Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-10-04
is that from Pierce, amounting to $l2,-
600 in round numbers.

Earl Darlington, until recently EN-.
ployed as a reporter on a Seattle
morning paper, has fled the city, leav
ing behind him unpaid bills aggre.
eating close to $1,000, divided up into
sums from five cents to $500. 1t i.
now learned that the young pen.pus h.
er is wanted by the authorities in
Denver on charge of going throug h
the fortune OF young woman, and ia
Manila on criminal charge.
The other night, three masked men
held up w. B. Williams and w. w.
Robertson at the corner of Second
and c streets, at North Yakima, and
riied their pockets. Watches and
chains were taken from both. Viii.
liams lost $43 in money and Rob.
ertson 81. Mr.. r. is the publisher
OF the North Yakima Republic, and
it seems strange that news
paper man should have that much
money on his person all At one time.
B. G. Goe, acknowledges to having
shot and killed Ed. McIntire, at
Olequa. on the night of Sept. Goth.
It seems that the victim, with a com.
panion, both intoxicated, were passing
by Goes shanty when his dogs ran out
and barked ct the men. One OF them
kicked the dog and the other shot at
the animal, when Goe appeared at the
door and fired shot which struck
McIntire and caused his death a few
hours afterwards. Goe is under arrest.
The Seattle assay office has reached
and passed the $50 OOO, 900 mark since
ITS establishment, July 10, 1898. In
that period OF time, hardly more than
three years, the institution has re-
ceived gold deposits OF exactly $780,.
136,O4l.54 up to the close OF business
Thursday evening. II the present rate
1t which the gold is coming into the
assay Office continues. its receipts this
year will reach nearly $25, 600, O0O
Last year the institution handled
about $22, 0OO, 900.
Arson Goodman, aged about "a,
rode up TO the farm gate of Mr..
Coombs, thirty miles southwest of
Walla Walls, about Z 80 Saturday
evening. and called for Miss Ella
Shaw, with whom he hkd been keep
ing company some time. The young
folks had q short earnest conversation
in the yard, and the young lady re-
turned to the house. Goodman
turned his horse loose and then blew
his brains out with q revolver. The
couple are reported to have quarreled
because of his drinking to excess.
Rudolph Sterte, OF Black Diamond,
has been missing for the last 10 days.
A number Of men began search but
failed to find any trace OF him. They
finally went to his cabin and found a
letter addressed 10 his brother, in
which he stated that he had left the
country, and that he would never see
him again. He had invested his
money in the sawmill at Covington,
not knowing that it was heavily
mortgaged, and having lost all led to
this step. He left all his property to
his brother, but gave no clue as to his
whereabouts.
The "Quaker DOCTORS" swearing
they never would consent, consented
Saturday and paid the North Yakima
city authorities $25 for the purpose OF
carrying on their business in town one
day. The doctors" are under bonds
amounting to several hundred dollars
in the several cases pending against
them. These cases will be prosecuted
T. the end. The doctors" are already
apparently out more than they would
have been had they paid the fee OF
$500 required by the old ordinance,
which proved to be defective. The
new ordinance went into effect this
week.
The steamer Humboldt arrived
at Seattle, Monday. from Skagway,
with ZIG passengers and about 81 ,OOO,-
600 in gold, half OF it in care of the
Alaska Express Co. It is the second
largest shipment of the season from
the Klcndike. The Humboldt brings
the news that September Is, the first
day on which press dispatches reached
Skagway from the States, was regard
ed as an epoch in Alaskan history.
All the Geographic news was strongly
featured. The story is also told OF
fa6ulously rich quartz etrike in the
Atlin district, assaying $4,000 in
gold to the ton.
Donald w. McKeracher, accused of
embezzling $500 from the Seattle
National Bank, OF which he was pay
ing teller, was arrested at Seattle,
Monday afternoon. by United States
officials. McKeracher was suspected
two months ago. The money he is
eaid to have taken was deposited by
]. w. McCrary last spring. McKer.
acher had credited McCrary with S.
600 deposit on the latter's handbook.