The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1909-06-04
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS
OF THE WEEK IN BRIEF

troll will meet at Walla Walla July
| with the prison superintendent to
succeed to the duties OF the Cid
prison BOARD and act On paroles.
Eel,insham-Lee Wing Wah, OF
Oakland. Cal, convicted Ct murder
ing his slave wife in the detention
shed at Sumas last August, was SEN
fenced to 20 years in the peniten-
tiary Friday.
Aberdeen - Demanding an In
crease in wages from $1.15 To 81
Der day, the strike OF the yardmen
which began at the s. +. Slade Lum-
Der Company's plant last week, has
assumed serious proportions.
Olympia The state supreme court
decided unanimously that the fran
chise at Tacoma of the Western
Union is not taxable under the state
laws, being a police regulation which
added nothing to the federal fran
chise of the company.
Chehalis Lille Casida, who
was recently shot in the back by
Raymond Geissler is rapidly recOv-
ering. Geissler is still in the hos
pitul and although he was better, it
is announced that his condition is
again worse.
Walla Walla-Geo. T. WEIGH, a
farmer of this vicinity, closed out
the last holdings of bluestem wheat
in the Walla Walla valley for $1.15.
He sold 10000 bushels. With this
sale the old crop has gone, as far as
any considerable holding is con-
cerned.
TacOma-Judge yesterday, of the
superior court, has sustained the de-
murrer filed by Mayor Linck, to the
Indictment returned by the grand
jury The indictment was dismissed
and as Prosecutor McMurray said no
appeal would be taken, the case
against the mayor is ended.
Aberdeen-BOnds amounting to
100000, with interest at 4 per
cent, of school district No. 5, have
been sold TO the state. The bonds
are in denominations OF $1,000 and
a proviso makes it optional with the
district to take up any number and
amount of bonds desired after the
first year.
Tacoma-A quilt containing the
autograph names of 5000 people was
burned in the home of A. n. Soule,
which went up in smoke while he
was watching the Memorial day pa
rade. The names included many Of
the most prominent personages Of
the country and years have been
spent in collecting them
Bellingham-After digging fran
tically for nearly half an hour, men
armed with shovels managed to ex-
tricate Dale Norman, II years old j..
from a tunnel which had caved in on
him. With a number of other boys
he was tunneling into sand bank.
He was unconscious when removed
but will recover.
Seattle-Letters from different
parts Of the country, addressed to
heads Of departments of the Seattle
Electric Company, operating the
street railway system of this city,
show that unauthorized employment
agents are swindling men by engag-
ing them as streetcar operatives for
employment in this city and collect
ing fees.
Tacoma-R ear-Admiral Ijichi and
staff Of officers Of both japanese
cruisers now in port, with the cadets
and marines, celebrated last week
the fourth anniversary of the battle
of the Sea of Japan. when the Jap
anese fleet under Admiral Togo sank
20 Russian ships and captured five
under command of Admiral Rojest-
VenSky. Inc ceremonies were DFlel.
North Yakima-North Yakima is
preparing to entertain several thou
sand Woodmen of the World in this
city on Saturday, July 81. These
Woodmen of the World are coming
from the eastern part of the country
and Canada to attend the Woodmen
day at the A.-Y.-P Exposition on
August 4. All of the head officers
and several thousand members will
stop in North Yakima for the day
Mount Vernon-A terrible acct
dent occurred here when Mrs. Jacob
Anderson was burned to death and
other members were seriously in
jured. She had taken a can of coal
oil to aid in building fire when the
oil can exploded, burning her SO Sc
yerely that she died within a few
minutes. Her husband and two sons
were severely burned in aiding her.
Two daughters of the unfortunate
woman are not expected to recover.
Chehalis-Circus employees placed
flowers on the grave of James Nc
NJ or hO l.