The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-07-22
WASHINGTON.

men at Point Wilson have been raised
to 25 cents an hour.
Tacoma authorities have compelled
the removal of bicycle racks in front
of business houses on Pacific avenue.
Spokane may enjoy a visit from
Henry M. Teller, the famous silver
senator from Colorado, in the near flu
ture.
Charles Ross, night Waterman in
mill near Deming, was held up and re-
lieved of SIG by Russian Finn. name
unknown.
Washington has 13,442,5S2 acres of
unappropriated lands and IL, 141,5S
acres of lands resolved from settle
ment
The walls of the vault for the court
house at Republic are several feet
above the ground and the first story of
the building is up.
Albert Johnson, a youth of West
Chehalem, has designed and put into
operation plan for moving hay with
pulleys and fork.
The treasury department has au-
thorized the transfer of the customs
boat heretofore used at Seattle to Fri
day Harbor for the use of the deputy
collector there.
The body of an unknown man was
fished out of the Swinomish slough at
La Conner From papers found on
the body it is supposed that the mans
name was John P. Moe.
Chehalic county contains 1,242,5S5
acres, of which 521,271 acres have been
taken under the land laws. 395,529
acres are reserved, and 32,11S acres re-
main open to location.
In Chehalis, at the home of his
wife's parents, Ed Sshidel. a young
T man 20 years old, took his life by
/ shooting himself with rifle, severing
, the whole top of his head.
The Steilacoom insane asylum is
crowded to its utmost capacity. Supt.
Goddards report for June shows that
| it contains 692 inmates, of whom two
+ thirds are males.
w. r. Gragg, the farmer who at
tempted to commit suiside in Garfield
f after an unsuccessful attempt to muir
|. der his wife and Mrs. Carroll, of Spo
kane, is rapidly improving.
l. George Burch, Frank Priest, and g
l. man known as Sea Lion Charley,
e were fishing over the bar at Newport
r Ore, when heavy sea capsized the
but the other men were rescued by tb,
e. life saving crew.
It Work on the Kettle Falls-Republi,
y road is progressing rapidly. Though
lie many hard places have been encoun
c. tered the uniform grade has beer
maintained. The grade is wild
r enough for all kinds of vehicles
W These men of the First Washington
n. volunteers have been given commits
OF sions by General Otis in the new reg
Of ments formed at Manila: Major, w.
Luhn. of Spokane; Captain, George Z
ne Lamping, of Seattle; First Lieutenant
Id Milo c. Corey of Spokane.
v, Constable Jerry Daniels, aged 7
n. years and IL days. is out with cha
e. lenge to run any man in Whatcor
of county, aged 72:12 or more, foot rae
100 yards or more, half a mile pr,
he ferred. Capt. Henry Roeder, aged Z
h. years and months, is the only ma
of barred.
lg The body of Paul Reuther, the &c
a man contractor of San Diego, VIII
lie. leaped from the Post street bridge int
as the waters of the Spokane river on til
lie. morning of June 30th last, has bee
tie found near the Ten Mile bridge qua
TO- ter of a mile above the mouth of tn
is Little Spokane river.
ct Surveyors j. S. and G. J. Howar
nd and a crew of 16 men, have begun I'll
an permanent survey of the big canal
the Gold Hill High Line Ditch Cor
at pany, and they will push the work
te- setting the permanent grade stake
ar traversing and cross-sectioning as ia
A. as possible.
vi DR.. Z. w. POWER, OF SPOKANE, Sc
de fenced to five years Imprisonment
oh the Walla Walla penitentiary and
is pay a fine of $1,000, has taken an a
peal to the supreme court. DR.. Pow
ms. was convicted of manslaughter, beiI
IDS charged with having caused the dea
elk OF Cora Remnant, In Spokane, last
gs- cember.
ere Frank G. Feeder, of Meyers Fail
an who has just returned from a tr
Try over on the reservation, had a narrC
,ge escape from death on Monday la
led During the heavy thunder storm
in that day Mr.. Feeder was riding alol
it'll the trail about six miles beyond Hal
,te- Ferry, and leading two pack ANNA
to when lightning struck tree fl
ex- feet from him and killed the horse
itv was riding and also the two pack a.