The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-06-04
WASHINGTON NOTES

Joining this city for $4,000. This
Is the record price for land in the
Wenatchee Valley.
Tacoma-On account of lack of
efficiency, Co. A, Second infantry,
National Guard of Washington, sta
toned here, has been mustered out
OF the service.
Olympia-Two women, Mrs. Isa-
bel A. Gilman, of Olympia, and Miss
Katheryn Wilson, of Seattle, have
Just been admitted to practice before
the supreme court of Washington.
Spokane-The Whitman County
Press Association, in session at
Oakesdale, adopted a resolution pro-
testing against the government
printing envelopes distributed in ru-
raj districts.
Olympia-Gov. Hay has received
a telegram from Secretary of State
Knox saying that If the governor of
the state was willing the state de-
partment had no objection to the
marching of Japanese sailors May
81 under arms.
Spokane-Major Nichols, of Fort
Wright, veteran student of pho
Biography, has been successful in re-
producing colors by developing the
negative with a formula of his own.
He has produced some negatives
which show the colors of the object
in detail.
Seattle-The Northern Pacific has
reduced its freight rates on lumber
and shingles from all Northwest
Coast points to all points in Idaho
and Montana. The reduction be-
comes effective June 3. The new
tariffs show reductions ranging from
l to cents per 100 pounds.
Tacoma-A letter addressed to
friend asking for information rela-
tive to his brother and missent so
that 1t reached his long-lost brother,
has united Joseph Kessler, a prom1-
nent Tacoma shoe merchant and his
brother Robert, pennsylvania
farmer, after 20 years.
Seattle-Wm. d. Haywood, form
erly secretary-treasurer of the West
ern Federation of Miners, who was
acquitted of the charge of conspir-
acy to murder Frank Steunenburg,
ex-governor of Idaho, will make
tour of the state for the Socialist
party.
Tacoma =" Jack the Hugger,"
who has terrorized women on the
streets in the North End of the city
for the past few months by spring
ing upon them on the sidewalk, has
been identified in the person OF
George Hanson, aged 81 years,
teamster for local furniture COM
pany.
Montesano-The pupils OF the
fifth grade of the Montesano schools
have been collecting samples OF the
different kinds of woods native to
Chehalis county, which they Will
send to the A.-Y.-P. Exposition.
More than SO specimens have been
secured.
Chehalis-Raymond Giessler and
Miss Lille Casada, the victims OF
last weeks attempted murder and
suicide, are reported as improving.
Sheriff Urquhart has placed a guard
over Giessler. The young man still
insists that he wants to commit sui
eide.
Spokane-Convicted of disorderly
conduct twice within week, DR.. T.
E. Callahan, prominent Spokane
physician and club man, was SEN
fenced to the city chain gang by Po-
lice Judge Mann. Sentence was sus-
pended pending good behavior.
Seattle-Burglars Friday night
stole furs valued at $500 from the
store and factory of the Hudson Bay
Fur Company. Digging through
brick wall, scaling a bridge and
prying open iron doors, the burg
lars are supposed to have hauled the
thunder away in a wagon, into which
they dropped 1t on the street behind
the store.
spokane-To investigate the new
method of combating typhoid fever
in the Philippines, the war depart
ment has sent to Fort George
Wright asking for volunteers to sub
nit to the anti-typhoid fever vacci-
nation. Experiments are carried on
with a hypodermic needle. AS the
troops now stationed at Fort Wright
are soon to go to the islands, the
government Is choosing these.
North Yakima-Efforts have been
begun here looking to securing
special train to be run through the
Yakima Valley for the irrigation
congress that will be held in Spo-
kane in August. The fare would be
about So for the round trip. 1t is
proposed to start the special train
at Ellensburg and stop at every sta
ton in the Yakima Valley.
Port ownsend-Advices brought
here by vessels in from Cape Fiat
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