Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-10-11

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ness duties. At one time it was feared
that he would not recover.
The State officials baseball team
literally wiped the earth with the
King county team, which came up for
lanrels last Saturday The contest
now stands even between the contend.
ing forces, each having won a game,
hut 1t Is probable that the Liptonian
impulse will influence another chal-
lenge.
Louis kotick, owner OF Little Rock
single mill, had some difficulty will
an employe, Carl Cummings, last Sat
urday, and in an endeavor to eject
him from the premises, was struck
with rock hurled by Cummings, in
fictlng severe scalp wound. kotick
was brought to town for treatment of
the wound.
Mrs. Trena johnson, wife of Peter
johnson, died at midnight, Sunday,
on Bush prairie. of typhoid pneumonia,
at the age OF 13 years. She leaves a
family of eight children, five boys and
three girls. The funeral services were
held Tuesday, by Rev. Mr.. Drury, ana
interment was made in the cemetery
on that prairie.
A petition was submitted to the
City Council, Monday night, praying
tor arc lights at intersections OF Fourth
and Main, Fourth aud Washington
and Third and Main streets, with the
proffer of payment of one-half the
expense of service, and was referred to
the committee on Fire, Light and
Water with power to act.
The October term of the Supreme
Court convenes next Monday There
are III cases on the calendar, of
which Thurston county has 7, Lewis
2, Pierce Ii, King 36, Pacific, Cowlitz,
Whatcom, Jefferson, Yakima, Okla.
hogan, Adams, Stevens and Ferry
each, Snohomish s. Kittitas 5, Lincoln
4, Walla Walla 2, Whitman and
Spokane %.
NJ. Won Rotz has applied to the Su-
vorce from his wife, Caroline, who is
in Switzerland and refuses to follow
the fortunes Of her hubby in the land
Of promise. Plaintiff is accommodating
property here, and he wants his wife
shut off from participation in its
benefits unless she comes over and
earns her community" interest.
About $50 pounds, aggregating a
score or more varieties, of fruit, were
shipped from this county TO the
Pan American Exhibition yesterday.
Among them were specimens of Ben
Davis apples, of large size and splen.
did quality, obtained from Joel Man
ming, and the beautiful Olympian ap.
pie from George Langridge, which
will cause the eyes of our Eastern
cousins to fairly burst with envy.
Judge Allen and Attorney Troy ap.
peared before the Council. Monday
night, to prod that body to renewed
energy in effecting re.assessment of
taxes for street Improvements made
nearly decade ago. After full
statement, it appeared that the Clerk
was to blame, if anybody, for the
work not progressing rs rapidly as WAS
desired, and it was finally provided
that that officer might employ aid for
completion of the assessment.
Lawyer Nash, of Tacoma, secured
from Judge Linn an alternative writ
Of mandate requiring the County
Commissioners to levy special tax of
five mills to pay interest on some war
rants held by w. w. Seymour, but on
a hearing was knocked out on iechni
cality. Nash quashed his teeth
picked his flint, and has prepared fol-
taking another aim. He is making
quite a sensation with childhood's
masterpiece-" Try, try again"
Martin Perkins and family, and NJ
Kelly and family, all OF Hastings
Neb.. arrived in this city last week
The former is brother OF J. b. Per.
kins, of Eastside, and Mr.. Kelly is q
"towny," who is imbued with the pre-
vailing fever on the other side the
Rockies to investigate the capabilities
and attractions of the Far West
Both families will pass the winter
here, and are "almost persuaded" in
advance to make permanent homes in
this State.
The alarm of fire sounded at 7:3(
Monday evening was caused by an
other blaze in the Olympia Door Co..
dryhouse, the cause of many of the
alarms turned in the past two years
1t was attended by its usual character
istics OF being well under way before
discovery, hard to subdue when discov
cred and involving loss OF about al
the lumber in the kiln after the flame.
had been extinguished. The fire boyl
had quite diff cult task, but they 90
away with it in their usual finished
manner.
C. F. Webb, of Frankfort, Mo-, anc
Miss Martha Cheadle, were united ir
marriage, by Rev. A. G. Sawin, Sunday
afternoon. The groom being under
age, had to get the consent of his par.
ents over several thousand miles O
wire, before the remorscless guardian.
Of the nuptial rite would issue the Ii
cense that must in all cases be pre-
sented before the ceremony eau be
performed. If the young benedict
manifests as much energy in othel
matters as in communicating this TN
dertaking, he will surely succeed in
life.
Saloons! Saloons! Saloons every
where! In addition to the two ap
plications for license which have
hung fire" before the City Council
the past month, is the one OF John
Harbst, that was generally supposed
to be renewal of the one already
held by the Fifth street Resort, but
which is in reality petition for privi-
lege to open new business next door
to the Resort. There are more saloons
to the square acre in Olympia than
any other town in the State, and the
surprise is that they all appear to be
doing we'll.
The Chamber OF Commerce took
steps, Tuesday night, to sustain the