Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-07-26
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary Of News Gathered from All
Parts Of the State.

A Brief Summary Of News Gathered from All
Parts Of the State.
The estimates of the fine prune
crop of Clark county are beginning
to take definite form, and some of
them run to almost 800 carloads.
Two boys, 8 and 10 years OF age re.
spectively. are missing from their
homes at Hoauiam and their parents
are searching the nearby towns for
them.
A. G. Neal, formerly U. s. Receiver
of the Land Office at Lake Chelan,
was found dead in a rowboat on the
lake. last Saturday morning. 1t is
believed that he committed suicide.
A new automobile has arrived at
Hoquiam and will be used to carry
passengers between Hoquiam and
Aberdeen. 1t has carry ing capacity
of SO persons, and speed Of Is miles an
hour.
w. Howard Kernaghan, for three
years cashier OF the Seattle offices of
the Pacific States Telephone & Tele.
graph Co., is missing, and the police
are looking for him. He is charged
with having embezzled about 5000
OF the company's funds.
Otis Rogers, . saloonkeeper of West
port, aged 40 years, committed suicide
with a 38-caliber revolver, the bullet
entering the mouth, passed through
the top of his head, death ensuing in
stantly. Deceased left a widow whose
folks reside at Aberdeen.
An envelope shipped by express by
the Great Northern Railway Com
pany's Office at Everett to the Puget
Sound National Bank of Seattle, and
containing $3.50, has mysteriously dis.
appeared. Officers OF the company
are trying to trace the missing money.
+. N. Ordway, a prominent farmer
living near North Yakima, was
trampled to death by runaway team
Monday. Later in the afternoon, near
the same place. another well-known
farmer, Everett Heberts, was crushed
to death under the heavy wheel OF a
harvester, which passed over his head,
killing him instantly.
Harvest hands in Walla Walla
county have formed a union and
have adopted the following scale of
prices: Bundle-pitohers, drivers, ETC.,
81 per day; stackers, spike.pitchers
and leaders, $3.50 per day; stackers on
32.inch machines or less, where jigger
is provided, So per day; forkers and
all sack-sewers on machines larger
than 32-inch, $3.50; header.punchers,
power.drivers, oilers, ETC.. 50; engi-
neers, 81; firemen, $3.50; separator
tenders, $3.50; hoedowns and roust.
sbouts, $3.50; none at anything less
than - per day.
DR.. Charles E. Reed, we'll known
veterinary surgeon of Tacoma, was
killed Monday night in fall from a
vicious horse. The horse reared and
fell over backwards on to DR.. Reed,
crushing him in frightful manner.
He lived 20 minutes and was conscious
to the last. Kiss me goodbye" said
DR.. Reed to his wife, thus showing
that he realized that his injuries
would quickly prove fatal, and Mrs.
Reed bent over and kissed her hus.
band tender and affectionate farewell.
1t was a most affecting scene. He
was member of two lodges, the Red
Men and Odd Fellows, under whose
auspices the funeral was held Wednes-
day afternoon at 2 O'Clock.
Commissioner Clark, OF public
works, at Tacoma, has received the
two sets of plans for the new Tacoma
free public library building to be
erected through the generosity of An
drew Carnegie. They provide the de-
tails and working plans for the con-
struction OF the same building for
which the elevation drawings were re-
ceived some weeks ago. Little time
need now elapse before the Commits.