Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-07-06

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The POWER OF THE PREss.-The
power of the press is passing
strange. Lost property is often re-
covered after single insertion OF an
advertisement. A stray COW with
! out a bell has been found by
simply writing out an adver-
tisement and carrying it to the
editors table. A gate was lifted from
its hinges last Halloween's eve and
had not been seen since till the
owner simply purposed in his mind,
yesterday, to advertise the lost portal
in the STANDARD. No sooner did he
begin to writing the "Lost or Stolen"
than neighbor told him where he
could find the missing property. Yes,
the power of the press is passing
strange.
A SAD ACCIDENT-Miss Tillie Myers,
of Rainier, was instantly killed by the
southbound train Of cars, Tuesday,
near her place of residence. 1t seems
she was hard of hearing, and was
walking on the track when the train
came along running at speed OF 40
miles an hour. She did not appear to
heed the blasts of the whistle and the
engineer applied the brakes, but the
momentum was so great that the en-
CINE struck, but did not pass over her,
but threw her from the track. When
picked up she was dead, and the body
was put on the cars and taken to
Tenino, as nobody on board knew her
place of residence. Miss Myers was
% years of age and the main depend
ence OF aged parents. Coroner Hart
sock went out Tuesday to investigate
the circumstances Of her death. The
verdict of the jury exonorates the
trainmen from blame.
GRAND GOLD MEDAL CONTEST
Miss Edna Robertson was the success
full contestant for the grand gold
medal at the Demorest contest in
Olympia Theater. Friday night, be.
fore an audience OF nearly 500 people.
The merit Of her performance may be
judged from the fact that she is the
victor of a class of eight all of whom
have won gold and silver medals in
former contests. The first silver
medal contest in in this city took
place July 7th of last year and
the vast amount of training re.
quisite to bring the class to its pres
ent standard may be estimated from
the fact that eight classes had to be
drilled 10 get eight silver medals be-
fore contest for a gold medal could
be held, and eight gold medals had to
be awarded before grand gold medal
could be contested for, and now the
award of eight grand gold medals will
entitle their possessors to contest for
a diamond medal. after which We
presume further effort in the way OF
Evolutionary training will be found
unnecessary. The Misses Page are
entitled to much credit for theil
patient work in this field of endeavor
and il the consciousness of success
brings the reward of happiness they
may be envied. It's hoped that the
effort will not cease until the diamond
prize is in possession OF some one Of
our pupils.
THE INTERSTATE FAIR BENEFIT
The patronage extended the perform.
ance Of Virginius at Olympia Theater
Tuesday night, by Col. Flies amateur
company, is an assurance that Olym.
pia heartily sympathizes with her sis
ter city in the work she is now en-
gagged in, an Interstate Fair, which
will reflect credit on the whole State
The house was comfortably filled
mostly by our own citizens, there be-
ing sprinkling of military colors in
the audience which would doubtless
have been larger had payday come
sooner and railroad communication af-
forded an easier way OF coming in
in from camp. The boxes, the par
quette circle and the orchestra stall
had been beautifully decorated with
ivy and roses by the ladies, who by
their presence in the evening likewise
signiGed their appreciation of the oh.
ject and respect for the ladies and
gentlemen composing the company.
Col. Fife as Virginius, is much better
than the average amateur, his voice
being of sufficient volume, his pres.
ence commanding, and his conception
of the lines so natural, as to make his
part exceedingly attractive. Miss
Fuller is entitled to no less praise.
Her performance is marked for an
abandon seldom attained by amateur
performers. The absence of self-con-
consciousness enables her to play the
part OF Virginia naturally and with all
the pathos which the author intended.
The remainder Of the support was
quite creditable. At the end of the
fourth act Col. Fife was presented with
a beautiful sword entwined with flow
ers.