Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-06-26
STATE NEWS.
A Brief Summary Of News Gathered From
All Parts of the State.


robbing nickel-in-the-slot gas meters.
1t will be regarded by those who have
had any experience with those un-
reliable machines, as an outrage, and
the sympathy of the whole commun.
ity will be with anybody who can get
ahead of a gas meter.
Maybelle, an inmate OF the tender
loin district, at HOquism, attempted
to commit suicide last Friday by jump
ing from the Hoquiam bridge into the
river. She was rescued by officer
John Peel. When questioned she gave
the reason as being tired of the life
she was leading and wanted to end her
misery in the peaceful waters.
w. E. Morse, at Ritzville, who was
placed under 5000 bonds to appear
at the next term of the Superior Court
to answer to the charge of assault
committed on his own 15-year-old
daughter, Callie Morse, in the pres
ence Of the girls mother, has made q
statement to the officials at that place
which amounts to q confession.
Clyde r. Wyman was sawed COM
pletely through the body in Vests
milt, at Aberdeen, the other day, by
one of the saws Of the slab. .slasher. a
shaft with nine large saws upon it
which cuts the slabs into cord wood
lengths. Itseems he tripped and fell
upon one of the saws and was almost
instantly killed. He leaves a wife and
baby.
Sheriff Brewer, OF Snohomish, ar
rived at the Walla Walla penitentiary
the other day with the following pris-
oners from that county: James Mar
win, 20 years for murder; Sigur Paul.
son, 10 years for burglary; Harry
Morgan, larceny OF person, two years
- Harrington, larceny, three years,
and So Dai, japanese, assault, two
years.
Spokane has already fixed up the
State slate for next year for both par.
ties. Ed. Saunders is to be Lieuten.
ant-Governor, DR.. P. s. Byrne, Cover
nor and George Mudgett State Treas
urer. Whether that enterprising peo
pie intend to fill out the ticket, or re.
serve the remaining nominations fol
trading purposes, has not been YET
announced.
w. w. Robertson, a member Of the
Louisiana Purchase Fair Commission
by appointment of Gov. Mcbride, has
rendered his resignation, presumably
for the executive turn down of Supt
Westendorf, of the State Reform
school. It is intimated that this is
Mr.. Robertson's way of clearing his
decks for action. His warship is the
Yakima Republic.
Price Bros creamery, near Yelm
was destroyed by fire early last Fri.
day morning. 1t is supposed the fire
was communicated to the upper part
OF the building from the smokestack
OF the boiler. The hands were all al
the barn milking at the time and the
flames were not discovered until they
we're beyond control. The loss of the
building and damage to the machin'
cry amounts to about $4,000. The
plant was insured for $1,000.
During a recent storm at North
Yakima, lightning played a queer
prank at the home OF w. E. Thomp
son. A bolt entered the rear of the
house, tearing off window casing as
it passed in, and breaking out all the
glass in the window. An iron bed
stead, in which two men we're sleeping
was struck, bending the large frame
out of place in many parts. The bolt
was divided by one Of the posts, one
fork passing to a cupboard and shat
tering it, and then passing through
the floor in the room. The other bolt
glanced to the chimney and followed
it down to the first floor to the stove
and passed out through the floor by
one OF the stove legs. The occupants
OF the bed were unharmed.
There are now thirty-five carloads Ol
steel rails, fifteen flat-cars, two loco
motives, a complete dock ready for
setting up, in Seattle ready for ship
ment to Nome. There are also g
100000 feet of lumber and 6O,
600 railroad ties being purchased fol
shipment. In addition, there is g
complete camp outfit and stores for
the season for 200 men, all having
been secured there. All told. there
are l 100 tons of outfit in Seattle now
and 1000 tons OF equipment and out
fit to be brought from the East and
shipped from there to Solomon dur
ing the summer. 1t is calculated, i
no untoward events occur, to have the
railroad from Solomon to Council City
built and in operation by August l.
]. E. Burley, who is on his way tC
China to purchase goods for Sar
Francisco firm, was most beautifully
finn -flammed as the train from Seat
tie pulled into Sumas Saturday. i
was the old game OF needing money t
get goods now in the station and tht
presenting of check for a larg'