Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-05-11
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary of News Gathered From
all Parts of the State.

all Parts of the State.
Five well-developed cases of small
pox are reported at Forest Center,
Stevens county.
A bicycle club has been organized at
Centralia to promote the best interests
OF cycling and to secure the building
OF paths and improvements in roads.
Whatcom shingle mills intend to
close down despite the resolution of
the shingle combine few weeks ago
to keep open. Whatcom has 35 mills.
Friday afternoon an unknown man
was killed at. Marcus, while attempt
ing to steal Il ride on a freight train.
His head was almost severed from the
body.
F. S. Farquar, n newspaper man
from Pennsylvania, was in Aberdeen
last week negotiating to get control OF
the Aberdeen Bulletin. A local COM
pany, with a capital stock of 1900 is
proposed to purchase the Pulleiin and
the old Recorder plant aud lease it to
Mr.. Farquar, who, it is believed, will
run Republican paper. There is
also some talk OF running daily
should conditions seem to justify.
The Bellingham Bay Rod and Gun
Club has made arrangements to pro-
cure 10000 rainbow trout fry for Lake
Whatcom. This variety of trout is
the handsOmest, gamest and best of
the trout family on the Pacific Coast,
and the advantages OF securing plent-
iful supply of these fish are so great
that the club intends to establish a
nursery for them near the foot of the
lake, where the young fish can be
brought to an age and size to care for
themselves.
Asa A. Start, aged go years, whose
relatives live near Spokane, met in.
slant and violent death on Vashon
Island, Wednesday. Particulars of
the tragedy were brought to Coroner
Sparkling the same day by A. b. Cutler
and Mr.. McAllister. Start was clear
ing land. in the operation of which he
used mechanical contrivances for
pulling stumps. When the strain
was greatest the machine broke into
pieces. Start was hit on the head,
killed instantly and almost dccapi-
tated.
A remarkable evidence of parental
disregard is afforded by case at Gar
field. Erven Ewes has been in quar-
antine for smallpox. He has re-
covered. His doctor has consented to
his release, but he must have a new
suit of clothes. The father refuses to
furnish them. The son has no money
to buy them. The County Commits
sioners refuse to appropriate money
for that purpose-and "there you
are" Some charitable society should
send suit of clothes to the young
man and a rail to the father, with in.
functions to ride it out of the county.
The county wagon bridge over the
Snoqualmie river at Falls City, just
below the Snoqualmie falls. suddenly
collapsed last week, carrying down
with it Mrs. M. Prescott, resident OF
Falls City. The woman is now lying
in precarious condition at her home
The bridge was constructed by King
county twelve years ago and is known
as the combination style, PIT feet long
and sixteen feet wide, with the weight
resting on abutments on the north
and south banks of the river AL.
though never having been condemned
it is said to have been known
most generally for some time that it
was in shaky condition. A large
amount of travel passes over it daily
and had the accident occurred few
moments before it did several teams
would have gone down.