The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-03-04
WASHINGTON NOTES

tempting Jail delivery ct Mount
Vernon and must get at least the
minimum sentence of five years in
the penitentiary. They were cap
tured while attempting to cut the
bars leading to the cell occupied by
James Kelley and Joseph Vecil.
charged with passing counterfeit
money, and admitted they belonged
to a gang of counterfeiters and were
attempting to release their pals.
Spokane-The Wolf River apple
exhibited at the national apple show
by w. r. Mari, of Wenatchee, win
ming first prize as the largest perfect
apple grown, has been done in
bronze, gilded, mounted on a silver
pedestal and sent to Mr.. MARI. The
metalized apple is life size and meas
ures tn inches in circumference
and weighs 81 ounces.
Tacoma-Harry Collins lies in a
cell at the city jail, and John Con-
lin occupies a ward at the Fannie
Paddock hospital, with his head
badly cut, as the result of a duel
with knives.
Tacoma-After an exciting session
with scenes rivaling some on the
floor Of congress, two ballots were
taken by the attorneys of Pierce
county assembled in the superior
courtroom Friday and the result was
that r. G. Hudson was Endorsed for
the new federal district judgeship
which will probably be created by
congress-
Mountaineering slowly dragged
to horrible death by conveyor
chain at the plant of the Hoquiam
Lumber & Single Company, Lee
Marker, an employee, was rescued
by fellow-workers, who succeeded in
disengaging the propelling mechan-
ism of the monster chain before he
was killed outright Markers left
foot was terribly lacerated and al
most severed at the ankle and doubt
is entertained by surgeons in charge
OF the case whether the member can
be saved
South Bend-State Land Cruiser
A. K. Wade reports that while at
work in the upper North River coun-
try he found that number of peo-
pie had squatted on land in town
ship IA, range z, now owned by the
Weyerhaeuser Timber Syndicate.
This land was purchased by the syn
dictate from the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company and the people
squatting on it are under the i'm
preston that the government will
contest the present owners title on
the ground that the original grant
to the Northern Pacific called for the
sale of land to bona fide settlers for
$3.50 an acre.
Olympia-Emmet N. Parker of
Tacoma, and George E. Morris of Sc
attic, have been appointed members
of the state supreme court by Act
ing-Governor Hay. These appoint
ments were made Immediately after
Hay had appended his signature to
Senate Bill 1913, which increases the
supreme court from seven to nine
members, and divides the court into
two departments of four judges,
over both of which the supreme
judge will preside.
Seattle-Andrew Chilberg, royal
vice-consul of Sweden at Seattle,
has been given the decoration of a
Knight of the First Glass of the
Order of Vasa by King Gustaf V.
Walla Walla-With practically
400 people in the cast, there was
given in local theater last week
the largest show of it's kind ever
presented in this city by the Order
of Elks The cast consisted in large
part of young boys and girls, many
small children taking part in the
dancing and singing.
North Yakima-The North Yaki-
ma Horticultural Union has just
shipped a car of fancy Arkansas
Blacks, Winesaps and Spitzenbergs
to Anaconda, Mont, where the fancy
grades brought 81 box, while the
others ranged little lower Near
ly all the unmarketed apples are
now in the warehouses, although
some growers still hold few.
Spokane-Frederick Van Norman,
attorney and head Of corporation
for the promotion of mining
schemes. was bound over to the
United States federal grand jury, af-
ter examination before United States
Commissioner Marshall, on charge
of using the mails to defraud.
Seattle-President Roosevelt, at
the request of Representative Hum
phrey of Washington, and with the
approval of the chief forester. has
set aside 100000 acres in the Olym-
pic Mountains for scientific purposes.
In addition to being a rich field for
geological studies, the area is stud
ded with giant trees and is the
home of the Roosevelt elk. It is
stated that the action is preliminary
to the establishment of national
park.
Spokane-In a celebration at a
Russian wedding 80 miles north OF
Ritzville, Mrs. Marie Janke was shot
and almost instantly killed last
week After the ceremony the
rnactc wont ont nf doors and ha.