Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-10-16

Issued last week. The cost Will be x3O, :
900, with an additional $4,000 which
was paid for the site. On the ground
floor will be space for six stores. The
auditorium in the second story will
seat 800 members, while there will be
room for several hundred more in the
aisles. The contractors agree to com.
plete the building within 120 days.
The Great Northern Railroad is to
build concrete seawall for a perma-
nent dock at Smiths cove. 1t will
cost with its warehouses about q mil
lion dollars. 1t will be 1000 in length
and $50 wide, and the main warehouse
500 by 120 feet. The wall will be
built from hardpan upward to a height
OF sixty feet. At low water twenty
five feet of the seawall will be shown
above the surface of the bay. At the
bottom the wall will have thickness
OF fifteen feet, while at the top it will
be four or five feet in width. This con.
crete seawall is to extend entirely
around the wharf.
At Whatcom, last week, a baker
put concentrated lye into the -four of
a rival baker, enough to kill every per-
son who ate as much bread as is ordi-
narily consumed during a meal. Be-
fore the -four was baked the baker
tasted it and burned his tongue, then
had an analysis OF the flour made and
the presence of the concentrated lye
was discovered. Had this precaution
not been taken, there is no telling
what the consequences might have
been. The deed was performed by
one Burnwen', an employe OF John
Birk, who instructed the former to
adulterate the flour. Both were ar.
rested.
A blow at the pocket books OF Seat.
tie dairymen has been struck, for adul.
teration OF milk with embalming fluid.
II is in the shape OF damages in behalf
OF consumers who had been put to ex-
pense and hardship by the use of for
maldehyde. One suit against the Maple
Mountain dairy fs for $4,000, and a
dairy at Van ASSET is in for 5000. In
the latter case the healthy little baby
of Mrs. Miller was reduced to pitiable
skeleton, under the formaldehyde
poison, before the trouble could be
discovered by DR.. Ludlow, the attend
ing physician. 1t is said that the
death of one infant can be traced d.
rectly to this cause.
Mrs. James Woodley, wife OF one of
the oldest settlers and most highly re-
spected citizens of Colfax, committed
suicide by cutting her throat Sat.
urday. 1t is thought she was tenn
porarily insane. She had been ill ior
some time, and her mind had been un-
balanced. She was under care of a
nurse, who bad left the room for q
short time, and when she returned
found Mrs. Woodley with her throat
cut and gasping for breath. She died
in q few minutes. without gaining
consciousness. Mrs. Woodley was 63
years old and leaves . husband in Col
fax and daughter, Mrs. Walter Dodd,
whose husband is q son of Charles H.
Dodd, OF Portland, living in New York.
J.J. Westbrook died, at his home in
Tacoma last week, after lingering ILL.,
ness. Mr.. Westbrook was born in vi.
ster county, New York, in 1924, and
at the time OF his death was nearly 70
years OF age. He was among the early
pioneers into California during the
gold excitement of 1S49, but in 1851
left there and came to Olympia, where
he resided for several years. Then he
engaged in business at Steilacoom
when it was the county seat of Pierce
county, and remained there till the N.
P. terminus was removed from Olym-
pia to Tacoma. In June, 1861, he
married Miss L. Dubois, who survives
him, with one daughter, Mrs. John B.
Hart, of Seattle. The funeral services
were held Sunday in the undertaker's
chapel, st. Helen's avenue, in the city
where he had so long resided.
The following officers we're elected
at the Sixteenth Annual Convention
Of the Northwest Baptist Association,
lately held at Puyallup, 10 serve the
coming year: President, Corwin s.
Shank, of Seattle; First Vice Presi-
dent, Judge G. E. Griffin, of Tacoma
Second Vice President, Rev. John NJ.
Dean, OF Seattle; Third Vice Presi-
dent Prof. Mark Bailey, of Tacoma;
Recording Secretary. Rev. Mr.. Bishop;
Treasurer, George w. Fowler, Of Ia
coma; Corresponding Secretary, Rev.
L. Walton Terry, OF Tacoma; Histori-
cal Secretary, Rev. J. c. Baker. The
trustees elected for the coming year
are: Robert Moran, of Seattle; B. w.
Johns, of Olympia; Alonzo Hull. of
Seattle; E. E. Rosling, of Tacoma;
DR.. w. Hunt, OF Whatcom; George
Terrill, of Charleston and J. A. Sode-
burg, Of Seattle.
Mrs. C. A. Prouty, the Cheney wo.
man who was kissed against her will
by Rev. C. w. Hamley, has taken ex-
ceptions to a recent statement made
by the preacher, in which he seeks to
belittle his offense, though admitting
that he kissed the woman. Rev. Ham,