Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-10-05


VIII hold session mainly to consider
road business. The elections Of Su.
pervisors should he held on Saturday
the 18th.
The Sisters of Charity to-day began
holding their charity sewing circles.
Weekly meetings will be held Con
Fridays) at the hospital to make var.
ious desirable articles for the annual
fair held later on.
The County Commissioners paid
$ll3 as expenses OF the late Teachers
Institute held in this city. The
money, however, came from a special
fund created by the fees paid for ex-
animation papers.
The outgoing passengers this week
over the o. Il. e. N. and U. p. were
H. W. jerome, Kansas City, Mo-; F.
II. Swan, Chicago, ILL.,; Rollin Xii.
born, Audubon, Iowa, and Miss Susie
Holmes, Ovcrton, Neb.
p. NJ. Troy, in behalf Of this city,
argued the water company suit in the
Federal court, at Tacoma, Wednesday,
and scored victory in securing an
order to strike certain portions of the
complaint from the record.
The Democratic Campaign Commit
tee have elected A. w. Wisner Chair
man and Secretary, and 0. George
Treasurer. Headquarters have been
opened in the Mitchell brick building
on Main street, the old Office of the
Water company.
John Lally. woodsman employed
in Simpsons camp No. 2, in Mason
county, was brought to st. Peters
hospital, Tuesday. suffering from a
broken leg. His left leg had been
struck by a heavy piece of timber
fracturing it below the knee.
1t should be proclaimed from the
housetops that registry is an impera-
tive duty of all who reside in incor.
porated cities, and if a citizen intends
to change his ward (precinc) he must
be registered in.the new district 80 days
before election. That makes tomorrow
the last day Of grace for these rovers.
II. Lundgreen, of Tacoma, whose
single mill at that place was destroyed
by fire last week, makes a proposition
to our people to rebuild in this city,
provided they pile and plank a site
for it on waterfront ground that he will
buy or lease. He proposes to give
steady employment to force of
twenty men.
Carsten Holthuson is building a
two-story structure on Fifth street,
adjoining the site of the beer.hall,
once owned and kept by P. Hiltz. 1t
will be 4S by 100 feet in general di.
mansions. The lower floor will be de-
voted to store-rooms, and the upper
story probably divided into Office and
tenement rooms.
The Capital Brewery at Tumwater
is adding machinery that will double
its capacity, and increase the annual
output to 6O,OOO barrels. This iusti.
tuition has been a success from the
start, and all beer drinkers acknowl-
edge that the product rivals the ia
nous Milwaukee beer which has at
taiued worldwide renown.
Miss Martha E. Hartman, aged II
years, a native of this city, daughter
OF Jasper Hartman, died Wednesday,
at the home OF her parents on Sher-
man avenue. She had been afflicted
by heart trouble for about two years.
She was young woman of amiable
disposition and we'll liked by her com.
panions. The funeral rites were held
to-day in the Baptist church.
Mr.. R. d. Harrington, whose resi-.
dence in Olympia began in the Sos"
and terminated in the 1905" now q
resident of Tacoma. is on visit to his
old stamping ground" the first time
for fifteen years. Mr.. H. is now 70
years Of age but he looks to be little
older than in the days of "auld lang
syne," when he was one of the active
industrial entities of our village.
Frank Swan left Monday for Chi.
cago to undergo something like post
graduate course in dentistry. He has
been with DR.. Woodland long enough
to grub out molars and he now seeks
instruction in restoring decaying
grinders to their primitive state oil
usefulness, and in counterfeiting Ma.
lures work when "patent" teeth have
to be substituted. He will probably
be absent till Spring.
Sylvester Camp No. s, gives a
"Smoker" at K. of ?. hall, tomorrow
night, at which it is expected the
Camp of Shelton will be present. The
entertainment is not, as its nature
would seem to indicate shrine at
which the incense OF tobacco is the
only propitistory Offering, but one al
which that old-time' "stand by" the
festive clam will occupy the post Of
honor, and his delightful flavor recall
fond memories of the past.
Wednesday night the residence of
A. ]. Falknor caught fire from burn
ing match carelessly thrown behind a
sofa which fell into the drapery and
instantly set it on fire. The flames
were extinguished without much