davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-05
Washington Letter.

w ASHINGTON, July LUtn, 1901.
There is 10 danger that we can
now see" said one of the Presi-
dents physicians this morning. But
for accidents, none Of which can be
foreseen, the physicians would issue
a bulletin announcing The President :
safety, for in the natura, course OF
his case there is no. longer anything
to fear. A rapid recovery Of health
and strength Is looked for, and plans
for out-of-door entertainment of the
patient are under consideration.
1t is said that Guiteau is engaged
in completing an autobiography com
menced some years ago, and that il
permitted, he will publish it. He is
very carefully guarded, and so placed
as to prevent communication with
any other prisoners. 1t has beer
suggested by Il prominent official that
for the attempt on the President ;
life he may be tried on charge Of
treason, but the crime committed by
him is clearly defined in the laws in
force here, and is simply assaulted
with intent to kill" For this, and
only this, can he be tried and pun.
ished.
Some of the changes among off.
Gals determined upon before the as
sassination, will be made soon. The
President speaks of them frequent
ly. The names of individuals to be
favored have been kept untirely Sc.
cret.
The only branch of the Govern.
ment which pays its own expenses
the Patent office-seems likely to SO
increase in its work, as to require
the whole of the vas! building in
which it is now, with other Bureaus
of the Interior Department, located
Last week 462 patents were issued
besides marks, labels, &c.
This is the largest weeks work ever
done in the Office.
Government receipts from all
sources continue to be unprecedent-
ly large. They are now at the rate
of more than million of dollars pei
day. The prospect for the debt re-
duction this month is as good as last.
By October, Secretary WINDOWS re.
funding scheme will have been COM
pleted, and he announces q lessen
ing of the interest charge from that
alone Of over a million and a quar-.
ter dollars per month.
Among the distinguished Demo-
Gratis here during the past week,
none have received more attention
than the ever popular ex-Speake,
Randall. He is credited with be-
lief that the Republicans will have
difficulty in organizing the next
House, and with having his eye on
the Speakership, but he probably
anticipates nothing of the kind. 1t
seems almost certain that the Re-
public.ns will have u majority oi
members.
Hon. John G.. Thompson, of Ohio,
is here, and speads freely of politi.
cal affairs in that State. He was not
in favor of the nomination of Book
walter az Che Democratic candidate
for Governor, but will support him
earnestly. Owing to recent events,
he says, tbs Republicans will be
united, and the chance for Demo
cratic success is not rs good as a
month ago. c.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-05
Prophetic.

There is a"mc'hing RENAL ab. V
prophetic. s..va Tie New York !Sun.
in Il speech made ~ Nablon Dicker-
son. i'll the [. S. Senate, i'll 1919,
one OF the ablest Democrats Of the
early period of our Government, \
Judge of the highest codrl and Gov
error of New jersey, L. 5. Senator
aud Secretary of the Navy durin9
Jackson's term. And yet Mr.. Dick
erSon did not take into account. or
even dream Of, the two thousand
million public debt and the national
bank system based upon it, which
come in and or-anize another power
for the control OF Govcrnmcnt-nOt
to "effect the purposes Of ambl-
ton" but to effect the purposes of
sordid gain. Listen to the spirit of
prophecy:
"Sir, the time may come when
our country will be filled by al army
of pensioners, always he friends of
arbitrary power. The time viii
come when we shall have u numer-
Gus host of officers, civil and mill
tary, in every department of our
Government, spread over the i'm
mense territory, looking up to the
President as the source of power
and emoluments. The time will
come when luxury and extravaganza
will Danish from our country every
species of republican virtue; and the
time will come, l fear, when this
Senate will be no more than the
shadow of what it was intended to
be by those who framed our Con-
stitution; when it will be no check
upon the Executive; when it shall
be as insignificant as the boosted
Senate of Rome in the time of Tibe-
RUS.
The whole patronage OF Gov
eminent will center in the President,
and that patronage, under our pres
ent system of choosing electors, will
become q machine of irresistible
power. The management of this
power will become matter of sci
ence:: He will be deemed the great
est politician and ablest minister
who can, ~ith given portion of pa
tronage, produce the greatest effect.
The force of this power will be ap.
piled to effect the purposes Of ambi-
ton, with as much economy and
skill as water is applied to the
wheel, or steam to the engine"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-05

LARGE numbers of the small sal.
mon called Hadoes are now taken
with the seine near Muckelteo. a
fisherman captured 800 in one day
which cold at five cents each at Seat.
tie, realizing $40.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-05

The fishing season on the Column
bia river closed this week. 1t has
been the poorest season for the
cannsries ever known,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-05
O.TNPIi. ASiIiNGToN TER.
FRIDAY ENEG, AUG. ). 1851
Daylight is Breaking.

II the Annual Meeting Of stock
holders Of the Thurston Comfy Il III
road Construction Company, hel,l Ill
this place last Monday, the bylaws
were amended reducing the numl CT
OF Directors to five, and the follow
ing gentlemen were elected to serve
in that capacity: j. ". Sprague, +.
r. Brown, Robt. Wingate, A. y
Phillips and Otis Sprague. The
following officers We're then chosen:
President. J. W. Spra9uc; Vice
President, Robt. Wingate; Treas
ufer, +. II. Brown, and Secretary,
y. \. Phillips. The lame was like
wise changed to Olympia and Cheha-
lis Valley Railroad &c. and a special
meeting called (see ANNOUNCEMENT
in another column) to consider HE
propriety of increasing the capital
stock of the corporation to $500, 900.
This action seems to indicate that
the new Directors mean to effect a
material expansion Of business.
10 It now remains to be seen in what
manner the people will second this
endeavor to develop the latent re-
sources of Thurston and Chehalis
counties, and whether an effort will
be made to divert the trade of Lewis
county from Portland, where it has
mainly gone the past few years, into
it's old channel northward. 1t is a
desirable aid if we would adopt the
most speedy means of recovery form
8 lost prestige. The products of Lewis
county are of a remarkably high
grade and are the equivalent of cash
in transactions of barter. Let it be
known that goods can be brought
here as cheap as in Portland; that
wheat, potatoes, bacon, butter and
/, cheese can command as ready sale
and high prices as abroad, and with
equal facilities of transportation
which We now. possess, the prepon-
90 derance of trade will soon gravitate
to its former center. Resolve upon
this course; advertise the fact; give
:-iua fair trial. Now is the time, when
other auxiliaries are about to exert
}. an influence that will tend very ma
terially to revive business and re-
store confidence in the future pros
3. perityrofio our hitherto unappreciated
little city.
-, Wealth cannot be amassed from "a
business of a few thousand dollars a
. year, though the profit be 80 Or so
per cent. Life is too short for that;
but fortunes are picked up almost
everywhere on this coast by men
-wbo have enough business sagacity
to discover that small profits com
mand trade, and that business
well established on this basis is the
8 golden key to success. The. brick
blocks which shall some day surely
= grace our principal streets may just
as we'll belong 20 the citizens who
have struggled so lons for a bare
competency, but if they fail to float
upon the tide at its flood they must
make way for others who ore eagec
to grasp an opportunity that is not
often presented for building up bust
ness by the aid afforded of young
and thriving community.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-05

CULPABLE NEGLECT OF Duty SOME
wHERE.-There is evidently screw
loose when passenger afflicted with
virulent form of smallpox is landed
at Seattle from a steamship which
brought upwards of fifty other pas
sengers who had been exposed to
the infection, and all are allowed
without warning, to proceed to their
several points Of destination, and
thus possibly scatter the germs.of
desease among those with whom
they are brought into contact. The
statements made by those who claim
knowledge of facts, reflect severely
upon the health officer at Port Town
send, as well as the master of the
Dakota, who were either culpably
negligent of duty or criminally care
less of the results likely to follow
the introduction of the dread disease
in the manner stated. The young
man Davis, who died at Newcastle
Immediately upon his arrival there,
on the 2Sth ult., was i'll when he
went aboard the vessel, and when
he arrived at Seattle the disease had
broken out SO fully as to betray it's
nature to the most casual observer.
Had the commander of the steamer
reported the case to the health officer
at Port Townsend, or had that officer
made thorough examination, as it
was his duty to do under any cir
cumstauces, the people would not
now be filled with dread apprehen-
sions, if no more serious result fol-
low. The public have not been
charry of denunciation, and if the
circumstances have not been mis-
represented, somebody has been Sc
riously to blame and will be held
responsible for any evil consequences
which may ensue. .-'
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-05

How IT FEELs.-Only one who
has been afflicted with that annoying
disease called epizootic," because
the doctors don't know any other
name for it, can describe it. So
that pleasing duty falls to the lot of
the writer: 1t commences with o
sore throat, which makes you feel
as if a razor was drawn across the
jugular vein, whenever you swal-
low; this is succeeded by a closing
of the olfaetory passages and your
head feels as if it was the size of a
bushel basket filled with lead; then
the nasal organ becomes eruptive,
and the sap flows as copiously as
the juice from maple tree in frosty
weather, and the sufferer between
fits of coughing murmurs words that
are neither q hallelujan chorus or a
prayer; then the eyes are affected,
and he looks as if he had been
whooping 'erup" on q jamboree; the
taste is affected, is almost entirely
wanting, and he can drink Jersey
Lighting" without screwiDg his face
into all the lines marked out on the
map of India; he then imagines that
a base-dlum is attached to his right
ear and that somebody gives it a
vigorous beat whenever he speaks
above a whisper, while bugs and
snakes and things keep up a con-
slant buzz in the left auricular Or
gan, which seems grown to sufficient
dimensions to take it all in. At this
stage, the chief delight of the suffer-
er is to circumstantially picture to
those who have Just taken the dis
ease the joys to come, and to pres
cribe a dozen remedies which he
knows will do no good, but will
make the victim really ill and grad
ually remove the last vestige of
hope of relief and subdue the fires
of ambition.
Further than this, experience does
not qualify the writer to 60. When
he is conyalescept, the subject will
be concluded.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-05

Try Chambers coarse flour for
griddle-cakes, in 20 pound sacks for
Is cents, at Portman's.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-05
81 TIE following important telegram
was sent 3 900 miles north, south,
east and west, last Tuesday:


>, TIE President continues to make favor
able progress. His diet is being gradually
increased and changed to meet his wants.
He has been talking considerably with
his wife. He is said this moraing to have
? held piece OF steak on a fork and asked
DIR. Bliss how much he could take. DIR.
Bliss answered." Don't bite OIL more than
you can chew, Mr. President" ,
When the important nature of
the advice given is considered, no
body will be surprised that it is sent
broadcast throughout the land.
-" Don't bite off more than you can
"a chew" is an epitome of philosophic
research, applicable to nearly all the
transactions Of life. 1t has been
regarded as slang in the mouth OF
the hoodlum, but it is now purified
from dross., Despite its ignoble orr
gin, it is fguratively clothed in fine
linen and sent on a mission of USE
fulness. It is probable that the
next edition of school books will en-
balm it for the benefit by future ages.
What an admirable motto for the
recitation room, printed in grotesque
characters and hung in a black
walnut frame! ...: .s.-.... g., =
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-05

YAKIMA county now has popula-
ton of considerably more than g.
600 inhabitants. =
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-05

A SLIGHT shock of an earthquake
was felt last Monday. at Bangor.
Maine. aa-'.s s->*s =''.72 - Y
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-05
ii, Z ..,.,aatan : -tji10datd.

l. =. FISTE;: Ar..'-'i-.l, ~. y Merchant =
TX: ne -. F,.-.' g. .''.u 4 ff re f..
a!,..r;i-, ..-i..- fof '.e ''..:,.ar- iil- l.;ef.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-05

CRIPPLED CHRIsTIANs.-The much
mooted question, " What is the great
difficulty with the prevailing typo of
Christianity ?" is answered by the
Boston Golden Rule thus: /" 1t is too
much. deformed. Some Christians
are without arms; they have never
helped anyone over the rugged
places in life. Some are without
feet; they have never gone an inch
iout ..of their way to save others.
Some are voiceless;, they have never
even by word. encouraged anyone
who was cast down. Some are deaf;
they have never listened to the voice
of suffering. Some are without
hearts; they do not know what SYM
patty and generous feelings are.
What an appearance a crippled
Christian makes in the light of
heayenp' ... ..-.-...
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-05

THE sixth annual meeting of the
Washington Teachers Institute will
be held a Tacoma, on the 18th inst.
Half-fare rates have been secured
for those who attend, by the several
routes Of transportation. -... 81
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-05

The Emperor of Russia will leave
shortly for Moscow. Four hundred
police have already been sent on as
a precaution, and troops are eta.
toned along the line between Mos.
cow and st. Petersburg, about 400
English miles. al - ~
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-08-05

tI0r TINS track was sent up lev u8yb.
ago, since which time i has been
sawed and reloaded on large barge
and towed to Mukelteo. Mcssrs.
Blackman & Howard are said TO-
have a very fine body Of timber st
this latter point, which they proc
pose to log BY railroad. IS.
Davis, the man who reached Seat-
tie BY the Dakota last weet suiier-
ing with smallpox, died "a yhe 18TH
uit. He was sick wheii fg vent
aboard of the steamer and Sonld -
60 about when he reached Seattle.
His destination, was Nswcastle Az
that place he had relatives, And pse
sumably was intending to wei IS
the mines. He was taken d.
from the steamer to the train. :
passenger coach was fairly fIIel
with passengers. On the way outs
to the coal mines he was noticed q
be broken out all over his faeo
hands and arms. It was sugaesl1
to him that he had the smallpox, r.
which he replied that he though
this the case. Arriving at Newcastle
ne was taken to the house Of his pso-
pie, where the physician pronounced
his affliction smallpox of q most ma
ligEant type. The family Of Davis
would not permit his removal from
their house. A yellow flag was put
out to warn people from the place.
It will be strange indeed, if others
do not catch the disease.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1881-06-15

refined sugars can be laid down in Chicago at a
profit. If that is So the people of New Mexico and
Arizona must eat Hawaiian sugars.
Mr.. r. A. P.
The popular astronomer, who last year visited the
Southern Hemisphere TO discourse upon their con-
stellations, seems on his return voyage TO have
fallen in with constellation nearer his mundane
plane than the heavenly bodies. Let wish him
bright skies for the future and hope he may not
be enticed from those heavenly consultations by
which in the past be has instructed and delighted
so large a portion of his fellow-men. What the
Professor has been doing Is succinctly set forth in
the following announcement Just come to hand /:
Richard A. Proctor-Sallie j.. Crswley-Mar-
RED, Nav Sd, 1881, Christs Church, St. Joseph,
Micsouri- = X
The Hawaiian gazette., 1881-06-15

he s,-.snine Of the southern Pacific Railroad
"a s---itir-c co-uqeiitiun as 70 Who shall get the
80 al Neu NeNico and Arizona Commercial
s--relers frrn the Eastern board, and from TINS
60 ara csnrassinr those countries each hoping
~, .s-.---r sud trade The Chicago drummer Is
49, rnr-l 10 best he has invaded even the pre-
-ts.,F San Francisco, and has raised the deuce
49, "a siu,e prices and places Of business. The
- cooks over the new neld thus hopefully
r--,a share q the trade Of the great Southwest
A-is5-s-s - Ssr Francisco, and If our merchants,
s.s-ss tYv our railroads, do not take II and hold
:. -, - IA Is either with them with the rail-
- Ttsth merchants and railroads are about
----fir 5r.eresiad. In such articles as canned
- v..-efahles Columbia and Sacramento tliNer
--S--|,n. teas Sandwich Island nce, California
,s-f- - ID trade are largely in our favor In
$500 sd Francisc1. according 70 the expressive
i---nars ~ the commercial Traveller, has " the
en- Caus Spr-ckels has pat the price OF su.Als
hons en- aher. IL Is asserted by some mere mat
uith the advantages which san Francisco mas, ner
The Hawaiian gazette., 1881-06-15

The g-ag ~ .SuiHrr arrived AT noon Of the 18th.
She was irsughi 70 anchor AZ quarantine, and II
-, 1891 that IN accordance with the resou-
- II ~. saara q Health she would be detained
- lsss Is. a.lscch with tlle eicht days Of passage
=, rrsi,r I'D fourieen days after leaving the m
-,-,.-,~ r-ssroiaiss 81 the public health she got
-,-sssr "a - come 20 her dock Al = F. A., ana 50
- rl,zse-isers mails etc. with small delay.
TT-e stearrer Me- fel arrived here May 18TH,
-. -s.-f siavs from Honrkonc Ii is reported
si,rf rris line Is 20 be withdraw Probably the
-~f6rafi.l- uf tine new treaty with China has
.s-.---.fhfrr q DO with iL for Il Il evident that
r1e-tter raase usr the facttc Mail company sllls
-. 7-, VI tl,esr Chinese passengers are 70 be re-
,s-.rf..i % fifteen person, per Trip.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-23
CITATION.
In the County Court Of tie State OF Oregon for the
County of Benton.

In the County Court Of tie State OF Oregon for the
County of Benton.
In the matter Of the estate
Quartns NJ. Read, deceased,
To Susan Pierce, T. NJ Read and the children of
Abigail Gleason and to all other heirs of said deceased
II any such there be- greeting.
In the name of the State of Oregon, you and each
you hereby cited and required to appear in the
County Court OF the State of Oregon for the County
OF Benton, at the court room thereof in the Court
House at Corvallis in the County of Benton on
MONDAY, THE 10TH DAY OF OCTOBER A. D., 1881,
at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon of that dav
then and there to show cause, if any exist, why
order of sale should not be made prayed for in the
petition 81 T. n. Read, administrator of said estate
or the sale of the following described lands belong
ing to said estate, to-wit: The N. E. of N. E.
the following, beginning at the N. W. of sec. 81 ,
T. s., R. w. vii. Mer; thence s up the w. line
8Oa rods to the N w. corner of Thomas ~ Reeds
land claim; thence E. with the n line of said Reds
claim SS1 rods to the S. w. of the Marcus
Calhoons claim; thence N Sol rods to the N.
boundary of sec. 81 T. 10 s., r. 4 W; thence w.
with N. boundary of 81 S0I rods to the place of
beginning, containing AL acres. Also the w. of
s. L. and F.. of s. W. of sec. 25 T. los. r 5
W, containing 160 acres, all Of said lands being in
Benton County, Oregon
Witness the Hon. W. S. McFadden, Judge of the
County Court of the State of Oregon for the County
of Benton, with the seal of said Court affixed this 7th
day of Sept, A D. 1881.
Arrest: B. w. WILSON, Clerk.
By L. Y. WILSON, Deputy. 37w5.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-09-23

to per cent. per annum, it is SIM
ply a question of endurance, if inclin-
ed to make it one between farmer and
ship-owners, or ship-brokers. II is
believed the farmer can hold out the
longer with his wheat in the ware
house than the ships lying idle in the
harbor. 1t should be cardinal prin-
ciple never to crowd the market with
wheat when the ocean freights are
above and wheat below reasonable
rate. In conclusion it is recommend
ed that resolution be adopted by
the convention declaring its convic-
ton that relief from the present ex-
orbi.ant ocean freights can be Sc
cured only by Withholding wheat
from sale until more reasonable terms
are conceded.
A General discussion followed, the
sentiment Of the meeting being unan
imous that i6 was advisable to with
hold tie wheat from the market. 1t
was stated that the crop of this year
is not more than one-quarter that of
last yeer, and the total about 1000,
600, OF which 100000 have already
been shipped. With nearly 100000
tonnage on the way TO arrive before
November 1st and 10000 in port,
il was deemed certain that freight
rates could be broken within sixty
days by Withholding wheat, which
could be done, because money was
to be had in plenty at from 6 to Z
per cent, and that long before the
winter was over the holders could
force their wheat up to over two
cents. In short, it was concluded
that the farmers were masters OF
the situation, and that concerted
movement should be made to take
prompt advantage of it, with a view
to getting even for some of the years
they have had advantage taken Of
them. With this object it was de-
cided to apponta committee to gath
er statistics and prepare and distrib-
ute circulars through the State 10
induce the farmers to hold their
wheat. Prompt action being deem
el desirable, it was decided to meet
again on tomorrow week, the 14th
inst.-San Francisco Chronicle.