Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-06-08
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary of News Gathered From
al! Parts of the State.


dated back % years. He says he will
remain in Walla Walla.
There are now stored in Coffin
Bros warehouse, at North Yakima,
over 1000 bales OF wool, or nearly half
a million pounds, and the teams are
bringing in thousands of pounds daily.
There are now stored in Coffin
Bros warehouse, at North Yakima,
over 1900 bales of wool, or nearly half
a million pounds, and the teams are
bringing in thousands of pounds
daily.
L. B. Natney, logger, who was
working on the Chehalis river, mys-
teriously disappeared Sunday after
noon. He was last seen floating down
the river ON a log, and is believed to
have drowned.
Ora Coney, an 1S-year.old girl,
whose home is IL miles from North
Yakima, quarreled with her lover last
Friday and the same evening took an
ounce Of laudanum. Her life was
saved after an hour OF hard work by
a physician.
A new sawmill will be put up on
Halls farm, west of Centralia. New
machinery has been ordered, and it is
fully expected that the plant will be
in operation within a month. The
mill will cut from 1900 to $4,000 per
day and employ Is men.
The Bellingham Bay & Eastern
Railroad will extend its present line
at both ends, and connect the cities
of Fairhaven and New Whatcom
with Wickersham on the Seattle &
International Railroad, thus giving
the Northern Pacific Railroad ingress
to Bellingham Bay.
The State Clerk at the Penitentiary
has just finished tabulating orders for
grain bags, aud finds applications are
in from nearly all points in the east
ern part of the State, principally from
Walla Walla county, and that only 43
per cent. of the orders can be filled.
A pro rata scale has been made from
the 1885, bags ordered, pledging
the maximum output of the jute mill,
or 1,O14,70O bags for delivery by Oct.
l. The bags have been sold at $3.50
per 100.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
at Centralia on the night of the I'd
inst, by burglars to blow open the
safe in Herman Young's grocery and
feed store. The knob was wrenched
off and the cavity between the walls
charged with dynamite, considerable
of which was found on the floor in
front of the safe. For some unknown
reason the burglars failed to explode
the dynamite, but left the safe with a
card attached to the dial, which read
al guess this safe been shot; look out
it is looded."
Wednesday evening giant powder
Explosion occurred at Pitney Butte,
near Davenport, injuring three per-
sons, Fred Teeter, Bert McCully and
w. A. Darling. The young men had
been drying some giant powder in the
oven, and supposed they had removed
it all. One stick was overlooked, and
when fire was made for supper it ex'
ploded, blowing the stove to frag'
ments and the roof off the cabin
Mr.. Teeter had his legs from the
knees to the ankles filled with small
pieces of iron. Mr.. Darling was shot
full of iron from his hips down, and is
severely injured. Mr.. McCully wal
but slightly injured.
Mrs. Emily Gupsell, young mar
ried woman, was drowned shortly
after noon Friday by falling from the
Lake Union boulevard, near Seattle
into Lake Union. She and her hus.
band had gone out on the boulevard
fishing, and Mrs. Gupsell, feeling
faint went to the edge of the boule-
ward, put down her hat, and, reaching
over, tried to dip up some water with
her hands to cool her face. She
plunged headlong into the lake. The
husband jumped in to rescue her, and
was himself almost drowned by the
frantic efforts of his wife. The body
was recovered within 30 minutes, but
life was extinct. Mrs. Gupsell was but
, II years OF age and had been married
but 10 months.
A. w. May, well.dressed man
walked into Winlock at 5 80 late Fri
} day evening, went into the depot, sal
, down, took razor from his pocket and
cut his throat from ear to ear, walked
out so feet and fell dead. The Coro
ner was notified, and sent orders for
, his removal. Constable McFadden
searched his clothes and found Sc
, trunk keys in a pocket book; certifi
Gates OF deposit for $25 and $72 on
the Citizens Bank OF Emporia, Kans
, He was a member of Union Lodge,No
16, l. o. o. F., OF Emporia, Kans., and
and had receipt for dues paid up to
May l, 1901. He also had an order
} for the password from the Noble
Grand of his lodge. The man wore a
: light suit OF clothes, tan shoes, white
shirt, collar and necktie. He looked