Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-01

harbor.
An Indian named Thomas, who was
injured while horse-racing at St. joe,
died from his injuries. Chief Seltice,
OF Tekoa, went to st. Joe and issued
an order stopping all racing for the
present.
A negro under arrest at Spokane
for threatening to kill, and who is
believed to be shamming, puts in his
time in the Jail tearing his clothes and
shrieking out that some one is murder
ing him.
A White river farmer brought into
Seattle a 40O-pound sturgeon which
he killed with spear in that stream.
The fish was over seven feet long, and
is probably the largest ever caught in
White river.
The people of Roslyn are agitating
the question of establishing a creamery.
The creamery VIII have capacity
sufficient to utilize the milk of 500
milch cows if the present calculations
are carried out.
George McElroy, a yardmaster at
billiard, who was mangled by ali
engine while making up a train,
Friday morning, has since died at a
Spokane hospital, having been unable
to survive the shock.
The Chief of police has closed all
the gambling houses at Colfax.
Recently there has been number of
petty robberies in that city, which is
attributed tn the class of people who
derive revenue from that source.
David Ames died at the home OF his
daughter. Mrs. Robinson, of Chehalis.
Mr.. Ames was over 10 years Of age and
a veteran of both the Mexican and
civil wars. He had been a resident OF
Lewis county for number of years.
F. w. Vaille, of Portland, superin.
tendent OF the railway mail service,
has been comforting with Superinten-
dent Fisher at Everett in reference to
the establishment of mail service on
the Everett & Monte Cristo railroad.
Henchcliffe Bros store was robbed
Monday morning of 40 or SO suits OF
clothes, a quantity of dry goods and
furnishing goods aggregating several
hundred dollars. The Sheriff is at
work on the case, but has no clue to
the robbers.
J. T. Crooks, OF Goldendale, was
pitched forward on the doubletree OF
his wagon while driving. Then he
was knocked off on to pile of cord
wood and badly bruised up. All this
time he held on to the lines, and
eventually stopped the team.
A soldier named Thomas, belonging
to company F, Fourteenth infantry,
stationed at Port Townsend, after a
continuous service of l6 years, is miss.
ing. Several days ago he went up
Chimacum creek for an hours fishing
and has not been heard from since.
The bones of 40 Cinnamon have
been disintered from Walla Walls
cemetery this season and shipped to
the Flowery Kingdom. The bones are
gathered and placed in small square
box and labeled with the address o.
the relatives to whom they are sent.
II. C. Walters passed through
Ellensburgh last week with carload
of ore from his mine in the SLOGAN
country. which assays 1925 in silver
and $50 in gold to the ton. This j.
the first shipment from the mine and
the company has plenty of it on the
dump.
Two OF Simpsons logging camps al
Montesano, employing about 100 men
closed down last Saturday evening
and it is rumored that the remaining
two camps will also soon shut down
| for the season. There are now 16, 600,
600 feet of logs in the Sound at Ka
milchie which have been cut in
Simpsons camp.
Harvesting is at full blast in the
PalOuse country. But little spring
sown grain will be cut until next week
and it will be fortnight before any
threshing is done. Headers are used
much more than self-binders, as the
grain can be put into the separator
for much less money and it is desirable
to summer fallow the ground more
frequently.
The entire wheat crop of John
Baker residing on Fletcher Fields
farm, 10 miles from Walla Walla
Walla in the foothills, was destroyed
by fire Wednesday. Baker had 17O
acres OF wheat cut and stacked. II
was estimated that 5000 bushels were
burned. The wheat was insured for
500 per acre, or about ~ cents q
bushel. Baker is . poor man and his
loss is serious.
William Stone, q miner, who was
recently admitted into the Sacred
Heart Hospital at Spokane, was robbed
of $3.50 sunday morning. Stone kept
the money with him instead of giving
it in the keeping Of the Sisters, and
while he was asleep Sunday morning
some one distracted it. An attendant
in the hospital disappeared about the
time the loss was discovered and it is
believed he is the culprit.
Thieves entered the house of Mr..
Tuck of Fort Bellingham, Thursday
night, and confiscated his supplies OF
provisions and vegetables, They were
tracked to the beach, just where they
had loaded the goods into boat. No
trace of the culprits beyond this point
has been found. This. is the second
time within a week that articles have
been stolen and Mr.. Tuck is now
prepared with good rifle night and
day.
Whether George Thomas is lying
sick or dead in some ravine, or
whether he is wandering aimlessly
among the hills northwest of Spokane
is still matter OF earnest inquiry
among his friends. Nearly score OF
horsemen under Charley Beard and
Sol Warren are out searching, the
missing mans brother, Joe Thomas,
who arrived there from Walla Walla
Thursday hight before, being with the
party.
Four men in boat had an exciting
scrimmage with an enormous bear on
Lake .Whatcom. They were on a fish
ing trip, and were armed only with an
ak and pistol. They saw it swim.
ming in the water and opened fire,
al, f.. Al II