Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-12-15


will be attained.
The new officers of the Chamber of
Commerce are: President, Allen Weir
Vice President, Prof. L. b. HAYES
Secretary, Fred Schomber, and Treas.
urer, +. G.. Blake.
The Masonic Lodges OF this city
commemorated the hundredth ami
versary OF the death of George Wash.
ington by public services in Unity
Church, last evening.
Next Tuesday evening a card party
will be held in the United Brother
hood hall, in Reeds building, the pro-
cceds of which will be applied to the
Carbonate relief fund.
The Capital Brewing Company sent
a check for 5000, and L. Smith, its
chief owner, one for 800 additional, to
Carbonate, for relief of the families of
the coal-mine victims.
Bicycle licenses are again due Jan.
l, 1900. Anybody riding a bicycle
after that date without procuring a
license will be subject to the penalties
prescribed by ordinance.
A. c. Stevens, once proprietor of a
Racket Store" in this city, has with
Others bought an extensive tract Of
land at Rainier and will engage in
farming on Il large scale.
The Masons of this city and the
Red Men OF Shelton, held public ser
vices in memory of Washington on
the Tooth anniversary of his death,
which occurred yesterday.
Two rules strictly observed, will go
f. towards insuring pedestrians from
loss on account of footpads, viz: Be
not on the street late at night, aud
carry no valuables in your pockets.
A total of $66 has been subscribed so
far by our citizens, exclusive of the do
nations OF the Capital Brewing Com
pany and Mr.. Smith, for the Carbon
ado sufferers making a total of 1866.
Wild geese are plentiful, but instinct
impels them to fly high about this
season of the year; yellow legged
chickens, too, are about As wary as
they are accustomed to be during
Methodist conference week.
The outgoing passengers from this
city over the o. r. & N. and U. p.
the past week, were: J. w. Rayi, for
Mankato, KS; Mrs. T. NJ. Reed, Jr.,
for Philadelphia; A. A. Hanson, New
York city, and Geo. B. Lane, Omaha,
Neb.
H. o. Newsom was united in mar
riage to Miss Kate Dawson, at Seattle,
last week, and the fact possesses a
local interest from the fact that the
groom was formerly of this city, and
is a son of J. M. Newsum, a we'll
known citizen.
At the late examination of teachers,
the following successful applicants for
certificates from this county were
Amelia Dittman, J. N. Fahnstock,
Rosabel Glass, May Collins, P. Holds
worth, Alice L. Kibbe, Lizzie Matheson
and Emory Williamson.
An sad accident occurred in Mason
county the other day which resulted
in the death OF Miss Leila Spar, aged
10. She was standing in front of her
house, when her young brother Ralph
started to stand up shotgun when in
some manner he accidentally struck
the trigger and it went off shooting
his sister through the neck. She died
in Is minutes.
The Olympia Pipe Factory is now
filling an order for two miles of pipe,
of all the leading sizes, from six to 1S
inches, to be used in Seattle for casing
OF iron pipes intended to carry steam
for heating purposes. If the expert
mental test is satisfactory, the projec-
tors will probably order eight or ten
miles more of this product to COM
plete their plans.
At the annual election for municipal
officers held at Tumwater, last week,
H. d. Weyer and L. Schmidt were
elected Councilmen for two years, and
A. C. Mutton, Councilman for one
year. Geo. w. Hopp was elected
Treasurer. The Mayor is hold-over.
Little Oily claims the result as q" Re-
publican victory" Notwithstanding
there was no opposition ticket in the
field.
Mrs. J. w. Downer died at the resi-
dence of Mayor Rinehart, Wednesday,
at about 2 80 p. NJ. Mrs. D. was the
mother of Mrs. Rinehart, and an es-
Unable lady. She was 70 years of
age, and came to this country nearly
half a century ago. The funeral took
place to-day, under the auspices of the
Christian congregation, of which Or
ganization she had long been a worthy
member.
The Woman's Relief Corps have
taken up the long neglected matter Of
according a home welcome to the
bold soldier boys" who so we'll rep
resented our people on the firing line
in the Philippines. 1t will take the
form of a reception and mask.ball, at
the Olympia hotel, on the night of
New Years day. 1t is expected that