Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-10-24
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary Of News Gathered from All
Parts Of the State.


tan fire engine at a cost of $6,O5O.
At Connell, Spokane county, several
cases OF smallpox are quarantined.
P. J. Vivian. for twelve years past a
resident of Seattle, has disappeared
from his home at Ballard, and his
relatives are much worried regarding
him. -
According to an estimate by Polk
directory man, who has just finished q
canvass of the city, Everett now has a
population OF $4,000. The estimate
is based on the ratio OF two and one.
half to the name.
VIM. H. Cram, one OF Whitman
county's early pioneers, died at Pena-
wawa Creek, last week. He leaves q
wife and eleven children, a father,
mother, three brothers, three sisters
and many other relatives.
The steamship Dolphin arrived a.
Seattle. Saturday, from Skagway and
Lynn Canal ports. She brought 262
passengers and 100000 in gold dust.
OF the dust about SAC, 900 belonged to
individuals and the balance was con.
signed to the Canadian Bank of Com
merce at Seattle.
Scantly attired, with long knife in
his hand and laboring under the hal.
lucination that some one was about to
take his life, Harry johnson, 81 years
OF age, created panic in a Seattle
saloon the other day. In the same
condition he was lodged in Jail 10
await developments as to his condition.
Capt. G. G. White, OF the White
shipbuilding yards, at Everett, has
sued Capt. r. Peterson of the steamer
Garms for $4,000 damages, alleging
that Capt. Peterson cast reflections on
the character of the former as q ship
builder in criticism OF the work done
on the Garms, which was launched
about q year ago.
Jennie Smoote, one OF the girls who
was intoxicated OH the streets Of Che.
halls Sunday evening, has been COM
mitted to the Reform School. She is
Is years OF age and was sent to the
school on request OF her parents as in
corrigible. Young Myers, who was
out with her, is serving out q 500
fine in the county Jail for giving the
girl liquor.
VIM. Johnson, a shoemaker, COM
planned to the police at Seattle, Mon.
day night, that he had been robbed oi
$5l by a negro woman in house in
the district below Yesler way. Patrol.
man McClurg and Carr made an in
vestigation and placed Julia Lewis
under arrest. johnson was released
on $50 bail to appear as a witness
against the woman.
w. Gravenstein and a man named
She'll are wanted by the Seattle po'
lice on complaint Of G. Erckman, who
charges them with robbery. Erck'
man says he found the men on the
street with no place to sleep and hav'
ing q kind heart offered them his bed
and room, as he works nights. They
repaid his hospitality by opening his
trunk and stealing $32 and numerous
valuables.
Henry F. Stevenson, farmer who
has been living near Pullman, was
found dead in his bed Friday morning
Death was due to an epileptic fit, dur.
ing which the man had turned over
on his face and smothered to death.
He was 25 years OF age and had been
married about year. When he re-
tired for the night he was feeling we'll
and had written q cheerful letter to
his wife during the evening.
The remains Of what appears to be
o prehistoric dock were unearthed
Monday by the dredge Seattle, while
deepening the anchorage around the
docks at Everett. A lot Of old piles,
some of them fifteen feet long, were
struck from eighteen to twenty feet
under ground where the dredge was
working. How they got there is q
mystery. They were about forty feet
north of the present dock, at . point
where there never has been q dock
located during historic times.
A nervy hobo walked into > N. P
passenger coach on the overland al
Pasco, Tuesday morning, and, picking
up q fine looking valise and overcoat
walked out again and deposited both
articles near the track. The proceed
ing was watched by couple of North
ern Pacific detectives, who were there
on business, and they Immediately
took..the overcoat and valise back into
the coach and returned them to theil
owner. As soon as the train had de-
parted and the tramp went to hi'
cache he was placed under arrest.
An attempt was made at NORTH
Yakima, Sunday afternoon. to organ
ize trades union alliance but the ef
forts broke up in row Is . result OF
socialistic speech. A meeting hat
been called for the purpose Of organic
ing and IS representatives OF trades
men OF that city were present. w. d
Prince, q painter, and q Mr.. Jackson