Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-11-07
STATE NEWS.

in distress on top OF store porch at
Elma. He attempted to get the dog
down, and for his efforts is minus a
chunk OF flesh from his hand.
The Prosecuting Attorney of King
county Monday lodged formal com.
plant against Michael Bartlett, the
slayer of his wife, Mrs. MISE Bartlett,
accusing him of murder in the first
degree.
Charles O'Neil and John McNulty
we're killed in . slide on the Great
Northern inshore cutoff a few miles
below Fairhaven Monday. They were
loading dirt on q car when caught
between it and the slide.
Rev. Hamilton M. Bartlett has ten.
dered his resignation as pastor Of st.
Michaels Episcopal Church at North
Yakima, after six years service. He
believes, he says, another rector can
do better work in the parish.
What seems to be carnival of
crime is now holding forth in Spo.
kane. Hold.ups follow one another
as fast as darkness comes around,
every "a hours, to give the midnight
providers a chance. Burglaries are
being reported to the police every
day and many petty thieveries such
as of bicycles and chickens are con.
stantly being reported and the room
thieves are much in ev idence.
A California street woman by the
name of Pearl Thorn committed sui
eide Tuesday, at Everett, by tax ing
bichloride OF mercury tablets. She
was discovered by the inmates OF the
next house in the agonies Of death.
She died five minutes after doctor
arrived. The woman's relatives live
in Minnesota. No cause for the sui.
eide is known, more than that she had
been drinking heavily for the past few
days.
A H.awatha, (Kan.) dispatch Of the
4th inst, says: Miss Lizzie Boyce, Of
Padonia, a number Of years ago, took
care OF an old man who became sud.
denly i'll while passing her home.
After his recovery, he left, and Miss
Boyce did not hear Of him again un.
til to-day, when she received word
from Seattle, Wash, of his death. He
had no near friends and relatives, and
on account of the kindness shown
him left Miss Boyce his entire fortune
of 81, OO0, 900.
A terrible experience was that of
Peter McIver, in East Kootenay. He
was lost in the mountains for over a
week. When found he was nearly in
sane, almost naked, badly frost bitten,
and had been without food for Ave
days. Four Of the toes of his left foot
were amputated, and he showed his
grit by refusing to take chlorofOrm.
When the man was found he was
carefully lifted on cayuse and was so
weak that he had to be held on all the
way to Wilmer. He was 80 Frustrated
that he could not turn in bed.
William keenan, insisted on return
ing to First avenue south, at Seattle.
Friday night, to learn the origin OF an
alarm of fire, and that is the last seen
of him by his friends or the proprie.
tors of the Alaska Commercial hotel,
where he was staying. Earlier in the
day he had secured $50 in cash from
the bank, so it is thought that foul
play has been enacted. His friends
at the hotel, H. C. Hitchcock and p.
w. Cross, who recently came from
Michigan with him, are entirely at q
loss to account for the mysterious dis
appearance.
Lottie Bruce, a girl 22 years of age.
was stabbed in the temple by . man
named James Chantes yesterday morn
|, ing at 2 o'clock. Her death is ex-
pected at any moment. The crime
was committed at the Arcade variety
theater, low resort, at Seattle, where
the girl was employed. Ella Bruce. .
sister OF the injured girl, was present
and witnessed the crime. Chantez
was in love with Lottie, and had for
some time been pressing bis attentions
upon her. On numerous occasions he
had asked her to marry him. This
morning he stood talking to the two
girls in the palm garden for a long
time, and again offered his hand to
Lottie. Upon being refused he bid
the girls goodbye and started to leave
the place. Suddenly he turned about
with a large clasp knife in his hand
and made a lunge At Lottie, driving
the blade up to the hilt in her left
temple. He then ran away. The girl
fell as il dead, but was found to be
only unconscious. She was taken TO
the hospital, where she is still alive,
though she cannot live. Chantez was
apprehended by the police and is now
in Jail. When asked il he was the
man who had killed the girl. he re-.
piled; "Yes, ! tried to kill her, and
am glad of it. I hope she will die"
Lottie Bruce is the daughter Of
Alec Bruce, who is employed in the