Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-06-04
STATE NEWS,
"A BRIEF Reference To Matters OF Fact
Gathered Here, There and Every.
where.

AscHc, Ahcre ana Every
where.
The 3-year-old child of Silas Tucker,
who lives about six miles from Van
couver, was accidentally drowned
Sunday by falling into Lake river.
c. p. Whalen, we'll known. citizen
OF Cheney, highly respected, died Sun
day from an overdose of aconite. He
was unwell. 1t is thought the drink
ing of the aconite was accidental.
Two evangelists from the gospel mis-
SION in Tacoma preached to gang of
Is hobos i'll the Tacoma Jail last sun
day, and during the sermons one of
the gang stole " from the pocket of
one of the women.
John Swanson drowned in the Sky
komish river Sunday morning, Il mile
and half above Gold Bar, while
attempting to cross the river in boat.
He was in company with F. f.
Randolph and I. II. Lee, who escaped
injury.
After three days stay at Port
Townsend the United States battle.
ship Oregon left Monday for target.
practice down the Straits of Fuca.
There have been 40 assertions from
the Oregon since her arrival on Puget
sound, two months ago.
VIM. Humphrey, one of the oldest
settlers in this part of the State, died
at his home near Olequa, on the 25th
ult., OF heart disease. Deceased was
80 years old and had lived on his OLE
qua place over 40 years. The funeral
occurred at Toledo on Thursday morn
ing of last week.-Pilot.
John Packwood died on Mound
Prairie in Lewis county, last SATURDAY.
night. MIR. Packwood was an old
and successful prospector of that COM
munity. He went to California in
1919, and in 1862 settled in this State,
between Olympia and Steilacoom.
He was 80 years OF age, and left three
sons.
The schooner Jessie picked up Mon
day an empty canoe, that was drifting
on the straits. Fish lines were hang
ing from her, and fish, apparently Just
caught, where in her; also pair of
trousers, two hats and every indication
OF very recent occupancy. 1t is
probable that the occupants were lost
in the wind storm of Saturday.
A 1O-year-old son of John Harring
was downed Sunday on the bay side at
Everett. The boy was walking upon a
boomstick near the lighthouses, when
he slipped and fell into the water. He
was seen by several persons as he fell,
but he went down before aid could
reach him. The body lay in the
water nearly an hour before it was re-
covered.
The general crop prospects around
COlfax are good. The grasshoppers
have done no harm, except to gardens,
in few spots. Throughout the coun-
ty an unusual fruit yield, especially of
berries, is promised. The strawberry
crop is the largest ever known. The
market is flooded with berries ut $1.25
a crate, the lowest price ut which they
have ever been sold there.
There is considerable talk of an ex-
ira session of the State legislature be-
ing called in the near future. If there
was any assurance the needed laws
would be passed it would be the right
thing to do; the senatorial question
would not come up this time to create
factions and the result might be that
the people would get some relief
through legislation.-Ldbor Journal.
Ranch and Range, of North Yakima,
says that Ed. O'Neil, a youth of Is
years, gives promise of becoming one
of Yakima's solid citizens some day.
Already he has collected band of so
head of cattle, which at prevailing
prices, are worth about 1900. He
has worked hard to get his start-toil-
ing long hours as farmland and
putting every cent he made into cattle.
The law passed by the last legisla-
ture, giving the original owner or
mortgagor of realty the possession
during the year of redemption, has
been decided unconstitutional by the
Superior Courts of the following To-
calities: Seattle, Spokane, North
Yakima and New Whatcom in two
cases. Very little, if anything, that
was enacted in favor of the people has
been allowed to stand by the courts,
which need reconstruction more than
any other department of National or
State governments.
In an action to recover money COL
lected by the Sheriff of Pierce county,
as commissions in cases when the
property was purchased by the mort
gagee to satisfy the debt, the Supreme
Court has decided that the Office is not
entitled to the commission provided
by law, although it may be proper
charge when cash passes in the trans
action. The suit in question was
brought against the county commits
sioners. The court decided that where
the money was paid to the Sheriff
within three years the statute of limi.
tations would not apply and the coun-
ty must return the amount.
Sheriff Shaw, of Yakima county,
prevented II United States prisoners
from breaking Jail last Friday. The
prisoners had dug almost through the
brick wall behind the steel cage, and
concealed the broken brick and mortar
in blankets. Only shelf of brick re-
mainded between them and space
under the wooden front steps of the
courthouse. Sheriff Shaw had this
point watched on the outside all day,
while the prisoners worked on the in
side. Last night he manacled those
for whom there was no room in the
cage, and Saturday morning informed
them that their plot was discovered.
Leonard Nihoul committed suicide
at Pine City, IA miles west of Cakes
dale, under circumstances unusually
tragic. Late Saturday night he went
to the cemetery where the body of his