Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-02-02

1t is said that the depositors in the
defunct Ben E. Snipes bank, at Ellens.
burg, will soon receive Is or 20 cents
on the doll ar, and the affairs of the
institution will be closed up and the
receiver discharged.
The last jetty put in the Cowlitz
river above Castle Rock was not COM
pleted, and the high water of last
week took part of it out. However, it
accomplished its purpose of cutting a
channel where it was desired.
G. K. Hiatt hauled log at his
Edgecomb works Tuesday which he
estimated to be worth 1925, SAYS the
Snohomish Tribune. The stick con-
tanned enough first-class lumber to
build cOmmodious residence.
Mrs. Eliza A Smith died January
18th at the residence of w. l. Smith
on Nasel river, aged 62 years. She
had lived on the river many years and
assisted in the improvement of one OF
the best stock farms in Pacific county.
At North Yakima, the jury in the
case Of Archie f. Little vs.. Frank
Burnay, for damages, has awarded the
plaintiff 81 800. The defendant failed
to appear. Little sued Burney for 3d.
900, alleging that he had DETAINED the
character OF Mrs. Little.
On Monday night thieves entered
the store of Mcdonald & O'Neil at
Shelton and stole goods TO the value
of about $4O0. The stolen goods, it
is Thought, were taken away from
Shelton in a boat, and no trace of the
thieves has been discovered.
Yakima is taking the balance of a
fund collected for the reception of
company E, and the surplus left from
the Fourth of July fund, and will buy
new town clock, one having four
dials, and bell weighing 500 pounds,
which can be heard three miles.
Abe Ritzwaller, formerly we'll
known member of the Seattle Ath-
letic Club; his sister. Mrs. A. Cohn
wife OF Seattle tailor, and Sol Ritz
waller, of San Francisco, have fallen
heir to $500, 600, through the death of
al uncle at Stargard, Pomerania,
Prussia.
The gross receipts from the sale Of
stamps, box rents and postage on
papers and periodicals at the Seattle
postoffice during January amounted to
$14,9l2.99. This amount shows an
increase Of nearly 40 per cent. over the
receipts for January, 1899, which were
SIC, 69l.13.
Charley Carlson, son OF John Carl
son, Of the Middle valley, laid down
on q bed on which there was o razor
lying open, and cut his right cheek so
badly that he was obliged to go to
Cathlamet and have doctor sew up
the wound. The doctor took five
stitches in it.
Charles Klingensmith, formerly of
West Virginia, but who moved to
Buckley from Kansas in October last,
was killed through losing his balance
and falling over 800 feet from the
summit of Bald mountain. He leaves
young widow, whom he married less
than a year ago.
Timbers are being sent from Lewis
county to the southeast corner of the
United States. Two fiat cars, loaded
with long timbers for Jacksonville,
Fla, have been shipped. Among the
pieces which were all IS feet long, were
two that were 24x26 inches. They are
to be used in dredgers.
The authorities ut Spokane believe
they have the smallpox epidemic we'll
in hand. They report IA recoveries
rs against only three new cases. There
are now 80 cases in the isolation hos
pital, and "a patients quarantined
about the city. There has been but
two deaths from the disease. l.
The British ship Englehorn, lost q
charter worth $4,000 to her owners
by arriving few hours late at Port
Townsend. She arrived off the cape
in time to have made her destination,
but fog shut down, and the tugs, not
approaching the importance of the
time limit made slow progress with her
into port.
The establishment OF a cannery
here has resulted in the location of a
number of fish-trap sites in this vi
cinity, and many more will be located,
says the Port Townsend Leader.
With the energy in this direction
thus far displayed, there is every rea-
son to believe that the new cannery
will have all the fish that it can
handle.
News has been received at Spokane
that 81 cases OF smallpox have recent
ly broken out among the Indians near
Nespelim, in the south half OF the
COlville reservation. Four deaths
have already resulted DR.. Latham,
who is employed to care for the In
dams at the agency, fears that over
100 cases will develop within short
time, as the disease seems to have
spread despite the strict quarantine.
r. B. Brown, law-partner of Judge
Sturdevant. was taken to the pest.
house, ut Dayton, the other day. He
was vaccinated about IL days ago, and
it seems to hare worked on him so
thoroughly as to produce u case Of
variOloid. The health-officer very
properly removed him to a pest-house
for the time. being. Brown is the
only occupant of the pest-hou Sc,
which is situated in one corner of the