Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-05-01

through some error in transmission,
was not received till nearly week
after her death.
The State Auditor, last Tuesday,
mailed warrants to the furniture firms
who supplied desks and chairs irr the
Legislative halls, designed for thn new
capitol annex, amounting to $il 600.
The payment included besides the
desks and chairs of the membership,
new carpets aud 800 opera chairs for the
spectators gallery.
Mr.. Mot,man's contention that fire.
risk may not be increased by construc-
ton of wooden buildings within the
city tire-limits has been sustained by
the Superior Court, and that the City
Council has no authority to issue per-
mIts suspendlng operation of the
ordinance vestlng rights in those who
acquire property under its authority.
Rev. Henry L. Badger has accepted
n call to Pomona, Cal, and his resig-
nation OF st. Johns rectorate has been
accepted, to take effect June LIST. This
step was taken more on account of
Mrs. BIS health than any other con-
sideration, physicians recommending
the mllder climate of our sister State
for relief from her pro,racted illness.
The Supreme Court has sustained
the defendant in case brought agai nst
George Gaisford, for perjury, in the
litigation over the possession of
a minor child. 1t will be remembered
he swore to matters of fact quite diff
ferently from the way he wrote con-
corning them from Alaska. The Judge
did not think the matter involved ma.
terial.
The School Directors of the city dis
trict, Wednesday, awarded contracts
for wood as follows: Olympia Wood
Co., 100 cords of two-foot wood for
Lincoln school, at $3.50; 35 cords of
eighteen-inch wood for the Garfield
school, at $500. George Slater, 100
cords of two-foot wood for Lincoln
school, at 1920. Only one other bid
was submitted, by Chas. Arnold, for
40 cords of lS-inch wood, at $3.45.
Manager Doragh, of the local tele-
phone exchange, has received the new
and long-expected cables, which will
enable him to make the service in all
respects as good as in other cities of
our class. The number of independ
ent lines, now aggregating only about
a score, will be increased to a couple OF
hundred and this will in a large de-
gree obviate all necessity for use of the
refrain to your ring, Lines busyW
Richard Hope, who was night clerk
at the Carlton House the past winter.
died Wednesday, in Tacoma hos
pital. He was on his way to Los
Angeles, Cal, for relief, when his con-
di,lon became so bad that he had to
enter a hospital. Consumption was
the cause OF death FASTENED by an at
tack of la grippe. He was member
of the Masonic lodge at Los Angeles,
and they have been consulted regard.
ing his burial.
The Capitol Commission have I'M
der consideration the adaptability of
lime wash to color the stone of the
State building to a uniform tint and
remove the marked difference between
the Chuckanut and Tenino stone used
in the old and new buildings, respec-
lively. The Tenino stone absorbs
more moisture from rain, apparently,
but this may be largely owing to the
constant internal heat of the occu-
pied portion of the structure, the older
building.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ditmar, on the eve of
their departure for Brighton, Iowa,
their future home, were entertained
by the Baptist people at the residence
Of Mrs. RObt. Doragh, Tuesday even
ing. About sixty people were present,
and after a pleasant musical social the
departing friends we're presented with
handsome remembrance, in the
shape of case OF silver spoons. Mr..
and Mrs. Ditmar have been a great aid
in maintaining the church choir, in
which service their absence will leave
void it will be hard to fill.
The State Land Commissioners yes
terday fixed the rate OF interest for
loans from the Permanent School
Fund, under the late act of the Legis-
lature, as follows On all sums less
than $4,000, at 4 per cent. on all
amounts ranging from that figure to
$780, 900, per cent, and on all loans
over that sum 81 per cent. Now we
caution our friends against making a
rush for loan from our benevolent
uncle; that tidbit is only intended for
aristOcratic palates-and is based upon
national, State, county and other mu.
nicipal securities.
If the local theater is on a circuit"
as its manager has so loudly boosted,
why is it we are not to have Chas
Frohman's great London company in
"The Second Mrs. Tanquery," The
Joy of Living" and Aunt Jeanie,"
which are playing at the Marquam
at $3.50, 81 and 81 for reserved seats?
This attraction will be followed by
care You Mason?" at $3.50 and 81.
The last attraction was inclined to
come here, for it was "dated" by the
former management over year ago.
Every week really first. attractions
are side-tracking our city.
The Supreme Court has sustained
the defendant in case brought against
the Spokesman.Reviea0 for libel by
James F. Leghorn. 1t seems that he
based his claim for damages on the
statement made by the paper while he
was a candidate for Postmaster, that
he had illegally appropriated to his own
use public money. 1t was shown to
be true that he returned the money
the next day, but the Supreme Court
takes the view of the lower court that
as he had no right to divert public
money to his own use, even temporar-
lily, he had no cause of action.
A suit was filed Wednesday in the
Superior Court OF this county to test
the validity of the will of the late
Walter P. Lindman, a pioneer of Ma.
son county, who died in St. Peters
Hospital in this city, March l. 1901.
The suit is entered in the name of