The Western news., 1904-12-14
FOUR NORTHWESTERN STATES
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selections Of Interesting Items
Gathered From Exchanqes-CuIiina
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
and Oregon-Numerou Accidents
and Personal Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

WASHINGTON NEWS.
The State Teachers association Will
meet at Spokane on December %, ~
and 80.
Dan Gallagher, a butcher who has
been out of employment, committed
suicide in Seattle Sunday.
John Dollar, painters foreman for
the contractors at Fort Casey, was in
stantly killed by an unknown soldier.
Pacific Coast hops are quoted in
New York at 36 cents, which has
strengthened the Tacoma market
Whitman college has passed the 400
mark in attendance this year, which Is
tory.
Luke Melin, aged 60 years, an Old
timer in the Big Bend, died recently
at his home several miles west OF
Hartline.
| The 18th annual defamation contest
was won by Hugh c. Todd, o6, in the
Washington Agricultural college chap
ell at Pullman.
| Charles E. Sumner. representing the
Empire Electric company of Toledo,
Ohio. will ask Spokane for 35 year
franchise to put in an independent
telephone company.
| Frank M. Finnegan, an electric line
man of the Washington Water Power
company, met instant death about b
O'Clock Saturday evening from contact
with live wire while working.
A thief robbed G. B. Robins of Mos.
COW, Idaho, an invalid, of approx
mately $500 in room in the Pacific
hotel at Spokane This money was
the savings of years of hard work
A petition is being circulated for sig
natures asking for pardon for Henry
Craemer. now serving a life sentence
in Walla Walla for the murder of Phil
ippine Meller and her baby in 1894.
Information received in Tacoma is
that at least six or seven central labor
organizations out OF nine in the state
indorsed or will indorse William Black
man for reappointment as state labor
commissioner.
Within the next few days Seattle
will be connected with Port Townsend,
Fort Casey, Friday Harbor and Victo-
ria, B. c. by wireless telegraph. A
wireless station has been erected on
top of Queen Anne hill.
Two Japanese, Mirahara and Turu-
shima, have bought small shingle
mill in Bellingham for $4,000 cash, and
will operate it with crew of their
countrymen. Fourteen white men have
been employed in the place.
After occupying it's present site for
Is years and caring for 2O,275 patti.
ents, the Catholic hospital at Spokane
finds it necessary to abandon the old
|site and will build a new and much
more commodious hospital building.
Tacoma.-At Port Madison, Kitsal
county, the house of Arthur Raines
burned at II o'clock at night while he
and his wife were digging clans a
mile away. The three children OF
the couple, aged 5, 4 and 2 years. were
burned to death.
} The senate committee on Indian at
fairs has ordered favorable report
/ has passed the house, providing tol
the sale to settlers of about 700 acres
of allotted land in the Yakima reser
vation.
Two Spokane & Occur d'Alene elec
trio line trains collided at Spokane
Bridge recently. Mike Crosby. motor
D imam, was seriously cut about the face
and head by glass, and two other men
}. one a motorman and the other a pas
|senger, We're slightly hurt.
Henry Faye, accused of murder il
the first degree for alleged burning O.
the Harrington hotel. when Lawrenc,
: Tierney perished two months ago, wa.
> acquitted at Davenport on the charg,
Of arson. While the trial was in pro
gress Judge Neal ordered the substi
tuition of the charge of arson insteat
: Of murder.
Judgment has been finally entered il
the long drawn out suit brought by tn,
Goss Construction company against tn,
: state capitol commission for extras
4 in constructing the capitol annex
. This judgment. which has been sign
: ed by Judge Linn of the superior court
gives the Goss company $4935 ant
costs, amounting in all to about 5000
= that the state will be required to pay
The suit was originally for about $25
900.
OREGON ITEMS.
e A. c. Ruoy, formerly of Eugene, Ore
3 has purchased the Oregon feedyard o
lPendletOn and nrOpOseS to maintal]