Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-03-29
E6eut the Stats

/ Iron Works Burn.
The Bayside Iron Works, at Ever
EFT, was destroyed by fire Saturday
afternoon. Loss, $4,000.
Pneumonia Prevalent.
Pneumonia is quite prevalent in
Puyallup valley, though few fatalities
are reported. One doctor had sixteen
cases in eleven days.
Six Dollars a Day.
Plumbers at Spokane have raised
their wage-rate to six dollars per day,
and you can pay it, or Screw your
nut" and go to Hades."
Noted waIla waIIa Architect Dead.
Ex-Mayor G. W. Babcock of Walla
Walla, died at that place, Wednesday,
of Bright's disease. He was a noted
architect and was IS years old.
Experimental Farm.
A tract of 80 acres of land near
Cornell, Wash, has been selected by
the State College for experimental
purposes during the coming season.
Girl Attempts Suicide.
Miss Elizabeth Duncan, who at
tempted to commit suicide at Ia
coma, Sunday, is recovering. When
questioned as to what led her to at
tempt to take her life she refused to
answer.
Hunt for Murder.
Fred. Miller, was executed at Walla
Walla, last Friday, for the murder of
man named Dierk, at Castle Rock,
last October. Miller collapsed on
way to the scaffold, and had to be
carried on to the platform.
Fine Stock Sold.
At the spot-cash sale of property
of Oran Burnham, deceased, near
Pullman, last Friday, all of the farm
horses sold brought over 5000 head.
Stock of all kinds brought unusually
high prices. The farmers had plenty
of money.
mot Guilty" But Mustn't Be Ca ufht Afain.
Pat Sullivan, saloonkeeper, was
Monday, in Seattle, found not guilty
of violating the Sunday closing law.
This is the first acquittal by a jury
of violations of Sunday closing since
the recent order enforcing the law
went into effect.
At the Head Of Line Of Profress.
The Bartenders' International
League of America is said to be
the only labor union in Spokane
county which believes that women
should be given equal rights with
men and which works constantly to-
wards that end.
Snow-Storm at North Yakima.
A snow-storm at this time of year
is unusual in the Yakima valley, but |
that is what occurred there Sunday.
1t was a warm, sunny day until 8
O'Clock, when it began to snow and
by 10 o'clock that night the snow
was several inches deep.
Desperate Caught.
Torentti, or Mannarino, who muir
dered his uncle at Kushkanook, B. G. |
and then took refuge in q hut on q |
crag ON the shore of Lake Kootenay,
was finally captured after q desperate |
battle. He was taken to Nelson, B.
G. His victim is not dead.
SANDER Suit.
Mary G. Horn has fled in the Su-
perior Court of King county suit |
against H.. ]. Davis for damages in
the amount of $50, 900 for alleged
SANDER. Mrs. Horn recently con-
Quoted the Angelus hotel in Seattle.
The complaint is sensational.
Jsha Dobsoas Funeral
The funeral of Hon. John Dobson
was held in the Catholic church at |
Chehalis, last Friday, and was one of |
the largest ever held in that city. |
The body arrived from Los Angeles |
Wednesday. Mr.. Dobson was one of |
the wealthiest men in that county.
A Large Flock.
1t is estimated that 1900 sheep |
were fed in Sunnyside valley during |
the winter just passed. Nearly all |
of the focks have been taken to the |
foothills to Craze. It is believed by |
sheepmen that the range sheep in
dustry will soon be abandoned in the |
Northwest.
Larts Supply Of Lots.
There are now about 5000, 900 feet |
OF logs in the Humptulips river ready |
for delivery. Effort is being made |
to compel the boom company to keep
o portion Of the river open for public |
use. The boom company has begun |
condemnation suits against lands |
along the banks of the river.
Women Take Poison.
There have been half dozen sui |
cides of women in the tenderloin dis
trict the past six months, at Aber.
deem, all of whom have swallowed |
antiseptic tablets. Saturday night |
Ollie Glow took 80 tablets and Sun
day Florence Scott took q much |
smaller dose. Ollie Glow died.
Gosfed Eye Out.
Astranger brought q glass of beer |
from Oscar JohanSon, q barkeeper |
at Aberdeen, Saturday evening, and |
refused to pay for it. Johanson, in an |
effort to put him out, hit him in one |
eye with bottle, gouging his eye |
out. The stranger is in the hospital |
and the bartender is under arrest |
charged with mayhem.
An Uncoatrollable Cushsr.
The flow from an artesian well in |
Mo1ie valley, noted in q former issue
OF IT, STANDARD, has increased so |
rapidly that the overflow is flooding
nearby land and doing considerable |
damage to crops, and is making o |
new stream down to the river. The
well is flowing two and one-half cubic |
feet per second.
Hurt by Baseball.
]. B. Gratis has brought suit in the |
King County Superior Court against
Charles Belts, proprietor of the
Stones Landing Grounds, and P. S. |
Carpenter and others for $40, 900 |