Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-10-27
MEMS Of THE NORTHWEST
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS
Review From the States of wash
inRton, Idaho, Montana and Ore
gon-News of the Past Week
Boiled Down.
WASHINGTON.


fifteen cents per pound. Buyers al
ready intimate they will pay that price
for choice bales.
Two American-born Chinese are reg
istered voters of the city of Seattle.
LIE All Sam and Tu Tu Chin, young
slant-eyed Celestials, have resided in
Seattle for several years, have attained
the legal age of Fl years, have over
come the Chinese disrespect of Ameri-
can institutions, have had their names
regularly entered upon the registration
books, and on November will proba-
bly, both deposit ballots at the polling
place of the Fourth precinct of the
First ward.
Signor Giorgio Minoliti was present
ed by the trustees of the Spokane in
dustrial exposition with a handsome
gold medal as a slight token of the ap-
probation which the exposition Off
Gals and the public generally wished
to convey to the Director of the Royal
Marine Band of Italy.
The Fairhaven Canning Company
plant is closed down for the season.
The cannery put up about 10000 cases
"a third of last year" pack. The
Carlisle Canning Company's plant, on
Lummi island, also ceased operations
recently.
Edward Sutherland is guilty of as
sault with intent to commit murder, as
found by the jury at Wella Walla He
n cfo nd nF
ma Kidwell, aged IS years, being the
victim in both cases. Sentence has
not yet been pronounced.
The death rate of Seattle during Sep
TENDER, based upon an estimated popu-
lation of 10000, was 6.66 per cent
much lower than for several months.
The track-walker for the Spokane
Falls & Northern at Marcus was way
laid by masked men near that place
last week, knocked down and robbed of
his cash. No clue of the robbers can
be obtained. The track-walker had
over 500 in bills sewed into a pocket
under his shirt and a few dollars in
change in his pocket. The bills were
taken but the change was unmolested.
ID. S. Hyde was found dead in a room
in the Pacific hotel at Wilbur. He
used morphine and strychnine to end
life.
The alumni association of the Puget
Sound university has purchased the
building in Tacoma, which the school
has used for the past five years. The
purchase price was $4,000, and $4,100
of this has been raised by the associa-
ton. The other 5000 is to be secured
by popular subscriptions.
The Puget Sound canneries are rap
idly closing down on account of the ex-
tremely scant run of sock-eye salmon,
and the additional very apparent fact
that the sockeyes are the only kind of
salmon that will put in an appearance
this season.
The Seattle & International passen-
ger train was wrecked near Cathcart,
about 80 miles from seattle. None of
the passengers were seriously hurt, and
after an hours delay the train proceed
ed on its journey, leaving the tourist
and parlor cars across the track.
Only about so per ce- of the wheat
crop has yet found its way to market,
and that was when it was commanding
4S to so cents per bushel.
The Seattle public library contem-
plates the addition of about 10000 vol
umes during the remaining months of
this and next year at an expenditure
of $4,000 to $4,000.
The establishment of a sash and door
factory in Seattle is matter that now
is being given considerable attention
by millmen and others in Seattle and
vicinity.
The council of Olympia has fixed the
city tax levy at II mills on the dollar.
Il. b. Simpson of the University Of
recently near Eddy, six miles west of
Missoula. An earth slide had displec-
ed rail and the train left the track.
The engineer and fireman were injured
seriously and Roy e. Dosley of Nilsson
la fatally. A ton of mail went into the
river.
Word has been received that a MUIR
der had been committed at the works
of l.. Tinkel & Co., who are building an
electric plant at the Big Fork on Swan
river at the head of Flathead lake. Lat
er in the day Officer Nadreau, who lives
IN that part of the county. arrived in
Kalispel with j. J. Patton, who ac-
knowledges his guilt He stabbed his
man just at the top of the heart and
the victim died almost instantly. Pat
ten says that the men employed at the
works were throwing tin cans at his
door and disturbing his sleep. He
went out and told them to quit, when
they advised him to get into his house
or they wnnId a. Il. Il - !.