Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-31
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary Of News Gathered From
all Parts Of the State.

At Walla Walla baltd timothy i.
quoted at SIG II ton.
y The Latona single mill ut Scattl,
4 burned on the 2Jth inst.
!. Hoppickers are expected to b.
scarce in Yakima Valley.
The Pierce County Teachers Insti
tute has an attendance ui 400
: ID. Il. Pearse, formerly oi Dayton
died i'll California recently, of cancer.
3 A. P. Woodward, wanted for forgery
. has been lodged in Jail at New What
com.
The residence of Thos. Scott was
damaged $1,000 by fire, Sunday, al
Seattle.
A State bank is to be opened at Ev'
erett September l, with capital Of
$4,000.
A Port Townsend woman, Miss
Florence Greene, has adopted a little
japanese boy.
l.. o. Martin, a drummer, was robbed
Of his watch and $25 while asleep in a
Pennington hotel, the 24th.
The Yakima Indians have refused
20 cents an acre for BOG, 900 acres OF
their land in Yakima county.
| The Aberdeen canneries are prepar-
ing for a large run of salmon. All
indications point to a good yield.
The trial OF C. de France, charged
with the larceny of six carloads of
wheat, is set for September 3, at Spo-
kane.
Walla Walla's fruit fair will be held
from October l to 7, inclusive. The
management is making extensive
preparations.
Further contracts for 10000 pounds
of hops have been made by Portland
dealers with Yakima growers at 10
cents pound.
Mrs. Mary Clarke, a well.known
resident Of Roslyn, is dead. She left
husband, two sons and three mar.
ried daughters.
An ordinance prohibiting expector-
ating on the sidewalks passed the
Common Council at North Yakima at
the last meeting.
Arlington is troubled with toughs
since the coming of the railroad.
Four OF them have been sentenced for
holding up citizens.
At Tacoma burglars were mean
enough to steal two children's banks,
containing about "a, from the resi-
dence OF H. b. Caldwell.
A 2O-year-old Tacoma boy named
Kline is under arrest on the charge of
stealing $500 that had been left with
his father for safe keeping.
A foot of Steward Steele, of Walla
Walla, was pierced by a fork four
weeks ago. Blood poisoning has set
in, and he may lose the foot.
Recent rains caused the Stillaguam.
ish river to rise rapidly, and brought
down a jam of logs which did material
damage to the wingdam at Arlington.
J. L. Hallister. a drunken switch
man at Fasco, assaulted w. M. Mat.
lock with pocket-knife Sunday night
and inflicted 10 wounds. He was ar
rested.
Frank Williams is in Jail at Walla
Walla in default of $500 bonds to an
swer to the charge of assault with a
deadly weapon on w. ]. Winters in q
saloon.
The steamer Marguerite was dam
aged $1,000 by fire at Snohomish the
9th. The flames were put out in
time to save the machinery. No in
surance.
Joseph Koeher, Of Butte, who was
run over by the cars at Puyallup, Fri
day, necessitating the amputation of
both feet, died at the hospital at tn.
coma Sunday night.
Indians saved a party of young
campers from drowning in Port Susan
bay few days ago. Their sailboat
capsized in sudden squall, and none
of the young ladies could swim.
A horseman, who did not stop to
SEQ the result of his carelessness ran
over Verne Young, a newsboy, at
Mon'esano, Sunday night. 1t is feared
that the boy is injured internally.
The hay crop OF Kittitas Valley is
estimated by competent judges to be
fully $1,000 tons, and that portion of
1t which will be put on the market
will bring the farmers fully $4,000.
Wrapped in a blanket, like an In.
dian, white man showed up in Sc
attic last Sunday. That sort of garb
was necessary because hobos had
stolen his trousers while he was drunk.
A horseman, who did not stop to
see the result OF his carelessness, ran
over Verne Young, a newsboy, at
Montesano, Sunday night. II is
feared that the boy is injured internal.
ly.
The steamship Ohio arrived at Sc.
attic Sunday from Nome with 1872 pas.
sengers and treasure estimated at g.
100000. About one-third of the gold
came from Nome. The Klondike con.
tributed the remainder.
Walla Walla reports case of thiev-
ing from q father by two OF his daugh.
ters. The sum taken was 1920, and
it was restored when the police ap.
pretended the girls on suspicion.
Their name is Herman.
Seattle is promised an interesting
divorce case as sequel to a woman's
nearly cutting off her husbands right
foot with an AK as he was scaling q
fence to escape her wrath. He was
taken to the hospital, and his wife to
Jail.
Peter G. Stewart, aged 81, died at
the home of his son.in.law. L. c..
Perryman, at Tacoma, early Tuesday
morning. Mr.. Stewart was the oldest
Mason on the Pacific Coast, and an
Oregon pioneer. Three children sur
vive him.
Sheriff Gardner, OF Davenport. has