Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-23
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

ronte in response to the request of
victoria business men who are indig-
ront over the Clallam disaster.
nv far the fiercest war among the
single men in the history of the state
81 washington industry is on, as re-
sult of the organization of the Inter
state Single company at Seattle.
Spokane flour has gone up five cents
sack in it's retail price.
At the recent annual meeting of the
state board of health DR.. S. B. Nelson
If Pullman was reelected president
and DR.. E. E. Heg of Seattle secre-
tary.
Spokane, Butte, Ogden and Salt
Lake will be the four towns in the
Pacific National league. Seattleais out
and ogden was admitted in it's place.
There is a move on at Waitsburg for
the establishment of club for young
men,
Harry H. Morgan, aged "a years, an
assistant chemist, met a horrible death
at Seattle recently by spilling a gallon
carboy of carbolic acid over himself
and died in intense agony Is minutes
after the accident.
The remains of the late Rev. Sam
uel G. Havermale were laid to rest in
Paramount cemetery at Spokane last
week.
The report of the state fish COM
missioner shows a falling off in out
put of the industry compared with last
year. thus giving evidence of a poor
fishing season in the chief Puget
Sound district.
The railroads announce a special
rate of one and one third fares to
Spokane for the annual meeting of the
Inland Empire retail lumbermen Feb
ruary 10-11.
daughter of George Sargent, a drug
gst of Tacoma was burned to death
recently. While the mother had step
ped down stairs to answer the tele-
fhone the child fell against the air
tight stove, and when the mother re-
turned to the room the child's- cloth
ing was in flames. She died in an
hour.
Beginning Monday, the merchants of
Cheney will close their places of bust
ness at 6 o'clock, except Saturdays.
This arrangement is to be in force I'M
til June Is.
Thieves or a thief, presumably the
latter, broke into the Catholic church
OF Our Lady of Lourdes at Spokane
and stole two large gold goblets and
one piece of the silver and gold altar
service.
Francis Asbury Pugh, aged "a, a
pioneer of 1886, died recently at Spo-
kane, after a lingering illness.
Francis A. White, we'll known resi-
dent of Everett, died in San Francisco
recently at the age of 80 years. Mr..
White had an active career in the de-
yelopment Of the west.
The body of man supposed to be
W. E. Rooklidge of Tacoma was found
on the beach near Port Angeles. On
the body was life preserver bearing
the name "Clallam," proving conclus-
lively that the dead man was a victim
OF the disaster.
The most daring jailbreak ever per-
petrated in Adams county occurred at
hltzVille, when prisoner going I'M
DER various names and aliases escaped
from the county bastile, leaving Sc
curely locked therein the county sher-
III, j. c. Shorno. The deed was COM
mitted at supper time when Sheriff
Shorno was taking the three county
charges their evening meal All the
prisoners were at liberty in the COM
modlous Jail room, and when Shorno
unlocked the door and went to set
the food on the table, the escaping
prisoner stepped past him into the
outer hallway, turned the key that
mad been left in the door and took it
with him.
The Masons of Chewelah have or
gained lodge of F. and A. M.
Petitions are being generally circu-
iated In Whitman county to be present
ed 10 the county commissioners ask
ing That $4,000 be appropriated toward
the expense of gathering and display
ing an exhibit from that county at the
ST Louis exposition.
owing to failure to complete the new
creamery at the Washington Agricul-
'ural college it has been found neces-
Sary to postpone the opening of the
annual school of dairying until Febru-
airy 80.
some outside persons are figuring
on putting up a -four mill at Edwall
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