Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-12-25

per year, to take effect when the pre-
sent licenses expire.
A new postofiice has been establish
ed at pratt's siding, on the S. F. d
N. railroad. five miles south of Deer
park. 1t will be known as Denison.
In the circuit court at Portland,
Ore. Friday Harry DAILY was con-
victed of murder in the first degree in
the killing of Harry Kenny in saloon
on the night of November l6
Forty recruits who have just re-
ached Fort Worden to be assigned to
the artillery corps on Puget sound,
have been quarahtned for measles and
humps, from which they are suffer-
ing.
Walter Sweet aged IS, married. fell
1000 feet in the shaft of the Spectac-
ular mine at Butte. Mont, Friday.
William Harvey, aged %, was killed
Tuesday in the Bell mine by fall of
rock.
Mrs. Althea V. Dobyns was fatally
burned at her apartments at Butte,
Mont, Wednesday night. 1t is sup
posed her clothing caught fire from an
electric heating stove She died few
hours later.
In the district court at Great Falls.
Mont. Friday, c. r. Jones was con-
victed of attempted blackmail in send
ing a letter to s. II. Hobson of Lew
iston, demanding that 500 900 be left
in certain place, and was sentenced
to serve one year in the state peniten-
tiary.
Judge A. w. Frater of Seattle is
preparing a bill to be introduced in
the legislature which if passed will
require two weeks notice of any in
tended marriage. The object aimed
at in particular is to check Opponents
and clandestine marriages in this
state.
Earnest Bows and Archibald Wiki
inson were drowned in Christian lake
near Grand Forks, BIC. a few days
ago. They started for Texas Creek
in dense fog, and nothing has been
seen of them. The boat was found
and it had evidently been capsized
The residence of Mrs. A.A. Brady,
at Freewater was ransacked by bur-
glars a few days ago when $50 in old
coins was seured and practically every
thing in the house ransacked. Blood
hounds have been placed on the trail
of the robbers.
Archie Baxter, aged so. was killed
Tuesday night by an explosion of gas
in the Abbottsford hotel at Vancouver,
B. c., where he was employed. He
was smoking a pipe when he entered
q room where gasoline was stored. An
explosion followed killing him in
stantly.
j. D. Viers, a clerk in Forney
Bros. grocery at North Yakima. has
been notified that he is one of the
heirs of an estate valued at 5000, 900
left by his mother in the east. His
share is placed at $23, 600.
G. }. Seeney, who was arrested at
Vancouver on a charge of forgery was
arranged before Judge McCreadie
Wednesday morning. He agreed to
plead guilty to the charge of forgery.
The penalty is Imprisonment for from
one to IA years.
John Kregon, aged 80 years, drank
an ounce of carbolic acid Tuesday
night at Vancouver and was found un-
conscious at o'clock the next morn.
ing in livery barn loft. He was re-
moved to a hospital, but refuses to
say anything about his act. He will
not recover. He was patent medicine
pedler.
At Chewelah, Thursday night. SC.
Theile, superintendent of the Spokane
office of the Pinkerton Detective
agency, assisted by Deputy Sheriff A.
c. Keeling, arrested w. R. Heughs
who was wanted at Whiting, Ind.
on the charge of forgery. Heughs was
taken to Colyille, where his bail was
fixed at $1,000.
Robert Klasen, a laborer was in
stantly killed at the Larson Lumber
company mill on Lake Whatcom Tues
day. His right hand accidently caught
In pair of rollers which tore away
the right side of the body His head
was dashed against the resaw and the
skull split. His relatives reside in
Sweden.