Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-03-24

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management as last year, the project
would doubtless result in another sue
cess.
A movement is on foot to reorganizc
the Rcbccca degree lodge OF |. o. o. +.
i'll this city, which suspended its meet
ingS several years ago on account OF a
want OF interest and small member
ship.
J. Il. Montgomery an old-time rail-
road constructor, who built a portion
OF the Northern Pacific road in this
State way back in the 7Os, now a resi-
dent OF Portland, was in this city q
few days ago.
1t is now discovered that an import
ant act of the Legislature, designed to
cure defect in former legislation, is
itself defective, from the omission of
several words in the enacting clause.
1t may not, however, affect its valid
ity.
W. X. Esling, BILLY" as he was
called before he became bloated
mine.owner, came over from Trail, b.
c., where he is publishing an excellent
morning paper, the Trail City News,
| for a short visit to his many friends,
this week.
Assistant Attorney General Vance
has decided that the lavish appropria-
tons made by the State Senate to its
employees during the "jamboree"
which marked its closing hours, are il
legal, and the Auditor is debarred from
paying them.
A Northern Pacific construction
train passed through this city Monday
for Little Rock, to engage in track
laying for the new Mason County
Logging Co., which is to have its out
put at the head OF Budd's Inlet, rid
the Percival creek n. P. track.
One hundred barrels of bottled and
draft beer we're shipped by the Capital
Brewing Co., this week to Hilo, S. l.,
to fill the orders taken by Mr.. Frink on
his late visit to that part of Uncle
Sans domain. Another shipment
will be made next week to Honolulu.
The wife of Rev. ]. d. Whitman
died at Randolph, Nebraska, last
Saturday. She was the mother of ouI
townsman, Robt. F. Whitman, and al
one time resident of this city and a
member of the United Presbyterian
church. Her husband died here two
year ago.
Olympia Commandery No. Z
Knights Templar, Wednesday evening
elected the following officers for the
ensuing term: E. j., J. OBJ. Scobey
G., N. S. Porter; C. G., Robt. Mari
p, I. NJ. Reed; S. w., o. C. White; ].
w., J. R. Pattison; Treas, A. P. Fitch
and Recorder, A. B. Cowles.
| Four vessels are now on the way to
this port from San Francisco, to load
lumber: The brig Courtney Ford and
schooner Ethel Zane, to load for San
Pedro, and the schooner Dry and bark
Vidette, to take in cargoes for San
Francisco. The lumber outlook il
clear for an active season at fair
prices.
The report that State Superintend'
ent Brown would probably resign hi:
position to accept the principalship Of
the Normal school at Whatcom, in
circulation here this week, is authori
tatively denied by R. c. Higginson
chairman of the normal school board
at Whatcom. That question has moi
yet been even discussed by the board.
Miss Wheeler will tomorrow exhibit
one OF the finest displays of millinery
goods eyer made in this city, it being
her annual spring opening of novel
ties in her trade. She is prepared te
take orders for ladies' suits by sample
and she has about o thousand fabrics
to select from. Do not order till you
have inspected her extensive assert
ment of seasonable goods.
The singing of the sextette in the
second act OF Fra Diavola, last even.
ing, was one of the best things in the
musical line ever heard in this city
In fact the company surprised those
people who had based an opinion
upon their rendition of the Mascotte
the previous evening. A better op'
portunity was afforded in the second
opera for display of talent as we'll a.
quality of voices.
Mr.. Frink, who went out with q
rowing commission to our new posses
sions, as agent for the Capital Brew
ing Co., has returned after going no
further than the Sandwich Islands
He found so many and so large orders
in Honolulu, that to fill them will tax
the brewery to its utmost capacity fol
some time to come. Wherever that
excellent product finds trial it takes
as complete possession as Dewey's feet
did at Manila.
The dry house Of the Olympia Door
and Lumber Co. took fire, from spon.
taneous combustion undoubtedly, Sat-
urday morning, and the flames had
gained considerable Roadway when
discovered. The mill hose, however,
kept the fire in check, until the
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