Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-05-05
WASHINGTON, IpAR0, MONTANA
and OREGON News items.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of. the Cur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Piace-Fall Trade 10 Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

John Gormely met death by drown
ing in the Columbia river near Pasco.
He was working on the new Northern
Pacific bridge across the Columbia
river and lost his balance, falling
through to the water, 80 feet below.
The State Bank of Washington,
located at Spokane, has suspended
temporarily.
B. ]. Weeks, general manager of the
Spokane Traction company has re-
signed his position.
The Colville juvenile band has
been organized with boys under 16
years of age, who are being trained by
c. H. Peregrine, formerly of Mont
ana.
Invitations are out from the trustees
and faculty of the Upper Iowa uni
versity for the inaugural ceremonies
at the induction of Rev. DR.. William
Arnold Shanklin as president of the
university at Fayette, Iowa, Tues
day, May o. He was formerly minis
er of the First M. e. church at Spo-
kane
Holding a verdict of $4,000 to be
excessive, the supreme court, sitting
at Olympia, in an opinion by Chief
Justice Mount, cut the award in favor
of Herbert. L. Williams, postal clerk
of Spokane, to $4,000 for injuries sus-
tanned in a collision of cars on the
Spokane Falls & Northern railway at
Northport, Wash, three years ago.
Judge Dunbar dissented.
Clairvoyants, spiritualists and trance
mediums can practice in Spokane
without a license according to a rul-
ing made by Judge Huneke.
The body of Thomas Amos, who
died at his home 10 miles east of
Creston was buried at Colfax. He
was past grand master of Masons
of Washington, and entitled to the
honors of burial by the grand lodge.
Approximately 200 gallons of cream
are shipped daily by express from
Mabton to Spokane.
The Pacific Coast Steamship COM
pany on the sound announces that it
will sell tickets and take prepaid
freight for San Francisco. The
agents are instructed by the company
to see that the passengers on its
steamers have sufficient funds for
maintenance on arrival at San Fran
cisco.
Eugene V. Debs, the leader of the
big railroad strike in 1894, is fighting
for foothold in Seattle labor circles.
Spangle is having quite boom this
spring.
AS a shipping point Mabton has
reached considerable prominence.
A safety pin was removed from the
throat of Alice Scudder, the year
old child of Mr. and Mrs Scudder, of
Tacoma. by DR.. Loughlin, whose ser
vices had been secured to treat the
child for sore throat.
Daniel Stewart. a pioneer of Walla
Walla, aged 81 years, is dead.
At a depth of II feet a six inch
flow of artesian water has been en-
countered at Bluelight, II miles from
Mabton. At Mabton $4,000 was ex-
pended in an effort to find an artesian
well but without success.
The Bank of Kettle Falls was burg
larized Friday night The safe was
blown open and all the cash and
papers of value were taken. The loss
in cash is placed at $1100.
Tacoma dealers have advanced the
price Of alfalfa and timothy 81. ton.
Alfalfa is quoted at s125O@$13.5O, and
timothy at $20@$21 a ton.
The annual report of the Spokane
library commission has just been filed
for the year 1905 and shows that the
average number of books loaned daily
during that year was 1913.
Chief of Police T. R. Delaney died
at Seattle Saturday afternoon, after
a protracted illness. Bright's disease
was the cause of death. Chief De
laney took office on April 1, 1904.