Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-11-18

III Il HIiOl' ColIIcI vi lHlru ana w ASH
lngton, now occupied by the laundry.
Mr.. 1. is on his way to the klondike
mines.
Two Married Men," i the name ol
Il rattling good comedy which will APP
pear in Oh ympla Thcater, next Wednts-
day evening. 1t is under the manage
ment "i Mr.. Schilling, So we'll known
to our people as the promoter oi many
excellent entertainments that have
appeared here in years past. That
fact, ol itself, is guaranty oi ITS be-
Ing worthy OF liberal patronage.
\ thief carried oil Il roll OF wire
cable weighing 800 pounds from the
yard OF George Langiord, on Westside,
the other night, and that gentleman
is willing to give the property stolen
to the nocturnal visitor, if he will tell
him what possible Use he can make OF
1t. 1t is not pliablc enough to make
u hangman's moose, the most approp.
rate use that he can make of it.
VIM. H. weisdippe, in a recent let
ter to his sister, Mrs. Ed. Free, OF this
city, states that he has struck it rich
in Alaska. He has two claims and an
interest in several others at the mouth
OF Stewart river, all of which have
proven very rich with the yellow
metal. Accompanying the letter, Mrs.
Free received Il package of nuggets
which were taken from one of his
claims.
The South Before the War" COM
pany were greeted with splendid
"house" Monday night, notwith.
standing the anticipation CT a surfeit
OF amusement this week by the carni-
val which Immediately followed was
considered by some paralyzer of pro-
fessiOnal attractions. The prediction
that only a corporal's guard" would
patronize this splendid attraction
from that cause was the prophesy of a
brain turned by intense zeal.
Mails will hereafter close at the fol-
lowing hours at Olympia postofiice, due
to the rearranged time cards of the
Northern Pacific and Port Townsend
Southern: Mails for Gray's Harbor
at 5:35 P. NJ. For Lacey, Lakeview
and Sherlock at 2:3O p. NJ. For Gate
City, Little Rock and Nina at $50 A.
NJ. For Seattle and up Sound, at 2:3O
p. NJ. For Spokane and Eastern WASH
ington, at 80 p. NJ. For the States,
southern, at $3.50 P. NJ. For Tenino
and Bucoda, at l 80 p. NJ. For Gen.
tralia and Chehalis, at 5:35 P. NJ. For
Portland and San Francisco, Mt $50 P.
NJ. For Yelm at l 80 p. NJ.
Our new police force are making it
decidedly hot for the hobo fraternity,
having started large number of sus-
piciOus characters out of town, under
the apprehension that they might
have been responsible, directly or in.
directly, for the late hold-ups. The
sentiment of our people is in accord
with this act of the authorities, as is
shown by the scarcity of firearms. 1t
is said that the local supply of pistols
on sale has been completely exhausted,
and large invoices have been ordered
to place the community on a thorough
war footing. 1t is now considered al.
most dangerous to be SAFE" as our
night guardians have come very nigh
being mistaken for hobos by citizens
who have made preparations for self
defense.
The gross receipts at Olympia Thea.
ter for admissions to the coronation
ceremonies were, in round numbers
1888; the receipts from the booths,
etc, Wednesday footed up 1890, and
it is expected that the Lady Minstrel's
performance tonight will at least
double the receipts SO far. leaving the
proceeds of the ball and matinee later
on to still further augment the sum.
The price OF admission to the ball
is fixed at 81 for gentleman and lady,
and SOC additional for each lady pres
ent. The expenses of the entertain
ment are to a large extent the free.
will offerings of the people, and with.
out "rake-off'' anywhere visible
should 60 very far to place the tablet
agreed upon by the committee on the
turret of the cruiser Olympia. The
price OF the proposed work of art is
said to be about 81 200.
The old-time story says that it was
an apple inscribed "To the fairest oil
the fair" thrown cover the garden
wall" in the midst of bevy of beauti.
full women, that scattered the seeds oil
jealousy and envy among the gentler
sex. Almost the same thing is done
by the Wave, a San Francisco illus.
trated journal, which says: "Miss
Gertrude Jenkins was elected by
popular vote to reign over the Olym.
pia's Chrysanthemum Carnival. Miss
J. is said to be the most beautiful wo-
man in Washington and it is eminent.
ly fitting that she should be selected
to preside over the greatest social event
in the State" Although such ex.
travagant encomiums are meant in
good part, they produce anything but
pleasant conditions for their recip-
tents, the way the world is now con-