Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-12-27
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary Of News Gathered from All
Parts Of the State.

A large shingle mill is to be erected
at Arlington.
Hoquiam has organized a perma-
nent dramatic company.
The Hoquiam ship-yard will lay the
keel for another large schooner.
An ice factory and cold storage
plant will be erected at North Yak
ina.
Mrs. Elizabeth Paulson, of Waits.
burg, has just celebrated her 9th
birthday.
The Rockford City Council has
passed an ordinance raising the saloon
license fee to $1,000.
Herman Nelson has been arrested
at Lewiston, Idaho, charged with
wholesale thefts of cattle in Whitman
county.
Prot. w. J. Spillman, OF the agri.
cultural college at Pullman, has been
chosen as agrostologist of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
The recount of votes ut Aberdeen
for Mayor gives the Office to W. w.
Anstie, thus defeating L. L. Maley,
who won on first count by two votes.
A difference OF six votes asw foRnd.
The crew of the tug Tyee which
picked up the deserted vessel Pinmore,
made q rich haul. The vessel is
worth about $lO0, 900 and at least half
of which will 20 to the tug and crew.
Because of delay in the completion
OF the steel bridge across the Lewis
river a regular passenger schedule
will not 60 into effect on the WASH
ington & Oregon railway until next
April.
On the claim that a Northern Pa
cific train ran him down November
Z, near Black River Junction, and ser.
iously injured him, Louis Helms il
suing the company for $4,000 dam
ages. The action has been brought in
the United States District Court.
City Justice Glasford of Walla
fined Frank J. Shepard $25 and cost,
for m king light Of the death OF Presi-
dent Mckinley Saturday. Shepard is
q discharged soldier OF the Tenth bat
terry, and the Judge ordered him to re-
move his uniform, which he still
wore.
John Koontz died at Chehalis Sat.
urdag night, after brief attack ol
pneumonia. He settled in Lewis
county 50 years ago. when a young
boy, aud was a son of Mrs. Selena
Jackson, OF jackson Prairie, who died
two years ago. Mr.. K. leaves a wife
and several grown children.
Perry West is in Jail at Walls
Walla awaiting trial on the charge o
bigamy. Having secured q divorce
from his first wife, West married
again five years ago iu Wyoming
He recently married Miss Jenni'
Kelly of Umatilla county, Or. Hi
second wife now brings suit.
Robert Forbes. of Aberdeen, . can
merry man, who has been connectes
with the industry for q number o
years, believes that too many plant
are being installed on Puget Soun'
and the Alaskan coast. His state
ment, he claims, is borne out by tn
fact that there is an overstock Of NOR
than two million cases Of salmon be
yond the demand for this season.
The second elopement and secre
marriage to occur in the family q
VIM. Reavis, q farmer of Prescott
Was consummated last week by tn
marriage of his daughter, Cora Rsavi
aged 10, and John Wiley, in Wall
Walla. Reavis' younger dsughte
Alta. aged 16, figured two month
ago in runaway match with he
cousin, Cliff Reavis, the couple bein
married in Seattle.
i A Atwe-months.old baby boy was LEI
on the doorstep Of the Monod ho
pital. in Seattle, the other day. A
/ | midnight carriage was driven rapid
tup to the entrance of the hospital, an
after stopping = few seconds ws
whirled away in the darkness. In tn
belief that patient had ahghted tn
matron of the hospital went se th
/ door, TO find an infant cezily envelope
in downy blanket, crying Justify fo
attention.