The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-05-16
NEWS Of THE NORTHWEST
LATE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selection of Interesting Items
Gathered Through the Week
Every Section shows General
Growth-Many Accidents and Per-
sonal Happenings.
w WARRINGTON.

Oscar L1ngwall or Spokane mas myS-
teriously disappeared.
An unknown man committed suicide
at Wilson Creek last week.
The Sprague public school COM
mencement exercises will be held in
the Masonic hall on the evening OF
May 3d.
The appointment of DR.. w. H. How
tAe eastern Washington hospital fo-
the insane, is announced.
Mike Mcclellan, a Tenth battery ar
tiileryman of Fort Walla Walla, was
fatally injured just before artillery
drill on the reservation grounds at
Walla Walla, Saturday.
The first sale of the American Short
,orn Breeders association ever held
III this state occurred in Colfax and
SO head of thoroughbred cattle were
sold at an average price of $165.52.
Last week the senate confirmed the
following appointments Registers of
land offices-F. w. Stocking, Olympia;
M. B. Malloy Waterville; ]. H. Smith,
Seattle. Receivers of public moneys
A j. Cook, Vancouver: M. Cannon
North Yakima T. B. Andrews, Seattle.
The Walla Walla high school won
the intermediary track meet today by
a margin of 33 points over the nearest
competitors. Out of 1877 possible
points the contesting schools scored
as follows: Walla Walla high school,
SO; Pendleton high school, &c; Whit
man academy 49,; Waitsburg acad-
envy, 10; Washington seminary of
Huntsville, 10.
Engineer Michael J. Riley and
Brakeman A. L. Kittle were killed re-
Gently at Everett by an engine crash
ing through a trestle to the bottom of
a gulch 25 feet below. The men were
IN the employ of the Snohomish Log
ging company. The engine fell upon
Riley killing him instantly. Kittle
died soon after from scalds. Another
train which followed crashed through
the same trestle. The engineer and
fireman both escaped by jumping.
Rev. G.. Herbert Jones, the present
pastor of the Vincent Methodist Epis
copal church at Spokane, has received
his commission as chaplain from Pres
ident Roosevelt and Elihu Root, the
secretary of war, and now awaits the
orders of the war department to re
port for active duty. He has receiv
ed no orders as yet.
The Inland Empire InterscholastiC
association. Such is the title of an or
ganiZatiOn which has been brOugh
into existence by representatives c
the various high schools and acade
mics of the Spokane district. The
purpose of the organization is to pro
mote athletic interest in the secondar!
schools of the Inland Empire and t.
formulate some uniform regulations a
to interscholastic athletic meets.
In written opinion given GOverno
Mcbride recently. Attorney Genera
Stratton states me conclusion tina
there is no provision of law for tn
election of a governor to fill vacanc,
in the Office of governor; the lieuten
ant governor continues to perform tn
duties of governor for the unexpire,
term; that there is no vacancy in tn
office of lieutenant governor in thi
state, and therefore no such Office
may be appointed and that if va
cancy existed in the Office of lieuten
ant governor it could not be filled b.
election this year.