The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-09-18
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Whatcom county.
The companies of the National
Guard are all in camp on the grounds
at American lake near Tacoma.
An unknown hunchback committed
suicide at Everett recently by shooting
himself through the heart with a revol-
yer.
The amount of money on deposit in
the banks of Spokane has increased |
more than 100000 since September
Is, 1902
Considerable wheat is coming into
Wilson Creek, but few sales are re-
ported. Farmers are holding for high
er prices.
The first days attendance in the
schools of Tacoma shows a total en-
rollment of 6762, gain of 494 over the
first day OF last year.
Another attempt will be made to-
break the law passed by the last leg
islature making the conducting of
gambling resorts felony.
The management of the Spokane In
terstate Fair association is planning
on opening the great fair this year
with a big parade the morning of Oc-
tober 5.
d. e. Sheppard, the aged convict
who escaped some time ago from the
penitentiary, has so far eluded his pur-
suers and has probably made his way
out of the country.
The first carload of apples shipped
from Colfax this year was shipped last
week The car contained Gravenstein
apples, and brought the growers 6S
cents per box on board the cars at
Colfax.
Two young men, who represented
themselves to be harvest hands, were
arrested recently by Sheriff Shermo
and Marshal Caldwell at McGrath on
a charge of making and passing bogus
greenbacks.
Over $500 will go to the building
fund of St Luke's hospital at Spokane
as a result of the work of conduc-
tresses on the street cars, the dance
tickets and the proceeds from the base
ball game last Friday.
The Spokane and Colfax companies
of the Second regiment, National
Guard of Washington, have left fol-
American Lake, near Tacoma, where
they will participate in the 10 days
annual encampment
The total assessed valuation of rea
and personal property in the state Of
Washington, as returned by the county
boards of equalization to the state
board of equalization, this year i:
1882, 37O,941, an increase of about 500,
900, 900 over last year.
From Sharon, 16 mics southwest O
Chehalis, on the Newaukum river
comes the news of the murder O
James H. Wilkinson, a rancher. His
body was discovered in his cabin b!
two neighbors. He had evidently beer
dead for almost a month.
george VanhOrst, the man wht
robbed and beat T. S. Lippy, the
Klondike millionaire at his home il
Seattle several weeks ago, has beef
sentenced to 20 years in the peniten
tiary at Walla Walla. Vanhors
changed his plea to guilty
frightful accident happened at tn
mill of the Pacific Single company a
/, Old Tacoma recently. A boy name
Hjalmar Anderson. Is years of age
while adjusting a belt was caught il
the machinery and instantly killed, hi
body being horribly mangled
An earthquake was distinctly fel
, recently on the Puget Sound 1t wa
most perceptible in the upper storie
; of some of the higher buildings. Fiv
very distinct shocks were counted an
followed each other at from one to tw
, seconds. The time was 3:44 o'clock.
r Street car No So was held up Sur
, day night about II o'clock at the en-
If North Monroe street in Spokane b
= lone highwayman, and Conducto
Van Wagner and Motorman Brow
were relieved of their mOney-$44.5C
There were no passengers on boar
! the car at the time.
Five masked men entered the ba
room of the Hotel Rhein at TacOm
! recently, and held up five men, il
, Guiding the bartender and proprietor
r robbed the till behind the bar an
, forced the proprietor to open the SAT
: in the office adjoining the BARRON
+ The robbers got away with $1,000 casl
p four rings, five watches and severe
. nuggets.
Two POmeroy banks and Williai
Riley mourn the departure Of one !
w. Morrison, an alleged life insuranc
n agent, who left the town. leaving di
amount of SOS and an unpaid boar