Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-06-10
STATE NEWS,
A Brief Summary Of News Gathered From
All Parts of the State,

All Parts Of the State.
Crops are quite late in the Puyallup
valley but the yield will be good.
The big dredger Pacific broke her
suction pump, Wednesday, while at
work in the channel at Tacoma, and
Immediately sank.
A man who gave his name as w. J.
Simpson, attempted suicide at Cen
tralia, Wednesday, by slashing his
throat with knife.
A fire at Lynden, Tuesday morning,
destroyed $4,000 worth of property,
including Williams hotel, fraternal
hall, Tullis' tailor shop and other
buildings.
1t turns out that there was no truth
in the report from Port Townsend
Saturday afternoon that two men had
been killed and others wounded by a
firing squad at Fort Casey during drill
practice.
The Fruit Valley Journal, formerly
a Republican (McBride) paper. pub.
lished at Mission, has been bought by
J. NJ. Cunningham and J. L. Murray,
and moved to Wenatchee, where it
will appear as a Democratic paper.
The largest purchase of wool ever
made in Yakima was consummated
this week when Jack Lycett and Fred.
Alter bought over 100000 pounds
from the herders Of that valley, at
rates averaging about II cents per
pound.
The Weyerhauser Timber Co. is add
ing largely to its number of employees
IN the logging camps along the Lewis
Ever and it is expected that before the
summer is over about 300 men will be
at work. This is the only company
actively at work logging in that Sec
ton at present.
Miss Florence Benny, of Seattle, ia
one of The successful candidates OF the
bachelor Of arts degree at Wellesley
College, Massac husetts, and, with two
California girls, is the only representa-.
tive of the Coast in the graduating
class, which is the largest in the his
toIy VI VcllcsleN.
Tuesday, at Seattle, after falling
from a scaffold forty feet to the ground
Oscar Dingman. a carpenter. jumped
up and ran when the patrol wagon
arrived to convey him to a hospital
He was injured but slightly and
thought the police were going to arrest
him for being drunk.
At the fire which DESTROYED the
business section of Leavenworth Tues
day morning, the Cascade hotel wa.
blown up with dynamite, checking
further spread of the flames. By A.
NJ. the fire had burned itself out. The
prompt action OF the men 10 blowing
up the hotel saved the town from
total destruction.
Oscar Holm, aged 80 years, who re-
sided with his son-in.law at Marietta
Whatcom county, hanged himself
Wednesday in a workshop near hi.
dwelling. He was discovered by &
grand daughter before life was extinct
and nearby neighbors cut him down
He lived but few hours. Despond
ency prompted the act.
R. NJ. Green, a prisoner in the
county Jail at Everett, who was i'm
prisoned on the charge of obtainin,
money under false pretenses, and who
has four more weeks to serve, wa.
married Tuesday to Miss Phoebe L
Cation, q pretty, young woman. TIL,
match was sanctioned by Miss Cation,
mother. Her father objected to thu
marriage.
A general order has just been is
sued by Commander Thomas H. Cav
anaugh for the twenty.second annua
encampment of the Grand Army o
the Republic, department of Washing
ton and Alaska, to be held at Belling
ham June 81, 22and %. Headquarters
to be established at the Hotel Byron
will be opened on Monday morning
June 20, at 8 o'clock. A large attend
anceis expected at the encampmen
from all over the State. The Ros,
Carnival will open on the 23d, the las
day Of the encampment.