Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-02-18

Charles Shlegle, longshoreman
was blown, Knocked or fell into the
hold of the steamship Riojun Maru in
Seattle Sunday. One leg was broken
and his head bruised. He fell about
Ii feet.
}. J. Calvin, his wife and sister-in-
law were seriously injured near
Washougal, last Saturday. They
were returning to their home, about
flve miles from that place, in a car
rage, which was overturned on a hill
side. They were thrown under the
carriage.
AT the Penitentiary at Walla Walla
there are $50 men working in the lutte
mill nine hours day, making 1000
bags daily. In a few weeks they will
be required to work 10 hours, and the
output will be increased TO 5000
daily. There are now one-quarter of a
million sacks on hand.
The northbound freight train on the
Northern Pacific carried five carloads
OF hogs from Garfield last SATURDAY.,
one car being double-decked. The
hogs came from the Camas prairie
country, and were en- route to Seattle.
Hogs are becoming scarce around Gar
field, but the price does not advance
above 81 cents per pound on foot.
While Claude Kress and Walter
Carver were out hunting near Centralia
Monday morning, the former was ac-
cidently shot in the leg by Carver.
The wound is serious. The boy in
jured is but Ii years of age and this
should be another warning against
allowing irresponsible parties to handle
firearms.
MIR. Sutton, farmer from Covello.
was nearly killed the other day in a
runaway near Starbuck. He started
home from Sarbuck about A. 35 o'clock,
and had just crossed the track, when
his team became frightened by the
train. The horses ran about half a
mile, when they upset the buggy,
throwing Mr.. Sutton out, injuring him
seriously internally, and he is not ex-
pected to live.
AS the steamer State of Washing
ton was on her way from Seattle to
Tacoma, Sunday morning, the captain
saw the body of a man floating in the
bay about three miles from Tacoma.
He tried to get the body, but could
not, so notified Coroner Hoska. The
Coroner sent a tug out to bring in
the fioater, but the men could not
locate it. The body is supposed to be
that OF Mate Peterson, who is missing
from one of the lumber crafts in port.
This makes the third body seen in the
bay this week.
A man named John Bace, a fisher
man, was held up and robbed in the
yard OF the N. P. passenger depot. at
Tacoma, Monday evening about 7
O'Clock. His assailants were two in
number, one of whom held him while
the other rified his pockets. They
took from his pocket handkerchief
containing two watches and some
other jewelry, when they separated.
The gate guard identified one of the
robbers and he was arrested, but none
OF the plumber was found npon him.
J.T. Brown, Colfax attorney, was
arrested last week for larceny by
bailee, in retaining money collected
for a client. What adds Importance
TO this misdeed is the fact that Brown
has hitherto been prominent in poll
tics, having been candidate before
the Populist convention in 1896 for
Superior Judge. He was chairman of
the Populist campaign committee of
Whitman county, and during the
session of the last legislature he was a
lobbyist over here, and as big a toad
as croaked in that political puddle.
The streets of Ellensburg were
lined with people all one afternoon re.
Gently, because travelling fakir had
announced that he would ride a BIZ
cycle from the roof of the Caldwell
block to the street on a ladder. He
passed the hat most industriously and
found dupes enough to donate him
about 1925. Then the ladder was put
in place, but from the second story,
and after lot of maudlin talk, and
nervous procrastination, the fellow re-
luctantly gave the word to let go.
This was done, and he started down at
a webbing gate and when about a
third of the way down took a header
and landed on the ground, minus sew
eral teeth and considerably bruised.