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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12
The Severe Weather.

While our people have been grum-
ling over an excess of rain, the East
has been in the grasp of weather con-
ditions which fairly made the heart
despair, Notwithstanding the promise
that the calm should succeed the
storm. For a fortnight past, snow
storms and billiards have prevailed on
the Atlantic coast as far South as Vir.
ginia and as far west as the Middle
States. The wind has blown at from
As to 60 miles, and snow fell in many
places to the depth OF eight inches.
The electric wires were Frustrated
everywhere by wind and snow, many
vessels were wrecked and trains
blocked.
Cablegrams from all parts of the
Old World announce an unprecedented
hard winter. The Bora, or dry wind
is sweeping across the Adriatic with
great violence.
The cold wave the past few days has
extended westward. At Chicago, Mon.
day, the temperature lowered about
zero, and heavy snow fall was reported
in Nebraska, with the temperature at
zero and the fuel supply short. At
st. Louis the mercury fell to Is de.
grees below zero. Severe weather is
reported in Michigan, Kentucky, and
southwark to line touching Alabama
Mississippi and Northern Texas.
In our State, Winter seems to have
begun its regular sway. The excessive
rainfall of November and the first
week of the present month, has been
succeeded by a 42.mile gale off the
coast and snow east of the Cascade
mountains. 1t is showing likewise in
Idaho and Montana.
The rainfall of the State, so far, this
year, aggregates nearly 40 inches, and
will probably run ten inches more.
The nor NAL OF any year is thirty.seve
inches based upon the records OF the
past dozen years.
On Tuesday mercury fell to Is below
zero at Portland, Me-, % at Schnecta.
dy, N. Y, % below at Saratoga, N. Y.
30 below at New Haven, Conn. In
New York city the rating was above,
but the scarcity OF coal made it spe.
cially noted, and much suffering pre-
vailed among the poorer classes.
Several deaths are reported in
France from excessively cold weather.
In Germany, cold weather. in con.
nection with hard times, is causing
much suffering. A Berlin dispath, OF
the 10th states that many persons
have been frozen to death.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12

A HORRIBLE DEATH FROM STRANG.
ULATIoN.-A man named John Dur.
ham met his death in heroic manner,
in quagmire on the Hoboken mead.
ows, New York, on the 30th ult.,
while strenuous but ineffective efforts
were being made for his rescue by a
band of men who discovered his situa-
ton just before he sank into the yield
ing mud. 1t was up to his armpits,
and 40 he threw himself from side to
side, in q vain endeavor for extrication,
the effort only fastened his progress
to an oozy grave. After his chin was
submerged, and death was inevitable,
he began singing tremulously "Dear
Old Ireland" and with the refrain of
that sweet old air, reverberating ON
the atmosphere, he sank still lower,
until the black ooze filed his mouth.
The account says he must have strang.
led at least two minutes before the
mire ended his sufferings.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12
A Piucky Maid as Financier.

1t remains for plucky New Jersey
maid to literally beard the financial
lion in his den, as has Miss Clara Fell,
high school pupil of Orange, n. j.,
who is owner of ten shares OF preferred
stock in the Colorado mining Goa
modest holding surely-who does not
propose to see her small interest go
into the hands OF the railroad mag
mates by the selection of their own
men as officers of the company. So
she has inaugurated a movement Of
the small stockholders, whereby she
hopes to retain at the head OF the
mining company its present acting
President. She declares that she is
surprised at the number OF small
stockholders, and she feels that organ
ization is all that is needed to avert
much of the trouble that results from
the arrogance of the big stockholders.
Miss Fell said, in an interview:
"Who knows but what the small
stockholders have the balance of power :?
Don't think l am bold. but am going
to know more about the way the big men
gobble up the little ones, for there must
be a way to checkmate it. | think the
way is for the little ones to combine and
act as one.
"Why should not women take an in
terest in factories, mines and railroads :?
Is not that better field if they have to
work (and l think every one should
work. instead of standing behind coun.
ter in department store trying to please
a lot of people who don't know what
they want?
1.-The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany is the seller, the railroads are the
buyer; therefore the seller should have
a free hand to ask fair profit upon it's
products. Will they have this free hand
if controlled by the railroads? Certainly
not.
have come to the conclusion that
it is wise to study men and to know
something about the men to whom you
give control Of your financial affairs.''
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12
Notice Of Sale Of County Property.
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
County of Thurston.

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
County OF Thurston.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to an or
der OF the Board OF Couty Commissioners of sait
cember, A. ID. 1902. due and legal notice thereo
having been given according to law In the M at
ter OF the proposed sale Of certain hereina ter de
scribed property belonging to said county, thu
Saturday, the 10th day Of January 1908, at th1
front door OF the Court House at Olympia. n
said county. offer for sale at public auction L
the highest and best bidder therefor. ali the right
title and interest Of the said county OF Thurston
Of. In and to the following described property to-
gether with appnrtenanees thereto, to.wit:
"a Of NV & OF Sec. 50, tn Is RAW.
NV 4 OF NV Of NV x Sec. 81 tn. 10 n
Nv. 30 ~
Fractional Blocks ~ ard IS Of Crosby's Add
Block q; Block s. except lot and the East y
Lot Sec. IS, TIP. 10, r. 3W
Lei 8 Block l6. of McEroy & Williams q
Lot Sec 9, TIP. l9, West.
Lots 4, 5 and 6, Block Is and Lots to 12 inclu
stve OF Block So OF North Olympia
Lots 2. 8: and 10 of the NV Sub-Div. Of Bloci
"a Of Swans Addition to Olympia
Ne = ofsw 4 and Of sw X Sec. 20, TIP
Lots 8; 4. s and &. Block 4. Ragless' First Addi
Lots 8 and 4, BLOCK II, sebree's Addition.
NE Of NE Sec. IS, TIP. 10. R8W.
SIX ofSW y VI Sc 4 Sec. 9. Tp Is, RlW
North 46 feet fronting on franklin street O,
Lots and s. In Block "a, Sylvestcr's Plat. Olym
pia.
NV =; and the North So 81 rods of the sW 4
OF Sec. IL. r W, 2l334 acres
Lot 8. Block T. Patters0n's Capital Addition.
Terms OF Sale-Cash at time OF sale.
Dated At olympia, Washington, this 10th day
A. L. CALLOw.
dls County Auditor
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12

and that same protection to the trust
that supplies his farm machinery
makes it cost him much more than
when sold to the foreigner.
There is much sophistry and special
pleading in the message which will be
evident to the careful reader, and thai
is the incentive for publishing it ii
full, which none OF our nearby neigh
bors have done. 1t was deemed best
to give the full text of the really i'm
portant document and let our reader.
do their own thinking.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12
Notice Of Intention to, Sell
County Property.
STATE OF WASHINGTON, I
County OF ThuretOn,


Notice u hereby given that at 80 O'Clock r. n
on the Sth day OF January, A. ID. 1908, the
Board OF County Commissioners of said county
will meet at their usual place Of meeting In the
State. for the purpose Of determining the advisa.
bility OF selling the following described property
belonging TO said county, TO wit;
Div of c. H. Hale's Addition to Olympia.
FL ofsE < Sec: 30. Up; IS W.
Lots and Of Lot 4. Block 30. OFF. C. Hale's
Following described tract: Commence at Sc
corner OF SW OF Sec. II, run N l06 66 rods; w
1866 rods; s 1866 rods; l06.66 rods, contain
Sec. IL run east 1884 rods; l06 O. rods: w So "a
rods: 1866 rods, containing 1856 acres, all in
Sec. II, Tp. u, .2w:
Lot $, Block IS, Rochester.
MOI NE u Of Sec. 26. TIP. is N. RE.
Lot 4. Block A, woodruf's Addition to Olym.
ID, in Block s: Lots 1, 2, g. rs, g. TO- ii. - IA
IA. Is and ID. in Block 9; all OF block 10; Block ii;
Lots to IL ana - to "a inclusive, Block 90;
ton.
All of Block IL. C. H. Hales Addition TO Olym.
s u otsE = of NIX 4 and NE Y ofsEL of
Sec. SO, TIP. ~, X West, being plated property
and known as Clark's Addition to Olympia; also
Ell Of 81 aes \ Of I. Sc \ Sec 50, TIP; 10, 4 CIV.
o Lots l. 2; s. 9, 2 TO- II and L. all in block
dfti0n, also part OF K. IL. Wilson ID. C.. conn.,
mence at a point 653 feet and 758 feet s of NE
corner Of claim; w 900 feet; South 700 feet more
or less to point ISIS feet of the line of claim
Z. 94S Is feet; 20 degrees. so minutes w 353:s
feet; Sass feet to commencement, containing
14.65 acres.
Lot 5, Block 3, Teniuo
Lot In the NE Sub-Div. Of Block "a, Swans
Addition.
Lots and 8, in Block 6. and W J. OF Lot 4.
Hodgdon's Addition to Tenino.
Lot 6, Block .. Hodgdon's Addition to Tcniuo.
Block OF wright's Central Addition and
Block OF Central Addition to olympia
NE = OF SW y Sec. s, TIP. 49, RJW
Lots Is and i6, Block g; Lots 8, z l2, r. IL II
Is, - and 20, Of Block A.; Fractional block b:
Lot II, Block 30; Lot ~, Block 80: Lot u.s. Block
e; lot 8, Of Block ~, wood.uffs Addition 70
Lois Is and -. Block 8, sebree's Addition to
Olympia. "
Lot2. Block I, Olympia.
Lots I. 2 and 4. Block SO, West Olympia.
NV = Of SW Y. Sec. "a; To- Is, II Nv
Lots g and II, Block I, Patterson's Capital Ad.
At said meeting the said hoard will hear such
evidence and take such testimony, a. may be le-
gaily offered. as to the propriety Of making such
sale.
Dated at Olympia. Washington, this 10th day Of
December, A. ID. 1902
JOHN BYRNE.
GEO. W. BELL.
TOM ISMAY,
County Commissioners
Attest: A. L. CALLow,
Gounty Auditor. die
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12

ENGLAND and Germany are pushing
Venezuela to the limit for payment
OF their claims. An ultimatum of y
hours was announced as having been
given, and later it is reported that the
allied warships had seized the Vene.
zuelan fleet, and still later that all
German and British subjects had been
arrested, but afterwards released. A
brush at arms seems imminent, but it
will be small one. excepr as it affects
our own country regarding a strict
maintenance of the Monroe doctrine.
A London dispatch OF yesterday says:
The Venezuelan authorities at Puerto
Cabello are fortifying that town. They
have seized and imprisoned the British
and German Consuls there as well as
other Britons and Germans and have
taken possession of their property. The
authorities also seized q British shin
which was discharging a cargo of coal
at Puerto Cabello. This vessel was un-
able to escape. owing to a breakdown
in her machinery. The American
Consul at Puerto Cabello attempted to
interfere, but he was disregarded.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12
Victim Of Executive Spleen.

A bill that was introduced in the
House by Representative Hull, Chair.
man OF the Military Committee, on
the I'd inst, creating a general staff
corps in the U. S. army, is a culmina-
ton OF the threatened move OF the
President. made many months ago,
when he grossly insulted Gen. Miles
in the White House, despite the rank
OF the aged soldier and his claim to
hospitality as visitor. The new law
provides for staff to be appointed by
the President, and be under the imme-
date control OF the Secretary OF War,
thus eliminating the separate individ-
uality OF the army service and placing
it under the full and immediate con.
troll OF the Executive Department.
This is Capitalization OF power that
was never contemplated by the fathers
OF the government and removes an
other of the apportioned forces that
were considered the safeguards against
assumption OF despotic power by the
President.
The staff is intended TO entirely
abolish the Office of Commanding Gen.
eral OF the Army, now held by Gen.
Miles. The only reason that has yet
been given by His Strenuosity against
Gen. Miles is that he il too old to
render efficient service. The sxper-
fence Of lifetime on the battlefield, it
seems, goes for nothing as a qualifica.
ton for directing armies, in the esti-
nation of the man who can claim
scarcely score OF years advantage on
his self-asserted bounds of probity.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12

One Of the stock objections to woman
suffrage is the assumption that voting
can be done only in places where it
would not be nice for women to go. But
experience knocks out this objection.
In Colorado, where women are voters,
their disinclination to going to cigar
stores and barber shops is resulting not
in their staying away from the polls but
in their demanding better voting places
and getting them. One of the finest
homes in Denver was selected this year
for the polling place of one of the voting
precincts.-7He Public, Chicago.
The four years. experience Wash
ington Territory had with woman sui.
frage fully did away with that objec-
ton. The polling.places were trans
formed from the disgraceiul rendezvous
of tipsy ward politicians to places OF
marked respectability. The presence
Of refined women effected the change,
as it always does, everywhere, and un-
der all circumstances. There was no
attempt made to transgress the bounds
Of propriety, and if there had been,
the rowdies knew that there was
enough noble manhood ever present
to see that any such manifestation
was checked in its incipiency. To-
stead OF debasing the ballot, this i'm.
portant duty of citizenship was en-
nobled by woman's participation at
the polls.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12

WELL, let US be happy. if the skies
are overcast with the clouds of Winter.
President Roosevelt promises to visit
US in the early Spring, when the blue.
bells are in blossom and robin trills
his lay. He will. it is said, come west
by the Southern route, and swing
around circle OF the Willamette and
Sound cities, returning through the
grain fields of Eastern Washington
evidently take in all possible political
bearings.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12

A BILL has been introduced in the
lower branch OF Congress which pro.
vides that in addition to publicity Of
the details of trusts operation, those
with capital stock in excess of $500.
600 must pay one per cent. tax on un.
paid capital stock. A subcommittee
has been appointed by the Judiciary
Committee TO whom all antitrust bills
shall be referred for consideration and
renOrt
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12

AN EFFECTIVE CARTooN.-One of
the best cartoons that has yet appeared,
is in the N. Y. World of the 9Th inst.
In the background appears in shadow
lines the teeth and eyes of our siren.
uous President, under . quotation
from bis message: Publicity can do
no harm to honest corporations" In
the foreground appear Morgan. Rock.
efeller and Hill in the most grotesque
attitudes Of apparently irrepressibIe
hilarity. Morgan and Hill are bent
nearly double with the excess of their
mirth, with mouths stretched from
ear 10 ear, while Rockefeller, more
secretive, stands with hand firmly
pressed across his lips to restrain the
evervescence of his warmly aroused
nature. Under the figures appears
the legend I'VE Should Smile" The
cartoon expresses at . glance, and
more impressively than words; the ef.
feet Of the Presidents Quixotic war
fare upon the trusts.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12

THE Oystermen's Association has
adopted q resolution recommending
that the Legislature reserve from sale
all natural oyster beds capable of pro-
ducing seed. to keep them from pass
ing into the possession Of spectators.
This IL to counterfeit the recommen.
dation OF Fish Commissioner Kershaw
for sale Of parts of the reserve that are
not now productive.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12

A PERPETUAL injunction has been
granted in Cleveland, Ohio, against an
organization OF walters who attempted
to boycott restaurant which had EN-.
ployed non-union labor. They are re-
strained from circulating handbills to
would.be customers or picketing the
locality and urging them not to pa.
tronize the prescribed place Of bust.
mesa
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12
LET Us HAVE THE PROPER Nasal

LET Us HAVE THE PROPER NASAL
ACcENT.-Mr. d. T. Denny, q resident
Of Puget Sound for over = half century
says that the name Of the mountain
called by the " Boston" man Rainier,
was in the early Indian dialect eta.
cobed," from which the name Tacoma
is derived. The P.-I.. says that the
late Judge Swan gave the same state
ment, and that ought to definitely
settle the matter. Now if the people
of Commencement Bay don't like the
name OF Rainier, or would prefer to
adopt the vernaculsr OF the salmon
scented Siwash, why not rdopt the
proper pronunciation, even though it
may sound ~ if uttered with a "cold
in the DOSE?
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12
Death Of Ex.Speaker Reed.

Thomas Bracket Reed, former
Speaker of the U. S. House of Repre-.
sentatives, and one of the leaders OF
the prevailing party, died at the Ma.
tional Capital, in his apartments at
the Arlington Hotel, last Saturday, at
12.l0 P. NJ. The immediate cause OF
death was uremia. His wife and
daughter Katherine we're present when
he expired.
Deceased was born in Portland
Maine, Oct. Is, 1889. He graduated
at Bowdoin in 1860 and studied law,
but was appointed Acting Assistant
Paymaster in the Navy, April 10, 1864,
and served until his discharge in 1865.
He was afterwards admitted to the
bar, and entered practice at Portland.
In 1863 he was a member OF the
lower branch of the Maine Legislature,
and in 1870 he sat in the State Senate.
He served two years as Attorney Gen.
eral, and from 1874 to 1877 as Solicitor
for the city of Portland. He was elect
ed member Of Congress in 1876. and
continued a Representative till the
close of the Seth Congress in 1901.
1t was while serving several times as
Speaker OF the House that he became
such prominent factor of national
politics, in his rigid and oft.times ar
bitrary rulings as presiding officer.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12

OUR government is having twelve
gunboats built in China and Japan for
service in the Philippines. The ex-
cuse for giving the contracts to these
Oriental nations is that it is difficult
to take such small vessels-35O tons
displacement-across the Pacific. 1.
constitutes, however, another argu.
ment against our colonial" policy.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12

"FoREFATHER's Day." the anniver.
sary Of the landing of the Pilgrims,
began in 1876. At that time, Decem,
Der llth, old style, was taken to be
December 22d of New style, when it
should be December 2lst. This error
and confusion of the day has ever
since been perpetuated, and some New
Englanders have their feast OF remem.
brance on the 2lst and others on the
22d.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12

A WASHINGTON dispatch OF Monday
states that the Senate had passed the
bill confirming title to lands selected
In lieu OF sections 16 and 36, where the
same had been settled upon before the
grant.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12

A MAJORITY of the State Senators
have decided to employ no female
clerks during the coming Legislative
session. Is this to avoid scandals, or
is it for the purpose Of paying political
debts to fellows who have votes RE.
corder.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12

THE spirit Of imitation is seen by q
strike Of the pupils in one OF the west.
ern schools because the water supply
was temporarily shut off on account of
impurities. They passed resolution
as expressive as it was laconic: IRE.
solved, no water, no study"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12

The War Department has issued an
order for exchange of fifteen regiments
in the Philippines for the same mum.
Der of troops in the United States.
Among those to 60 from this division
will be the Seventeenth regiment from
Forts Vancouver, Wright and Lawton.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12

PosMAsTER- GENERAL Payne has been
informed that among the lately es-
tablished rural free delivery routes
there are about twenty-five women
carriers, and he has instructed the
superintendent OF the service to make
inquiry as to whether they are per.
forming their duties satisfactorily. 1t
does not seem enough to wait for com.
plants, when women are involved, but
the department invites the criticism
which competition will surely prompt.
The head of the Department is said to
be opposed to the employment OF
women in that service. None but
voters need apply.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12

A PROPOSITION introduced by Bur.
ton of Kansas, Tuesday, an amend.
ment to the immigration bill. to ad.
NIT Chinese laborers to Hawaii, met
much opposition, and was finally laid
on the table.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12
Another End Of Things Sublimary

An Illinois man predicts universal
upheaval OF Mother Earth which will
destroy the greater part OF mans
works, within the next ten years, but
as kindred prophesies have been so
often made and so often the date fixed,
has passed without veriiication, that
the giddy throng scarcely pause mo-
ment to receive the grave admonition.
1t is Samuel Fox, former editor, now
machinist, scholar, scientist and in
ventor," who lately spoke before the
st. Stephens NJ. +. Church, in Chi
cago. This upheaval, he declared,
was prophesied by Christ.
According to his investigation, at
is to originate in the valley OF the Nile
and extend all over the world. With
the works of man will disappear the
greater part OF the human race itself.
From what remains will grow up a
great cosmopolitan race, more intelli.
gent and spiritual than any now living,
and the golden age-'a new heaven
and new earth'-will be ushcred in.
"This vast revolutionizing of the
earth and the destruction of most Of
its people will be- the direct result and
the natural consequence OF extensivs
irrigation of the valley OF the Nile by
the British government, Mr.. Fox ex-
planned. The worst destruction, or
"revolutionizing," as the speaker
chose to term it, will be in the district
where the earthquake originates, but
it will extend over the entire world,
and its results will be as vast and as
revolutionizing as can be conceived Of.
"The immediate cause of the earth
quake will be the saturation of the al.
ways hitherto dry lands of the Nile
valley with this extensive irrigation"
said the speaker, in explaining the or
igination OF the great calamity.
much OF this water taken into the
irrigation channels cannot be put to
immediate uses in cultivation, and it
seeps into the ground. When it goes
far enough into the earth it will start
a cooling Of the lava-hot rocks below,
over a large area. This will start a
movement of the earth's crust by
shrinkage. Where the crust is not
touched by the water it will be de-
pressed and at the top where the crust
is situated, a raising process will take
place. This will cause great assures
in the earth. reaching hundreds OF feet
down. Then the earthquake will
come"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-12-12

GEN. Agent Nadeau, of the North.
ern Pacific, is making . thorough
examination of the newly acquired
Port Townsend Southern property,
it is claimed At Seattle that moth
ing officially is known of the designs
of the company. It is probable, how.
ever, that the ultimate purpose will be
to complete q west-side route the
length of the Sound and thus be in q
better position to command the com.
merce of the northw west.