Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-01-24
STATE NEWS.

HarbOr nave agreed to contribute SlUU
each for the erection of local cam
merry at Aberdeen.
Many of the pastors of Tacoma
preached in favor of validating the
Indebtedness of the school district OF
that city last Sunday.
Great excitement is reported among
the people of Blaine, and across the
British Columbia line, over alleged
rich gold find, at Point Roberts.
One Of the attractions at Ellens.
burgh during the meeting of the State
Dairy Association was a model cream.
cry, in miniature, in full operation.
The Cinnamon who were beaten at
kennewick recently by thieves have
been taken to Pasco and are now pro-
nounced out of danger by a physician
OF that place.
Spokane is discussing whether OF
not married women should be EN-
ployed as teachers in the public
schools So far. the married woman's
cause is triumphant.
F. W. Morse. of the Puyallup box
factory, is building a large lot of hand
sleds for Alaska miners and freighters
and has already filled large order
and sent the sleds to the front.
Judge Pritchard, OF Pierce county
has decided that warrants issued after
the county had gone beyond the limit
OF Indebtedness, but for services rem
dered prior to that time, are valid.
A live lord preached from this pull.
pit of the Second Methodist Episcopal
church's pulpit, al Tacoma, last Sun.
day. Besides, he sang solo. 1t was
Lord Bennett, who married Tacoma
girl.
The Democrats and Populists of Ia
coma are talking fusion, which, if car
ried ont, will result in the nomination
of Angelo V. Fawcett for Mayor, the
rest of the ticket going to the Popu-
lists.
Sheriff Dilley has arrested and
taken to North Yakima, Hettinger,
who is charged with being one of the
four men who robbed AMI beat the
Chinese section hands at Kennewick
not long ago.
The Puget Sound Tugboat Associa-
ton, with present headquarters in
Port Townsend, has decided to make
its home port in some other county
because of the high rate of taxation in
Jefferson county.
Joseph Benson, a seaman on the
whaleback City OF Everett, who shipped
at Everett six months ago, fell over
board at sea on January Sth. and
drowned, while the whaleback was on
the way from Panama TO San Fran
cisco.
The cargo shipments of 10 of the
leading mills of Washington for 1895
amounted to 330,574.S53 feet. Over
the Northern Pacific railroad were
shipped during the same time 964 car
loads of lumber, and S,l0l carloads Of
shingles.
An Indian confined in the Topeka
city calaboose last week set fire to the
door in order to burn himself out
The fame was discovered and put out
in time to save the building from be
ing consumed and the siwash from be
ing roasted.
L. Z. Criss, OF Seattle, picked w
near that place the other day, a tootl
about four inches in length and l,
inches wide. 1t is supposed to have
come from the jaw of some prehistori,
mammoth or real estate agent O
the boom period.
By stipulation with the Prosecutio,
Attorney, County Commissioner Bar
tholomew. OF Pierce county, was trie,
to-day before Judge Parker, at Tia
coma, without jury. He lie charge,
with buying claim against The
county at discount.
John Laughlin, aged GO, was suffo
Gated in his burning house, corner @
Wilkinson and Park streets, Tacoms
Wednesday night. 1t is suppose,
that he dropped his lamp while as
cending the stairs and was overcom,
by the blaze and smoke that immedi
ately resulted from the burning oil.
! The First National bank at Spragu
will move to Spokane. George
Jensen is president. The currenc
law provides that national bank can
not move from one point to another
the places are less than 30 miles apart
| Sprague is 81 miles on an air line, bu
special acts will be introduced in Con
gress to avoid complications.
The steamer w. X. Merwin is nov
locked at Mount Vernon, minus he
pilot-hOuse and texas, steering gea
and mast, with a badly disfgure,
smokestack. This is due to col
lision that occurred Monday night he
tween the Merwin and the PARTIAL,
opened drawbridge that stretche
across the Skagit river at Mt. Vernon
At noon Monday q Deputy Sherii
took possession OF the boot and sho
stock OF M. B. Dolan. who has been ir
business in Spokane for several years
Four suits of attachment were begun
Monday. The total aggregates $I2,
28201. Other suits may be com
menced. The amount OF the attach
ments more than equals the stock il
hand.
DR.. Hoenoch. recently in Seattle, i
gensrAlly believed to be the ideutioa
ID. Netherlands, confidence man, win
recently "did" Goldendale. Nc
Richards was good German scholar
claimed to understand French, bu
could not converse in that language
was thorough civil engineer, ant
when he left Goldendale he "swiped
a costly surveyors compass belonging
to F. C. Brodie.
The badly decomposed body of
man was picked up Wednesday nea
the mouth OF the Humptulips river
by half-breed Indian. Corone
Beardsley, of Aberdeen, went down t.
take charge of the body, which is sup
posed to be that OF William Thurman
better known as Sailor Bill" a fish