The Western news., 1904-09-28
WASHINGTON NEWS.

WASHINGTON NEWS.
The Spokane river is now within 3.6
inches of its low water record.
Although late, the run of black sal
mon in Grays harbor promises to be
heavy.
| The first shipment of flour from Spo-
kane to Boston this year has left that
city.
Up to date there have been about
$50, 900 bushels of wheat received at
Harrington.
| The state of Washington in the year
ending June 80, 1904, expended in the
maintenance of schools the sum of $4,-
15S,447.
Arthur Huston, aged 80, shot and
killed himself in the presence of Mrs.
R. M. Rose and her 10 year old son,
at Tacoma last Saturday.
| Work has commenced on a ditch
several miles long south of the Snake
river near PascO, which will irrigate
about 5000 acres of choice land.
Robert Neal one of the pioneer
|
fruit belt, has marketed 5000 boxes of
peaches from his orchard this season.
w. d. McHugh, a Spokane grocery
man, was fined IS recently for meas
uring cranberries in a quart liquid
measure instead of in a quart dry
measure.
The first arrest has been made for
violating the new fire ordinance in
Seattle, which provides that teams
| shall not stand within 80 feet of a fire
hydrant.
The program for the third annual
meeting of the Washington State Flu
neral Directors association, to be held
at North Yakima September 27, 2S
and 20, has been issued.
Twins were born recently to Mr..
and Mrs. J. w. Provance of Chelan.
The twin daughters weighed eight and
one-half and six pounds. The papa of
the twins is over 81 years old.
Saturday was record breaker for
attendance at the Chelan county fair
Upwards of $500 people visited the
grounds. Many distinguished visitors
were present from out of town points.
The coroner's jury reached a verdict
that Dominic Divaleria, victim of the
recent shooting at Walla Walla, came
to his death by a bullet from revolver
held by Joseph Pasquale, who has
made his escape.
Fire at lssaquah near Tacoma de-
stroyed the Issaquah Coal company's
store, a saloon and six dwellings, caus-
ing damage estimated at $4,000. The
fire started in the companys store, the
destruction if which was threatened
by the striking coal miners.
The state board of equalization has
fixed the rate of general state taxation
at 21a mills. This is the same rate as
that adopted for several successive
years. The school tax rate is fixed by
law at 5 mills and the military tax at
one-tenth mill. The total state levy is
therefore 7.6 mills.
The Masonic Temple association has
decided to lay the corner stone of the
new Masonic temple on October 6. The
corner stone will be laid by Most Wor-
shipful Grand Master E. H. Van Pat
ten at a special communication of the
grand lodge of Free and Accepted Ma
sons of Washington.
mot guilty because of insanity"
was the unanimous verdict which the
jury at Spokane, after six hours de-
liherations returned, and it set Mrs.
Jeanette Harris or North Yakima free
from responsibility before the law for
killing the illegitimate baby of her
daughter Pearl on June 6 last.
A rear end freight collision occurred
about IL o'clock Saturday night at
Yakima city, in which D. w. Steele, a
brakeman, was burned to death. The
accident was caused by Clarence Shan
no, engineer of the disabled engine,
being unable to control his machine,
which crashed into a local freight.
Milas Shafer committed suicide in
Vashon island, near Seattle, Sunday
afternoon to put himself out of his
misery, caused by an accidental gun
shot wound. He was out hunting with
two companions when both barrels of
his shotgun were discharged, the
charges entering his abdomen. While
his companions rushed away after a
physician he reloaded his gun and shot
himself in the head. When his friends
returned they found his dead body.
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