Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-04-20
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.


Quite a number Of beach cottages are
being planned at Ilgaco.
Some Nebraska men are thinking of
starting another bank in South Bend.
Some 800 tons of hay has just been
baled up for shipment along the Willapa.
Quite a number of recruits bound for
Coxey's army paid Sprague a heeting
visit Friday.
The First regiments encampment has
been put off until July ., at the same
place, Woodland Park, Olympia.
The next semi-annual meeting of the
state board of health will take place at
Spokane on he evening of May l.
B. F. Wright, who has been a resi-
dent of Pierce county for Al years, was
found dead in bed Saturday at Lake
Park, Tacoma.
There is very little doubt now that c
L. CltA us tuS OO"iltH COuuIN HlolCht4hu,
was really drowned on his rafting trip
near Castle Rock,
One fare for the round trip will prob
ably be the rate over railroads for the
Washington State Christian Eudeavor
congress to be held at Spokane July 3,
4 and s.
The Spokane Falls & Northern rail
way is Low carrying LcRoi ore from
Northport via Spokane to Tacoma at the
satt Of 30 carloads per week, A thoue-
and tons are now on the wharves at
Northport awaiting shipment
Indians took forcble possession of
Okanogan Smiths ranch at Osoopos re-
Gently, drove of the stock, more than eco
head, and ousted the tenant, Jack Evans
Deputy sheritfs of Okanogan comfy
drove out the red men.
Trouble is impending at WInloek be-
tween the Northern Pacific and Il. c..
Griffith. They can't agree about ence
he is building. The company threatens
to move it and he declares he will de-
fend it against all Corners.
William Calvin has been held to an
swer to the Whitman county grand jury
for breaking up a Chinese laundry at
Colfax, The way the Oh namen tell it,
he must have put in nearly all his time
the past six months stoning them and
their Washee- house.
The Grand Army pest Of Chehalis, at
a recent meeting, passed some extremely
severe resolutions condemuing the
Peoples Advocate for the statements
that the G. A. r. badge is a badge of
sorvtude and the object of the organi-
cation is to wave the bloody shirt.
II. N. Browning ard NJ. c. Bell, of
Chicago, and NJ, Ct, Hall, of Portland,
high officials of the Northern Pacific Ex-
press Company, are in Wal.a Wasla for
The purpose of comforting with fruit
growers relative to the transportation
of this seasons crop.
OF the 1897 voters in Tacoma, 5000
arc natives of the United States. The
greatest number from any one state is
| 1856, from New York. Only 81 are ma
tives Of Washingt N, Taco aa's Seandi-
navian population is very large, there
being $40 voters born in Norway, Swe-
den and Denmark. Next come tire Ger,
mans, 66S; British, AT; Canadians, 400;
Irish, 1888.
A new and interesting rule OF court
trial came to grief at Spokane in the
Chase trial for criminal assault. All
we're excluded except attorneys, report
ers, jurors, court attaches and ladies'
One of the Last named had a desperate
struggle to get in, and only succeeded
by threatening to have the judges COM
mission revoked by The president. The
defense, to which the preset co of the
ladies is supposed to be inimlcal. Sc
cured their exclusion with other wit
nesses by serving subpenas upon them.
They are chiefly members of the Wo-
men's Protective Asspc ,tion, which has
espoused the cause Of the prosecuting
witness,