Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-06-09
NORTHWEST NOTES.

| NOHrHWEST NOTES.
Mrs. Emily Gupsell, young married
woman, was drowned by falling from
the boulevard into Lake Union. near
| Seattle.
aubrey Lecy, champion orator of the
University of Washington, carried away
the first honors in the interstate con.
test at which Oregon, Idaho and Wash.
lngton were represented.
-Four companies of the Seventh infan.
try OF the regular army have arrived in
Seattle on their way to their new field
o. duty in the north. Companies A and
X are assigned to Nome, and Compan.
les and l to st. Michael
One of the features of the funeral of
Judge G. Swan at Port Townsend the
other day was the delegation of Neah
Bay Indians, who asked for a last look
at their old-time friend, and affection
ately patted his cheeks and wept upon
leaving.
Old-time navigators of the north Pa.
cltic declare it will be June Is before
1T will be safe to enter Bering sea. In
enced sailors that the fleet of Cape
Nome vessels will get tired of lying at
Dutch Harbor before the last part of
the voyage can be finished.
A Byers, while looking over a tract
of desert land south of the Snake river
bridge, came to a spot where the wind
had got action on a spot of earth and
blown it out to depth of few feet.
In the center of this place he found a
well some two feet deep with several
! inches of pure, clear water. The well
had been eXcavated by coyotes.
A great squabble is in prospect over
! the passenger rates to be charged by
steamships that will have their second
sailings for Cape Nome in June. One
ambitious charterer of Seattle threw a
bomb into the camp by announcing a
| rate of $50 first class, the sailing to &C.
cur June Is. The rates have been stiff
! ly held at $125 for first class and SIS
for second class. There was no occa-
, sion to cut the rates, because the mad
! fortune hunters almost broke their
skins to buy tickets at any price
One of the most interesting figures
among the old settlers gathered at
Weston, Ore, for the pioneers reunion,
is that of James Lehman, who, in the
early days was famous as a scout He
was the discoverer of the celebrated
Lehman Springs, in the southern part
OF Oregon, which are now resorted to
each summer by hundreds of pleasure
| seekers from all parts of Oregon and
Washington.
H. T. Brown, veteran newspaper
man of the Northwest, died at his home
in Spokane Friday night. Mr.. Brown
was SIS years of age and was born in
Summit county, Ohio. The civil war
was raging when he was 16 years Of age
and he enlisted. During the greater
I part of the war he was under command
of Gen. Sherman. While engaged in the
battle of Clarksburg he was severely
wounded in the knee, the marks OF
which he bore to the end. In 1867 he
went to Virginia City, Mont, remaining
| there for four years, and establishing a
weekly newspaper called the mon
tana." In 1870 he went to Deer Lodge
and there brought into existence the
New Northwest" newspaper. In 1876
he went to Butte, and in partnership
with Capt. James Mills, established the
Butte Miner, of which he acted as man
ager and publisher until 1886. He was
later part owner Of the Spokane Re-
view, and ever since 1886 until his
death has been prominent in Spokane
printing and publishing circles.