Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-04-27
W'ashln9ton Standard
STATE NEWS.
y BrSt SEMINARY of News Gathered From
al Parts OF the Stats.

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Tacoma Will cXpcnd $4,000 in put
trs ur no: -r..o.HOu>, tins !,a;.
The SPOKANE C!::::n"c- o. commerce
j. TRYING - 1T q 4u.,itcr ,..cstcd i'll
that town.
Spokane wants the meeting u the
Tram--Mi>sis>irpi Commercial Con-
grcss Tor next year.
The jury found Frank Boyd, who
was charged with killing Springer, ut
Marcus, not guilty.
The German tramp steamer MIlos
arrived at seattle Sunday night with
:sDo japanese immigrants.
Everett is cquipping a ball club and
fitting up grounds for the National
game by popular subscription.
One OF the Treasury launches at
Port Townsend has been ordered to
take station at New WhatcOm.
DAYTON has been selected as the
place for the firemen's tournament,
which will be held early in June.
The fine granite stone quarry on
Scow Bay, near Port Townsend, is he
ing opened up by j. a. Sodenbcrg.
A camp meeting al the Christian
church will be held at Dickinson
Grove, near Waitsburg, commencing
June Sth.
Two Dayton men have gone East
with two carloads of fine horses, some
OF which they will sell and some they
will put on the track.
An Ellensburg man has gone to
Walla Walla and secured a contract
fof furnishing groceries to the Peni-
tertiary for the next six months.
Mrs. \. A. Halves, OF Snohomish, is
reported to have deserted her husband
for handsomer man. She was tired
of cooking in a logging camp, and
eloped.
An engine and two immense chlori'
nation barrels, the total weight OF
which was $1,000 pounds, was recently
landed at Republic for the new reduc-
ton works.
The Medical Lake Insane Asylum is
to have an addition three stories tall
and 25x30 feet on the ground. 1t will
supply accommodations for about &c
more patients.
Two camps OF gypsies are in the
Gray's Harbor region. 1t is new
field for them to work and as they
claim to have the green with them
the finish will be dark brown.
The U. S. Government has let con
tract for clearing the timber ant
brush from land back of Fort Flagler
as protection to the Notifications a
Marrowstone Point against fire.
The Sunday-closing wave rolled
over Davenport last Sunday, and b.
order of the Sheriff everything wa!
closed. The ball game, being out
doors, went on, but unless better bal
is played it, too, will be closed, say
the Times.
The markets of Puget Sonnd ar
now being furnished with fine halibut
caught on the banks near Luci
Island. Quite number are ais
brought in from the straits. Durin
the Winter most OF the halibut in tn
market were caught by the northern
fleet in the Alexandrian archipelago.
The funeral Of Miss Minnie Horr, /.
prominent young lady, of Spokane
was set for Wednesday of last weel
but her mother thought she detecte
signs of returning life, and the fun
eral was postponed till Sunday, whic
was to have been the young lady
wedding day, and she was burie
robed in her wedding gown.
ID. II. DeCann, member of til
executive committee of the Stat
Shingle Association, states that til
committee has decided to try to orga
nize q close-down for two weeks, be
ginning April 3Oth. The market fo
"clears" is strong, but "stars" al
weak, and unless the output is cul
tailed a break in the market is feared
The Northern Pacific is doing con
siderable work on its tracks betwee
Tacoma and Portland. In the VI
cinity of Yelm, the company has ha
a big crew at work for several day
leveling the grade and filling trestle
OF shallow depth. In all, the con
pany has about 1000 men at work o
the sections between Portland an
Puget Sound.
Spokane for years has been appro
priating money to aid two sectaria
orphan asylums. Other charity az
plicants for city funds have been s
numerous lately that the line hs
been drawn by the Auditor, who n
fuses to pay any more such appropris
tions on the ground that they a,
illegal. The City Attorney support
him.
c. d. Barlow, the local agent of tn
Northern Pacific Express Compan.
at Fairhayen, has been missing sine
Tuesday night of last week, and it
believed his body lies at the bottol
of Bellingham Bay. whether as a n
suit of foul play or suicide, cannot |
determined. Barlow was known