Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-11-07
arrested end taken to police head
quarters charged with fighting.

quarters cnarSeu Win HShtlng.
Walla Walla has expended $4,000
toward getting supply OF water from
Thomas springs. Now it is reported
! that the supposed springs is from irri-
CATION bitches, and not from an under
ground flow.
At Walla Wslla, on the 3Oth ult.,
fire destroyed the $4,000 residence OF
Dion Keefe. Mrs. Keefe, aged SO, was
severely burned about the head and
face. A volunteer fireman was badly
cut by falling glass.
An unknown Alaska miner went
mad in Seattle variety theater Sat-
urday morning, presumably from a
mad-dog bite. He was sitting down
when suddenly he sprang at the
crowd like mad, with mouth foaming,
and barking and biting like a dog.
Six strong policemen bound him and
sent him to the Counry Jail, where
he was placed in straight-jacket.
Louise Napoleon, an Indian girl
about 20 years of age. met with
frightful accident at Tacoma, few
days ago. She was struck by an en-
gine on the Northern Pacific track
where it crosses South Twentieth
street. Both of the girls feet were
cut off at the aukles and for hours she
lay bleeding until discovered at day.
light by some passer-by. She was
conscious when found, although she
was so weak that she could scarcely
speak. Just how the girl was struck
she does not know, as she was con-
siderably under the influence OF liquor
at the time.
"Old Man Campbell" well-known
farmer living near Loomis, was foully
murdered few nights ago. His body
was found outside his cabin with a
large bullet hole in the head. The
wound was at the base of the skull,
indicating that Campbell had been
shot from behind when about to enter
his little cabin. He was fully dressed
and his hat lay beside where he fell.
Campbell had some trouble about a
week ago with some hoboes, and few
days prior his haystack was fired. 1t
is presumed this act was committed
by the same persons who afterwards
laid in waiting for the old man and
shot him to death. No clue is obtain.
able as to the guilty persons.
At l o'clock Tuesday morning c. E.
Johnson, who lives about four miles
east of Winlock on the Cowlitz road,
discovered that his barn was on fire.
The whole building was in flames
when Mr.. johnson reached it, and the
heat was so intense that he could not
enter to get his horses and cows out.
They were struggling to get loose and
we're not yet much injured, but it was
impossible to save them. One COW
came out of the barn after the fire had
burned the rope in two that held her,
but she was so badly burned that she
was killed. Two horses and five cows
were lost, together with about 5000
worth of hay and all of the farming
implements except the wagons. The
total loss amounts to about 81 500.
There was no insurance.
Charles Linsley, Of Elma, had an
experience up the Satsop river . few
days ago which he will not soon for
get. He had taken his sweetheart up
to Grove and on his way back, at .
point about q mile and half above
Mr.. Shaffer's ranch, where the road
runs close to the Satsop river, the
ground gave way and precipitated
him, buggy, team and all, over an en-
bankment some twenty or thirty feet
high, almost into the river below. He
was heavily dressed and closely
wrapped in the robes and had some
difficulty in extricating himself when
he reached the bottom. Finding him
self unhurt, he began to look to his
team. One horse had become un-
fastened and went away, returning
later on. Mr.. Linsley extricated the
other horse and went to Mr.. Shaffer's
where he remained for the night. The
next morning he pulled his buggy up
with the use of tackle block.
The application OF the State for s.
120 acres of land in the two townships
thrown open in the north half OF the
Colville reservation last month was
turned down by Register Ludden OF
the Spokane Land Office. His ruling
is that the State can take no land in
the reservation under the law throw
ing it open. By the enabling act of
the State of Warrington 100000 acres
were granted to the State for the sup.
port Of a Scientific School, State Nor
NAL school, Public Buildings at the
State Capital and for State Charitable,
Educational, Penal and Reformatory
institutions. His application is denied
on the ground thot the law opening
the reservation provides that each
entryman shall pay $1.5O per acre be.
fore he can receive certificate for the
property. Since the grant to the
State is free, this language is held to
exclude the idea that any of the reser-
vation land should 60 to the State.