Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-10
NORTHWEST NEWS ITEMS
BRIEFLY TOLD IN NOTES
An Interesting Collection of Items
From the Four Northwest states
of Miscellaneous Nature Gath
cred the Past Week.
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON.
Officers have been ordered to enforce
the law to the letter at Texoa.
julius Kunkels saloon was held up
last week by two men, who took all the
money in the till, about $780,
The Spokane Poultry Association in
tends to beat its own record at the win
ter show which is to be held next Janu-
airy.
Bert Hereford, of Colfax, the 19-year
old son of J. W. Hereford was kicked
in the face by horse and seriously in
jured recently.
The Puget Sound Packing Company
shipped 500 cases of salmon to Los An
geles one day last weel- after which
they shut down for the season.
Harry Morgan, alias Yorks and other
names, has been sentenced to II years
Imprisonment at Walla Walla for the
robbery of Fred Berkman and Thomas
Mann at Wallula. September Is.
Alfred Kean, an employee of the ex-
port MILL split his foot from between
the first and second toes TO the instep.
Keane was on the trimming table oil
ing his saw and inadvertently touched
the saw with his foot.
The Seattle building record has again
been broken. The building permits
issued during Octobe reached the
grand total of s616,000 beating by
more than 100000 the best previous
record, that of September, of the pres
ent year.
The e. K Wood Lumber company
has paid to Mrs. Wise $500 on account
of her husbands death while in their
employ. Mr.. Wise was accidently kill
ed recently by a blow from a slab kick
ed back from the lath saws, and he left
large family.
The safe in the United States post
office at Fremont, suburb of Seattle,
was cracked by burglars recently and
5000 in money and $500 in stamps TAX
en-. The burglars were experts and
used black powder. The building was
wrecked. There is no clue to the rob-
bers.
The Eastern Syndicate which recent
1y purchased the Trondale Shelter and
other property at the head of the bay,
have leased the Texada iron mine, and
will operate it, paying a royalty on the
iron taken out. The Irondale property
will be converted into rolling mill
and tin plate factory.
Suffering, it is believed from tenn
porary insanity, and brooding over sup
posed wrongs, Mrs. Edith Strobel, of
Spokane, committed suicide last week
by shooting herself through the head.
The woman was 20 years of age, tall
and handsome, with a wealth of long,
brown hair. She was the wife of J.
Albert Sarobel, a Great Northern
freight engineer, and it is believed the
married life of the couple has been
pleasant.
Patrick Manning pioneer of Whit
ran county, fell dead at his home IA
miles south of Pullman last week. his
death being due to heart disease Man
ming was SIS years old and bachelor.
He had been a resident of Whitman
county for 25 years, during which he
accumulated snug fortune.
The business transacted by the Spo-
kane Land Office for October was larger
than any previous month for the past
10 years. There was total of 107 ORR
ginal homestead entries filed, covering
15,914.22 acres. The fees collected
amounted to $1,000. There were "a fin
al certificates issued, covering 3, 209.25
acres. The total amount of commiss-
ions was $1,26496.
DIR. Finnegan of De Smet reports that
the Indians have about recovered from
the smallpox on the reservation, but he
is still prescribing for Is whites who
are down with the disease. One of
these cases he believes will prove fatal
it being the worst case he ever had
The patients are scattered over a strip
of territory 40 miles in length.