Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-01
Washin9ton Standard
OLYMPIA, WASH.
FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER I. 1897.
Our Deepest Affection.

Those who have not passed through
the experience can form but faint
idea OF the tribulation under which
our paper goes to press thi, week. A
flash Of lightning under the nOondav
sun could not have come more uncx-
pcctcdly or fallen with more crushing
force than the terrible blow that fell
upon the household of the writer on
the last peaceful Sabbath night, when
Rose Pearl Murphy, the youngest
daughter OF the editor was called to
the life beyond the grave.
About G:30 o'clock Rose, while suf-
fering acute pain from a chronic ner-
vous atiliction, took y dose OF lauda-
mum, drug that she had frequently
used before, but it appears the child
had mi>judged the quantity and very
soon its effects became alarming to
herself and she told her sisters An
ME and Bertha that she was apprehen-
sive Of its effects. The usual home
remedy of salt and water was admin
istered, while the telephone was en-
ployed to call Il doctor. Unfortunately
some delay was caused by failure to
find the doctors at their offices, and
nearly an hour must have elapsed be-
fore DIR. NOVEL; responded to the call.
Respiration had fallen to four a min
ute and the condition was SO alarm
ing that Drs. Ingham, Redpath and
kincaid were Immediately summoned,
but alas! all human effort was with
out avail, and, at 0:30, the heart-beats|
had ceased, but not till an hour later
did the physicians cease their efforts
to restore the vital spark.
Rose was in her 10Th year, born and
reared in Olympia. She was excep-|
tionally bright and ambitious. At the
age of sixteen she graduated with spe-
cial honor from the high school, and|
she gave great promise of proficiency
as a musician. She was loving and|
gentle in disposition, and just buddingI
into perfect womanhood.
The sweet girl was laid at rest Tues
day afternoon, beside her mother, inI
Odd Fellows cemetery. The funeral
rites were conducted in the NJ. E.
Church, by Rev. o. W. Mentzer, who
delivered very impressive address.
Prof. Roberts presided at the organ,
and at the close OF the services per-
formed Memberships "Spring Song,"I
one of Roses favorite compositions.(
The ushers of Olympia Theater, of
which deceased was a member, acted
as pall-bearers with the graduating
class of 1895 as honorary attendants at !
the grave. The floral offerings were
many and beautiful, with the fower|
typical of her name and nature largely
predominating. The little mound in
the cemetery was covered from viewI
by those expressive love-tokens.
The writer and his family take this
occasion for extending their heartfelt
thanks to the many friends who have
been so kind to them in their deep af-
Fiction. May they find as responsive
a chord of sympathy when they pass
through the valley of the Shadow of
Death.
The only CLEAN of sunshine that
penetrates the murky gloom is in theI
blessed hope of Immortality. That
we may meet our darling on a shore
where grief and sorrow is unknown, isl
the souls fervent aspiration.
ERE sin could blight, or sorrow fade,
Death came with friendly care,
The opening bud to Heaven conveyed
And babe 1t blossom there"