Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-08-17

oohh Doou went as passenger by her
from this city. The next steamer for
that destination will be the CITY of
Puebla, Wednesday. Miss Althia S.
Corey, OF this city, will go by her.
The school election held in Cham
hers prairie district. Tuesday, on
the question of uniting with Wood
land district for the establishment of
union high school district, resulted
in tie vote, four voted for ard four
against, SO the proposition was lost.
A mass meeting of citizens will be
held in the Superior Courtroom this
evening, 70 consider the Olympic Uni
versity proposition. Rev. &. English,
OF North Amherst, Ohio, will be pres
ent to represent the business side of
the proposition. 1t is hoped every.
body will attend
David b. HAYDEN died at the hospital
IN this city, of Bright's disease, Satur-
day. He came here from Eastern
Oregon, few weeks ago. He was a
brother of Mrs. Joshua Miller, Of
South Union, and leaves n son in this
county. Interment WAS made Monday
in Bush Prairie cemetery.
w. w. Robertson, of the Yakima
Republic, is one of the few gold DEM
ocrat-" in this State who has devel.
oped into a full-fedged Republican.
He passed through this city Monday
en- route for Tacoma, as delegate to
the State Republican Convention
He acknowledges to having been led
into the Republican camp by the
sophistries of Harve Scott.
Kirk c. Ward, q newspaper man
we'll known on the Sound, died at San
Jose, Cal. Sunday night, of paralysis.
For several years he had been con-
nected with California papers. He
was at one time employed on the
Oympian, and was a man of consider
able talent in his profession. His gem
ial disposition enlisted host of
friends. who will mourn his loss.
The alarm of fire from Box IL,
Tuesday, was caused by burning of
rubbish in the dwelling-house late
ly occupied by Frank Van Eaton.
He was moving out of No. 1898
Washington street, and in burning up
rubbish, q spark from the chimney
caused the roof to ignite. A stream of
water, however, soon subdued the
flames, and the damage was merely
nominal.
The open season for killing grouse,
pheasants and ducks began Wednesday,
and now we may expect to hear the
popping Of the cruel gun-or rather,
the cruel man behind the gun-at
morn, noon and night, on our bay.
The flesh of the marine duck is value.
less for food, from the fact that it pos
sesses a fishy" taste, from the food it
eats, and the destruction of the fowl is
solely prompted by that civilized i'm
pulse to kill.
Mrs. Rhoda A., wife of George Belts,
died on Westside, yesterday morning,
after an illness of two months, of throat
troubles. with which she had been
afflicted several years. Mr.. Belts came
with his family from Tennessee in
1888, and settled in this city. The
husband and six children survive to
mourn the loss of devoted wife and
loving mother. The funeral rites will
be held in the Baptist church o.mor-
row afternoon at 2 80 o'clock.
Mrs. Jeanette Brautigan, died at
Seattle Monday morning. of sciatic
rheumatism, aged 81 years. She was
a native OF Ohio, and came to this
city in 1851. Her husband WAS, Mt
one time, engaged in mercantile pur-
suits in this city. He died several
years ago, and the widow moved to
Seattle. Nine children survive-six
boys and three girls, one of the latter
being Mrs. Dan Mcnamara, of this
city. Interment was made in one of
the Tumwater cemeteries.
Patrick b. McNulty died at Little
Rock, Sunday morning. He leaves q
vile and eight children, and had been
resident of this county for over thirty
years. He was Irish by birth, 67 years
of age, and was soldier for the Union
in the civil war. He was a man of
education, and is said to have bee n
prepared for the holy orders in the
Catholic church. The funeral rites
were held Tuesday, at the home of de-
ceased, and he was buried in the Cath
olic cemetery on Bush prairie.
Oily says that at about 9 O'Clock
Tuesday night sudden illumination
of Masonic cemetery, startled some
visitors who were there at that hour.
1t was thought to have been an cleo.
trical display, due to some local
conditions, but the superstitious can
see in it a deep Specification, in.
terpreted as best suits the mental and
spiritual organism of the individual.
The phenomenon, be it said, was like.
vice observed in this city, and may
have been from an aerolite, which gen.
orally light up wide area in their
fusible condition during their rapid
flight.
Fred Dunbar, o son Of Judge Dun
bar, met with a serious accident,
Wednesday, while working on ranch
| lew uiAcb SOutu VI COW0. t10 was
driving a team hauling rails, when
one of the sticks flew up and struck
him while riding on the load. He
fell to the ground and one of
the wheels of the wagon ran upon
him, but fortunately not over him,
as the team stopped just as the
wheel had begun to crush his aldo
men. A surgical examination indi.
Gates that no lasting injury has been
inflicted, and that it consists merely
OF severe bruises.
1t is said that a syndicate of Spo.
kane people have concluded to sink a
drill on the Colvin place, near Bucoda,
to develop layer of high-grade coal.
Just what expectation they base their
faith upon, is not apparent. but it
surely should be something more than
a clearly proven sailed" prospect
from a well-worked scheme, a year OF
more ago. Some residents of the dis.
trict affect to believe that the Great
Northern is at the head of the present