The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-08
WASHINGTON.

WA8m1NUkVWs
The new armory building in Daven-
port is completed.
Vincent Ryan, prominent newspa-
per man, editor of the Tacoma News.
is dead.
Report has it that work has been
commenced on the Republic end Of the
state road.
Camps of the Native Sons of Wash
ington are being organized in the Pu.
get Sound cities.
U. S. Grant, Jr., and family were in
Seattle last week from San Diego en-
route to Alaska.
The new county of Chelan is short
1897 in the population required for the
organization Of the county.
j.. Hill is perfccting plans for max
ing Fairhaven the starting point for
his Pacific steamship line.
The annual school report of New
Whatcom shows an enrolment Of 1876,
an increase of 1877 over last year.
The stock men of Yakima county
gave a grand banquet to the visiting
federal forestry reserve officials when
there.
The state land commissioners have
approved the sale Of 194 acres of land
in King county, the consideration be-
ing 1924.
Carpenters yesterday began the work
of erecting Edwards college, the new
school Of the United Brethren church,
located at Guy.
The relatives of Walter Shredder,
who was lost in the Mount Baker dis
trict last year, have offered $500 re-
ward for his body.
Sufficient rain has fallen In the La
tab locality during the past few days
to make good crops certainty. Far
mers are quite jubilant.
Pete Miller of Tacoma, who has been
on trial for killing Tiederman Magen-
ton, last March, was convicted of muir
der in the second degree.
The body of Douglas Martin. age 10
years, who was drowned in the Spo.
kane river three weeks ago. has been
recovered four miles below the city
in the river.
Arrangements are being made for
special days for Seattle, Tacoma, Spo
kane and other points, and excursions
will be run over the railroads to &C
commodate those who will be in at
tendance.
Current reports from Wallula are te
the effect that that place is being over
run with tough element of transients
and the common safety of the citizens
is in hazard.
The cruiser Olympia memorial com
mittee has received word that the mem
orial tablet is now completed and ii
held subject to the committees order
1t will probably be forwarded to thil
city at once.
The state fair commission has com
pleted the speed program for races dur
ing fair week, September Is to 30. Th'
purses offered aggregate over $4,000
and include running, pacing and trot
ting matches, for good prizes.
Fairhaven now has Chinatown o
about $50 inhabitants, and it is still
growing. The usual summer influx O
the Mongolians who work in the fisl
canneries began some time ago, an
when active work is ready to begil
there will be about 525 Cinnamon II
that city.
The body of man was found float
ing in the Columbia, near Stevenson
recently. The body had been in tn
water some time. The clothing consist
ed of blue wooden shirt, black trOus
ers, red wooden undershirt and cotto
,, flannel underclothes. The body wa
buried near where it was found.
j. P. Watkins, the mail carrier an
stage driver between Asotin and Ans
tone, met with an accident which jal
red him up considerably. The team ra
off the grade and rolled down the hill
: side. The horses were scratched u
, considerably, while Mr.. Watkins ha
one of his ankles badly sprained. Fo
= tunately, there were no passengers 0
the stage.
Two sons of William Powers have r
turned to Palouse after an absence I
three years in California. They droN
:, the entire distance with four-hor'
team and covered wagon, and ha'
been on the road since April 1. The
, have returned to Palouse to stay, al
= bring discouraging reports of the co
- ditions in California as result of tt
protracted drouth.