Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-09-11


from damage met with the approval
Of the government engineers.
The State valuation OF assessable
property shows an increase of $751;
900, 600 over that of last year, the
total being $2S2,37O,94l, apportioned
S2O7 .955,647 in realty and $685.
SSl personal property. The remainder
of about $lS,OUO,000 is railroad track
age.
James B. Biles whose cow had been
impounded, renewed, at the last meet
ing of the Council bill he had for
merly presented for So that had been
refused by that body, this time claim
ing $40, with the intimation that the
city would have to pay or stand a law
suit.
Tomorrow is the anniversary OF
the dark Friday" last year. in which
midnight darkness prevailed all day,
and electric lights were kept burning
for indoor work and lanterns brought
into requisition for outside operations,
the smoke being too dense for the arc
lamps.
The steamship Queen left for San
Francisco, Sunday, with Miss Edith
NJ. Benson as a passenger from this
city for Los Angeles, Cal. The next
steamer for San Francisco will be the
City OF Puebla, which leaves to-day, to
be succeeded by the Umatilla on next
Wednesday.
The first meeting of the Enati Club
for the season took place with Miss
Pendergast last evening. The name
Of the club. Enati, is Al Indian word
and means in the distance, or on the
other side, which if significance is con-
sidered, would make the club very ex.
elusive, or as the Partisan would say,
recherche.
Mrs. P. c. Hale writes from Elsi.
more, San Diego county, CAL, that she
is at present residing in a small desert
town by that name, where the hot
springs are noted for curing rheuma.
tism. She writes that the hills roll
right down into the town, whose alti-
tude is 1900 feet, and the temperature
exceedingly hot, the mercury rising to
lis; to-day (Aug. 31st) it is at 100.
Angus j. Lyman, who has resided on
Jefferson and Eleventh streets, died
yesterday morning of q complication
of diseases. at the age of SIS. He came
here in 1900 from West Superior, Wis,
where he had been engaged in the ho-
tel business. He was employed here
in draying. He leaves q widow and
seven children, five daughters and two
sons. The funeral rites will be held in
the Catholic church.
Sheriff Edgar A. McClarty was unit.
ed in marriage to Miss Edna johnson,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Clement
Johnson, yesterday, at the residence OF
the brides parents. They left on the
afternoon train for . wedding trip
northward and will be gone several
days. This lie the second marriage in
that department Of justice within the
past week and justifies the Presidents
appeal to revive the race in the most
practical form.
Mrs. A. L. Sutton has secured q d..
vorce from her husband, at Port Town.
send, on the ground of abandonment.
The court also allowed her the custody
OF the two children and $40 per month
alimony. Albert Sutton is we'll known
in Olympia, he at one time having
been connected with the Westland
Publishing Co. in this city, which firm
secured the contract for furnishing
textbooks for the schools. Mr.. Sutton
now resides in Seattle.
Information was received by Martin
Mulkey, Tuesday night. to the effect
that his hslf-brother, Frank Mulkey,
was killed in . stabbing ARRAY at juno.
ton City, Ogn.. the night before. BY
q remarkable coincidence Mr.. Mulkey
received q telegram q short time be.
fore that another brother, Pearl Null.
key. had been stabbed in the neck at
North Yakima, but not of . serious
nature. Pearl left this city with
Hawley's merry-go.ronnd, Is engineer,
about two months ago.
And now he lawyers who tried to
"break," Mrs. Stuart's will have filed
application for 81 900 Is . fee for max.
ing that attempt and the costs they
have incurred. The application will
be considered by Judge Miller. who
tried the case. on application of w. F.
Arnold, the Boston lawyer, who crossed
the continent to change tho will OF
one who had passed away and could
not protect her act. It seems . little
strange, however. that the very inter-
est that WAS to have been subverted
should be called upon to pay the costs
Of that assault. If it - lawful, il
should be sustained by the most posi-.
tive evidence of an apparent justice in
the suit.
Victor johnson, logger, committed
suicide, in West Hotel, Monday night
by swallowing about two ounces of car.
bolic acid. The body was not found
till 1870 the next day. and at that
time was cold and stiff indicating that
death had resulted ten or twelve hours
before. Johnson was Swedish Fin.
lander, about 30 years of age, we'll.
known among logging men, temper.
ate in habits and had no relatives in
this country so far as is known. He
came in from Bordeaux's camp, Mon.
day, where he had been working the
past week. About year ago, be was
injured by sustaining a strain OF his
back, and since then had been unable
to do any but light work, and it was
probably . dependency caused by
that injury which led him to commit
the rash act.
Olympia celebrated Labor Day Mon.
day for the first time in decade.
About 200 representatives of toll APP
peared in procession. headed by the
band in the following order: Officers
OF the Trades Council, Federal Union,
Clerks Union, Bricklayers and nom
affiliated Longshoremen. Mill men,
Single Weavers, Brewers, Carpenters.
BARRIERS. The procession marched
down Fourth to Main, up Main to