Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-03-26

ROYAL BAkING POWDER co., NEW YORK.
The following fares are now in effect
on the steamers plying to Alaska
Ky the AK, $40 tir>t-claS> and s.
second, to juneau; by the Topeka and
Mexico, SD and $50; 10y the excur-
sion steamer Queen, 80 and 81
Should amy Of our worldly neigh
burs lack Bible in which to hunt up
the passage referred to in Professor
Ncncn's letter, they can find Il copy
OF that venerable book in irS allotted
niche on the STANDARD office table.
1t j. rumorcd that J. {. Horr intends
To- take in" the political Mecca
Observation-Disclosures he rctur home,
in the hope that he will find some little
job lying around loose. }. C.'s eye is
always open to the main chance, let it
he remarked.
The home of +. A. Searcy, near
Little Rock, was wholly destroyed
with most OF the family effects, by
fire, Monday night, about 10 o'clock.
The flames caught from Il defective
tluc. The loss is stated ut 81 900 with
an insurance of 5000.
Little oily has struck Il new play
thing. 1t is the term cannon ball"
for our lightning express, the Port
Townsend Southern train. 1t handles
it about for all the world like Il little
miss with her first doll-baby, and peo-
pie are beginning to wonder if it will
ever tire of the amusement.
Don't fail to attend the millinery
opening of Miss Sternberg at 3OJ
Fourth street, Olympia, on April LIST,
ID and 3D.. The finest line of goods
ever shown in this city will be dis
played and at prices lower by far than
similar goods have ever been sold.
The finest of trimmed hats from 81
up.
A change OF schedule on the rail-
roads, which will go into effect next
Sunday, will give us the mails at 30,
instead of two hours later. The over
land will leave Portland at III O'Clock
A. NJ. instead of p. NJ. as now. The
local train for Seattle will leave at
B 10 instead of $40 p. NJ, connecting
with the overland at Tacoma.
The storm yesterday did considera-
bic damage at Seattle, breaking plate
glass windows and damaged stock in
the Rialto building to the extent of
$500. The Merchants dock was
completely demolished. The Multno-
nah was detained five hours from
stress of weather, and did not arrive
here until 10 p. NJ. Tacoma sustained
a similar loss.
The State Association of Equal Suf-
frage has already begun campaign
work to arouse feeling in favor of the
proposed amendment to the constitu-
ton, granting equal suffrage. The
next general State meeting of the as
ISOLATION will be held in Tacoma. The
officers for this year are: Mrs. B. 1.
Savage, of Olympia, President; Mrs.
Laura A. Peters, of Port Townsend,
Vice-President; Mrs. Dora w. Cryder-
man, of Olympia, General Secretary !;
Mrs. Addie G. Barlow, of Tacoma,
Treasurer.
During the height of the gale yes
terday, a heavily Hanged scuttle was
lifted from the roof of the Carlton
House as if it had been Il feather, one
Of the large skylights was wrenched
from its fastenings, carried over the
comb of the roof and thrown to the
ground in a demolished condition.
Fences were twisted away while the
network of the various telephone,
telegraph and trolley wires and cables
set up such screeching as aptly to
suggested the pandemOnium of thous-
and COLLINS suddenly turned loose
upon the streets and alleys of the
city.
Harry West and Howard Warner,
escaped from the county Jail, Satur-
day night. West was held for trial
on a charge of forgery and Warner for
assault. Hedican, who was impris-
oned last week, on charge of arson,
refused to join them. The two men
broke down the door with n steel bar
that had been passed in to them,
about midnight, and disappeared.
Preparations for escape seem to have
been made with deliberation, for War
ner left a letter for Sheriff Billings, in
which he states that he skipped out
rather than to stand trial on q put up
job against him.
The report reached Olympia last
evening that Miss Myrtle LETTERS, liv-
ing near Chambers Lake, was sud
denly killed yesterday by falling
limb while returning home with her
father, Joseph Jeffers, from this city.
1t appears that they were riding in a
road cart when the limb came dashing
down upon them, striking the young
lady across the neck, killing her
instantly. Miss LETTERS was Is years
of age, and member of the Christian