Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-03-31

NEWS OF THE STATE.

NEWS OF THE STATE.
Items Of Interest Gathered Here. There and
Everywhers.
George Each, barber, was found
dead in bed, at Seattle, Monday.
The Chehalis county Teachers In.
stitute is in session at Hoquiam with
an enrolment of ninety.
Six hundred Japanese laborers will
arrive in Seattle from the Hawaiian
Islands on the next trip of the steam
ship Olympia.
At Seattle, Tuesday, James Con-
molly was awarded 81 200 for the loss
of a thumb in the belt of an emery
wheel at Moran Brothers plant.
George Alleman was arrested on his
ranch, IL miles northwest of Spokane,
Monday, charged with operating a
still and manufacturing brandy with
out a government license. 1t is the
first case OF the kind in Eastern Wash.
ington in many years.
Mrs. Carrie s. Steele died at Ballard,
Monday, of blood-poisoning. puerperal
fever and other affections incident to
CHILDBIRTH. On the 18th inst. she
gave birth to a girl baby that weighed
seventeen and three-qusrter pounds.
Ever since then her condition has
been very critical. The baby is in the
best of health and thriving.
The city of Colville, Stevens county,
wants to own its own water plant. The
estimated cost of said plant will be
about $4,000, and the city of Colville
would like to borrow that amount from
the state treasurer. Attorney General
Atkinson has rendered favorable opin,
ion as to the legal questions involved
and in all probability the loan will be
m ade in the near future.
lone Mcclellan, a woman who had
been cared for by the county for sew
eral weeks, is dead Of consumption at
Everett. According to people who
have known her since she came to
Everett q few years ago, she was then
a beautiful girl, from a good home in
Los Angeles. She was talented and
well educated. She became addicted
to drugs and gradually sank lower. A
short time ago she was removed from
a howell in which she was then living
and it was burned by order OF the
health officer.
George E. Higgins aud Frank Moss.
man. brought to Olympia Monday q
jawbone from skeleton found in q
cave near the top OF mountain at the
hesdwaters Of the Des Chutes river
which apparently is that of some
gigantic extinct animal. As the skel.
eton lies in the cave it shows height
of nine feet and length OF thirteen
feet. The teeth in the jawbone are
over one inch in diameter and three
and q hal! inches long. The remain
der of the skeleton will be brought in
and submitted to naturslists for in.
vestigation.
| A wild man of the woods was cap
tured At farm house near Lawrence
Whatcom county, Sunday. Early tina,
morning he appeared at the home OF
Mr.. Davis. When he arose in the
morning he was astOnished to see 9
man standing on his doorstep stark
naked and mumbling to himself
Davis at once sought the aid OF neigh
bors and they succeeded in catching
the wild man and holding him until
they could get some clothes on him
The man has religious mania and
says he is an angel that escaped from
heaven. He says he died seven year.
ago and bad just returned to earth To
see how everything was getting along,
and that he communes with spirits oil
which he is one. He was taken to
the county Jail. Pa.
Mrs. Carrie Martinson, an aged wo
man living on North Hoyt avenue, al
Everett, last Saturday night, became
convinced that Henry Frailey,s neigh
Dor, was dead. Sunday morning she
sent her grandchild to see if there was
not crepe on the Frailey door. The
child returned and said that nothing
had happened and that she had seen
Mr.. Frailey sitting in a chair near the
window. The old woman's hallucina.
ton became known to her neighbors
and it caused considerable comment
Last Thursday Mr.. Frafley was in.
Ijured, and died four hours later. Now
the neighbors are commenting on the
presentiment and they are at loss To
understand it. They see something
very mysterious in it that gives them
an unpleasant feeling.
The residence OF John Cousins on
Lopez Island, occupied by Forrest An.
drews and family, was destroyed by
fire last Friday night, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrews persisted in the flames
Their three children were saved by
10. Cousins and Ed. Blowers, two
young men who were first on the
scene. The two then tried to rescue
the parents, but were cut off by the
flames. After several dangerous At
temps to save them, were compelled
to listen 10 the agonized groans OF the
sufferers, till at last the sounds were
hushed in the stiffness OF death. Both
Cousins and Blowers were painfully
burned in their attempts to rescue the
unfortunate couple. The older daugh.
ter, aged Is, made frantic efforts to
enter the burning house to 60 to the
aid OF her parents, and only strong