Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-06-20
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary Of News Gathered from All
Parts of the State.

A Brief summary OF News uathereo from All
Parts Of the State.
Strawberries measuring six inches
in circumference are reported at Col
fax. The crop in that locality is ex-
ceptionally good.
During Friday night thieves en-
tered the postoffice at Hoquiam, blew
open the safe and secured about $25
and few stamps.
The body OF Michael Fitzgerald was
found floating in the river near Sno-
homish the other day. He had been
missing since May 26.
Yakima county now has a popula-
tion of l6,349, an increase OF nearly
5000 since the government census of
1900. This entities the county to
rank 18th instead of the l4th class.
William 1. Thompson, a pioneer OF
Whitman county, died last week, at
Colfax, Of old age and general debility,
at the age of so years. Mr.. Thomp-
son went to Whitman county thirty
years ago.
Miss Florence Jones, young lady
living on an island in the north fork
of the Nook sack river, was drowned
last Friday. According to reports it
seems that the young lady attempted
to cross the river in rowboat when it
was upturned.
The body of John Pierre, q rancher
Of Avondale, was found in the woods
near his home recently with a bullet
from rifle in his head. He had been
missing from home for several dayA,
having star ted for a hunt. Relatives
believe the killing to have been acci-
dental.
In trying to escape from a police
man at Seattle, who arrested him
on suspicion, Charles Anderson trust
ed to luck. In his case luck proved
bad and Anderson now lies in the hos.
pital with a bullet wound in the fieshy
part of his right leg between the hip
and knee.
J. Redelsheimer, the we'll known
Seattle business man, has added
another animal to his list of famous
live stock possessions. He has, pur.
chased Kittitas Ranger, one of the
fastest horses in the Northwest.
Kittitas Ranger has record of 2:11I,
made at North Yakima in the fall of
1900.
Dennie Wright, q young man OF
Sumner, killed a cougar Monday on
the hill two miles back OF that town.
The animal was crouched on a log
when Wright saw it. He shot it with
a rifle and next day took in the ears
to collect the bounty OF SIS which the
State pays. The cougar was a large
one, its body measuring five feet in
length.
Fred Jenne, one OF Skagit county's
prominent ranchers, aud an early pio.
neer, dropped dead while working in
his garden, few days ago, at Mount
Vernon. Mr.. Jenne went to Skagit
county in 1870, aud has been promi.
nently identified with its growth eve,
since. He owned one of the largest
oat ranches in the county. He was a
Mason and a Workman. He leaves a
wife and several children.
A. F. Eastman of Tacoma, who has
been at Skagway for some time, had a
lively battle with bald eagle recently
near Chilkoot, where he was hunting
and fishing with d. C. Stevens TO,
several days. Mr.. Eastman shot the
eagle and it fell to the ground as il
dead. When he attempted to pick il
up it suddenly revived and furiously
attacked him with talous and beak
Mr.. Eastman's hands were badly LAGER
ated aud be also received severe wounds
on the boby. Stevens came to his
rescue and pulled the maddened bird
away. When they succeeded in kill
ing the eagle it was found to measure
seven and half feet from tip to tip OF
wings.
While prospecting for copper on the
shores of Prince William Sound, Prof
Leeds and party OF natives discovered
large cavern in which there were
ourteen wooden canoes and each
canoe contained body. Stone i'm.
plements were found beside the bodies
and stone slabs covered the canoes.
Everything indicated that the bodies
had been placed there during the
stone age. The find proved as mys.
terious to the natives as to Prof. Leeds.
Their tribe has Inhabited the shores
of Prince William Sound for centuries
yet they had never heard of the cave
or of the people inferred there. Prof
Leeds did not disturb the bodies and
carefully marked the location. Ar
expedition is being organized by Capt
Storey of the Alaska Packers Asso
citation to thoroughly explore tn,
cavern.
, CONGRESSMAN Newlands of Nevada
who is urging the reclamation Of tn,