Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-11-13
THE NORTHWEST


been defeated
The corn growers of Idaho will hold
. .orn show and convention at Mos
.ow December 2, 8, and a.
black swan. recently brought
s.om Australia and valued at 500, has
..caned from Regents park, Tacoma
and dozen men are hunting it.
While playing in the dooryard at
his home in Dayton, Saturday evening,
Glen the 4-year-old son of Charles
,ones. was kicked to death by mule
The Montana state board of medical
Examiners has announced the result of
the recent examination of applicants
n practice medicine in Montana.
Twenty one failed.
The little son of Charles Newell,
living at Sunnyside, near Occur d.
Alene. Idaho, was killed Saturday by
stump falling over on him while
paying with other boys among the
stumps.
Near Spoffor, five miles from Walla
Walla, Sunday afternoon, Walter
Bunnel, whose home was at Wallula,
was struck by train and his head
was crushed. The cause of the acct
dent is not known.
Murdoch Mcdonald and A. Jamison,
motormen on the electric line between
Vancouver and New Westminster, B.
c.. were killed and some 20 passen-
gers were injured in collision which
occurred early Sunday morning. Five
Of the passengers had limbs broken.
County Fruit Inspector Whitney of
Walla Walla, few days ago caught
farmer selling diseas ed apples on
the streets IN Walla Walla. and poured
coal oil over the apples. and then told
i the farmer to take them home and feed
them to the hogs.
While carrying a bottle containing
Mlphuric acid at Sites, Idaho, few
days ago, the bottle broke and Lisle
Hopkins was horribly burned. his
clothing being nearly burned from his
body. D. A. Smith was with Hopkins
at the time and his clothing was
burned to some extent.
Early in December there will be an
exodus of Swedes and Norwegians
] from Whatcom county to their native
land, where they will go to spend the
Christmas holidays and incidentally to
Mprise the "old folks" 1t is esti-
1 mated that at least so Scandinavian
citizens will embark for Europe.
A searching party has been sent out
from Tacoma to try and find M. G.
0rmes who left on cruising trip two
weeks ago and has not been heard from
since. He took a gun with him,
saying he had seen a bear, and it is
feared here he either shot himself
sccidently or was killed by the bear
after wounding it.
William Bruinsma and Albert Hen
l schel, two Hollanders. who have been
held by the police at Bellingham, sew
eral days, will be deported. They
came to Bellingham last March on tn e
German steamer Augustus, and both
are hardened criminals. The police
believe them guilty of many holdups
that have recently taken place.
i The Elberton hotel, at Elberton, was
discovered to be on fire early Sunday
morning and before help could be OBJ
sained the structure was burned to the
/ ground. Only some small articles
were saved. The fire is supposed to
have originated in the kitchen. The
property was insured for $4,000. 1t was
owned by Mr.. Poffenroth, who states
that he will rebuild at once.
A number of murders have been
committed near Taft, Mont, recently.
A few days ago the bodies of three
men were found near that place in an
advanced state of decomposition. They
were buried where found. There was
nothing about them by which they
could be identified. During the past
year many dead bodies have been
found between Taft and Grand Forks.
Arthur Newman, prisoner in the
british Columbia penitentiary, at New
westminster, committed suicide few
says ago in novel manner. He was
'Ouhd bleeding from the mouth. There
we're no weapons in the cell, and the
u'iy conclusion the Jail officials could
.0ue to was that he had chewed his
''gue. He was rushed to the hospi-
al but died later of heart failure.
"e"man was serving his last year of