Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-05-31
WASHINGTON

{. A. Parks committed suicide at 4,
tin early last Friday morning.
A movement is on foot to brna
up to date opera house in OakesdaIo
The election held in Charleston result,
IN defeat of the proposition to iuc@
porate.
vancouver has been offered s11m
for the city light plant and a q VOC,
franchise
The coming summer is destined fl
be the most prosperous in the bistorr
of Washington.
The Sprague Rod & Gun club will
hold a shooting tournament for lii,
coin county clubs June 4.
The new steamer North Star
made her initial trip from Wepatcbes
to the Chelan landing last week
George d. Evans was found dead
at Walla Walla last week. He had
taken morphine with suicidal intent
Free delivery service is to be established
at the Kalispell postoffce. September l.
1902, with two carriers and substiht4
A permanent organization of the Shg
as Union of Washington, Northern d.
no and Eastern Oregon was effected in
Spokane recently.
a negro and squaw making love
and about to be married is the latest
love episode brought to the attentio,
OF the Spokane police.
Albert Kennedy. the 8 year old son
or Thomas Kennedy, was drowned at
Milan last week while playing on the
legs in Coleman's mill pond.
Alfred Hamilton, alias Alfred Hav
kins, was hanged at Whatcom recent
ly for the murder of D. NJ. Woodbury.
at Anacortes, September {. 1899
A big single mill, an iron foundry
and machine shop and several sub
stantial business buildings are some
OF the new things at Hoquiam.
Shipments of live stock from Col
fax and other Whitman county points
to the markets of the sound and the
mining districts in the month of May
promise to break the record
About 30 farmers in the vicinity Of
Sprague have organized the Farmers
Telephone company and have sub
scribed about $1,000 for the building
OF 25 miles of telephone line.
The new passenger station OF the
Great Northern at Spokane is nov
practically completed and is being
turned over to the passenger service
this week. The station is said to o.
the handsomest west of ST Paul.
The Spokane Falls & Northern has
announced a onefate rate for rouna
trips for the Spokane Fourth OF Jup
celebration, and the Northern Paclng
and Great Northern have announce
a rate of one and a third fare ~
round trips.
The work of the state Sunday scnou
convention, which has been meeulS
for three days in Spokane last wesn
was a decided success. Judge W.
Wood Of Seattle was chosen as pres
dent and Adolph Nelson of SpoKSD
as vice president
The right of way of the Paul f. NIUE
portage railroad, now defunct, was 'V
at sheriff's sale at Goldendale, klick',
county, recently. The road was flnan'
partly by Spokane men who made mons
in the lie Roi mine 1t went lnson'
about two years ago, and has Oeen
litigation ever since. ,n
At Conconully last week the ~
brought in a verdict of mot gum
in the case of e. E. Hess, cnais
with murder in killing John PelhI
The whole community had taken 'i -.
and a great deal of hard feeling y
been wrought up, resulting IN on' \,
stance in a fight between two u
witnesses. The weak p.h,
in the prosecution was the tac'
the deceased, John Perkins, was ~
ed to be violent tempered man