Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-22
THREE NORTHWEST STATES
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selection of Interesting Items
Gathered From Exchanges-culIings
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
Numerous Accidents and Personal
Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.


The Canadian Pacific has decided to
put steamer on the Seattle-Victoria
route in response to the request of
Victoria business men who are indig-
nant over the Clallam disaster.
By far the fiercest war among the
shingle men in the history of the state
of Washington industry is on, as a re-
suit of the OF organization of the Inter-
state Single company at Seattle.
Spokane flour has gone up five cents
sack in its retail price.
At the recent annual meeting of the
of 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. Seattle is out
and Ogden was admitted in it's place.
There is move on at Waitsburg for
the establishment of club for young
men.
Harry H. Morgan, aged "a years, an
assistant chemist, met horrible death
at Seattle recently by spilling 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 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. .
Beryl Sargent, the year old
daughter of George Sargent, a drug
gist Of Tacoma was burned to death
recently. While the mother had step
ped down stairs to answer the tele-
phone 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 busi-
ness at o'clock, except Saturdays.
This arrangement is to be in force un-
til June Is.
Thieves, or 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 81, a
pioneer of 1876, died recently at Spo-
kane, after lingering illness.
Francis A. White, well 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-
velopment 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 |
Ritzville, when a prisoner going un-
der various names and aliases escaped |
from the county bastile, leaving Sc
curely locked therein the county sher-
iff, j. G. 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
modious 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
had been left in the door and took it
with him.
The Masons of Chewelah have or
ganized lodge Of F. and A. M.
Petitions are being generally circu-
lated in Whitman county to be present !
ed to 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.