The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-08-17

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raging within four and one-half miles
of Bellingham to the north. From
30 to 10 men have been fighting the
flames for three days, but it was only
this afternoon that the fire became
dangerous. Mill men believe their
pants will be saved. Several hun
bred cords of single bolts and much
standing timber has been destroyed.
WALLACE.-With cinders, ashes
and even the timber of trees falling
in the towns of the Occur d'Alenes,
citizens of Wallace, Mullan and
Burke now feel the first real appre-
hension of danger from forest fires.
Two awnings caught fire in Wallace
yesterday from cinders and the citi-
zens generally are taking DreCau-
lions to guard their roofs AMI the
exposed outbuildings thoroughly.
OLYMPIA-With but 8 bids ten
dered, a total of $44,169.52 was real
lied from the first sale of capitol lana,
the proceeds of which are to be ap-
Piled to the paying of the capitol
warrants and the construction of the
new capitol.
TOPPENISH.-Hay balers on the
reservat on will raise the charges be
ginning next Monday from 50 to S2.25
ton. That is, several of the balers
will. An agreement was reached this
week among three or four of the men
who own outfits around here who
signed an agreement to the above
effect.
TACOMA.-EdWar w. Taylor, pi-
oneer attorney of Tacoma, died at
Conconnully, Okanogan county, Fri
day morning. At the time of his
death he was almost SIS years old
and had served two years as superior
court judge in that county. Judge
Taylor came to Tacoma from Nevada
in 1888. He served as deputy pros
ecuting attorney from 1888 until 1885.
While in that office he entered the
anti-Chinese fight with former Mayor
Weisbach and was forced to resign
because of his activity in that respect.
He then practiced law in this city
uIlliI lSuV. W HtIl llC NCiil " NNe'ho
gan county and opened offices there.
For several years prior to that time
he was in poor health and suffered
much from loComotor ataXia. Two
years ago he was elected to the SUI
perior bench and was serving at the
time of his death. He is we'll re-
membered in this city in connection
with several famous cases and was
very active in politics, having gone
on the stump many times He was
an attorney of the old Tacoma school.
SPOKANE,-SiXty men and half a
dozen bloodhounds are on the trail of
an unknown man. who murdered Dell
Mcdonald of ColfaX in a saloon row
at that place on the night of July A..
For the last two weeks a desultory
search has been going on in the noun
tains of the border country Of Idaho,
but the officers, though frequently
have so far failed to catch
a glimpse of the murderer. The sher-
ifs OF four counties. with large posses,
are on his trail. For the last two
days he has been surrounded on Ell
mida mountain, where he was trailed
by settlers. The man Is armed with
5000 Winchester and has at least 100
rounds of ammunition. In addition to
this he is well supplied with food and
is hiding in one OF the most difflcult Of
the mountain Businesses of the state.
MONTESANO.-R. H. Sargent. do
ing nine months in the county Jail for
selling obscene pictures, made his es-
cape this morning from the road gang.
Sargent was working with seven 9TH
err prisoners near the comfy court
house when one of the teams baked
in the soft dirt. Deputy Sheriff Henri
man, who was guarding the men, left
his post to assist with the team. Sar-
gent plunged into the brush, getting
quite a start before he was missed.