Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-11-17

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The Supreme Court has sustained
the contention Of the board of Regents
OF the State University, that they
were not required to pay printing
bill of the State Printer, incurred by
them, out of the maintenance fund of
the institution.
The assignment of cases in the SUI
perior court next week is as follows
Monday, Wilson VS.. City of Olympia ;
Tuesday, Nelson vs.. Whitaker
Wednesday, Campbell VS.. Mcintosh,
Young vs.. Sampler; Thursday, State
VS.. Lowe, Osborn VS.. County.
William Buford, who last spring
sustained an injury in one of the city
mills, which necessitated resetting OF
a broken arm, had third operation
performed this week, the broken parts
having utterly failed to unite under
former surgical efforts to promote that
object.
A tribute to our climate is afforded
by the presence of Mrs. +. l.. Cooke
and daughter, OF Algona, Iowa, who
have come to stay during the winter
to escape the chill of the Hawkeye
State. They are guests with Rev.
Glass and family, with whom they
were acquainted in Iowa.
J. A. Hilderbrand has returned from
the Atlin country, where he has been
engaged in mining the past eight
months. He is now said to own thir-
teen claims in that district, and al
though the number is generally re-
garded as unlucky," expects to pull
out" in time with a fortune.
The leaves OF our maple shade trees,
which, in the spring and summer,
elicit so much admiration, are now an
unmitigated nuisance, covering side
walks and yards with a mating of de-
eaylng leaves which is replaced by a
new covering as fast as they can be
scraped together and removed.
Mrs. Terry, of Seattle, who was on a
visit to friends in this city, received
the heart-rending intelligence by wire,
at , o'clock Wednesday morning, of
the sudden death of her husband at
their home in the Queen City. The
grief-stricken wife was a passenger by
the afternoon train for her desolate
fireslde.
A civil service examination will be
held in this city, on December 9th,
for establishing the eligibility of
candidates for the postal service. Any
American citizen may apply whose
age comes within the established
limits that are made known in the
blank forms furnished on application
at the postoffice.
Surveyor General kingsbury has
taken charge of his office, the culmi-
nation of an event which caused the
fond hopes Of several local aspiring
politicians to 90 glimmering down the
pathway of Time. But then, both
parties have been very chary of ex-
tending recognition" to anything in
=" Olympia" you know.
The government tug J. M. Wilson
was in our harbor yesterday, with
Capt. Harry Taylor, in charge of the
government harbor improvements on
board and the officers of the Puget
Sound Dredging Co., who have the
contract for excavation here. Work
will begin in our harbor about the
fifteenth OF next month.
At the national convention of w
G. L. U. it was arranged that Mrs
Brehm should conduct an "institute'
in this city, on the 25th inst. and
speak in come of the churches the
next day, which is Sunday. She will
be followed soon afterwards by Mrs
Charlton Edholm, in a series of adj
dresses on Rescue Work"
The General Manager of the Por,
Angeles Eastern has written to the To-
cal Chamber OF Commerce making in
quiries as to what our citizens have
done towards raising a subsidy to in
duce the company he represents te
make terminal at this point. The
matter was laid before the chamber
Tuesday evening, and Yankee-like
the chamber instructed the Secretary
to ask the company what they want
ed, how much they wanted and wher
they wanted it.
Arlie Van Epps, who many year.
ago was associated with his father in
the stationery business in this city
has resumed the same line of trade
having, with Mr.. Churchill, of Tum
water, bought the stock and business
of ]. B. Starr. Arlie has had much o
the experience necessary for success
and is popular withal, requisites which
will stand him in hand in the changed
conditions of business from that of thu
days of yore, when zone per cent,
which was construed to be Just doub
ling the cost of an article to arrive al
a fair selling price, was the system o
trade.
The Henritzi trial for sailing hi.
Bucoda coal shaft with intent to de
fraud, came on in the Superior Cour
Wednesday. 1t was late in the after
noon before jury was obtained ane
the first witness, James Dillon, being
blind, his examination was necessar
lily slow and consumed the remainder
of the day. The case promises to be
vigorously contested. The jurors il
the case are: W. s. Huston, A. A
Palms, d. r. Burdick, Lynn Bloom
James Crowley, J. w. Rayl, Seth Jen
nings, Walter Axtell, f. E. Dale
Charles Elliott, j. NJ. Newsum, and P
L. Olmstead.
Throngs of people are standing con
tinually before Van Epps & Churchill's
show window, inspecting the many
war relics and curios brought from the
Philippines by Chauncey Rathbur
and Joseph Oswald. Among the col
lection are the famous Mauser rifles
shot, shell, daggers and other nipple
ments of warfare, as we'll as garments
camp utensils and articles of use in the
peaceful vacations of life. These arti.