Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-10-06
STATE NEWS.

-hoeiucCH VIII ulihc llo NdSTduLS saw
wood.
Shingle shipments East are increas-
ing daily.
Another smelter is to be built at
Monte Christie.
krug has had an offer OF 800 week
to go on the stage.
Walla Walla had a Harvest Home
festival yesterday.
The new Anacortes census gives the
town 936 inhabitants.
Fairhaven has made heavy cut in
the salaries OF city officials.
About 100 overland passengers come
into New Whatcom over the Canadian
Pacific daily.
Over 100000 bushels OF wheat are
stored in the farmers warehouse at
Walla Walla.
A truck passed over the legs OF a
4-year-old boy in Sprague without
breaking them.
A law and order league has been
organized at Colfax to rid the town OF
objectional characters.
Ed Jameson, the Everett bartender
accused OF murder has been examined
for lunacy and pronounced sane.
Troop d. First cavalry, Washington
Guards, has gone into camp for 10
days at Camp Carlin, near Spokane.
Mrs. Yesler, widow of the late
Seattle millionaire, has filed a bond as
administrative in the sum of $4,000.
Another mysterious fire at Sno-
homish burned out Barretts saloon
and F. B. Kings grocery. Loss, $l0,.
600.
Gee Wah, the Montesano Chinaman
held for stealing letter with money
in it, has been discharged for want OF
evidence.
School district No l, Walla Walla,
proposes to enforce the compulsory
education law, which provides a $2J
fine for parents.
"Shoo Fly" Chinese notable OF
Walla Walla, has been summoned to
La Grande to help his countrymen
in their trouble.
The State Auditor estimates that il
will require a revenue of ST. 200 900 to
meet the expenditures OF the State for
the next two years.
Elder Grimes is trying to found an
African Methodist church at New
Whatcom. There are thirty.five
colored people On the bay.
Fifty-four Japanese men and two
women have been landed at Port
Townsend, including farmers, laundry
men, servants and students.
Michael Kelly, who fell on Ia
coma sidewalk last winter and sustained
a broken leg and other injuries, will
sue the city for $4,000 damages.
Business is improving at the nail
works. An order for one thousand
kegs of nails was received from a Port.
land firm one day last week.-Euerett
Times.
DR.. Edward Bailey has resigned his
position as government physician
at the Skokomish reservation, and DR.
E. Barry, from Washington City, has
been appointed in his place.
A hired man named Gleason, near
North Yakima, quarreled with a team
OF horses, which became so exasper
ated that they trampled him under
their feet, nearly killing him.
Two more of the Cinnamon cap
tured in the vicinity of Oyster Bay
and supposed to be part of the cargo
landed by the little steamer Volgs
have been released at Tacoma.
E. C. Burlingame, of North Yakima
has been appointed by Governor Nc
Graw as a delegate from Washington
to the irrigation congress, to be helt
at Los Angeles, Cal, October 10.
South Bend has six churches
Methodist Episcopal, Danish-Nor.
wegian, Methodist, Swedish Methodist
Presbyterian and Congregational
The Episcopalians will build mex
spring.
Relatives of the late DIR. Herricl
have procured the services of Prosecut
ing-Attorney Jennings, of Port Town
send, as special counsel to prosecute
Judge Caruse, charged with killing
Herrick.
A graders outfit, consisting OF ter
horses and harness, four wagons, {
buggy, eight wheel-scrapers, shovels
picks, ETC., worth about $1,000, wer,
sold by the sheriff for 5000 at Nortl
Yakima.
Ezra Meeker says that the quality
OF the Washington hop crop, as far Al
he has been able to ascertain, is better
this year than usual. He says tn,
experiment with short poles in hi,
yard this year was decided success.
The police took hand in the Aus
tin-Lewis prizefight at Spokane, by
serving notice on the principals tina
the fight could not go on. Those who
had gone in were given their none,
back and the match was declared off.
Loui King, Seattle Chinaman, has
applied for naturalization papers ant
his attorneys propose, if necessary, to
carry the petition up to the United
States supreme court. The Six Com
panies are said to be behind the mat
ter.
A telegram received from F. H
Browning, OF Centralia, who went t(
the opening of the Cherokee outlet
strip, announced that he was amons
the fortunate ones who secured claims
and that he was we'll pleased with III,