Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-12-09
STATE NEWS.

Walla Walla has Il new Touring
mill with II capacity OF Is barrels q
day.
Ellcnshurg has Il commercial club
that will advertise the surrounding
cOuntry's resources.
}. }. Durga, Il well-known resident
OF Lincoln creek, Lewis county, died
November 90, aged IS years.
Several Centralia merchants lost
considerable merchandise by the burn
ing Gi 4 car in Minnesota last week.
a cargo OF 100000 feet of abso-
iutely "clear STUFF is about to leave
Puget Sound for Hamburg. The tim
Der is intended for decking in vessels.
Ed. Russell has put into the river
this year 100000 feet of logs for
Birge d Leitch, of Centralia. He fin
ished driving 100000 feet last Satur-
day.
The Centralia shingle-mills received
500 cords of bolts last week from up
the Ncwaukum, and expect big lot
down soon again. They will run right
along.
Addison G. Foster, the Tacoma Sem
atorial candidate, is GO years old, and
is supposed to be worth half a million.
But Levi Ankeny is richer, and Wilson
has more nerve"
Jasper Lawrence, a laborer was
killed instantly, at Rosalia, Tuesday.
He was working at warehouse when
an immense pile OF wheat sacks fell
upon him without warning.
The Blodget & Perkins sawmill at
Aberdeen has been sold to W. J. Pat
terson, trustee for syndicate that will
operate it. The mill has been closed
uOMu lOl luC puoI llNC NcillS.
The citizens of Walla Walla have
donated 100 books to the penitentiary
library, besides 43S numbers OF stand.
ard periodicals. Much religious liter.
ature has also been donated.
Some person or persons broke into
the house OF an old man named
Sewell, on the Holmes place, in
Cowlitz county, last Sunday, while he
was away after his mail, and stole four
suits of clothes.
The people down on the Cowlitz are,
as rule, in pretty good shape. The
farmers had pretty goods crops this
year, and realized fair prices. The
apple crop was good, about 1000 boxes
having been sold.
Tacoma has just admitted three ia.
panese boys, ranging in age from 15 to
IL years, to her public schools. None
of the three can speak English so as
to be understood, and two have no
knowledge of the language.
One apple buyer has, so far, shipped
from Cowlitz county eight carloads of
apples. One OF these he shipped from
kelso last week to Honolulu. He pays
from 40 to 80 cents per box, and expects
to buy several carloads more.
S. Benson, who is logging near the
mouth OF the Columbia river, has put
IN over 33,OO0,OOO feet OF logs already
this season. He is about to add three
new donkey engines and has recently
purchased six new logging cars.
During quarrel at Spokane, Mon
day afternoon, Charles Knipe, years
old, was cut with pocket-knife by
Addison Snodgrass, aged 9 years. The
knife blade penetrated his left side
over an inch, making painful wound.
The Washington State Dairymen's
Association will hold its sixth annual
convention in Ellensburg on the 9th,
2Sth and 29th of December. Hon.
w. ID. Hoard, President of the Ma
tional Dairy Union, will deliver ad-
dresses.
Amel Abner, n prominent young
business man of Ritzville, was bound
over to the Superior Court, on the I'd
inst, on the charge of rape. His VIC
tim was Augusta Mike, young Ger
man woman of %. Abner is also Ger
man and is only Is years old.
Mrs. Carolan, an old Ii dy, who
lived about mile from Pomeroy, was
found dead in her cabin Tuesday. She
was frequently seen on the streets OF
Pomeroy in drunken condition, and
it is presumed she went home while in
toxicated and froze to death, as she
bad been dead several days when
found. She lived alone in the cabin.
The police of Tacoma are working
on two cases of forgery committed
within the last two or three days.
One is the forgery OF the name of f.
A. Whitney to Il check OF $29.7S, and
passed on Frank Ritzo, proprietor OF
the Capitol saloon. The other is for
passing $40 forged check over the
name of +. Steinbech, indorsed by
George +. Russell, on ID. q. Johnson
in making first payment on piano.
Mcbride Bros, proprietors OF liv-
cry barn at Walla Walla, were robbed
of $l70, Friday afternoon, in broad
daylight. Sam Mcbride left the keys