Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-12-14
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Patrick Burns, aged 80 years, dleo
raoentlv of general debility. Mr.. Burns
was one of the first settlers IN inc Dis
Bend. -
In clearing away the wreck near
Garfield last week the terribly man
qled body of a tramp who was steahng
a ride was discovered.
Several Spokane dairymen are TALK
ing about raising the price OF milk Oh
account of increased expense OF 1eeo-
ing during the midwinter months.
Rev A. B. Chaplin died recently III
Tacoma after a long illness from hearl
trouble. He was pastor OF Epwortn
M II church and we'll known on the
north coast
Chief of Police Waller of Spokane
has issued an order that all boys ana
Girls found lettering around the streets
at night who are under years OF age
be placed under arrest.
Snolane lumbermen regard the re-
duction on lumber freight rates from
snokane to Dakota points as one OF
the most signal victories scored by the
lumber interests in recent years.
In the Lincoln county superior court
Judpe Carey imposed the minimum
sentence of one year in the penlten-
tiarv on M. ]. Toohey for forging an
order for a sewing machine, near
Sprague.
Congress will be asked to approprl-
ate 81 100000 with which to make d
nroper exhibit Of the resources ana
nroducts of the entire Alaskan country
at the a-Yukon-Pacific exposition
in Seattle.
According to the report of State La
hor Commissioner Charles HUBBARD
1860 plants were inspected and $ll,oou
was collected from fees, as against
$4,000 expended from the $4,000 ap
nronriation made by the legislature.
The official count of the last state
election, Just completed at Olympia
shows that both constitutional amend
ments proposed lost by 10000 votes
each. The state rolled up republican
majority of 10000, Cushman LEADING
the ticket.
p IT. Beckwith, a resident of New
london Conn. committed suicide D.
jumping overheard from the steamshll
Northwestern while the vessel was e.
route to Seattle from Valdez. Jealous
is thought to be the motive for BecR
with's rash act.
The funeral of the late George
Cole. formerly territorial governor
the state of Washington and expos
49, off nf Portland. loo
Mace in Portland, Ore, Saturday a
ternoon. and the interment was IN I'd
family plot at Lone Fir cemetery.
Wal1a Walla is, in all probability,
least $4,000 poorer than 1t was
weel, ago. before the departure OF
Cinnamon for their native homes
china None of those who returne
to China recently had less than sz'V'
in American money, and some mol
than double that amount.
The little child of M. King, WI
lives west of Sunnyside, died tro
hurns sustained the day before. III
child's clothing became ignited from
stove The mother seized the chill
whose clothing was enveloped
flames, ana pdlIly OA'iH9
fire. She then ran with the inianc
the neighbors. The blazing clotnil
set fire to the house and it was burn
to the ground.
A great change in the condition
affairs has taken place in the town
Chesaw during the past few weel
Stimulated by the completion OF I
Great Northern into this section OF I
country and the purchase Of the era
conner mines on Copper mountain
boundary capitalists, together with t
establishment of a steady cash gre
market there for all grain raised IN
Chesaw country, the people in all III
show marked signs of the prosper
for which they have been waiting
years.