The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-12-07
NORTHWEST NEWS ITEMS
BRIEFLY TOLD IN NOTES
An Interesting Collection of Items
From the Four Northwest States
of a Miscellaneous Nature Gath
cred the Past Week.
WASHINGTON.

trio light plant.
An epidemic of scarlet fever, mumps |
and diphtheria is prevalent in Tacoma.
Two cases of smallpox are at Fish
Hook Point on Snake river, near Wal
la Walla.
The assessed valuation of Seattle is
s40,14S,265, about 100000 larger
than last year.
Montesano. after six years of dark
ness. has closed a contract for an cleo
trio light plant.
Chehalis county claims an Increase
of 1000 in population by immigration
during the past II months.
The Citizens Bank of Fairhaven, has
been formally disincorporated, under
order of the superior court
A meeting of the teachers of the
western part of Spokane County Will
be held at Cheney December 8.
The total valuation of railroad prop
erty in the state, as equalized by the
State Board of Equalization, aggre-
gates $21OS1 ,666.
J. T. Stewart, one of the best-known
men in the White river valley, died
last week of neuralgia of the stomach,
after a few hours illness.
The prune crop in Centralia section
has all been sold at an average price
of three cents per pound. Frank Hall,
of Ford Prairie, had six tons.
Captain H. B. Kirby has secured a
site for a shipyard near the mills of
the Dillingham; Bay Improvement COM
pany. on the Whatcom water front.
Charles Butler, coloreC, shot his
wife three times. in the Japanese lodg-
ing house at 1928 G street, Tacoma
and then shot himself through the
heart.
The Glee Club of the University Of
Washington, Seattle will visit Pull
man and other Palouse county towns
in December. and give a series of con-
certs.
The State Board of Audit and Con-
troll is calling for bids for 5000 cords
of wood, to be delivered at the Western
Washington Hospital for the insane, at
Steilacoom, by the first of April next.
The Centennial Mill company of Spo-
kane has announced its purpose OF
building a 400 barrel fiourmill at Ritz
willie. Wash. Bids for the erection OF
the plant will be asked for in January
J. N. Cook and Jack Kellar will have
the machinery and apparatus in readf
ness to begin boring for oil at spot a
few yards above the log pond or the
Tacoma mill in Old Tacoma in a few
days.
About $4,000 pounds of various cab
bage seeds will be shipped from La
Conner this fall to seed houses of the
east. The seed was raised on about 81
acres of land The growers get 2C
cents per pound.
The first official test of the mortar
and rifle batteries of Fort Flagier and
Fort Casey has been highly satisfac
tory The rifles at Flagler can reacf
the center of the channel where fee
must pas to enter the sound.
Frank Hamblin. aged %, of Colfax
was killed by the explosion of his shot
gun. while hunting near Rock lake, 81
miles from ColfaX. He was using
smokeless powder in a common gun
which was not strong enough and 1
exploded.
Captain ]. w. Lawrence, specia
agent of the United States secret serv
ice, assisted by United States Marsha
G. l.. Ide, made an important capture
last week of counterfeiters and thei
complete outfit near the Great North
ern railway few miles northwest o
Spokane.
A horrible double murder occurred
about two and one-half miles west o
Castle Rock. The victims were Mr.. AM
Mrs. Cornelius Knapp, and they wer
shot while at their evening meal by al
unknown assassin. The murderer go
the two old people in range and opene'
fire with a shotgun loaded with buck
shot through the window.
In an accident occurring last wee
four men were drowned in the Spokan
river. two miles below Spokane, an
fourteen others escaped death by tn
merest chance The men browne
we're: John Lcvett, single, foreman O
the detachment; Lawrence Simmons
colored, man of family; two Italia
laborers, names unknown. ferry o
which were 1S men was crossing o
a scow when it was struck by log.
OREGON.
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