Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-10-21
NORTHWEST ITEMS
WASHINGTON, MONTANA and
IDAHO NEWS NOTES.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerou Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-crop Outlook Just Fair.
W ASHINGTON STATE NEWS


WASHINGTON STATE NEWS
James Roberts was found not guilty
at 0olfax of manslaughter for the al
legged shooting of Dell Mcconnell. Rob
erts may be prosecuted for carrying con
cealed weapons.
Friday the first train crossed the high
steel bridge at Box canyon and the lay
ing of track to Metaline has begun
Nearly one mile of steel was laid today
Freight trains start running to Meta
line Falls next week.
r. G.. PheIan, who was tried on the
charge of murder in the first degree
at Port Orchard this week for the
shooting of A. K. Mcqueen, was ac-
quilted by the jury on the ground that
the shooting was done in self-defense,
J.e d. Taggard, Waitsburg' apple
kings has sold 20 cars of his Jonathan
and Crimes Golden apples to Chicago
firm. The price was not announced but
the Jonathans are understood to have
been sold on a basis Of $3.50 for fancy
stock.
Nathaniel Bledser, a negro soldier of
the Twenty fifth infantry, stationed at
Fort Lawton, accused of attacking Mrs
Amanda " Redding in her home near
the fort last June, was convicted of as
sault in the second degree, the penalty
for which is one to 10 years in prison.
The state general fund appropria-
tons for the biennial period ending
September 80, totaled $5,550,128, accord
ing to figures compiled for the report of
State Auditor Clausen. Legislative APP
propriations in 1909 totaled $6,60s, 497,
of which $4,517,900 has been expended,
leaving the balance available for the
ensuing six months.
John Harvey, prominent and
wealthy citizen of Vancouver, was
struck and instantly killed by the
Shasta Limited train while standing
beside the Northern Pacific tracks,
half mile north Of Zelda, recently. The
tragedy took place only few moments
after he had made remark about the
danger of being on the tracks.
Driven insane by jealousy and mad
dened because his wife was so beautiful
that she attracted unusual attention
from other men, Ernest Winkley at
Everett, 30 years old, shot and killed
his 22-year-old wife, fired shot into
the back of Mrs. Pearl Mayfeld, his
wife s sister, and then made three des-
perate attempts to kill himself.
According to the report of State
Bank Examiner Mohundro, just issued,
deposits in the state banks of Wash
ington increased between June 80 and
September 100000. During the
same period the cash on hand in
creased approximately $1,OOO,OOO and
the loans decreased 100000
The report of the appraisers in the
estate of the late John II. McGraw
shows that he left property valued
at $25s,501.25, besides stock in ~ in
corporated companies which the ap-
praisers state is of no value. The
realty is valued at $20s,O56.66 and the
personal property SOCIALIST.
Application was filed with the Sc
attic city building department recently
for a permit to erect History building
to cost about $2,OOO,O0O The building
which is to be erected by l.. c. Smith,
millionaire typewriter manufacturer of
structure west of New York and the
second tallest in the world.
An order restraining Mayor Hiram
@. Gill, Chief of Police Charles w.
Wappenstein and the Seattle city health
department from recognizing and pro-
tecting district inhabited by degraded
women and issuing certificates of health
81 I'd I'D hall
Gillian. The order enjoins property
owners in the district from renting
property for unlawful purposes and also
enjoins the proprietors of houses used
for such purposes.
Although he was married only two
days ago, Aldie Hart, % years old, com
mitted suicide here Sunday afternoon.
Last Thursday Mrs Ella Curry shot
herself at her home and she now lies
III the Wenatchee hospital in a pre-
carious condition. She had written let
ters to be read after death which told
of her love for Hart and of his refus-
ing to marry her. Friday Prosecuting
Attorney Kemp and Sheriff Ferguson
advised Hart to marry the woman, and
a wedding ceremony was performed at
the hospital The wounded bride was
supremely happy and her strength be-
gan to grow and the physicians declared
she would be out of the hospital within
week A wedding feast was arranged
by the matron of the hospital and Hart
and those in attendance enjoyed them
selves, The physicians fear that the
news win have fatal effect upon the
bride. The bullet she fred through her
body Thursday entered her breast and
penetrated her lungs.