Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-03
STATE NEWS.

Eleven deaths from diphtheria oc-
CURED in Seattle in January. All
were in sections without sewerage and
without city water.
Earl Bruner, aged Z years, was
frozen to death Tuesday evening while
on his way home from school, mile
and half from Tekoa.
Private F. A. Doty, of battery C,
heavy artillery, California volunteers,
was drowned in the ocean beach at
Fort Candy, last week.
A girl BABY weighing II pounds was
born to Mrs. A. Brown, of Colfax, Sun
day. 1t is the smallest baby ever born
in Whitman county.
Many counterfeit dollars, half dol
lars and quarters are in circulation in
Spokane. The dollars are dated 1886.
1t is believed gang of counterfeiters
is making money in the mountain dis
tricts.
Saturday evening, Carl Usengnnner,
Walla Walla boy, was caught pass
ing counterfeit nickels in different
slot machines. He was placed under
custody, and the spurious coin taken
away from him.
Red" Jones, the man who escaped
from the police three times and was
shot at seven times by Spokane officers.
WAS captured Monday evening at Mar
Gus. When Jones got away from Off
Ger Hindman kilograms were sent out
to officers in towns adjacent to Spo-
kane, giving his description and telling
sherifis that he WAS bad man.
The freight train came in last Fri
day evening minus caboose, conductor
and brakeman. The coupling with
which the caboose was attached to the
train broke and left it behind near
Addy. Upon the arrival here the
break was discovered by the engineer
and he went back after the missing
link.-Colrilie Index.
Thomas II. Clark, shoemaker of
Vancouver, was found dead in his
chair, Tuesday afternoon. His death
is supposed to have resulted from
heart failure. Clarke had evidently
just taken a drink of water, for a
drinking cup was found lying at his
feet. Deceased was GO years of age
and leaves wife and seven children.
A wood train OF two large fiat cars
and the powerful motor car of the Ia
coma Traction Company got beyond
the control of the crew on a steep
grade on the Tacoma-Puyallup line
Wednesday morning. After q wild
run down the hill, the train plunged
over a bridge, dropping to the bed of
the creek 10 feet below. The motor
man and brakeman had jumped from
the runaway train just before the
bridge was reached, and thereby es-
capped injury.
A man who gave the name OF Fay,
and who claimed to live near Colfax,
drove couple of cows to Oaksdale the
other day and sold them to William
Batterton, the butcher, for $50 The
man told Batterton that he took the
cows from a farmer living near Tekoa
on debt. On Monday Mr.. Drake, of
Palouse, arrived at Oakesdale and
claimed that the cows belonged to
him. The man who sold the cows was
traced to Palouse, and a warrant was
sworn out for his arrest.
When Attorney Wickersham took
up the "million dollar" suit for the
city of Tacoma for 10 per cent. of the
judgment, n political opponent, now of
the Federal brigade, told him he
hadn't sense enough to 60 in when it
rained." Now that Wickersham has
won, and has fee of $4,000. he got
even with his sneering opponent by
purchasing silk umbrella, in the in
side of which is painted: al do, do
your The umbrella was sent to the
brigadier just after the Senatorial
election had taken place.
, Sheriff Brown arrived at Ellensburg,
Wednesday, with William Waugaman,
who, in demented condition, wan
dered into the mountains near Leaven-
worth and had his feet so badly frozen
that one of them had to be amputated.
1t is not believed that the man is per-
manently insane, and he will not be
examined for insanity until he has re-
covered from his injuries, His parents
live in Oregon, and have been informed
of his condition, which is very serious.
Before his misfortune he was section
hand on the Great Northern at Rock
Island.
w. w. Kline, a Portland man, who
has just returned from Dawson, was
buncoed out of 5000 at a card game on
the Portland train. When the train
reached Tacoma, the bunco man, Ed.
Harris, jumped off, Kline took after
him, and with the aid OF bystanders,
ran him down. Harris is a member
of the "Soapy" Smith gang, and it
took nearly the whole of the police
force to hold him while they were TAX
ing his photograph for the rogue's
gallery. Kline is locked up to insure
his appearance against the bunco man.
Kline's money and marked cards were
found on Harris.
The well.known confidence man,
Monte Pete," ia again in the Tekoa
neighborhood. Wednesday he made
trip over the Wallace branch, where he
managed to catch sucker in the per-
son of a young man whose only name,
so far as known, is "Shorty." The
latter is somewhat of card sharp him.
self, and when "Monte Pete" got ON
Tho train in en- annarentlv intoxicated