The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-09-04
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

Labor day was quite generally %
served throughout the stae.
Admiral Stirling has taken commant
of the Puget Sound navy yard.
Seattle's notorious shovel and axe
burglar was arrested in Tacoma ant
confessed to an astonishingly long ca
reer of crime
The Mary Smith is taking on cargo
of lumber at Vancouver. She is the
first schooner to take on a cargo al
that port in five years.
DR.. John Kellogg, one Of the best
known pioneers of the lower Sound re
gion, who settled in the region as early
as 1853, is dead at Seattle.
| A committee has been formed in
Portland, Ore, to try to secure the re-
ward for Mrs. Waggoner for finding
the body of Convict Dave Merrill.
Harvesting in the southern part of
Whitman county is progressing slowly
because of the scarcity of headers and
the price of heading has advanced to
81 an acre.
An explosion of gasoline, due to the
flame of gas jet igniting the vapor,
caused a fire in the Pill Box pharmacy
of Seattle, which resulted in a lost of
approximately $4,000.
The Elks' carnival closed with a wild
free for all do as you please or whom
you can night on the Midway. All re-
straint was thrown to the winds and
until early in the morning the orgie
ragged.
Three men are in Jail at Spokane sus-
pected of the Sand Point train robbery.
Two Chinese are held at Port Town
send for trying to illegally enter the
United States.
Washington and Idaho Baptists have
adjourned an interesting three days
session at sunnyside.
Harbormaster yenson OF Seattle will
ask the city for launch with which to
keep the harbor clean.
Walla Walla county farmers are COW
ering their dusty roads with straw and
find the scheme good one.
A large number of people crossed the
Cascades to visit Seattle on Eastern
Washington day at the Elks' carnival.
The torpedo boat destroyer Goldsbor-
ough was launched at Bremerton after
being on the ways for six months un-
dergoing extensive repairs.
In the superior court at Spokane,
Judge Richardson held that boycott
is not illegal when peaceably conducted,
and when not SO conducted must be
dealt with by the criminal court, and
not by court of equity.
A street car was held up in Spokane
by masked man who forced the con-
ductor to give up his fares. Chief of
Police Reddy was on the car and joined
the 20 other passengers ON the floor of
the car to avoid possible bullets. s.
Gov. John A. Brady made speech
on the needs of Alaska before the Seat
tie chamber of commerce that aroused
interest and enthusiasm.
Following the three recent incendiary
fires at Colfax, an attempt was made to
blow up a two-story brick building
with dynamite. A terrific charge was
exploded at the corner of the building,
but failed to carry out the purpose.
NJ. Hayakawa, editor of the North
west News, the leading Japanese publ
cation of Seattle, was arrested on COM
plant of NJ. Tsukuno, secretary and
treasurer of the Oriental Trading Com
pany. who swore to charge of criminal
libel in Justice Cann's court.
Oscar Bradshaw and Bill Kellett,
who were arrested on charge of MUIR
dering Peter Nelson, at Pasco, made
full confession of their guilt. Bradshaw
claims that he did not intend to shoot
Nelson, the revolver being discharged
accidently while he was attempting to
intimidate the man.
Floyd johnson, telegraph operator
and station agent at Creston, has been
arrested upon charge of forging and
placed under 81 900 bonds. This is a
case arising from the pursuit and cap
ture of the notorious outlaw, Harry
Tracy. johnson signed Constable
Straub's name to story for an Eastern
paper and then singed Straub's name to
sight draft. 4
raft>s Address.
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