The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
WASHINGTON NOTES


emit manager of the Spokane team,
was granted divorce last week at
Montesano.
John Lincoln, night engineer at
the Tacoma city hall and for a num-
Der OF years deputy sheriff OF
Pierce county, is a. second cousin OF
Abraham Lincoln, martyr president
of the United States.
M. G. Ross, who has been en-
ployed in drug store at Chehalis
for some time, was captured Sat-
urday morning at Centralia after
robbing his employer OF 1925 and
about 800 in checks.
The condition of Dr. Fred Pea
cock, the Cathlamet physician. who
was shot and dangerously wounded
by Mrs. A.. Longtaine, continues to
improve and he is now considered
practically out of danger.
Final arrangements have been
made for the erection of tabernacle
at Vancouver to hold 1000 people, in
which special revival meetings will
be held, the Methodist, Presbyterian.
Christian and Baptist churches unit
ing.
The Northern Pacific Railway
Company has completed the pur-
chase of all the tidelands on Grays
Bay and the last deed in the pur-
chase has been filed for record in
the Office of the clerk of Wahkiakum
county at Cathlamet.
Because members Of the Painters
Union, of Spokane, are soliciting
work on contract, thereby invading
the field of the master painters, the
out the journeymen, about 100 in
number.
w. C. Dudley, the Nothern Pacific
special agent, who shot Alex Smith,
a company Waterman, to death in a
duel near the freightsheds at Seattle
last week, was charged with man.
slaughter in an information filed in
the superior court Of Seattle.
Centralia is threatened with an
epidemic of scarlet fever. Several
cases have appeared within the last
few days Efforts are being made
to prevent it's spread Many have
taken children out of school, but
unless the disease spreads seriously
the schools will continue
Walter Johnson, convicted of the
murder of Elmer .Perdue, of Spo-
kane, was hanged in the penitentiary
at Salem Friday. The crime oc-
| Cured in the mountains near Hills
boro, Or, while the men were on a
timber cruising expedition. Robbery
was the motive.
The state board of health, through
DR.. P. Frank, OF North Yakima, has
announced that it will furnish anti
toxin free throughout the state, so
that it may be within the reach of
all persons who are not able to pay
! for the expensive treatment. The
New York concern to furnish the
needed supply for the coming year.
The case of Mrs. Emma Wilkie VS..
the Chehalis County Logging & Tim
Der Company for $4,000 for the
death of her husband, was thrown
out of court at Montesano. Mr..
| Wilkie was killed in a runaway ac-
| cident g months ago and Mrs. Will
kie injured. She alleged the run
away was caused by merchandise
| piled along the railroad track Of the
logging company.
In response to repeated appeals
of farmers for better roads, the
county commissioners Of Kitsap
county have decided to visit the
southern part Of the county to look
into the needs of that district in
the matter of roads The present
board of county commissioners is
interested in the good ROADS move.
ment and have determined to give
the county better thoroughfares as
soon as possible.
Because the pastor, R. Oates, paid
high compliment to the leader of
church choir in Port Orchard, the
lady members OF the choir of the
First Methodist church of Bremen
ton have gone on a strike, refusing
to take part In the choir work of
that church any longer. Four young
men Of :. the church have organized
a quartet to furnish music-for church
services in the place. of the dis
banded choir. ID.
Charging that Mrs. Marie Hunter
held her UP at the point of re-
volver in her own home while Mr..
Hunter sat calmly by and made no
attempt to interfere and that the
woman forced her to hand over a
large amount of clothing and jewel
ry, Mrs. Dassie Rufner appeared be-
fore a Tacoma judge Saturday and
swore to a warrant accusing Mrs.
Hunter with assault with intent to
kill.
Facing the alternative of losing
either his hand or his life, o. Lep-
per, Seattle millman, deliberately
fed his arm against the edge of a
saw, severing his right hand above
the wrist. He had stopped down to
remove the accumulation of sawdust
in front of his machine. The sleeve
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