Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-01-04

a.. r'hcipaI streets IN tac city. \
l,t;.u has l,cn ..r,ulltcd asking the
'.t: C"u"c.l to take some steps to
-,op tire apparent blockade to the
t4oroughfarc
Tom Murphy, the dcspcrado who
held up 'i< men and robbed the Var
wick gambling hall IN the hear. OF
Spokane, last week, has pleaded guilty
to The charge Of robbery and was. sem
fenced TO SIX wears in the Walla
Waila pcuitontiary. J. J. Adams, the
last 0! the gang OF safc-blowers re-
Gently captured, was sentenced to
serve eight years in the penitentiary
from the same city.
Some time hctNccn O'Clock and
daylight Friday morning, burglars,
suppose! to be three III number, en-
tered the saloons OF Daniel Salzer and
+. VI. Thomas, at Centralia, by break
ing open the front doors. \ slot
machine in each saloon was pried
open and small amount OF money
taken. In Sallcr's saloon the burg
lars helped themselves to liquors and
cigars. There is no clue to the rob-
bcrs.
The public schools of Centralia
have an attendance of GG2, according
to the report of superintendent ID. T.
Van Tine. There are l. teachers en-
ploycd. The County Treasurer has
just called in warrants on the district
up to No. lS2, issued in January last.
The district is now in better condi-
ton than for a long time. The High
school has invested in n very COM
plete set OF apparatus for its GYM
nasium.
The pardon which was announced
as about to be granted to Mrs. Jane
Pyle has come, and the aged woman
has been taken to the home OF her
son, William Hern, at Wenatchee.
The crime for which Mrs. Pyle was ut
first sentenced to be hanged, but
which was afterward changed to life
imprisonment, was that of burning
the Aurora Hotel, at Walla Walla,
about ID years ago. Mrs. Pyle is now
past SO years of age, and cannot live
long.
The Salvation Army and Nolun-
teers of America at Seattle are having
disagreement. Corps No. l of the
Salvation Army is charged by the
local Volunteer organization with
having done everything possible to
prevent the giving of free Christmas
dinner to the poor, with having mis-
used funds contributed for charitable
purposes, and with having made away
with the collection recently taken on
the streets for Christmas relief. The
Salvation Army officers deny the
charges absolutely.
A dispatch from Colfax says: Geo.
Hume, farmer, living mile south
east of Glenwood, has just found good
oil indications on his land. Mr..
Hume has resided on this farm for the
last twenty years, and during that
time has used water from spring
close to the house. Last summer
the spring was cleaned, and afterward
the water was unfit for use. Lately
it has been noticed that the water in
the spring pool was covered with oil,
and this has been skinned off and
has been found to burn as readily as
any OF the crude oils.
There is considerable talk at What
com regarding the fate of Mr.. Wild
burger, OF Sumas. Last Saturday he
borrowed some money from a mer-'
chant at Sumas and went to Whatcom.
A couple of days later his son, Fred
Wildburger, of Sumas, received
letter from him containing many
mysterious hints regarding suicide,
and also statement regarding his
business affairs, which he wanted
Strengthened up. Inquiry around
town develops no information, and it
is feared the old man has jumped in
the bay, as he threatened.
An accident occurred Friday at
Lowell which nearly resulted in a
tragedy. In the Christmas exercises
of the school children, Hugh Nc
Millin, one of the schoolboys, was TAX
ing the part of st. Nicholas in dis
tributing the presents among the
children. His large coat trimmed
heavily with cotton, touched one OF
the wax tapers. The cotton ignited,
and in flash the flames passed over
the boys whole body. His father
wrapped large coat around the
young man, and the flames were soon
smothered. The boys face and neck
were badly burned.
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