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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

ENGLAND's plan of temperance re.
form is to impose fine on the iudi-
vidual who is found in . state of in.
toxication. A fine of $40 is imposed
for treating" an habitual drunkard,
with months imprisonment at hard
labor. Reliable reports show that
since the law went into effect, Jan.
1st, the number Of drunkards has con.
sidersbly decreased, whereby the vice
had been steadily on an increase the
past ten years.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

Mrs. ADELAIDE LLOYD SMITH, the
oily-gammon who a few monshs ago,
induced several SPECTATORS in Seattle,
mostly women, to invest in mythical
oil-stock on a supposititious we'll, To-
Gated somewhere in California, was
arrested, Monday, in San Francisco,
and the officer had her aboard a train
and on her way to this State, on extra
dition papers, when the train was
boarded and she was taken from the
officer at Sacramento, on q writ of
habeds corpus, returnable at San
Francisco.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

THE cup.defender was launched at
Bristol, on the 18th, with . national
eagle mounted on her cut-water, with
wings spread, and the ribbons of the
club-carnation and black-streaming
from his bill. The new boat differs
about as much from her predecessors
as her rival across the waters does from
previous designs. 1t is freely predicted
by experts in yachting matters that
she is the fastest boat yet turned out
in this country-and that OF course,
means the world.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

A MAcHINE-GUN, invented by DR.. s.
N. Mclean, was tested the other day,
at Cleveland, Ohio, which fires 500
one-pound shots in minute, or about
Ii a second. With q five.foot eleva.
ton, five shots were fired three miles
out into the lake. The velocity was
so great and the recOil so slight that
the shots struck the water with a
single splash. Gen. Miles witnessed
the test and was much pleased with
the result.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

FIERCE storms played great havoc
in parts Of Europe, Sunday. A thirty.
six hours snow.storm over middle
Europe has had the effect of blocking
trade. In Berlin the snow fell to a
depth of three feet, and the fall was
heavy in East Prussia and Poland,
where wires were Frustrated and trains
delayed. The temperature is not,
however, much lower than the freez.
ing point and a thaw is indicated by
the rapid flooding Of the streams.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

On showing that majority OF the
property owners Of Woodmont, a pop
ular resort now part of the munich
pality of Milford, Conn.,. were women
and would have vote that would be
authorized by the act of the General
Assembly for segregation, the counsel
engaged to prepare the bill and for
ward legislation has been instructed to
withdraw the measure and abandon
all effort for that object. The citizens
of Milford, it seems, have not yet arisen
to comprehension Of the fact that
woman has demonstrated her capabil.
ity for management of political affairs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

Miss Helen E. Stone, the missionary
who was held captive six months by
Macedonian brigands and released on
the payment Of $4,000 ransom, from
contributions in this country, is in the
lecture-6eld to raise money to reim-
burse subscribers to that fund. Her
present work is ON tho Pacific Coast,
and she spoke in Tacoma Wednesday
night. Her subject is q narration of
her experiences in captivity.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

AND now it is Saxony that asks an
explanation of U. S. Consul Cole for
giving a health certificate to Dentist
O'Brien, who has left that little king.
dom to escape exile. The Consul says
that in expressing sympathy for the
doctor, it was not of the kind that
might be construed into An insult to
the government, for sins of either
omission or commission,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

MORE TROUBLE AMONG THE MAIL
BAGs.-It seems that the Postal De-
partment has been reeking with cor.
ruption, and in addition to completely
with sure-thing" manipulators, it is
now charged that almost all the pa
tronage of the department was subject
to gratis whereby the interests of its
officers and managers were promoted.
The latest of these developments is
completely with clock firm in New
York, whereby an exclusive contract
for official clocks was awarded for four
years. Under the law, contracts can
be made for only one year. Another
charge is that there has been collision
with wagon maker in Indiana,
whereby the Department threw its in
fuence his way to supply the rural de-
livery wagons. He was given informa-
ton in advance of the routes to be
established and the names of prospec-
tive carriers. 1t is likewise charged
that promotions in the New York Of
fee have been peddled to clerks who
would pay from $25 to $50 down and .
percentage of the advance of salary for
the first year.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

THE Minnesota Legislature has I'm.
der consideration bill to institute q
reformatory for girls, where women
who are ordinarily sentenced to the
State prison, or to the county jails for
the smaller crimes, and the work
house for incorrigibility, may be
placed where they will not come in
contact with hardened criminals.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

A LAMENTABLE instance OF the ill.,
evitable result of union of a white wo-
man in marriage with depraved race,
is afforded from Seattle. The family
OF Lee Hong, Chinaman, was found
in state of utter restitution, Tuesday,
in howell on the city's suburbs. The
mother was white woman, who, after
her marriage to the Chinaman, be.
came the victim of opium, and total
wreck, devoid of all the impulses OF
humanity. The father was, likewise, a
slave of the pipe. The children have
been provided for by the county and
charity organization, and effort will
be made to find homes for them.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

ONE thing decided by the strike at
Seattle and Tacoma is that employees
have a right to belong to q union, if
they want to, which implies the right
of the company to employ non-union
men If they choose to do so.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has refused
to accede to the request of labor or.
carnations that he decline to pass
over the Union Pacific route, in conse.
quence of it being under ban from q
strike. He declared that his itinerary
was arranged months ago, and that he
could not consent to disappoint thou
sands Of people BY changing his plans
at this late day.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

WHAT'S the matter with Lawmakers
just now? The Pennsylvania Legisla-
ture has made the same attempt that
our Solons came 90 near consummat.
ing, and it is now up to Gov. Penny.
packer to say whether the press shall
be muzzled or not.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24
Another Leaf to Be Turned.

Another of those frequent miracles,
under natural Law, is the discovery
OF that new and rare substance known
as radium, which emits light continu-
ally and radiates heat indefinitely,
without chemical or morecular change.
But is the idea OF spontaneous genera
ton Of light or heat any more miracu-
lous than the triumphs which science
has already achieved in development
of occult forces? Is not the ray which
penetra,es Opaque substance, or the
disk which receives, arranges and class
lies multisonous wavelets into articu-
late speech, or chords Of melody, as
much OF mysteries as would be the
action OF chunk of radium under the
boiler to generate power for the loco
motive? Have We not heard, way back
in childhood, of pocketing a potato TO
cure rheumatism, or of carrying about
horse-chestnut to keep off witches?
But pleasantly aside, the wonderful
progress made in scientific discovery the
past half century, silences the sheer
of skepticism, which, few years be-
fore, had greeted every step OF the pio-
neers in scientific endeavor. The pos
sibilities of radium are, as yet a closed
book to the advanced savant, but who
knows but that in the near future this
opening chapter may not present the
"dog ears" of the pages already mas
tered by the pupil, and which has be-
come a part of the mental power that
may in time by development create
ripple on the broad sea Of popular
KNOWLEDGE.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

WHILE Sir Thomas feels gre ally en-
couraged over the performances of his
new challenger, Shamrock I'LL, he
should still bear in mind that "There's
many a slip between the cup and the
LINTON.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

IT has been admitted by a no less
authority than the U. S. Supreme
Court that Alaska is Territory, and
1t is proposed by Gov. Brady to call an
election to select Delegate to Con-
gress.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

MRS. Joseph Chamberlain, the Amer.
lean wife OF the British Secretary for
the Colonies will, if rumor is correct,
soon be created Viscountess of High.
bury by King Edward.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

CARRIE NATION declares that she
will never marry again, as long as
endowed with reason. 1t will be Oh.
served that she has quite long string
attached to the proposition.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

The school election at Tacoma, last
Saturday, resulted in reputation of
the plan of Board of Educatian to pur-
chase the Tourist hotel and convert it
into fine modern school building.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

THERE are some people who think
that Benson should have been put to
pulling hemp in Thurston county,
rather than picking jute at Walla
Walla.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

THE Walla Walla Statesman says
that A. w. Clapp, former secretary OF
w. ]. Bryan, is authority for the state
ment that present secretary Ross does
much of the writing ON the Commoner
for which Mr.. Bryan receives credit.
If it be true, what does it matter?
Does anybody suppose for moment
Scott writes o 1.-THE of the matter that
appears as editorial in the Oregonian,
or that the reputation OF ArQonaut was
founded upon the drudgery OF Pix
ley? Does anybody believe that the
bright rays of the Sun have all scin-
tillated from the single pen point of
Charles A. Dana? Nobody can have
q reasonable doubt, however, but that
the mental individuality of each Of
these noted journalists is engrained
into his respective newspaper. Nor
will any one dispute the ability OF Bry-
an to have written anything that has
appeared in his paper or deny his pos.
session of the resolution to back it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

IT seems that while the act appro-
priating $4,000 for an exhibit at the
Louisiana Purchase Fair, passed the
Legislature and was approved by the
Governor, that it contains no clause
authorizing the State Auditor to issue
warrants, and the Treasurer, very
properly We think, refuses to pay out
any part OF the appropriation, except
on warrants issued by the proper Of.
ficers, under the general statute. The
act provides that the Treasurer shall
pay on certificates signed by the
Executive Commission and attested by
the Secretary Of the board, which af-
fords another instance Of the imperfect
work done by that awfully deficient
body OF men.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

A NEW planet has been discovered
by Prof. Turner, of Oxford. 1t 10 oil
the eighth magnitude. 1t lies a short
distance from the milky way, almost
GA the boundary line between Gemini
and Auriga,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

The government has contracted for
the delivery of 400 more reindeer for
Alaska. with the Northwestern Com.
mercial Co., of Seattle. They are all
to be females and delivered for $25 per
head. The number of these animals
now in Alaska is said to be 5000 and
the first were taken there in 1891,
when sixteen were procured from
Siberia as an experiment.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

The Democrats swept Bloomington,
ILL.,, Tuesday, electing their candidate,
Morrison, for Mayor, by ma jority OF
700. He is the first Democratic May.
or of that municipality in eighteen
years,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

The N. Y. World says that the bow.
spirit of the new cup-deiender Reliance
is q sound stick Of "Oregon pine"
Dimes to doughnuts it is Washing
ton fir" and is not properly designated
by the name that our neighbor ap-
propriated for our splendid timber.
growth many years ago when she was
in the lead for short time.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

A TORNADO in Neosho county, Kan
sas. Saturday night, did great dam.
age to the town of st. Paul and in.
jured five people, four of them fatally.
The storm did not continue longer
than five minutes.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

The Commissioner of Patents has
refused to register q trademark of a
wine merchant which is 10 the shape
and colors of the American shield.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

A WASHINGTON dispatch of the
2lst states that Secretary Root has di.
rected that a number of army officers
in Alaska be court.martialed for pecu.
lations against the government. 1t is
charged that supplies sent to the post
were turned over to the trading com.
pany and carried as their own stock.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

The challenger, Shamrock III, was
struck by gust OF wind as she was
about TO start on o race with Sham.
rock l, at Weymouth, England, last
Friday, and dismasted. Several of the
crew were swept overheard, and one
was drowned. Sir Thomas Upton
was knocked down q hatchway and
slightly injured.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

command the support Of the business
interests OF the country. Mr.. Slayden
said Mr.. German favored moderate
tariff revision. DIV
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

THE charge for transmission of ten
words over the new telegraph line be-
tween Seattle and Nome costs SIS.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT was to have
left Yellowstone Park, Tuesday, for re.
sumption OF his trip hitherwards.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24
The Benson Verdict.

Now that the tragic chapter in our
local history, involving the murder Of
Morrell, an exemplary officer in the
discharge of his duty as jailer, has
closed, it might be we'll to repress COM
mcnt, were it not that some good may
come OF fair discussion The disap-
pointment OF the people over the result
Is too deep for the matter to pass with
out drawing from it some guidance for
future emergencies like it, which,
thank Heaven, are few.
That the jury had been mislcd by
the evidence as presented, and prob
ably The charge as construed, is evi.
dent from the fact that Judge Linn,
in passing sentence, found it necessary
to state that "a verdict might have
been rendered for greater crime than
manslaughter and have been entirely
proper" and then to make amends
in some degree for this too lenient YER
dict, he imposed the maximum punish
ment for the lesser crime.
1t is probably true that, had the
charge been delivered to jury Of law
ycrs, they would have been able to dis
tinguish the beginning and ending Of
those subtle distinctions which estab-
lish technicalities, that instead OF be-
ing safeguards of legal procedure are,
at times, veritable loop-holes for escape
OF the guilty. 1t may be that this is
proper, if we regard the axiom as true
that d" Better ninety and nine guilty
men escape than that one innocent
man suffer unmerited punishment"
But when we consider that jurors are
drawn from the mass of citizenship,
better able to pass judgment on
crops, or of breeds Of stock, or on
works OF mechanical skill, than the
ethics OF law, the case is very different,
and from the Judges own admission it
appears that his charge did not enable
the jury to draw the exact legal differ
ence, upon the evidence submitted, be.
tween murder in the second degree and
manslaughter.
Then again, the adroit attorney for
the defense was able, by production of
the family portrait, imported from
afar, and the thoughtfully provided
handkerchief into which was poured
copious tear.drops (not Of regret or
repentance, however, it is feared
which produced On the Imagination of
the jury much more vivid impression
OF suffering than any oral description
Of the tortures of poor Dave Morrell
as he was being beaten over the head
with deadly cudgel and shot to death
with a murderous pistol which the
younger sinews and bloody instincts
Of the prisoner, already a malefactor,
guilty OF felony and serving q term
therefor, enabled him to grasp from
his guard. 1t was unfair to take ad-
vantage OF the chords of sympathy of
mankind and play upon them such
grotesque symphonies.
Let us hope that the effect will be to
adopt methods of punishment for the
master crime prescribed by law, al
though experience has thus shown that
it can be made to so flagrantly fail OF
its object.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

JOLIET, ILL.,, elected William c. Gro
Illus, Democrat, Mayor, Tuesday.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

RETURNS from Kansas show that the
State is overwhelmingly for prohibi-
ton, and that is why the Carrie Ma
ton methods have been tolerated
there, as they would have been no.
where else. When popular sentiment
sanctions movement, almost any law
in its support can be enforced or the
most extreme measures against it's VIC.
lators meet with popular approval,
but when these conditions do not ex-
list, prison bars or lynching await the
would-be avengers of its violated su-
premacy.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

OA9ToEIA.
s... til. HIhs Kind You Have Always Bought
''; s &tx2ZZzZ1,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24
A Labor Trust Dissolved.

1t seems that organizations in ere
stralnt OF trade" of both capital and
labor are just now having trouble with
the courts. The decision OF Judge
Horatlo ID. Wood, Of the st. Louis
Circuit Court, last week, dissolving
the Association Of Master Plumbers Of
st. Louis is, in part, on the ground
that it was a trust, in the sense OF be
ing a conspiracy in restraint OF trade
Suit had been brought by joseph +.
Walsh to restrain the Association from
refusing to sell him plumbers supplies
because he was not member of the
Plumbers Union. He also asked that
the association he dissolved. A de-
murrer was sustained by Judge Wood,
and Walsh appealed. The upper court
reversed the ruling and remandeI the
case with instructions that the order
sustaining the demurrer be overruled,
with leave for defendants to answer.
The opinion of the Appellate Court
was prepared by Judge C. c. Bland,
brother OF the late Richard p. Bland,
L. S. Congressman from Missouri. 1t
was shown that there was an agree
ment by which dealers in plumbers
materials were liable to fine OF $3.50
for selling to non-union plumbers.
The Court of Appeals held that this
was conspiracy and in violation of
the statutes OF Missouri. When the
case came back to the Circuit Court,
the defendants declined to plead fur
ther, and Judge Wood entered judg-
ment granting the prayer of Woods
petition.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
GRAND OVATION TO THE MEN,
DRY OF THE STATESMAN.

fioar, Bryan. Emory Smith and Governor
Montague. Of Virginia. Unite in Praise Of
the Principles He Observation-Disclosures
of the Maine and Iowa Warships by Firing Of
Their Armament to Be Investis ated-The
Postal Investigation Still Striking New Leads
President Again Accused of Deception
Political Sunbeams.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

If little Rec would only take off
some of her head-gear, modify her
strident notes, avoid redundancy and
tautology in shouting her own vir.
tues, come down from those high
heeled boots, tilt her nose . little
nearer the horizon and cast an ap.
proving eye occasionally upon her
home-spun but industrious and cordial
hearted little neighbor Oily, she would
meet with considerably more favor.
Highf1yers may cut pigeon-wings on q
large stage of action with immunity,
but our good and staid people very
generally look askance at the ballet.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

THE Northern Securities Company's
attorneys have alleged thirty-four
points of error in their appeal from the
Circuit Court. While exceptions are
noted to every paragraph of the de-
cree, the only point to be decided is as
to whether the court erred in holding
that the Northern Securities company
controlled commerce of both defend
ant railways. 1t seems to the ordinary
mind quite plain that the directors Of
the merger trust must be made from
different clay than ordinary mortals, if
the selfish impulse did not control
them to make the most out OF condi-
tons established by all forms OF com.
bination.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-24

THE SEASON Is BACKWARD. - The
weather bureau at Seattle, in a report
sent out Monday, states that the spring
season is fully three weeks later than
usual. The nights have been too cold
and the days too cloudy for crops to
grow. The prevailing showers have
been light, making conditions for plow-
ing, seeding and planting favorable.
The spring seeding of oats, barley and
wheat is in various stages in different
localities. In some it is only begun,
in Others we'll under way, or nearly
finished. Some of the earliest sown
has come up. Only small amount
OF potato planting has yet been done.
Some gardens have been planted, but
seeds have not terminated we'll, owing
10 cold and wet soil. Young hop vines
are nicely started. Plums and cherries
are just coming into bloom. Nothing
has been injured, and with the advent
OF few warm days all vegetation will
make rapid advancement.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-10-17

so more satisfactorily, and better than
all, the dealing in this way rids you
of the expense and ii me lost in visit
ing the ely and doing G your buying in
person.
This firm, remember, deals in
everything pertaining to the dry
goods business. with boys clothing
as we'll, and their advertisement which
appears every Saturday, while it
treats of only boys clothing today,
will be found changed from time to
time showing styles and prices in
other lines. Turn to this advertise
ment. Note the pretty styles and be
impressed with the low prices quoted.
We could not give our readers
better piece or advice tnan in saying
that no house can undersell Yeend &
Potter and there are none that have.
better facilities or are more eminensly
deserving. So favor them with a
trial order and hold us Irresponsible
if anything should come up wrong.