Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-04-27
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held in Dayton Saturday was one of
the most successful ever held. Near
10 every farmer in the county was in
town with his family.
Mrs. Elizabeth (NeiD Walters, who
died at her home near Kettle Falls re-
Gently. was one of the pioneer women
of Stevens county. jas .#.5.
fire recently destroyed the resi-
dence of Thomas Powell of Cumber-
land Wash, small coal mining
town on the Buckley line of the North
ern Pacific railway. The names of
the dead are Thomas Powell and
wife. and Thomas Mcdonald, all re-
ported to have been burned to a
crisp.
Fire completely destroyed the plant
of the Seattle Daily Star Saturday
night, consuming the building, one
stroy frame structure, in which the
plant was located The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000, csvered only by $10,-
900 insurance. - ~ 81.
C. F. Christianson, Spokane, has
been honored by being awarded the
Royal Humane society medal and GER
tfcate. The Canadian branch of that
order has voted the medal to the Spo-
kane boy for saving the life of C. E.
Berglund in the Kettle river last July.
Mary Ann Cashmere, an Indian wo-
man, was killed recently on an Indian
ranch near Marcus by an Indian named
Saul LOWE.
After spending fully an hour kneel-
ing in prayer, Bridget McDermott
pressed her lips to vial of poison,
reeled and fell dying in the new
Church of the Immaculate Conception
in Seattle.
Dan Evans, one of the men injured
in the Great Northern wreck near Orc
vile, died at the hospital brake
man named Jerry Foley was caught
between two cars on the Great North
ern near Curlew and was killed in
stantly.
The state board of finance has select
ed the following financial institutions
as repositories for state funds under
the law passed at the last session Of
the legislature: THE Old National
bank of Spokane, Traders National
bank of Spokane, Colfax National
bank Of ColfaX, Baker-Boyer National
bank Of Walla Walla, Washington
State bank of Ellensburg, First Ma
tiOnal bank of Bellingham, Bank of
Commerce of Seattle, Union Savings
& Trust of Seattle, Dexter, Horton &
Co. of Seattle, Fidelity Trust of Ia
coma Capital National bank of Olym
pia, Security State bank of Chehalis
The rate of interest to be paid on
average daily balances by all the de-
positories is to be 2 per cent as fixed
by law.
A. K. Moore, veteran of the civil
war and an old resident of Walla Wal
la, died recently.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. S.
Millgan was killed at his home in
Watsburg recently by falling under
the wheels of loaded wheat wagon.
Irene Sherrod, the little girl Of wal
la Walla, who was suffering from a
continued case of hiccoughs' has been
cured by the application of an electric
battery.
Joseph Locati, 6 years old, died at
St. Marys hospital Walla Walla, re-
Gently from alcoholic poisoning.
Complying with the strange wish of
the deceased, six woman pallbearers
ofliciated at the funeral of the late
Mrs Abigail Shearer at Oakville re-
Gently. .#...,
A plan of submarine mine defense
for the Sound is being perfected by the
o11thnritioc nf 10 ortn1
Governor Mead was an enthusiastic
worker at the annual campus day at
the University of Washington at Sc
attic recently. -
The land office business of the state
at Olympia had doubled for the year
ended March l. 1907, the business done
the previous year.
Further investigation at Mount Yer
non into the accounts Of the late Fred
B!umberg, former county auditor OF
Skagit county, has brought to light
ali additional shortage of about $4,000,
which places the total at over $4,000.
Incorporation prevailed at the Top
penish election recently.
The attorney general of Washing
ton has held that the county commits
sioners have no right to return the Sl2
jury fee that it has been paid when
the parties in the action waive the
jury end have the case tried before the
court alone.
VIII Harry, a popular singer OF Ia
coma, has been committed to the in
sane asylum at Steilacoom on account
OF kleptomania which has seized him
since serious injuries which he sus
tanned few weeks ago. LL1---.. -
The Washington state branch Of the
National Association of PostQficf
Clerks will meet in convention in Sc
attic May so.
Whitman County Notes.
Colfax is again confronted with the
water question tha SupnlV at ElDeFtOT