Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-06-27
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary Of News Gathered from All
Parts Of the State.

A Brief Summary Of News Gathered from All
Parts Of the State.
The Socialists Of Whitman county
will hold a convention July Is and
will nominate a full ticket.
A private from Fort Walla Walla
was knocked down and robbed by
thugs in the city OF Walla Walla
Tuesday morning.
Charles Graham, of Whatcom, wal
found dead in the room of q Seattle
lodging house few days ago. Death
was due to natural causes.
The postoffice at Auburn was robbed
the second time within a month the
other night and considerable money
was secured by the burglars.
The ir-door plant at Chehalis is re.
ceiving more orders than it can fill.
The capacity Of the plant which is
400 doors per day will soon be in.
creased to 1000 doors per day.
Ole Martinson, while working in
Mack's logging camp near Elma, un.
dertook to ride log which was being
"snaked" out by q donkey engine
The log struck something, rolled over,
throwing the man under, crushing one
leg and thigh. He is in a serious con
dition.
At Elma, Friday, Roy Baldwin es.
capped without serious injury from an
accident that seemed certain death.
He got in the way Of q rolling log
which passed over him. The log con.
tanned 10000 feet Of lumber, but ow.
ing to u slight depression in the
ground the mans life was saved.
Because he threatened the lives of
his aged parents while on a drunken
carouse at Seattle, Joseph H. Morri
son is under arrest. Morrison has a
wife and child, who are now visiting
relatives in Oregon. In their absence
he went on q spree, smashed in the
windows OF his parents house, aud
threatened to cut their Threats with
Q razor.
Adrianson, a Mason county logger
finds the way of the transgressor no.
only hard but remarkably swift. The
big, brawny Swede stole check and
cashed it. He was arrested Wednesday
morning, arraigned in justice court
and the same evening Judge Irwin, u
whom he plead guilty, sentenced him
to one year in the penitentiary al
Walla Walla. Next morning he va,
on his way to the pen.
The death of John Yeschick al
Stampede, King county, Friday, has
developed into a mystery. His body
was found lying face downward in q
small creek near the town. Under his
armpit and in his elbow were found
two deep gashes, evidently inflicted by
a large knife. His body was bruised
in score OF places from head to feet
Evidently the man WAS murdered
The trampled state of the creek back
in the immediate vicinity gave evil
dence Of this.
John Lockridge has been arrested
ON charge Of taking advantage Of
the partially demented condition OF
an aged woman OF Salido, Col. 1t il
claimed Lockridge induced the woman
to 60 to Seattle with him add took all
her money. She was persuaded to
send to Salido for $500 which she had
in the bank there, but the probate
court was asked to interfere and her
demand for the money was refused. A
ticket was sent the woman and she
was dispatched home by the police
OF Seattle several days ago.
Mrs. Kate Arquette, the Indian wo-
man who was murdered at General
SPOTS cabin on the Puyallup reserva'
ton Friday night, came to her death
by strangulation, as was shown by an
autopsy held. The autopsy also re-
vealed the fact that the woman had
been in an advanced stage Of con.
sumption. Her right lung was prac.
tically destroyed by the tuberculosis
so embedding her that strangulation
was easy of accomplishment. Santiago
Howard, young Indian, is accused oil
the crime and is in Jail awaiting trial
One of the most heinous tragedies
in the history Of Clarke county, oc-
Cured few days ago near Vancouver,
adding fuel to the excitement that wal
already prevailing throughout the
county on account OF the hunt for
Tracey and Merrill, the escaded con-
victs. James Hickey, while under the
Influence of liquor. shot his wife five
times and then ended his own life by
taking poison, dying in the county Jail
Hrs. Hickey died after being taken to
the hospital. Four children are left
all boys, the Oldest of whom is IL
and the youngest 7 years. All were
witnesses to the shooting of their
mother.
Frank E. Weatherwax returned to
Aberdeen from Seattle, Sunday. bring.
ing with him the body of the Under
wood baby, he having satisfied the
charges of the Ballard undertakers for
their work in embalming the infant
The little cssket was taken to an un
dertaking establishment and no one
but a few interested friends, aside
from the family. knew of its arrival
Monday morning the body was quietly
inferred in Fern Hill cemetery. The
Underwood case is rarely mentioned al
Aberdeen now. all interest in it seem
ing to have died out, the only expires
sion being one of sympathy for the
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