The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-01

NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES.


Rossland is 70 have paid ire depart.
-sens.
Coltax is to have an ail-nigas telephone
service
Bossharg has a brass band OF fifteen
members.
spokane has ssfa pupils IN tho public
schools. the largest enrolment on record
The state land commission has par
chased SIX Siist bonds az school district
No. =. In Adams county.
TWO cases ~ CHAMBERS have 5een discov.
cred Al Spokane. and over s.sso horses
have been exposed 10 the coai2gloH-
Alonxo NJ Murphy declines 10 re the Re.
publican candidate for mayor Of Spokane.
and announces his candidacy for congress
in 1894
Officials of Stevens and Ferry counties
are GspGtlae as 70 who should prosecute
Jack Hennesey for attempted murder. and
the latter may so free.
Washington prunes are eeinx shipped
To California where they are sold under
the name Of Imported goois. on account
Of their superior quality.
The energetic Jap has made his appear
ance In the Skykcmish valley and Is 10
he employed getting out shingie belts Tor
the !lrm Of Gray & CO., OF Everett.
Il. $. Pettygroye. Jr., OF Port Townsend,
was arrested recently al Port Townsend
at the instance af Game Warden Wyckon
for killing hooters" cut Of SEASON he
was HfeI Viz ana costs.
Portland citizens will endeayor 10 raise
q fund Of sis,0sn, 70 he used In entertaining
the members Of the National Editorial IA
sociaiion, whose annual meeting vii 30
held in Portland in July.
The remainder az the Fort Colyig~
abandoned military reservation can now be
purchased ar private sale by citizens OF tnu
Ahou. 100 acres are yet unsoii.
tn. newly elected hre department chief
~
council 10 the effec. tha. he will insist
apon having the appointing, and fali con-
troll % ali men under ais charge
Medical Director Maj Rudolph c. Ebert
possibility Of smallpox being introduced
, In Vancouver barracks. and has issued =
sh",- famiIjes ssislers and government
employees 20 he vaccina;ed.
Hiram f. Mosely and Roy r. Brit,ton.
OF the Spokane high school. are visitors as
raising OF funds for the american Boy
hattleshtp To he presented 20 the United
States government by the school children
Of the United States.
The ladies Of Fairhaven have organized
an athletic club. which commenced with
twenty-five members, but has become 50
popular that the number has Increased 10
thsrty-two. These are formed into squads
of sixteen rae nshers the two divisions TAX.
ing Their exercises alternately After
course of physical culture exercises tho
ladies propose 10 have club room nttetd
up with apparatus for gyfnnastic cxer-
cises.
The steamer Newburg picked up piece
Of line with a Iarg. block IF wood at
tached 10 IL IN her propeller at Aberdeen.
and Divers have been working on her, but
So far have been unable TO clear her, ana
she may have 10 discharge her cargo and
go the beach 10 clear the wheel. There
is no dock here for vessels. and the beach
has TO he used. which ~ slow and incnn-
venient A dock Is badly needed, bat So
far IL has been impossible TO enlist capital
in the enterprise
yictoria's new society. the Native sons
Of British Columbia. have perfected ;heir
organization. and elected The fosle~tng of
feers. Past chief factor, DR.. J. >. Helrnc-
ken; chief factor, J. Stuart Yates. first
vsce-factor. Frank Iitsgin: second sice-
factor. =. r Heniy honorary treasurer.
/ w. A. Ward: secretary r; G. Smith; re-
sentins,. r. smith: committee. II. d.
Helmcken, NJ p p; ID. II. ker, George
Naisigan. George Langley and Joseph
Wilson.
Robert a Rhodes conductor OF a freight
train on the Portland. Vancouver a Yak
ina railroad. and resident of vancou-
yer. Wash. was killed last Thursday by
being run ever by portion Of his train
a; 81. Johns The accident occurred while
switching the cars. the forward truck cf
the car. which ne WAS standing Jump
ing the track. which threw him Under fne
eneeis III ~as seen BY the fireman. who
ssguslei THE engineer 20 atop. but Il was
too late He was terribly rnangieA. flia
last words were. Goodbye, boys. It's all
OF With me-" The coroner trnpaneled .
fury which rendered a verdict Of acct.
dental death.
As result CT chance shot from a rife.
Albert Colther. che S-ysar-bit son Of
George Coltaer. OF Moran Prairie. near
Spokane is dead, and his i1-year-ais ccm-
Qansaa who ato, him, Homer HASTE. 10
strnost craz.ss With grief. The shooting
took pIaee Sunday afternoon. A number
u small boys % the nesghborhSod were
collected together, shooting at squirrels.
Among them Homer Haste. who hRa
a %s-Eaifts@r rife Win which ne had for
marty shot of orc Of MS fingers. Little
Albert coa;aer was watching the sport
tram .Ae hack ~ a horse. where 20 vat
holding fast "a his elder sister, who sat
In front u hfrTs on the animal
A woman wei dressed. x 4 cn AT Eugene
Or from iae bt.n8 baggage ~ Monday
nights train from Portland. She asked The
officers 10 place her In the city fail. saying
sac rad no means. Asked Sow she got here
from Portland. sae said xae first rode in
the ceach anf was pslf II. whsn nAe rgt
on the blind baggage She saf1 she vas
a member 0t = theatrical tTaap. that went
20 pteeex In tae metropolis. ard that sne
wanted 20 get - gar Francisco. where xhe
has resattses ard friends She requested
Marsha Stiles Ia permit her 20 remain in
fsQ until tire south tpgsud overland ~as
Fee when she would get away on that
train She ds1 aet wars 70 - Naen on tha
age Is vsH dressed, has two sosa rings
c3zlly.