nven- night the nouse on w. jl* isaKers norae- j111 mber, stead, recently occupied by Solon Allen 1mate. I and family, was burnt to the ground. Itraits, I There was no one living in the house, I *nn find I hut some apples and loggers’ tools and 18*r head saws were destroyed, 8*I, cop- report was current last-woek to the tr ncw. j effect that Joe Shields had' met with a I ** aased fatal accident. It appears that'' a man IP* :KSon-1was killed near Spokane a weeK or 30 Jesit al-1 ago while endeavoring to board .a train. eiI * • lajeople I The man was not identified, but a letter ** xj. j addressed to J. Shields was found in one *n kman I his pockets. The .last: time Joe was I *1mttle. heard from he was at Yakima. 1 |mestion George Bloomhardt of Tacoma passed |*7lt; (eta a 1 through Pe Ell on' Saturday’s' train on A along I his Way to South Bend. In ’.conversing R Ml and I with an Examiner man he stated that 101 have I he had recently talked with Mr. Joseph I