Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-23

Arthur CornIng lost his life by
drowning, at South Bay, last Friday.
He was working on boom OF logs.
when he stepped and fell into the
water. The body was recovered. De
ceased was - years of age and the
main support of his aged parents.
Thomas Foley Was arrested in Port
land last Friday, having in his pos
session some OF the cutlery supposed
to he Of the lot which was stolen from
Merrifield's store, on the 10th inst.
Mr.. NJ. went to Portland and identi-
fled the goods, and the prisoner was
brought here for trial
Bertha Radcliffe and Leonice In
man have received the two prizes for
essays written at the instance of the
Interstate Fair management. The
sum of SIS was set aside for contest
ants in this city. Eleven essays were
submitted and the two best selected.
The first successful contestant receives
$40 and the second S..
The Sisters OF st. Peters Hospital
wish to thank their many kind friends
in the vicinity OF the Skookumchuck
river, Bucoda and Tenino, for the
generous donations so graciously
given them. That the God of all
Charity may return them the hun
dredfold is the fervent and heartfelt
prayer OF the Sisters OF Charity.
The Olympian is industriously fam
ming partisan spirit to develop blaze
in the approaching city election. The
good sense of the people has hitherto
been against partisan ring control
ing municipal matters, and the nomi-
nations of conven tons have generally
been but ropes of sand. The nomi-
nees of a very formal and numerously
attended convention have time and
again been beaten by nominees named
by petition.
The call for mass meeting to
nominate a Citizen E ticket for NUM-
eipal officers appears in another part
OF this paper. If good men are Sc
lected, they will receive cordial sup
port from many OF our people who
see no necessity for prescribing one
half OF our best citizens because they
may not hold to the opinions of the
dominant party on the tariff or silver
questions.
The case OF Sternberg VS.. the Olym-
pia Water Co. was before Judge Cor
don, last Saturday. The action was
brought to restrain the company from
taking water from Nozzle Creek until
compensation had been made for
water already used. Sternberg has a
cabinet shop lower down on the stream
and claims that the water taken inter-
feres with the power used to drive his
machinery. The court refused to
issue the restraining order.
Joseph, the seven-year-old son OF
Chas. Patnude, met with fearful &C.
cident at the turn-table of the North
ern Pacific, south of the freight depot
in this city, last Saturday. While en-
gagged with several companions in
moving the heavy machinery one of
the wheels passed over the boys feet,
crushing them so that the bones pro-
truded. The sufferer was Immediately
taken to the Office of Drs. Riley and
Newcomb, where one foot was ampu-
tated at the instep.
Mrs. Eva Earle French, who has so
acccptably filled the leading parts in
the dramas presented in the present
engagement at Olympia Theater, had
the stage for nursery. She WAS
born in New York and made her first
appearance in the great metropolis in
children's parts, when scarcely four
years old. She has in her professional
life supported some of the leading
and most successful stars. She WAS
for several years leading lady of stock
companies in Chicago and Denver.