Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-02-14

birthday was only State holiday, an,
the Federal officers had to bear tn
weary load Of official responsibility al
day long, the same as hod-carrier.
Henry Schupp. of this city, Ia
been elected Secretary, and &. S
Robinson, OF Seattle, Third Vice Presi
dent OF the Capital Brewing Company
whose plant is located at Tumwater.
Otto A. Weile, who will act a
supervising architect of the capito
annex, during the illness of Mr.
Ritchie, arrived from Spokane las
Friday, and is quartered at the Olym
pia.
The large attendance of prominen
citizens at the funeral of DR.. OstrandeI
despite the Indictment weather, indi
Gates the high appreciation in which
he was held by those who knew hin
so we'll.
State Treasurer Maynard has sold
340-acre farm, at Boisefort, in Levi
county, for Sill 1000. Mr.. Percell, one
OF Lewis county's old settlers who
formerly owned the tract, was thu
purchaser.
Frank L. Ballaine will enter tn
employ of the Moore Investment Co.
OF Seattle, and his place as clerk il
the Adjutant Generals Office be fillet
10y First Lieutenant Frank Llewellyn
Of Spokane.
The Northern Pacific Railway Co.
paid $l2,SSS taxes on its operatin,
property Monday, and will pay tn
stipulated amount on the land lier
soon as the receipt for the same cal
be prepared.
The steamship Umatilla left tn,
Sound. yesterday, for San Francisco
A. P. Fitch, of this city, being a pas
senger by her. The next steamer fo
that destination will be the City O
Puebla, next Tuesday.
Miss Grace Chaplin. daughter o.
Rev. and Mrs. J. r. Chaplin, died O
lagrippe, in Adrion, Mich, last Fri
day morning. She was - years o
age and beloved by all who knew hel
for her many graces of character.
The State Auditor this week ISSUED
seven bonds of SIS, 600 each on the per
manent school fund the proceeds o
which are to be used by the State ir
paying outstanding warrant indebted
ness. They bear :! per cent interest.
The theater-goers OF Olympia vii
have o chance to see one of the grand
est and costliest Minstrel perform.
ances ever brought to the western
country. Diamond Bros. Big Whit,
Minstrels will appear at the Olympi.
Theater Monday night.
Wednesday was Lincoln's birthday
and was very generally observed b!
the salaried portion of the commun
ity. Few of those who depended upor
daily wages for support could afford L
lose step with the treadmill, even To-
so short period as a day.
A verdict OF not guilty was rendered
by the jury in the Crowhurst cas-,
Tuesday afternoon, after a delibera
ton of two and half hours. 1t j,
said that the jury stood IL to l 70,
acquittal after the first ballot. Th,
prisoner was represented by George c.
Israel as attorney.
A meeting of the Capitol commits
sion will be held to. morrow afternoon
to close the details of the agreement
between the contractor and the com
mission. Otto Weile, the acting super
vising architect, has prepared all the
plans and specifications necessary fo1
work to be resumed at once.
Thomas James, OF Grand Mound
in this county, won the 500 prizs
given by the P.-L. for counting in thu
late "dot contest" Henry Brown. o
the same district, won the secont
prize and received $35. There wer,
2,777 dots in the puzzle, aud Mr.
James counted them correctly.
An old-time charavari was giver
Homer Thacker and wife, on West
side, Wednesday night. The newt,
married pair very sensibly regarded
the salutation, under the circum
stances as q compliment, as it was in
tended, and invited the intruders il
and distributed refreshments to them
Pierce's grocery has been sold Il
Messrs. G. F. Marshall and F. II
Scott, who will continue the business
under the name of Marshall & Scott
Both these gentlemen have had ex
perience in the grocery business, tn,
former BY connection with the Byrn,
store and Mr.. Pierce as his successor
the past eighteen months. s.
Emmett Hoke, = wee specimen 0
humanity had q queer experience las
Sunday. He broke q needle off in hi
arm, and had to be subjected to II
anasthetic to extract the tiny bar o
steel. He came out of the ordea
safely, however, and will doubtless here
after be more careful of the use o
pointed instruments of torture.
The will OF the late DR.. Ostrandel
bequeaths to his eight children his es
tate valued at about $4,000. They
are Priscilla G. Montague, Mary A
Roe, Sarah Catlin, Margaret A. O'Con
nor, Isabella Eastman, John Y
Ostrander, Florence E. Crosby ant
Fannie L. Moore. NJ. O'Connor aut
Walter Crosby are appointed execu
tors, without bonds.
The Tacoms-Eastern Railroad haI
reached the south end OF LAX,
Kspowsin, and will in a few month";
be completed to the base of Noun
Rainier, where it is thought favorit,
summer resorts will spring into ex
istence 1t Elba, Eatopville, Longmire
Ashford Springs and Paradise Valley
Considerable business is being devel
oped along tho line by freight traffic
and logging.