Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-13
FOUR NORTHWESTERN STATES
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selections Of Interesting Items
Gathered From Exchanses-cuIIings
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
and oregon-Numerous Accidents
and Personal Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON NEWS,

WASHINGTON NEWS.
Patrick McHughey was killed, John
Gardner fatally injured and Godfrey
Lundon was seriously hurt in an ex-
plosion in the Pocahontas mine, in the
southern part of King county Sunday
afternoon.
The Washington State Dairymen's
association will meet in Olympia
January 10, 20 and 21.
The board of county commissioners
of North Yakima has decided to build
a new courthouse at cost of STE, 900.
The Washington State Federation of
Labor reelected nearly all of the old
officers, as follows: President, Will
liam Blackman; five vice presidents in
order given: C. R. Case, Everett; G.
W. Smith, Spokane; T. v. Copeland,
Tacoma; R. Hesketh, Seattle; R. N.
Moody, Aberdeen; secretary-treasurer,
James Menzies, Tacoma; fraternal
delegates to Oregon, T. F. Burns, Sc
attle; A. R. Arkins, Anacortes; H. L.
Green, Aberdeen. C. o. Young was
indorsed for state organizer Aber-
deem was chosen for the next con-
veption.
The first annual convention of the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
will be held in Seattle February 21
and %. The object of the first annual
meeting is more to thoroughly organ
ize them in Washington. -.
Several hundred jubilant subj 5 Of
the mikado in this state Satul l14y eel
ebrated the fall of Port Arthur with
fireworks and ,speeehmaking. much at
ter the American fashion.
The Chelan and Lakeside bands
have consolidated and at a recent
meeting Is members were enrolled.
The person or persons who beat and
robbed William Jibbins of $4,000 a
few weeks ago near Dayton are still
at large, and no clew to their identity
has been found. Sheriff Stine has Of
fered a reward of $500 for any clew
which will lead to the arrest of the
parties. Mr.. Jibbins is slowly recov-
ering.
Charleston is to have an artificial ice
plant with capacity of Is tons a
day.
1t is announced that Walla Walla
county will probably have a school
exhibit at the Lewis and Clark fair
when it opens.
While Frank Barnhart, with his wife
and two children, was driving into
Ellensburg recently in a lumber wag-
on, the wheels ran into a chuck hole
and Mrs. Barnhart and the year old
girl were thrown from the spring seat.
The woman was not injured, but when
the child was picked up she was dead.
It is supposed her neck was broken by
the fall.
A number Of business men on Lake
Chelan are talking the feasibility of
building either steam or electric
road from the foot of Lake Chelan to
connect with the Gerat Northern at
Wenatchee.
The second annual institute of the
fruit inspectors of Washington open
ed in the Washington Agricultural col
lege Tuesday, January 10, and contin-
ued four days.
Governor-elect A. W. Mead announ-
ces that he will make the following ap-
pointments on his PERSONAL staff Col
onel and judge advocate general, M.
D Hurd of Mount Vprnon. cOlopa1
and quartermaster general, Cyrus F.
Clapp of Port Townsend; colonel and
inspector Of rife practice, Emory P.
Gilbert of Spokane; colonel and pay
master general, D. Daun Egan of Bel
lingham; lieutenant colonel and aide
de camp, Albert E. Cagwin of Kelso.
Governor Mead was inaugurated
Wednesday. His Inauguration address
and Governor McBride's retiring mes
sage were delivered on the same day.
J. G. Megler, representative from
Wahkiakum county, who has been a
member of every legislature except
one since the state was admitted, will
be speaker of the lower house this ses-
sion.
Twenty merchants, bankers and man.
ufacturers of Spokane met recently
and signed a resolution indorsing the
proposed electric line Of the Spokane
Interurban system through the Palouse
from Spokane via Colfax, Wash, to