The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1902-01-31
-FOUR NORTHWESTERN STATES|
NEWS IS BRIEFLY TOLD HERE.
Choice Selection of Interesting Items
Gathered Through the Week
Every Section shows General
Growth-Masy Accidents Occur
Personals.
WASHINGTON NEWS.


Henry l.. Leland. prominent Ia
| coma commission man, is dead.
w. A. Lewis stands convicted OF the
crime OF larceny by embezzlement al
Spokane.
Gov. Mcbride makes a positive an,
nouncement that there will be no extra
session now.
Manager Grim. OF Spokane league
team. has signed King" Kelly and
Charles Eisey.
At Northport. Miss Jennie M. Bar.
low committed suicide last week by
taking strychnine. She lived with her
uncle. Robert Morrill,.
Wesley e. McRae. the big sheep rails
ers OF Yakima county. are making ar
rangements to ship 5000 head OF sheep
TO Chicago in February.
Intimatlon comes from the depart
ment OF justice that Attorney General
Knox will recommend the abandon
ment Of the Mcneil island peniten-
tiary.
Quincy. Wash, is a new town To-
Gated on large prairie eight miles
from the Columbia river. and so level
that the trains OF the Great Northern
can be seen for twelve miles.
Fruit Inspector Beck has notified all
the fruit growers that the cottonwood
trees and willows near their places
must be cut down at once. on account
OF being infested with San Jose scale.
Al Wenatchee. George Washington.
western portion of the state. was found
dead on the railroad track. near the
crossing to the Touring mill. last
week
A number OF small boats more or
less injured. many buildings along the
water front damaged. and business OF
all sorts completely crippled, is the
record of = storm that swept over Sc
attic last week
Otto cawthorn. an ls-year-old boy
Standard Furniture company's build
ing. WAS almost instantly killed last
week al Seattle while attempting 10
rise from the floor.
Horiiculturists from all over east
ern Washington and northern Idaho
gathered in Spokane last week. the
occasion being the second annual
OF the Inland Empire
and Horticultural asso
citation.
During the As mile wind storm last
week a section OF wharf In Old Ia
coma WAS washed from its piling and
noated out TO sea On the wharf
stands q small grocery store owned by
a man named Johnson. They were
finally brought to shore and safely
George w. Middleton. aged 90. COM
mitted suicide last week at Cheney.
placing the muxzle OF a rife to his
and pulling the trigger with
his foot. Middleton left letter say
ing girls had cost him his life. and
his determination TO kill
himself.
The senate committee on public
has authorized a favorable
-cport on Senator Turner's bill appro
,risting 100000 for a public building
II Spokane. The committee also au-
horned a favorable report on Sena-
or Fosters bill for public building |
II Tacoma. but reduced the appropria
ion from $3.50 600 to s55o.o00.
At New whatcom. while the six chill |
Iren OF Robert Shield were gathered
lround a stove a water tank. which /
lad frozen as the result of blizzard
which had commenced during the
light, exploded. iniurinE all six. Frank,
= years OF age. suffered a double
fracture of the left thigh.
nd may die. Pearl, aged Z. was bad
y cut by flying pieces of iron. The
Dom was completely wrecked.