Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-12-02

'i'''h' Oh mine Ill tallfOr
ma \ successor cannot he a,,nointo,
until the board reports upon tn,
qualifications of applicants.
J: Q. Walker, father OF Mrs ! OR
Scobey Is dangerously i'll, at hi.
daughters home in this city, hayiu.
sustained stroke of paralysis. Tues
day another shock left him in an nm
conscious condition. 1t seems almu,
impossible for him to recover.
The little steamer E>tclla, engage,
III the towing business, was swampcd
tuesday night, while tied up at Hop,
Island. Being somewhat "long leg
ger she careened over when the It'd,
went out and failed to rise at its flow
The damage done, however, is nomi
inal.
The lntcrmcnt OF Mrs. lydia IIct
rick, who died at san Jose, Cal, il
odd Fellows Cemetery, occurred last
Monday. She WAS Il sister of Mr.. G.
r. kaler, salesman for Connolly 4
Chambers. She was laid to rest be-
side her mother in the family plot hv
the loving hands of kindred and
friends.
The lifclesS body of David II. Nit
chc!l was found in his cabin. at the
hcadwatcrS of the DeSchutes, Il few
days ago. Coroner Holland held an
inquest and the jury after II full ex-
animation into such evidence as was
presented, determined that deceased
had come to his death from natural
causes.
Those whose imaginations have
been tied into Il knot by Apron
Strings" the past week or more. are
likely to remain in dilemma for Rev
Mr.. Lozicr, who was to have cut the
gordon knot failed to appear on time
or the postponed date, and the gate
money has been returned to purchasers
of tickets.
The " Dazzler" spccialties were of Il
high order, new and exqui>itcly funny
and the play which does not assume
to be anything more than a farce
comedy has movement to it which
does not leave a moment for thought
OF criticism, if indeed criticism would
be in order for anything which SC
thoroughly amuscs.
"The harp that once through Tara's
halls has lost somewhat its aristo.
cratic lineage when it is made to pull.
safe waves of harmony for the rabble
in the modern saloon. One of these
classical instruments has come to be-
guile the ears of our lawmakers and
soothe the savage breast that is likely
to be narrowed with care.
Two eclipses will be recorded this
month, one on the 18th and the last
one of the year, on the 9th. The
first will be of the sun and quite in
significant; the second will he a total
eclipse of the moon, visible to some
extent in all the continents: invisible
in portions of the Atlantic ocean and
to the people of Australia.
Secretary of State Jenkins was
called to Spokane in haste Monday by
the malignant aspect of his wife's af-
fiction for which she was seeking ALE
Walton by travel. 1t was her doctors
opinion that an immediate change to
a dryer climate was the only al,erna-
tive for restoration of health. Mr..
J. started ut once with the sufferer for
Arizona.
Miss Ida Mann was the recipient OF
party at the residence of &. Ros.
enthal, Tuesday evening, the occasion
being her departure for Tacoma to
enter upon n two years course of in
struction at the Fanny Paddock
seminary. The party was given by
the Tam O'Shanter History Club, of
which Miss Mann was organizer and
an active member.
Fred Carlyon is back from Skagway.
He says that Klondike is all right
but it is noted that he does not utter
it in that tone of springing elasticity
that gave it force when he came down
for vacation" last season. 1t is
doubtless much easier job to peddle
watches at home, than it is to prospect
for nuggets either in the gulches OF
that wild region or amid the turbulent
tide of humanity at Wrangel.
Prospective visitors to Olympia dur
ing the legislative session complain
OF the high prices charged for private
lodgings and board. 1t is to be re-
garded that in many cases, these com.
plants are we'll founded. Provident
housewives should not require the
whole earth from their incoming
guests. Give the wayfarers coaling
station. if nothing more, say some
where among the Philippines.
Judge B. F. Coates died Monday, in
this city, at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Robt. Shore. He came to town
about a fortnight ago. and was i'm
mediately Frustrated with what
proved to be his final illness. Mr.. G..
was born in Grant county, Wis, in
1915. He came to this State in 1888
and settled in this county in 1890
He leaves a wife and seven children
A brother, w. ]. Coates, who resides
with the family at Yelm, likewise
mourns his loss.
Some beautiful watercolors of
scenery in Colorado are on exhibition
in Mr.. O'Connor's show window, the
work of w. G. Perrin, an artist who
halls from the Hub" among which
are Black Canyon" "A Colorado
Sunset" and other sketches OF western
landscape. Mr.. p. is the pupil OF
the eminent Carollo, and his exquisite
tinting of the colors of nature as we'll
as his grasp of subject, indicates a
master-hand. The paintings have en-
gagged much attention of the passing
throng.
A delegation OF ladies, consisting OF
Mesdames Geo. f. Filley, o. c. White
and H. NJ. Pierce, went to Tacoma
Saturday to see with their own eyes
that the precious package of table
linen for the cruiser OLYMPIA, Dewev's