Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-03
STATE NEWS.

A Brief Summary Of News Gathered From
all Parts Of the State.
Toledo has voted bonds for a $4,000
addition to its schoolhouse.
| Two cases of scarlet fever are re-
ported in family at Pullman.
Many additions are being made to
warehouses in Eastern Washington.
A man from Salem, Or, is putting
up fruit dryers at Colfax and Latah.
John ). SchicK has soid tho waila
Walla Watchm,an to A. H. Harris for
$1,000.
Seattle's pesthouse now contains I2
smallpox patients-all in good con.
dition.
Theo. Wolf, living near Rulo Sta
ton, lost 800 acres OF grain by fire a
few nights ago.
Edward Fischer, of New Whatcom.
died in California, few days ago, OF
Bright's disease.
President Hill, of the Great North
ern, and party, from the East, will ar
rive on Puget Sound on the 9th inst.
New coal bunkers are to be erected
at Tacoma by the Northern Pacific.
They will have capacity of 10000
tons.
Miss Nellie Snow, formerly of Ten
nessee, dropped dead in the dooryard
of Thomas Snow, near Winlock, the
other day.
The presence Of an automobile on
the streets of Seattle is a curiosity
and attracts the attention of thous-
ands Of observers.
The hot days OF last week scalded
the tomatoes on the vines at several
places in White Salmon, and there
was considerable loss.
Peter Ahern, reported to have per-
ished in Alaska, writes to his family
at Seattle that he is we'll and prosper.
ing, and enclosed $50.
A Chinese vegetable peddler at Spo-
kane cut off his queue to convince
skeptical persons that he was not a
Boxer, but a Christian.
Walla Walla's outlook for a fruit
fair is good. Its soliciting committee
got 81 600 from business men in three
hours, and promises of much more.
YIN. Carpenter, an attendant at
the Medical Lake Insane Asylum, was
attacked Saturday by a patient and re-
ceived fructure OF the collar-bone.
At Davenport, q contract has been
let to Thomas Goodlad for construc-
ton of q new schoolhouse. 1t is to be
ready by October 1st. Price, $l1 ,535.
Search of Tacoma's Jail revealed a
dagger, a skeleton key and an i'm.
proved sledgehammer. It is supposed
the prisoners had planned to break
Jail.
Fairhaven's enumerators went to
the same notary, and the total num-
Der of persons enumerated by them, as
they stated under oath, is given as
1926.
Walla Walla county has been very
unfortunate about fires in grain fields
this year. 1t is thought that not less
than 100000 bushels of wheat have
been burned.
James A. Turner, charged with as
sault with intent to murder George
Allard, is in fail at Ritzville, in default
of $500 bonds to answer in the Su'
perior Court.
]. B. Shrock, of Ritzville, who was
recently arrested and taken to Kansas
on n charge Of arson, has returned
having been released on bonds pending
trial, which will take place in Novem'
Der.
The bitterly contested Chinese mur
der trial at Colfsx has resulted in the
acquittal OF Wong Yee, who killed
Ching, gambler, last May. The jury
was out Is hours. Its verdict is no,
popular.
The Chehalis Examiner says hop
lice are beginning to make their ap
pearance in the yards in that vicinity
and covers are preparing to spray
Dealers have offered 10 cents for this
years crop.
Ninety.five veterans of the Spanish
American and Philippine wars have 81
far signed the roll OF the company
forming in Seattle in anticipation o.
the Governments needing their ser
vices in China.
The receivership case of Lloyd Arm
strong against the Walla Walla States
man has been settled. Armstrong get
out with loss of $3.50 for his 81,
weeks experience with partners of op
posite political faith.
E. F. Michaels, q Spokane barber
while hunting at Priest Lake, wounded
o bear. 1t got him down and woult
probably have killed him had not his
companion, w. d. Benson, hurried vi
and given it fatal shot.
Spokane's burglaries continue, de
spite arrests of two or three notoriou
characters. The night of the 24ti
one of the predatory gentry cut hi
hand in q window of N. w. Fisher
residence, and after getting into tn
| y,o,so hokhod hia w0nnded hand