The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-22
WASHINGTON.

men at Point Wilson have been raised
to rs cents an hour.
Tacoma authorities have compelled
the removal of bicycle racks in front
Of business houses ON Pacific avenue.
Charles Ross. night Waterman in a
mill near Deming, was held up and re-
lieved Of $16 by Russian Finn, name
unknown.
Washington has 13.442,5S2 acres of
Incorporated lands and 11,141,585
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, 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 1,242,585
acres, Of which 521,271 acres have been
taken under the land laws, 1896, 529
acres are reserved, and 32,118 acres re-
main open to location.
In Chehalis, at the home of his
wife's parents, Ed Sshidel, q young
man % 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.
Goddard's report for June shows that
1t contains 692 inmates, of whom two.
thirds are males.
w. r. Gragg. the farmer who at.
tempted to commit suiside in Garfield
after an unsuccessful attempt to muir.
der his wife and Mrs. Carroll. of Spo-
kane. is rapidly improving.
George Burch, Frank Priest, and a
man known as "Sea Lion Charley"
were fishing over the bar at Newport.
Ore, when a heavy sea capsized the
but the other men were rescued by the
life saving crew.
Work on the Kettle Falls-Republic
road is progressing rapidly. Though
many hard places have been encoun.
tered the uniform grade has been
maintained. The grade is wide
enough for all kinds of vehicles.
These men Of the First Washington
volunteers have been given commits
sions by General Otis in the new regi-
ments formed at Manila: Major, w. B.
Luhn, Of Spokane; Captain, George B.
Lamping, of Seattle; First Lieutenant,
Milo G. Corey, of Spokane.
Constable Jerry Daniels, aged u
years and IL days, is out with chal-
lenge to run any man in Whatcom
county, aged 1872 or more, foot race
100 yards or more, half q mile pre-
ferred. Capt. Henry Roeder, aged u
years and months, Is the only man
barred.
The body of Paul Reuther. the Ger
man contractor of San Diego. who
leaped from the Post street bridge into
the waters of the Spokane river on the
morning Of June 30th last, has been
found near the Ten Mile bridge quar-.
ter of mile above the mouth of the
Little Spokane river.
Surveyors ]. s. and G. J. Howard,
and crew of 16 men. have begun the
permanent survey of the big canal Of
the Gold Hill High Line Ditch Com
pany, and they will push the work of
setting the permanent grade stakes,
traversing and cross-sectioning as fast
as possible.
DIR. G. w. Power, of Spokane, SEN
fenced to five years Imprisonment in
the Walla Walla penitentiary and to
pay fine Of $1,000. has taken an ap-
peal to the supreme court. DR.. Power
was convicted of manslaughter, being
charged with having caused the death
of Cora Reinhart, in Spokane, last De-
cember.
Beginning with this month the sal.
aries are increased of all the employees
in the Spokane county building except
the heads Of offices, whose salaries are
fixed by state law. The increase is
from to 10 per cent over the pay
heretofore allowed.
Alice Ristine, a dance hall girl, leap
ed from the steamer Albert outbound
from Port Hill, Idaho. recently, and
was drowned. She killed herself be-
cause she had quarreled with Horace
Devoe, the man with whom she had
been living.
Frank c. Fodder, Of Meyers Falls
who has just returned from a trip
over on the reservation, had a narrow
escape from death on Monday last
During the heavy thunder storm on
that day Mr.. Feeder was riding along
the trail about six miles beyond Halls
Ferry, and leading two pack animals,
when lightning struck q tree a few
feet from him and killed the horse he
was riding and also the two pack ami.
mails instantly. The shock was felt
by Mr.. Fodder but slightly.