Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-16
and will engage more extensively in

and will engage more extensively in
the business next year.
The State Land Commission has re
quested Assistant Attorney General
Haight to take necessary steps to have
the estate of Charles w. Laughton, a
resident of King county, escheated to
the permanent school fund. The es-
tate is valued at $4,000.
At about 10 o'clock Thursday. OF
last week, William Copeland, who was
employed in ellis logging camp at
Cedarville, Chehalis county, fell off a
log while at work and was drowned be-
fore discovered. He owns ranch at
Williams creek, near the camp.
The county Jail at Port Townsend
was broken into Saturday night and
three prisoners, Frank Howard, James
Moore and Joe Romero, were liberated.
The bars from a back window were
sawed of. Sheriff DeLanty ha offereds
small rewards for their apprehension.
The State Board OF Horticulture
has found that nursery stock shipped
to Winlock, Castle Rock, Shelton and
other points from New York nursery
isinfested with woolly aphis. The agent
OF the firm was notified that it must
stop or the firm would be prosecuted.
Mr.. Buddy's general merchandise
store at Cheney was broken into and
robbed last Friday night. The thieves
took with them silks, satins and SO in
cash. After leaving the dry goods store
they broke into Switzer's drug store,
but must have become alarmed, as
they took nothing.
Oakesdale's water and electric light
projects have finally come to grief.
Judge Sullivan has sustained and made
permanent the injunction against the
bond issue. The bonds exceed the
towns legal Indebtedness, and the
electric light plant, the courts finds
has decreased in value.
Mrs. William johnson, OF Seattle,
was painfully burned Saturday about
the neck and breast. She was bathing
with alcohol for rheumatism, and stood
near a hot stove. The alcohol became
ignited in some way, and it was only
after vigorous struggle that she saved
herself from fatal injuries. Fortunate
ly her face escaped the flames.
A firm OF Walla Walla horse dealers
have just shipped four carloads of
horses to Vermont. In order to have
the animals in good condition, it is
proposed to allow them to rest every
alternate "a hours, thus occupying ID
days in the journey. Though the
freight per car is $345 the firm expects
to realize handsome profit from the
venture.
The United States grand jury at
Walla Walla returned 81 true bills.
One of the prisoners when called upon
to plead, said, al will plead guilty if /
can't get more justice than / got be-
fore the judge who sent me here"
Judge Landlord, with the "icy" look
that he has always on the bench, di-
rected the clerk to enter a plea of not
guilty. Most of the offenders had sold
liquor to Indians.
Miss Ella Guptill, Republican, was
elected superintendent of schools of
Clallam county by 200 majority. Her
Republican competitor, A. N. Taylor,
proposes to contest, on the ground that
q woman is not eligible to hold Office.
An old opinion by Attorney-Geners
Jones that woman is eligible is cited,
and Miss Amy Case is to-day super
intendent of schools of Thurston
county, and very competent officer.
Miss Guptill is smart and cookbook
ing, and public sympathy is with her.
Tuesday was the 43d anniversary OF
the founding of Seattle by John N.
Low, c. ID. Boren, William N. Bell,
Charles c. Terry, David +. Denny, A.
A. Denny and Lee Terry. At that
time the place was bowling wilder
ness of impenetrable forests, but the
sturdy pioneers, while hardly anticipat-
ing that they would live to see the
place the cite of a city boasting q
population of 10000 people, took up
donation claims, built houses and pro-
ceeded to make themselves and
families comfortable.
There remains uncollected of the
Krug steal from the Treasury of Seat
tie the sum OF ST. ,271.12. Of this $780,
5000 belong to the current funds,
and $l3624.39 to the local improve
ment funds. The city holds as Sc
curity for this amount certain notes,
mortgages and warrants which were
accepted from the bondsmen by the
last administration in settlement. A
persistent effort is being made by the
present administration to collect this
deficiency, but there is no immediate
prospect OF getting returns.
Walla Walla is full OF Indians
brought thither as witnesses in liquor
to-Indian cases. Whenever they are
let out on the streets they improve
the opportunity to get very thoroughly
and industriously drunk, and are lay
ing the foundation for innumerabls
cases of the same kind. 1t keeps the
marshal and his deputies busy round
ing them up, and trying to find the
dastardly offenders who supplied the
firewater. The only thing that keeps
this liquor-to- Indians business from
being a gigantic fraud is furnished by
the snug fees which officers make out
OF it.