Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-06-18
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Reference 10 Matters Of Fact
Gathered Here, There ard Every.

Gathered Here, Taere ard Every.
where.
Whatcom lumbermen have ap-
pointed committees and they are al
ready ut work arranging to make the
visit OF the lumber excursiouists from
the East in July memorable one.
Farmer ID. Estes and Roy Estes,
father and son, charged with attempt
ing to kill George Barskey, have been
bound over to the Supreme court of
kittitas county i'll the sum of $3, 800.
They experienced considerable diff
Guilty in securing bail, which they
had been given until June 10th to
furnish
The lS-months-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Kramer, of Fairhaven,
was hooked by cow Sunday evening,
but not seriously injured. Mr..
Kramer was in the yard Mt the time,
and grabbed the COW by the horns, and
while the animal amused itself by toss
ing him about the yard the child was
removed from danger by Mrs. Kramer.
Neither Mr.. Kramer nor the child was
seriously injured.
The Tacoma Railways company has
put an adjustable telephone service on
its new telephone line, which was
recently built between the city and
Steilacoom. Attachment places are
made at intervals of about mile along
the telephone line, which parallels the
Steilacoom track, SO that" watch case"
phones, made to carry in the pocket,
can be connected with the line with
but Il moments trouble.
a section crew found man, who
gives his name as Frank Burns, in an
old logging camp, II mile south of
Arlington, in Snohomish county,
Monday evening, almost dead with
sickness and hunger. He says he left
Edmonds, where he had been working,
10 days ago, and has since been living
on Salmon berries, disdaining to beg.
He Is being taken care of i'll Arlington,
awaiting advice from the proper au-
thOrities.
John Dwyer, convict at the peni-
tertiary, ut Walla Walla, escaped
Tuesday night. He was working in
the brickyard, assisting in burning a
brick-kiln. He was granted per-
mission to go out of the house, and,
not returning i'll q reasonable length
OK time, search was made, and it was
found he had escaped. He has not
been heard from since. He was serving
a two years sentence for burglary
committed in Spokane, and had only
three months more to serve.
Julius Wessler, who worked at
Seattle several years as street rail-
way trackman shot and killed him.
self at Ravenna Park Monday. His
wife secured a divorce from him u few
days ago on the ground of cruelty.
Wesslcr lived at Latona, suburb, and
for months there has been neighbor-
hood gossip concerning his wife's
friendship with neighbor named
Cole. Wessler left note for her on
an envelope, saying he had nothing
left to live for, and that he died heart
hroken. He left four small children.
County Commissioner Sweeney, of
Skamania county, is quoted by the
Vancouver Register as saying that the
mining prospects in the Lookout
Mountain country are very promising.
He has claim about three miles from
the mountain which carries free gold,
and he is going to develop it at once.
Mr.. Sweeney says the whole of Look
ont Mountain is staked off into mining
claims and that work on the tunnel
being driven into the mountain by
Barrett, Hunter and Culbertson is pro-
crossing. He confidently believes that
the tunnel will uncover body of rich
ore and prove the wealth of the dis
trict. Over 1000 mining claims have
been recorded in Skamania county,
and the hills are full of prospectors.
The latest report is that couple of
tenderfeet" have made a rich strike
in Texas Gulch, having found ledge
of free milling ore.
The annual election of officers of
Grand Arch Chapter at Tacoma,
recently, was as follows: Carmi Dib-
BILE, New Whatcom, Grand High
Priest; John Moore, Spokane, Deputy
Grand High Priest; ID. Law Paramore,
Snohomish, Grand King; S. Harry
Rush, Spokane, Grand Scribe; William
McMicken, Olympia, Grand Treasurer;
Y. C. Blalock, Walla Walla, Grand
Secretary; Rev. II. w. Eagan, Walla
Walla, Grand Chaplain; A. Nilsson,
Dayton, Grand Captain of the Host
j. Weatherwax, Aberdeen, Grand
Principal Sojourner; George f. Dick
son, Ellensburg, Grand Royal Arch
Captain; q. N. Alexander, Seattle,
Grand Master of Third Veil; J. III.
Babbitt, Tacoma, Grand Master of
Second Veil; X. L. McCroskey, Colfax,
Grand Master of First Veil; N. Il.
Cation, Sprague, Grand Orator; j. w.
Stearns, Tekoa, Grand Steward; NJ.
Gerson, Port Townsend, Grand Tyler.
1t was decided to hold the next annual
meeting in Tacoma June 10, 1898.