Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-16

uoNeIhor ullSnt ma II 70 his advan-
taSe to pay alimonv TO his former
wife and help to support the child
rem, as he may yet be compelled to
10, and at the same time support
another family. He Was not granted
a divorce from Mrs. Spragua, md
according to gen raj understanding
of the law OF divorce he had no rioht
to marry again, but recent decisions
Of the courts Of appeals, IN this and
other States. the laws of whlch are
similar to those OF Rhode Islam | have
given legal status to such marriages
as that Of Sprague and Mis-. Cal
vert"
Sprague's Bride.
CIHcINX> March II. EN-GOv-
ernor Sprl%ue's bride, Dora Inez
Weed, WAS bright, pretty .irl,
living with her father, mother,
brother and three or four sisters, III
Guyan iotte, West Virginia; the fam
lily came there from Connecticut,
nearly fifteen years ago, and for a
dozen years the faner earned liv-
ing cobbliug shoes. The brother
was teacher ut Guyandotte. Later,
however, he WAS under arrest at Co
lumbus, ONO, for robbing his room
mate, but was acquitted. His sister,
Dora, elder III wears, was present at
his trial. About two years ago the
father, mother aud Duras SISTER re-
moved to Ronceverte, West Virginia,
west of the White Sulphur springs.
Dora was the eldest child Of the
family, and was very we'll educated
and accomplished in music. She
was married seven years ago, at Bar
louisville, West Virginia, to Mr..
Calvert, well known travelling
salesman for IL firm of wholesale
grocers, of this city, her husband
being of well known family of
Portsmouth, Ohio. Soon after their
marriage the couple took rooms at
the Bisss house, Portsmouth, which
he afterwards relinquished on
COMPLAINT OF OTHER LADY BoARDERs
At the hotel as to his wife's conduct.
They again made Guyandotte their
home, and their married life was not
happy, and several brief separations
occurred. There was Il 81 eat deal of
gossip about the wife, and it Gull
minated in the couple separating
permanently within year, and her
repairing to her fathers house. A
divorce was granted Calvert last
Monday by the circuit court of Ca.
bal county, West Virginia, but be-
yond tins fact nothing is known.
There are numerous stories of
Dora's escapades and iiirtations.
She was fond of display and of at
tracing attention, and these traits
have led her into M thy follies. Those
familiar with her ways think she
must have met 5 prague first at White
Sulphur Springs, and that the mar
rage must have been contracted
while he was in an irresponsible con-
ditlon. For some time past Dora
has been on friendly terms with Il
well-kuown timber merchant of this
city, Il married man, and she spent
Part OF her time here, and part of
her time in Guyandotte.
The Sprague Boom.
New YORK, March l1.-.Sun'S Pro-
violence special: Although the old
State Democrats at first refused to
have anything to do with the
Sprague boom, they now appear to
be wheeling into line, and the pro-
liability now is that Sprasue will re-
ceive the nomination, not only from
the convention called by the citizens
Independent Republican and equal
rights men, but also from the Dem
ocratlc convention. Governor But
Ter and General Roger A. Pryor,
have promised to stump the State
for him when the nominations ale
made. Money will flow freely in
this campaign.
Virgins says he was Right.
New YORK, March 1.-THE SIMS
correspondent ut Ottawa interviewed
Virgins, who declared that his pre-
dicuons had been verified. He said ::
MY advice that ships of all ma
tons should be in safe harbors by
> the 9Th, l am happy to say, has been
taken, and acted upon. and it was
on the 9th that the arm of the great
storm struck the Atlantic coast.
The storm this afternoon came from
the southeast, exactly as | SAID
both as to the period of arrival and
its direction. The storm of the 7th
and Sth exactly followed the course
l marked out for the great storm,
and Gen. HaZen, in a criticism of
my letters to the President, stated
that no storm ever took that course.
This is tor him defeat.
Reporter day is almost a de-
feat for the meteorologists is it not
Professor-Yes, decidedly. They,
+ everywhere, in Washington, Toronto
and England, declare it impossible,
) and even absurd that
GREAT STORM COULD BE PREDICTED
More than As hours in advance. Nv
storm will prove whether they were
correct or not. | wish to make an
, explanation to the people of San
, , Francisco. They expected a storm
which l refused them five months ago.
Sea captains and many others from
: that city and along the whole coast
OF California wrote me many months
ago asking if the storm and tidal
wave would be there. replied in
the most distinct terms that they
were i'll the safest part of the world,
) for the storm would originate west
of them and come directly away
y from them. and would be prevented
from reaching them from east of the