Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-09-07
WASHINGTON NOTES

WASHINGTON NOTES.
Patrons Of the Tacoma Railway &
Power company's lines are not permit.
ted to stand on the platforms.
Iacomans are up in arms against
the navy department for resembling
its orders for battleships to visit Ia.
coma on account Of the depth of the
harbor, as reported.
A lack of refrigerator cars to
handle fruit caused a calamity. North
Yakima leading shippers invited the
aid of the state railroad commission
for relief.
An Angora goat farm, to be started
with 500 animals by l.. H. Alger, of
Detroit, Mich, and Charles Davis. of
Atlanta Ga, is announced for Wood
lawn, Whatcom county.
The Yakima valley is expected to
produce from so to IS per cent of a
full crop of apples.
George w. Barnes, purser of the
steamship Watson, committed suicide
by drinking carbolic acid while in
Seattle
At Tacoma Frank Harvey. who shot
and killed Gertrude Yall July /, plead
ed guilty to manslaughter
Hinderk Busman, proprietor of a
North Yakima saloon, fatally shot him
self through the breast recently.
The fire department of the city of
Davenport has received new hook
and ladder truck with 20 feet Of ladder
and 10 buckets for fighting fire. This
is long-needed addition to the fire
lighting apparatus of the town.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. E. Stockwell's IS
month-old baby was fatally burned at
Hillyard recently by carbolic acid from
bottle that fell from a shelf. The
child suffered five hours.
1t has been discovered that w. H.
Watson, now in jail in Seattle for
stealing $4,000 from the California
Saw works, was a poker fiend.
1t cost King county $4,000 to find
that Chester Thompson was insane
when he shot Judge Emory. One OF
the insanity experts presented a bill
for $4,000.
Washington's attorney general will
appear before the Oregon supreme
court to defend the fishermen arrested
and convicted of violating the oregon
fishing laws, and if the court decides
against the fishermen the attorney gen
eral will appeal to the supreme court
of the United States. The case arises
because Washington authorities per-
nit the use of purse nets in the Col
umbia river, while Oregon laws pro-
hibit purse seines.
The new steam heating plant for
the Colfax high school building mas
arrived.
The new law provides that when
shipper shall make application to
railroad for cars, not to exceed III IN
one day, the railroad shall furnish the
cars within six days or pay demur-
rage charge to the shipper OF 81 per
day for each car asked for.
Bonds offered by North Yakima are
not considered legal, so there Will De
no paving now.
George Lebebvre, a first-class fire
man on the battleship Nebraska, was
fatally shot by Marine Guard stevens
at the Puget Sound navy yard recently,
Thomas benson, of Davenport, dled
recently at the age of so years.
The wheat harvest is progressing
rapidly. but reports received say that
NOT more than one-third of the crop Is
threshed. The market remains hrm
and quotations were advanced IL cent
today on all grades.
Twenty-Five men fought fire that
destroyed a dry kiln containing 6oo'ooo
shingles owned by Rule Miller at
nowev. Wash, near Bellingham.
The 4-year-old son of w. II. Nulf OF
Aberdeen got hold of loaded ~ can
ber rife the other day and while play
inc with it the weapon was discharged
the hall striking a 16-months- old BABY
and inAicting wound which is expec-
ted to prove fatal. -
Earl d. Douglas, who was elhPioyeu
as a carpenter on the dock at Creecn
PROS new mill at Raymond, fell INTO
tbe river recently and was drowned
Mrs Platt NJ. CORDIALLY of Wenatcnee
died recently from the effects OF Il IAN
from a hammock.
Tho Christian who does not pray