Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-04-23
STATE NEWS.

large quantities from South Bay.
The Sheriff of Stevens county has
arrested a man thought to he J. G.
Durham, who murdered six people
near Campbell, Santa Clara county,
Cal, in May, lS9j.
The Odd Fellows in Walla Walla
will have celebration on their an
University, the Goth instant. The cor
ner stone of the State Odd Fellows
Home will be laid on that day.
The revenue tug Golden Gate made
her trial trip Saturday from Seattle to
Port Townsend and return, developing
a speed Of 1918 knots, or about Is
statute miles. She made the run in
five hours and tfty-six minutes.
The association OF Congregational
churches of Eastern Washington and
Northern Idaho is holding its 18th
annual session at Medical Lake.
Rev. William Davies is moderator.
About 80 delegates are in attendance.
City Detective ID. ID. McPhce, of
Spokane, while in the act of arrcSting
Il burglar named Arthur Chapel, was
shot through the neck by the latter on
the Eth inst, receiving wound that,
though serious, is not considered ne
cessarily fatal. Chapel, closely pur-
sued 10y officers and citizens, and
seeing no chance of escape, fired bull
let INTO his own brain, dying almost
Immediately.
Under foreclosure of mortgage Of
5000, held by the California Safe
Deposit & Trust Company, the Union
dock at Port Townsend was bid in
Saturday by the company for $4,000.
The Merchants bank, of that city,
held second mortgage on the property
for $l2,O00. The property is considered
valuable, as it gets all of the business
of the Pacific Coast & Alaska Steam
ship Company.
Commissioner Herman of the Gem
eral Land Office will shortly send a
special inspector to the State of Wash
ingtOn to examine into number of
umaccepted surveys in that State,
among them two contracts entered
into by Manford G. Usher, deputy
surveyor of Vancouver. The corrected
returns of these surveys have been
received from Surveyor General Wat
son, and if the special inspector re-
ports favorably upon them, the town
ships covered in these contracts will
be thrown open to settlement.
A man giving the name of G.. II.
Dcspard, who has Travelled in different
cities of the Pacific Northwest under
the aliases of Redmond, Stafford, Mil
Ter and Henderson, worked success
full swindle on the grocers of Spokane,
a few days ago. He represented him
self as a special agent of n starch
manufacturing concern, claiming his
company was the only one out of the
trust. BY his representations, grocers
reduced the price of starch 2 cents.
lately he induced Grocer S. J. Jarvis
to indorse draft for SIS, when he
suddenly decampcd, and the draft is
worthless. Dcspard is wanted in Port
land for working similar game, and
other cities in the West have suffered.
He is feet 6 inches in height, weighs
lao, and has sandy mustache.
The following changes in the star
schedule for the State of Washington
have been announced: Olympia to
Shelton-Lcavc Olympia daily, except
Sunday, emitting New Kamilchie, $50
p. m, arriving at Shelton by $50 p. M. !;
returning leave Shelton daily, except
Sunday, emitting New Kamilchie, go
a. NJ, arriving at Olympia by $50
a. M; leave Olympia daily, except
Sunday, at 9:15 n. H., arriving at New
Kamilchie by IL 80 4. m., and return
ing leave New Kamilchie, except Sun
day, at II H., arriving at Olympia by
$50 p. m. Hoquiam to Aberdeen
Leave Hoquiam daily, except Sunday,
at 10 :45 q. m. and 4 80 p. M, arriving
at Aberdeen by II As a. m. and 5 20
p. H., and returning leave Aberdeen
daily, except Sunday, at II 80 p. m.
and 6:l5 p. H., arriving at Hoquiam
by 30 p. m. and 10 p. m.
The house OF George Fries, ten
miles northeast of SnOhomish, was
burned to the ground Saturday. Fries,
i'll attempting to save his household
goods, was caught in the house by
door closing. His body above the
waist, his hands and arms were fear
fully burned. The fire caught from a
spark on the roof After Fries finally
got outside, while his hands were
bleeding and the nails burned almost
to crisp, he discovered his barn on fire.
Grabbing ladder, he mounted to the
roof and, with the assistance of an old
man, succeeded in saving the barn.
No medical aid could be obtained, and
Fries was taken to Snohomish in
lumber wagon, where he is now under
medical care. Doctor McCready SAYS
if he lives forty-eight hours he will
survive. The house has just been
built. There was no insurance.
The U. S. Supreme Court has de-
cided to examine for itself the case
from this State involving life in
surance policy of 100000 which
it was supposed was finally settled
by the Ninth circuit. Phinney, a
resident of Seattle, took out q policy
in the Mutual Insurance company of
New York, the annual premium being
about $4,000, which he agreed to pay
in advance. At the end of the first
year he could not pay the premium
and later surrendered the policy, which
was cancelled. Three years later he
died. Some one informed the widow,
Nellie Pinney, that the policy had
never been legally cancelled because
certain notice was not sent by the
company to Phinney. She sued to
recover in the circuit court for Wash
ington and got judgment upon a
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