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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22
PUYALLuP, Wash, Sept. l, 1897.
Olvnnia. Wash

DEAR SIR: | am in receipt of your
motion to make the complaint in the
case OF -- VS.. -, more definite
and certain. In this country it has
long since ceased to be the practice of
reputable attorneys to interpose merely
dilatory motions and pleadings, if in
deed such practice was ever maintained
here. The well known courtesy of
the profession is such, as you must
know if your experience has been even
few years of practice, that any rea-
sonable delay based on sufficient
grounds will be cheerfully granted by
opposing council without being forced
to it or annoyed by that class of plead
ings that are alike disgusting to
courts and attorneys who have a
proper regard for the honorable pro-
fession. l can but believe, and l re-
greet to say it, that your motion is OF
this dilatOry class, and | trust you
will not care to insist upon it and
compel me to unnecessarily amend, or
resist the motion. The defniteness
requested might have been set up of
course, yet l believe it would have
been at the expense of good code
pleading, and it is certainly not nee
essary. For your information, |
would say that the assignment referred
to in paragraph III of the complaint
is in writing, and that it was filed for
record in the Auditors Office of Thurs
ton county, Washington, on the 3lst
day of March, 1898, and it is there
recorded in Volume NJ of Mortgages at
Page LOG. Now this information is as
ample for your use and purposes as an
amendment of the pleadings, and if
you still insist on your motion, l shall
resist it. / trust, however, your fair
ness and courtesy will not make the
expense and annoyance of resistance
necessary. Please let me hear from
you. Yours truly,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

If Warden Catron, OF the State PEN
itentiary, has no legal authority to
withhold some $4,000 of the State
money from the public treasury, let
him not do it, Notwithstanding there
seems to be necessity to strain a
point to keep the revolving fund rotat-
ing. There has been altogether too
much defiance of law in the State ad-
ministration, and notification of law
by the Supreme Court. En- PEASANT, it
is quite probable that the next State
contest will be waged largely upon
issues that have been made by the un-
expected, not to say unwarranted, acts
of that august" tribunal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22
REPLY.
OLYMPIA, Sept. 3, 1897,
Puyallup, Wash

Puyallup, Wash.
DEAR SIR: Your favor of the LIST
inst. at hand and contents noted. As
l have not the honor of knowing how
long the State of Washington has
numbered yourself among its honored
practitioners of the law l am at a
loss to determine just how far you
have aided in establishing the prac-
tice or ethics of the profession. Conse-
quently / am led to resent your
fatherly etfusion and lecture. AS to
whether l have a proper regard for
the honorable profession that I am
n member of, l say not. l am content
with the fact that twenty years ago,
when trails were to be bIazed through
then wilderness to permit the COM
ing of yourself and other honorable
gentlemen and the building of a
grand commonwealth was yet unac-
complished, it was my good fortune to
become member of the then bar OF
Washington Territory and to assist in
the building and establishing of the
practice ofwhich you pirate.
After an absence of ten years it is
with more than satisfaction that
find myself able to return to my for
mer field of labor and find the clients
of bygone days ready to flock to my
office and again seek my counsel not.
outstanding the fact OF the hundred
honorable gentlemen like yourself, who
being so much better equipped in the
knowledge of the law and its ethics
have so long stood willingly waiting
to minister to their wants.
Allow me to say that in my old
fashioned notion Of the protection
that would be given clients when their
property is about to be confscated
through the result OF their misfor-
tunes, believe in making every hon
orable effort to defeat such confisca-
ton. Shylock undoubtedly loudly be-
moaned the unprofessional interference
of Portia in the enforcement of his
bond and undoubtedly complained of
the added expense occasioned him by
that interference, yet history does not
record any great degree of disgust on
the part of the Judge.
Allow me to say, in conclusion, that
while pride myself on at all times
extending to brother attorneys every
courtesy consistent with a fair and
right treatment of my clients, still
this is the first time that have beeu
called upon to wave right because of
the expense and inconvenience its en-
fnroar,n,,k ,-l,t - 4.
1t is my belief (perhaps an honest
error) that my client is entitled to
know under sworn statement the fact
asked, if it be fact, and 1 am willing
to take chances on the punishment
that may be meeted out to me by an
offended and disguised court in in
sisting on that requirement of the
statement.
Very respectfully yours, =.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22
The Big Ship Kaiser Wilhelm.

The biggest ship in the world, the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, arrived in
New York harbor on the 2Gth ult.,
having beaten all transatlantic
records in the trip over. 1t was her
maiden trip and she plowed the main
from Southampton, England, in just
five days, twenty-five hours and forty
five minutes, against the best time of
the American liner st. Paul, six days
and thirty-One minutes. The Kaiser
Wilhelm is nearly the length of the
Great Eastern, the respective dimen-
sions IF tho fwO yaSSo1s hoinu.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

THE case of Grew" C. O. Brown,
which enjoyed such an airing in San
Francisco last year, ending with q
Scotch verdict, will again be opened
in Chicago, next Tuesday. The Mu-
tual Council of the Congregational
Church will sit as court of review,
and the Bay Conference of San Fran
cisco will be represented by commit
tee OF four members to justify its &C.
ton.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

THE Office of the Board of Control
has been moved to Tacoma, in viola
ton OF law, but what does its creator
care when he directs and dictates the
policy it must pursue? Hasn't he
shown implacable hatred of Olympia
ever since he assumed the chair of
State, and is his brain big enough to be
controlled by anything but prejudice
and malevolence?
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

CHAs. B. HOPKINS has been appoint
ed Postmaster at Spokane. Charley"
was once member of the STANDARDS
typographical force, and we extend
congratulations Notwithstanding his
political creed is not in accord with our
own. He is all right, even if he can.
not see things through the famed
"Spectacles OF Wisdom"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

CLIMATIC SURPRIsEs.-Only think of
it! One death and two prostrations
occurred from heat in Chicago on
Oct. 10Th. The mercury stood at 81
in the Auditorium tower, and people
in the street declared that it must
have reached 100 deg. in the shade.
AS far East as Boston the high tenn.
perature at that date was phenomenal
A dispatch from 1.-THE Hub" states
that it was record-breaker for the
time of the year, and the showing was
higher than for that date since the
signal service was established, in 1870.
The altitude of the column of mercury
at 2 P. M. was S5.5. As a contrast, it
may be noted that snow fell OF Denver
on the same date.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

IT is proposed to found new city in
Alaska, to be known as Weare, on the
Yukon river, between the boundary
line of British Columbia and St.
Michaels, with the design of making
it the capital OF the proposed Territory.
1t is thought that the new land office
will be established at Weare, instead
of Circle City, as had been determined.
The Surveyor General, the Register
and the Receiver, are all in Alaska
awaiting instructions from the De-
partment at Washington.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

THE Oregonian will persist that the
silver issue is dead; but its assertions
are taken with few grains of salt by
those who are acquainted with its in
solent methods. 1t declared the DEM
ocratic party dead up to the very
day it elected President in 1884 and
again in 1892, and now brings out the
same old chestnut to apply to the
financial issue. The fact is it imagines
everything "dead" that it does not
approve.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

ANOTHER WOLF UNFLEEcED. - It
seems that "Rev." w. T. Ford is not
the only wolf in sleeps clothing"
occupying a prominent place in the
moral and secular instruction of our
commonwealth. If the sworn state
ment of Maggie Shields, of Pc Ell,
published in the Examiner of last
Friday, is to be believed, Prof. Barlow,
Principal of the Emerson school, at
Tacoma, should bear the reverend"
malefactor company behind prison
bars. The girl says that child born
on the 30th ult. is the result of seduc-
ton of herself by said Barlow, while
she was pupil in the Tacoma school.
The matter will undoubtedly be the
subject of judicial investigation.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22
SPICY CORRESPONDENCE.

Some time ago, suit was begun to
forcclosc a mortgage in this county,
and the following highly-seasoned
correspondence, which is self-explana-
tory, passed between the attorneys OF
the respective parties litigant.
The Olympia lawyer, it will be OBJ
served, filed a demurrer to the com
plant submitted as basis OF the ac-
ton.
PUYALLuP, Wash, Sept. |, 1897.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

- -
A QUEER RIGA dispatch of the
18th announces that NJ. Z. A. Laskey
had arrived at Morrisvill N. Y, on
his way to New York city, travelling in
house on wheels, dragged by horses.
He said he had come all the way from
Port Angeles, Wash. A cyclometer,
attached to wheel, gave the distance
covered as 6,32l miles. The house was
occupied by man, wife and five child
rem, two of whom were born on the
road. The rig and its contents weigh
2,1O6 pounds. The running gear is
the same as that of an ordinary wagon,
except that the high wheels are in
front. The house which surmounts it
is twelve feet long, six feet high and is
entirely home made. Inside are a
folding table, camp stove, q high
chair, rocking chair, folding bed and
other conveniences. The family left
Port Angeles on March %, 1894. and
has been on the road ever since. The
dispatch says that the house was bat
tered and weather stained, but the
children looked stout and healthy.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

THE Pr. has information that Tom
McGraw Ga son of the EX-GOVERNOR
and a Mr.. Tobin, associated with him,
have "struck it rich," on Hoosier and
Hunter creeks, in the Minook mining
district.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

FIRST Lieutenant Wise lately rode
from Washington to New York on a
bicycle, in % hours and 80 minutes,
reducing the record from Sc hours
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

THEY have a girl at Nelson, B. c.,
who has been asleep or in a trance a
week, from which the doctors cannot
arouse her. Her name is Maggie
Tweedy, and she had been employed
as a waitress in a restaurant before
entering upon the somnollent act.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

CHARLES A. DANA, one of the
brightest lights in modern journalism,
is dead. He made the N. Y. Sun a
power in the land by his independence
and devotion to principle as seen from
his standpoint.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

The State Land Commission has
fixed the rate of stumpage when tim
Der that has been cut on public lands
by private parties. at $3.50 per thous-
and feet.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

ABOUT $lO,0OO,O0O in gold is now
concealed in the teeth of people in
the world.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

MCKINLEY WILL "SwING AROUND
THE CIRCLE" -President Mckinley, it
is announced, will begin an election
eering tour in Ohio, on the 10Th inst.
A banquet by the Cincinnati CONNER
cial Club, is to be made the occasion
for his political harangue in that city.
He will likewise speak at Canton, and
receive the election returns at that
point before returning to Washington:
He evidently regards Canton as a mas
cot for his partisan enterprises, but he
should remember the fate of another
President who prostituted his Office by
"swing around the circle" that re-
suited in his complete humiliation and
overthrow.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

KING county General fund warrants
now sell at q premium.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

The State Bank of Cheney has
closed its doors, but depositors will be
paid in full.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

GEORGE NJ. Pullman, President of
the Pullman Car Co., died in Chicago,
on the 10th.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

YELLOW fever is spreading in the
Southern States.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

SENATOR Wilson left Spokane Mon.
day for Washington.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

A still larger vessel is now being
built for the White Star Line. She is
the Oceanic, and is to be 704 feet
long.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-10-22

y the superior Court OF the Stat" of Washing.
l ton in and for Thurstnu cturty.
Land Mortgage HaHk u: North
western America. limited
IN CorporaiiCnj ard Will;hm
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Young, Thomas Rurir.
Thomas n. Allen 1rU~
tee. Edison General Elcr:rl,
Company. Henry NJ. Ian
bertOn and Margaret T. Lam
bcrIOn as CO partners, dun-l No.
business hnder The nam" SUMMONS for
and style OF Winona Deposit Publication.
Bank, A. II. Chambers and
X. Frost and G.. !. Lord rs
Executors of Alexander Far
quar-. deceased. Ellen NJ
Farquar, Mark \. Shannon
Mary A. shannon rs sole Ex
ccuIrix of Geo. ID. shannon
deceased, Robert Frost. Mary
]. Frost, a. II. Chambers
Mary Chambers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
BRYAN TO THE BIMETALLIsTs.
His speech Warmly Received at the
Nebraska Convention.

Lincoln, Neb, Jan. 6.--The Lansing the
alter was completely filled this morning
when the state bimetallic conference was
called to order. When Mr. Bryan enter
ed the hall he was greeted with deafening
applause.
Judge Green reviewed the campaign Of
1896 and said that while beaten at the polls.
the silver forces were not conquered. The
battle of Bull. Run did not decide the war.
nor had the battle of 1896 decided the sill
yer cause. Mr.. Bryan said the warm re-
paraphrase an old saying which would
read: "It is better to have run and lost
than not to have run at an
He reviewed the campaign from the Chi
cago convention until the close of the
polls He showed the great gain made by
the silver party since 1894, and said that
he believed that with the efforts to be
made during the next four years there
could be no doubt of a victory in 1900. He
spoke of the bimetalllc league which is
about to be organized in this state. and
advised that all friends of silver, regard
less of party affiliations, should be en-
rolled under one banner. He suggested
that the legislature should still further
amend the election laws of the state to
the end that the voters should be better
protected from intimidation, also that the
corporations should not be permitted to
contribute funds for election purposes
Such contributions of corporation funds
was in direct violation of corporate chart
ers.
He made a great hit when he said that
while the doctrine of himetalism had been
defeated at the polls it had made many re-
publicans hope that bimetallism would be
secured before the next presidential cleo
tion. Some friends of the cause feared the
republicans would manage to steal the BIZ
metallic thunder, but if they had desire
to steal 1t, he was ready to place his thun-
der upon the front porch where it would
be within easy reach of the thieves.
He spoke for nearly an hour, and at the
close the audience rose and gave him three
hearty cheers.
The conference adjourned until this af-
ternoon.
Both houses of the legislature adjourned
during MIR. Bryan's speech, and most of
the members heard 1t.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
PILFERINe IN A PosToFFICE.
NORFOLTx's POSTMASTER SHORT
$3.50 IN HIS ACCOUNTS.

His BOndSmcn Reimburse the Gov
ernment for the Loss and the POST
master Secures Them by "A Mort
gage on His PrOperty--Where the
Money Has Gone "a Mystery, as lie
Is a Man of Good Habits and Does
Not Gamble.
Norfolk, Va, Jan. 6.-During the past
week Postofice Inspector Clumm has been
engaged in examining the books of the
Norfolk postoffice The city was greatly
excited this afternoon by the announce
ment that he had discovered that w. w.
Degge, the postmaster, was short in his
accounts to the extent of $3.50, and that
w. H. H. Trice, one of his bondsmen, had
been made temporary postmaster with
eX-Postmaster James w. Long as as
sistant, the latter succeeding Gen. e. M.
Henry. Gen. Henry's accounts are all
right. but the bondsmen blame him for
not making public Mr.. Degge's defalca-
ton.
The sureties made good the shortage,
and Mr.. Degge gave them a mortgage on
his property to secure them. The in
spector says that only the postmaster is
involved. He says that he has never dis
covered in six years experience a larger
shortage, and that Degge took every cent
possible. Degge's bondsmen agree not to
prosecute him, and they say they do not
desire the government to do so. One of
the sureties said that he hoped Degge
would be retained as postmaster.
Degge says he cannot explain the short
age. except on the ground of negligence.
He is very temperate man, and never
CANDLES. He lives modestly, and 1t is a
mystery to his friends what he has done
with the money. He has a young wife
and two little children. He is 80 years
of age. He was appointed by Mr.. Cleve-
land in April, 1894 Both Trice and Long,
who now occupy the positions of postmas-
ter and assistant, temporarily, are repub.
licans in politics.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
BIG SHIPMENT OF SALT.
One Hundred and Sixty Car Loads
Leave New York for Boston.

One Hundred and Sixty Car Loads
Leave New York for Boston.
Silver Springs, ". Y, Jan. 6.-One hum
dred and sixty cars loaded with
5,45O,OOO pounds of salt, left here
to-day consigned to New Eng
land firms. The train was the Wor-
cester salt special, bearing a consignment
of orders tc New England, which had been
given contingent on President McKinley's 5
election. The vast shipment made up the
finest freight train ever put together. The
cars were handsomely decorated with vari-
colored banners. This train will go over
the Erie railroad to Jersey City, and
thence by the Consolidated railroad to
Boston.
A large crowd was gathered about the
train, and as It started there were great
cheering The first section has attached
private car for representatives of the
press and officials of the Worcester Salt
Company.
The shipment contains 14,222 barrels
packed with salt in bags and bulk, and 1O,-
TIA sacks not in barrels. If the barrels in
the train were placed standing one on the
top of the other, the most elevated barrel
would be over six miles high.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
SOUTHERN BANKS ARE SOLID.
SPLENDID SHOWING MADE IN THE
NATIONAL REPORTS.

Controller of the Currency Eckels
Makes a Statement Concerning
Them-OnIy Six Failures During
the Most Trying Fiscal Year 1856
and Two of These Prove solvent.
Large Increase shown in Theirs
Cash Reserves.
Baltimore, Md. Jan. 6-The Manufac-
turers Record has received from Con-
troller Eckels a statement as to the gener-
al situation of the banking interests south.
Mr.. Eckels says: THE strength of the
banking Institutions of the south cannot
better be evidenced than by the fact that
during the year of 1895, which embraced
the most trying portions of 1895 and 1896.
there occurred but six national bank fall
ures while since Nov. !. the failures have
numbered but two. OF these two the bank
at Roanoke. Va, has proven solvent, and
arrangement to pay its creditors with
out the Intervention of a receiver and go
into voluntary liquidation.
LAS against these two failures, we have
a condition of Improvement in the cash
reserves of the banks in the south, as
shown by the bank call Of Dec. Il, over
that Of oct. g. which proves how much
money must have been brought out OF
hiding since election day. The two states
thus far reporting. Mississippi and Arkan-
sas. show an increase from 2942 per cent.
to S2.6l and from 904o to 1896. respectively.
"Of the reporting cities in the south, the
returns from Louisville show an increase
from $500 to 4l02; st. Louis, from 1886 to
3Sl; Houston, 67.17 to H.57; Baltimore, 30S9
to S53l; New Orleans. 31.42 to 32.74, and
Savannah, from 2S.20 to 39.46. When it is
remembered that the requirement of the
law, based upon that which Is deemed the
point Of safety, requires a reserve of but
Is per cent. in the states generally, and
but 25 per cent. in reserve cities, II is
readily seen how able the banks are to
meet every demand to be made upon them
by southern depositors. 1t is a notewor-
| thy fact that throughout the south, prior
to 1892 the number Of large enterprises
| undertaken enlisted much foreign and do
| nestle capital, and not a few unhealthy
| booms were created, and yet, despite all
| this, tho bank failures in that section have
| been comparatively few and the losses
| entailed upon shareholders and creditors
| comparatively slight. It is safe to say
! that If the panic Of 1898, preceded as it
| was by three years Of sudden and unusual
| investment of capital in the southern
| states, did not produce more failures than
| then occurred, there viii be now, with the
banks thoroughly strengthened In cash
means and rid of many undesirable assets.
not a sufficient number to create any un-
| usual comment
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-07
LOUD MAY FIGHT A DUEL.
Fitzpatrick slayer i'm Trouble with
wisconsin shipbuiIder.


Chicago, Jan. GA Superior Wis, spe-
cia says "Bloodshed may be the result
of a misunderstanding between two prom
inent men. The parties are Col. c. ID.
Loud. who is here from Savannah, Ga,
and w. j. Holden, a local ship builder
and politician. Col Loud is engaged in
encouraging emigration to the fruit grow
ing sections Of Georgia. Mr.. Holden was
sent with Col. Loud short time ago to
Georgia by a party Of ship yard men to
look over the country. While away Mr..
Holden conceived the idea of going into
business himself, and started a rival busi-
ness about three miles from Col. Loud
lands near Macon. The colonel demand
ed an explanation and got Mr. Holden out
in the south one night to cowhide him,
but the latter escaped i'm the darkness.
Both men were armed, so the colonel says,
though shooting, on his part, was to be
the last resort. The quarrel has been car
red to this city, and Col. Loud threatened
either TO cowhide Holden or kill him be-
cause he had done him dirty Both men
are talking loud and threateningly, ana
a duel has been hinted at Col. Loud IS
a typical southerner, who has the repu-
tation of having protected his honor on
ground where blood has been spilled. Hol-
den stubbornly holds off, and friends are
keeping them apart, and say that a duel
may yet end the misunderstanding"