Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-04-26
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, Oregon
and MONTANA news.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-FaII Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.


held in Dayton Saturday was one of
the most successful ever held. Near
ly 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
A 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, a one
stroy frame structure, in which the
plant was located. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000, covered only by $10,-
900 insurance.
c. F. Christianson, Spokane, has
been honored by being awarded the
Royal Humane society medal and GER
tificate. The Canadian branch of that
order has voted the medal to the Spo-
kane boy for saving the life of G. 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 a 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. A 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 legislature: The Old Nationa
bank of Spokane, Traders Nationa
bank of Spokane, Colfax Nationa
bank Of Colfax, Baker-Boyer Nationa
bank of Walla Walla, Washington
State bank of Ellensburg, First Ma
tional bank of Bellingham, Bank o
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 OF
average daily balances by all the de
positories is to be 2 per cent, as fxe'
by law.
A. r. Moore, veteran of the civil
war and an old resident of Walla Wa
la, died recently.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs. J.
Milligan was killed at his home il
Waitsburg recently by falling unde
the wheels of loaded wheat wagon.
Irene Sherrod, the little girl of Wa
la Walla, who was suffering from
continued case of hiccoughs' has bee
cured by the application of an electri
battery.
Joseph Locati, 6 years old, died a
st. Mary's hospital, Walla Walla, re
Gently from alcoholic poisoning.
Complying with the strange wish O
the deceased, six woman pallbearer
officiated at the funeral of the lat
Mrs. Abigail Shearer at Oakville re
Gently.
Whitman County Notes.
Colfax is again confronted with tn
water question, the supply at Elberto
showing signs of diminishing.
After the second of June, when tn
new fee bill goes into effect, marriag
licenses will be So instead of S., as a
present.
Lybecker's ferry at Wawawai wen
out recently. and Mr.. Lybecker nal
rowly escaped drowning. The boa
and cable were saved.
The poll tax collector is abroad i
the land and all "eligibles" are bein
rounded up by Marshal Birchard an
requested to pay the necessary 50 o
work in person or by substitute on tn
town streets.
Cars for wheat shipments are bein
furnished more literally by the raj
reads traversing the Palouse countr
and heavy shipments of grain are b'
ing made to the Coast.
OREGON SOUIBS-
Spinal meningitis has become NOR
to be feared at Portland than at an
time during the winter.