Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-09-18

school house on the W,s' side having
been moved from its original site, is
being brought across Long bridge.
The few goldbug boilers from the
Democratic party in this city propose
to hold convention at the Olympia
hotel, tomorrow afternoon, to elect
delegates to the Goldbug Convention
called at Tacoma on the Goth inst.
DIR. Riley, Al. Drury and J. S. Bush
LETT Sunday on trip into the Olympic
mountains, to be gone several weeks.
They took three saddle horses and
three pack horses, and do not expect
to have to do much walking on this
trip.
The Republican rally at Tenino
Wedn esday night, consisted of less
than 200 people, more than one hall
OF whom QO5 by actual count, men
and boys) went out from this city, on
free ride, over the Port Townsend
Southern.
A rousing meeting was held at Bu-
coda Saturday night, by the Peoples
Party, which was addressed by l.. w.
Luderers, of Tacoma, and P. ID. Moore
and T. ]. Miller of this city. The at
tendance was large and the enthusiasm
unbounded.
A large concourse of sympathizing
friends attended the remains of the
late Judge Ready to their last resting
place in Masonic Cemetery, Sunday
afternoon, The funeral rites were per-
formed by Rev. Rufus Chase, of St.
Johns church.
A. d. Warner, of the Everett bar,
addressed room-full" at the Bryan
Rogers headquarters Monday evening.
His speech was mainly statistical, and
consisted OF volley after volley of can
lister and grape, which most effectually
demolished the enemy's breastwor,.s.
The Republican Central Committee
must have caught on to the spigot of
Mark Hanna's bsr'l, for we see some
campaigners travelling about in style
who put off the the collector on the
first of the month with the plea that
they have no money-even though
the debt be of long standing.
Heavens artillery resounded in a
spirited salute as the conference COM
mittee of the Peoples organization ar
rived at conclusion of their pro-
tracted session Tuesday afternoon.
To apply the omen still further it re-
suited in setting fire to the warehouse
of the king-bee goldbug, Senator Horr.
The Republicans gave free ride TO
Tenino by the Port Townsend South
ern, Wednesday night, to attend the
alleged " rally" at that place. Quite .
number of young boys took advantage
of the offer and some of them came
home after midnight in an intoxicated
condition, which shows that the ex-
traordinary claim the g. o. p. makes to
morality is only pretense.
The Peoples Party Union Compaign
Committee of Thurston county con-
sists of Henry Eckert, J. X. Cannon,
James Connolly. Stanley c. Smith,
Leo Dobrin, John S. Brewer, C. r.
Carroll, H. L. Forrest, H. Il. Hill and
]. F. Brown, and it has elected the
following officers to manage tho de.
tails OF the work outlined: Henry
Eckert, Chairman James Connolly,
Secretary, and Leo Dobrin Treasurer.
c. B. Bagley, of Seattle, an old-time
resident of this city was up on bust
ness. accompanied by his son-in.law,
Frank Griffiths, this week. Mr.. B.,
notwithstanding the flight of time
and the existence of q long era that
has tried mems souls" is the same gen.
ial whole.souied comrade he was in
days of yore, when as editor of the
Courier, he and the STANDARD had
many tilt on political and other
questions.
During the unusual experience of
an old.fashioned thunderstorm, Tues
day afternoon, one of Jove's bolts fol.
lowed the course of the motor-wire
into Horr's feed mill on his dock, and
set fire to the woodwork adjacent to
the dynamo. The fire company re-
sponded to call, but the flames were
extinguished without difficulty by ap.
plication of few buckets of water by
those who were near when the light
ming developed the instincts of the
fire-bug.
The outgoing passengers this week
have been: Nathan kaufman and
wife and Isador kaufman for Juneau,
Alaska; P. Stixrud, for San Francisco /;
Mrs. Mollie J. Campbell, and Miss
Daisy Campbell for Los Angeles, Cal.
All the above took passage on the
Pacific Coast S. S. Co.'s steamships at
Seattle. Chas. w. Streib for Baker
City, Oregon; J. G. Hurspool for
Walla Walla, Wash. Mrs. Catharine
A. Turner, Lincoln, Neb.; Mrs. Sarah
Allen, Denver, Colo, by the Union
Pacific Railway Co.
No less than seven intelligent wo-
men will express their opinions upon
the vital questions OF the day at
Olympia Theater next Wednesday
evening. We have heard the views
of men 80 often, that this we believe
will afford delightful diversion from