The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-07-14
Washington, idaho, MONTANA,
and OREGON news ITEMS.
ew Interesting Items Gathered
rom Our Exchanges Of the Sur.
oundino Country-Numerous Acct.
ents and Personal Events Take
''sce-Outlook Is Bright.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

salesman, were drowned in Lake
Washington, near Seattle. An up
turned boat with wearing apparel be-
longing to the couple was found on
the bank of Union bay.
Saturday afternoon during the Ritz
yille-Palouse ball game, within 70
rods of the grounds, William, the Is
wear old son of John Dawson of Pa
louise. was drowned while swimming
in the river.
Harry C. Boyd blew out his brains
at Spokane last Friday night He was
the assistant general agent of the
Hamburg Bremen Fire Insurance COM
pany and had been in the insurance
business in the northwest for % years.
He was one of the largest stockhold-
ers in the Big Bend National bank OF
Davenport, Wash.
R. H. Chiffon of Dayton, aged IS
years. in fit of dependency placed
"A caliber revolver to his right ear
and sent crashing through his brain
a bullet that caused instant death.
Unless the state takes some steps
Immediately toward the appointment
of deputy fire warden with jurisdlc-
ton in this county the whole country
to the north and northeast of Seattle
will be in flames within the next few
weeks, says Game Warden Ref.
The body of Albert Irving was found
in Kettle river, about five miles above
Danville, and taken to Curlew for
burial. Irving was driving logs down
the river and was drowned May IL.
The place where the body was found
was - miles from where the acct
dent occurred.
Ulysses S. Grant. son of the Illus
trious federal commander in chief, is
spending this week in Spokane.
Marshal Lyons of Toledo has arrest
ed Hezekiah Hall, Familiarity known In
his native home in Lee county, Vir-
ginia, as Hike" Hall. He is wanted
in Lee county for the alleged murder
of John Grubb and divers other seri-
Gus offenses. Hall admits that he kill
ed Grub, but claims that he did 1t
in self defense. He stated to SherlH
Uruuhart that he had killed eight
men, remarking that some men would
never be good until they were dead,
and that he had run up against eight
men whom he found it necessary to
make good" The man is So years
old and quite gray.
Seattle's foreign export business for
June amounted to nearly $4,OOO,Ooo,
being greater than that Of any previ-
GUS month in the history of the city.
The Northern Pacific hauled 655
cars of lumber out of Tacoma IN
June.
The legality of the 100000 issue
of school bonds for Tacoma has been
sustained by the supreme court. Inc
money will be used for the construc-
ton of high school in that city.
Graduates of the law department OF
the University of Washington will be
admitted to the senior class OF the
Yale law school on presenting their
diplomas.
The Wenatchee cannery has COM
pleted the first week of it's existence.
Mr.. Foy, the manager of the canning
company, says that everything is NOV
ing off in first class order, and in the
first weeks run over $4,000 cans OF
cherries have been disposed OF.
Ed Stickney, ]. H. Malone and Jas.
Leslie. escaped convicts from the
United States penitentiary at NC
Neill's island, have been captured.
w. A. Davis of Stepto has discover
ed a new and effectual method OF de-
stroying SQUIRRELS. Mr.. Davis sent 10
Iowa for some ferrets, which he uses
to hunt squirrels, which are one OF the
greatest pests of this section. The
ferrets are trained to go into the holes
after the squirrels and either eaten
and kill them or drive them out OF the
holes, where dogs catch them. Mr..
Davis took three ferrets and two dogs
ard went into the fields. In less than
two hours he had killed 81 squirrels.
Scion H. Seaman, aged II years, was
drowned while swimming in the Spo-
kane river about 2 IL miles above the
citv limits Sunday afternoon.
The entire alfalfa crop around We
natchee was badly damaged and IN
sections entirely ruined by the heavy
rains of last week. The crop was all
down.
Fire which started in the basement
Of F. B. Wright & Co.'S paint and wall
paper store at Spokane at 1 o'clock
Saturday afternoon, did damage es-
timated at more than 100000.
Ir the person of Louise Colotchi, the
Spokane police have unearthed an
heiress to a $15O,000 fortune in San
Francisco.
+. ]. Lewis, the real estate broker
n Seattle, wanted at Wheaton, ILL.,,
fer frauds amounting to more than
100000. will return without eXtradl-
ton.
IDAHO NEWS.
Miss Lucy Aiken, telephone opera
'or at Moscow, received a severe shock