The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-29
-FOUR NORTHWEST STATES
NEWS is BRIEFLY TOLD HERE
Choice Selection of Interesting Items
Gathered Through the Week
Harvesting Is in Full Blast-Big
Crops Assured - Many Accidents
OccUr-PersonaIs.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

WASHINGTON NEWS.
Miss Shively, teacher in the Farm
ington schools, has a well developed
case of smallpox.
A church debt row resulted in the
crushing of Conrad's Barnhart's skull
at Walla Walla.
John Considine is a free man. Jury
declares him not guilty of murder Of
William L. Meredith. at Seattle.
Oscar Noreren was killed recently by
a Northern Pacific train in the mill
yard of the Tacoma Cedar company.
Representative w. l.. Jones, of this
state, believes that the government
should construct the Nicaragua canal.
A young son of S. ]. Abbott, farm
er living east of Colfax, was terribly in
jured recently by being kicked by
horse.
George Skells, who was killed by
moving train at Northport, recently,
was resident of Addy, where he has
lived for fifteen years.
The importation of blooded cattle
from the middle west to the Palouse
country bids fair to do much toward
solving the diversified farming prob
lem.
In a holdup at Bleek Creek siding
fifteen miles south of Colville, recently
three masked men relieved the crew on
the work train of the Spokane Falls &
Northern of $50.
Near Walla Walla a successful effort
to propagate the seed of Turkestan al
falfa has just been concluded by Milt
Evans and E. N. Leckenby, acting un-
der federal government contract.
Gov. Rogers may shorten terms Of
three convicts at the pen. They are
John Hurn, a 'lifer," who committed
arson, and Harry Miller and James
Robinson, sent up for murder. Execu-
tive clemency is recommended.
The tax rate for Kittitas county and
city Of Ellensburg has been fixed as fol
lows: State and county, 20 ITO mills;
city, IL IL mills; school district, IL
mills, making total rate IN the city of
81 Ito mills, an increase of $40 Of l
mill over last year.
The following companies, being inca
pacitated to discharge duties required
of them, have been disbanded: Com
pany A, unattached infantry. Daven
port; company c, unattached infantry
Goldendale; company G, unattached in
fantry, Garfield; company l, First in
fantry, Walla Walla
Information of an invaluable nature
concerning the resources of Washing
ton is contained in the report of the
state bureau of statistics, agriculture
and immigration for 1901. The report
was made recently to Gov. Rogers, and
has now been issued in pamphlet form
by the state printer. 1t was compiled
by A. w. Frater, deputy commissioner
and Sam H. Nichols, secretary of state
who is ex-officio commissioner.
William Tyrrell a member of one Of
the largest glass factories in Pennsyl
vania, has made the Everett chamber
of commerce a proposition to establish
a factory in the city. He asks for &
free site and a bonus of S25 900, to bt
paid when the factory is ready for oper
alton. He will employ $50 men, Is pei
cent of whom will be employed at Ev
erett, and the rest will be Eastern mel
of experience. The value Of the annua
output will be 100000
The coming carnival of the Woodmer
of the World to be held in Spokane De
cember 10, IA and Is, when it is hoped
to initiate 1901 new members, promises
to be the greatest event of its kind il
the Inland Empires history. Ever!
camp of Woodmen in the Inland EN-
pire is working to secure candidates
and every town will send a large dele
cation. Colfax, Pullman and Moscow
have made application for a specia
train to carry 700 excursionists to Spc
kane.