Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-01-01

arrangements 10 nave the furniture
packed and shipped there. 1t is sup
posed the fire started from defective
tiue. There was 5000 Insurance on
the house and 5000 on the furniture.
The upper depot at Puyallup was
entered by burglars last Monday
night and the cash drawer was robbed
OF all the money it contained, $3.50.
No attempt was made to open the safe.
This is the second time this depot has
been robbed within six months. The
time before the burglars got a lot of
postage stamps and tickets valued at
several hundred dollars.
DIR. B. N. Bond, while fishing for
cod off the wharf, at New Whatcom,
last week, hooked a 5O-pound skate,
and after considerable trouble sue
ceeded in landing it. The peculiar
part of the affair is that the fish was
captured with small line which
would have been impossible but for
the fact that it became so entangled
in the line that it was rendered help
less and could not exert its great
strength.
Michael C. Quinn, city character,
50 years old, was found dead in his
cabin, 1902 Eight avenue, Seattle,
Wednesday. Quinn died of neglect
and starvation. He had been sick for
several days, but death was fastened
by lack of food. Indications showed
that he could have had nothing to
eat for number of days. At one
time Quinn was wealthy, but for the
last five years he has been "broke,"
and the neighbors say actedqueerly.
At noon Tuesday, the 2-year-old
child of John Crawford, a logger, liv-
ing across the bay from Tacoma,
pulled lighted lamp off the table,
causing the child's clothes to catch
fire. The child was badly burned
above the waist, and will probably die.
Mrs. Crawford was burned severely
while trying to smother the flames.
This was finally accomplished by a
neighbor rushing in, seizing the child
and jumping into the Sound with him.
Mrs. Taylor, wife of Harry Taylor,
of Ellensburg, disappeared in a very
mysterious way last week. She put
her baby to sleep, wrote a note and
put it on the table, stating that she in
tending drowning herself. Mr.. Taylor
is not at home, having left for Port
land several days ago, in search of
work. The couple have always got
along we'll, and stood we'll in the COM
munity. They have lived in Ellens-
burg only short time, having former
ly lived near Gle Elum.
Rev. w. II. Scudder, at the First
Congregational church, of Tacoma.
created a sensation last Sunday by
giving the first hint that he favored
Transforming the present institution
into one of the modern institutional
churches. He cited instances of
churches that have pool and billiard
playing, bowling alleys and other
amusement features in connection
with the regular social work, not neg
Letting the main work of saving souls,
and left the matter for the congrega-
ton 20 think over.
Miss Celia Strahm was shot by her
brother-in-law, Eden Buroker, at
Dixie, IL miles west of Walla Walla
Monday night. Miss Strahm was
visiting the family, and after the fam
lily had retired she went out of the
door, and on returning the noise
awakened Buroker, who drew u pistol
from under his pillow and shot Miss
Strahm. On account of threats made
against Buroker he had been in the
habit of keeping pistol under his pill
low, and when he saw the woman
standing at the door, he supposed her
to be some one who wished to harm
him and fired. -.
NJ. s. Taylor, of Thornton, Whitman
county, tells of a peculiarly thing that
come to light in his vicinity q short
time ago. A neighbor having q well
dug, and at the depth of 50 feet a
black walnut log about 20 inches in
diameter was struck. The log was as
sound as the day it was placed there,
there not being q sign of decay. A
piece of the wood about six feet long
was brought to the surface and found
to be of the finest quality, and cured
to perfection. When the wood was
removed from its position in the we'll
plentiful supply of water dubbed
up. The owner of this rare walnut
stick prizes it highly. -
A litele girl, four-year-old daughter
of q poor woodehopper, burned to death
Christmas day at the family's home,
near Lake Washington. The father
was at work during the day, and the
mother was in town, doing a little
marketing leaving the five children,
the eldest a girl of twelve, at home.
While playing around the room, the
youngest approached the stove, and,
in some way, her clothing caught fire.
The other children rushed from the
house, calling for their father. By the
time he reached home and succeeded
in putting out the flames the child
was so badly injured that she died in a
short time. The flames had been
drawn into the lungs.