Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-05-10
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary OF News Gathered from All
Parts of the State.

Grain in the Palouse section has
been greatly benefited by recent
rains.
Charles Knowles accidentally cut
his hand off in knee-bolter at Nc
Donald's shingle mill, Eear Blaine,
Saturday.
The 2-year-old child OF Mr.. and
Mrs. John Peterson, OF Troy. met a
horrible death Monday, by drinking
carbolic acid.
G. A. Onn's dry kilns at Dryad, in
Lewis county, burned Friday night.
They were full of shingles at the time.
The loss is nearly $1,000.
Negotiations are being carried on
between Aberdeen business men and
capitalists in Seattle with the idea of
having pulp mill erected at Aber-
deem.
1t is announced that King county
is to add wing" to her court-houes
to cost from $4,000 to $4,000. She
is evidently preparing to fly still
higher.
While Andrew Sickle was engaged
in moving some furniture at his home
at Everett, he fell dead from heart
disease. He was IS years of age and
leaves a widow and two children.
The Tacoma Smelling Company has
purchased 25 acres adjoining its prop
erty and will build a copper-converting
plant and lead refinery at cost of
$3.50, 900, making the total capacity of
the smelter 700 tons of ore per day,
and employing 600 men.
The general agent of the life in
surance company which secured an
application for $4,000 on Cashier
Canby's life, March 80. the receipt for
which was found on his body, was at
Vancouver the other day and said
that the amount would be paid in
full.
l.. P. White, OF New Whatcom, has
curio in the way OF a shingle. 1t
is from the roof OF the first school
house in Whatcom county. The
school-house was built about 50
years ago in Whatcom. The part of
the shingle exposed to the weather
is worn almost as thin as paper.
The Starbuck eating house at Star
buck was entirely destroyed by fire
on the Sd inst. The fire is supposed
to have started from the explosion of
a lamp. The building was valued at
$1,000 and was insured for 81 $50.
Mrs. Mary Mcintosh, the owner OF the
hotel, had narrow escape for her
life.
r. B. Goddard's general store at
Elbertson burned at l O'Clock Satur-
day morning. The loss is about $2,.
500; insurance, 81, 100. Mr.. Goddard
slept in the building and was awakened
by the smoke. He ran for q cash de.
posit of $2l5 slowed away in q nail
keg among rubbish, and found it gone.
He thinks burglary preceded the fire.
A little 5-year-old daughter of w.
B. Mathews, of Prosser, who was lost
on Horse Heaven Plains about two
welks ago, while hunting cattle with
her 7-year-old brother, was found
dead Saturday morning, IL miles from
home, near Lone Springs. The whole
community turned out the following
day, as soon as the news was spread,
and until she was found from 20 to so
on horseback had been searching the
surrounding country. She was bare
footed, and had gathered grasses and
put around her feet. Beside her laid a
bunch of flowers she had gathered,
and which she was apparently eating,
as her hands and mouth were all
stained with green. From indications
she had been dead about &c hours,
leaving her five days without food or
water.
About two tons of beautiful speci-
mems of Washington fruit, put up in
large glass jars holding two and three
gallons each were forwarded to the
Pan-American exposition on the Sd
inst. c. H. Ross, Deputy Superin-
tendent of the Horticultural and
Agricultural Department, had the
collection in charge, and said the ex-
hibit is in every way a creditable ore,
and it will receive additions of fresh
fruit as the season advances. In the
exhibit are apples, pears, prunes, cher
ries, peaches, currants, raspberries and
Strawberries. Additional samples OF
small fruits will be forwarded later.
In the vegetable display are potatoes,
beets, carrots, parsnips and other pro-
ducts, showing the remarkable growth
and fine quality attained under the
favorable conditions OF soil and eli
mate to be found in Washington. From
east of the mountains DR.. y. G.. Bla-
lock, OF Walla Walla, will send $50
boxes of apples OF different varieties
Other fruits OF that section will also.
be shown. Mr.. Ross expects to leave
for Buffalo in few days.