Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-04-14

Land Commissioner Noyes OF LOOMS
WASH. is lodged in the county Jail a,
Conconully, charged with embezzle.
ment. Special Agent Leach of the
Waterville district is his accuser. He
says: Mr.. Moves was arrested on
the charge OF ENLIGHTENMENT OF $500 OF
the government funds, which he is
accused of taking during the last four
months. The last specific act was tax.
ing $40 paid in on homestead right"
Mrs. L. A. Freestone, wife OF the
chief amalgamator of the big Tread
we'll gold mines at Juneau, was ar.
rested in Seattle, Tuesday. by Pinker.
ton detectives, on the charge OF steal.
ing 5000 in gold.dust from the com
pany's mills. The dust was located a!
the U. S. assay office, where Mrs
Freestone had deposited it. The pris.
oDer admits that she secured the gold
dust uulawfully, but she has refused
to give details OF how she became in
possession OF it.
Miss Maud Fowler, the 17.year old
mail-carrier between Jean and St
Andrews, this State, lies in a critical
condition OF Jean postotlice as the
result of being stabbed with a knife in
the hands of Mrs. Bertha Fowler
The cause of the trouble was jealousy
on the part of Mrs. Fowler, she having
at various times within the past year
accused Miss Fowler Of secretly meet.
ing her husband, Lee Fowler. They
are not related. rs the name would
seem to indicate.
The immigration officers of the
Puget Sound ports will refuse to al.
low passengers on vessels touching al
Honolulu to land, fearing the spread
OF leprosy as a result Of the recent &C,
ton Of the Hawaiian Legislature, in
its violation of the segregation laws
A junk Of 400 persons recently visited
the leper colony at Molaki Island and
mingled freely with the lepers, taking
no precautions against the spread oil
the disease. The action of the Legis
lature has been reported to Washing
ton, ID. C.
According to the Ledger, the number
OF births at Tacoma reported during
the month OF March was LOG. while
the number OF deaths was IS. The
number of births during the month
Is the largest on record, the bes,
previous record being l04, in Aug
ust last. The number of death.
during the month is the largest fol
any month since April, 1901, when &C
deaths occurred. There were y
deaths in Tacoma in July, 1900, but
46 Of these we're due to accident, the
Delin street disaster occurring on the
4th of July OF that year.
Following a quarrel with her sweet
heart, Maud T. Book, a l6-year-olG
girl, swallowed a quantity of carbolit
acid on the street ct Tacoma, Monday
During the day her lover, Floy Mills
quarreled with Miss Book. After
leaving the house Mills received a
telephone message from the young
woman, who requested him to NEE,
her on the street. When he arrived al
the meeting place she took the acid
and fell into his arm. BY the promp,
action of a physician her life wa,
saved, but she is suffering from the
burns made by the acid.
Frederick L. Danes, a butcher, wal
found murdered in his room at Bel
lingham Wednesday morning. A stee
screwdriver had been driven through
his skull and his head horribly multi
ated with q Ratchet. There were evi.
dences of fierce struggle. A watcf
and 500 in cash, known to have been
in Danes possession, are missing
No trace Of the murderer has beer
found, and no motive can be conjec
tured save robbery. Two bloody news
papers. found in q woodward. are be-
lieved 10 have been used by the slayer
of Danes in wiping his hands.
Since the close Of the stock-feedinl
season, April LIST, feed has taken . de
cided drop in the Colville valley mar
kets. Baled hay OF good quality
which sold for $3.50 to $l4 per ton {
month ago is being sold with difficulty
for 80 and $40, and the loose article
calls for only about $3.50 delivered
Oats which has been selling for &c {
pound to within a week, has dropped
to $l.50 per cwt. The early spring
has found abundance OF all kinds oil
stock feed in the country, and those
who have held over from the past
season for a better price will be heavy
losers.
Edward L. Pangburn, chief clerk ir
the U. S. engineers Office, at Seattle
cannot marry Miss Aida Woolsey, &
stenographer in the same Office, unles.
one OF them resigns. The civil service
commission of the engineer depart
ment of the army has made this ruling
according to a dispatch received from
Washington Tuesday. The War De
partment claims that the marriage
and consequent fact that Mrs. Pang
burn would have to serve under Mr..
Pangburn in the same Office would
make discipline hard to maintain. II
is probable that the young woman
will resign. Pangburn states that the
marriage will come of, and that the
United States of America will not bt
embarrassed in the matter in the
slightest degree.
Dying with tuberculosis and on bel
way to California, Mrs. Georgia Stan.
ton OF Spokane wired to her divorced