Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-05-08
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON
AND MONTANA ITEMS.
~. interesting Items Gathered
,, our Exchanges of the Sur
.diro country-Numerous Acct
,.,+s and Personal Events Take
o,.ce-crop outlook Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

,,on Friday the first medal and honors
~ ~ awarded to Louis Brislawn of
corague the subject of his address be-
~ 1Regulus to the Carthaginians."
mo second medal was won by Miss |
rbol Despair of Harrington, her sub
i.ot heing 1.-THE Sioux Chiefs Daugh-
ter
climbing aboard the tug Keros as
.bo Law moored to the wharf at Ia
anna two desperate burglars entered
tbe cabin occupied by Captain James
uird and Mate Henry Branaugh,
nlaced a handkerchief saturated with
chloroform over the nostrils of each,
and then robbed the men of every
thing of value that they possessed.
Charles S. Warren, one of the cred
itors of the Vendome Hotel company
at Davenport, has filed suit for $751;
OOO against the hotel company and
asked that receiver be appointed.
Mr.. Deary announces that the Pa
lolse mill of the Potlatch Lumber COM
many which has been idle for more
than six months, started Monday for
the summers run. There are 100000
feet of logs in the river ready for the
saws The mill will give employment
10 rs men for the summer.
James Duff, a we'll known citizen of
Chelan county, dropped dead at his
residence in Wenatchee recently.
The bodies of the two young men
who are believed to have stolen two
horses from the Arrow and Eagle liv
cries in Wenatchee last week, were
found Saturday in the bottom of lake
near Stratford, having evidently been
drowned while attempting to cross.
The two bodies were locked in deadly
embrace at the bottom of the lake.
Eddie Gregg, IL years old, placed
basket of flowers on the front door
knob Of A. w. Coyeland's home at
FOy station, few miles from Seattle,
as May day custom. He rang the
doorbell; nobody come, and he rang
again Mrs. Copeland answered, did
not see the flowers, but saw the boy
rum Gregg rang again, when Cope
land opened the door and fired with
shotgun. The boy received the load
in the thigh, and may die of blood
poisoning.
While going from the lobby of the
Montgomery hotel at Elk to her room,
Mrs North, mistress of the hostelry,
was shot in the left temple by an I'M
known assassin concealed outside the
house.
The directors of the Moran Ship
building company, Seattle, were re
Gently offered $2,000,O00 for their
plant and business in Seattle and de
cined to accept the consideration
holding out for $2,500,000.
The funeral of Nathan West, 81
years old, and one of the oldest pion
eers Of the Inland Empire, took place
III Tekoa Saturday.
Farmers from the fruit districts
along the Walla Walla river report
Tears Of considerable damage to frui
and berries during the recent colo
snap.
Inc cornerstone of the new Baptis
church at North Yakima was laid Sat
urday.
Colonel E. H. Morrison is rushins
work on mis- seed farm near Fairfield
~ men being engaged in setting on
seed beets and planting varieties o
vegetables and seeds for the fall crop
Inc University of Puget Soun'
academy debaters were unaimousl,
awarded decision over the SPOKANE
uigh school team in the interscholasti
ueDate held in Tacoma.
The democrats of Walla Walla hav
peuged to raise $4,000 with which t
establish in Walla Walla a daily news
paper to represent their party
. r Graves of the Inland Empir
system says that his automobile joul
ICY through the country west of tn
soiumbla river and back to Spokan
ionl Colville, Stevens county, wa
NV Tor the purpose of locating an e,
'sIslon OF his electric system.
overcome with grief because he
a,n is slowly dying of an incul
sue disease, Mrs. Ethel G. Adams, /
ears old, beautiful bride of 81
inontns' took her own life by inha
Illuminating gas at Seattle.
:. Ane new Presbyterian church, bui
AZ AZ d cost of 100000, was dedicated q
Aberdeen Sunday.
naoorlng under the delusion ths
tos s one was his enemy, william Ba
A. A. On old man, swallowed sma
bo, MY Vi iaudanum and another of ca
daas s ACID at Vancouver recently wit