Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-01-06

The Union Trunk Line, Seattle's
big street railway corporation, pre-
scented each of lis 100 employees
turkey for New Years greeting.
a. 4. Brewer, merchant ut Adams
near Walla Walla, was robbed of ST.
OOO in cash from his safe last Monday
night. There is no clue to the thieves.
Alvan P. Porter, aged 81, fell into
the Hoqulam river while engaged in
logging, the other day, and was
drowned. His parents reside in Monte
sanO.
Jenny Perry, 16-year-old girl,
Killed a wildcat with broomstick in
the Yakima valley the other day. The
wildcat was trying to catch her tame
ducks.
III. l.. Gilbert, a Northern Pacific
conductor, was killed at Pullman
Saturday. He fell between two cars,
his neck striking the rail. His head
was severed from the body.
A boy named Delano, living at
Meeker, was playing with a gun and
cartridges when one of the latter ex-
ploded, and pieces of it hit him in
the face, causing the loss of one eye.
Frank +. Buchanan was shot and
killed at Republic camp, Sunday, by
William Nolan. The fatal quarrel
arose over an attempt to jump min
ing claim. Nolan surrendered him
self.
Charles Close, of Boisfort, Lewis
county, left home Wednesday morn
ing OF last week to go hunting and
has been lost ever since. 1t is feared
that he persisted in the mountains
during the storm. Close formerly
lived near Kelso.
The Chehalis City Marshal has
14-year-old boy on his hands. He
found him wandering aimlessly on
the track few days ago. He is evil
IDENTIFY an imbecile, and can give very
little account of himself. In his hat
is the name of Jean Davis, Spokane,
and he had ticket from Portland.
Me Han, the lone Chinese of Che
halls, has picked up his goods and
chattcls and departed. Since the
death of his partner, Fong, he has
imagined that devils have been haunt
ing him, rapping noises on the win
dows particularly alarming him. 1t
now turns out that mischievous boys
played tic-tac on his windows.
The Minneapolis Tribune says: "Col.
J. Ham. Lewis, of Washington, one
OF the foremost reformers in the Popu-,
list camp, saw little or no service, but
is said to have drawn double pay with
neatness and dispatch" Col. Lewis
service was as volunteer aide. He
got no pay for it. There are three
members of Congress who are holding
paid military appointments.
The following social item was hand
ed in to the Whatcom ReueiUe office
the other day: "Mrs. Smith is back
to the this city sine Christmas to viset
her folks, but she has no intencion Of
staying hear, she is going back to
North Dakota in about three weaks.
She Is expectin to get married again
out hear to young Man from Fargo,
n. ID. That is if she can get the di-
vOrce frome her first Husbin."
The little town OF Bridgeport, on
the Columbia river in the northern
part of Douglas county, has been
thrown into fever of excitement by
the advent of Christian Science. Al.
Morrell, the ferryman, was under
Christian Science treatment for n bad
case of blood poisoning. A committee
OF citizens forced their way in to his
bedside, and threatened the Scientists
with prosecution if physician was
not called.
Monday evening, at Arlington,
Ethel Emerson, the 6-year-old daugh-
ter OF j. l.. Emerson was severely
burned. In attempting to kindle a
fire she set fire to her clothes, which
were a mass of flames before Mrs.
Emerson, who was in the parlor, could |
reach her. The flames were smOth-
cred by wrapping the child in blank
ct and removing the clothes, but not
before severe burn was inflicted on
the child's back, her face escaping in
jury.
Thomas Randolph, who held up and
nearly beat to death George Hyde Pres
ton, II prominent attorney in Seattle IL |
or II years ago, is in the Jail of that
city on suspicion of being implicated
in the brutal robbery of aged Thomas
Pirret, at the corner of Madison street |
and Seventh avenue Sunday night.
Randolph is none other than Oscar
Faced" McCluskey, the leader of a
most desperate gang of highwaymen
and thieves which operated in Gin
cinnati, o., Is years ago.
Garfield had narrow escape from |
disastrous fire Sunday night. The
fire started in the basement of brick |
block occupied by r. H. Field & Co.'S |
store. 1t was evidently the work of
an incendiary, as pieces of kindling
wood saturated with kerosene were |
found where the fire started and the |
Odor OF oil was plainly detected by
those who first entered the basement. |
The discovery was made by Herbert |
Gillian, a clerk, who slept in the
store. and was awakened by the smoke |
ana gave the alarm.
The screams of a frightened woman
aroused the neighborhood of Ninth
and Railroad street at 9:45 Sunday |
night. 1t proved to be Mrs. Kidd,
who resides at the Olympia hotel on
Pacific avenue, Tacoma. Mrs. Kidd
was on her way home from visit to
friend on Railroad street and when
she reached the north end of the
Chamber of Commerce building went |
diagonalIy across the street to the
west entrance to the DOnnelly hotel. |
She had just mounted the sidewalk in
front of the entrance when she was |
halted by two men and forced to step
forward into the shadow OF an arch
way, where she was relieved of $50 in
gold. After being robbed she went to
the Olympic club and related her ex-
perience to several members present.