Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-11-09
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary Of News Gathered From
all Parts Of the State.

aiS L.
The Great Northern has $500 Japa-
nese on railroad construction in Wash
ington.
f. II. Brandt, a prominent citizen
of Snohomish, was sandbaggcd Tues
day night and robbed of $40.
The Waitsburg Gazette reports that
red squirrels are coming out in Spring
Valley, after alternating q months.
The saloon of Julius Kunkel, at
Odessa, was held up Monday night by
two masked men, who robbed the till
OF $50.
A party of Is or 90 Garfield fisher
men returned from Priest Lake the
first of the week with 5000 pounds
of white fish.
Charles ID. Smeed. head clerk at the
Rainer Grand Hotel, at Seattle, is said
to be missing and to be short in his
accounts to the amount of 1865.
Lin Foo, a Chinaman, is in Jail at
New Whatcom, charged with snug
Cling his countrym II into the United
States. He is held under $500 bonds.
The Church of Our Saviour Of the
Norwegian Lutheran Society at Ia
coma was robbed of 9G chairs. They
were taken away in wagon in broad
daylight.
The Coroner's jury, which investi-
gated the causes leading to the death
of John Schultz. in the Leary mine
accident, rendered a verdict censuring
the company.
Monday Fred Reynolds backed a
wagon off the Merchants Dock at
Everett. The horse was drowned and
he himself narrowly escaped similar
| fite.
A mass meeting of the equal suffrag-
lists of Washington will convene in
Seattle November 90, for the purpose
OF receiving the reports OF officers and
of discussing county organization.
The city directory canvass of Everett
has been completed, and gives Everett
1921 names. which represents popu-
lation of 1853 gain over last year OF
5000, Lowell comes in with y popula
tion of 1912, which is decided gain
over the COB of last year.
Mrs. Edith Strobel, wife of an
engineer on the Great Northern, killed
herself at Spokane, Monday night, by
blowing out her brains wsth revolver
She was 90 years of age and before hel
marriage was a Tekoa, Wash. girl
Temporary insanity is said to have
been the cause.
! The safe in the U. S. postof1ice, a
Fremont, a suburb of Seattle, wa
cracked by robbers early Wednesda,
morning and 5000 in money and $3O(
in stamps taken. The burglars were
!. experts and used black powder. Th'
building was wrecked. There is n
clue to the robbers.
The Grocers' Association OF Everett
has taken up the matter of running
A. daily boat from Everett and Seattle t
WILDLY Island points, and has the pre-
mise of certain steamboat owner tina
l boat will be placed on the run ii th
merchants OF Everett will pledge thei
y freight from Seattle to it.
The Phoenix Logging Company wa
organized few days ago. with o cap
: tai stock of $4,000, and will com
mence operations in the Hood Cans
country. Solomon G. Simpson
president, A. H. Anderson vice-pres
+ dent, w. A. Mcdonald secretary an
treasurer and Albert johnson gener.
- manager.
The long overdue steamer Robe
Dollar arrived at Seattle from Non
Monday night, with $50 passenger
and 81 5000 in gold dust. She WI
delayed by storms preventing her di
charging and loading cargo and hil
dering her on the way down. ST
left Nome October IA. All on boar
are we'll.
= The fruit-drier at Tekoa closed dow
. Saturday on account of the disagree
able weather, farmers not being ab
=, to keep it supplied with prunes. IT
weather has not been favorable frol
the time it started operations. Durir
:, its short run about 25 tons of prun
have been dried, which will be shipp'
to the Eastern market.
r The body of Clark NJ. Carr, son
is General Clark E. Carr, who W
:. drowned in Lake Washington, ne
is Seattle, last Sunday, was rccovert
Thursday. The body of his cousi
Torrey Carr, who lost his life at Il
IS, same time, was recovered several da
It., ago. The bodies were found some d
j. tance apartin GO feet OF water.
|; The winter apple crop of Yakiu
U Valley is being harvested and plac
U on the market. Buyers are giving
w. cents per pound. or equivalent to
", per box, for choice Spitzenburgs.
1t is estimated that at least 400
at boxes will be marketed this year. I
ar crop is larger and the quality beti
than in 1899. This is said to be d