Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-24
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary Of News Gathered From all
Parts Of the State.
Hoo Hoo.

The shoe firm of Miller & Olsen, o.
Whatcom, have assigned with liabili
ties at $4,000.
Three prisoners broke Jail at Ellens-
burg the other night. They have not
been recaptured.
Hal Griffin of North Yakima found
purse containing $4l5 the other day
No owner has yet claimed it.
A smooth young man named Lewis
Marrs has been passing bogus checks
in Colfax. He is now in jail.
John Station, longshoreman, fell
down the open hatchway of the steam
er Glenogle at Tacoma, Tuesday, and
received fatal injuries.
Freddie Gagan, of McMurray, What.
com county, was drowned while cross
ing the lake at that place while on
his way to school last week.
Mrs. Gephard in the Polouse coun-
try, recently gave birth to five child.
rem. Last year another woman gave
birth to four in the same section of
country.
A letter has been received at Ia
coma from the wife of the captain oil
the sunken ship Andalena, asking i,
there is any possibility OF the body of
her husband being recovered.
The Great Northern fast mail, due
at Seattle at 8 o'clock Monday night,
was wrecked Tuesday morning by
running into slide near Edmunds.
The engine was thrown into the bay.
The passengers escaped injury.
Michael Milano, probably the best
and most popular bootblack of Ia
coma, committed suicide at that place
Monday morning, by sending two
bullets from "a Coils revolver into
his head. The cause was family
trouble.
George Johnson. who is trapping at
Tenisillahl island, rscently caught a
mink that measured "a inches from
tip to tip, and "a inches without the
tail. This is an exceedingly large one,
and the pelt is worth ~ in the East
ern markets.
Mr.. Alger, one of the principal log.
gers on the Coweeman, in Cowlitz
county, will shortly place in his camp
another engine. Last season he put
in about 5,O00,0OO feet of logs, and
expects to increase the output this
year to 100000.
Foreman o. Lapoint, of the Tacoma
shoe mandatory, was crushed to
death Tuesday morning by being
caught between the elevator and up
per floor beams while ascending to
the upper story OF the factory. His
death was due to his own carelessness.
He was % years old,
Melvin Maupin, who has been at
work in Foye & McCleary's single
mill, near Lebam, Tuesday morning,
accidentally ran his hand against a
cut-off.saw, and a thumb and finger
with one side of the hand, was cut
completely off. He was taken on the
train to Centralia for surgical treat
ment.
Burglars are becoming bold in
Walla Walla, as an event that occurred
at the courthouse Thursday proves.
The losing party in this case is none
other than the court, Judge T. III.
Brents. He had pair of gloves that
he wore, and these were in his cham.
bers along with his hat, coat and other
wearing apparel. The gloves have
disappeared, and now the Judge is
looking for thief. The lawyers, uni
versally, disclaim any knowledge OF
the affair.
The body of Charles Close. of the
Pc Ell neighborhood, who went ON q
hunting expedition with two others,
the day before Christmas, in the Bots.
fort mountains, and left the party to
return home, was found last Sunday
within two miles Of his home. He
had lost his way and persisted in the
cold. Weeks of fruitless sndeavor
were made to discover his remains, for
it was almost certain that he had per-
ished. He was found in a sitting
position, and one of his hands grasp.
ing the barrel of his gun was frozen
off.
Suicide with q Winchester shotgun
was the means sought by w. X.
Fuller, q hardware merchant, at Ever
EFT, to end his life. The muzzle of the
gun was placed against the left breast,
directly over the heart, and was dis
charged by placing the toe of the
right foot against the trigger. A short
time after the tragedy occurred, Mrs.
Fuller entered the store and discovered
the body sitting upright in chair in
which the victim had placed himself
before firing the fatal shot. The de-
ceased had been drinking excessively
for several months. He left : wife
and one daughter.