Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-10-17
pia. which will require his attention
for the next few months.

pia. which will require his attention
for the next few months.
Major Bingham, U. S. Quartermas
ter, Monday, opened bids for the con-
struction of new buildings at Fort
Lawton. At a late hour that after
noon an abstract of the bids had moi
been completed, but Of the five offers
two were tabulated, showing that T.
w. Pettis, of San Francisco, bid for
the work in the sum of $l00,552, and
w. r. Nichols, of Tacoma, in the
sum OF $4,000. Two of the other
bidders are Seattle firms. This is one
of the largest construction contracts
yet offered by the Government in this
section.
The police of Seattle are congratu-
lating themselves on having arrested
Mrs. Isabel Monroe, a self-confessed
shoplifter, before she had made a
lengthy residence in that city. The
woman was arrested Saturday after
noon. She was detected by a woman
clerk in store in the act OF stealing
small article FROM one OF the counters.
When taken to police headquarters
and searched, several pairs OF stockings,
an umbrella and skirt. folded
lengthwise, were found concealed be.
meath her dress. The property was
identified as having been lifted"
from the Bon Marche store.
James Albert Wright, a Young
farmer of the Sunnyside country, who
has spent nearly his whole life in
Yakima county, has fallen heir to the
snug sum OF $4,000 by the death of
his father at De Kalb Center, Illinois.
Wright's father and mother were d.
vorced in California in 1867, the
mother being given the custody of the
son, an only child. Mrs. Wright after
q number of moves, settled in the
Yakima valley, and had no communi-
cation with her husband from the date
of separation. Wright died last Oc-
tober, and made a provision in his
will leaving the bulk of his property
to his son if he were found within two
years. The administrator after ad.
vertising at various points located the
young man, and all that young Wright
has to do to secure his fortune is to
establish his Identity.
Matilda McCloud, an Indian girl of
IA years, is in Jail charged with hav-
ing dug up nine twenty-dollar gold
pieces which John Stevis had ordered
his daughter, Ida Stevis, to hide in the
grass. Stevis was evidently afraid of
the hobos during the hop picking sea-
son in the Puyallup valley, and as .
matter of security concluded it was
unsafe to have his wealth in the house,
90 he directed his daughter to take it
out and bury it in the ground. Ida
hid it carefully in spot about a hun
dred yards from the house, together
with two dollars in silver coin, and
covered the treasure over with grass.
It appears the girl, Matilda McCloud,
saw the operation and the next day
when Ida went for the money it was
gone. Suspicion did not rest upon
the McCloud girl until few days ago
when she was noticed to be spending
money very lavishly. She was taken
before Justice Whitman at Puyallup
and pleaded guilty. TIE Justice nae
certified the case to the Superior
Court for final action.
Word has been received 1t Spokane
from Seattle that Mrs. Katherine Sum.
mers, who was taken from the Spo-
kane county Jail to that OF King county
on June 4, will be q mother with.
in 80 days. Mrs. Summers told her
attorney that she was not concerned
at her condition, and said her hus-
band was admitted to the county Jail
at Spokane about March l, represent.
ing himself TO be an attorney. This
statement is regarded with amusement
at Spokane, as Mrs. Summers hus-
band was fugitive at the time and
she repeatedly complained OF his de-
serting her in her trouble. Mrs. Sum.
mers was confined at Spokane on the
charge OF obtaining money under
false pretenses, from December 4 to
June 4. The matter is regarded at
Spokane as q Jail scandal. Sheriff
Doust is out OF the city and his deputy
refuses to talk. She was taken from
the Jail in Seattle Tuesday, TO q hos.
pital TO be treated for . nervous dis.
order. She WAS averse to going to the
hospital and showed her displeasure
when she got there by wrecking the
furniture Of one OF the best rooms in
the institution and frightened all the
patients.