Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-12-13
An English Society Sensation

Quite fluttcr oil excitement has
been caused i'll London by the arrest
OF the managers of an association to
promote marriages. So many of the
unmarried 10 England are SO unhappy
in their lot OF singleness and so inca
pable of bringing fair men or maidens
to look upon life of domestic bliss
with them as thing to be decried,
that the company has builded thriv-
ing business upon the attempted graf
itication OF their wants. This COM
pany, which rejoices in the euphon-
ious and attractive title of the Worlds
Great Marriage Association, contracted
to supply signing maidens with the
realization OF their fancies in the per.
sons OF husbands of the fond and low
ing type, to say nothing of the capa-
bilities of the husbands for supporting
wife and family; and on the other
hand, the managers agree to give love
lorn looms a layde fair tc wed-all for
consideration.
Unhappily for the laydes and the
looms, the managers were unable to
fill some OF their contracts. SO en-
Uttered at the remissness of the man.
ayers became some of the applicants
for matrimony that they sought the
police and had the promoters of mat
rimonial bliss arrested. With them
was seized carloads OF letters and bales
of photographs and it's the letters and
photographs that are making the ex-
element; for the managers Of the
agency declare that the writers OF
these seized epistles include not only
peers and peeresscs, members OF the
House of Commons, Judges, lawyers,
clergymen and doctors, but even the
governor Of a colony, members OF the
aristocracy, male and female up to the
members of the cabinet ITSELF
No wonder there's flutter in Lon
don, for the reading of these letters in
evidence when the case is tried will be
very interesting. If the statements of
the managers are true, the like Of the
sensation which will be produced will
rival only the Oscar Wilde develop.
ments, but official pressure will no
doubt suppress all damaging disclos-
ures, and it is hardly to be expected
that the sensation will be realized.
Besides, the manager may be bluffing !;
that's an English trick you know !;
and nothing may come OF the whole
affair.
Lumber Trust Grows Stronger.
The latest acquisition to the Gen.
trail Lumber trust OF the Pacific coast,
with San Francisco as headquarters, is
that of I'll redwood mills in California,
with capitalization OF $l0,OOO,OOO.
These mills control all the redwood in
the world.
Thirty one miles in Oregon, Wash.
ington and British Columbia have
joined the combine, but several are
still standing out. The Bellingham
Bay improvement Company's mill at
Whatcom, with a daily capacity of
200, 600 feet, refused to enter the trust.
1t is owned by Whitelaw Reid and d.
o. Mills, of New York. The agents Of
the combine did not induce q single
Everett mill to enlist with the trust.
Other mills still refusing to join the
alliance are the w. A. Wooden mill, of
Fairhaven; West Side mill, OF Olym-
pia, and Olympic mill, of Olympia.
The Oregon, Washington and British
Columbia mills belonging to the COM
bine, have, together, daily output Of
100000 feet of lumber. The value
of all mills now represented in the
trust is $75 100000. The trust is grow
ing stronger every day.
Republican History.
Since the birth of the Republican
party the conventions have been held
in the following cities with the results
thereof
June IL, 1S5G-Philadelphia, John
C.. Fremont.
May lG, 1850 - Chicago, Abraham
Lincoln.
June 7, 1SGI-Baltimore, Abraham
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