Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-05-14
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Reference {" Matters OF Fact
Gathered Here, There and Every.
where.

Gathered Here, There and Every.
where.
Kittitas county warrants are sellin!
at 93 cents.
A severe earthquake shock was fel
in Waterville on the 9th inst, abou
10 o'clock. The vibrations lasted /;
or 20 seconds, and woke many people
William Carrley, while driving be
tween COlfax and Palouse City recently
was thrown out of his vehicle head
first. His skull was fractured, and hi
may die.
Bands of horses are constantly be
ing driven through Myers Falls tc
Rossland, Northport and other mining
points, where they are soon bought by
prospecting parties.
The Spring Creek Creamery Com.
pany started up its creamery in Ellens.
burg the first of the month. The
creamery is prepared to handle 5000
pounds of milk daily.
A successful operation of graft.
ing was performed at the st. Joseph's
hospital in Tacoma, the other day
The father of Mile Gilkinson, of
Puyallup, furnished the cuticle to re-
place part of that burned from Miss
Mile.
George Tanner, the 10-year-old son
of n Sound steamboat engineer, was
drowned in Lake Washington Wednes-
day afternoon. He was padding
about on plank. The plank turned
and he sank in six feet of water. The
body was recovered.
Two burglars were captured in Walla
Walla last Monday by Chief of Police
kaufman, 10 minutes after they had
broken into the residence of Jay Will
liams, in broad daylight, and stolen a
lot of valuable jewelry. The burglars
gave their names as w. Hamilton and
Ed. Kennedy.
The usual annual field day and
athletic tournament between the
Pullman agricultural college and the
Idaho university, at Moscow, will not
be held this year. This result has
grown out of numerous differences OF
opinions between the athletic associa.
tiOns of the two institutions.
While crossing the North Palouse
at Colfax, Monday, Miss Monte Rim
was thrown from her horse into deep
water. She was swept down the river
by the swift current, and as she sank for
the third time, was rescused by Bert
Hargraves. She was unconscious, and
it took the united efforts of friends
and physicians to resuscitate her. She
will recover.
w. III. White, of Auburn, on Sunday
found the skeleton of II young man on
q creek bank about five miles from
that town. This discovery is thought
to clear up the mystery surrounding the
disappearance six years ago of Con
Demoliter, a native of Truro, Nova
Scotia, aged "a, who went hunting one
day, left his boat at Browns point
and never returned. He went in the
direction of Auburn, and the skeleton
is believed by his friends to be his.
William Darch, law partner of W.
B. Presby, of Goldendale, Klickitat
county, was accidently shot by Mr.
Presby last Tuesday, and badly, but
not fatally, wounded, says The Dalles
Chronicle. Mr.. Presby was examining
a pistol, which was accidentally dis
charged, the bullet striking Darch on
the chin and SCATTERING the lower jaw
The bullet struck the roof of the
mouth and fell into the throat, whence
it was removed.
Last week Pat Bowling discovered
the private. residence of a coyote
family near his ranch, says the Walls
Walla Statesman, and as Mr.. Bowling
has flock of turkeys he got shovel
and went to digging the "critters'
out. After much labor, the digger
got the nice warm nest and there found
10 little coyotes, who looked too in.
nocent for anything, but Pat was
relentless and promptly drowned the
entire bunch i'll the Yellowstone.
Jose Brossi, an Italian, was stabbed
by rough character named Jack
Sexton at 2 o'clock Monday morning
in a tenement-room occupied by Brossi
over the rear of building on Sixth
avenue, south, between Jackson and
King streets, ut Seattle. Sexton de.
manded money, and on Brossi's refusal
to give it to him, stabbed him three
times with large dirk knife. 1t was
at first thought the wounds would
prove fatal, but it is now believed
Brossi will live.
The wife of Andrew Aspland, a
wealthy farmer living four miles north.
west of Cheney, was shot and wounded
by George Webster, a farmland, at
2 80 O'Clock, on the morning of the
9th inst. Mrs. Aspland was taken to
the Medical Lake hospital, where she
died next day. Webster was taken
to the county Jail to escape desperate
mob that wanted to lynch him.
Constable A. Brown, of Cheney, drove
like the wind to Spokane with his
prisoner, securely handcuffed.
A stabbing ARRAY occurred at Upper
Eureka Flat, near Walla Walla, Mon.
day, in which o. N. Wheeler, a prom.
inent farmer of that section, was
stabbed by an employee of his farm
The farm hand had just finished pillow.
ing, and, while unhitching the team
the horses ran away. Wheeler ordered
the man to go after them; he refused
and quarrel ensued. Wheeler made
slash with q butcher knife at the
man, cutting him over the cheek bone
With the blood streaming down his
face, the man grabbed a knife lying
near by and stabbed his employer in
the right side, just below the nipple.