Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-04-11
Vrashin9tun Standard
STATE NEWS.
a Brief Summary Of News Gathered from All
Parts Of the State.

18th.
Judge Griffin, last week, divorced
ten mismated couple in one day, in
Seattle. Now Chicago, hide your
frowzy head.
\ bill passed the L. S. Senate, n few
days ago, granting the State Of Wash
iugton $4,000 acres of land to aid in
support OF the Soldiers Home. This
will afford very material aid in main
tanning the Home.
Dixie has a five-footed horse. He
is nine years old and good roadster,
although he does not use his extra
foot. The fifth leg branches Off from
the ietlock OF the right front leg, but
does not reach the ground.
North Yakima is already making
preparations to attend the Grand
Court Of American Fuiesters of Wash
ington which is to meet there in the
secoud week OF May. for three days
session. 1t is expected that at least
go delegates will be present.
The influx of homeseekers in East.
ern Washington is large and continu-
Gus. The majority of them are more
or less shocked with the dryness OF
t ,ings there, at first sight, but brief
acquaintance removes the first i'm.
preston and results in a permanent
settler.
Vancouver Register Democrat - Be.
cause this paper said Miss Alice Roose.
welt deserved spanking for wanting to
attend King Eds coronation, the
Vancouver Independent says we have
raised a new political issue. We are
surprised. We scarcely expected to
raise blister.
A stock company of twenty-five
ranchers has been formed at Sunny.
side, f. w., and fine breeding horse
Harlequin, has been purchased from
Mr.. T. c. Williams for $500. This
is considered the finest horse in the
State and assures to Sunnyside very
high class of the Percheron family.
While attempting to 20 on board
the revenue cutter Manning, at the
Puget Sound Navy Yard, Saturday
night, Fred Norman, a marine, missed
his footing and fell into the water
He sank Immediately and did not
come to the surface until the body
was recovered next day by the use o.
graphing hooks.
w. E. Yeomans, the Pe.Ell sawmill
man, closed deal Saturday with the
Weyerhauser Timber Company fol
the timber on 1913 acres OF land south
of and adjoining Pe.Ell. The con.
sideration was $4,000, based on q
stumpage value of $l.25 per thousand
About one-fifth of the timber is ceda,
and the remainder fir.
The Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany, says the Kalama Bulletin, are
now taking ont the old piling at the
transfer landing there and are replac
ing it with new piling for a distance
Of 800 feet. The Kalama paper say
it understands that the transfer Ia
coma will also be overhauled and i'm
prOvements made this summer, one o.
which is new steel deck.
Pullman Tribune: The Tacoms
Evening NeWs contained what wal
intended to be picture of Miss Dais,
Dorothy Barbee, the successful lady
lawyer Of st. Louis, but which really
looked no more like her than it die
like Mi ss Stone the abducted. Mis-,
Barbee 10 q candidate for Probate
Judge on the Democratic ticket. Sh,
was once resident of our city and hel
Pullman friends hope she will be a
successful in her race for Office as sh,
has been in expounding Blackstone.
Prof. Colegrove, who has occupied
tht chair OF Philosophy at the Stat
University of Washington the pas
three years, made an unsuccessful at
tempt at suicide, on the eastbount
Great Northern train, in South Da
kota, few days ago, by cutting hi
throat with razor. Il is thought b.
will recover. He left the Universit,
without notice of his intention ant
simply letters rignifying . desir'
that his resignation be accepted fo
the best interests OF all concerned"
The contract for the construc ton o
the two powerful steel tugs Wyadd,
and Bahada. which the Admiralty
Tug Boat Company decided upor
some weeks ago to build, has beer
awarded to the Moran Bros. Compan,
of Seattle. It involves a total con
struction price of about 500, 400. Th'
general dimensions Of each tug are
Length. ninety feet; beam, ninetee,
feet; depth of hold, seven feet eli,
inches; each of 1856 horsepower
They are to be pushed to completio,
with all possible speed.
John Earring has been appointed
Deputy Warden of the State Peniten
tiary by Gov. Mcbride. notwithstand
ing the Republican committee o.
Walla Walla county recommended
another, J. w. Msckay. It was no
expected, however, that any .attentio,
would be paid to the endorsement o
the committee, and the recommends
ton was made to place the Governor
as sportsmen say. Gin the mid" TIN
occasional bubbles which rises to tn,
surface, indicate that there is seeth
ing current OF discomfort at no grea
depth below the still waters.
George Hull, Pe-Ell logger, wa
convicted by jury in Justice West
overs court in Chehalis, Friday, of as
sault and battery on Rev. John Lotas
Methodist minister at Pe.Ell. HUI
was fined $50 and costs. amounting t,
over 500, which he paid. After com
uniting the assault Hull paid q fine O
S. in Pe-Ell justice court. His at
torney went before Superior Judg,
Rice and attempted to secure q writ o
prohibition to prevent Westover from
trying him for the same assault
claiming that he had been once in
jeopardy. Judge Rice refused to issu,
the writ.
Secretary E. N. Fuller, OF the Stat
Historical Society, has compiled ,
list OF 300 deaths, principally adults
representing twenty-seven counties o.
the State, which took place during tn,