Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-20
THREE NORTHWEST STATES
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selection of Interesting Items
Gathered From Exchanses-cuIiinQ
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
Numerous Accidents and Personal
Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.


About so Palouse business men have
organized mems club.
The Stevens County Pioneer society
has completed it's permanent organiza
ton.
The new union depot for Seattle is
to be much larger than was first plan
ned.
1t is estimated that $4,000 sheep will
be wintered in Columbia county this
winter.
The Spokane Traction company start
cd the operation of its new street cal
system.
The present cold weather has start
ed wild geese on their annual pilgrim
age southwark.
Will and Charles Grove were drown
ed in the Hanaford river, about four
miles from Centralia recently.
The directors Of the Yakima school
board has passed resolution against
dramatic entertainments in the high
school.
The Spokane Brewing & Mailing
company has decided to enlarge its
plants from a yearly capacity of u.s.
900 to 100000.
A young mems club has been or
ganized at Davenport. and a reading
room. library and gymnasium have
been fitted up.
Senator Foster and Congressman
Jones have been promised by the sec:
rotary of the treasury that Spokane
would be made a SUPPORT.
Probably never in the history of the
section around Starbuck have horse
and cattle thieves operated as exten.
sively and SO cunningly as at present
While out hunting Sunday ]. H.
Stephenson Of Preston was taken for
a deer moving in the brush and was
accidentally shot in the head by his
brother, d. J. Stephenson. The in
jured man has q slim chance for re-
covery.
The report made by Major General
Samuel W. Miller, the officer detailed
by the war department to inspect the
last encampment Of the national guard
of this state, is very creditable to the
organization. Major Miller recon-
mends that the guard be supplied with
$40 additional 30 caliber rifles.
President Bryan of the agricultural
college left for Washington to attend
the convention November II of the
presidents Of the agricultural colleges
of the several states.
For the second time this season the
eleven from Blair's college, Spokane,
met defeat at the hands of the Cheney
state normal team. The former score
was rs to o.; last score IL to 0:
A call for the next meeting of the
State Federation of Labor has been is
sued by President William Blackman,
naming January II as the date and
Spokane the place Of meeting.
The funeral of the late Ed. s. Ham.
ilton was held Sunday afternoon. Fol.
lowing the service the body laid in
state and later in the week was in.
TERED at the Tacoma cemetery.
The homeseekers' rates which were
to have been discontinued November
80, will be continued all winter and
through the spring, including the first
and third Tuesdays of April, 1904.
In the hardest fought gridiron battle
witnessed in the state of Washington
for years, the University of Washing
ton Saturday afternoon defeated the
University of Oregon by score Of G
to 5.
Governor Mcbride, Secretary OF
State Nichols, Auditor Atkinson and a
number Of the employees Of the state
Offices attended the funeral of State
Senator q. s. Hamilton in Tacoma
Sunday.
"Guilty as charged" is the verdict
brought in by the jury at Davenport in
the trial Of Cyrus Victor for the muir
der of Charles Thennis at Govan,
Wash, April 8. The charge was muir
der in the first degree.
J. D. Patton and D. G. Armstrong,
farmers living near Aberdeen, recent
ly quarreled and Armstrong shot Pat.
ton in the stomach, inflicting injuries
which will prove fatal. The men had
been on unfrlendly terms for some
time.
DIR. w. j. Howells, superintendent Of
the state insane asylum at Medical
Lake, is entirely eXonerated of the
charges of assault and battery which
have been pending against him, and
Judge Richardson has signed an order
dismissing the appeal to the superior
court and reversing the decision Of the
Jury in the Medical Lake justice court
Representative Jones has introduced
a bill providing for the division Of the
state of Washington into two judicial
ais.ricts to be known as eastern and