Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-05-09

consisting of 2II acres, to Paul Pol
son, last Friday. Consideration. S32,-
wv or over Sl5l per acre, the highest
price ever paid for piece of land on
.he Swlnomish flats, or for that matter.
IN okagit county. Not long since Mr..
Caihoun sold another so acre piece.
belonging to the same ranch, to his
tenant, .. W. Lee, for $4,000. or
Fiol.2o per acre. This makes a grand
total of $42 600 for his entire ranch of
about 800 acres.
Nellie Cody was stabbed, perhaps
fatally, by May Arnold, about O'Clock
Yesterday morning in variety theater
beneath the GOo-Goo Eye saloon in Sc
attle The knife entered the Cody
woman's breast just above the heart,
ihilictlng an ugly cash. The fight
In which the cut was delivered was the
result OF quarrel between the victim
and her husband, in which MAY
Arnold became involved, she says,
against her will. She further claims
That both man and wife were beating
her terribly, and she was forced to use
the knife to defend herself.
W. F. Williams, prominent citizen
OF Pullman, accidentally shot himself
while hunting squirrels Sunday after
noon. Death was instantaneous. The
body was not discovered until Wednes.
day, when it was found by . farmers
son about two miles from Pullman.
Williams had evidently crawled though
barbedwire fence and attempted to
pull the gun through after him, when
it was discharged. The ball entered
the the temple, causing instant death.
One hand still grasped the muzzle of
the rifle, the butt OF which rested on
the wire. Williams was 4S years old,
and left wife and five children. Mrs.
Williams and two children were at
North iamhill, Or, visiting, when
they received the sad intelligence and
Immediately started home.
The following patents have been
granted to Washington inventors:
Traction device, Fred L. Gould, as
signor to Gould Traction Car Com
pany, Seattle; machine for Gaping
and COMPRISING cans, Henry L.
Guenther, Chinook; wrench, Elijah
Huntley, Seattle; nipple.chuck, VIM.
G. Leas. assignor of one-half to ].
Hsrtig. Seattle; automatic valve,
Frederick H. Mason, Spokane; rail-
way spike, VIM. C. Miner, Stanton,
Mich, assignor of one-third to j. w.
TOklas, Aberdeen; sash-lock, VIM.
Scharnweber, assignor os one-half to
r. Fleming, Seattle; split-pulley. John
w. Berry, assignor to Tacoma Auto
matte Scales Company, Tacoma; rail-
bond, George B. Blanchard, Tacoma;
cross-bond for rails, George B. Blanch-
ard, Tacoma; adjustable fre.box for
stoves, Joseph P. Neeley, Centralia;
guiding attachment for doors, N. G.
Place, Seattle; button.hole cutter,
Christopher L. Rogers, assignor to S.
NJ. Long; Seattle.
Tacoma produced a fatal case OF
spotted fever Saturday. Frank C.
Whitcomb, a Carbonate druggist, was
the victim. Mr.. Whitcomb had been
suffering about 10 days. On Friday
his malady became 80 alarming that
medical aid was called, and advised
his removal to the hospital. The
patient seemed to be suffering from
cerebral affection of some sort and
there were slight spots on his body.
Saturday these had developed all over
the body and his case psesented
fully developed form of true cerebro
spinal meningitis. DIR. J. J. McKone
was called in consultation but the
patient was beyond medical skill from
the time a doctor was called. Hi.
temperature had steadily arisen. and
Saturday afternoon was away up to
1O7. Death ensued shortly after this
great rise in temperature. Physicians
say that this is the first case of spotted
fever that has been developed in Ia.
coma for long time. Although it
appears epidemic at times, at other
times sporadic cases are developed. 1t
does not necessarily, nor is it always
apt to become epidemic when a case
is developed.