The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-02-10
SIDELIGHTS FROM OTHER
CITIES IN WASHINGTON

SEA SaMuei fAuueTlOKu, y
carpenter, aged so, shot and killed his
wife, Celestine, aged So at their home
in Hillman City, a seuthw estern sco-
urb and then killed himself.
SPOKANE-Driven to the verge Of
nervous collapse by oyerwork and
sleeplessness, Miss Belle Rogers for
the last year a teacher at WaYerly,
Wash, ended her life In the river, |
a little way from her school.
VANCOUVER-Earl Webster, head
sawyer at the Mckenzie sawmill, neaA
Battle Ground, was instantly killed
by falling across rapidly revolving
saw.
SEATTLE--A diet without meat
will be tried at the two dornitories
of the University Of Washington for
one week: II the experiment is sue
cessful, meat will be dropped perma-
nently or the quantity eaten greatly
reduced
DAYTON-Stockmen Of Southeast
ern Washington and Eastern Oregon
will cooperate with the forestry ser
vice to protect stock interests and 70
secure more favorable lASislAtiop rs
garding rights in the Wenaha forest
reserve.
SEATTLE-Repres OF the
Northern and Western Trunk Line
Railroads have joined with the lum-
her and single manufacturers and
wholesalers in drawing up q request
to the Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion to investigate and make = ruins
on the transit shipping privilege
DAYTON-CominK oil the way
from Fresno, Cal, to seek mehxbs r-
ship in the Blue Mountain Bachelors'
| Club, Edward p. Miles proposed to SO
many young women within few
hours that his arrest followed, and
| he is now a patient in the Asylum for
| the Insane at Medical Lake.
SEATTLE - Representative Hum
phrey says he has not authorized any
interview announcing his candidacy
for the Senate, and If such Interviews
have been printed they are not au-
thentic Beyond this he declines to
discuss the question OF his possible
candidacy
SPOKANE-After 4 TIVE years
| fight, tne Spokane Sheet and Metal
workers Union won it's battle for q
closed shop The Is master timers
in the city signed the agreement and
posted up the union csrds, which
have been turned to the wall since
the inauguration OF the strike
PROSSER-About gee acres ct
land in the vicinity OF Prosser will be
furnished water by the Government
for the season OF 1911 If the land,
owners and prospective wetsr users
will comply with certain conditions
which he has set forth. In y letter to
the Director OF the Reclamation Serv
| ice.
OLYMPIA-AlthouEh the kfEh
schools in the larger cities OF Wash
ington for some time past have been
teaching manual training and domes
tic science, the studies have not beez
adopted by the State Board OF Eau
cation, but at the meeting to be hsld
February p the subject will be taksz
up.
SEATTLE-Of the 1899 Chinese Hv
ing in and near Seattle, more tAs1
600 are stockholders In the syn aAs&t,
headed by Coon Dip. the Chinese Cen
sui, which is building 4 new China
town near the two railroad stat4sns
. A state law prevents Chinese frsn
, owning property as Mdividuals.
WALLA WALLA--An anatsu
long-distance worlds record for re-
ceiving a wireless message was u
tabIished here when Frank Meor,
heard Honolulu call Point LENA, II,
| message being simply do ysu -
me-" The local commercial statisl
, failed to hear Honolulu, but hear
, Point Iona call Honolulu. Hsnoluai
Is about 1900 miles. in an air 1iHe frsr
Walla Walla
l NORTH YAKIMA-SenAtor Fish
I back, of the legislative investigates
: committee, has completed his invS1
:. tigation of the books Of the StAt
Fair Commission, on which he ha
4 been working for two weeks. III
t says he has found the aceeuatss a
straight and that NO charges will b
r preferred against anybody. He foun
that loose methods were followed 4
different times in the past, but d1l
i covered no evidence OF any crooke
work
Observation-Disclosures Nicer
. die nas introduced = bill authorixin
the payment out OF tho Treasury {
!. 1927 so to George Drake and 419E 1