Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-09-19
STATE NEWS.

Geo. W. Coe, Deputy County Audi
tor, OF Spokane, who was stricken will
paralysis two'weeks ago, died at TIT
hospital there Tuesday.
Bowser Bros separator, near Colfax
exploded Saturday, and burned Will
~ sacks of wheat. The loss 10 esti
mated at 81 800, mostly insured.
The run of silver salmon has com
menced and the cannerles at What
com are catching them at the rate o
5000 or 10000 daily. Fishermen pre-
dict better run of silvers than there
was of the sockeyes.
An epidemic of typhoid fever is re
ported in eastern Yakima county. One
physician reports 20 patients at Kenne
wick and in the Horse Heaven conn
try. Several cases are in franklin
county, at Pasco and Cornell.
Chas. Alexander, employed at Geo
Olson's shingle mill near Maltby, Sno
hOmish county, laid down on the rail
road track and was run over by train
His arm was cut so that amputation
was necessary. He will probably die.
Alexander Mcleod, laborer on the
interurban road near Georgetown, was
electrocuted few days ago, by falling
on the third rail of the system used
in csr.propulsion whereby his body
formed q connection between it and
one of the others. The entire current
passed through his body, he was moi
much burned, but the shock was suf.
ficient to kill him. He lived about &c
minutes. Mcleod was As years OF age
A decision of iar-reaching import.
ance was rendered by Judge Thomas
H. Brents, At Walla Walla, Saturday,
when he sustained demurrer of de.
PENDANT in the case of s. A. Bartlett
charged with practicing medicine
without license. Bartlett is a mas.
sage specialist, and an attempt was
made to convict him of practicins
medicine without a license under the
State law. Judge Brents' decision is
that osteopathy is not the practice OF
medicine as defined by the laws oil
Washington.
The Mason County Democratic Con.
vention nominated the following ticket
At Shelton, Saturday: Representative,
A. B. Govey of Matlock; Commits.
sioner, First district, Jacob Haughey
of Clinton; Commissioner, Second
district, William Taylor OF Kamilchie
Sheriff, John Burke; Auditor, George
Hunter; Clerk, E. L. Wheeler; Sup.
srintendent. Mrs. Mary s. knight
Treasurer, o. c. Hanson; Coroner, w.
d. Baldwin; Assessor, Frank G. Will.
son. No nomination was made for
Prosecuting Attorney. Most OF the
nominees live at Shelton.
Mrs. Edith A. Galloway. nee Taylor,
has brought suit for divorce from
Simeon Galloway, 1t Spokane. The
marriage OF this couple in December
last created a sensation in Eastern
Washington and in British Columbis,
it being claimed that Galloway mar
ried the Taylor girl for the purpose OF
enticing her to Grand Forks, B. C.
to enter . disreputable house. In her
complaint Mrs. Galloway claims she
was forced to enter such house
against her wiehes, and did not escape
for five days. She alleges that her
husband conspired with Anna Haman,
an immoral woman, whom he intro.
duced as his aunt. The Haman wo-
man 10 notorious under the name of
" Blue Goose" Galloway soon after
bis marriage was arrested, charged
with enticing a young woman into
British Columbia for immoral pur-
poses, for which it is claimed he is
now serving time in Jail.