Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-12-20


was discharged on a writ of haJea,
corpus. 1t seems that Mr.. McCallum
endorsed a note for McAlpine held
by Mrs. Church, and he was made Co
defendant on the allegation that he
had conspired with the holder foi
arrest of the plaintiff.
Ii is with regret we make the an,
nounccment that DR.. ]. S. Newcomb
will soon leave this field Of profession.
al labor, but as it is to accept a lucra.
tive and honorable position as physi.
clan in the Medical Lake Hospital fol
the Insane, probably our loss will be
to some extent at least, his gain.
The doctor is genial gentleman, as
well as a successful and honorable
practitioner, and will command re.
spect and friendship wherever his
line of duty calls him.
Our city now has Hive" of lady
Maccabees, organized this week by
Mrs. Zaidee H. Handy, Deputy State
Commander. Its first officers are
Past Lady Commander, Edith E.
Wheeler; Lady Commander, Agnes
l.. Crane; Lieutenant Commander,
Etheland Beattie; Record Keeper,
Nellie Conant; Finance Keeper, Mat
tie Talcott; Chaplain, Sarah A.
Savidge; Sergeant, Viretta w. Butler
Master-at-Arms, Laura S. Libby
Sentinel, May A. Schneider; Picket,
Thirza Frazier.
Mrs. Simenson has prepared beauti-
full wreathes OF 'evergreens and sent
them to friends in Minneapolis, as
tokens of the wonders of Natures
loneliness in the far West. She has
skillfully arranged box, holly, salal,
Oregon grape, cedar and ivy in beau
tiful combinations Of tint and form
that will charm the artistic eye and
challenge admiration of everybody
who sees them. Then, there will be
an inde6nable enchantment in the
fact that they represent the winter
growth of the Evergreen State.
One OF the best concerts ever given
in the theater was that Of the Slayton
Jubilee Singers, Monday night, and
with as important beneficiary Oh.
ject as advancement of the high
school library, the patronage was
limited, the net profits being about
$40. One would suppose that the
parents and school children would
have been patrons, although the gen.
eral public might be too much inter-
ested in management Of the vanity
fair adjuncts OF the holiday season to
pay much attention to anything else.
At the meeting OF Capital camp No.
2,425, Royal Neighbors of America,
held last Saturday, the following
officers were elected: Oracle, Mrs.
Meta McDuff; Vice Oracle, Mrs.
Emma Hartman; Past Oracle, Mrs.
Lizzie Kreider; Chancellor, Mrs.
Belle Devine; Recorder. Mrs. Sallie
Hall; Receiver, Mrs. Jennie B. Hol.
craft; Marshal, Miss Minnie McDuff;
Inner Sentinel, Mrs. Ida Curtin /;
Outer Sentinel, Mrs. Mecca Taylor;
Managers, Chris. Devine, Mrs. Laura
Sullivan and Mrs. Eveliue May;
Physicians, DR.. H. 8. Strickland and
DR.. N. J. Redpath.
Our theater.goers will be afforded
the felicity Of INDUCING in what may
be termed without much atraining OF
language. the acme of present day
comedy. At the Olympia Theater, on
Christmas night, when Geo. H. Broad
hurst's farce, "The Wrong Mr..
Wright" will be presented by J. J.
Coleman's company, headed by Harry
Beresford. the prince OF comedians.
The plot 10 ingenious. At the same
time comprehensible, and 10 spoken oil
~ being ~ full Of fun as an egg 10 full
Of meat. The story briefly summar-
lied relates how Seymour Sites, the
victim Of = scoundrelly employee, starts
in pursuit Of the latter, taking - q
disguise the name OF Adolphua
Wright. II happens that Bailey, the
thief. has also adopted that pseudonYm
and 10 1t the moment being hunted
down by lady detective, Mics Henri
eta Oliver. Sites, loudly declaring
himself 70 b Wright, and Miss Oliver
comes together At the same hotel, and
- fate will have it, fall in love with
each other. Then begins bewilder
ing game Of cross purposes, compli
Gated TO an extraordinary extent BY
all kinds Of accompanying circum.