Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-03
leaving a pan of water in the kitchen
sink red with the blood. He ransacked
the house, but took little of value.

ica'luS pan VI WaCeT III the klLCnen
sink red with the blood. He ransacked
the house, but took little OF value.
In Tacoma, engineers are at work
on Thirteenth and DeLin streets, near
the fatal curve where the street-car
accident occurred on the Fourth of
OF July, to see if a safer approach can
not be made to the bridge.
At l o'clock on the morning of the
9th ult., fire at Buckley destroyed
four buildings, causing loss of about
$50 o,oo0, with little insurance. The
fire started in Banks livery stable
where IL horses were burned.
John Bennett, logger, was fatally
injured in North River Valley recent
ly, by being hit in the back of the
head with a grab-iron, which was
pulled out of log and struck with
great force. He died the day after the
accident.
Since Walla Walla came into
possession OF the waterworks in De.
cember last, 63 service connections
have been made. This is O greater
number than have ever been put in
during an entire year by the water
company.
North Yakima reports several trans
fers of sheep in the past few days, at
satisfactory figures. Dan Goodman
sold 1900 lambs at $40 each, and
numerous bucks at $25 each. The
demand for sheep is greater than for
many months.
The creamery at Chehalis turned
out 10000 pounds of butter and 500
pounds of cheese during June. The
Bee-Nugget estimates that with the
Toledo, Browning, Centralia and
smaller creameries in operation Lewis
county's dairy product will reach $751;
600 to $4,000 per year.
The contract was let in Spokane
yesterday for the additional plant to
bring the Northport smelter up to q
daily capacity of LOO tons. The ad-
ditional plant includes steam-power
engine with a maximum capacity of
600 horsepower, Bradley furnace of
about 300 tons daily capacity, and
Connersville No. 8 blowers to corre-
spond.
Harry Rogers, a young man living
near Larchmont, met with frightful
accident Thursday morning by being
thrown against tree from his bicycle,
while going at speed Of about 20
miles an hour, ON the prairie, near
South Tacoma. His skull is fractured,
and while every thing possible is being
done to save his life, his condition is
critical.
Chehalis owes over $4,000, and has
an interest charge of 5000 a year.
Her income is about $4,000 a year,
and after interest is paid. the remain
der is little more than sufficient for
running expenses. In these circum-
stances, citizens are discussing the
advisability of putting an occupation
tax on various lines of business, in the
hope of reducing the towns indebted
nees.
Health Officer Frank, OF North
Yakima, states that there are 16 cases
of consumption in that city, and he
cannot understand why physicians on
the Sound recommend their incurable
patients to COME to Yakima, unless it
is to avoid any further responsibility.
Yakima is not sanitarium for incur.
ables, and the sooner it is understood,
the doctor says, the better for all con-
cerned.
The owners of the logging camps in
the vicinity of Gray's Harbor are ex.
periencing considerable trouble in get.
ting enough hands to run their camps
Many of the camps have to run. with
short crews. Never in the history ol
these camps has there been so many
men employed. The amount oil
money paid out by the proprietors ol
these camps is enormous. The wages
paid average from $3.50 to 81 per day
d. Valencourt Deuel., l:.to leading
man in "The Sporting Duchess
playing with Rose Coghlan, 10 dying in
the floating mission in Seattle from
cocaine, after two desperate attempts
at suicide. His father, a prominent
New York man, is now President oil
the Pension Board at Saratoga. DEUEL.
was picked up by the police running
down the street in a mad delirium,
flourishing pistol, which he turned
upon himself, but missed.
w. L. Metcalf, Treasurer of the
City of Skagway, committed suicide
by shooting himself in the head on
July 20. The cause for the deed is
not known, apparently, even among
intimate friends of the deceased
Metcalf was 80 years old, a native oil
the State of Washington, and un-
married. He went to Alaska in the
early '90s, residing at Sitka, Juneau
and finally at Skagway, during all of
which time he held many positions oi
trust. He was member of the Elks
and the Arctic Brotherhood. His par
ents reside in Seattle.
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