Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-01-30
NEWS OF THE STATE.
A Brief Summary Of News Gathered From all
Parts Of the Compass.

Ballard.
The stenographers Of Spokane have
organized union.
Aberdeen will put in a new fire
alarm system next month.
The latest bad coins to be put in
circulation are ten-dollar gold pieces
made of brass alloy, which have
been hoated to large extent in Sc
at.le. Capt. Bell, of the secret ser.
vice, has issued a letter warning
against the counterfeit, and the au-
thorities are on the lookout for the
coiner.
The anti-saloon women do not seem
to have had their ardor abated in the
least by having lost the case brought
against Charles Landkummer two
weeks ago for Sunday opening at
Pomeroy, and still patrol the streets
on Sunday, being seen trying the front
and back doors OF a saloon in an effort
to discover the presence of some one
inside.
Mrs. Mark Bertelsen was knocked
down, a handkerchief was bound
around her mouth and rope about
her body and she was robbed of So
shortly after dark in Seattle, Friday
night. The deed was committed
within half q block OF Mrs. Bertelsen's
house. Her cries brought her hus-
band to the scene, and he assisted her
to her home.
The Whatcom County Coroner has
buried the remains OF John Sloan,
who committed suicide at Geneva.
No relatives could be found in this
country. The man was GO years of
age and lived in small cabin. While
he was away from home the cabin
burned. When he returned and saw
the ruins he placed q dynamite cart
ridge in his mouth and exploded it,,
completely blowing off his head. The
remains were identified by the cloth
ing he wore.
r. A. Finley, who lives about half q
mile west of the Columbia river, op-
posite Kettle Falls, had q thrilling
experience with cougar, the other
day. The cougar had killed a dog
and was dragging it away. When the
cougar saw Mr.. Finley it dropped the
dog and came for him. Mr.. Finley
fred at it just as it landed three feet
away. 1t measured feet in length
and very gaunt. It was evidently
driven by hunger to the ranch in
search OF food.
Mill men along the Columbia river
are reported to be in hard straits for
logs, and as result Of the shortage
prices have gone as high as 50 per
thousand. Many OF the logging camps
have not fully recovered from the et-
fects OF their forest fires of Septem.
Der last, and the usual log supply has
suffered accordingly. The few logging
camps which were not utterly ruined
by the fire, and were able to resume
operations quickly, are now reaping a
harvest by the advance in the price of
logs.
The Pacific Northwest Sash and
Door Association, which was formed
in December, to include all the plants
in the cities of Seattle, Portland, Ia
coma, Everett, Olympia and other
places on the north coast, has issued a
new price liet. There is slight ad-
vance made in the list, and discounts
are to be quoted at so per cent. off on
doors and IS per cent. off on windows.
There is also discount made OF SO
and per cent. in carload lots. It is
to DO q rule of the association that
from this time forward there will be
no one and quarter inch stock manu-.
factured.
The prosecuting attorneys Office in
Seattle declares that Mrs. Eliza Bar.
rington must be prosecuted for tax.
ing a shot at her husband, Levi Bar
rington, which, by chance, all but
missed its mark and grazed the in.
tended victims scalp. But there are
obstacles in the way. Darlington re-
fuses to bear witness against his wife
or to swear to a complaint, and il
seems that be was the only witness to
what might have been tragedy. The
shooting occurred in the barber.shop
of the Hotel Butler after the BARRIERS
) had gone and while Darlington was
sweeping out.
Beatrice Boehmer, the 17-year.old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Boeh.
mer, living about two miles north oi
Vancouver, mysteriously disappeared
on Wednesday of last week, and moth
ing has been heard or seen of heI
since. Her father and mother are
now visiting in Mitchell, s. D., and
Beatrice, with her 14-year.old brother
had been staying at home. The boy
was not seriously alarmed at her dis
appearance until Monday morning
supposing che was visiting with friends
in town. When this was found moi
to be true, search was instituted, but
, no trace of her can be found. None
OF her friends can ascribe cause fol
the disappearance, and many are in
clined to believe that she has been
abducted.