Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-05-03
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STATE. NEWS.

Wahklakum county warrants are a
par.
June II is the date of the q. \. r
encampment at Spokane.
Gilbert S. Meem was installed a.
postmaster of Seattle, Tuesday.
Prairie schooners, headed west, are
familiar sights in Walla Walla.
Gray's river Methodists have just al
journed their quarterly conference.
Forty-five thousand cases OF salmon
were shipped at one time from Blaine
last week
North Yakima Campbellites are Sc
lecting plans for a handsome stone
and wood church.
Whatcom county had a total floating
Indebtedness, the 31st day OF March
1895, of $25I .513.97.
Mr.. H. L. Lestor, aged GS, and Mrs
Ann Osborn, GO. were married tn,
other day at Walla Walla.
Another installment of colonist,
from Minneapolis and Chicago has ar
rived at the Rapperswyll colony, neal
Acme.
Whatcom county's lioating debt i.
$25l ,5l3, and still increasing. Some
$4,000 is for roads, bridges ant
bitches.
A trainload of sheep left Walls
Walla Wednesday for Wilkinson, NORTH
Dakota, where they will be pastured
and fed for market.
The Iesler sawmill, on Lake Wash
ington. has been leased to the Great
Western Lumber & Supply Company
OF Seattle, and will soon be operated.
A sea lion about 10 feet long was
caught in dip-net belonging to Sim
mons & Hybierger, at Ilwaco last Fri
day. Ten gallons of oil was obtained
from the carcas.
Jack Dillon, of Asotin county, j.
being held for trial in the sum O.
81 600. He lie accused Of committing
an outrage upon the 15-year-old daugh
ter OF r. H. Vanausdle.
A spar, Iii feet long, without knot
or blemish, As inches in diameter a
the big end and 90 inches at the small
end, was run into Lake Whatcom a.
the Austin camp last week.
Considerable complaint is coming
from officials of the Northern Pacific
as to the stealing of timber off land.
owned by that company. by supposed
residents of Yakima county.
Eight fish traps burned at Chinook
Pacific county, last "Wednesday. They
belonged to Graham & Gile, and cos,
$4,000. The gear was being tarred
and caught from the heating fire.
Mrs. Mollie Claus. a prominent Bap
fist, and w. c. T. U. leader OF Colfax
has been arrested, charged with steal
ing money from Mrs. Ellen Poland
Belief in her innocence is universal.
The single mill of the Mount Yer
non Single and Lumber company
the largest in the county, and one o.
the best mills on the Sound, wa.
burned Saturday afternoon, entailinl
loss of over $4,000.
Charles Lucth. an English seaman
has been presented at Port Townsend
with q silver medal from the board Of
trade of England for bravery in the
South sea, in 1898, in saving the crew
of the British ship Girvan.
Frank R. Freeman, a farmer, living
east of Elma, was struck and instant
ly killed by Northern Pacific, train
near that place, Tuesday. while at.
tempting to drive across the track in
front of the train.
The run of fish in Bakers bay the
last three days has been far ahead oil
that OF last year or the year previous
In fact, many of the traps have caught
more fish up to this time than during
the whole month of May, 1894.
The Walla Walla's FIRE chief is burn
ing with indignation at the act O
some miscresnt who cut line of hose
the other night, during a mysterious
fire thought to be incendiary. If the
perpetrator can be caught, it will
be made hot for him.
Mrs. Keats, wife Of John Keats, and
an old resident of Klickitat county
died at her home, near Edison, Pierce
county. Mrs. Keats was native Of
England, and came to this country
with her husband, John Keats, in
1855. She was nearly 70.
A work of practical temperance re.
form is that of the Ilwaco Liqnol
Dealers Association, which has 9
standing offer OF $25 reward for infor
nation leading to the arrest and con.
viction of anyone selling liquors con.
trary to the city ordinances.
Nobody seemed to know anything
about the man who hanged himself in
Rosalie Jail. He gave his name as
Will Smith, but had destroyed every
thing that might disclose his identity
or antecedents. An inquest was held
and he was buried in an unmarked
grave.
The Whatcom ReueiHe hears that
the Happy Valley people, belonging
to the Flying Roll Society, expected
the end of the world some four days
ago, and 90 OF them went up on
Chuckanut mountain in their robes,
to get good start when the last
trump sounded.
Christian Christensen was drowned
at Rogers mill, at Marietta, Whatcom
county, Friday. Mr.. Christensen fell
off the log boom. and before he could
be rescued was drowned. He was
about 40 years old, and as far as known
has no relatives in this country. He
owns little property in Fairhaven.
Sheriff DeRackin has returned from
Ellensburgh to Sprsgue, bringing ID.
NJ. Starr. the brakeman charged with
kicking King under the train Monday
night. Starr was arraigned before
Judge Holland and the case was con-
tinued until Thursday. Starr fur
nished $1,000 bonds for his appear
ance.
Last Sunday morning there were
lying at the Fairhaven dock three
sloops laden with herring, just caught,
Tor the Pacific Coast Trading Com
pany. There were in the aggregate
3N,OOO herring, equaling seven tons
OF fish. BY Monday these herring
were either shipped off in ice or
picked.
At meeting of the directors of the
Yakima Irrigation Company, held
Tuesday afternoon, Second Vice-Presi-