Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-30

mountains above Big Bottom.
Shipment of apples in carload lots
continues from Colfax. Zell NJ. Beebe,
who is buying and shipping to Spo-
kane. reports that he has shipped 20
carloads from Colfax already this Fall,
and expects to get several carloads
more. This fruit is being shipped
principally to Montana and the Da-
kotas. Several carloads have been
shipped by Mr.. Beebe as far East as
Chicago. Edward Kimberly, of Lewis
ton, has purchased about 20 carloads
OF early and late Winter apples.
Jacob Glor, rug -peddler, aged 40
years, was shot twice by an old man
of Y years, named John Smith, of
Fairhaven, Saturday evening. The
two men lived together in shack on
the hill south OF Fairhaven until re-
Gently. Glor sold Smith lot of
chickens. Later Smith went after
Glor with a gun. They had struggle
during which Smith shot Glor twice
in the groin and near the heart. After
the shooting the injured man walked
several blocks to find an officer. II.
was probably fatally wounded. Smith
was lodged in Jail.
The British four-masted bark
Poltalloch, Captain Young, in bal
last from Santa Rosalia to Portland,
went ashore at o'clock Monday
morning, about two miles north of the
entrance to Willapa Harbor. She
lost all anchors, and lies stern-on in
perilous position. The tug Asst oria
stayed near her all day, but on account
oil the heavy seas was unable to pass a
line. The tug arrived at South Bend
Monday evening, to telegraph for
another tug, and brought ID of the
crew of the Poltalloch, who came off
in boat.
News was brought to Vancouver
late Tuesday night of the sudden
death Saturday OF Miss Clara Tyler, at
Fourth Plain, six miles east of that
city. Miss Tyler had attended party
gixen i'll her honor at her fathers
home, early in the evening, and she
appeared at that time in her usual
health. A girl friend slept in the
same bed. and was horror. stricken
upon awakening Sunday morning to
find the lifeless body beside her. De-
ceased was II years of age, and had
been subject to heart trouble for some
time. Her case was not, however, at
any time deemed to be serious.
At the low price OF wheat Walla
Walla county farmers are slow to dis
pose OF their holdings, but occasionally
a few thousand bushels seek the mar
ket. Andrew Evans, Dry Creek
farmer, sold 6,0O0 bushels OF wheat to
local buyer at A cents, and Barnett
Bros, OF Russell Greek, 49, 900 bushels
at as cents. Walla Walla county
granaries hold nearly so per cent. Of
the 1900 crop. John Hauser, the
milling man OF Pomeroy, says nearly
all the wheat raised in that vicinity
has been disposed of, and that he will
! be obliged to import wheat from the
Snake River country to supply his
mills.
A silk Chinese battle flag, blood.
stained and full of bullet-holes, cap
tured on the outer wall at Pekin, on
the 18th of last August, by Calvin P.
Titus, a member of Company L
Fourteenth Infantry, U. S. Army, has
been received at Spokane by Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Lee. Mr.. Titus is their
nephew. The flag is made of red silk
and is six by seven feet in size. On
the flag are two large Chinese charac.
tiers in white, which, according to
Chinese Interpreters, means "behind
brigade" or what is termed as rear
guard in our army. Mr.. Titus was
the first American soldier to scale the
outer wall of Pekin.
The United States revenue cutter |
Mccullough arrived at Seattle Tuesday
evening from Alaska, with news that
Nome is now completely isolated from
the outer world by q barrier of ice. |
For seven long months this condition
of affairs will continue. The camp is
we'll supplied with provisions and |
fuel. 1t is possible that before the
first steamers arrive at Nome in the
Spring there may be slight shortage
OF coal, but it is not anticipated that |
1t will be serious. November s the |
ice had crept out from Nome into the
sea for distance of 200 feet. Several
mornings previous lighters had been
frozen in. The warning was needed |
by the sseamers Centennial, Santa
Ana, Sadie and Portland.
AS a result of an alleged neglect of
duty on the part OF the engineer of
the construction engine on the Seattle
and Northern extension east of Hamil-
ton, two men are now lying in st.
Elizabeth hospital at Sedro- Woolley
suffering from serious if not fatal
injuries. 1t is asserted that the engi-
neer permitted his fireman to run the |
locomotive to the tank for water.
When the engine was backed down to
couple on to the construction train it
crashed into the cars, throwing a
number OF men under the train and
into the ditch. John J. Cahill and
Henry Jennerman were thrown be-
meath the moving cars, the former be.
ing struck twice on the back by brake.
beams, receiving injuries which are
liable to prove fatal, while Jennerman
had one leg badly crushed and the
other severely injured by wheel pass
ing over them. Several others we're
more or less hurt, but none seriously.
There is talk of heavy damage suits
being brought against the company.
There is nothing new concerning
the forty.cent fir rate question. On
October 18th, the committee fortified
by Col. George H. Emerson, of Ho-
quiam, called on President Mellen, of
tho Northern Pacific, while he was in
Tacoma. Mr.. Mellen held out no
hopes that the rate into Missouri
river territory would be granted, but
he agreed to take the matter up with
his general traffic manager upon his
return to st. Paul. And there the
matter rests. The committee, how
ever, are not idle and keep the ques-
ton alive. Perhaps the hardest nut