Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-12-20
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary Of News Gathered from All
Parts Of the State,

| ~ oSsSs So"nuoIy VI NSWS OAtuSTeo from All
Parts Of the State.
The union plumbers of Spokane are
out on strike.
David s. Baldwin, for SO years a
resident OF Walla Walla, died in that
city on the 18th inst.
Hans Anderson, said to be the oldest
man in Snohomish county, is dead at
Snohomish. aged 95 years.
johnson Nickeus, q prominent poll
tician of Tacoma, and ct one time
Mayor of that city, died at Honolulu,
last Thursday.
Thomas Kent, of Hood River, Or,
was crushed to death by falling pile
Tuesday, at Starbuck, while employed
on . pile-driver.
The clothing store OF Rudolph
Gross was robbed of 5000 worth OF
money and clothing, in Seattle.
Wednesday night.
Very Rev. Father Emil Kauten,
hitherto in charge of q Spokane
church, has been transferred to the
Seattle field OF labor.
The dry.kiln of Robert Shields
shingle mill ut Linden, near What
com, was burned Saturday night, en-
failing q loss Of $4,000.
Seattle 10 considering the advisable
ity Of erecting q crematory. II will
probably cost about $50, 900 and be
located At South Seattle.
| Ed. CASTILLO was sentenced to 10
years at hard labor in the penitentiary,
at Everett, Wednesday, for sandbag.
ging and attempting to rob man.
Samuel G. Holtzinger committed
suicide in lodging house, in Tacoma.
Wednesday, by cutting the femoral
artery in his right leg with knife
and blsd 10 death.
The steamer E. d. Smith, OF the
LaConuer Trading and Transports
ton Company, ran on snag in the
Skagit river, Tuesday night and sunk.
No lives were lost.
Washington shingle mills are clos-
ing down now and within the next
week il 10 expected that all will have
closed. By this way the single men
expect to get better price for their
product.
| Jennie Gunterman has been freed
1T Seattle from her marriage with
Louis Alexander. The evidence was
TO the effect that the girl WAS under
age and was persuaded against her
own wishes to marry.
According TO the reports OF the
various County School Superintend'
ents made to the State School Super.
intendent, there are 152.543 children
Iof school age in the State, an increase
of Is, 446 over last year.
Two stores and the postofiics u
Steilacoom were robbed early Tuesday
morning. They carried away con-
siderable merchandise from the stores
and broken open the postofflce safe
but only secured $4.99 in pennies and
IS in stamps.
Lockiaw seized Mrs. Henry Hubbard
at Walla Walla, late Saturday night
a. she danced in the Sons OF Veter'
ans hall. Her futile struggles &c
close her jaws created q sensation and
the dance broke up. Il was growing
late and Mrs. Hubbard had become
sleepy. She yswned and her jaws re
fused to closed, flying open like {
spring when forced shut. The cause
Of tho peculiar attack is unknown.
About Z o'clock Wednesday night Al
Warde Emigh. manager OF the Walls
Walla creamery, was going from .
skimming station west Of Walls
Walla, his horse was grabbed by man
who pointed revolver Ut Emigh ant
made him dismount. The fellow
went through Mr.. Emigh's pockets
and carried off = cheap silver watch
He missed $35 ia coin in . hip-pockel
of his victim. The footpad was moi
masked.
! The State Board OF Control hal
fixed the price Of grain-bags for tn,
} coming year at 1886 per hundred
This is . raise of forty-five cents ovel
last year. The penitentiary jute mil
will manufacture about ], 4O0. 900 bag
in 1902, but it is not anticipated tha'
this number will by any means supply
the demand, As the penitentiary bag
are very much in demand because tn,
price is generally considerably les
than for the Calcutta bags.
The blast furnace at Irondale, OF
Port Townsend bay, was lighted NJ
Saturday afternoon, after being ahu
. down for nearly twelve years. Al
that time it was run by the Puge
; Sound Iron Company, and furnished
the Union Iron Works, OF San Fran
; cisco, with the material for th'
. cruiser Charleston and the battleshil
; Oregon, the Irondsle product being