Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-08-18

creek, when the wind struck the first
one and twisted the center entirely
out and left the ends standing, the |
other stack was right in the track of |
the twister and when it had got
through with it, there was very little |
of the stack left.
An engine and four box-cars ran
away on the Oakesdale branch of the |
Great Northern few days ago. The
cars were loaded with coke from the
Fairhaven mine, and they came down
the steep grades and around the curves
at 1OO-mile clip. They kept the
rails for several miles, but when with
in two miles of Sedro-W oolley,
the whole train jumped the track at
sharp curve and almost demolished it.
self. The cars and engines are re-
ported complete wrecks.
A decree was filed for record Tues
day, at Spokane, by which Colonel
W. w. ID. Turner was divorced from
his wife, Blanche Turner, on the
grounds of abandonment and deser-
ton. The complaint upon which the
divorce was granted alleged that Mrs.
Turner had, since 1899, been living at
Mobile, Ala, and had declared that
she would not return to her husband.
The plaintiff has given his wife $l75,-
700 worth OF personal property, which
he was willing that she should retain.
A man named Pattison, who re-
Gently came to Tacoma from the East
and was employed at the st. Paul
mill, made an Intellectual attempt at
suicide Tuesday, at the Willard house.
He had received telegram a short
time before announcing the death of
his wife and took u large quantity of
Dover's powder and whisky, under the
impression that the powder was poison
GUS. The dose was so large, however,
that the man was in q critical condi-
ton for several hours.
Mrs. F. B. Shardlow, of Yakima,
was severely burned about the feet,
arms and hands by the explosion of
lamp. She was in a bath and mas
sage establishment, taking a bath
which requires all of the person of the
victim excepting her head to be in
closed in q cabinet with q lighted
lamp. When the explosion occurred
the woman in charge at once be-
came panic.stricken, and was unable
to render any assistance. Mrs. Shard-
low struggled frantically to release
herself from the cabinet, and finally
succeeded, but not until she was 80
badly burned that she has been con-
fined to her bed ever since, almost I'M
able to move hand or foot.
Dan Munroe, charged with having
robbed Reuben Sealer of $500 in
gold dust, $40 in cash and q gold
watch and chain, was arrested Wednes-
day at Kalama by Frank Kirby,
Sheriff of Cowlitz county. Munroe
had all the gold dust on him when
captured. When he was caught he
made the remark, "Well, it's all up
now. / suppose the officer will be
right after me-" The crime with
which Munroe is charged was COM
mitted in Seattle between 2 and 5
o'clock on Thursday morning, of last
week. Munroe is alleged to have met
his old.time friend, Sealer, and stayed
all night with him at his rooms.
Sealer claims that when he awoke,
both Munroe and his gold were gone.
A reward of $500 has been earned by
Sheriff Kirby.
Some Republicans are fine citizens!
Over in Whitman county two gentle.
men offered to collect certain taxes for
20 per cent. of the amount brought in.
The Chairman of the Republican
County Central Committee got wind
OF this arrangement and wanted to get
in on the deal. He threatened to use
his influence against the would-be
collectors if they would not raise their
commission 10 per cent. and let him
have that much of the proceeds OF the
proposition. Then he said he could
easily work the County Commissioners
to let the three have the contract for
40 per cent. of the amount collected.
But the County Commissioners would
not be worked, the facts leaked out
and Whitman county is torn up over
the disclosures.-Tacon,a News.
At ! o'clock Tuesday morning, at
Republic, the gambling rooms run by
Bert Harris, formerly of Spokane, |
was entered by two masked robbers. |
The four men who were in the room
saw what was coming. 1t was all |
done in a most business-like way. |
Robber No. l covered the men with a |
cutoff shotgun, remarking Hands |
up" Robber No. 2 flashed a 45-calibre
six-shoOter. There was no debate.
The four men stood up in a line and |
held their hands over their heads.
The robbers did the:rest. The man
with the shotgun covered Harris and |
his friends. The other robber went
through the faro bank, then searched |
the pockets of the four sorry citizens
in the center of the room. They
divided the work little to save time,
one robber going through the wheel
while the other took the cash register.
Only two men, Harris and Avery, had
any cash in their pockets, but the
robbers carried off $500 when they
backed out through the entrance and
slammed the door.