The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-01-19
Northwest States
Washington. MONTANA. mARo
and OREGON news items.
Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchange Of tho Sur.
rounding country-Numereus Acct.
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plac-FaIi Trade 70 Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
Tho wrestling match at Harrington
hatveen Joe Heinrich Of Spokane and
John Swartz, Ed Rux and Almond Fox
NJ Harrington was won by Heinrich
in the total wrestling time Of II min
utes and IS seconds.
Winfred Cowles. alleged embezzling
school clerk and director Of the North
Yakima city board, has been acquitted
by jury and Immediately rearrested
on similar charge, and placed in the
county Jail.
man whose name has not yet
been discovered, recently was found
dead near Spokane.
Rev. H. Edward Mills, who has been
chosen for the new pastor Of the Ply
mouth Congregational church at Spo'
kane. has been in charge of the Edge.
wood Congregational church in Seat
tie for three years.
After an eventful life that spanned
almost q century with the male
members of her family connected with
all three of the great wars of the
country, Mrs. Julia Stilley Smith died
at Kettle Falls, recently, at the home
OF her son Harvey, aged nearly SO
years.
George Einsidler, a pioneer Of Whit.
man county. died suddenly at his home
southwest Of Albion, recently.
The price of sugar beets is to be
advanced 50 cents per ton if certain
increase in the tonnage is reached, &C.
cOrding to report.
The wheat convention, at it's session
at Pullman, passed resolution in
drsine the work Of the national
grange IN trying to secure removal OF
the international revenue tax On de-
natursliEed alcohol. A memorial on
the subject will be forwarded to con.
gress.
The iAealty Of the University Of
Washington will start q movement
with the assured support Of President
Roosevelt and Secretary Root to have
the 2o.0oe, 900 indemnity paid by the
Chinese for the Boxer trouble used
to establish chairs of Chinese Ian.
guage in the leading universities OF
the country.
Jack O'Keefe has accepted the chal.
lenge made BY Kid Parker to meet him
in Spokane. and has notified the Spo-
kane Amateur Athletic club that he
will 60 against the great little fighter
from Denver. It is known that Eddie
Quinn, manager of the S. A. A. c.,
thinks Parker and O'Keefe would
make one of the best fights that has
ever been pulled of in Spokane, SO
the sports expect to see the two men
matched.
Joe Rousseau of Tacoma has iden.
tilted George Gilmore, the man who
was shot to death by Officer Mort Bell
at Bakersfield. Cal, some weeks ago
while attempting to escape from Gus.
tody, as his brother, Henry Rousseau,
a resident Of Tacoma
The report of the Yakima Horticul.
tural union, composed of fruit grow.
ers in Yakima county, shows net prof.
its Of the union for 1905 at approx
mately $4,000. During the year So cars
Of fruit were shipped.
Leaving his crutches as a silent mes.
sage to those he left behind. Ray
STROBE plunged into the cold waters
OF the Spokane river at Spokane and
carried out his oft repeated threat that
p" would end his life in the Spokane
hvu. :
Congressman Cushman has intro
duced bill providing for the appoint.
ment Of commissioners by the cover.
nor Of Alaska instead Of by judges, as
mas been the practice in the past.
ROSS h. Brattain Of Spokane is in
Washington to qualify as United
States consul to Heng Chow, China.
me house has passed the Jones bill
providing for the construction of a
Urlcge across the Columbia river at
Weoatehee.
Ut. N G. Blalock announces q big
taoolt drive at Blalock island in the
0o,umoia river, February 3.
Inc washington Irrigation company
mas large force preparing for 1906
"a'ef delivery from the Sunnyside ca
aai' This work has been delayed on
a'ount OF the pending negotiations for
SAFE to the government.
=, "aiia Walla has been selected for
sne next G. A. r. department encamp-
"'"'' 70 be held June 25, &c and 81.
OREGON ITEMS.
ouuse Cleland, in the state circuit
ui. mas handed down a decision
maN en Will result in revolutionizing the
.uduner of disnoaino of u;yoc, oct,+oc