Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-08-04
NEWS OF THE STATE.
Items OF Interest Gathered Here. There and
Everywhere.

tSiIS VI tnSTe dit
Everywhere.
J. II. Wilmot, President of the Spo
kane Liquor Dealers Association, will
father a city ordinance to abolish free
lunch saloons i'll that city.
J. o. May, who has a ranch nea,
Republic, Wash, lost a barn aud four
valuable COWS by fire. He was badly
burned abount his face and hands
while trying to save his cows
The special school election held
Saturday at Aberdeen, to vote upon
the question of levying II special tax
for free text books, resulting in II large
majority OF votes for the proposition.
Nels Nyhus, aged If years, of Ana
cortes, is suffering from badly shat.
tered hip, the result of q gunshoi
wound accidentally received Sunday
The gun was discharged by Edgar
johnson, aged l. years.
To escape being shot by revolver
in the hands Of Ja!ler Thrill, at Ever.
ett, Monday afternoon, Alexander
Nicholas, prisoner in the county Jail
dropped n razor with which he WAS
slashing his throat in an effort to com
NIT suicide. He inflicted a number
OF ugly gashes, but it is believed he
will recover.
The Mason County Logging Co.'S
railway from Little Rock IN Cedar
Creek, will soon be extended to tap
the big belt of timber in the Black
Hills, owned by that company. This
action comes as result of the settle
ment OF the long litigation between
the Mason County Logging Co. and
the Tacoma Mill Co.
Fire Warden w. b. Eaton will issue
no fire permits during August in Ma
son county. He is hard at work post
ing notices. He reports that the peo-
pie take great interest in preventing
any forest fires. All the large areas
have been burned, the Potlatch Com.
pany burning theirs in May. Forest
Ranger Hanson, of Hoodsport, and
the County Commissioners agree with
the Fire Warden that August shall be
a closed month.
Clad in rags, his long, unkempt
hair falling over his shoulders and his
heavy beard reaching to his breast,
William Hines, of Orting, appeared
before Judge Smell at Tacoma, one day
last week, and was examined for his
sanity. He was committed to the
asylum. Hines had considerable wealth
at one time, but he became a devout
follower OF John Alexander Dowie and
gave all his wealth to the prophet.
Hines refuses to eat meat or any food
prepared with lard, and he also refuses
to have his hair or beard cut. He was
picked up few nights before, on the
railroad track, entirely naked. He
had laid down between the ties, and
the train crew had to stop the train
and carry him off the track. He
imagines that he has been run over
and cut to pieces.
Charles Klein, under sentence of
two years in the penitentlary, arrived
at Seattle from Alaska, last week, and
At once notified the Sheriir's Office
that he was ready to begin service OF
his term. Klein was convicted in the
Superior Court more than a year age
of stealing l25 head of sheep from the
Frye Bruhn Company. After con
viction and appeal to the Supreme
Court Klein was released on bail and
left the city. For several months il
was thought he had fled to avoid pun
ishment. The judgement OF the lower
court was affirmed and about ten days
ago the remittitur came down. The
authorities were at loss what to do
but Klein heard of the decision in the
North and at once started for Seattle
1t is said that during the years ab
sence he has accumulated considerable
money.
The identity OF the parents of the
child left on the steps OF Frank Spahr'.
house, last week, was discovered, the
mother living at Chehalis. The wo
man and her husband separated last
December. 1t seems she had induced
| oCihO ohO w sanO tbC ooN
get rid of it in this way. and it wa;
not until she was questioned as t.
where the child was that she confessed
the manner in which she had disposed
of it. She absolutely refused to take
the child back and it will probably b,
sent TO the Children's Home. It seems
that the child had been left on tn,
porch during the night, and when Mr.
Spahr took his wheel from where i
lay, he saw the bundle but thought il
WAS one that had been left there b,
some member of the family, and j,
was not until Mrs. Spahr saw The
bundle and picked it up that she dis
covered what it contained.-Tenint
News.
The 14-year old son of w. J. Bow.
man of Garfield, had the right arm
and hand badly lacerated and his face
burned and bruised, Sunday, by shoot
ing OIL a double bsrreled gun that had
been filled with powder and shot t
within six inches OF the muzzlc
Young Bowman with several compan
ions had gone to the Palouse river Ia
battle and took the gun along. Hi.
companions loaded it up and then
dared him to fire it. The hoy would
not be bluffed and putting the gun te
his shoulder he pulled the trigger
The gun was blown to atoms and the
boy is at home in critical condition
The family recently lost a 17.year.ol
boy, death being caused by eating
green fruit, and only last week their
4-year old daughter was badly scalded
in a tub of boiling water. Now this
accident has happened and the father
and mother are Frustrated with grief
at the trouble that is being heaped
upon them.