Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-03-04
STATE NEWS

bring suit against Sheriff rFicn for o.
27O damages for false impri.onms NJ
Permstich refused to pay the costs H.
an action brought by him aud decide,
against him and was put In Jail
Judge Upton, Of walla Walla, ha,
decided that the Legislature failed 4,
confirm sales of school lands aud thal
the State is not the absolute own., o
school lands now. but merely holds ih'
legal title in trust for certain uses.
Frank Mason, the incorrigible youth
who was declared too had for the ~
form school, is still in Jail IN Walls
Walla, and will remain there until
word is received from sheriff J "
Barnett, of Chchalis, to whose custody
he was reinanded.
J. r. Hall. o! Ilwnco, took two iur
seals on Long Beach last SATURDAY
One he shot and killed and the other
washed ashore. The latter is supposed
to have been killed and lost 10y one oI
the sealers lying outside the mouth oI
the Columbia river.
John Howard, n waiter IN q Tacoma
restaurant, assaulted Assistant super
intendcn: Lewis, Of the street railway
with bottle of ca,sup, lev day Z
ago, cutting and hrui-ing his head
badly. They had dispute over the
filling OF an order. Howard was az.
rested on attempting 10 mrd an oui
going train.
In the trial Of Thiriot ct al, the
Oakesdale case, at Coliax. the prosccu.
tion has finished its testimony. having
occupied three days and examined "a
witnesses. The evidence was pretty
strong that the shooting was the result
of plot to kill George Comegys The
testimony for the defense will he In To-
morrow, and the case is likely 10 60 "a
the jury about Saturday night.
Citizens of Spokane have raised
$25 900 for an Episcopal residence io'
the Methodist bishop. The triennial
worlds conference meets In Omsha
May l. The matter will be presentet
there. A new bishopric 10 to bs
created, and the place Of residenc,
lies between Portland, Tacoma. seat
tie and Spokane. This will be th'
only bishopric between Denver and
San Francisco.
The coal land suits OF the Govern
ment VS.. the Northern Pacific Goa
Company, Thomas johnson et al.
embracing nine filings. which hsy,
been pending before the land officer
of the Yakiman land district for man,
months past, were decided on Tues
day in favor OF the government. Tn,
land embraces about 800 acres IL
the heart OF the Roslyn district. an,
is easily worth 100000.
Sheriff Woolery and guards vii
leave this evening with Ave prisonerl
for the penitentiary. Three are whits
men and two negroes, and the aggre
gate sentences Of the five IL % years
They are Steve Carman and Charlie,
Call, three years each for grand lsrce
ny; Edward Raymond. four years ioI
grand larceny; Eugene Lime, thre.
years for grand larceny; James N
Evans, l9 years for manslaughtcr.
The commission Of Deputy Unite.
States Marshal e. +. Bartholomew. o
Loomiston, Okanogan county. has bee,
revoked by Judge Haniord, ON ~,
ground that Bartholomew 10 q clain,
jumper, and for which offense h
would have been lynched, u 10 claimed
if he had not fled. Under misappre
hension prominent gentlemen isvore,
his appointment. lie was removed q
a result of numerously signed petition
demanding it.
Three children. Orpha strader. 20.
Strader, and Ray Simpson. perished !,
the flames which destroyed the resI
dence of John Simpson early Monaa,
morning. The children were siccpln,
up stairs. Simpson and wife togethc
with a two-year-old baby. who wer,
sleeping down stairs, escaped viii
difficulty. Simpson made several In
efiectual attempts 10 rescue the chill
dren and was severely burned. Th'
flames started in the upper part OF ih'
house from an unknown cause. Orphl
and Zoe Strader were children OF Mr.,
Simpson by former marriage.
Engineer NOVEL;. chief of the harlo'
line surveying party at South Bend
expects the local work to be finishes
soon. He says: I'VE will next rul
the hsrbor lines at Ilwaco. and as 500,
as they are established, tide land
throughout the county will be ope,
for appraisement and sale. Oyster
beds belong to a separate class and ar
subject to special regulations. Tn
Olympia oystermen have not yet bee,
able to get any title TO the beds on ,h
Sound, and Willapa Bay oyster intci
ests are not likely to be locked ai,c
till Olympia has been attended 60"
Work upon the Great Northern
grade above Sultan 4. being delaye,
on account OF the mania most oi a.
laborers have OF drawing their wage
almost as soon as earned and going o.
a spree at some Of the tent saloon
which follow the work. aud. In conse
quence, contractors protest agains
the indiscriminate issuing Of ii1uo
licenses. A railroad IL generally
pretty tough place without liquor. an,
with it lie and property IL greatly en
dangered. Matters seem To be- rrow
ing from bad 70 worse. and II will sool
require a small army Of deputy sheriff
to keep order IN the different camps.