Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-07-05

city to Tacoma, in 1:32, cutting s.
minutes from the latest and bes
record.
Mr.. DALEY & Co.'S mid-summe
clearance sale begins tomorrow an.
ends August lst, during which time .
general reduction will be made in al
styles OF goods that are peculiar to tn,
season.
The Superior Court, in the case o.
the contention of the Croker Wool
worth Bank of San Francisco, agains,
Thurston county, for so per cent
reduction in its tax obligation, Mon.
day. refused to grant the petition.
The house occupied so long by the
Forrest family, lately sold by Mrs
Stuart to Mr.. Bowling, has beer
turned around to front on Fifth street
and is being thoroughly renovated and
better adopted for comfortable resi-
dence.
Miss Ida r. Hill who has beer
temporarily employed in the Tacoma
schools has been elected to a perma.
nent position of teacher OF q ten.
months term, in that city, at $65
per month, which is SIS better than
the salary she received here.
Mrs. Luretta Lehman, of Delphi
has been granted pension of $l2 per
month, for herself, and - per month
for each of her eight children, with
$500 back-pay. Thus does our gov
eminent testify its gratitude for
military services OF o husband and
father who served over generation
ago.
Two of the pupils of the State
School for Defective Youth, at Van
couver, have passed splendid examina-
tons and acquired free scholarships in
the Gauledet School for the Deaf and
Blind at the national capital. They
are Edna Marshal and T. LindstrOm
both OF Spokane. The Gauledet school
is q national institution.
Judge Hanford has ordered that
examination of the case of Souie Key,
q young Chinaman alleged to have
been born in this city, detained from
re-entry to the country by the Gus
toms authority at Port Townsend, be
held in this city. on the 18th inst. be-
fore U. s. Commissioner Alfred
Thompson. Mr.. Israel appears for the
plaintiff.
Printing Expert Houghton has re.
ceived from the State $3.50 Per month
from April IA, to July, in settlemen,
OF his demand for salary, which he in
sisted upon dating from April Sth
The sudden termination of the lacte.
al supply" was owing to the hardnes:
of heart of the Legislature which
choked him off just as he had his lips
set for long and steady pull.
Fenton H. Goss of Tacoma, has re.
ceived the contract for building the
capitol annex, his bid being the low
est, $l34,9S7. Four other bids were
submitted as follows: w. R. Nichols
of Tacoma, $17l, ZOO; J. E. Bunnell, Of
Tacoma, $159,882 Anton Behrens, Of
Seattle, $l54, TAG, and HASTE & Dou
gan, of Tacoma. $4,000. Mr.. Goss
will be given till October, 1902, to
complete his contract.
Mrs. E. N. Tunin, of the Olympia
hotel, and her colaborers exceeded all
their former efforts in decorating the
big parlors of that house for the ball
given there Wednesday night. As
one of the distinguished visitors ex.
pressed herself, cit was like visiting
the groves of Eden in a beautiful
dream" Well, it is q foregone con.
clusion that what the Olympia ladies
cannot do is not worth doing.
Ed. Free is suffering severely from
what is known as frog felon" on his
right hand. It differ from an ordinary
felon by making its appearance felt on
the palm of the hand, instead Of select
ing q finger for the excruciating torture
adding 40 much to the suffering. Ed.
thinks, ~ the larger field of action af.
lords as much more material to work
upon. Mr.. Free is incapscitsted for
work of any kind long as his tormentor
maintains sway.
A liveryman from Everett came up
Saturday, looking for man who had
hired . "rig" few days before and
not returned it. He found no clue
hereabout, and it is probable that he
has joined company with the brace OF
thieves who stole Binheimer's bicycles
few weeks ago, on the claim that
they wanted them for a "spin round
the block" It is presumed that they
are "spin ming" still for Ben" has
never caught sight Of hide nor hair Of
them since.
The city ran many, many chances
yesterday, OF Q general con fiagration
The firebell was kept continually
changing alarms, but fortunately our
very efficient fire service checked in
time the sparks OF destruction. 1t ia
possibilities which do not happen that
are moderated. Had the flames got
beyond control, we would probably
to-day be specializing upon how small
the qualification Of greed is in com.
parison with the inevitable result and
circulation in the course of time of
running such daredevil risks.
Lawyer Falknor's luck seems to be
in the ascendant. Last Tuesday he
picked up . lady's hustle which con.
tained . gold watch, chain studded
with pearls, . large diamond, and
gold rings and pins valued in the
aggregate 1t 5000 or 500. Mr.. F,
seems TO have been fully informed as
to the secret uses to which such arti.
Giles are sometimes put. for he had no
hesitation about going to the true in
wardness of things. Initials on the
iewelry led to establishing the idept.
ity of their owner. Mrs. Dayton oil
Portland, who Was very naturally
overjoyed at the recovery of her prop.
erty.
When we see young Indian girls
dressed in white tulls, heavily doupoed
from top 70 bottom, swarthy bucks
lifting their best girls in and out OF
the street cars, or paired off on bi.