Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-03-28
'Washin9tuu Standard
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary Of News Gathered from All
Parts of the State.

Montesano has under construction
three-story brick business house.
Uncle Sam is mounting one of his
l2-inch guns at Fort Casey, near Port
Townsend.
Mrs. Rebecca Ann Cleman, a pioneer
OF this State, died on her old home
stead, three miles from Ellensburg,
last Friday.
Four cases Of smallpox have de-
veloped at the State Pen:tentiary and
close quarantine has been established.
Recent arrivals brought the disease
from infected jails. For several days
the four men have been sick, the dis
ease has now developed fully.
An innovation in hop.raising is
noted in several hop sections. 1t is
the substitution OF short poles and
stringing Irvine for support OF the
vines in trullis form. 1t is much
easier to harvest the crop from this
support than from tall poles which
hive to be lowered for the purpose.
The steamer Dauntless having brok-
Gu down few days ago, the fare on
her route between Tacoma and Sc
attic, Immediately rose to non-opposi-
ton figures by the Sentinel-40 cents
single or IS cents round-trip. The
consequence was that hundreds OF
people who avail themselves of bar
gain counter" prices stayed at home.
At Walla Walla, Saturday, q con.
tract was let to E. G. Cox for the
erection of stone church building
for st. Paurs Episcopal Church on
the stone foundation laid last fall on
Catherine street. The contract price
of the completed building is $lO,5 500.
The furnishings are to cost $l,OOO
more. 1t is to be ready for occupancy
September LIST.
Expulsion from the NJ. E. Church
Carries with it expulsion from the
Epworth League, without further &C.
ton being necessary. Such is the de-
cision Of the board OF bishops of the
church, by majority vote, as an
nounced in private advices received
here. This was one of the central ques-
tons in the controversy in the First
NJ. E. Church OF Spokane last autumn,
members expelled from the church
insisting that they still retained their
rights in the league. The ruling OF
the authorities of the local church il,
therefore, upheld.
That there ever was tribe of the
Black River Indians will soon be q
matter Of history, and to-day at the
mouth OF Cedar River, where it emp.
ties into the Black river, there is
but one lone family Of the once large
and powerful tribe. This family is
composed OF James Moses and his
great-great grandmother, who is now
blind, and is reported to be 126
years old. A large portion of the
tribe has gone to the Tulalip Indian
reservation, some have gone to their
farms on Green River, and still others
have gone to the Puyallup reserva-
ton.
Peter Olson, an eccentric Swede,
living short distance from Ritzville,
died Saturday night from the effects oil
starvation. He had been troubled
with indigestion and finally refused "a
eat until his natural appetite should
return. The natural appetite never
came back, and, after thirty-eight day.
Of fasting, death occurred. The de-
ceased was about IS years old, and has
lived in Adams county for sixteen
years. His body had wasted away I'M
til it was almost skeleton, and con
sisted OF nothing but skin and bones
Mr.. Olson was unmarried, and had
lived alone for over ten years. He
left . brother and sister living in the
county.
The prosecution of J. w. Adam,
and J. E. Larkin. the home colonists
who were arrested for sending non.
mailable matter through the post
Office, came to an abrupt end in the
United States Court at Tacoma, last
week. After hearing the evidence
adduced on the part of the govern.
ment. Judge Hani0rd directed the
jury to bring in . verdict of acquittal
In the case in which Adams and Lar.
kins were jointly indicted for sending
copy Of the paper Discomtent, con.
tanning an article entitled "A Healthy
Comparison" through the mail, . jury
Was empanneled. A copy of the
RopCS WoS AubAOOuCeu IA CvlO0uC0p bOO
the article in question was read by
Judge Hanford. He held that the
matter contained in it did not come
within the perview Of the law, and
ordered . dismissal OF the case.
To prevent accidents such as the
recent collision on Third avenue be.
tween = hose wagon of the fire de-
partment and q Third avenue street
car, the Seattle Electric Company will
place revolving lights At all dangerous
street intersections in the business die.
tricts. This course was decided upon
by President Furth and General
Manager Dickinson, of the company
and Chief Cook. When tho system
is in operation it will be handled from
fire headquarters. As soon a. an
alarm is received. either by telegraph
m talonhnue the man in charpe will