Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-07-28
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As result of the neglected sewer
at Old Town, Tacoma, an epidemic OF
typhoid fever now threatens the city.
a limb two feet long containing Y
perfectly formed apricots, has been
sent from Wenatchee to the Portland
Exposition.
The Bloom Goldfish Co. have estab
lished their business center at Quar-
termaster Harbor, with Tacoma for
their distributing point.
T. ID. Rockwell, of the State Board
OF Tax Commissioners, estimates that
hundred thousand dollars of revenue
may be derived from back taxes due
on inheritances.
The town Of Cornell, this State, was
nearly wiped out by fire, Tuesday
afternoon. Loss $4,000. The fire
originated from an explosion Of acid
in a doctors Office.
a contract has been made with the
Moran Bros, OF Seattle, TO install a
working plant, erect l, 0O0-ton bun
ker and build strip of railway, at
Coal Harbor, Alaska.
A party of campers we're poisoned
by lce-cream which they ate Sunday
evening at Alki Point. 1t is supposed
the deleterious substance was in the
navoring or c0loring.
David Sullivan got in q row in the
California Wine House at Wenatchee,
Saturday night, with J. F. Murphy,
and struck him. Sullivan received a
punch in the mouth and fell back ward
and broke his neck.
Two highwaymen entered the Ne
braska saloon in the lower part of Sc.
attic, Sunday night, beat the bar
tender, II. L. Thielman, into insensi-
bility and robbed the safe and money
drawer of 500 in cash and $3.50 in
checks. The men escaped.
The feud between the settlers and
the Indians at Northport, Wash, has
broken out again. another chapter be
ing begun when an Indian surprised
Mrs. Chss. Cox at her home and made
a daring attempt on her life, slashing
her breast twice with knife.
Day by day. the pesky Japs seem to
be taking in little scraps OF land and
occasionally an eligible harbor that
Russia has lett lying outdoors, and
that too while commissioners have
been sent out extending the glad
hand and with a smile of peace re.
Elected from their hazel-nut counter.
ance.
Fred Jennings, a farmer and car.
penter living near Zillah, committed
suicide Saturday night by hanging
himself with a rope to rafters in his
workshop. He owned a 40-acre farm
and owed $3.50 on it. This is what
bothered him. He carried $1,000 in.
surance in the WOodmen and Fores.
ter orders.
Scarcely a paper comes to hand
nowadays, that does not contain
some account Of bank failure. Now
it is the City National Bank of Kan
sas City, Mo-, which has closed it,
doors because it owes half q million
more than it can pay. Its deposit.
aggregate $780, 900, and liabilities
50 100000.
The Norwegian steamer Tricolor en-
gagged in the coal carrying trade he
tween British Columbia and San Fran
cisco is q total wreck. She went
ashore Tuesday night in q fog a,
Cape Mendocino, off the Californis
Coast. A tug which was dispatched
to her assistance arrived at Eureks
with her entire crew of 81 men.
A price was set on the head O
Jack, the acid thrower," lately al
Walla Walla, after report had reached
headquarters that this mysterious in
dividual, after two days inactivity
had suddenly appeared at the swim
ming tank at Whitman College ant
doused with acid the clothes OF severa
bathers, left in the dressing room.
It is the intention of the Fedora
authorities TO establish wireless tele
graph communication between thu
prison on McNeils Island and Tacoms
so that hereafter if a convict escape.
the Marshal's office can be instantly
communicated with. For the i'm
provements to be made on the prison
there is available $4,000. All the
work will be done by the conyicts.
J. d. Farrell has resigned the posi-
ton OF President of the Great North
ern Steamship Co., and assistant o.
President Hill Of the Great Northern
Railroad. Howard James will bt
his successor. He is q native OF Mas
sachusetts, 43 years of age. He en-
tered the railroad clerical service in
1882, and his entire railroad and bust
ness experience has been attained un.
der President Hill.
David d. jenkins, laborer on the
farm OF W. F. McNat, near North
Yakima, died Saturday evening from
the effects OF the heat. He was as.
sisting in loading hay on a wagon
when he threw down his fork and
said. "Well, boys, ! am all in" He
began to turn black in the face,
fell, and before he could be carried
to his shack near by, died. He had
S229.eo in his pockets. He was 43
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