Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-05-18

term the agreement shall run if Is
per cent. OF the bondholders agree to
/ the terms proposed.
! Another instance OF a human brute
assaulting a child is reported. The
victim is daughter OF family resid
ing at Tumwatcr, says Oily, and the
brute is a man living on float, on
East>ide, who has wife and child.
! He has been identified by the in
tended victim, who escaped his
clutches by Intervention of dog, but
strange to say no arrest has Yet
been made. Such acts should not be
condoned, however unpleasant the
publicity OF such prosecution may he.
IT, + Young died Suddenly at his
home on Bigelow avenue, Eastsidc,
Monday afternoon. He had been ill
! for several months from liver and
heart troubles, but his sudden death
was not anticipated and came as
| shock. Deceased was native Of Mas
silon, Ohio, and 81 years OF age. He
was veteran of the civil war and
member of the Grand Army, under
whose auspices the funeral was held
! Wednesday. Mr.. y. leaves widow
and five children to mourn his loss.
Torrance McCune put n head on
Jacob Stamphcr few days ago, and
the victim ut once applied to Justice
Schomber for redress. The defendant
took 4 change of venue to Justice
Ford's court, aud the case was set for
Tuesday forenoon, but in the mean
time the belligercnts had met, and fig
uratively speaking, kissed and made
up" for when court convened, it was
found that an amicable adjustment
had been made out of court. The de-
PENDANT paid the costs, amounting to
IS, and thus ended suit which both
parties evidently sought to evade.
Many property owners on Fourth
street have prepared protest against
the contemplated action of the City
Council in ordering replanking of
the whole street. The petitioners
represent that the method proposed is
not durable, while being quite costly.
1t is recommended that property own
ers be allowed to repair the planking
before their respective premises and to
maintain it in safe condition, till such
time as permanent pavement may
be adopted without imposing an ex-
cessive burden. The matter will come
up next Monday for consideration by
the Council.
A nice sweet picnic girl has given
away one of the secrets which has pro-
longed the sway OF the tight sleeve for
feminine bodiccs and shirt waists.
She says that economic considerations
have contributed to their popularity
in no small degree. Why" said she,
"Iou can take the sleeves of waist
OF two years ago and make whole
np-tO-date waist from them. Just
where the economic principle may
come in now, with the made-over
waist, does not appear, unless the sup
ply was so large that stock still re-
mains for abbreviation; but with the
new waists, we can readily see that a
slim purse may prolong the style of
scant measure, at the expense of the
comfort, grace, convenience and beauty
Of the flowing sleeve.
A question arose the other day over
the pronunciation of the word auto
mobile, and search of dictionaries
developed the fact that the word was
later than any lexicon on the shelves
of public and private libraries. 1t
will be remembered, however, that
that repository of wisdom, the Oregon
ian, settled the matter forever, last
December, in its answers to querists,
by the laconic instruction, Place the
accent on the penultimate" The Pc
nultimate of automobile is OF course
mo: to divide the syllable "bile"
and give the accent to III, or the VOW.
ell i, as a penultimate-wh which the Ore
gonian's opinion requires-would be
to destroy what euphony may be de-
rived from the simpler pronunciation.
Jean Hamilton, well-known char
acter known better as "Bow and Ar
row." attempted suicide by drowning,
Monday afternoon. She hurriedly
and excitedly approached the water.
front, and taking a position. at the
edge of float, began to disrobe. The
captain of the steamer Nymph OBJ
served her actions and appeared in
time to prevent her rash act. She
told him she was without money or
friends, and begged to be allowed to
take the final plunge. A policeman
was called, however, who took the wo-
man to her domicile. The act is
thought to have been the result of
drink, under which influence she
quarreled with the man with whom
she had been living. The woman hav.
ing gone on another prolonged spree,
Immediately after this exciting episode,
she was ordered by the police to leave
town.
School Report.
Superintendent Halves furnishes the