Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-05-19
STATE NEWS,


VINO died recently, left 5000 to Whit
man college.
II. VI. Mccartney, has obtained a
franchise to supply the citizens OF Pas
co with water.
Whatcom citizens have subscribed
the full amount, $4,000, of the sub
>idy required to obtain the location OF
Il wooden mill in that town.
The citizens of Roslyn on May 10
observed the first anniversary of the
terrible slope disaster. The graves Of
the dead were decorated and appro-
pirate services held.
Treasurer Fairchild, OF Pierce county,
has refused to issue further warrants,
on the ground that there are no county
funds, and that tine county has already
overdrawn its account Sl2,0OU.
Zachariah Cox, a pioneer of Whit
man county, died near Garfield last
Friday, aged 81. He was Il member
Of the q. A. X. and in his younger
days a comradc of Kit Carson.
The Spokane falls water power has
been sold 10 II Chicago syndicate for
100000. 1t is stated that $500,0O0
more will be at once expended in
further improvement and development
While hunting in company with an
other boy of the same age, the l2-year-
old son of John Davidson, of Daven-
port, was shot in the breast by the
other lad. The wound may result
fatally.
John Eagan, IL saloon-keeper of
Seattle, was stabbed in the breast dur
ing row, the knife penetrating his
lung. As he refuses to make any state
ment, it is not known who inflicted
the wound.
The Electric Light md Gas-C Com
pany, of Port Townsend, have elected
the following officers: President, X.
ID. Albertson, of Seattle; Secretary,
J. X. Mason; Manager, John Lille !;
Superintendent J. f. Cain.
A great armory building is soon to
be erected at Yakima by the numerous
military societies. 1t will be 40 feet
long and SO feet wide. Its location
has not yet been determined, but its
erection is only a matter of a short
space OF time.
Mr.. Dan O'Neill, for many years pur-
ser OF boats on the Columbia river, now
clerk of the Redondo Beach hotel,
California, writes to the Vancouver
Register that the missing George Sears,
of that city, was at RedondO Beach
April 3. where he imbibed somewhat
freely.
Edward II. King, the Oakesdale at
torney, arraigned on charge of forg-
cry, in having affixed the name OF an
Oakesdale woman to legal document
without her knowledge or consent, was
granted until June 5 to plead. He
alleges that there is conspiracy
against him.
Probably the oldest unmarried wo-
man in the Northwest died last week
mt Tacoma. She was Miss Patience
Weatherred, and her age was 80. She
was the aunt Of Hon. John C..
Weatherred. Of Tacoma, and came to
the Pacific Coast from Tennessee
about lG years ago.
The Dungeness river in Clallam
county. is higher this year than has
been known Tor the past 20 years.
The melting snow in the Olympic
mountains has greatly swollen all of
the mountain streams. The farmers
in Dungeness valley are uneasy lest
the river should overflow.
Walter Nelson, of Puyallup, aged
III. has been committed to the State
reform school. Two years ago his
mother died, aud since then his father
has been unable to keep him out of
mischief and at home He was ac-
cused of stealing hat belonging TO a
guest visiting ut his house.
Frank Williamson has started his
logging camp for the season, a short
distance from Shelton. His camp is
one OF the best equipped in the State,
and gives employment to 20 men.
Mr.. Williamson is at present engaged
i'll getting out 2OO,O0O,O 900 feet of logs
for the Tacoma Mill Company.
DIR. John Steiner, of Vancouver, who
left suddenly to escape conviction for
adultery, was formerly a resident of
Dakota, where he left wife and
children when he came TO this Coast.
When arrested at Vancouver, Robert
Wolfe and e. w. Cushing became his
bondsmen in the sum of $500. This
they will have to pay.
The deep SHOWS in the mountains,
the heaviest that have fallen in many
years, are just now doing their work of
devastation in the Colville valley. For
the past two weeks the valley has been
veritable sea. Mill creek, a small
creek four miles north from Colyille,
was the scene of another water-spout
on Sunday night. and the result of the
swollen stream was most disastrous to
property along its course.
w. II. Allison, while standing in
front of Fritz Braun's saloon at
Washougal last week, attempted to
shoot his son, o. Allison, and X. S,
Knapp. his son-in law. He then took
laudanum, but not enough to kill him
self. He was promptly arrested and
placed under $500 bonds, but he de.
MED all knowledge Of the shooting and
refused to give bonds. - He was taken
to Vancouver and placed in Jail.
The prolific growth of sunhowers in
the Palouse country has led 3. G.
Maturing, of Garfield, to write to the
department of Agriculture for infor M
alton as to the value of the seed for
commercial purposes. In his answer
it Is stated that in some portions of
Russia the manufacture of sunflower
oil is very extensive, the product being
used for various purposes, including
salad oil. burning in lamps, making
soap. machine oils, etc. The seeds are
also used as an article of food, while
paper is often made from the fiber OF
the stalk. ~.
I. j. Dooley, county attorney of
Snohomish county, and formerly Of
the firm of Dooley & Farnham, died
lately OF pleurisy. He was in his
3Sth year. He was the original mover
in the New Whalcom and Fairhayen
electric line, and had, throughout his
life, been quite promoter: of such
enterprises. although without accumu-
lating any money. He was educated
for Il Catholic priest at a Catholic
College in st. Louis, but gave up the
priesthood. He leaves mother. q