Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-07-31
THE NORTHWEST

At Vancouver, B. c., Mrs. Cha.
Gordon of Los Angeles, Cal committed
suicide by shooting herself. III health
is said to have been the cause.
s An exploring party which has just
returned from Mt Baker to Bellingham
reports that the mountain is an active
volcano, belching suphurous flames and
vapor.
: While employed at the tipple of the
steel works at Fernie, B. c., John
Derry fell from the top of the steel
tipple and was so badly injured that
he died shortly afterwards.
While watching some companions
swimming in the north fork of of the
Occur d'Alene river Saturday, Forlani
Prima, an Italian, fell into the water
, and was drowned He was unable to
swim.
While wading in the Spokane river
at Lacrosse, near Occur de'Alene,
Idaho, Thursday evening the five-year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Klemz was drowned. The body was
recovered later.
While hunting deer near Eugene,
Ore, Saturday, Ralph Mosberg shot
at a moving object in the brush and la
ter discovered dat he had killed his
uncle, Jerome Penna, a prominent citi-
zen of Cresswell.
Ray Eairchild a we'll known cattle
dealer of Heppner, Ore, was dragged
by a horse he had been riding and was
probably fatally injured. The animal
became frightened and threw him, one
foot catching in the stirrup.
Charles, the 7 year old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Martin Mortez. of Warren
ton, Ore. was drowned in the Skipa-
non creek by falling overheard while
playing along the bank. The body
was recovered about three hours later.
A fortune of 5000, 600 has come to
Mrs. Paul Sterling of Colquille, Ore,
through the death of uncle at Grants
Pas. Mrs. Sterling was notified of the
bequest and is now at Grants Pass, to
be present at the settlement of the es-
tate.
Checks aggregating $25, 900 are be-
ing sent to Vancouver from Ottawa in
payment of the Chinese claims as set
tied by Mackenzie King, the commiss-
Toner who inquired into the damage
done by rioters in the anti oriental
demonstration last September.
Sam Johnson, mill laborer, at
Astoria. Ore, while in drunken con-
dition pulled horse tail in a play
full mood until the animal resented and
kicked him in the head. He can not
live. His skull was fractured in three
places, and in his unconscious condit-
ion Johnson raved for six hours.
Two bodies, believed to be those of
men named Kelly and Harvey Mooter
were taken from the Yellowstone river
at Billings, Mont. At Willis, fisher
men found the remains of man and
a boy, believed to be those of two of
party of Italians who lost their lives
in crossing the Big Hole river.
Tossed twice by an Infatuated Jer-
sey bull while tending cattle on his
ranch at Pit Meadows. BIC, Emil
Jensen, a farmer near Howly, escaped
with his life. The bull charged at
Jensen, ripping his overalls into shreds
The farmer avoided another onslaught
by the maddened animal. but was
caught minute later, when he sus-
tanned painful wound in the leg.
Help arrived Just as the bull was COM
mencing to gore his PROSTATE victim.
The provincial government is in re-
ceipt of request from the inhabit-
ants of the Buckley valley, in British
Columbia, asking that grant of 16O
acres of land be made to the first
white baby born there. The child is
the daughter of Mrs. D. McInnes, of