Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-01-12


which her hip was di>located. She Is
40 years OF age.
The steamship Walla Walla sails
from the Sound for San Francisco
Sunday, with Cyrus b. Starkey as a
passenger from this city. The sue
ceeding steamer for the same destlna'
ton will be the Umatilla Friday.
Milo Root has his rod up as Repub-
lican candidate tor Mayor of Seattle,
i'll March. Ii the opposition want to
beat him they can dig up some scraps
OF record hereabouts that will aid them
very materially in that endeavor.
John Huber carries his right hand
in sling as the result of heavy bar
OF iron falling upon it while at work
in Chambers d Fredson's packing
house, east of this city. 1t will require
several weeks for nature to repair the
damage.
Laberee's team attached to the
baggage wagon took fright "Wednesday
at the corner of Fourth and Main
streets ran to the end OF the old
wharf at the foot OF Main street where
they came to Il standstill. No damage
was done.
Twenty-Five answers were recently
received to q little al. Wanted, Il
position as housekeeper," in the
after it had been inserted
one time. 1t pays to advertise i'll a
paper that is read by Thurston county's
population.
Chas. Hockey" Kendall, of Tacoma
and Miss Leila Hartman, of this city,
were united in marriage by Rev.
J. S. McCallum, Tuesday afternoon.
d" Hockey" is a printer by trade, and
will doubtless be able to Justify" his
conduct by "rule."
Columbia Engine Co. No. l, at its
annua! meeting, "Wednesday night,
elected C. II. Springer, President ;
Chas. H. Pridham, Secretary; Frank
d. Myers, Treasurer; Walter White,
Captain; and Chas. Wellman and 2.
d. Hubbard, Lieutenants.
The dredge- that will soon be at
work excavatin G in our harbor will be
under the management OF John Tug,
who had charge of the dredger Ana
conda, two years ago. The operations
this year will be directed towards deep
ening the harbor channel to twelve
feet.
The Thacker Wood and Manufac-
turing Co., lately incorporated in this
city, consists of ]. 7. Thacker, Chas.
H. Kegley and Willard Lemon. Their
capital is fixed at $1,000 in shares of
500. They own the portable mill
lately set up to saw cord and stove
wood.
The committee to conduct the ex-
of candidates for admission
to the State bar. appointed by the Su-
preme Judges, are: c. S. Reinhart
and NJ. G. Royal, of this city. and F.
S. Blattner, OF Tacoma. Eight appli-
cations have been filed with tie Clerk
OF the court. sIas.s-,.ss ss .ss-ses.
Mr.. Taylor, who is in the oyster bus
mess and presumed to know, informs
us that Oily errs when he states that
the price that local shippers realize OH
oysters is from 1925 to $3.50. 1t
should be from $3.50 to 81. The
former rates are paid by the dealers to
the producers.
at is fact worthy of note," said a
collector a few days ago, who had bills
against nearly every business house in
the city, "that checks were almost in
variably drawn on the Olympia State
Bank. This is a straw that shows
which way the wind is blowing in
local banking business"
Mrs. Robt. Wilson, is dangerously
i'll at her home in Tacoma, from
arsenical poisoning attributed to the
vitiated atmosphere of room COW
cred with green wallpaper, in which
color arsenic largely enters as a
mordant. Mrs. w. is n sister of Miss
M. L. Patterson, of this city.
Mrs. Lake Wolford has returned to
her home in Spokane, after very
pleasant visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
O'Connor. Mrs. Charles Catlin, of
Cowlitz, was likewise a guest of the
same family, while Mrs. w. was with
them, making a merry gathering OF
old.time friends from widely separated
homes.
The city fire department has elected
Frank ID. Myers Chief Engineer, Mr..
Mann declining reelection. E. b.
Raymond was elected Assistant and
Louis Brautigan, Electrician. The
6remen ask the city to furnish new
truck and ladders, and a megaphone
to announce fire alarms in the south
ern part OF town.
The sale of copies of the special edi-
tlon of the STANDARD, issued last FRI
day, has exceeded all expectations.
The STANDARD may safely claim that
it has been the means OF doing the
city and county considerable benefit,
and much more than all the "dod.
ger" or -" leaflet" systems of advertising
have done heretofore.
Both the Fair and the hoffman
Mercantile Co. are now snugly en-
sconced in their respective places of
business, which was an exchange of
location, hoffman now being in what
has been known as the Williams
building, on Main and Fourth, and
The Fair is doing business at Stuart's
Corner, on Main and Sixth streets.
The pictures of Charity Martin, the
prima donna who appears with Brooks
U. S. Military Band. at Olympia Thea
ter, on the Goth. are so beautiful that
the "boys" involuntarily apply the
term "Sweet Charity" in abiding to
the charming cantatrice. If she is
half as pretty as her portrait makes
her. and can sing as we'll as is claimed,
people here, as is is represented else
where, will ego wild" over her.
The Methodist people have observed
the week of prayer by holding revival
services every evening with a good at
tendance and interest. The meetings