The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-24
NORTHWESTERN NEWS NOTES.

Fishermen at the Cowlitz river complain
Of "A scarcity OF ssIneit.
A gang OF a dozen men are at work az
North Beach. making preparations for an
other attempt 70 float the snip potrimpos.
The new mill OF Reynolds & Davie, at
Pe-E.ll. viii start up about March !. ana
win cut eo,o0o feet daily. A siding is be-
Ing put into the mill.
4 party Of eleven men from Sumner and
Yakima leave for Alaska on the S1st. They
VIII take sixty dogs, forty horses and
twenty tons % supplies.
Frank Martin. boy OF about 10. was
badly gored by heifer az his fathers farm
near Gresham. or. on Friday. His scalp
WIS torn open for five inches.
Martin Schierc lahorer. residing in AL
hlra. a suburb OF Portland. fell into q cess
pool on Friday afternoon and Was as
phyxlated before he could be rescued
The evaporating establishment OF A.
Snyder. a. Dayton. Or. burned on Friday
afternoon. Damages were si0Na and 70
men were thrown out OF employment
The steam launch Mary and Edith broke
her propeller shaft while towing a
raj, or logs ont ef Bone river for Foye Il
McCicary. and as a result their mill was
closed down for want or logs the first of
the week The launch lest her propeller
a couple Of weeks before.
Saturday afternoon as T. h. Metz. the
engineer at the water works pumping sta
ten 1T Chehals. was riding into the lane
going 10 the reform school his horse
broken below the knee. Pref. Wes,endorf
brought MIR. Meta into toxin. lie is getting
along nicely.
Ernest Nelson was Killed and Enorh
Wyberg seriously. perhaps fatally. injured
~ Spokane shortly after midnight Wednes-
day night. They were employees OF liver
Sorenson. the scsye0ger. and were en-
gagged in cleaning vault. when the closet.
which had been qropped W, fen upon and
crushed them.
Er,r,s &c SOP al, .u,piova 81 +he Se~,sr-
vile Bros az Naravine WAS dangerously
hurt Monday. While standing ca roll
way a large log started toward him. His
escape was impossible, bat he got close 10
q skid one end OF the Log struck Mr.
Sager 4 blow in the stomach. and Z is
possible be Is Internally injured,
The Chinese section house. 3ast south Of
Starenck cauEhf Ere while the oecupants
wsrs celebrating Chinese New Year a
Thursday There were SeveDtg-fivs pounds
90 Cians powder under The house and " aeu
the nasglCs reached thls there Was an ex-
pfoslon that shook up the town Several
persons were slightly injured BY Nysng
sp}inters.
Harry Huston, an is-ycar-o'd boy. was
accidentally SHOT by his cousin while the
two BAYS were cat h8ntiag. near Jklah,
OR Thc hammer ~ a shot gun the latter
was carrying across ais saddle. canEht,
ari tna Aaa w&s discharged into Harry
thiSa. Just below the 6ip, \ knife in MS
pocket WAS driven entirely through the
nsSAy Fart 81 the leg.
Monday morning whlle working en- THE
ponsi a. YvoTraans NH al Fe-E<1L Henry
Kitchen fcll 'nto yhe water ard came near
drowning. Il MAS slll dark when he
XeaturaA onto the legs. and u0 enc sas
Nm fan 81 f'r haif AZ hour re struggle !
- pua himself cGf hur TO sooner had "a
nearly aeeofnplshaa his purpose tnan the
log termed ever ~rsinttatl11g Af,rl anew
trf1 'he eait a2t free8ns water lis
scouts fer As3D wFSe gnsNy heard and Sc
was rescued more 5taa shau alive.
As his aAs 81 ec1sh anVroa rheS Jack
fshrara is hacoHasls desperate. anf ass
EsllfFs t8ve ie8sn&A thet stFxes wSEea mss.
70 kef5 ever kins. says the Ca1fAx Gazette.
T2e other 8ay "a scRrrA - BIS est} was
rgade. Hidden away IN atS buvk was
Ya.sna Geatn-siezsuE Instrument. are
Asaw from wltce waul3 cave sn iae ssail
- "a NuEa,o. IL was made frurn a heavy
eelTee cup loaded inside sta lead s0i.
from tchaero packages ard Eru2iv seve-l
IA s-04E eialh. To t vas attached a stir
STICK handle foGs fsfag. and also covered
wsth cAath- IL g presumed thas L WAS the
haa6i wevk CO Leonard and SyTes. and
that K was rs ~ used ~ them UEan the
taller at she first favorable opportunity 10
effect tAelr escape.