Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-03
NEWS Of THE NORTHWEST
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS
4 Review From the States of WASH
tngtOn, Idaho, Montana and Ore
gOn-News of the Past Week
Boiled Down.
WASHINGTON.

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The teachers institute at Spokane
last week has wound up it's business
and was success
The municipal tax levy of Aberdeen
is Is mills.
Prices for hogs in the Puget Sound
markets range from to So cents.
The Idahos beat Washingtons at
foot ball in Spokane last week.
A hunter bagged 16 fine mallards
scarcely 100 yards across the river
from Hewitt avenue Everett.
1t is estimated by railroad and ware
house men that the wheat receipts at
Tacoma this year will be about 25 per
cent greater than any previous year
The crop of winter apples being har-
vested in the Palouse country is prov
ing to be the best crop the country has
ever produced, both in quantity and
quality.
Tied in their stalls, roaring with
flame and sitting with smoke Is head
of horses suffered death from Are in
the entire destruction of the Ellis feed
barn on Mill street in Colfax last week
A Boston syndicate is investigating
the Spring Valley water works al Port
Townsend with a view to loaning $780,
600 on them. The money will be used
in piping water from the mountains
Horses attached to heavy delivery
wagon became frightened and crash
ing down Second avenue to James
women, one of whom expired immedi-
| ately. Hundreds of people who
thronged the thoroughfare witnessed
the thrilling occurrence.
The United States transport Lawton
arrived in Seattle recently from Cape
Nome with over so stranded miners
brought down at the expense of the
government. One man, James O'Brien
! died at sea just as the Lawton was ar
irving at Dutch Harbor.
The tide lands tract at Tacoma. con-
sisting of about % acres. and situated
besween the Wheeler & Osgood Com
pany's mill and Eleventh street, has
been sold by direction of the state
Steteson Trust Company bid in the
property for $31 900.
Walla Walla boasts of three foot ball
teams this season. Thus far but two
of the teams have contested-those of
Whitman college and the High School
team, but the Walla Walla Athletic
club team will meet the Lewiston ANA
teur Athletic eleven on the Lewiston
campus soon.
One Of the most disastrous accidents
that has occurred in Seattle vicinity
happened about three miles north of
Ballard on the Great Northern rail-
road last week, when train No. It,
with 81 freight cars, east bound, while
running at a good rate of speed, ran
into landslide. Two men were
killer and three badly injured Ten
cars were burned up and the locomo
tive demolished. The killed are A. J.
Creeper, engineer and Roy Archer, a
pessenge:.
Eban Lucas shot and killed John
Rogers at West Seattle +. Gently. Both
| men were fishermen. The quarrel was
the result of an old grudge, inflamed
| by bad whisky. Rogers, while drunk,
entered a tent where Lucas was asleep.
woke the latter up and began to abuse
him. Lucas drew 32-calibre revolv-
err. The men clinched in the dark
ness, Lucas firing six shots. One
pierced his own arm, but five entered
Rogers body, three in vital spots.
Rogers died Immediately. Earlier in
the evening Rogers quarreled with
John Masolene, stabbing him in the
face.