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

DrulSlnS himself and died soon alter
being found. He was 20 years old
and served through the war, taking
part i'll many severe battles.
l.. Il. Turpin, former resident oil
North Yakima, where he used to be en-
gagged in the sale OF sewing machines
was convicted at Ellensburg last week
OF 4 crime committed last June in
that city, in which u half-wittcd 13-
ycar-old girl was his victim, and was
sentenced to seven years in States
prison at hard labor. Turpin leaves Il
wife and three small children, who are
to be pitied.
A logging firm of Napavine has pur.
chased new engine and trucks. The
engine is 4 six-whecler, q cotton Bald
win, and they have three sets OF tricks
1t is the intention to build q mile and
a half of railroad from Napavine sta
ton to their mill and another mile
from their mill into the woods for log
ging purposes. This will be the first
logging locomotive and railroad in
Lewis county.
A little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J
r. Foster, of Whatcom, has had the
strange experience of sleeping foui
days. The little one attended some
school exercises recently, and while
there became suddenly dizzy. She was
excused from school and Immediately
went to her home and fell asleep. The
parents were much alarmed, but since
her awakened from the lethargic state
she seems to be getting along nicely.
James Smith, Spokane boy, II
years old, was arrested Tuesday on a
charge of larceny. 1t is claimed that
the boy forged his fathers name to a
note, which was sent to his mother,
asking her to come down town. While
she was away from the rooms, it is
said, the boy secured $25 of his fathers
money. When searched at the sta
ton, $24.7j and the half of n lead
5O-cent piece were found in his pockets
Willis Cooper bears the proud dis
tinction of being the youngest mana.
ger OF farm in Eastern Washington
| at least, il not in the entire Northwest
Willis is II years of age, and owns l2C
acres OF as fine land as can be found
ill the Palouse, and does all of his own
blowing, narrowing and seeding, and
having bought the land from his faith
or on nine years time, applies the an
nual profits of the farm to his indebt
edness.
The three boy burglars who came
before Judge Brents at Walla Walls
were from one block, One was sen!
to Bishop SCOTS school, Portland
one to Tacoma and the disposition OF
the other is not known. The Judge
required the parents to keep them out
of the county for three years. One Of
the trio said to the Marshal: "You
bet | would have peppered your old
Dutch hide with bullets If | only had
had my pistol"
Mr.. Edward Henshaw, who resided
near Rocky Point, leads very un.
fortunate life. While at Kelso re.
Gently he lost $40 gold piece from
his pants pocket: previous to that
time he visited Portland and purchased
a new suit of clothes, and after putting
them on he dropped $40 in gold in the
pockets and shortly afterwards it was
gone. Last week some one broke into
his house during his absence and
lifted" everything of value.
j. ID. Schafer, a resident of the Sat.
sop valley for about q years, was
found dead in his bed Thursday morn
ing. He had been afflicted with kid.
ney trouble for several years. Wcdnes
day evening he ate his supper as usual
and retired; on his failure to arise at
the usual time in the morning it was
found that he had quietly passed away
during the night. Mr.. Schafer was
born in Germany about IS years ago.
He leaves wife, four sons and one
daughter.
Two bandits held up the conductor
| and motOrman of an East Side street
car, Tacoma, at $50 Monday night.
The men entered the car together,
drawing handkerchiefs over their
faces at the same time. The conduc-
tor and mOtorman were compelled to
turn their faces away while their
pockets were rifled The section
where the robbery occurred is near the
city limits, but not three blocks from
well-lighted and thickly settled
section of the city.
An explosion OF giant powder in the
Cleveland mine, 20 miles west of
Springdale, last Sunday, resulted in
the instant death of John Moriarity,
and severely injuring William John
son, both miners. Johnson was
thrown through a hole in the wall
scarcely large enough for man to
crawl through. In climbing down a
ladder after the accident johnson
struck another miner named Wiy,
who fell to the floor of the shaft, re-
ceiving internal injuries by the fall.
The explosion is attributed to cold air
coming in contact with the powder.