, 1892-12-13
FRESH STATE NEWS.
Sam c. Herren is Charged With
Embeulement.
why Radebaugh Had TO Get Out OF
Tacoma with His Newspaper.
Lewis Il. Post is Charged with
Fraud.
Special toThe Tribune.

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Special toThe Tribune.
TACOMA, December 13.-Sheriff Barnett,
of Lewis county, is here and, it is said has
warrant for the arrest of Sam Q. Herren,
ex-member of the legislature from Lewis
county and late chairman of the peoples
party state central committee, for embez-
element. Mrs. Gertrude Nealy, of Win
lock, says Herren collected 5000 due on a
note and kept the money. Herren says he
lost money while gambling in Portland,
and overdrew on the Chehalis bank, but
had taken up the protested checks at Port
land. This occurred few days ago.
Radebaugh's paper, "The New West, I"
has been boycotted everywhere in this city.
Councilman Snyder tells this story: "Will-
lam Morrill,, of Vaughan & Morrill,, is an
old tillicum of mine, but the other day
went in to the store and saw the New West
on his counter, and told him if he didn't
take them off the counter l would never
come in again. He said he would but he
forgot to do il right away. Hosmer C, me
in little while after and ordered about $50
or $50 worth of goods. AS he was going
out he caught sight Of the New West on
the counter and stopped in a rage. Can
Gel that order at once. You can't have our
business if you sell the New West Willie
wanted to explain but Hosmer wouldn't
listen. Hosmer and Hurley were delight
ed. Pretty soon Anderson came down to
Vaughan & Morrill's (you know that they
run printing Office there and the land
company gave them lot of business) aud
cancelled a lot of orders for printing and
withdrew its business entirely" On ac-
count of the boycott Radebaugh is going
to move the paper to Olympia
Linus e. Post, still missing, is charged
with fraud. The widow ofTom Nixon, Posts
former business partner, has begun suit to
set aside the deed by which the Nixon resi-
dence was conveyed to Mr.. Post. She also
asks for rent at sac per month. Mrs. Nixon
states that it is her belief no cash consider
alton was received by her late husband for
the transfer Of this property, and in his
deed Nixon is said to have willed it TO her.
This charge, now in the form of an action
in law, has been the basis for much unwar-
ranted discussion of Mr.. POSTS conduct,
especially since he left the city.
News comes from East Clallam that II.
E. jenkins, of Seattle, jumped a claim near
the mouth of the HOko river, but was
driven of by some masked man.
John Flett, most ancient of the old
settlers of this state, died at his home near
Fort SteilacOom at 8 o'clock last evening.
Mr.. Flett came to this state from Winni-
peg IN lo4l, ana was most lnLlmaUely con-
nected with the early history.
Editor Lotz, of the Shelton Sentinel, tel
egraphs that George Mullen, who has been
living on railroad land in the Satsop valley
for the past two years, attempted suicide
Saturday. He first fired his barn, tried to
fire his house and then shot himself in the
head. at last accounts he was still alive.
Solitude and liquor are the only causes
ascribed He was about 90 years old.
Mrs. Christianson, the mother of Ursula
Juanita Unfug, who shot Thomas Hender-
son Boyd, arrived in Seattle on Sunday
night from Butte, Mont. She visited the
county jail there and spent a good part of
the day in the company Of her daughter.
She expects to remain in Seattle until af-
ter her daughters trial.
Birdie B. Dennis has been granted di-
vorce from Lou r. Dennis, by Judge
Humes, Of Seattle, on the grounds of deser-
tion. Dennis, who is well known all over
the Sound country, at one time worked in
Seattle as a reporter, and last summer was
sent to jail for nine months for obtaining
money under false pretenses.
Fay Fuller's weekly, The Stage, is a
bright clean production, and one of the
most interesting theatrical journals pub
! lished.
Tacoma's new theater, "The Olympic" !"
/ opened last Saturday night. 1t is a fine
| play house, next door to the Tacoma the
/ ater.