Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-07-10
STATE N EWS.
A Brief Summary Of News Gathered From
All Parts of the State.

Brief Summary Of News Gathered From
All Parts of the State.
The 5-year-old son of Sid Frary was
drowned in Dayton mill.race, re-
Gently.
The Grand Lodge of the l. 0. G. T.
will hold its grand lodge in Ballard
from July 81 to "a.
Miss Bessie Chamberlain, a popular
school teacher OF Dayton, died there
recently and was buried at Walla
Walla.
The water resources OF the State are
to be carefully investigated under the
direction of Prof. Henry Landes, State
Geologist.
The general store of r. C. Bellus,
the pioneer merchant OF Garfield +,
burned recently. Loss, $4,000; in
surance, $1,000.
J. c. Vhig, of Aberdeen, S. D., is in
Spokane, aud announces that he will
shortly start cereal factory there for
the manufacture of breakfast foods.
William Moody and Waller Stead.
man have been sentenced by Judge
Denny, at Everett, to ten years each
in the State Penitentiary, for highway
robbery.
William Hamilton, clerk in a store
at Snohomish. died few days ago, Of
lockjaw. Two weeks ago Hamilton
shot q wad from toy pistol into his
hand and suffered intensely until re-
lieved by death.
The first rattlesnake ever seen on
North Beach was killed, Sunday, by
Carl Shagan at the Ilwaco Life Saw.
ing Station, near IlwacO. The rattler
was feet in length, about 2 inches
through and had IL rattles and but
ton.
The Golden Northwest Canning Co.,
of North Yakima, began last week can
ming cherries, and has announced that
it will purchase all Royal Ann and
Black Republican varieties that are
offered. The season for miscellan-
eous fruits will not begin till August.
The steamship Roanoke arrived at
Seattle from Nome on the Sd inst.
bringing $50, 600 in gold and 16 pas.
sengers. This makes the third arrival
from Nome and q total of $3.50, 900 in
Nome treasure. The Roanoke was the
first ocean.going vessel to reach st
Michael this year.
L. c. Hinman, who cut the hind leg
off horse at North Yakima last Win.
ter and was afterwards sent to the
Medical Lake Insane asylum, has
been released and has gone East. He
has made an agreement with his wife
looking toward their separation and q
division of their property.
Chas. A. Gushing, of Port Angeles,
who accidentally shot himself on
Thursday of last week, is still alive
and the doctors state there is q posi-.
BILE chance he may pull through. A,
luck would have it the charge Of
shot did not touch any vital organ.
and il blood poisoning does not set in
he may be saved.
The body OF an unknown man was
found near the river bank in Peaceful
Valley, on Walla Walla, on the
morning OF the Sd. 1t is evident that
he had been attacked while on the
road that leads through the valley,
his skull crushed with an iron bar and
the body dragged toward the river.
The body had rolled part way down
the bank, lodging in the bushes, where
it was found. The crime is believed
to have been committed the night be-
fore discovery, and to be the work of
hold.up men.
Two doctors strength was not suf.
ficient to reset the dislocated shoulder
of Joe Flavel at the Walla Walla hos.
pital, the other day. and heavy block
and tackle was brought into play.
The pressure shot the bone back into
the socket with a startling report.
Flavel, who is an elderly man about
town, was helping in the work OF
slowing away load OF hay in a barn
east OF that city, three weeks ago,
when he accid entally fell through a