Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-07-21
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary of News Gathered From
all Parts of the State.

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declared a lockout of union employees
and put full forces OF non-union men
at work
The condensed milk factory at
Kent, which mas been closed down for
some time, will tie put in operation by
California capitalists.
Postmaster Browne, of Sank, Skagi
county, has disappeared, as warran,
for his arrest for tampering with the
mails having been issued.
The Pacific Coast Company is re-
ported by the Port Townsend Leader
to be preparing to extend and improve
the Port Townsend railway.
The Northern Pacific is building a
fine new passenger station at North
Yakima. The old depot is being re-
modelled into freighthouse.
f. ID. Holloway has been telegraph
operator at Pascu for 10 years without
vacation, and has sent an average OF
100 kilograms day during that time
The Union Shingle Mill Company's
10.block shingle mill at Aberdeen was
destroyed by fire Friday night. The
loss is about 10000; insurance, 81, 800.
Tom Daniels established a new
record for Washington at the What
com Falls Mill Company's mill, when
he packed $4,000 shingles in IL hours
of consecutive labor.
Canadian fishermen have been
found plying their vocation this side
of the line and have been taken in
charge by Lieutenant Dunwoody, of
the revenue cutter Scout.
The jury in the Miller-Duman case,
at Centralia, awarded the plaintiff
ST. 800 damages. He charged NAL
practice against DR.. Duman, who was
called to set his broken leg.
Charles ElMquist, of Spokane, was
drowned last Sunday, while boating at
Medical Lake. His rowboat was over
turned, and he could not swim. He
leaves a wife and two small children.
State Fish Commissioner Little
went to Blaine the other day to in
vestigate complaints about setting
traps contrary to law. He says that
he proposes to enforce the law and the
sooner the fishermen know it the
better.
The wharves of the Gray's Harbor
sawmills are keeping well cleared of
surplus lumber. Nearly all the mills
are working overtime and cannot keep
up with orders. There has been a
good supply of vessels in the past two
weeks.
A good many gardeners have made
money out of early potatoes, says the
Asotin Sentinel. The very first sold
at $500 a busheI. The present price
is 50 for 100 pounds, when sold direct.
ly to the consumers, and $1.75 when
sold to dealers.
The North Yakima School Board
passed resolution that Professor H.
E. Mcbride, of the Columbia school,
be dismissed for ungentlemanly con-
duct in the presence of the board and
INSTRUMENTATION to the Superintend-
ent, lack Of discipline, etc.
The Gray's Harbor Commercial
Company has commenced the erection
of another box factory, 80x160 feet,
and the machinery is on the ground.
The same company started one side
Of the big mill last week for day
and night run. This company is now
employing 400 men.
Charles H. Baker, President of the
Snoqualmie Falls Power Company, is
at the Seattle hospital with an attack
OF appendicitis. He will 60 to Chi
cago in a few days and while there
have the troublesome sac removed, as
this is the second attack he has suf-
Tered in the past three months.
1t was a sad party which arrived
at Spokane Wednesday evening on the
Northern Pacific from Rathdrum
bringing the bodies of Misses Charlotte
w. Brook and Marion S. Porter, two
popular young ladies of Spokane, who
were drowned Tuesday while boat rid
ing on Spirit Lake. The two young
ladies had been at this lake since the
Fourth of July. Tuesday afternoon
they, in company with Miss Hattie
McCallum and Messrs. Fred Chamber
lain and j. H. Moseley, all OF Spokane,
were out on the lake in a small row
boat, dressed in their bathing suits.
When about 100 yards from the shore
it capsized, throwing the occupants
into the water. The accident was
caused by one Of the party moving
to the side of the boat, causing it to
tip sufficiently to dip water. In
stinctively they all moved suddenly
to the other side, when the boat went
over. Miss McCallum was seized by
Mr.. Moseley, who succeeded in swim.
ming to the shore with her. Mr..
Chamberlain was unable to swim, but
attempted to save the two other ladies,
both of whom he held while clinging
to the overturned boat. His hold
slipped from the boat, however, and all
three sank, Chamberlain being the
only one to reappear. How he got
ashore is mystery, as he could not
swim stroke. In short time after
the accident the bodies of the two
young ladies were recovered by divers,
and every effort was made to resusci-
tate them, but to no avail, life being
extinct. Miss Brook was 81 years of
age and Miss Porter 20.