ticket.
A Nicholson, one of the Fcrndale
sawmill proprietors, had leg multi
ated by a saw Saturday, and it was
amputated below the knee.
Sunday morning the house of Mr..
and Mrs. ROndeman, and aged couple
living IL miles from Walla Walla, was
destroyed by fire, leaving them desti-
tute.
Patrick Mckee, a section man on
the Hunt road was run over by train
at Wallula, Tuesday night. Both legs
were cut off and the sufferer died soon
after the accident.
A laborcr, James Douglas, so years
old, died Sunday morning, leaning
against wall ut Fairhaven, and stood
there dead some time before life was
found to be extinct. Liquor was the
cause.
Conductor Bryant, of Northern
Pacific work train, had leg crushed
at TeninO Tuesday evening. 1t was
amputated at the hip joint. Bryant
died at l A. NJ, surviving the amputa-
ton one hour.
Charley Davidson, n lad five years
old, met with terrible death at Ia
coma, last Friday. 1t seems that he
and companion were climbing a pile
of logs, when they rolled and one
passed over the boy crushing him to
death instantly.
Capt. C. Z. Clancy has resigned
the position of Port Captain of the
Union Pacific steamer line, to take CT
feet in few days. Mr.. C. has been
in that or similar positions in the SER
vice of the company and its predeces-
sors, the past twenty years.
Six prisoners-two for forgery, two
for highway robbery, and two for
grand larcency-were taken to the
penitentiary by Deputy Sheriff F. X.
Pugh, of Spokane Falls. These men
were among the number who recently
made their escape from the Spokane
Jail, and were recaptured.
The new schedules fix passenger
rates between Tacoma and down Sound
points as follows: To Coupeville, Oak
Harbor and Utsalady, 50; to LaCon-
ner, Deception, Anacortes, Fidalgo,
Samish and all Bellingham Bay towns,
$3.50; to Blaine and Semiahmoo, 81 i;
to Port Townsend, $3.50; to Victoria
and Port Angeles, $3.50.
All ClcCtiIC Cdbt AWAY vi
side at Tacoma, last Tuesday. No.
body was killed, but two ladies who
jumped from. the car were seriously
injured. Lighting may be good
thing to knock people silly but it is a
poor motor for hillsides unless the
brake can be depended upon, which is
generally not the case.
Frank Sickman, a civil engineer and
contractor, employed in the construc-
ton of the Tacoma & Lake City Rail-
way, died at American Lake Monday
morning from being kicked on the
head by a horse. Deceased was we'll
TODD, owning several teams and con-
siderable grading machinery. His rel
atives live at Cameron, Warren coLn-
ty, Ill.
John A. Carr was shot by James
Walker, in Portland, last Tuesday, but
happily without infiicting dangerous
injuries. The assaltant is the father
of Richard Walker, the Tacoma heir
of Annie Ames, or Walker, who died n
few months ago leaving a snug little
fortune. Carr, it seems, has en-
deavored to obtain possession of por-
ton OF the estate, as remuneration for
services in hunting up the heir and
devulging the whereabouts of the
property. 1t is thought that Walker
is insane.
DR.. r. b. O'Brien fired several shots
at Father F. A. Becker of the Holy
Angels College of Vancouver, in that
city, last Monday. 1t seems that the
doctor came to Vancouver, wholly des-
titute, several months ago, and the
reverend gentleman's sympathies were
so actively enlisted that he hired and
an Office for the doctor and
arrayed him in decent clothing. ;
The doctor proved unworthy of this
however, and when the priest
discontinued his patronage, presented
} bill for professional services, and
lpOni payment being refused, on the
ground that it was fully offset by !
BOARD, rent, etc, became enraged and
attempted murder. One of the shots !
struck young Mike Whittier, infiicting
/ scalp wound.