Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-11-30
NORTHWEST NEWS
Condensed Telegraphic Reports
of Late Happenings.
TAKEN HOT FROM THE WIRES

Budget of News for Easy Digestion From
Different Parts OF the states of Wash
ington. Oregon and Idaho-Items Of
Interest to Pacific Coast People.
Jennie White, on trial at Spokane for
murder, was acquitted.
There is any amount of borax in the
dry lake beds OF Okanogan county.
Many farmers have been protected
from future floods by the diking OF the
lower Skagit river.
A Committee of One Hundred is pro-
iected for Spokane by the Christian En-
deayorers, having for its object good
government through good citizenship
A number OF society people in Walla
Walla are rehearsing a drama entitled
Comrades" to be given holiday week
for the benefit of some charitable insti-
tuition.
A few of the veterans of the Indian
war of 1867 in Washington met in
OLYMPIA recently for the purpose of Sc
curing pensions from the government for
! their services.
The Pendleton scouring-mill is wind
ing up its seasons work On 10000
pound lot of blank wool. Seven car
| loads of lumber have arrived for build
ing new warehouse.
There are over 5000 Good Templars
and 5000 Juvenile Templars in the State
of Washington, or the largest representa-
ton in proportion to the population OF
any State in the Union.
Lena, the 18-months-od child of B.
Shapiro OF Seattle, accidently Knocked
kettle of boiling soap over herself Sun
dav morning, terribly sCalding her head,
breast and arms, and after intense suf-
/ fering died at 4 o'clock Monday morn
ing.
| Grant county, Oregon, has decided to
rescind all orders heretofore made allow
! ing bounties on panther or cougar, wolf
! or COYOTE, wildcat or catamount and
ground squirrels. No further bounty
will be paid on such animals after the
first OF January.
Q. j. Posey, a young employe of the
| w. d. Knight Printing Company, Spo-
| kane, has deserted his wife and three
children and run away with pretty Maud
| Murray, who was working in the com
pany's book bindery. The couple are
supposed to be in Seattle.
The Merchants National Bank OF Sc
attic has sued Melville Nichols, admin
! istrator of the estate of Timothy Coombs
of PendletOn, to enforce payment OF
! balance of $500 alleged to be due on an
assigned claim from the Cross Under
taking Company. After Pendleton died
in July, 1898, his remains were shipped
to SearspOrt, Me-. and the undertaking
company presented a claim for $544.50.
The charge was considered excessive,
and the administrator cut it down to
$500. Pendleton was sea captain, and
owned an estate valued at $l2, 100.
The Citizens National Bank of Spo-
kane has gone into liquidation; re-
ceiver has been appointed to pay OFT de-
positors after which the remaining assets
! will be turned over to the stockholders.
The assets are $425, 900, and the liabili-
ties only $24O, 900. The banks paper is
understood to be first class. This insti-
tuition closed its doors during the panic
of 1898, and afterward reopened under
the authority of the Controller of the
! Currency. At that time it obtained ex-
| tensions from its depositors for $172, 900.
All of this has been paid except $4,000.
The city alone has taken $1,000 out OF
bank.
The Cars af Klamath county, Or,
have sold 2, 800 head of beef cattle this
fall, | 800 from Sycan and 500 from Tule
Lake. All have been sold to San Fran
cisco butchers except 700 head, which
are being held on the feeding grounds of
the Shasta Valley for the rise in prices
expected, l.. w. Carr says the parties
who buy cattle in Klamath and Lake
counties would prefer to winter cattle in
the Klamath basin if sufficient alfalfa
hay could be procured, SO that they in
tend building next year big reservoir
to contain 100000 gallons of water,
which will be used for irrigating alfalfa
lands.
The West Coast Lumberman says:
! Timbermen and lumbermen are realizing
that the boom statements made about
the standing timber in Washington are
injurious. This journal has frequently
stated that the popular estimates were
not only the widest sort of guesses, but
that they were keeping down the price
of our timber. statement of some
body has recently got loose which re-
duces the older estimates about 30 per
cent. Some well-posted lumbermen are
asking that this be again reduced. The
only safe ground to take on this ques-
ton is the same Bob Ingersoll holds on
the hereafter-one of ignorance.
For the second time in its history the
Portland Savings Bank failed to open its
doors. Lack of public confidence and
the unremitting withdrawal of deposits
are given as the reasons for closing the
bank. o. N. Denny has been appointed
receiver, and the bank will go into liqui-
dation. The assets of the bank are given
at 81 $50, 900; liabilities, 81 ,430, 900. The
closing of the bank was doubtless pre-
cipitated by the death of Frank Dekum,
the President, about one month ago.
The bank first closed its doors in the
panic of 1898, but resumed in May of
this year under an agreement with the
depositors that they were to draw out
nnarterlu 10 ner cent OF their denosits