Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-06-28
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary of News Gathered from All
Parts of the State

| ~ b'e' SuHhhdTy VI 'e"S Odtheftu Hoih All
Parts of the State.
Aberdeen is soon to have free mail
delivery system.
The State encampment of the G. A.
r. voted to meet at Everett next year.
l.. ID. Harding, prominent citizen
OF Colfax, died at that place, Wednes-
day. OF heart disease, aged - years.
Geo. Simmonds, alias Wilson, OF
Seattle, was sentenced to three years
1 in the penitentiary at Portland, Ogn.,
Monday, on conviction of forgery of
bank checks.
Thomas Turner, Pacific Coast
pioneer and resident of Whitman
county for 30 years, died at his home
in Walla Walla Tuesday, from paral-
ysis at the age of GO years.
G. w. Worthen, foreman Of a log
ing camp at Deming, while superin-
tending the hauling out OF logs Tues.
day afternoon was struck by the end
of % cable, which became unfastened,
and was killed.
The master BARRIERS of Seattle have
organized and elected the following
officers: r. II. Noyes, President; j.
l.. Shute, Vice-Preside John f.
Shrewsbury, Secretary, and John
Heckler, Treasurer.
Henry Persel, an employe in a log
ging camp on the Nasel river near
South Bend, was crushed to death
Monday, by log, which struck him
as it shot from the end of chute
near which lie was standing.
Francis McNatt, one OF Washing
toms pioneers, died at his home near
South Park, King county, the other
day, at the age OF 81 years. Mr.. Nc.
Matt crossed the plains in 1852, set
Ting in this State the following year.
Jim Siekara, Japanese laborer, sup
posed to be mentally unbalanced, was
arrested in Seattle Wednesday, after
he had deliberately destroyed about
$500 worth OF plate glass by throwing
bricks through the windows of the
Northern Pacific ticket office.
Delegates from the thirty Wood
men of the World camps of the South
western part OF the State met at Ia
coma last week to perfect plans for
their big celebration, which is to oc.
cur in that city August "a, the last
day of the Elks' carnival, when 999
candidates will be initiated.
At 7 10 o'clock Wednesday morning
at Walla Walla, j. P. Jones, a carpen.
ter and contractor, fell from a scat.
folding surrounding the Goldman
building, on Main and Third streets,
and was dashed to death on the pave
ment below. A defective board was
the cause. He was 60 years old.
A man by the name OF Sullivan died
on the operating table ut Oakville
Wednesday, while under the influence
of chloroform. While working in a
mill there he cut his hand on a saw,
his hand being badly lacerated and
one finger cut off. The hand was be.
ing dressed at the time of his death.
superintendent Z. a. Goddard OF
the insane asylum at Steilacoom has
been cited to appear before the Su-
perior Court OF King county and
answer to charge of contempt.
Goddard refused to allow deputy
sheriff to serve papers upon Mrs. Pat
terson, an inmate of the institution at
Steilacoom.
A gang OF bicycle thieves is operat-
ing in Tacoma. Within the past two
weeks it is said that no less than IA
wheels have been stolen. II is be-
lieved the gang at work in Tacoma
has confederates in Seattle, Spo-
kane and Portland, and is thus en-
abied to get stolen wheel out of the
way in short order.