Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-03-31

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A Japanese was run over by switch
engine, at Seattle, Tuesday night. His
head and arms were severed from the
body.
Lucius Day, postmaster at Cherry
Valley, was striken with paralysis four
miles from home, and laid in the road
50 hours before being found.
The big Hoquiam hotel is being
turned into tenement-house. Some
II families are now housekeeping in
its formerly handsome rooms.
The steamship Tacoma, which ar
rived at Tacoma Sunday, from China
and Japan, brought 1927 japanese,
most of them of the laboring class.
The Prosser Falls Irrigation COM
pany's ditch and 500 acres of lands
have been purchased by Levi Ankeny
for $4,000. The original cost was
100000.
Charles Swan, an Indian, died at
East Clallam, q few days ago, from
knife wounds received in fight with
Elwah Bob, an Indian. The fight was
over woman.
Frederick Clark, shoemaker of
Rosalia, was found dead in his bed by
a neighbor. The body was found in
the back room of his shop, in which
be lived alone.
A 13.year-old boy of Snohomish
named Madden, living eight mile
east of there, accidentally shot and
killed himself while out hunting with
q rifle the other day.
The Puget Sound Sawmill & Single
Company, at Fairhaven, cut III, 4O2,-
coo shingles and s,213,7S2 feet oflum-
Der last year. Thi is the best shirelc
record OF the United States.
r. A. Rhodes, a brakeman on the
Portland, Vancouver & Yakima rail-
road, was thrown beneath the wheels
OF an engine, near Vancouver, re-
Gently, and instantly killed.
A gun made in the year 1920 is to
be seen at Walla Walla. The weapon
was used in the Cayuse war of Oregon
and the Pague river battles. 1t was
owned by Capt. NJ. X. Beale.
James Redman, grave-digger, has
been arrested at Tacoma for stealing
an evercoat from the morgue. The
coat had been sent to the morgue with
the body OF Adolph Molin, a baker.
The 3-year-old son OF Con Long, a
Chinese tailor, on 309 Yesler way, Sc
attic, was so severely scalded on Sum
day evening that he died the next
day. The Chinese tried to keep the
affair quiet.
The body of Ed. Colson, who was
drowned in the Sultan river on Feb.
1898, was found the other day by NJ.
+. Peake, embedded in sand-bar on
the north bank of the Skykomish river,
about two miles west of Everett.
The Gray's Harbor Commercial
Company's double.block shingle mill,
at Cosmopolis, was destroyed by fire
Tuesday morning. Three million
shingles were burned. The loss is
$4,000, covered by insurance. The
mill will be rebuilt.
1t is predicted the catch OF sockeye
salmon around the mouth of the
Skagit river will be large this season
as the fish turned out during the first
seasons operation OF the hatchery
may be looked for to return to their
native waters this summer.
George L. Colwell, of Ilwaco, says it
is q settled fact that the Ilwaco Rail-
way & Navigation Company will ex-
tend its track to a point above Chi
nook, where deep water can be secured
and better steamer connections made
with Portland than are now possible.
Frank Cook, a brakeman, was nearly
killed by hobo near Starbuck, Tues.
day night. While trying to put the
hobo off the freight train, Cook was
hit over the head with a pair of brass
knuckles. Cooks skull was crushed
and he was taken to Spokane for treat
ment. The hobo escaped.
In fight between William King
man and Jack Burns, two men living
six miles east of Snohomish, Tuesday,
kingman was knocked insensible and
badly injured about the head, from
which injuries he died about midnight.
The two men married sisters and for
some time a family feud had been
brewing.
Robert Bender shot and killed
man named McGonigle, at Prosser,
Sunday morning. The men were
hunting, and the shooting was acct
dental, caused by Bender stumbling as
he was raising his gun to fire at some
birds. McGonigle stood but a few
feet away and received the charge in
his side. He died instantly.
A most distressing accident early
Sunday morning, at Tacoma, resulted
in the death of Mrs. Chas. Corey and
may result in the dethronement of DIR.
Corey's reason. While dreaming he
was killing a stranger who was chas-
ing her along c street, DIR. Corey
seized revolver and shot his wife to
death while she was lying by his side.
With the disappearance of C. s.
Carruthers at Tacoma. the day for
raising the sunken ship Andalana has
been indefinitely postponed. Car
ruthers went to Tacoma a few weeks
ago with story of a new diving suit
ne had that would permit him to