Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-02

residence of John Mcneil of Walla
Walla in broad daylight three weeks
ago, and stole 5000 worth of jewelry
Monday, pleaded guilty in the superior
Court and were each sentenced by
Judge Brcnts to serve three years in
the pcnitentiary at hard labor.
Whatcom RereWc: GOV. Rogers
would import into this State in drove
"A saturnalia of cranks, parliament
lunacy, Congress with bomb in it,
coat-tail pocket and the fire OF anarchy
in its eye. These men would rob
thrift and manaclc enterprise and
dance like dervishes on the ruins OF
any organization of law and order.
Cowltz Valley Journal: Gov.
Rogers, in welcoming the Debs con-
tingent Of cooperative Socialists, says
that his State has wonderful resources
waiting the hand Of labor This is all
very true, but the Governor is old
enough to know that the hands i'll the
average cooperative colony are not of
the kind which wonderful resources
welcome.
George Specie, while looking for the
body of Charles A. Wolf, who drowned
near Woodland, in Clarke county, fell
against the side OF n boat. A dozen or
more dynamite caps in Mr. Species
hip pocket exploded and severely
wounded Mr.. Specie, the flesh being
torn away in shreds for several inches.
The side of the boat was completely
| shattered.
Terry Clancy, foreman of the
Northern Pacific section gang working
near Buckley, was struck by a west
bound freight Saturday afternoon and
seriously injured. He delayed too
long in getting off his handcar, and
was struck by the engine OF the freight
His right leg was cut off below the
knee and his back badly injured
His recovery is doubtful.
The two sets of bondholders having
mortgages on the Shelton & South.
western railroad, a logging road in
Mason county, are fighting among
themselves for the property, which
for the past three years has been run
under the direction of Receiver w. II.
Kneeland, appointed by the Superior
court of Mason county. Action was
commenced a few weeks ago by the
holders of the first mortgage to fore
close.
The gallows upon which the Sheriff
intends to hang John Leonard, in
Colfax, next Friday, is being built.
The rope for the execution is being
made at the penitontiary jute mill.
The execution will be witnessed by
officers of the law, members of the
medical profession and representatives
OF the press. Sheriff Sims says
Leonard feels confident that he will
never be hanged. His attorneys have
not as yet attempted to appeal his case
to the United States Supreme court.
Toledo 7idimgs: The colonization
scheme will be failure from the be-
ginning. Gov. Rogers does not own
the State, fortunately, that he can give
it away, and without lands there can
be no colony. The proposed colonists
are not the class of men to go into the
woods and hew out farms. They don't
believe in labor, only enough to keep
up an appetite. They would starvc to
death before another election time, but
we can't afford to support a standing
army to keep them "social" that long.
Cashier Benjamin Martin, of the
Adams County bank, says that his
bank has paid out to the people of
Adams county $155, 600 in payment for
cattle and horses purchased by d. B.
Zimmerman, of North Dakota. All
the stock thus purchased has been
shipped from Ritzville and other points
in the county, to Dakota and other
Eastern points. The average price
paid for cattle has been about SIS per
head by the band. There is still a
large number of cattle on the outer
range, and the men are still buying.
During q severe electrical storm at
Pullman last Saturday afternoon, light
ming struck the residence of b. J.
Taylor, on Methodist hill, doing con-
siderable damage. The house is the
highest point on the hill. The bolt
struck the chimney and followed down
the corner to the ground. The corner
was split open, the floor torn up and
furniture damaged badly, including a
fine organ, which sat in the corner of
the parlor. Six windows were broken,
and large china pitcher on the GEN.
ter-table was thrown through the
window 30 feet into the garden. The
family were all down town at the time.
The damage done amounts to about