Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-03-24
NEWS OF TIE STATE.
Sale.crackers are at work in Scat,

property at Kent, Monday morning.
The police of Everett have ordered
al! music-playing in saloons stopped.
Arthur Larkin was killed at Nortl
Yakima, Tuesday, by falling from
wagon.
The Everett Woodmen OF the Worl,
are planning for big class initiation
OF 200 candidates on May 9th.
The dead body of young man wa
found near the railroad tracks at Ort
ing, Tuesday. The remains are still
at the morgue i'll Tacoma, unidentified
w. t. Snodgrass pleaded guilty tc
forgery before Superior Judge Rice a,
Chehalis. Wednesday, and was sen
fenced to four years in the peniten
tiary at Walla Walla.
a splendid article OF clay for brick
making has been found near Aber
deem, and an order for $4,000 wortl
OF machinery will be installed fol-
making both ordinary and ire brick.
Clyde Duval, of Prosser, was arrested
at Pasco, Monday night, on the charge
of assaulting a 15-year-old girl, Nav
Bell. An officer found them registered
at hotel at Pasco as J. H. Jones and
wife.
The Northern Pacific engineer visi.
ted Chehalis, Wednesday, looking over
the proposed siding to be built to the
site OF the flax floor factory. The pre-
liminary work in the way of founda.
tions. ETC., at the factory is we'll under
way.
The artesian we'll at the factory oil
the st. Helens Condensing company
at CheEalis, is now down $50 feet
Very strong indications of oil have
been found the rope on the drill be.
ing very greasy after being left all
night in the shalt.
Considerable interest was taken last
week, at Aberdeen, in the silver and
gold medal Demorest contests given by
classes trained by Miss Page, of Olym.
pia. Matte Robinson and Agnes Pear.
son won the two silver medals and
Fannie Mcdonald the gold medal.
The body of Louis Christianson,
who committed suicide on the Cowiche,
was buried at North Yakima, Monday.
He left two letters, in one asking
Tucker to take all his property, as he
had no heirs in America. He told
Tucker that he would find $500 in a
sand box in the hen house. The
estate is worth about 5000.
Carrie Martin, daughter of a Yak.
ina farmer, aged II years, has been a
cripple for many years from being
burnt. Three months ago, a surgical
operation was performed to straighten
her leg and the wound has been slow
in healing. Now skin grating is re.
quired, and the father being without
funds the Humane Society OF Seattle
has protIered its aid.
A wedding at Garfield, Monday, was
solemnized when Mrs. Marie Dallas
and John w. Shelton were married.
The ceremony was performed by Elder
F. Stivers OF the Christian Church.
The bride is 6S years OF age and the
groom u. Mrs. Dallas is a pioneer
woman of the Palouse country and
owns fine home near that place.
Mr.. Shelton is pioneer of Oregon.
Thomas Mccarthy, aged 81 years,
who had been sent to the Steilacoom
asylum about year ago from Clarke
county, committed suicide at that
institution, Saturday, by hanging.
The deed was committed by the I'M
fortunate man making rope out of q
blanket. Mccarthy for some time has
been violent, suffering from suicidal
mania. A short time ago, he tried to
kill himself by slashing his throat
with a pocket knife.
The funeral OF q pioneer, Jacob
Bauer, took place at Ritzville, this
week. He came west when the coun.
try WAS new and was wont to tell that
he and his boys plowed furrow from
their farm, four miles from Ritzville,
to Crab creek, fourteen miles north,
90 they would not get lost going for
wood and hay. Where the furrow ran
the country is now in the highest
State, OF cultivation. Deceased leaves
q widow, two sons and three daugh.
ters.
An attempt was made in Spokane
between 8 80 and $50 o'clock Satur.
day morning to burn six buildings in
the southeastern portion of the city,
but the fires were discovered before
much damage had been done. The
buildings fred we're: Swedish Meth
odist Episcopal church, Pine Greek
Dairy company's barn, Spokane Paper
Box company's factory, Gehring &
Sons' junk store. Chief of Police Leroy
G. Walters livery stable. Erie Benson's
woodshed.
A clerk in . Walla Walla store
went down into the cellar to get cod
fish for couple OF customers, oblig.
ingly leaving the safe open, q tempta.
ton that some natures cannot sue.
cessfully resist, and thus it proved In
this instance. With the Goldfish dis.
appeared 1853 in cash, minus the
price paid for the fish, and checks and
notes valued at 900. It is safe to
say that that youth will hereafter lock
the stable door before strangers can
work q horse" on him.
Jack Franks was seriously stabbed
in fight in Dick Cormick's saloon at
Georgetown, at l o'clock Saturday
morning, receiving two wounds in the
abdomen and . scalp wound. Others
injured were Harry Weston and Cal
Williams, both colored, Jack Frazer
and Simon Frazer. The fight started
over Frazer's dog. Jack Frazer vas
making the dog howl. and Simon
wanted it to stop. Soon the crowd in
the saloon, about twenty, were having
free-for.all fight. Knives, bottles.
chairs and pistols were used. Deputy
Sheriff Matt Starwich rushed into the
saloon and stopped the fight.
H. L. jenkins &. c., OF Minneapolis,
one OF the largest numbering firms OF