Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-12-23
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary of News Gathered From all
Parts Of the State.

A Brief Summary of News Gathered From all
Parts Of the State.
Scarlet fever is spreading at Colfax.
Whitman county produced $780,
600 bushels of wheat this year.
The Socialists elected a Councilman
at the recent city election in Port
Angeles.
Wheat is down to 40 cents bushel
in many OF the towns of Eastern
Washington.
A Spokane man named Burke
claims to have invented an airship
that will work.
Chicken thieves are raiding Puy-
allup hen roosts. Several fine ilocks
have been stolen.
One hundred and seventy-nine cars
Of wheat have been received at Walla
Walla so far this month.
Ice is eight inches thick at Union
town, in the Palouse, and business men
are putting up supply.
The Pc Ell Examiner has removed
its plant to Chehalis, where it will
continue publication as the Chehalis
Examiner.
The remains OF Dan Curran, miss
ing Satsop rancher, were found in q
boom of logs at an Aberdeen shingle
mill last Friday.
Now that there is only one steamer
between San Francisco and Grays
harbor, freight rates on merchandise
have nearly doubled.
Masked robbers armed with pistols
and clubs held up John Sweeney in
his grocery store at AT First avenue
west, Seattle, the other night and
stole $3.50.
A Sibley, agent of the Sumas, Sc
attic Il International railroad COM
mittcd suicide at Wha,com, on the
night of the 18th inst. Dependency
is assigned rs the cause.
Dora Reinhart, young woman
upon whom criminal operation is
supposed to have been performed, was
found dead in bed at Spokane, Thurs
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Edgar Yemman, Il Walla Walla
attorney, who was arrested on the
charge of concealing government
property, has been released under $500
bonds, on his own recognizance.
Horace Greece, farmer of Downing
gulch, was taken to Colfax the other
evening and lodged in Jail on a charge
of insanity. 1t was all three strong
men could do to handle him.
w. J. Jenkins, of Centralia, had the
misfortune to lose both OF his valuable
bird dogs this week. One was valued
at $3.50 and the other at nearly as
much. The dogs got hold of salmon.
Puget Sound has about 100 islands
in it, area about 500 square miles. The
Straits of Fuca has about Is islands,
and there are as many more between
Cape Flattery and the Columbia river.
The Island county mail steamer Sc
home is hard fast on Shag rock, near
East Sound. She went out of her
course during fog on the new run
from Whatcom. She cannot be
saved.
Somerville Brothers, of Centralia,
got their new GO-horsepower locomo-
tive last week. They are now expect
ing the rails, and will commence
building their new logging railroad at
Napavine at once.
Matilda Fox, 1 years old, daughter
of Frank Fox, a reservation dairyman,
was burned to death at Tacoma, last
Friday ne result of her clothing
catching fire while playing in front
of an open fireplace.
Mr.. Hitler, of Ritzville, who was
overcome by gas from coal stove, of
which an account was given in last
weeks STANDARD, died Saturday, and
was buried beside his wife, who died
from the same cause.
At $40 Tuesday evening Thomas
Grace was run over by street car on
the line between Everett and the
smcltsr and had both legs almost
severed from the body. He died at
the Everett hospital few hours after
ward.
A Bonner, the Humptulips rancher,
whose daughter was abducted last