Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-05-17

be guilty OF such cruelty. The pris-
Oner, in his own defense, stated that
he had first put sand and papers in
the animals ears and mouth, and it
was only when these means failed
that he had taken a half-hitch"
upon the animals tongue.
Death of Giant from Meninfitis.
The death of Harvey Bethurum,
the giant of the inland empire, oc-
CURED at Milan, this State, last week,
of spinal meningitis. He was taken
sick about 8 o'clock at night and died
at 1870 o'clock the next morning
after suffering great agony. The
previous day while he was plowing he
wrenched his back, but nothing seri-
Gus was thought of it at the time.
Deceased was % years of age, was a
son of Isaac Bethurum, who came to
this country from Missouri and set
tied on the Calispel road 10 years
ago. He was 6 feet 6 inches tall.
An Author Well as q Jurist.
Benjamin F. Houston, who died in
Tacoma on the 9th inst, besides be-
ing prominent lawyer and manager
of realty matters, found time to en-
gage in literary pursuits. Among
his more prominent contributions to
this field of endeavor is "The Rice
Mills of Port Mystery" published by
him in 1892. This was followed by a
treatise on the laws of Washington
relating to real estate transfers. Mr..
H. was twice candidate on the Dem
Ocratic State ticket, once for Repre-
sentative in Congress and subse-
quently for Justice of the Supreme
Court.
An Office Goes Beffinf.
According to an appeal made to the
Attorney Generals Office on the SUBJ
ject, Wahkiakum county is in some
what of a predicament for lack of a
Prosecuting Attorney. The regu-
larly elected prosecutor, c. H. Fuqua,
recently resigned and his resignation
was accepted by the Board of County
Commissioners. When it came to
the selection of Mr.. Fuqua's sue
cessor, it was found that there was
no attorney in the county who would
take the position. Mr.. Fuqua was
appealed to to retain the office until
another attorney would qualify, but
he refused. The State Attorney sug-
gests appointment of a public prose-
cutor by the court and hold him in
contempt if he declines to accept.
She Declared II All Off
After living fourteen years with J.
c. Deming, at Bellingham, the wo-
man who passed during all those
years as his wife has decided that
trial or contract marriages are of no
avail and on the 9th inst. was welded
to F. c. Downey. This marks the
last of the quarrels between Deming
and DOwney over the woman, which
had reached o climax in the Office of
Chief of Police Thomas on the pre-
vious day, when each man demanded
the arrest of the other. The woman
has concluded that the system of
marriages favored by George Mere
dith and Mrs. Clews Parsons had re-
suited in discovery, as intended, of
the mistake she had made, and she is
now the wife of Downey.
Sweeny q Victim Of the Strikers.
A local interest is added to the
trial of the Stuenenberg assassins at
Boise City by the testimony that will
be given by Chas. Sweeny, of Spo-
kane, President of the Federal Min
ing and Smelling Co., who during
the turbulent labor troubles of 1892
was a member of the Mine Operators
Association in the Ceur d'Alenes.
On July 11th, when the valuable Fris.
co mill, ON Canyon creek was blown
up with dynamite and half a dozen
men killed and twenty wounded in q
pitched fight between union and non.
union men, 400 union men came to
Wardner in a special train and Joined
with the union men employed at the
mines of that town. Mr.. Sweeny was
at Wardner, and a committee waited
on him, v. A. Clement and George
McAulay, and demanded that the
non-union men employed be dis.
charged within twenty-four hours.
If not, fuse would be lighted and
the mills blown up. The operators
were practically kept prisoners by
the members of the union until they
agreed to the demands of the union
Later Sweeny and the others signed
the agreement that the non-unior
men would be discharged if the con.
centratOrs were allowed to stand.