Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-08-11
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary Of News Gathered From
all Parts Of the State.

A Brief Summary Of News Gathered From
all Parts Of the State.
Henry J. Sutton, aged 45, killed
himself Friday morning, in his room
at the Grand hotel in Spokane. He
left wife and grown daughter at
Palouse. No letter or message as
signed the reason for the suicide.
There are sol mules staked out on
the sand flats south OF the Eureka
dock, Tacoma, and there they will re-
main until the transport Port Albert
is ready to sail for Manila. Four hum
dred of these mules were used in the
Cuban and Porto Rico campaigns.
Among those burned out by the
Garfield fire, Sunday, were NJ. w.
Smith and wife, an aged couple. The
house they were occupying was a gift
from their soma consolation present
for the property they lost during the
panic. Now they are homeless again.
The Tacoma grand jury will investi-
gate the killing of Mrs. c. r. Corey
by her husband last March. DR..
Corey shot Mrs. Corey while both
were asleep. He was dreaming that a
man was attempting to kill his wife
and pulled revolver from under his
pillow and fired.
"The month of July was a bump.
er for filings on land" said j. NJ. Hill
Register of the Walla Walla land of.
flee to Union reporter, "and it
cracks the record. In the district
962l.23 acres were taken up during
the month and maybe you think ii
didn't keep the Office force hustling."
Frank Stringer and Elmer Beck
the l6-year-old boys of South Bend
who were arrested last week at Che
halls for stealing two horses belong
ing to the formers father, were giver
preliminary examination before
Justice Mcmillan of Willapa, Monday
They pleaded guilty and were held TO
trial in $1,000 bail.
The body of Andrew Peterson wa.
found in the woods about two miles
from Tacoma Wednesday. A half
filled bottle of morphine lying by his
side told the story of his death and a
short note directed to his brother in
dicates he had been dead since May
Is. Peterson was q musician who dis
appeared about three months ago.
People returning from church Sun
day evening discovered a fire in the
rear of the county Jail at. Colfax and
gave the alarm, preventing the roast
ing of half a dozen prisoners. The
prisoners during the day had beer
clearing the court yard, and left pile
of rubbish smouldering near the Jail
A brisk wind soon after blew the
embers into the rear of the building.
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Gear received hel
teachers certificate this week from
the Office OF the State Superintendent
and the last act of the long fight j.
ended. Mrs Gear was teaching il
the Tacoma schools when Superinten
dent Browne ordered her certificat,
taken away on the grounds of unprof
fessional conduct. Mrs. Gear carried
the case into the court and the Su
preme Court granted her rights.
Sidney Herr, of Portland, aged 80
was drowned at Medical Lake =
4 80 Tuesday afternoon. Hern, wht
could not swim, was bathing anC
climbed upon some rocks, from
which it is customary for swim
mers to dive. In some way he fell
into the lake, where there was about
IL feet of water, and before Franz
Allison, who was bathing with him
could come to his assistance, he sank
After ten minutes the body was re
covered.
A United States geological survey
ing party, in charge of Fred G. Plum
mer, are camped in the mountains
about ten miles north of Stevenson
The party have been examining the
Mount Rainier forest reserve, and be-
gan work in the spring of 1898. By
the close of this year they expect to
have the work completed. The ex
animation is of timber, underground
and soils. A map is being made
which will be more accurate and give
more information of this interesting
part of Washington than any MAJ
ever published. The Mount Rainie
forest reserve covers the greater par
of Skamania county.
A Pendleton attorney was in Cola,
last week in quest of the heirs of (
Miss Gendro, who recently died on tn,
Umatilla reservation. 1t seems tina
Miss Gendro, who was a half-cast In
dian woman, went from Colfax tt
Umatilla years ago and was married
to white man. A divorce followed
and she was again married. Afte
her second marriage she secured an al
lotment of valuable lands on TIT
Umatilla reservation and thereafte
died. The question as to the rights
of the two surviving husbands was lit
igated in the United States courts anG
resulted in q decision to the efec
that neither of her marriages was lie
gal, and the property should descent
to the next kin of the deceased. Be
sides the land there is considerable
sum of money waiting to be distribut
ed to the relatives of the woman, mos
of whom live in Stevens county.