Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-03-16
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary of News Gathered From
all Parts of the State.

all Parts OF the State.
Everett is making a hot war on
nickel-in-the-slot machines.
Tacoma is already planning for a
celebration Of the 18th of July.
J. r. Beaumont, of Spokane, COM
mitted suicide, in Seattle, Sunday, by
taking an overdose of morphine, while
suffering from dependency.
Martin Mortimer, of Index, was
placed in the Fort Steilacoom asylum,
Friday, violently insane. He has
been laborer on the Cascade tunnel.
Samuel Previott, man who has
lived at Newaukum for Il long time
past, died suddenly OF heart disease
yesterday afternoon, after walking
home from Chehalis.
The Skagit News-Herald calls at
tention to the fact that the bogus
check man is at large and plying his
vocation. Look out for him, for like
Paddy's flea he is likely to skip about
to unexpected places.
They have fellow named Michael
Kelly, in Jail at Spokane, who is said
to whistle like a mocking- bird. He
can whistle when the Swallows
Homeward Fly" but he cannot prac-
tice it, from the restraint of prison.
bars.
Strawberries were on sale at Spokane,
on the 9th inst, at 80 cents per box.
They were imported from California,
however. Head lettuce sold there the
same date three heads for ten cents;
in Olympia, be it noted, winter lettuce
always sells for nickel sprig
straight"
The saloon of Daniel Seller, near
the central part of Centralia, was en-
tered Sunday morning about 2 o'clock
by an unknown man with drawn
revolver. The night bartender, Arson
Shelton, and his brother, Guy, were
the only persons in the saloon at the
time. They were held up, and 1913
was taken from the till.
A terrible tragedy occurred about
2: 30 Sunday morning at the Falling
Springs. five miles northwest OF POM
eroy. Henry Williams, a young man,
% years old, after trying to kill his
wife, his mother-in-law and several
neighbOrs, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself through the head. Will
liams separated from his wife, young
woman, about five months ago.
The Sunset Telephone Co. had to
pay 1928 the other day for failing to
deliver message promptly, by which
neglect Messrs. j. A. Pease, c. Robert.
son and Johnson Nickeus made a
purchase of certain timber lands on
misrepresentation of their value, after
their agent had telephoned them not
to consummate the transaction. Fail
ing to receive the warming the money
was paid and a suit for damages is
the result.
Mrs. Josephine Brinkerhof, chair
man OF the Spokane Sorosis club, on
Original Day." last Saturday, is
sister of the late A. B. Rabbeson, of
this city. Mrs. B. is woman of edu-
cation and vigorous thought. "Orig-
inal Day." is time when the essays
presented or the speeches made must
be entirely original, a difficult task
set for effort in an age when it is &C.
knowledged that there's nothing new
under the sun.
Bids are to be called for Immediately
for the necessary lumber and other
materials to construct sixty army
post buildings in Alaska, to garrison a
one company post at Port Valdcs, and
twu company posts at st. Michael and
Cape Nome. All are to be frame
structures, and most of them with
corrugated iron roofs. The plans call
for IL buildings at Port Valdes, % at
st. Michael and 20 at Cape Nome. 1t
is estimated that 100000 feet of
lumber will be used in their construc-
ton.
The big Russian steamship Dolney
Vostog, came nigh being wrecked in
Tacoma harbor few days ago. She
had discharged her ballast, doubtless
unaware of the fierce sou'-westers
which prevail at times. and of the fact
that one of these sent the Andelana
to the bottom a year or more ago, I'M
der precisely the same conditions.
After the Russian ship was tied up to
the wharf another squall struck her
and listed her so that her deck stood
at slant of about so degrees, and ii
stevedore named Anderson had two
ribs broken by a falling board when
the ship listed.
Chas. Green, f. v. Bloomfield and
c. w. Wallace, citizens of Centralia,
were arrested and taken before
Judge Elliott, last Friday, on a charge
oil riotous assault on DR.. Coleman, of
Chehalis, while Oh professional visit
to the neighboring city. 1t seems
that DIR. c. had pronounced the
eruptive disease which finally placed
Centralia under quarantine, smallpox,
a fact which her citizens had been
steadfastly closing their eyes to for
fear that knowledge OF the fact would
damage local trade. The rioters were
held in the sum of $500 each, to APP
pear for trial after qua rantine is raised.
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