Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-06-23
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary of News Gathered From
all Parts Of the State


all Parts Of the State.
The Chelan river is said to afforo
one of the finest water powers in the
world.
Anna l.. Jordan of Centralia, has
been granted a pension of rs pei
month.
Tacoma has offered 81 900 for u pro
fessional band tournament, to be hello
July 4th.
The First Congregational church OF
Tacoma, celebrated its 25th anniver.
sary Sunday.
A boot and shoe factory has been
established at Castle Rock, by C. j
Hubbard, of Vermont.
All but 10 of the Whatcom county
single mills signed an agreement to
close down on July LIST.
More real estate has been sold at
Winlosk the past twelve months than
in the four previous years.
Winlock's Sunday school children
have presented their pastor, Rev.
Brown, with new bicycle.
Lyman E. Hawkins, of Washougal
who is 81, has as much pleasure rid
ing bicycle as boy of 16.
Five cases of smallpox have de-
veloped among q crew of men EN-.
ployed at a Spokane brick yard.
George Webster, the murderer of
Lige Aspland, in Spokane county, has
been sentenced to be hanged July %.
Mason County Commissioners have
adopted resolution asking the town
council of Shelton to fix the poll tax
at 81.
During the past two years the First
Presbyterian church of Seattle has in
creased the membership $50, and de-
creased the church debt over S., 1000.
The coal prospectors operating near
the mouth Of the Snoqualmie river
have reached depth of $50 feet.
They have the machinery on hand to
go 1000 feet.
Two masked men entered the
Crystal saloon, on Main avenue and
Division street, Spokane, at 2 o'clock
Saturday morning and took SOB
from the barkeeper.
Several Monaghan pheasants have
been released near Foster, in the
Walla Walla country. 1t is thought
they will do we'll in that section if
protected for few years.
Antoine Heneken, well.known
mining man of Seattle, was accident
ally killed Tuesday evening. He was
working on q new house, and fell from
q staging distance OF II feet, break
ing his neck.
The mystery connected with the
burning of Andy Taylor's barn, at
Walla Walla. was cleared Friday,
when Mr.. Taylor's boy confessed that
he found match and went into the
barn and lit it.
A novelty in the form of q puff
ball, 81 inches in circumference and
weighing 81 pounds, is OH exhibition
at Colfax. The puff ball was grown
in the garden OF Fred Metz, in South
Colfax. 1t is attracting a great deal
of attention.
An Eastern syndicate has recently
purchased 10000 acres of timber
land in Lewis county for 100000,
and among the members OF the syndi-
cate appears the name of Thomas
Bracket Reed, Speaker of the ma.
tional House of Representatives.
The Puget Sound Wire Nail l. Steel
Company, of Everett, is now the prop
erty of the American Steel and Iron
trust, which has decided to close up
the business at Everett, and is fast
working up the odds and ends of the
wire on hand, preparatory to closing
down the works. This action was de.
cided upon at the time of purchase by
the trust, but was not given to the
public until few days ago. The nail
works has been one of the substantial
industries of Everett. The monthly
payroll was about $4,000.
Two weeks ago ten boxes of salmon
were stolen from Damon's wharf, on
Gray's hsrbor, about II miles from
Aberdeen. Suspicion was directed to
Joseph Anderson and Daniel Down.
ing, fishermen living in the vicinity.
Officers armed with warrants searched
the hut of Downing, but found no
trace OF the missing fish. Anderson
could not be found, but recently his
dead body was found buried in the
sand. The remains were buried, but
the Coroner became suspicious and
exhumed them. Upon opening the
coffin a CHASTITY sight was presented.
The head Of the body dropped back,
disclosing clean cut from ear to ear,
while the skull had been crushed with
some blunt instrument. Downing has
just been arrested and charged with
murder.