Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-01-20
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, MONTANA, IDAHO
and OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-FalI Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.


The wrestling match at Harrington
between Joe Heinrich of Spokane and
John SwartZ, Ed Rux and Almond Fox
of Harrington was won by Heinrich
in the total wrestling time of II min
utes and So 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.
! A 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 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, pioneer of Whit
man county, died suddenly at his home,
southwest of Albion, recently.
The price of sugar beets is to be
advanced so cents per ton if a certain
increase in the tonnage is reached, ac-
cording to a report.
The wheat convention, at its session
at Pullman, passed a resolution in
dorsing the work of the national
grange in trying to secure removal OF
the international revenue tax on de-
the subject will be forwarded to con
gress.
The faculty of the University OF
Washington will start a movement
with the assured support of President
Roosevelt and Secretary Root to have
the $20,000,000 indemnity paid by the
Chinese for the Boxer trouble USED
to establish chairs of Chinese Ian
guage in the leading universities o.
the country
Jack O'Keefe has accepted the chal
lenge made by Kid Parker to meet hin
in Spokane, and has notified the Spo
kane Amateur Athletic club that HI
will go against the great little fghte
from Denver. 1t is known that Eddie
Quinn, manager of the S. A. A. G.
thinks Parker and O'Keefe would
make one of the best fights that has
ever been pulled off in Spokane, Sc
: the sports expect to see the two me1
matched.
Joe Rousseau of Tacoma has iden
titled George Gilmore, the man who
was shot to death by officer Mort Bel
at Bakersfield, Cal, some weeks age
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
he would end his life in the Spokane
Iriver.
Congressman Cushman has intro
duced bill providing for the appoint
ment of commissioners by the COVER
nor of Alaska instead of by judges, as
has been the practice in the past.
The house has passed the Jones bill
providing for the construction of a
bridge across the Columbia river at
Wenatchee.
DR.. N. G. Blalock announces a big
rabbit drive at Blalock island in the
Columbia river, February 8.
The Washington Irrigation company
has a large force preparing for 1906
water delivery from the Sunnyside ca
nal. This work has been delayed on
account of the pending negotiations for
a sale to the government.
Ross r. Brattain of Spokane is in
Washington to qualify as United
States consul to Heng Chow China.
Walla Walla has been selected for
the next G. A. r. department encamp-
ment, to be held June %. 26 and 81.
OREGON ITEMS.