Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-18

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The fall term of the Washington
State University begins Monday
morning. Professor G. NJ. Taylor and
Professor Mark Bailey, jr., have been
engaged the past lew months in hold
ing entrance examinations throughout
the State and have just completed
their duties. Last year the enroll
ment OF students was 22J, and the ont
look is considered hattering for the
term.
a company has been organized at
Tacoma, K. +. Wright president, to
manufacture butter tubs and firkins,
wash tubs, kits, pals, boxes and syrup
kegs and kits, and asks inducements
in the way of site on the water front.
The capacity OF the factory will he
1000 tubs a day and from Is to 90
men will be employed. No butter
tubs are manufactured west OF Detroit,
Mich.
Mrs. Lewis, wife of w. S. Lewis, at
present in the county Jail at Spangle
awaiting examination for disposing of
mortgaged property, applied to the
county commissioners for assistance.
She is young woman and has no
family. The commissioners were con-
siderably surprised at the applicants
audacity and informed her that they
could procure employment for her,
but no assistance. Mrs. Lewis is I'M
decided whether to accept the offer or
not.
Hugh Knealy, Seattle grocery
clerk, has been arrested for swindling
his employers, Monty & Gun. He is
charged with being too clever even
for the patent cash register. He has
been suspected for some time, but no
evidence could be secured against him.
Detective Smith sent two strangers to
the store with marked coins. They
gave Knealy -, and he is accused Of
only registering 90 cents. The marked
coins were found in his possession
when arrested.
1t is reported that company has
been formed, and is now securing a
subsidy OF about 200 acres OF land and
half interest in the Snoqualmie
mines, in return for which a large
smelter is to put up. The company
agrees that it shall cost not less than
$4,000, that $4,000 in machinery
shall be placed by February /, and
that everything shall be completed
within ten months from August /.
Also that for two months thereafter it
will work GO tons OF ore each day.
An exploring party. consisting of
Judge Wickersham and Fred G..
Plummer have left Tacoma for Mount
st. Helens. The gentlemen propose
exploring ascending and photograph
ing the peak, and presenting a report
on their return to the Washington
Alpine club. Two Indians in Cowlitz
county have signified their intention
OF ascending with the party. If they
do they will be the first Indians in the
country to ascend snow peak, the
native superstition having heretofore
held them back.
A young man, who refused 10 give
his name when arrested. robbed boy
OF 1913 near, Franklin county. The
boy was brought to Ritzville by kind
hearted conductor, and there recog-
nized the young highwayman. During
his preliminary examination he leaped
through an open window to the ground
below, a distance of II feet, and then
started like a race horse across the
country. The sheriff mounted horse
and followed his prisoner across a
plowed field, soon recapturing him.
He was committed for trial.
Burglars robbed the residence OF C.
J. Bruschke, in Seattle, the other
night, and, Intentionally or otherwise,
set fire to the house. Three persons,
Mrs. Bruschke, Miss Bessie Bruschke
and Mr.. Baldwin, were sleeping in the
house at the time. and, but for the
wakefulness of Mrs. Bruschke, whose
rest was more or less disturbed by an
aching tooth, all might have burned
to death. The thieves procured 800
in cash and a.check for $40 drawn on
the Security savings bank, while the
residence and household effects were
damaged probably 500 more by the
fire.
An odd story comes from Hamilton
about ca run" on shingle company's
store. An employe who had quit
without notice, and whom the COM
pany refused TO settle with until its
regular pay day, filed an attachment
on the shingles. Forthwith the mill
hands began run on the company's
store, taking out their wages to date
in groceries and supplies, which they
stood in more or less need of, and
about cleared out the stock. A Sc
attic drummer happened along and
took big order, and he and the man
who keeps the store had good laugh
over the "run."
The house of Benjamin Allsop,
about three miles north OF Colfax, was
burned to the ground one night last
week, with all its contents, and the
family barely escaped with their lives.
Upon retiring, lamp had been left
burning low in one of the rooms.
Late in the night Mr.. Allsop awoke
to see the light flaring up in the
chimney, and being somewhat alarmed,
he threw the lamp out of a window
into the yard, thinking that the light