Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-05-31
ports, and 1857 los to domestic ports,
making a total of 27093,747 feet of

making a total of 27,O93,747 feet of
lumber.
A deliberate and bold attempt to
burn the Traders block in Spokane
was made last Saturday. A hole was
cut through the wainscoting, coal-oil
poured between the laths, and the oil
set on fire. Fortunately the fire was
discovered before it had made much
Roadway.
A fine powder, resembling sulphur,
says Medical Lake correspondent of
the Spokesman-Reriew. apparently
rained down and covered the earth in
many places during the recent rains.
IL was washed ashore in such quanti-
ties that it could be gathered up by
the spoonful.
B. F. Allison, aged 33 years, an en-
ploye Of the Northern Pacific at Pal
mer, and a relative of Senator ALI
son, of Iowa, fell through a trestle
near Palmer, Wednesday, a distance of
50 feet, and his right leg was broken.
He lay there three hours before as
sistance came.
A FIRE, supposed to have been started
by an incendiary, burned the barn Of
S. A. Phillips, a rancher, living near
Chehalis, on the Odd inst. In the
barn were 40 or so tons of may, bin
der, mower, hsyrake and other imple-
ments, all of which were destroyed.
The loss is about 81 500; insured for
$1,000.
The ravages OF the caterpillar in the
orchards in various parts of Whatcom
county is assuming alarming proper
tions. In the vicinity of Ferndale,
Lummi and Fort Bellingham whole
orchard are stripped of their foliage,
and the trees are dying. The Allen
orchards. at Marietta, has been, it is
said, completely ruined.
Fire at Aberdeen totally destroyed
two cottages valued at about $500 be-
longing to C. III. Tanner, and insured
for $500 in the Orient company. The
furniture in one house. owned by Mrs.
Stallings, valued at ST. 900 and insured
in the Phoenix of London for 5000, is a
total loss. The furniture in the other
house. belonging to c. H. Tanner,
and insured in the Orient for $3.50,
was saved with small loss.
The grand chapter OF the Masonic
lodge will meet in Tacoma on the 9Th
and 9th OF June, and the grand conf
msndery OF the same order will meet
in Seattle on the 7th and Sth. Dr.
rectly following, on the 1lth 18th and
18th, the grand lodge will convene at
Olympia. The Eastern Star will meet
in Olympia June IA and Is. There will
be about 400 delegates in attendance
at the grand lodge at Olympia.
Colfax dealers have received another
supply Of strychnine for squirrel poi
son, but their orders we're only partly
filled, and the supply is not large
one. One druggist who ordered 500
ounces received only 200, with the in
formation that the factories were una
BILE to supply the unprecedented de-
mand. The price OF it has gone up to
80 cents and 81 per ounce, as against
rs and so cents earlier in the season.
The following officers were elected
by the Grand Lodge, Knights of
Pythias, at Walla Wslla Grand Pre-.
late, X. C. McCroskey, of Pullman !;
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, A..
Beemer. Sprague; Grand Master Of
Exchequer, Mitchell Harris, Olympia !;
Grand Master.at-Arms, e. C. Thorn
ton, Chehalis; Grand Outer Guard, E.
w. Taylor, Tacoma; Supreme Repre-
sentative. Oliver Hall, Colfax; Grand
Trustee, T. w. Gordon, Seattle.
At q meeting of James w. Nesmith
Camp, Indian war veterans, at Wslla
Walla. Captain James McAuliff, on
behalf of Mrs. Levy Ankeny, presented
the camp with a beautiful flag. A
committee was appointed to draft res
olutions of thanks to Mrs. Ankeny for
the handsome present. A. G. Lloyd,
Major Conoyer and w. c. Painter
were elected delegates to represent the
camp at the grand encampment,
which meets in Portland, June 10.
John Raglan, of Newaukum, sold his
GO bales of hops last week TO the Pa
cific Hop Company at 4 cents. 1t is
understood he was offered 81 to 7
cents last fall for the crop. There are
still three or four other Newsukum
valley crops in growers hands, and a
few other small lots in the warerooms
at Chehalis. The Pacific Hop Com
pany recently purchased from Hugh
Herren So bales at 4 cents; from
Henry Mcdonald Is bales at 3 cents
at Winlock, SO bales at 3 cents.
DIR. A. b. Kibbe, bacteorologist to
the State Board of Health, is conduct
ing series OF experiments at Seattle
to determine whether it is possible TO
destroy the ground squirrels that have
proved such pest TO the farmers of
Eastern Washington. He thinks it
may be possible to do so by the aid of
q germ which is said to have been sue
cessful in laboratory experiments. So
little being known of the ground
squirrels OF this State, the results are
at present a matter of conjecture only.
Tests of the germ are now being made
on q number of squirrels recently re-
ceived from Ellepsburgh.