Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-01-10

449, which is just 10 more than the
record of 1894.
The Puyallup Indians think that
they have second Schlatter among
them in the person of Bill James, a
tall Puyallup. They tell of the won
deriul cure he effected few weeks
ago in bringing Dave Squally, another
Puyallup Indian, back to life when he
was nearly dead from the effects of
pneumonia.
The A. p. A. of Clarke county have
decided that Gov. McGraw's hench-
men in that county must be retired
to private life, and notice to that eff.
feet has been duly served. The A. p.
A. is not political organization; it
confines its operations entirely to
missionary work of a religious ma
ture.-Seattle Review.
Snow is from two to four feet deep
in the Palouse country. It is badly
drifted, so that the roads in many
places are impossible, and teams must
make long circuits through the fields
to get around the worst drifts. Ice,
six or seven inches thick, is being cut
and put up. The mercury has been
down to deg. below zero.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Maley, of Winlock, was badly burned
on Monday last by falling into an
open fireplace from chair in which it
was lying. A physician was called
and dressed the burns, which were
principally on the head and face, and
though severely burned, it is now
hoped that the little one may recover.
Joseph Kane's residence and drug
store and the Masonic hall at Union
City, in Mason county, we're burned
to the ground Tuesday morning. The
cause of the fire was the explosion Of
a lamp in Mrs. Kane's pantry. Mr..
Kane estimates his loss at $1,000; in
sured for 81, 500. The Masonic hall
was insured for $500. which is one
half of its estimated value.
Herbert Adams, chief engineer on
the Point Iona, was in Montesano
last week, having the papers drawn
by which he transferred a three-six-
teenth interest in an Alaska gold
mine, for which he receives $4,000
Four years ago Mr.. Adams and
another gentleman invested $50 each
in the mine, with the above result, his
partner selling for $4,000.
The city council of Tacoma, last
Saturday, by vote of ii to 3, con-
firmed Mayor Orr's reappointment of
City Attorney James Wickersham.
The councils action leaves Council
man Hice's two suits against the city
attorney, to GUST him from office, high
and dry in the Supreme Court, where
they were taken on appeal. The con-
tirmation of the city attorney ends a
long political fight in the council.
City Attorney Wickersham's victory in
the 81 DOC, 600 damage suit against the
water company brought a majority OF
the councilmen on his side OF the con-
troversy.
Mrs. Frank Denison was fatally shot
by her husband, at Rockford, near
Spokane, about 8 o'clock last Sunday
evening. There has been trouble be-
tween the two for a number of month
on account of Mrs. Denison's refusal
to live with Mr.. Denison, and his
jealousy OF Patrick Hickey, whom he
has repeatedly threatened to kill un-
less his wife left Hickey and returned
to him. 1t appears that Denison had
gone to the house of Hickey, where
his wife was stopping, in search of her.
He drove Hickey to the woodshed, at
the muzzle of a revolver, claiming
that Hickey was the cause of the
trouble. His wife not being there, he
went TO the church, where he found
her, and was driving her homo before
him. A Judge was in the church
also, and deputized two men to follow
Denison. Denison warned them to go
back. They refused, and the shoot
ing began. His vile started to run
away, and Denison ran after her, fir.
ing two shots, both of which lodged
in her back, and will prove fatal.
Denison is now lodged in the Spokane
Jail, and says the only thing he is
sorry for is that he did not kill both