Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-01-16

/ forward IT, make it one If the GREAT
social events of the season. This
club is composed of the best c!c-
ment of the Democratic party If
this city. and its members COMPRISE
many Of the most prominent and
puhl.c->pirited citizen, Of Ph;;a-
dcirhia. They are determined to
eclipse everything If like character
that has been heretofore attempted
i'll this or any other city. The bail
is /" be given for a purpose, and in
this instance it j. Il noble one. The
idea is to bring the prominent citi-
zcn> of the North and South to-
gethcr and by hospitality and kind
Hess create Il general good feeling
among all the participants. and t."
Further cement the friendship Of
Northern and Southern SONS and
daughters. Eminent Senators from
all parts of the country. irrespcct-
i've of party, have been invited. and
numbers of them have already sig
nititd their desire to attend. Scv
eral di,iinymi ned Southern gentle
; men will he present with their
wives. Among other conspicuous
who have promised to attend are
Gov. Leon Albeit and staff. of
New Jersey.
The Persecution Ended.
SYRACUSE, n. y. Jan. 12.--The
Rev. Robert +. Jones, of Ithaca,
formerly n Republican. but who pre-
felred Cleveland to Blaine, and was
arrested on charge of illegal voting
III that he was not naturalized citi-
zen. was to-day discharged by Uni
ted States Commissioner Adams, {:
Auburn, on an opinion by United
States District Attorney Townsend.
Ii is hoped he will sue the malicious
Republicans who made the charges
against him.
Oath Of Schuyler Collar.
MINNEpoLIS, Jan. 13.-Ex-Vice-
President Schuyler Colfax dropped
dead in the Omaha depot at Manka-
10 at O:20 this afternoon. He ar.
rived over the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul railway, and walked
over the Omaha depot. He took
OFT his ovorcoat, sat down, and al
: most i'm nediately fell over and ex-
pired. His death is supposed to
have been caused by heart disease.
Schuyler Colfax was born in the
city of New York March %, 1923,
and was subsequently almost 81
years Of age. He was q grandson
of General William Colfax, who
commanded General Washington
life-guards. In 1886 he removed
with his mother, who was than o
widow, to northern Indiana, settling
at South Bend. He there studied
law, and became in 1916 ,dltor of
the 81. Joseph Valley Register, a WING
paper Issued at South Bend. In
1880 he was member of the con-
vention which formed new con-
stitution for Indiana, and opposed
the claus, that prohibited color, d
mea from settling IN that state. As
II whiS candidate for Congress he
was defeated III 1851 but was elected
IN 1854, was six times re. elected.
and continued to represent that dis
trict until 1869. He was chosen
speaker of the House of Represen-
tatives in December, 1863. In 1865
he made his celebrated trip across
the continent with Samuel Bowles Of
the Springfield Republican, and was
again elected speaker in the same
year. In 1867 he was elected a
third time, and at the May conven-
ton in 1865 he was selected by the
Republicans as their candidate for
vlce-President, on the ticket with
General Grant. In November he
was elected, but since his retirement
in 1872 he has eschewed politics al
most entirely. He has made several
trips to this coast, the last one being
in 1888. when he came with ex.
Governor Bross of Illinois. His
death was wholly unexpected, and
was probably due to heart disease.
A Fortunate Scboolmn,am
CHICAGO, Jan. 0. - Miss Louise
Ray, teacher in one of the public
schools, for the past three years, re
signed last Monday. She has fallen
heiress to fortune of $24 900.
Miss Rays uncle was an original
forty-Ntner, and after making a good
deal of money. he settled down in
Portland, Oregon. He made will
eleven years ago, in which he left
his entire fortune of 5000, 900 to his
sister, Miss Rays mother. She died
six years ago, but he never knew of
it, and otter his death, which &C.
Cured about two months ago, his
property was divided up among his
sisters six children. The good news
came about three weeks ago. and
the woman, like q teacher, had to
tell her scholars about it, and that
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