Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-06-25
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
indian wants His Losings Back
NendnII Hall in TrOuble-Sho-
shone County bonds To BE Tested
suicide From II Train at Albany
Fails.

Before adjournment Saturday the
Whitman county commissioners passed q
ruling that the clerk and sheriff will
henceforth be allowed but two deputies
each and that the board will pay for nc
more detective work.
The board of county commissioners at
Colfax has on file letter from Governor
Rogers in regard to the keech pardon
ease which was written to w. w. Saun
ders of Spokane, attorney for Mrs. keech
and filed with Auditor Tobin as part
of the record of the case. The letter l,
dated at Olympia, May 10, and Is a.
follows: "Iour letter OF May ID at
hand Relating to the Keech pardon
can only reiterate what has been said
now number of times. The pardon
was granted keech Internationally. 1T
is a matter of record in the executive
office. 1t was, however, sent to Judge
Mcdonald to be by him delivered to
Keech. | do not desire to be drawn into
a squa bible, having difficulties Of my own
to look after. and therefore must beg to
be excused from signing the certificate
which you enclose. Yours very truly,
j. Il. Rogers
Mrs Eliza Mcclure Alexander, who
has been sufferer for six weeks from Il
paIalytic stroke, died last week at Hill
ward Deceased was born March /, 1919,
in Sanford, Browne county, New York.
In 1912 she was married to Peter p. Al
cNander In 1856 the family removed to
Iowa county, Wisconsin, which was then
wilderness, living for several years in
Ayoca. and later in Vernon county. The
husband died in 1881. Mrs. Alexander
came to Spokane in 1887, and has re-
sided in Hillyard four years. Her de-
scendants now living consist of six sons,
% grandchildren and four great grand
children. Two sons and a daughter pre-
ceded her to the grave. Her sons are
Charles ID. of Tamora, Neb.; F. w. of
Virginia, Wis; Frank NJ of Waterville,
Wash, and 5. L., f. I. and Fred L, of
Spokane Two brothers and a sister in
Browne county, New York, survive her.
Indian Commissioner SnoWden has sue
ceeded in saving for Sarah Wannochin
balance OF about $500 remaining of
moneys for land owned by her son on
the Puyallup reservation. She claims
she was influenced by the former commits
soners TO sign a power of attorney to sell
the land upon the representation that 1T
was a probate paper. The land was then
sold and $1,000 of the purchase money
given to Mary Taylor, who claimed to be
the wife of Joe Wannochin. The old
woman will get the balance left
Abraham Sequa, an Indian living on
the Occur d'Alene reservation, was i'll
1ekoa last week to see if he could get
Louie Arapa, another Indian. The story
told by Abraham is that he visited Louie
Friday night and engaged in a friendly
game of poker. The former was lucky
and won Il sum of money, gun and
a saddle from the latter but it appears
that the articles were not delivered to
the winner at the time. The next morn
ing Abraham returned to Louie's house
to get the goods he had won. but the lat
ter refused to deliver them, and Abra-
ham came to Tokoa to get legal advice
He seemed much disappointed when he
found he could not collect the debt.
Measles are raging in COlfaX, and a
large per cent of the children who have
never had the disease are down, but there
are no serious eases and the weather is
ideal for this disease. Pullman is atliict-
ed the same way, and a resident of Pull
man declares fully one-half the youthful
population of the town have the disease.
Bent on rigid economy Rockford's
school board employed but one teacher
for the summer term of two months, but
when at the end of the first month there
were nearly 80 names on the roll, Mr..
Brewer declared an assistant must be
furnished him, and Miss Hilga Hanson,
one of this years graduates, was APP
pointed to that position
Chris Ennis has Just returned from a
trip to Ireland, whittier he went to see
relatives and friends, says the Walla
Walla Statesman. He reports having
had a delightful time, and was especially
impressed with the beauty of the Emer-
aid Isle. One thing particularly was no.
ticeable, being the profusion of flowers
that grow along the roadsides, making
the thoroughfares appear more like parks
than public highways. Mr.. Ennis says
that there is a splendid prospect for
crops in Ireland but the little fields look
ed to him like playing farming.
May, little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Lowary of Sprague, who are Wis,
iting near Walla Walla, ate several NOR.
phine tablets the other evening, and the
childs life was only saved after three
hours hard work by the physicians. The
little girl thought the tablets were can