Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-11-04
NEWS OF THE STATE.

NEWS OF THE STATE.
Rev. w. E. Zediker of Centralia, a
prominent preacher OF that place. has
joined the Fraternal Order of Eagles,
and speaks highly of the lodge.
Peter Faure, a sheep owner, and one
OF the wealthiest men in the State,
committed suicide yesterday at his
home, near Walla Walls. by taking a
dose of poison.
The steamboat crews in Seattle have
struck for the same rate of wages in
winter as for the summer months
$45. The winter rate has been $40,
and to this reduction they protest.
A sensational suit was filed in tue
Superior Court at Seattle, this week,
by Joseph Cantor against H. H. Eaton
to recover $50, 900, on the ground that
the defendant has alienated his wife's
affections.
The Washington State Historical
Society will erect monument over
the grave Of Chief Joseph at Nespilem,
which the Indians at their council
decided to make the permanent bury.
ing place.
Father Boulet, who for moro than
% years, has had charge OF the Catho-
lie Church at Bellingham, has resigned
his charge and preached his farewell
sermon Sunday. This step was taken
because of his advanced years and the
growing responsibility of the parish.
Complaint WAS filed in the Seattle
Federal Court, Monday, by Martha
Lockwood asking judgment for $25 ,OOO
against the Puget Sound Navigation
Company as damages on account OF
the loss of her husband, who was
freight clerk on the Inflated steamer
Clallam.
j. L. Price was robbed and painfully
injured in Seattle, Tuesday night, by
two hold-up men. One OF the men
struck him in the eye, presumably
with the butt of revolver, and while
he stood hslf-stunned and helpless
went through his pockets. He may
lose the sight of his eye.
Every school in Seattle received q
circular letter Monday from Superin.
tendent Frank B. Cooper, stating that
hereafter all children enrolled as
pupils in the Seattle public schools
whose parents reside outside the city
proper must pay for their tuition.
The established rate for this tuition is
SIS per term in the grades or gram.
mar schools and $25 per annum in the
high school.
While fooling with a gun, Monday
morning, at Ellensburg, which he
thought was not loaded, H. G. Davis
shot his 2-year-old niece, the charge
striking her in the forearm, carrying
it clear away. The child's mother
picked up the ghastly member on the
opposite side of the room. Tho child
was quickly taken to town from her
home, eight miles away, and received
the necessary attention. She lie now
doing we'll, considering the fearful
injury.
Judge Chapman, OF Tacoma, who
tried ]. H. Mann, of Centralia, for
arson, Monday, at Chehalis, de.
MED motion for new trial. Mann
was sentenced to five years in the
penitentiary. Judge Rice tried Mrs.
Nettie Mann on the same charge. A
motion for q new trial was also denied
in her case and she was sentenced to
one year in the penitentiary. Mann's
case will be appealed, but that against
his wife may not be. The parties
were convicted at separate trials for
firing their millinery store at Cen.
tralia in August to secure the insur.
ance.
The British ship Blytheswood lately
arrived at Bellingham, having on
board in her crew an old sailmaker
named Bryan, a survivor of the famous
China.ses clipper Jessie May, wrecked
amid the Pelew Islands. in 1864, in.
habited by cannibals. Owing to some
personal characteristic, "The Commo-
dore," as Mr.. Bryan is known by on
shipboard, was permitted to live and
crowned with the highest OF honors,
among which was a presentation by
the cannibsl chief of ten wives with
whom he lived for about three months
until the missionary ship" John Will
liams" made visit to the Pelew Isl.
ands and Bryan was again restored to
civilization.
Miss Bertha Wick, a pretty 10 year
old waitress at lunch counter, in
Spokane, was badly burned about the
neck and shoulders, Saturday night,
with carbolic acid thrown by an un-
known woman who made her escape
after the assault. 1t was apparently q
case of mistaken identity for in throw
ing the acid the unknown woman
said, "Take that for having Jack Aus.
tin arrested" A few days ago, Austin
was arrested on charge OF sending an
obscene letter to Maggie Brown, an
other waitress at the depot. Both
mattresses resemble each other some.
what and it is presumed the unknown
woman mistook Miss Wick for Miss
Brown. Doctors fear the acid victim
will be marked for life.
As the result OF row over a meal
an exciting shooting ARRAY occurred
Friday at the hotel at Green River