Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-04-07
NEWS OF TIE STATE.
Aberdeen had 81 800 fire Monday
morning.

Aberdeen had a 81, 800 fire Monday
morning.
Mrs. Mary Ann Burgy, a pioneer
resident OF Vancouver. aged 70 years,
died In that city, "Wednesday. She
had been a resident ok,yancouver since
1892, and leaves ten descendants all
residing in Clark county.
BY the collapse Of the sidewalk on
iootpath of the bridge across the Pa
louise river, at Colfax, Wednesday, a
score Of young people were precipitat-
ed into the stream. Less than an hour
later the lifeless body of Miss Mary
Onstot, OF Aso,in, was found.
James E. West, of Port Angeles,
went to Skagit county. last week, to
bring the. body of his son in.law, c..
Greenwald to that city for burial, when
he was himself killed by train acci.
dent. He was deaf and was run down
by train while standing on the track.
Lawyer Shank, of Seattle, has Of
fered TO furnish 10000 japanese labor
ers to work on the Panama Canal, at
81 cents a day. The old commission
declined to employ oriental labor, but
the new managers may conclude to
accept, from scarcity of West India
negro laborers.
The Supposed murderer of Edna
Hoffman, the Portland woman whose
throat WAS cut Sunday morning, lies
at the point of death at DR.. Kennott's
hospital at Chehalis. He was cap
tured on the north. bound passenger
train at Centralia, about 4 O'Clock
Monday morning, by Night Marshal
George SymOnds and Charles Wake.
field, both OF Chehalis.
Professor Eldred JENNIE. from the
Pullmsn Agricultural college, will ar
rive at North Yakima in a day or two
and take up the work begun last sum.
mer OF inves tigating the habits OF the
coddling moth. He will spend his
time in some Of the largest apple and
pear orchards in the valley, and will
conduct a series OF experiments in
spraying, in the endeavor to learn
what mixtures are the most effectual
in spraying for prevention and to kill
the moth, and also what is the best
time to spray.
DR.. J. Edward Hughes, formerly q
practicing physician of Seattle, was ar
raigned in the Superior court at North
Yakima, Wednesday. on the charge of
criminal assault, his alleged victim
being the 14.ytar aid daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Theophilus Hatch of Almira,
Wash. He emphaticsliy declared
that he was not guilty. His trial was
set for the 25th of this month. Hughes
is accused OF having alienated the
affections OF Mrs. Hatch while acting
as the family's physician in Almira.
and to have eloped with her next sum.
mer, taking her two children also. 1t
is alleged that the ruin of the daugh-
ter was accomplished in Yakima last
August, and that Hughes later married
her in Utah.
Wednesday night party of sixteen
Northern Pacific surveyors landed at
Napavine with an outfit and supplies
for summers work. Next day camp
was established on Jackson Prairie,
four miles east and south, and work
was begun on the survey Of railroad
to the eastern part OF Lewis county.
The hasty action Of the Northern Pa.
cific to get busy no doubt has been
caused by the work of the Chehalis
Eastern Railway company, which has
recently secured considerable right OF
way for time to the Big Bottom
country from Chehslis. This makes
three prospective railroads under way
in this section to the eastern part Of
the county the Big Bottom Electric
Railroad company being third.
Policeman H. Stolko was shot by
sale.blowers At Spokane, early Tuesday
morning. The burglars sentry opened
fire without warning and before Stolko
had discovered the robbers. The bull
let passed through the officers neck
and shoulder, parslyzing him and
rendering him helpless. Dragging
the wounded man down the railroad
tracks to dark place the robbers left
him to die and went back to the safe
of H. ]. Shinn & Co. Slolko could
hear the work on the safe and heard
the blast of nitro.glycerine, but could
not move to give tho alarm. Failing
in their efforts to open the safe the
gang left about daylight. Stolko laid
beside the tracks about half an hour
before he was found. He died on
Wednesday morning. Mayor Boyd
haa offered a raward Of $500 for tho