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A MOTHERS PLIGHT.
A SAD CASE AT ST. PETERS HOS.
PITAL.
The Invalid2s Condition RecOmes
Critical On Her way to Port
land-A Chance for
Charity,


Mr.. and Mrs. Matthias Halves and their
three children arrived at st. Peters hos
pital at half-past one this morning. Fif-
teen minutes later premature birth took
place and the wife and mother was deliy-
cred of still born infant. The patient was
almost dead from loss Of blood on her ar
rival at the hospital and nothing but the
infinite variety of resources STORED within
the brain of Dr. Hal Wyman brought the
woman safely through the most dangerous
and painful ordeal
The Hawes family left Snohomish, which
has been their home for year past, on the
Z O'Clock train yesterday morning, Ell route
for Kansas City, via Portland.
Just prior to reaching Seattle Mrs.
HaWes became painfully aware of her dam
gerous and delicate condition.
Seattle being reached. time was somehow
had wherein physician was called. He
prescribed, and advised the continuation
OF the journey to Portland at least. So
far from improving, however, the condi
tlon OF the invalid as the train thundered
along toward Olympia grew SO alarmingly
worse that it was doubtful if she would
reach this city alive. The woman's inhe-
ieHO sbeFlng sCfengGn however, supported
by strong stimulants, at once the bane
and balm Of humanity, enabled her TO
reach this city alive, and enter the portals
OF st. Peters-that mecca for many mala-
dies.
There, as has been recorded, DIR. Wyman
took the case in hand and now has his pa
tlent resting as comfortably as the circum-
stances Of the situation permit.
III these paragraphs meet the eve Of the
VFI1fa ffNfNlr oh ,NF+
Tacoma, on which the Hawes' family were
travelling, will he be good enough to dupli-
cate the twenty-day clay over" he gave
Mr., Hawes at Olympia. The original was
lost in the confusion attendant upon the
difficult dilemma in which the husband
was placed. The latter's address for the
present will be st. Peters Hospital, this
city. Compliance with this request will
be charitable act at the Hawes family are
financially finished
, 1891-12-02
LOCAL REPORT.

The maximum temperature today was
46 degrees and the minimum 80. Maximum
speed of wind, 10 miles per hour, from
southwest. Amountof rainfall, .26 inches,
(for twenty-four hours ending at 3 PM.
Amount of rainfall since July 1, 1891,
2z.7o inches; average lfor several years.
since July i, 1891, 14.70 inches; excess
since July. 1, 1891, 800 inches. For
Thursday, fair, colder weather; cloudy.
E. b. OLNEY, Obyserer.
, 1891-12-02
Third Ward DeIepntes.

The Third ward held caucus last even
ing for the selection of delegates to the
nominating convention tomorrow evening.
The following were chosen: William Gil
Frost, Arthur Ellis, u. g. Rathbun, Il. G,
Abbott, S. Wintz and J, H. Wilson. A
meeting will be held in the Second ward
tonight at the school house, corner Union
and Washington Streets
, 1891-12-02
Second Ward ronient.

The following notice was distributed
around the second ward today: "There
will will be a citizens meeting this
Wednesday evening at 1880 O'Clock, at the
Central school house, in the second ward,
to elect delegates to the convention to
nominate city officers. Come. eYervhndv. n
, 1891-12-02

The election of officers Of George ii.
Thomas Post No. 5, G. A. R., will take
place on Friday evening. The post will be
opened punctually at 7 80 pm. and no one
is in good standing on the books of the
post. Much competition is looked for and
The contest will be interesting.
, 1891-12-02
Againstthe Archbtshop.

PARIS, Dec. 2,-Many French newspa-
pers haye published editorials urging that
the government demand of the vatican the
deposition of the Archbishop Of AK, both
Fallieres and for his course Of action and
utterances since he was fined for sending
the letters
, 1891-12-02
For Sale at a Bargain.

A Mulay sawmill Of latest improvement,
with engine ana steel boiler IS to 20 horse
power, all complete and nearly new. Mill
capacity 4 to thousand feet. Apply to ] /.
g. Perciyal, Union Dock, Olympia or to j
M. Swan. n3tf
, 1891-12-02
Time Gard to take effect Sunday Nov.

Nos and run daily Nos 2 and 8, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
The morning train makes close connection
with the Northern Pacific train from Tacoma
to Portland, and the evening train connects
with the train from Portland to Tacoma
J. C. PHELPS,
Ann
, 1891-12-02
The Lncky Man.

No: GIG was the lucky person who Sc
cured the large cook stove offered by
Bllger q Going for Thanksgiving purposes,
, 1891-12-02
Special Assessment Sale.

NOTICE IS HEREBY. GIVEN, that by virtue
OIL and pursuant to warrant to me directing
me to collect the remaining delinouent and
special assessments for grading Main street be-
tween Sixth street and south limit of the city
which became delinquent September Cd 1890
that Will on the 23d day of December 1891 at
the hour of II o'clock in the forenoon of that
day1 at the front door of the city hail at Olym-
pla lhurston county, Washington sell at public
auction all of the following real estate upon
which the delinquent special assessment for
grading said Main street between said Sixth
street and the south limits of the CITY, have not
been paid, or so much thereof as NAV be neces-
sary to satisfy such delinquent assessments due
70 the CITY OF Olympia and for which the city is
liable.
The names of the respective owners of the
lands assessed and the assessments due includ-
ing penalty and interest to date of sale is as fol-
lows, to-Wit:
Harriet Talcott, east 60 feet lot 2, block Z,
olympia -. .............,. S 38 78
l. g Ellis, east 60 feet, lots and g. block - .
Olympia. N 56
60 feet, lot 3 block s, Olympia; 88 IS
oi and7 block 8, Olympia :..--7..... " Sc
block; block 2, Olympia. So Is
r Gated BY portion of Eighth street. ...,, IS IS
trustees OF Congregational Church. east
60 60 feet, l9t7 block 65, Olympia IS Is
Estate Of NJ Blinn, east so feet, block 81,
Z, Olympia 1856 u
@ one-ha5f I,5,! lot 8, block 20, Olympia. 10 SO
hall half Lot block 70, Olympia. ......,. 10 SO
George Ellis, east 60 feet of lots and T.
17bis95a55t, block 70, Olympia: \; Y So
,a11.1 and II 2; block B. Olympia 58 II
DAVID Mitchell, east GO feet OF lots and
=, block b = 4, IS II
l1;;..: y . Z @ ~. a8 Is
/ o. i ILL.,.
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GETEOROAOGICAL REPORT.
OTvMp16 Wosb -Doo ! 1oo1
, 1891-12-02
ROBERT FROST
HEAVY AND SHELF
.HARDW ARE.

Wooden and willow ware crockely and
glassware, guns pistols, rifles, all kinds of
ammunition, cement, paint oils and win
dow glass.
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A NEW GUNB0AT.
The Machias Successfully Launched
at Bath, Me.

The Machias Successfully Launched
at Bath, Ne.
The new war ship Machias was success
fully launched at Bath, Me. Every point
from which a sight Of the first iron craft to
be launched into the Ksnnebec could be OBJ
tanned wa taken. Probably 5000 watched
the sight.
The Machias was decked with flags, a line
of bunting floating from stem to stern. IN
q platform were Miss Ethel Hyde, ~
christened the sharp-bowed boat.
The Machias is a steel %gunboat, and is the
first Of the two steel gunboats authorized to
be built by the act of Congress approved on
March 2, 1889.
The work has been pushed forward rap
idly, the bid Of the Bath Iron Works not
having been accepted until January, 1899.
The bid was $685., 600, and the limit was $780,
900.
The length of the Mnchias on load line is
100 feet. The greatest breadth is thirty
two feet. and the mean draught twelve feet.
The specifications demand a maximum in
dicated horse power of 1900. and a guaran-
teed speed of fourteen knots au hour. She
hes twin screws and vertical triple
expansion engines. Her coal capacity will
allow her to steam 2452 knots at her maxi.
mum. At a slower rate Of speed she can
carry enough coal to make 1865 knots, with
600 horse power at ten knots an hour.
The new craft will be provided with a
two-masted schooner rig, spreading about
$500 square feet of v Her battery is
ordered to consist of eight four-inch rapid
fire breech-loading rifles. These carry thir.
ty.six pound shot, and have been prove | in
recent trials to be extremely effective.
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Dom Pedro died In Paris, France, OF dia-
betesI q few nights ago. His daught1,
Princess Isabelis, was at his bedside whea
he breathed his last The late Emperor
Of Brazil was called Dom Pedro because
that was his fatherss official title. He
was born on December {, 1926, at
Rhode Janeiro, and he became Emperor on
the abdication Of his father in April, 1881. 8
BE was declared OF age In July, 1s4o, and
when fifteen assumed the sovereign power.
II In. July W.. asai, b ss was erow mi.,.a :. g
the Princess Theresa Christina Maria
sister Of Francis T. late King OF Naples
The issue Of the marriage was two Princes
and two Princessese The Princes died young.
Dom Pedro was courteous In mis- manner,
was well educated, and spoke English
French, German Spanish and Italian
Auently.
There wasan attempt to assassinate him
on JuIy16s 1885. 9Ashe was leaving atdea-
srea Portuguese frsda shot from q revolver
at him. but missed him. The revolution
that ended In his being driven out OF
Brazil began on November 10, 1882
The Emperor was leaving the I'M
perial chapel at his summer residencesatss
.Petropolia after the performances OF mass
when q telegram FROM sViscount De euro Z
Petro,ths Imperial Prime Minister, ANNOUNCE
ing the city Of Rio de Janeiro under siege by
insurgents, was handed o him. He wentTtos
the city at once. bis palace was sur-
officer of the army read to him 9. mani
festo p~roclaiminZ the republic. The
Emperor held q meeting Of his Ministers
and tried to form q new Ministry. General
da Fonseca, who had been proclaimed
chief Of the Proyisional Government de-
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PROMINENT PEOPLE,

QUEEN VICTORIA has a great memory rof
faces. p
SANKEY, the singing evangelist, has gro~n
stout and gray.
CHAUNcEy DEPEw has had 2cO0 American
infants named after him.
THE Princess of Wales has just celebrated
her for~ty-seventh birthday.
JOEL MAYEs, Chief of the Cherokee
Nation, cannot speak Cherokee.
ONE of the most successful cattle ralsers in
Wyoming is Frank Sartoris, Nellie GranGs
brother-ln-law.
NINE. ANNE MARIE MAzz1N1, OF Milan.
italy, has been announced as a candldate LOT
Parliament by her party.
THE Russian Prince, Gussopof, who died
recently. is said to have been worth S2oo,-
Dor, 200. His heir is his daughters husband,
once a poor Lieutenant.
THE Polish pianist, Ignace Paderewski,
wbo has created such a furore In New York
CITY. practices from eight to ten hours O
day. and never eats before one of his con-
certs.
BALMAcEDA and Boulanger each left an
aged mother. It appears that each man
wrote a letter the day before he
suicide addressed to his mother which SAID
| simply: ~ 90 on a long journey"
TIE Beau Brummel of New York's middle
aged m%illionaires Is D. o. Mills, who fonows
the fashions in male attire very closely, wears
his clothes we'll, and is altogether a model
for a metropolitan Cresusto pattern after.
THE Gar Of Russia has ordered that
about s25, OO0, 900 be taken from the revenues
| of his imperial estate and placed at tae dis
| posal Of the central committee OF RELIEF Tor
the peasants In the famine stricken districts
STORY. the sculptor, and Mr.. Hooker, the
banker, are among the most conspicuous
Americans in Rome. the latter gentleman
having lived In the Eternal City about forty
years. The American colony there numbers
a~bout2OOO.
GENERAL JOHN PALMER, the Commander
in-Chief of the Grand Army Of the Repuo-
lie. is a mar of medium height and compact
physique, business-like n energetic In man
nner. his hair and mustache are almost
white, and his eyes are steel-gray in color.
CHAmproN-SHor FULFoRD, the first man
ON American soil to kill q hundred birds at a
hundred shots, is wealthy. devotes q
handsome sum each year to the gratihcation
of his hobby. he is about five feet eight In
ches in height, of agile build and unassuming
manners.
The late King Of Wurtemberg inherited
| the prominence Of abdomen for which tne
| Swabian royal family has always been noted.
One of his ancestors was 50 large around the
waistband that when seated at dinner he
could not reach his plate, and it became
necessary to cut out a piece from the table
for his accommodation.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Ira J. CHASE,
who becomes "Acting Governor" of Indiana
by the death of Governor Alvin 2. Hovey,
is a defendant OF Samuel Chase, a signer or
the Declaration of Independence, and Rufus
Chase, one of the patriots cf the Revolution
| AIRY War: his maternal grandfather, tne
mont Legislature prior to the War Of 1872.
Ira ]. Chase was born in Clarkson, Monroe
County, N. Y, December 2, 1884, but his
parents subsequently removed
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A BUILDING FALLS.
Many Workmen Killed or Injured
by Falling Walls.

The most horrible accident that ever &C.
Cured in st. Paul, Mimi, took place
shortly after 10 o'clock the other morning,
when the central wall Of the west section Of
theburned Shepard building, fell in, bury
ing - workmep beneath the ruins. There
wen4H number Of workmen beneath the wall
whshit fell, and the majority OF them were
killed or received mortal injuries.
The patrol wagons in the city were sum-
moned at once. and tho laborers who were
not under the wall were set to work exca-
waiting the ruins. In less than half
an hour they had taken out ten men,
five Of whom were dead, n i've
injured, one so severely that the ply
sicians at the scene stated that he could not
live until he reached the hospital. Later
the contractor, Wilcox, was taken out dead,
his body being mangled beyond recognition.
The cause Of the accident was that the
wall, which was much weakened by the fire,
became top heavy from the large amount
of debris removed from the bottom
and fell under its own weight. For
some time it has been considered
dangerous by people who f~requented the
place, but the contractors who examined 1t
pronounced it sound, and the men continued
10 work without fear Of accident.
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Foreign.

THE Duke of Clarence and Avondale. who
will be the King of England IL he survives
his father. the Prince OF Wales, Is betrothed
to his cousin, the Princess Victoria OF Teck,
to whom he has long been deeply attached.
By an explosion of fredamp s~eventy.three
miners were killed In q coal mine at 81.
Etienne, France.
Two secret societies, composed OF immi-
Grants from China proper, proceeded to
MONGOLIA and i~naugurated q revolt against
fine foreigners and Christians. From 300 to
zoo Christians, several native priestsa Mon
qoliau prince and some uncovered natives
we're massacred. Forty-fve hundred Impe-
rial Chinese troops meta force OF 5000 rebels,
aft a point fifteen miles from Chaoyang.
Eleven hundred rebels were slaughtered on
the field and those captured were immedi-
ately executed. =
ONE HUNDRED N EIGHTY lives were re-
ported lost by an accident In q coal mine In
Russian Poland.
A HEAVY storm ragged in the English
Channel; twenty-four persons were rowned
by the laundering Of a fishing smack.
THE President of France promulgated the
law fixing the duty on pork, and q decree
repeating the prohibition on American pork
which has existed in France since February
10, 1881.
IMPERIAL troops have crushed the rebel
lion In Manchoria, China.
DIR. WELT1, President of Switzerland, has
resigned, owing to q majority Of the electors
voting against the GovernEe nts purchase
of the Swiss Central Railway.
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WaahfnQtOn.

THERE were received at the Dead Letter
Office during the past fiscal year 6,ot9, 40o
pieces of original dead mail matter, an In
crease of 81, 904 pieces over the previous
year.
THE Civil Service Commissioners have
sent In their annual report. The Secretary
of the Navy also made his annual report TO
the President.
THE Republican United States Senators
met in caucus at Washington and eiec1eo
Senator Sherman Chairman to succeed e1-
Senator Edmunds. .
SECRETARY PROCTOR severed his onnec
ton with the War Department In WASH
iugton and took official leave OF all the OBJ
GERS Of that Department.
ACTING SECRETARY OF WAR GRANT has
directed an examination Of the accounts OF
Major Overman, Engineer-in-Chief OF Pub.
Lie Works at Cleveland, Ashtabula and
other points along Lake Erie.
AN order was issued from the Navy De-
partment at Washington relieving Captain
J. W. Philip from command OF the United
States steamship Atlanta, and ordering
Captain J. r. Higginson to that duty.
A MEETING Of the Executive Committee OF
the Democratic National Committee was
held at Washington. January VI was nxeo
as the time and Washington as the place
for the meeting Of the full Democratic Na.
tional COMMITTEES, which will determine the
time and place for holding the Nauonai
Democratic Convention Of 1s92.
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IT is asserted, albeit it is not per-
fectly easy to receive the statement,
with that perfect faith which ts seni
Joined by the d~eyotees of the mind
cure-that in Kansas so thoroughly
are the possibilities Of rain-makng
realized and respected that a cenl
tract has been signed between a locaA
organization and Melbourne BY which
the latter binds himself to keep the
country watered next summer at the
rate of a dollar an acre. Il this con-
tract is carried out, and tt should
chance that the district surrounding
that included in the contract goes
dry. would not the inhabitants OF the
latter district have good grounds for
action against Melbourne on the
ground that he has feloniously approi
priated their rain clouds? We fore
see a very pretty opportunity for liti1
cation here. ~
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THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
A Summary OF Secretary Tracy's An
nual Report.

A Summary OF Secretary Tracy's An.
nual Report.
The annual report of the Secretary of the
Navy shows that the past year has been one
of achievement and recommends the build
ing Of more armored vessels. The most i'm
portant of the past years work is protected
cruiser No. Is, a triple-screw boat Of $500
tons displacement. As no proposals for the
construction OF the torpedo cruiser author
ICED by the act Of June so, 1890, were re
csived, it suggests that the limit of cost be
increased $l62, 900, making a total cost of
$512, OOQ.
Since March 4, 1889, thirteen new vessels
have been put in commission, with twenty
four vessels now under construction, some OF
them nearly completed.
The number of guns required for the yes.
completed. The construction OF heavy guns
has been greatly improved. Gravity-return
cartridges are to be used in the six-nch guns,
and brown powder continues to give excel
lent results. -,
This is the first year that America has had
an armor.piercing projectile. The first tor.
pedo from the contract made last May will
be tried in a few weeks. It is thought, IN
the report that an ordnance station snouio
be established on the Pacific Coast. II the
Nicaragua Canal were completed tina sltua-
ton would be much improved.
The Department also recommends the con-
~struction Of another vessel similar to the
New York, and Of torpedo cruisers, OF wnlcn
we have but one. The Secretary expresses
himself in favor Of the naval militia. IN
number Of men now serving in this body is
1149.
The cosu Of building the new snlps in the
navy. exclusive Of tugs. for the fiscal years
1SS3-1Ss4 to 1S94-1S95 aggregates for the
twelve years seq, 993, 1892, or less than $4,000,
600 q year. These vessels will have an ag'
gregate tonnage Of 155, $40 tons.
The total estimate for the navy, lnciuoing
running expenses and the increases in the
navy for the coming year, is s27, 1874, 639. so,
against S32, 500, la. IS for last year, a reduc-
ton from last years appropriation OF So
231 EOS QS
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South and West.

THE United States 1000 ton steel cruiser
Montgomery was launched successfully at
the Columbia Iron Works, Baltimore, Mo.
JUDGE RUFUS P. RAnNEY, the leader OF
the Ohio bar, died in Cleveland at the age
of s~eventy-eight years.
THREE Italians were killed and twenty
five injured in a railroad accident at Ottawa,
Ohio. William Meadows and Harry knlps
were instantly killed at a railroad crossing
near Lima, Ohio.
PROFESSOR W. q. McCUBBINs, a promi.
nent citizen Of Maysville, Ark, shot and
killed his wife and afterward himself. The
crime was caused by jealousy.
AN explosion of gas in a mandatory at
Sparrow's Point, Nd, killed three men and
seriously injured five others.
FIVE men were killed, six were MORALLY
injured, and nearly twenty others were
seriously hurt in q railroad collision at West
Plains, Mo.
JOSEPH MCKAY, who Is in jail at Uk1ah,
CAL, charged with stage robbery. has been
found to be the son Of Joaquin Miller, the
stPoet Of the Sierras." The real name OF the
young mar Is barry Miller. He is twenty.
two years Of age.
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THE NEWS EPIToMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

ONLY three men instead Of twenty as at
first reported lost their lives In the storm In
Haverstraw IN. ~ Bay.
ONE HUNDRED AND EtGHTY workmen em-
ployed In the construction of the Maine,
Boston. Cruiser No. I. the Miantonomoh. and
two new warships, were discharged from
the Brooklyn IN. ~ Navy Yard.
The Connecticut Senate met in Hartford
and adjourned to December ~.
ISAAC B. SAwTELLE confessed before the
Supreme Court at Concord, N. g., that on
February 5th, 1890, he murdered his brother
Hiram In the woods near Rochester, N. d.
He shot him down and then fired three bull
lets into him as he lay dead on the ground.
He dug the grave too short AID cut on tne
head to make the body fit it.
M. L. STEARNs, Ex-Governor of Florida,
dropped dead Of heart failure al Paiatine
Bridge, N. Y. He was born in Lowell, Me-,
ffty-two years ago.
A s~cAEFoLDING broke in Lehighton, Penn,
and several workmen were thrown to the
ground, forty feet below. Two were killed
and two were severely injured.