Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-12-25
STATE NEWS.

from Pc-Ell to the Columbia river
has been surveyed.
Two deaths have occurred in Cakes.
dale recently Of pneumonia, and there
are several more serious cases.
Auditor-clect Sanford, OF Garfield
county, died at St Mary's hospital, at
Walla Walla, Monday, OF cancer OF
the bowels.
Prescott Nanness & Co. started up
their mill, at Winlock, Monday morn
ing, after two weeks of shutdown
for repairs. They expect to run
night and day soon.
Louis Wolff, of Tacoma, a pioneer OF
% years residence on Puget sound
died Monday in San Francisco, OF
paralysis, aged 66 years. He leaves a
fortune OF 100000,
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Aarsdale have the
distinction of being the parents of the
first child born in Vineyard, and will
be presented by President Libby with
a lot in the new town of Lewiston,
| Wash.
The work of raising the Sturm
shingle and sawmill, at the mouth of
the Arkansaw creek, which went into
the Cowlitz river last week, is progress
ing slowly, owing to the water falling
and loose sand.
The aggregate value of real property
in klickitat county in 1896, as
equalized by the county board, is ST.
6l2, 500. The population of the coun-
ty is 1900. The county has Sc
organized school districts, with an
attendance OF $3.50 pupils.
James p. Davis, a well-known far
mer living at Trent, nine miles from
Spokane, committed suicide last
Thursday night, by swallowing arsenic
He died in frightful agony. His child
wife had refused to live with him, and
had instituted divorce proceedings.
The Ellcnsburg Creamery Company
has put in q large new Imperial
Sharples separator, of capacity of
1900 pounds an hour. 1t is of the
| turbine pattern, and does the work
well, tests of the skim milk showing
only one-tenth Of one per cent. of fat
remaining.
Miss Ada G. Isham, is suing in the
courts i'll Tacoma to have her maiden
name restored to her. She says, in
her complaint, that March s, 1892, she
was lured into contract marriage with
A. A. Booth, stenographer in the
office of the State Land Commission,
in Olympia.
Levi Delaney shot and instantly
killed Frank Davies at the Northern
Pacific depot at Roslyn Tuesday.
Both are cOlored men and miners.
Delaney claims that Davies had
alienated the affections of his wife,
and acknowledged the generalization
OF the shooting.
Nels Dahlquist, driver of grocery
wagon New Whatcom, was struck by a
locomotive on the incoming Canadian
Pacific train last week, while trying to
cross the track to catch a frightened
team. The extent of his injuries are
not known, but the doctors report
no bones broken.
John McKinnen, alias Frank Burns,
alias Walker, an escaped prisoner from
the Vernon, b. c., Jail, wanted for
cattle stealing, WAS arrested in Spo-
kane, recently by Detectives Warren
and McPhee. As result Of the
capture, the two officerr will receive
5000 reward money to divide between
them.
The city of Ellensburg has been
ordered by the court to make special
tax levy of four mills year for four
years to pay the amount of the judg-
ment in the Lorenzo case, wherein q
verdict for damages against the city
was rendered, because of an accident
resulting from defective sidewalk.
The Judgment now amounts to about
$4,000.
The bobwhite quails which were re-
Gently shipped to North Yakima,
consigned to the rod and gun club,
have been turned loose. 1t was ex-
pected to keep them in confinement
until spring, but they were attacked
by some disease, from which num-
Der died, and it was thought best to
turn them out and let them take
chances with the winter.
c. c. Slaven's brothers have kept up
n daily search for his body since
Slaven was drowned in the Cowlitz on
Monday of last week, but the search
has revealed nothing. The river has
been dragged and watch has been kept
along the banks constantly. Monday,
explosions were made at different
points in the river with the hope of
raising the body, but they proved of
no avail.
The temperature for three days in
Spokane this week has been without
parallel, the weather observer there
says. The highest was 81 degrees on
the 18th, and the lowest 80 degrees
on the night of the 10Th, or a total
range of only Z degrees for three days,
while the daily range has been only 4
degrees on any day. Considering the
fact that the days have only been from
3 to 4 degrees warmer than the nights,
it is indeed peculiar condition.
H. c. Allen was found frozen to
death AZ miles east of Buckley, on
Silver river, in the Gold Hill mining
district, last Sunday. The body was
found 40 rods from Aliens cabin. He
had gone out on a trapping expedition.
Not returning, a rescue party went out
from Buckley, and, after a weeks
search, found the body, which was
buried in the mountains. In the
spring it will be brought out by the
G. A. r. post to which he belonged.
John Anderson, young man, who
recently came West from Minnesota,
was buncoed out of 500 in the old
fashioned card game, at Seattle, last
Wednesday. He followed up a street
acquaintance with an innocent-look-
ing stranger, who proved to be the
steerer of the game. The FRIEND"
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