Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-05-08
STATE NEWS,
A Brief Summary of News Gathered From
All Parts Of the State.

lumber and 1880 doors for use in the
Philippines.
May 80 is to be celebrated as the
semi centennial of the founding of
Whatcom county.
At late logrolling of the Woodmen
OF the World at Walla Walla, GOO
candidates were admitted.
The Alaska cable to be built by the
government will start from Seattle,
with offices in the Walker building.
A University of California rowing
crew will contest with a University OF
Washington crew at Seattle May Goth.
Newspaper artists on the Pacific
coast will give an exhibition of the
products of their pencils and brushes
in Seattle in June.
A new directory OF North Yakima
contains 2,77G names, which by giving
the usual directory multiple of q
gives a population OF 6,940.
Maj. John Mills, OF the corps OF en-.
gineers, has been designated to build
the road authorized by the last session
OF Congress, into Mount Rainier Ma
tional Park.
1t is said that a couple of fishermen,
a few days ago, killed all the fish in
Lost Lake, small body OF water situ-
ated near Edmonds, by exploding sew
eral charges Of dynamite upon its sur
face.
Rear Admiral Yates Stirling has
been relieved from command of the
Puget Sound navy yard and ordered to
command the third division of the
Asiatic fleet. The Wisconsin will be
his flagship.
A contract has been let at Ballard
for 81 900 laundry. Such cleansing
factory for community the size of
that city, is certainly remarkable.
Probably she intends to wash her big
sister, Seattle.
The Panel and Folding Box Co., of
Aberdeen, have contracted for $780,
600 worth OF machinery for their new
factory, TO be delivered by May 10Th,
or a rebate of 500 per day will be ac-
corded its purchasers.
Peter Ashley, farmer of Peone
Prairie, near Spokane, was held up by
two masked men, in broad daylight
recently and robbed of 20 cents. Both
the robbers were effectually disguised,
though judging from their size and
perturbation they were boys and
novices.
Alto, small town on the o. r. & n,
was destroyed by fire on the night of
tho 1st. 1t started in one OF the big
warehouses, destroyed the elevator
section-house and other buildings, in.
volving loss of $4,000. Fortunately
there was very little grain in storage
at the time OF the fire.
Kent Journal: This is not very en-
couraging to the lover of the oyster.
1t is said that the oyster contains &C..
100000 perfectly organized microbes.
We would, however, like to know how
the deuce so many of the horrible
things can get into one of our small,
bewitching, dainty Olympia oysters?
Scotty" Campbell, who owns a val
liable cedar claim on the Neuschkab,
has found several quartz ledges, one
of which is nearly three feet through,
and carries gold, silver and copper in
paying quantities. The ledge is four
miles due south of Aberdeen, and is
located in a country thick with under
brush and hard to prospect.
People of Aberdeen were out in
force to listen to the sweet music of
thousands of strange birds that came
to Aberdeen at midnight, May 1st,
from some unknown quarter. The
feathered visitors were evidently in q
strange land, for many of their num-
ber were killed by flying against build
ings. The name OF the bird is not
known, but it is said to much resemble
the ordinary bluebird.
George Ross, a 14-year.old incorrigi-
BILE, at Everett, made a murderous as
sault upon his mother, few days ago,
with a carving knife. He ran after
her around the dining. room table,
and was only frustrated in his bloody
intent by an aged grandfather who
was present. The boy has had consid-
erable trouble in the public school
which he attends. He was arrested
and will in all probability be sent to
the Reform School.
Benson, the self.convicted murderer
of Deputy Sheriff Morrell in the
county Jail at Olympia is declared
guilty OF msnslaughter by jury at
the State Capital this week, the maxi
mum penalty for which is 20 years
imprisonment. It is just this sort OF
monkeying with justice that brings
the laws methods into contempt with
many people. In this case the pris-
oner himself was fair enough to ad
nit that he ought to be hanged and
that he had expected no other kind of
q sentence, an opinion which the
reading public, no doubt, shared with
hin, Yakima Democrat