The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-04-21
sIDEL1GHTs FROM OTHER
CITIES IN WASHINGTON

NORTH YAKIMA-The state con.
vention of the Washington Political
Equality is to be held in North Yaki.
ma about June l.
OLYMP1A-The Great Northern
plans to protect its line through the
Cascade Mountains with snow sheds
built of concrete.
ELLENSBURG-The danger of an
epidemic of scarlet fever is over and
the schools of the city were reopened
Monday.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NJ. E. Hay.
has appointed A. A. Tozier, of Ever
EFT, state oil inspector, to succeed F.
A. clark, who was dismissed from
the states service recently.
SPOKANE-Samuel C. HYDE. +
Stanley Webster and A. M. Craven
are candidates for Superior Judge
likely to line up in the field early.
SEATTLE-Alleging that she was
Drutally beaten by Mrs. Elizabeth
Day, superintendent of Pacific Hos.
pital, while she was patient in that
institution, Mrs. Harriet A. Stockey,
70 years old, swore out a warrant for
the arrest Of Mrs. Day on charge
OF assault in the third degree.
PULLMAN-Another round in the
fight of the students of the Washing.
ton State College, CHARTERED in the
boys dormitory, to secure better food,
ended when $50 students left the dor.
mitory and secured their supper down
town. The walk-out was the result
of the discharge of G.. c. North from
his position in the building.
NORTH YAKIMA-The Yakima
Valley will be furnished daily fast
freight special of not to exceed Is
cars throughout the fruit season this
year, according to announcement
made by the Northern Pacific Rail-
way. The train will leave the valley
daily and be run through to st. Paul
on express time.
; WALLA WALLA-The strike of Ia
borers employed by the Pacific Paw.
Ing Company, now making street I'M
provements in this city, came to
sudden end when several gangs of
men arrived from Coast towns and
under police protection went to the
scene of operations and started to
work.
Acknowledgements Brennan, a
nurse % years of age, whose home is
at Gle Elum, was drowned in two feet
of water in Muck Creek, pinioned
under an automobile. In attempting
to turn the car while on bridge, the
clutch failed to work and the autOmo-
bile went into the creek Miss Bren.
nan was caught under the car, her
right foot pinned between a sub
merged log and the automobile arm
rest.
SEATTLE-A receiver has been ap.
pointed for the Fay Investment Com
pany, which transacted a large real
estate and insurance business, and
whose president, T. P Fay, has not
been seen in Seattle since April 3.
Arthur Watkins, secretary of the com.
pany, disappeared month ago, and
is accused of taking a large sum OF
the company's money: s.
WALLA WALLA-With all the as
surance of the stronger sex. and with
a determination to enlist that would
have won for her. had not tests pre-
scribed by Uncle Sam included
stripping down" requirement,
young lady entered the local office
of the military branch of the Navy
and applied for admission in the ma
rines.
SEATTLE-Followin the practice
of employing Filipinos in preference
to Chinese and Japanese labor in
positions on United States Govern
ment vessels, a crew of SO islanders
soon will be placed aboard the Army
transport Burnside, at present de-
tanned as a cable ship. The Filipinos
are coming from Manila, in the Army
transport Dix and are expected to.
arrive at Seattle about May 10.
EVERETT-W. P. Alloway has
been appointed guardian of his father
and mother by the Superior Court in
order to prevent the father, w: A.
Alloway, wealthy farmer of this
county, from giving all his property
to the Church of God Society, re-
ligious colony formerly located near
here but recently migrated to South
ern California.