Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-12-16
WASHINGTON NOTES.

| PAoSS a. Ouuuy sue Dec. Ito.
The Seattle wheat market was av
ceptionally strong last week.
The Harrington city council bos
raised the saloon license to $1,000 naS
year. pe'
Harold Bush, aged years, sick
from fever was burned to a crisn ~
Spokane recently.
Tacoma city council granted the In.
dependent telephone company fran.
cihse by unanimous vote.
Wenatchee Canal company contain
plates an extension of their canal ana
the irrigation of more land.
While coasting at Spokane Oscar
Oeschlagel, II years of age, was killed
by sliding under a street car.
Judge Smell of the Pierce corntn
superior court has called a grand
jury to investigate municipal affairs
Nearly 5000 acres of land on the
Pend d'Oreille river near Bossburg
stevens county, will soon be opened
for settlement.
The log rolling held by the Wood.
men at Colfax is ended. The meeting
was a great success, 376 new mem.
bers being taken in.
Jeanne Brooks, vaudeville singer
working at Tacoma was left 5000 Ooo
by the death of her husband. from
whom she was separated. He died in
South Africa.
j. H. Mason was killed in Belling-
ham recently by falling from a box
car. Mr.. Mason was large property
! owner and had a wide circle of ac.
quaintances.
Donations are needed for insane ma.
TENTS at medical Lake. The superin.
tendent desires to make Christmas as
pleasant as conditions permit. Every
one is asked for a donation.
The recent purchase by the Grote
| brothers of the C. B. Upton tract of
wheat land of $500 acres, located in
the celebrated Eureka fiat district. for
which they paid approximately $780,,
600, is considered a good bargain.
Angus McPhail, the murderer of
Fred Anderson at Darlington, Wash,
May /, 1903, paid the penalty of his
crime by death on the scaffold in the
prison yard at the penitentiary Fri
day.
In spirited and interesting orator
! ical contest held in the chapel at
| Whitman college for college orator
Calvin c. Thomanson carried away the
honOrs against five contestants The
other speakers were Walter Penthouse.
Peringer and O'Neill. Peringer was
close second.
! Farmers are rejoicing over the
! length of time the snow is staying on
the ground. They say that wheat will
grow under the snow since the ground
was not frozen. There has been more
sleighing since TINS snow fell than at
any time since the winter of 1897
when there was snow on the ground
for 20 days.
! d. A. Griffin, prominent hotel man
and pioneer politician of Deming, was
recently sentenced by Judge Neterer Of
the superior court to IA years in the
penitentiary for criminal assault on
Winnie Johnson, 16 year old domes-
| tic in his household. Notice of ap-
peal was given Immediately. A YER
dict was returned September 20 and
caused tremendous sensation
The Whitman county commissioners
have granted a franchise to the Wash
ington Water Power company of Spo-
kane to erect poles and maintain an
electric power line on any public road
| in Whitman county. This is to be
power line and not a railroad, but is
to supply electric power to towns,
factories and private individuals in
| Whitman county.
DR.. J. Edward Hughes, awaiting
trial at North Yakima on a charge OF
bigamy, hanged himself in his cell dur
| ing the night Hughes was arrested
| in Seattle on last February on a seri-
Gus charge preferred by Theophllus
Hatch, a wealthy wheat raiser near
| Almira Wash, but this charge was
later changed to bigamy. Hughes ran
away with Mrs. Hatch and her IA year
old daughter. Hughes is claimed 10
have married the daughter at Ogden
| Utah. She was granted a divorce at
Spokane three weeks ago The trial
of Hughes had been set for the Janu'
airy term Of court.
While coming from tunnel on their
mining claim on the Colville reserya-
ton about % miles from Wilbur, blshe
Heady and Gus Pearson were fired up
on from ambush. Both men were pau
| ly wounded.
Director Leach of the San Francisco
mint, has established two facts in con-
nection with the investigation OF Cash-
| Ter Adams thefts from the Seattie
assay Office, both of which refute inc
self confessed embeZzler's contentious
and establish that his populations eN
tended over a period of five years
Mr.. Leach has ascertained that Au'
ans removed gold dust from deposlo
made in the assay Office as early a.
January, 1901, and also that his tota
thefts will total approximately $liVi
900.
Engineers Trade Jobs.