Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-07-14
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary Of News Gathered From
all Parts of the State.

brIef Summary OF News Gathered From
all Parts Of the State.
Smallpox has broken out at Farm
ington.
There are $685. children of school
age in Walla Walla.
The school census of Tacoma shows
an attendance of $500.
Whitman county tax collections
during June amounted to $27 ,44145.
H. J. Coleman, of Eagle River,
Wis, who sailed from Seattle Wednes-
day for Alaska, has novel scheme to
make fortune in the Klondike. He
took with him a double-decked crate
OF cats on which he expects to realize
at least $1,000. He says the rats are
very troublesome in Dawson and his
cats will bring 500 to $50 each.
At Spokane, Tuesday, five years at
hard labor in the State Peniteutiary
and fine of 81 600 was the sentence
passed by Judge Prather upon DR.. c.
w. Power, who was convicted of caus-
ing the death of Cora Rinehart, at the
United States House, last December,
by performing q criminal operation
upon her and afterward neglecting to
give her proper care.
Clam Joe and Il man named Will
liams, while boating on Gray's harbor,
few days ago, got into row. Will
liams battered Joe's head with the
tiller, and then, believing him to be
dead, jumped overheard and swan to
HOquiam, where he gave himself up
to the officials to answer for the sup
posed killing. When search was insti.
tuted for the boat, Joe was found row.
ing home, far from dead, though sadly
battered, and fine for assault settled
the matter.
At the last session of the Legisla-
ture bill was passed forming new
county to be called Chelan. The for
nation OF the new county was condi-
tional, however, on the result of a
census showing certain population
within the contemplated borders.
This census has been taken and does
not come up to the expectations of
the advocates of the new county.
There are only 4,l6O people there,
which is 1S4 short of the number re-
quired. Therefore there is no Chelan
county.
While stealing ride on a box-car
on the Great Northern at Spokane,
Sunday morning, r. G. Martin was
MORALLY wounded by masked thug.
The purpose was robbery, for there
were Is or 20 men in the car, and all
were relieved of their money. The
thug and his pal came into the car
with q bunch of oil-soaked cotton
waste, and set it on fire for torch.
Martin, who, rs he sat up, together
with several OF the others, thinking
the car was on fire, found himself
looking into the face of q 3S-caliber
Smith & Wesson revolver, held by
man whose face was concealed by a
blue handkerchief. "Throw up your
hands or I'll blow your head off,"
shouted the man in the mask. By
the light OF the torch Martin could see
the man few feet away from him ON
his knees, on top of one of the tobacco
casks. A companion named Deturk
says that Martin replied contempt
uously: "Go ahead and shoot. You
haven't sand enough to shoot" and
Martins hands stayed down. The
words were not more than out of his
mouth when there was flash, and
the other occupants of the car tumbled
after one another in a wild effort to
escape. The bullet struck the left
side of the head, passed out at the
back of the head and lodged in the
ear