Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-09-07

The next steamship leaving tn,
Sound for San Francisco will he the
Walla Wal.a Tuesday. The CITY O
Puebla left for that destination vester
day, with w. IL. Patterson and f. NJ
Wright as passengers from this CITY.
1t rarely happens that We have a
dramatic company composed almost
entirely of young people "Thc
brownies III Fairyland' complnv con.
si>;s of "A children and have dozen
grown people, who travel more as
chaperones than stage aids. for the
little folk do about all the acting.
Outgoing passengers over the U. P
and o. X. n. this week were Mrs. G..
NJ. Eertrees, Kansas City; Herbert
and Mrs. Emma White, st. Louis
Mo-; ID. NJ. Jackson, Des Moines, Iowa
Sam. Rosenthal, Denver, Col; W.
Stalnaker. Great Falls, Mont. Hector
Wheelock, Traverse City. Mich. VIM.
Bielenberg, Manhattan, Kas.
The Olympia Light and Power Co.
have filed new articles of incOrpora.
tons. The stock, in reorganization, is
placed at l $50 shares of the value OF
800 each. The Trustees named are:
Hazard Stevens, Frank w. Wilders,
John 4. Southsr, Noah w. Jordan, of
Boston, and l.. b. Faulkner of this
city.
Several representatives of the Agri.
cultural Department Mt Washington
are making an examination OF timber
lands of the State for the purpose of
formulating a report upon the import
ance of the second-growth timber
They have already visited the Gray's
Harbor Harbor country, and were
this week in the Black Hills.
The Republican State Convention
which met at Ellensburg, April 9Th,
adopted resolutions eulogizing the life
and public services of Hon. John F.
Convey. This week a beautifully en-
graved and handsomely framed copy
Of the resolutions was presented to the
widow, in this city, by Messrs. Madge
and Root, committee appointed for
that duty.
Deputy Insurance Commissioner
Heifner will leave on the 10th in
slant, for Hartford, Conn.,, to attend
meeting of the insurance officers
of the several States. He is on the
programme for an address on "The
Necessity for Uniform State Legisla-
tion." Mr.. II. will be absent a month
and attend the great assemblage of
Democratic Clubs, this month.
John Algyer, OF Rainier. has been
granted pension OF IS per month.
The following pensioners have received
increases and now receive the follow
ing amounts: John Glenham, Sher-
lock, So; Henry S. Coulsson, Tum-
water, $40; Daniel Perigrine. Tenino,
IS. Widows pensions are granted as
follows: Margaret L. Utter, Bucoda,
SIP; Mrs. Catherine Moore. Olympia,
$12 per month.
Harry Prescott's will, admitted to
probate this week, alter beQuest OF
So to his wife, gives all his property
real and personal to Milo A. Root and
wife, for the use and benefit of their
children, to be held and managed for
them till the youngest shall have at
tanned the age of 81 years, or be dis
posed OF prior to that date, if deemed
to be to the best interests of the child
rem so to do. The will was made DC.
tober 81, 1898. and is witnessed by C.
r. Tslcott and w. w. Work.
Nathan D. Sweet died at his home
on East Bay avenue, Tuesday night, at
the age of 81 years. He leaves wife
and two grown children. Mr.. 8. was a
native of New York. He served in
the Third Wisconsin Cavalry in the
war for the preservation of the Union,
and was honorably discharged after a
years service for disability. He came
to Oregon twenty-three years ago, and
about three years ago removed to this
city. The funeral services were held
yesterday at the family residence un.
der direction of George H. Thomas
Post of the g. A. r.
"Citizen Lane" died at Hoquiam
last week. He was several years ago
a resident OF Olympia, and literally
made the welkin ring with his popu-
listic oratory on the street corners.
He was one Of the delegates to Ellens-
burg who nominated Rogers for Gov.
ernor, but lived long enough to repent
the act. Lane was about 40 years of
age. unmarried and without relatives,
so far as is known. Although a
man OF industrious habits, he was at
death without means, and his burial
expenses we're paid by voluntary con-
tributions of his funds.
Percy Levin, in his card of thanks
to the people who aided him in his
dramatic enterprises in this city al.
ludes to Z" the true Southern hospital
ity," he alleges he had received "from
those with whom he had been 50
pleasantly associated" That sounds
little strange to those who know the
facts. If the expressions OF some of
those eulogized friends are are sincere
that "Southern hospitality" Mr..
Levin alludes to partook more OF the
frigid nature of the arctic regions than
the fervor OF the Sunny South.
Lawrence R., the 14.year-old son of
Robt. Mcintosh, of Tumwater, lost his
left foot yesterday morning, while try
ing to board logging train, on the
Peninsula road, in Mason county,
while coming from camp, where his
parents now are, to Shelton. The
engine was moving when he made a
grab for the hand rail. He missed it
and fell in position that placed his
foot in the reach of the rear driving
wheel. He was taken to Shelton, and
brought to this city in charge of his
mother and DR.. Beach. At the hos
pital the foot was amputated. and
under the skillful direction OF DR..
Riley the heel was saved.
Another coal company has been
formed to sink a shaft, in the south
ern part of the county, this time on
Grand Mound Prairie. The principal
promoters are A. E. Baldwin, OF Mon
tana, and r. V. Pierce and George
ToWronca of fhis s.Or,ntv They ora