Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-10-31
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary Of News Gathered from All
Parts OF the State.

Us W tiie JtotS.
John Marcy was crushed to death
by falling log at Big Meadows, near
Walla Walla, Monday.
Joseph S:oekhamer, who shot anC
killed his brother in-law, Frank Alg
ner, at Hoqniam, two months ago
was Saturday found guilty of man
slau ghter at Montesano.
The body OF Louis Larson, who
dropped dead at gambling table
at Seattle, on Thursday last, had $500
in a Seattle bank, $25 and two lots in
Snohomish county, and the authori-
ties are searching for some relative to
whom the property OF deceased may
be left.
Gov. Mcbride has honored the
re1uisition OF the Governor of Kansas
and extradition papers have been is
sued for Walter Oyburn, who is want
ed i'll Eureka, kas., for obtaining S3l7
from the First National Bank on false
pretenses. Oyburn was arrested in
Seattle several days ago and has since
been held there awaiting the arrival OF
officers from Kansas
Inez Perry was ordered held for the
higher court Saturday by Justice
Cam, at Seattle, on a charge OF being
q fugitive from justice. She was
placed under 81 800 bonds until the
arrival of the Montana authorities,
who will procure requisition papers
from the Governor. The Perry wo-
man is wanted in Helena for stealing
$50 from a man in saloon.
A Washington dispatch OF the 25th
states that the Wheatly offer TO supply
5,5OO,O 900 feet of assorted lumber for
the Philippines for SCI. 600 had been
accepted and that the lumber would
be delivered at Tacoma or Seattle,
half in 80 and the balance in GO days.
The Portland bidder was unable to
furnish doors and an effort will be
made to secure them on Puget Sound.
Two men ran up behind L. A.
Matthews at Fourth avenue and King
street, Seattle, the other night and
struck him on the back of the head
with club or billy and stretched him
stiff on the sidewalk. While he lay.
there helpless they hit him again,
bringing the blood with every blow.
Then they took his pocketbook, con.
tanning Sc, out of his trousers pocket
and disappeared in the darkness.
P. H. Knight, superintendent. and
Paul Hoffman, foreman, at the build
ing of the Seattle Cataract company
on Seventh street, near the courthouse,
were nearly burned to death at 2:3O
o'clock Monday afternoon by coming
in contact with live electric wires.
Both men were very seriously injured,
the clothing of each being almost en-.
tirely burned. The men we're found
unconscious, tangled in q macs OF
wires.
There are four separate electric cur
rents in use between Tacoma and Sc
attic, and in case any one Of these
atretches of track is not occupied by a
train, the unused current is fed into
immense storage battery tanks until
needed by train passing within the
circuit. 1t is declared that by the
aid Of this storage system the line
could be still operated even were the
line cut to Snoqualmie, the storage
batteries being good for five hours
without extraneous aid from power
supply companies.
While the fire department was at
the fire which burned the dry kiln of
the Western Cooperage company and
all the apparatus was in service, an
attempt was made Sunday morning at
Aberdeen, to burn the town. A shed
back OF . store on Heron street was
found filed with inflammable material
and there were matches lying around.
1t is thought the incendiaries were
frightened away. The FIRE at the
cooperage works was out at Sunday
noon after = fight Of twelve hours.
The loss is 5000 with small insur-
ance.