The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-06-03
WASHINGTON NEWS.

ton was voted down.
Adam Kile, of Thornton, aged 81,
died recently of paralysis.
A new postoffice has been establish
ed at Irby, Lincoln county.
Harry Runyon, brakeman of Ulym-
pia, was instantly killed recently.
The Washington state building is
the finest at the ST. Louis exposition.
w. c. Brummett, who was shot by
Marshal Sturdivan at Lind, died later
1t is now assured that the Canadian
Pacific railway will come to Spokane
The Elwood single mill of Everett
was burned recently, entailing a loss
of $4,000.
Fire at Rockford flour mill recently
damaged the building and stock to
the amount of $4,000.
The former volunteer fremen of Sc
attic will hold a big reunion June 6,
the anniversary of Seattle's big fire.
Someone recently scattered poison
ed meat about Davenport and as a
result about dozen dogs have been
killed.
of his head off at his residence near
Ellensburg. He was not discovered
for ten days.
Forest fires near Maple Falls, What
com county, have destroyed timber
and logging camp property to the ex-
tent of 100000.
At recent meeting in the town hall
at Medical Lake by business men and
citizens it was decided to hold Fourth
State Senator Warren w. Tolman
of Spokane has withdrawn as a candi-
date for governor, after consulting
with Senator George Turner.
The following postmasters have re-
Gently been appointed Ralph G. Nc
Dowell at Gordon, Douglas county, and
kane county.
Henry G. Foote, a member of a firm
of commission merchants of Tacoma
committed suicide near Chehalis, by
shooting himself in the head with 81
calibre revolver.
The years work is drawing to 6
close at the state college. Examina
tions commence June and continue
till June IA. Commencement day i:
Thursday, June 16.
Herbert l.. Williams, formerly a rail
way postal clerk, was recently givel
the largest verdict for personal in
juries ever awarded by jury in Spc
kane county. The verdict was 70
s $4,000.
A joint session of the boards of cour
ty commissioners of Adams and Viii
S man counties has let the contract 70
b the new wood and steel bridge to b
:, placed across the Palouse river a
+ Hooper, Wash.
E. M Randall Of Tacoma, Wash
was elected secretary of the Epwort
league, and ]. T. Mcfarland of Topek;
Kan, secretary of the Sunday SchoC
- union, at the recent session of tn
a Methodist general conference.
9 Firmly believing that the end {
,f the world is foreboded by the Russian
Japanese war, $50 Seventh Day Al
ventists of Spokane are preparing the
,e white robes" to wear when the gre;
r, day of Judgment comes.
o. Fire has destroyed the WashingtC
al Broom factory owned by G. Meese
e. Co., of Spokane. The factory, war
u u house and stables are a total loss.
u was the worst fire the fire departmel
It has fought in months.
a At a mass meeting of the fruitgrO'
re ers of the lower Yakima valley al
e. others interested in horticulture he
o in Prosser, a joint stock associate
for mutual protection, called "Tl
Horticultural association of the low
RI Yakima valley" was formed.
is The mysterious disappearance
Martin Erie and Matthias Erie, brot
ers, whose fate has been unknown fl
~ the past two months has been partis
ly cleared up by the discovery of Il
body of the former on the east ban
of the Dickey river, near Port Angelo
Walter Pearsoll, aged II years, sc
es of Mr.. and Mrs. Pearsoll of Pomero
es was crushed to death Sunday afte
e noon under wagon which was mo
T. ing the household goods of the famil
in The accident occurred at Alki grad
o. about IL miles from Pomeroy.