The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-04

three blocks away passed through the
side of house and fatally wounded
]. C. Massander. BULGE is under ar
rest.
Fire at Toppenish Sunday destroyed
three cottages owned by l.. Talbot
and occupied by H. Williams, A. Carl
son and j. L. Wright. The fire start
ed from a defective flue. The loss is
estimated at $4,000.
While thawing out water pipes at
his residence, near Dayton, Wash,
Sunday, Ed. Chenille set fire to the
building and it was totally destroyed.
The loss is placed at $4,000.
While under the influence of long
debauch, Frank Clark, supposed to be
son of wealthy Minneapolis people,
hung himself to his bedpost in a room
over the Hub saloon at Medical Lake
Sunday, and when found was dead.
At Stella, Wash, late Saturday af-
ternoon the dead bodies of a Japan
csc, Maka Yasuii, and his wife were
found in their home. Both had been
shot to death by some one unknown.
They had evidently been dead "a hours
when found.
Ray Wilcox and S. r. Wheatley,
young men arrested at Clark's livery
barn in Tacoma several days ago, for
the theft of rig and team from Cen
tralia, pleaded guilty before Judge
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sentence of not less than six months
and not more than seven years.
Information has been received in
Tacoma announcing the appointment
of A. F. Haines of Dowell & CO., to
the position of Mexican vice consul for
the state of Washington, to succeed
A. w. Thornley, who was murdered by
highwaymen recently.
Alexander Lahore, of Seattle who
was adjudged insane and sent to the
Steilacoom asylum three weeks ago,
escaped from the guards while out
walking last week, and has not been
recaptured. Lamore's insanity is of a
violent character.
Archie Craig has been convicted in
the district court at Lewiston, Idaho,
on the charge of stealing a band of
sheep from Coffin & Hepton.
The terribly mutilated body of an
unknown man was found scattered
along the Northern Pacific track be-
tween Taft and Saltese, Mont, Satur-
day night. The man had been ground
to pieces under the wheels of the
train. There appears to be no way to
identify the body.
has apprehended an escaped life con-
vict from the state penitentiary at
Joliet, Illinois. The man is lodged in
the county Jail at Butte, doing a
term for vagrancy. His name is John
Sullivan, alias Shannon and he was
sent up for murder. He admits his
identity.
William Mettler, a stenographer of
Great Falls, Mont, committed suicide
there Friday. Mr.. Mettler left four
letters, one to his brother and the
others to his mining partners, in each
of which he gave as his reason for
taking his life the fear that he would
eventually become insane.
sJOe Lukovski of South Portland
Ore, made a hero of himself for the
18th time the other day by risking his
own life to save that of his friend
John Gibbon, who had fallen into the
river. Both men are employed at the
Multnomah box factory's plant
After a session of only eight minutes,
just long enough to cast and canvass
ballot, the jury in the case of Harry
n. Pratt charged with embezzlement
from the Glendale State bank, Friday
returned the expected verdict of not
guilty
o. G. Thompson was arrested at
Wallace, Idaho, on the charge of steal
ing a $1,000 draft on the First Nation
al bank of that city, $40 draft on
Missoula bank and some money from
Frank Meyers. All of the stolen arti-
cles were recovered, save small
amount of the money.