Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-07-17
WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF.

The entire business portion Of
Springdule was burned last week
with a loss of from $125,000 to
1000. Less than a fifth of the
loss was covered by insurance,
Fire of unknown origin complete
ly destroyed the lumber mill of the
Holmes Pine Lumber Company at
Lyle, Sunday morning. The loss Is
estimated at $4,000.
Lewis County will be represented
at the Alaska-Yukon-Pa Pacific fair in
Seattle in 1909, the County Com
missioners having expressed willing
ness to make an appropriation that
viii insure a good showing.
A 3cow load Of brick to be used
IN the construction of the new arm
DRY at Tacoma was dumped into the
bay last week The tide went out,
lowering the cad of the scow which
filled with water on the incoming
tide.
e. f. Young, of Portland, who has
! been shooting under the colors of
the South Tacoma Gun Club this
summer, won the Dupont trophy in
the competition on the Gun Club
range. Youngs score was AZ birds
out Of Il possible so.
The Washington Press Association
is in session this week at Vancouver.
/ In addition to a good programme of
/ speakers from the state, the conven-
/ ton was addressed by a number of
/ people of National reputation from
outside the state. The State Press
! Association of Oregon and the news
paper men of Alaska were in attend
ance
A five-pOund pail of lard yielded
a treasure in the shape of a GOLD
watch to Mrs. w. NJ, Atterbury, of
Hamilton, last week. The timepiece
was dented in several places and had
evidently undergone hard usage. The
watch was found in the lard, which
is the product of a widely known
packing concern.
Mrs. Rollo George, of Olympia,
was drowned in Talcott Lake Sunday
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a party of four rocking the craft,
which caused 1t to upset. Mrs.
George, together with her husband,
her husbands brother and wife, were
in the boat at the time. All were
saved but Mrs George.
Following heated argument
about the size of a piece of mining
machinery, William King and Charles
Edwards, laborers at North Yakima,
got into fight resulting in the stab
bling Of King in the side three times.
He is seriously hurt and may die
Edwards has been lodged in the
county Jail
Bids VIII be opened Friday by
State Highway Commissioner
Snow for the construction of ten
miles Of the state wagon road to the
Slate creek gold mining district in
Skagit and Whatcom counties, the
work to be completed by November
l, The last legislature appropriated
$4,000 for surveys and the con-
struction of the road.
Paul Herman, who predicted his
death would occur in eight days,
committed suicide last week by
drinking Carbolic acid. Waiting UNI
til his wife and family were out of
the house he gulped down almost a
pint of the poison. Dependency be-
cause of his lack of will power to
overcome the drink habit was the
cause Of his ending his life. He was
well known resident of Belling-
ham.
Two negroes last week were spik-
ing a tie on the car tracks on a
curve In the brush in the western
part of Tacoma just before a car
came. The men escaped after say
ing they were seeking the life Of
Conductor Price. Two minutes later
a fast car, bearing among others S.
A. Perkins, publisher of the News
and Ledge, and Z. j. Bowes, a real
estate man of wealth, was due. The
discovery prevented the car from pill
ing into a deep gulch.
While they were preparing to flee
from Tacoma, having been warned
that the police were watching for
ther and that they would be placed
under arrest if found, George K. Hol
lopter, aged 10, and Imogene Glen,
now the 14-year-old wife of George,
Of Olympia, were arrested last week.
The boy, it is said, forged the name
or his brides parents to an order for
marriage license and they were
married by an Olympia minister last
week.
Through the partial confession of
Gladys Wilson, girl about II years
! old, the arrest of r. NJ. Ellis and
wife and VIII G. Gilman, who, it is
| alleged, have been using the girl to
pass counterfeit bills in Tacoma and
! Olympia, was made possible Satur-
day night at Tacoma. According to
the girls story she had been sent to
! Olympia to swindle young man out
| OF his money, the proceeds of which
were to be used in starting a small