Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-07-23
-, HINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF.

Lewis County Commissioners have
Appropriated $4,000 toward a coun-
~ exhibit at the Alaska Yukon Paci-
nc Exposition in Seattle next year.
Gust Slabb, aged 13 years, son of
Andrew Slabb, died last week in Ia
coma of lockjaw as the result of an
| accident to his left hand from toy
pistol on the Fourth of July.
In head-on collision between
electric cars in Tacoma last week,
Motorman ]. NJ. McElroy was per-
haps fatally wounded. Both legs were
crushed below the knee. Eleven
passengers were seriously injured.
A female sturgeon weighing 437
pounds was delivered at j. Linden
berger's cold storage plant in Asto-
ria last week. 1t was one of the
| largest sturgeon caught in the Co.
lumbia River in many years and con-
tanned large amount of caviar.
G. T. Erickson, of Seattle, was the
lowest of five bidders whose propos-
ais were opened at the Navy Depart
ment for the construction of gran
lite and concrete drydock at the Unit
ed States Navy-Yard. Puget Sound,
for which Congress appropriated
100000.
The State Supreme Court affirmed
the decision of the Spokane Superior
Court, appointing receiver for the
State Board of Dental Examiners to
compel that board to pay Sam r.
! N 20 h..
performed for the board in prosecut-
ing dentists who advertised and who
had no license.
Albert E. Rose, native of Tripoli,
veteran of the Spanish American
War, who was granted medal from
the American government for brav-
cry in Cuba, last week at Seattle shot
| son, a Sikh, who had alienated the
affections Of his wife. He gave him
self up, expressing no regret.
David Wall, formerly of Centralia,
has been captured in Los Angeles
and held for the Lewis county au-
thorities on charge of wife deser-
ton. His case is a particularly ag-
secured the country for him. Wall
deserted his wife and children sew
eral months ago, leaving them abso-
| lutely destitute.
Mariners arriving from San Fran
cisco one and all report the presence
off the mouth of the Columbia River
and north to Grays Harbor, of an
unusually large number of sharks,
some of them being of enormous size,
and caution bathers against these
tigers of the deep" The reports
are we'll authenticated and confirmed
by many sailors and ship-masters.
George d. Potter, wealthy min
ing man and the inventor of street.
car fender, was found dead in his
room in Seattle hotel last week.
Heart disease is believed to have
been the cause of his death. He was
known to have had several hundred
dollars and a gold nugget in his pos
session the day before he died, but
they cannot be found now.
Bids for public building sites at
Everett, Olympia and Walla Walla
were opened by the supervising arch
itect at Washington, ID. c., last week.
Several sites were offered at Everett
at prices ranging from $4,000 to
$4,000. Thirteen sites were Of
fered at Olympia at from $1,000 to
$40, and at Walla Walla 20 sites
were offered at prices ranging from
$4,000 to $4,000.
A man named Cophy was found in
a wheat field near Rock Lake after
he had made several attempts to end
his life by dynamite caps. 1t is pre-
sumed that he lay down on a number
of the caps and then set them off.
His body in the region of the stom-
ach is blown full of small holes and
his face and head are badly lacerat-
ed. DR.. STUNT, County Physician,
stated Cophy had little chance for
recovery.
Seattle gun experts have accepted
the challenge of the crack shots of
Portland, and arrangements for con-
test for side bet of $500 has been
concluded. Two teams of five men
each will compete, and each man will
put up $100 The time and place for
the meet have not been decided. Ia
coma and Centralia have been men
toned as possible places for the
meet Neutral ground seems to be
favored by the Seattle men.
Nine men were killed and a num-
Der hurt in an explosion of powder
magazine on construction work for
the Northern Improvement Company
near Gle Elum, last week. The ter
rife force of the explosion of nearly
two cars of powder was felt in the
most remote districts of the mining
town. Fragments of bodies were
scattered for half a mile from the
magazine. An Italians shoe was
blown off and in it was found 81 so
in money.
Because he was born in Scotland
and had never been naturaliZed in
the United States, James Ross. a
wealthy rancher of North Yakima,
who has lived in that place 20 years,
was last week refused entrance into
the United States without payment