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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14
Decay of 4 Great Trust.

! The high priced typewriter Is
d""incd; It's day, are numbered and 1t
| i, yuin- thc same road down which
Travelled lis predecessors, the old
house clock, the sewing machine and
! later un cottage organ and the bicycle.
Low grade and cheap typcwrltcrS have
made such inroads in the business of
the princcly manufacturing compan-
les that they are finding themselves
bound hand and foot, with their
made-up stock drug on their hands,
and now they are hoping to be able to
| crush the smaller concerns by putting
down their own machines to fifty per
cent. OF what has been the ruling
prices.
Boston, New York, Pittsburg and
Chicago plants have thus far con-
trollcd the business ever since the
typewriter came into general use.
During recent years this great COM
bination has assumed the form of 4
princely trust, involving the accumula-
ton of millions OF dollars from the
sale of their machines in almost every
quarter of the civilized world, at
prices ranging from five to ten times
the actual cost of manufacture. The
managers of labor strikes and x.em
ployes have done much to expose the
inner workings of this great manufac-
turing trust. An intelligent artisan
who has long been an employee of a
Chicago typewriter plant, says the ac-
tual cost to the manufacturer of ma
chine sold for one hundred dollars,
ranges from ten to fifteen dollars.
Lower priced machines, of course, were
put up for much less money, and it
leaks out from the reports OF dis
charged or ex-employes in various cit
les that not only the purchasers and
users of typewriters but great major
ity of the middle dealers themselves,
with advertising agencies counted in,
have been completely hoodwinked in
regard to the enormous profits which
have been for the last decade filling
the Golfers of greedy ard INSCRIPTIONS
makers.
The old house clock, the American
watch and the sewing machine were
once expensive luxuries instead of the
common household appliances they
are to-day.
While the bicycle may not be
reckoned as one of the industrial or
household necessaries, it is destined,
like the typewriter, to come down in
price far below what even the cheaper
grades are now sold for to the thous.
ands that are indulging in the wheel
recreation.
The managers of several leading
typewriter plants have recently held a
meeting to discuss the unfavorable
outlook that confronts them and
enough is known OF their closed-door
proceedings to warrant the conclusion
that they are determined to overthrow
the business of the smaller manufac-
turers at any cost. One prominent
superintendent has gone SO far as to
publicly declare that the only way
left to unload the unsold stock now
filling scores of company warehouses
is to put 500 machines down to $75,
or $50 and lower grades in due proper
ton.
Well, there is some consolation,
after all, to know that the world is
still moving.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14
Now, what's the matter with Hanna?

Now, what's the matter with Hanna?
-Olympian. ~.
A very pertinent question. If to
add to his record OF infamy could pos
sibly make it any blacker, it would be
"matter" enough to have the last
chapter so indellibly stamped upon
the memory as to keep it continually
before the vision of the American peo-
pie. He very Unexpectedly found opt
what was the matter, when it required
all the influence of the party through
out the nation to elect him Senator
from Ohio. He will find out what's
the matter when he enters the next
national convention to manipulate it
in opposition to the popular will. The
party cannot a second time win on
past prestige and unlimited use of
money. The poor mans right to live
is paramount to the bondholders' OPP
portunity to amass colossal fortunes.
The scales have fallen from honest
eyes, and the silver sentiment SO far
from being dead, is to-day numerically
overwhelming, and in earnestness and
determination, firm as the rock OF Glib.
raltar.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14

Oily, in noting the contest between
Mr.. Swan, the new City Marshal, and
late Chief Taylor, says that the latter
is "a member of the so-caIled Reform
party" That is not true. Taylor's
record was decidedly "fishy" when he
was elected, and it will be remembered
that two Republican Councilmen
made pilgrimage the length of the
Sound to put him in Office. The very
fact that he has become so firmly
glued to his Office shows that he is
died-in-the-wool Republican, though
he may have at times shown the hues
of the chameleon to obtain Office.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14

LITTLE Oily has all at once discov-
cred that the elevated draw, on Fourth
street bridge, is "death trap" It
never ascertained that fact while Re-
publican Council insisted upon having
that monument to stupidity main
tanned. But Mrs. Dewitt, in crossing
it, Wednesday night, stumbled and
fell, and this reminded Oily that we
have had no lights to guard against
such accidents, and it inadvertently
abuses its own friends of the late
Council because they could not over
come their prejudice against Gen.
Stevens and give the city few lights,
especially where "death-traps" are
maintained. Oh, Oily, you little rogue,
you wobble!
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14

A FEARFUL TORNADO. SWEEPS OVER
ARKANsAs.-Monday night, a terrible
tornado, passed over a portion of Ar
kansas, totally wrecking the city of
Fort Smith, and sacrificing over so
lives, and leaving many hundreds of
people without food and shelter.
Alabam, a village nine miles northeast
of Fort Smith, was likewise demolished.
Fire from the PROSTATE dwellings
added an additional horror to the ap.
paling scene. A heavy rain followed
the tornado. This is the most des.
tructive calamity that has ever visited
the southwest. The loss will run I'D
into the millions.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14

The ANNIHILATORATlMUs. - That
Necessity is the mother of inven.
tion," has never been more clearly ex-
emplifed than in the many applica-
tions for patents connected with the
necessities developed by the Klondike
gold excitement. Among them is a
discovery for humiliation OF mosqui-
tos, the pest that has made the life of
the prospector and miner almost UNI
bearable. 1t is a combination of oils
and acids, which, when compounded
in the proper proportions, will render
the depredations of this intolerable
pest almost harmless. The mosquito
annihilatoratimus is a liquid of about
the consistency of caster oil, and q
single drop is said to have a drawing
capacity that will relegate the porous
plaster to the shade. It attracts mo-
squitos for the radius of a mile, and
the mosquitoes enter a cone-shaped re-
ceptical, never to return to active life,
where they are transferred into sort
of gum, which is an infallible specific
for scurvey, "gray-backs," and other
obnoxious and infectious Klondike in
Elections. Like Col. Sellers eye-water
there is doubtless "millions in it," for
no man who is afflicted with a pie
thoria of gold will hesitate to invest
in such balm to his wounded feel
ings,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14

IT will never be known who sprung
the trap for the execution of Durrant.
Ehe spring to the drop was operated
by cord which led to an adjoining
apartment, and there were two other
cords which led the same course but
were not connected with the machin.
cry. Three guards were stationed in
the apartment, who at signal from
Lunt, the hangman, cut simultan.
eously all three cords. This is de.
signed, of course, to ease the con-
science of the real executioner, and is
borrowed from the army code of the
drum court-martial, when the prisoner
is condemned to be shot. Several
guns are loaded, but only one with
ball, and the member of the firing
squad who wings the deadly missile is
absolutely unknown.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14

IT is said that thirty-five steamers
have been engaged for the Puget
Sound-Alaska service, in the spring,
which will afford, on an average, a
steamer for every day in the month.
As result it is predicted that the pas
senger rate from the Sound to Dyea
or Skagway will be reduced to $40 be-
fore the summer is over. This condi-
ton of affairs imfels the Telegram, of
Portland, to urge her citizens to in
crease steamship accommodations from
that city to Alaska, and it advises
that at least ten steamers be at once
provided for, to enable the Webfoot
metropolis to compete for the north
ern trade.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14

The bicycle is still in it," and the
Rambler seems to be on top. Merrill,
of Portland, lately received half a
thousand of these favorite wheels, and
had them drawn from the depot to his
salesroom on Is large trucks, preceded
by brass band and attended by trick
riders. Photographs of the procession,
as we'll as of the bicycles, Grated, piled
in front of the Merrill Cycle Co.'s
salesrooms, were taken, to use for
showing the amplitude OF the COM
pany's business in the Northwest.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14
"WHOTHE DICKENS ISSCOTT?''
YELM, WASH, Jan. IL, 1897.

lELM, WASH, Jan. III, 1877.
ED. STANDARD:
have just read criticism of my
depression of opinion" on the deci-
sion of the Supreme Court in the case
of Tumwater VS.. Pix, by one w. W..
Scott. Who "the dickens" Scott is l
don't know unless it's the "phellow"
who had the contract for the Doodle.
However that don't matter. Suffice it
to say, have nothing to retract. l
simply exercised the right of an Amer
lean citizen, and / don't claim to be
infallible. The object of this article
is not to further criticise the Supreme
Court, but to correct any wrong i'm
preston that might arise in the minds
of the public regarding the latter part
of his "effusion" as to what / said
about "court expenses" As to that
i have nothing to retract and believe
80 per cent. of the citizens of Wash
ington will agree with me. AS to my
relations with Jim Burns or "the
devil" as he was generally known in
this community, l want to say that
there is history connected with that
affair that perhaps great many do
not understand. About twelve years
ago, my wife and children were pick
ing berries near his (Burns) house, but
outside of his enclosure, and he came
out and ordered them away and, on
their refusal to go as quickly as he
thought they ought to, he fired three
separate shots at them with a rifle.
He was arrested, tried before legal
tribunal in Olympia and, notwith-
standing the fact that he was found
guilty of assault with deadly weapon
as charged, and he never even denied
the charge, he was punished with a
paltry fine of 500, and was allowed to
work it out "bottoming" chairs in the
Olympia Jail at So per day. Is it any
wonder that people lose confidence in
the justice of courts when the laws
are perverted for the benefit of claim.
ants because they happen to have a
little money or belong to some secret
orderf This is not an isolated case.
l could refer to several similar cases
with which the citizens of Olympia
are familiar. 1t was in consequence
of the extremely mild punishment in
flicted upon Old Burns by the sympa-
thizing judge coupled with preceding
acts that he was arrested for insanity
and the complaint was not made by
myself but by Vivinda Longmire,
James and Sarah Sumpter. They
reasoned, and rightly too, that no sane
judge could inflict so light a punish
ment on SO base criminal unless he
had reason to doubt his sanity. Now
l don't deny that I took an active
part in his prosecution and was anx-
ious to see him punished, but / was
not even witness in either case and
never had case in court in my life,
and am proud of it. If Burns had
received his just deserts, Thurston
county would have been 5000 ahead
instead Of having to feed the old bum.
mer in Jail, as you will see was done
by examining the statutes.
JIG. Coo.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14

DURRANT was received into full
membership of the Catholic church by
Father Lagan, just before execution.
1t was said that he made confession,
but whether it embraced anything
concerning the Emmanuel church
tragedy is, of course, known only to
the priest.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14

1T is questionable whether Sherman
or Hanna or Gage are creating the
most worry in the Republican party.
Sherman has been quietly notified that
his resignation would be acceptable to
the Administration, still he needs it
not; and Hanna has almost wrecked
the party in one of the States abso-
lutely necessary to success, and would
listen to no suggestion of compromise.
He said he would not step aside for
anybody else. Gage ditto.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14

The vanity of Durrant was shown
even while at the foot of the scaffold.
He spent quarter Of an hour in ar.
ranging his necktie, before a small
mirror. Being offered black satin
tie, he refused it and insisted upon
having dark brown four-in-hand. At
his request he was allowed to wear his
collar and cravat on the scaffold,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14

MINERS at Dawson are feasting on
moose and carriboo. As this supply
is unlimited, the danger of starvation
seems to be very remote. The large
herds of these animals that have, at
last reports, in passing through that
district, been slaughtered, has reduced
the price of fresh meat from one dollar
to thirty and forty cents a pound.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14

MARK Hanna has bought his way
into the Senate from Ohio. IT'S we'll.
Press the thorny crown into the flesh /;
make the people realize that in the
dim future may be seen the resolve to
tolerate but two classes-nabobs and
serfs-and the result will not be I'M
certain nor delayed. The people are
equal to any emergency when fully
aroused.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14

Mr.. Hicks has given it out that his
suit against the Seattle typographical
union, is friendly contest to deter
mine a mere difference of opinion, and
this puts us in mind of the temper
and disposition manifested by the fire.
eaters of the South towards Northern
Abolitionists in antebellum days,
when they sent fraternal greetings
with hospitable invitation to come
South, with the cheerful assurance
that they would be welcomed with
bloody hands to hospitable graves.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14
Mono But Ayers as the Worlds Fair

There was only one blood purifier
admitted at the Worlds Fair, Chicago.
1t was Ayers Sarsaparilla. All others
were shut out because they did not
meet the requirements of the Fair Com
missioners. Ayers Sarsaparilla only
was accorded the honor of an entry, be-
cause it did meet those require
ments. In other words, the Worlds
Fair authorities found Ayers Sarsapar-
lila to be an honest, scientific prepare
ton, the only one of its kind they could
endorse. That was good testimony that
Ayers Sarsaparilla is the best blood
purifier made. Furthermore, hundreds
Of physicians say it is, thousands of
druggists say it is, millions of patients
say it is. Take it, ailing friend, and you
will say it is.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14

The swellest" theater in New
York city is named "Olympia." The
latest and most popular theater in
San Francisco is the Olympia" and
the neatest, cosiest theater in this
State is the Olympia.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14

ISN'T it about time his accidency
had assigned his trusty Sancho to the
Governorship of some island, where he
can make faces at old England without
danger OF embroiling our nation in
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14

The Pennsylvania Railroad Co. are
now grading for an additional double
track. It and the New York Central
are the only four-track lines in the
United States.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14
Summons,
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
County of Thurston,
In the Superior Court.
Mary Z. Campbell,
Plaintiff, No.
vs.. Summons.
James Campbell,
Defendant.
Summons,

The State of Washington to the said James
Campbell, defendant:
You are hereby summoned to appear within
twenty days after the service OF this summons,
exclusive Of the date of service. and defend the
above entitled action In the court aforesaid; and
in case Of your failure 80 to do, judgment will be
rendered against you, according to the demand
of said Court.
This action Is commenced for the purpose Of
procuring q divorce from you on part of the
plaintiff on the grounds OF noE-suppOrt and for
her costs and disbursements.
Dated December Is, 1897.
G. C. ISRAEL,
Plaintiffs Attorney. Olympia. Thurston coun-
tv Wash with postoffice address, Room 3, Tur-
ner block, in said Olympia.
Date OF first publication, Dec. II, 1897.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14
Chandler on Silver.

In a signed editorial, Senator Chan
dler, ON the Sd instant, wrote:
"a good New Years resolve for Re-
publicans is to demand, and during
the year 1898, to struggle for bime-
talism. Every man who works for
wages should fight against the single
gold standard, which is the most po-
tent cause for the recent reduction OF
wages in all the factories OF New Eng
land.
"The demonetization of silver and
the consequent appreciation of gold
which measures values, have con-
tributed to so reduce prices of COM
modities, that goods that once brought
the producer 500, now bring him
only $50.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14

Arthur Mitchell, of Lopez Island,
San Juan county, committed suicide
Tuesday, by shooting himself. Des-
pondency, caused by long-continued
illness, was the cause.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14
@tashinaton S tandara
IsNH.'l l>E.
FRIDAY EVENING, JlNlAEi ii. 1898.
Judge All Alike.

II j. >aid that the Ia>tor 81 one Of
thu city chlIr, hes took orca>inn. sun
day night, To- read criticism on thea
tiers and dramatic people. which was
un>cathing in il, dcnunciation OF any
thing and everything appcrtaining to
the stage. lie then cudcavUrcd To-
shut the door against personal rcspUn-
sibiiity, which lac would not have
>hirked had lic really believed the
comments true, ly saying: Nov
d, not - away and say that am Tin"
author oi these words read from
tho uttcrancc> 81 another" or words
to that effect.
Now W. wish t. lay right here. that
the thcator does not diilcr materially
from other places OF business. Vice,
and even crime, may Turk behind the
f"ntlightS, Just As il does beneath the
drippings OF the sanctuary. Nor are
theatrical people any more immoral.
in any particular, than any other
class of people. The profession NUM-
hers i'll Its ranks some OF the highest
and purest types OF true manhood and
sweet womanhood. 1t has its saints
and its sinners, the same as any other
profession; its white and its black
sheep. Some plays teach as elevating
moral as the best sermon that ever
fell from the lips Of a Bcechcr, while
Others fail as completely in arousing
moral impulse as that preacher sue
ccedcd few days ago in sowing the
seeds OF dissention from New York
pulpit, when he advocated restriction
OF the ballot to those who would vote
for the gold standard. Some actors
are doubtless just as immoral in their
habits as an occasional Reverend
Brown, a Reverend Ford or Reverend
Beecher, who when charged with
moral turpitude, we're invited to " step
down and out" for their misdeeds.
Occasionally we find an actor who,
like Secular School Teacher, Professor
Barlow, or the Assistant Sunday
School Superintendent, Durrant, bring
disgrace upon their callings, although
their acts are accompanied by the
most positive and persistent protesta-
tions of innocence. 1t is unfair, how
ever, to condemn all for the misdeeds
of the few; if we do so in one instance,
and with one class of people, it is but
fair to extend the rule to all. If we
overlook the misdeeds of the one, we
must extend charity in judgment of
the other. And if we follow the in.
junction of the Saviour, it should be,
He who is without sin" should cast
the first stone, that we might thus
keep unimpaired the golden precept of
Him who spake as never men spoke.
Let us be charitable, neighbor. Let
us observe the eleventh commandment
to Love one another" God is love,
and cultivation of the spirit of love
will do more to bring about the mil.
lenium-the promised thousand years
of peace-than all the vituperation
and abuse that can be hurled from
pulpit or rostrum. In fact, the latter
course tends to prolong sin and misery
in the world, which is just about as
unchristian an act as a man can do.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14

The late tragedy at Colfax is ma
tural sequence to the foolishness of
the Durrant trial.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14

Allen Cameron, aged 10, was arrested
at Chehalis last week On a charge of
seduction. He was given a hearing
and bound over.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14

because the manufacturers cannot
get old prices for goods, they say they
cannot pay old prices for labor"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14

The city schools resumed work
Monday.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-01-14

The answer ia very simple. The
day added every fourth year to Febru-
airy, is to make up the loss OF about
one-fourth of day in each annual
revolution of the Earth in its orbit
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-11-17
THE Observation-Disclosures AGE.
Period of Life When Mis-. !. Apt to BE

Period of Life When Miss Is Apt to he
Nuisance.
One of Byron's objections to the miss
just out of school was that "she smell
ed so damnably of bread and butter"
That is defect easily overcome. which
Is more than can be said of some 9TH
ers. A young woman Of uncertain
age was discussing this period of ex-
istence the other evening and thus ex-
pressed herself: Among the things
for which l am truly thankful is the
fact that I have got beyond that age.
There is no period of her existence, /
think, wherein woman appears to less
advantage. It is almost impossible
for the average girl of II not to be con-
scious. and she has so little knowledge
of the world that she is unable to hide
her awkwardness. 1t is amusing. al
belt rather pathetic, to see the efforts
of the poor things to appear natural
and at their ease and to say their little
say without betraying that they have
prepared it beforehand. Bread-ard-
butter misses may be classified under
few heads. There is your frank
hobbledehoy, who despises affectation
and who, in consequence, is apt to be
rough and i'll hammered; then the
sweety girl, who puts on an indescrib.
| able smile of faulty and whom you
feel at times you would like to shake;
next the aristocratic girl, conscious Of
her position. who has nothing to say.
and therefore does not say it; and the
last and funniest development of all,
the inexperienced little girl from the
nursery, who thinks it is the thing to
be little rapid l suppose that girls
of that youthful age consider me as
an old maid and would be surprised to
know that by no means envied them
and that they afforded me the greatest
entertainment, but it is true, neverthe-
| less"