Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-01-03

will open saloon with them at Gate
City.
Oily appeared Wednesday morning
dated just a year in the sweet by-and-
bye. He will have to keep step better
than that if he wants to keep out of
the way of his rival armed with a
scalping-knife.
Ted Burntrager, in the employ OF
the Light & Power Co. of this city, has
received an appointment As assistant
light keeper at Five Finger Island,
Alaska, and will soon leave for his
new field of labor.
The fire department have chosen
the following officers for the ensuing
year: Chief, E. B. Raymond; Assist.
ant Chief, Chas. H. Pridham; City
Electrician, L. P. Brautigan; Driver
fire.team, o. c. Goodrich.
David Chambers and Harvey ]. Rich
purchased, Monday, from Jane Patti
son, the donation claim known as No.
10, which lies in sections 2. 3. 10 and
II of township II north, range west.
The price paid was $500.
Seattle and Tacoma complain OF
youthful criminals. The same here.
Several small sums Of money were
stolen from the wraps of the young
people while they were rehearsing at
the theater yesterday afternoon.
Frank ]. Parker has been in the
city this week looking after the
interests Of the Lewis and Clarke
Exposition to be held in Portland in
1903. He is commissioner for pto
motion Of that enterprise in this
State.
Colonel Owings has lost his dog
Brownie" which Was run over by
some vehicle and injured 80 severely
IS to make it necessary to kill him 10
put him out of misery. Those who
love pets can realize the wrench such
. loss gives TO the heartstrings.
. The Bucoda Lumber Company lately
made one Of the largest sales Of timber
land on record in this State. The
Weyerhauser Company. the land cor.
morants, were the purchasers, and the
transfer embraces 1886 acres in range
l west, the equivalent paid being $21,-
500.
Justice Giles yesterday held Albert
Butler to answer in the Superior
Court for obtaining money under false
pretenses from David Provoe. Of Del.
phi. It seems that Butler cheated
his neighbor in q horse trade and the
action is TO obtain some form Of re-
dress.
A tangled light-wire ON Fourth
street, in front Of Connolly & Cham
bers market, Monday night, seemed to
have started on . pyrotechnic display
more appropriate to Independence
day than to Christmas festivities. An
alarm was turned in and the firemen
promptly responded and by aid Of
some of the light company's linemen
extinguished the sparkling cause Of
alarm.
Lieutenant.G Governor Henry Mcbride
arrived from Seattle Saturday. and soon
Afterwards the oath of Office was ad.
ministered to him by Chief Justice
Reavis. The Governors first official
act was to issue . proclamation an.
nouncing the death of Governor Rog'
ers and ordering the State Offices
closed until after the funeral obsequiea
on the succeeding Wednesday and that
flags be kept At hali-mast on all public
buildings for thirty days, as token Of
respect to the memory Of the dead.
Abe Hinchcliffe, driver Of the city's
street team, met with an accident
Monday morning, at the Hale gravel
pit, which came very near ending bis
life. While he was engaged in shovel
ing gravel into the wagon bed, the
bank caved npon him without any
warning sign, placing him immovably
against . wheel of the wagon. He
was released soon Is possible but sus
tanned some very severe bruises, but il
ia hoped no internal injuries. The
whole Of his lower body was covered
with the immense weight Of the
gravel, and it is thought by many
that he was lucky in getting off well
~ he did.
Robt. HASTE. an employee in the
pipe factory, fell dead at his work
Wednesday. The learned medicos
first thought that death was caused BY
rupture of blood vessel in the brain
but when the CRIME Of labor wss
washed from his hands, it was found
that they were burned. and it was evi'
dent that death had resulted from an
electric current from wire oyerhang'
ing the machine at which he was work
ing. Deceased leaves wife and two
children, the youngest IN infant few
months old. He came to this city
from Seattle . couple of years ago
His father lives Il WILDLY Island,