Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-25
WASAsMGTON STATE NEWS.

The J. X. Mitchell sawmill at Teni-
no was destroyed 10y fire.
The coal output OF the Washington
mines is not detrimentally affected by
the use of fuel oil.
The big ireighter Shawmut has sailed
for the Philippines with the largest sin
gle consignment OF lumber ever leaving
Seattle.
julius GobeauX has been experiment.
ing with clay at Everett and says it is
of the finest rr@ue for the manufacture
OF fire brick, thing, terra Gotta, sewer
pipe and fine statuary.
DIR. Frank PierrepOnt Graves, for the
past four years president of the Univer-
sity of Washington, has rendered his
resignation to the board of regents of
that institution. 1t was accepted and
will become effective January l, 1908.
In the meantime DR.. Graves has been
granted leave of absence on full pay.
Mrs. Mary A. Whealdon, pioneer of
Ilwaco is dead at that place.
Fred Partridge. a nine-year-old boy
of Wilbur, was drowned in Aitch lake
five miles from Wilbur.
Dorothy Day, Il tive-year-old girl of
Washongal, fell from steamer near
Vancouver, this state, and was drowned.
The Ancient Order of Hoo Hoos drew
a large crowd to witness their big pa
rade on Lumbermen' day of the Seattle
carnival.
Captain Charles II. Jones, Il veteran
mariner, president of the Puget Sound
Board of Pilot Commissioners and har-
Dor master of Port Townsend, died
there after lingering illness from
asthma.
According to Il letter received from
Washington by Assistant Postmaster
Cokett of Seattle mails for transpacitic
destinations, which heretofore have
been sent from that city to San Fran
cisco, will hereafter go direct from
Puget Sound. This is a concession
that has long been an object of Mr. Col
kett, and he consequently is highly
gratfied that his well laid plans should
ut last bear fruit.
Ladies' and children's day at the
Setatle carnival was a success in every
way.
Robert Burns is under arrest charged
with having stabbed T. n. Mitchell of
Blaine in Seattle saloon.
The battleship Wisconsin is now in
Seattle harbor as an added attraction
for visitors to the Elks' carnival.
Great Indignation has been aroused
at Wilbur by the murder, of Il three
year-old girl. The mother claims that
Il robber killed the child while strug-
Cling with the woman. No trace of the
man can be found.
Peter Undergrad, formerly Il we'll
known member of the First Washington
volunteers, is dead in Manila. Ender-
gard. who had been in the island coun-
try ever since his discharge from the
regiment, fell victim to the cholera
epidemic that has harrassed he resi-
dents of Manila and tributary districts
Capt. Robert +. Meyer, who superin-
tended the opening of the first coal
mine on the Pacific, was killed at
Whatcom in Il runaway. Capt. Meyer
was ~ years OF age.
Lieut.. Yates Stirling, son of Rear
Admiral Stirling, who was recently
selected as the new commnadant at the
Puget Sound maynard, will soon Join
his father there as an officer of the
yard.
After chasing the men who held up Il
saloon at Freewater and shot Deputy
Sheriff Richie, for two days, the posse.
captured the wrong man, but secured
George Mcdonald who attempted to
hold up farm hand at Touchet and
nearly beat the man to death.
The bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. 7. =.
Newton, the San Francisco couple who
rented a boat from Joe Wilson, of
Seattle, were found in Green Lake by
Joe Wilson. They were elapsed in
each others arms, and Coroner Hoye
is confident they committed suicide to-
gether.
The work OF harvesting the Big Bend
wheat crop has fairly begun, and oper-
ations will not cease, except for rainy
/ weather. until late in September. The
Yield this year will in the aggregate be
more than ever before, while the yield
per acre will be slightly less than that
of last season.
MAKE PROGRESS.