Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-04-04

numerous canneries have been es-
/ tablIshed on Port Townsend bay and
'"e Trade ct each Is on the increase.
The sale in the postoflice at Castle
Rock was blown open with nitro
giycerlne, "Wednesday night, and all
OF the cash and stamps it held were
stolen or burned, as fire succeeded
'he explosion, which was with diff
Guilty extinguished. +. J. Dyden is
postmaster, and as he was temporarily
absent from the town, the amount Of
loss Is unknown. AT last accounts the
sale crackers had not been apprehend
Ell. They were thought to have been
heading for the Sound. 1t is well for
people to keep a finger or the pistol
trigger.
j. l.. Emerson, who was drowned in
the Chehalis river, at Porter, last
week, was one of the proprietors of the
Arlington Single Company at that
place. He leaves wife and four
children, the eldest being ii years old.
ihe company offers reward of 800
Tor the recovery of the body, and
large number Of men are searching for
1t. 5. X. Langberg, one of the firm,
says Mr.. Emerson's death will not
affect the business OF the firm. The
mill was shut down on account of the
accident, but began running again
Monday.
Benjamin Jones, a machinist, of
Portland, Or, died at Seattle, Tuesday,
from what the Coroner believes to
have been violent poison given by
woman with whom he was registered
at the Hotel York as his wife. The
woman came into the hotel office, an
nounced that the man was i'll, and
left, presumably for a physician. She
did not return, and when the hotel
management secured a doctor the
man was found unconscious. He was
removed to hospital, where he died.
His clothing was stripped of valuables.
Letters found in his grip reveal that
the man has parents in Oskaloosa, Ia.
Ernest Lutz who killed Thos. Kane
and wounded John Lacasse on Onion
Creek, Tuesday, went to Colville and
surrendered to the Sheriff next day.
He was greatly depressed, and said
that if he could have procured poison
he would have taken his life. He pro-
fessed ignorance of the fatal results of
his shooting. He said one of the men
had revolver, and he fired his rifle
to scare them off. Feeling runs high
there against the homicide, and fears
are expressed of mob action. Lutz
has wife and ten children. The
shooting was the result OF disputed
boundary. Lutz claims the men were
trying to take his garden from him.
Arrangements are being made Tor
visit to the State of Washington dur
ing June Of large number of the
leading lumber manufacturers of
Minnesota and adjoining States. The
manufacturers will come in a party
which will probably number $50 per-
sons. They will leave Minneapolis
about June Sd, and coming West via
the Northern Pacific and Great North.
ern, will visit Spokane, Olympia, Ia
coma, Seattle, Snohomish, Everett,
Snmas. Whatcom, Vancouver, Vic
toria. North Bend, Revelstoke. Glacier
and the Banf Hot Springs, returning
home via the Canadian Pacific. Ac-
cording TO the itinerary of the party
as at present arranged they will arrive
in Seattle on June II, and leave on
the 10Th.
Just as services were beginning at
the African Methodist Church at Spo-
kane, Sunday night, Fred Stuart, a
barbershop porter, walked in and
quietly stepped up behind Fred Sharp,
who was seated in pew with Mrs.
Hattie Reed, . pretty young widow.
Without word. Stuart reached over
Sharp's head and drew razor across
his left eye, almost dropping the eye.
ball from its socket. Sharp turned
around and tried to grapple with
Stuart, who cut two deep gashes in
Sharp's neck and then started for the
door. Another man tried to grab the
razor-wielder, and received a wound.
Stuart escaped. The trouble was
caused by Stuart's jealousy of Sharp
for taking the pretty widow to church.
The affair broke up the services.