Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-07-24
THE NORTHWEST

Several horses have been killed
within the past few days by lightning
in the vicinity of Lookout and Chesley
Idaho.
MA. Bowker, aged sc, hanged him
self at the home of his son-in-law in
Portland, Ore, Sunday. He was
overcome by the heat.
At Kalispell, Mont, Saturday,
Frank LeBeau, the hobo who was ar
rested on the charge of killing Yoakum
and son short time ago, entered a
plea of guilty.
August Helming, a fur dealer at
Marshfield, Ore, was shot and killed
by friend who mistook him for a
deer. The shooting occurred in the
mountains near Corbin, Curry county,
Oregon.
A largely signed petition praying
for the abolition of the opium traffic
in New Westminster, BIC, is to be
presented at the next meeting of the
city council. The petitioners are
Cinnamon who have recently organized
a branch of the Canadian Anti Opium
league
Harold Stevenson, a 3-year-old boy,
was drowned Thursday by slipping into
a shallow ditch on Lulu Island at New
Westminster, BIC, the accident not
being discovered until life was extinct.
The little fellow had wand.l d into the
danger zone in search of Wild berries.
At Baker City, Oregon, Friday.
Prof. Hicks of Chicago, was giving a
balloon ascension when he was caught
IN the guy ropes and thrown to the
ground as the balloon was rising. He
was picked up UNCONSCIOUS and it is
believed he can not recover.
In drunken quarrel at the Palace
Hotel, at Vancouver, BIC, recently,
David Morrissey, a cigar maker. for
merly of Seattle, was feiled by his
companion, Charles Manning,
transfer driver, and in falling his head
struck the thing floor so heavily that
the skull was crushed and he died.
At Missoula, Mont, Saturday,
James Hayes confessed to the immi-
grafton officer that in 1900 he killed
a comrade of the Boer war in the
British army. The facts have been re-
ported to the British war department
and Hayes will be held until word is
received from there.
A boy found in the mountains near
Hll!sboro, Ore, Saturday, the body
of a man who had been murdered and
The remains had been covered with
brush and rubbish. The features ere
so badly decomposed that Identification
was impossible, but in his pocket were
found two coins stamped with the
name "E. Perdue, Spokane, Wash,
1907"
Charles Palmer, section foreman at
Lime, Ore, while working with his
crew in loading tools on a handcar,
threw a crowbar onto torpedo, which
exploded, piece striking him on the
jaw. He came to town three days lat
er. and DR.. Madden dressed it, then he
returned to Lime. He was brought in
next evening with lockjaw. After
resting in hospital all day he started
to the hospital at Portland. dying be,
tween Huntington and LaGrande.
At Portland Sunday night David
Coneii, an Italian, shot and killed
Mrs. Dollie Sharp. with whom he has
been intimate for some time, and ia
tally wounded L. Peterkin. whom he
found talking with Mrs. Sharp. He
then ran to his own room and after
boiling the door fired shot into his
own brain. A bowling mob soon
gathered and the officers had much
difficulty IN forcing their way through
the crowd into Conel's room.
J. Muller was killed and his wife
seriously injured at Baker City, Ore
gon Friday evening by an automobile
accident. The couple. with Harry
Bingham, had started for Boise, Ida
no, in an auto. and while coasting
down high hill the machine struck a
culvert, turning over twice. Mr..
Muller was pinned beneath the ma
chine and his neck was broken. Mrs.
Muller was also pinned beneath the
machine and her arm and shoulder
were broken and she sustained internal
injuries. Bingham was thrown clear
of the machine and was not injured.
SOIL BULLETIN.
PuIlatin No Q5 of the State AOri.