Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-10-04
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 prune crop in the region around
Centralia and Chehalis is reported as
very light but of fine quality.
The Centralia schools opened Mon
day with an enrolment OF 672 pupils
and staff OF seventeen teachers.
Clifford Anderson. the young man
who was accidentally shot vt Ballard
last week by companion, is dead.
The four.masted barkentine Aurora
was launched Saturday afternoon at
Everett. She is 24O feet long over all i.
The Everett Water Company has
filed at the county courthouse .
mortgage of $500, 900 with the Man.
haitian Trust Company. of New York,
for an issue of bonds for extensive i'm.
pr0vements in the water system.
The little trading schooner Emma
May. OF Seattle, was pounded to pieces
on Foulweather Head in the lower
Sound. Sunday night. The crew Of
three escaped. The cargo Of general
merchandise is q total loss. The loss
is about 5000, with no insurance.
Will Bracket. who lives near North
Yakima, Monday, exhibited three
monster pumpkins which he raised
this year for exhibition at the fair.
The largest weighs 137 pounds, and is
six feet eight inches in circumference.
The others were only little smaller.
There are two cases in the Lewis
county court against John w. Terrier
besides the charge of murder Of which
he was recently acquitted. One is
for shooting H. Holcomb. the brother
Of the murdered man, in the arm, and
the other for shooting William Miller.
Francois Gagnon was arrested at
Everett Saturday afternoon, having
in his possession bucket of lard in
which was hidden q kit of burelars'
tools. 1t is supposed that he intended
smuggling the tools to q pal in the
King county Jail where he himself
was at one time imprisoned.
In the rifle competition at the
Portland carnival between companies
of the Oregon and Washington Ma.
tional Guard at 200 yards range. Co.
D.. Of Seattle, won first prize with "a
points; Co. D., of Woodburn, Ore,
second prize. with 81 points, and Co.
F. OF Chehalis, third, with 81 points.
Monday the new saloon license or.
dinance went into effect at Walla
Walla and hereafter every saloon in
the city will be compelled to pay
$685. year TO the city for the priv:l-
eye of doing business, and comply
with strict police regulations. One
new rule will be the closing of all
doors at midnight of Saturday and re-.
naming closed until midnight Of
Sunday.
The Japanese of Seattle are enter
ing enthusiastically into the arrange
ments for the reception in that city OF
their honored countryman, Marquis
Ito. The entire duration of the stay
OF the Marquis in Seattle. is to be a
period OF festivity. A big display of
fireworks and a reception at some
commodious hall are the prominent
features of the celebration as arranged
at the present time.
Each county of the State is required
to settle this year for the unpaid State
taxes for the year 1894. and Auditor
Atkinson is sending out to the County
Auditors the amount due from each.
The total amount of taxes delinquent
for 1894 is $780, 4l.5l, of which King
county owes about $4,000. The larg.
est amount due from ony one county