Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-06-17

DfcaklOg OF the water main near IN
channel. Repairs were completed Sur
day.
s. p. Willis has bought the sont
half of lot 3, block ~, on Columhi
street between Fourth and Fifth. iron
Frank Study, for consideration c
1890
John Rea has gone to the Nationa
Republican Convention. He seem
determined not to be left this tim
when the loaves and fishes are dis
pensed.
Ed. Mayors, young man living cas-
OF Chambers Prairie, went ont ate
his days labor the other night an'
killed two large black bears ant
wounded third.
Miss Selma kronberg, schoo
teacher OF Ballard, has been on a visi
to her relative Miss Lillian Matson, o
this city. She left Monday for a visi
TO the st. Louis fair.
Miss Augusta Belts and Ross Han
son were united in matrimony, or
Wednesday evening, at the home o
the bride on Thomas avenue, Rev. w
ii. Triesch officiating.
Phil Vincent is engaged in extend
ing the upper deck of the Greyhound
about twenty feet in the rear to better
adapt the boat for excursions and
hei increasing passenger traffic.
The excavating for the extension OF
the street car line from Fourth and
Puget to Central street, WAS begun
Wednesday afternoon, and work will
be pushed as rapidly as possible.
Sheriff McClarty and Chief of Pc.
lice Taylor took Clark to the peniten.
tisry at Walla Walla this week. He
Is sentenced to be executed September
I'd, for the murder Of Leila Page.
Thomas Waldrip. who has a large
farm near Colfax, visited relatives in
Mason county, last week, including
Mrs. NJ. c. Simmons, his step -daugh.
ter. He returned home Monday.
The steamship Queen sails for San
Francisco from Seattle tomorrow on
the first trip since her disaster at sea.
The succeeding steamer for that des-
tlnation will be the Puebla, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Berry, of In.
dianola, Iowa, on their return from
the M. E. Conference, of Los Angeles
stopped over to visit relatives in this
city, Frank Van Eaton and Mrs. w.
A. Lang.
c. J. Lord left Wednesday for Walla
Walla to attend the ninth annual con.
vention of the Washington State
Bankers Association, which began
yesterday and will close tomorrow in
chat city.
The outgoing passengers over the
0. Il. N. and U. P. this week were, d.
A. Tanner, wife and two children, for
WymOre, NIB; F. w. Patterson,
Boone, Iowa, and Shelly NOVEL;. St.
Louis, Mo.
Kittie West Sterling, a member OF
the demi monde, died Sunday morning,
after brief illness. Burial services
were held Tuesday afternoon, +. K.
Howard, rector Of the Episcopal church
officiating.
Rev. A. G. Sawin represented the
local Baptists at the annual meeting
of the Puget Sound Association which
met at Vancouver this week. Mr..
Sawin has been for six years Moder.
ator of the association.
Mrs. Esther L. Ford. mother OF Rev.
T. B. Ford and r. A. Ford, both for.
mer residents Of this city. died at her
home on Eastside, Monday night. of
dropsy OF the heart, aged 70 years. The
funeral rites we're held Wednesday.
The Aberdeen team beat the Sena.
tors, Sunday, At baseball by score OF
3 to l. 1t is said that betting was
quite lively, and that the Aberdeen
excursionists carried several hundred
dollars of Olympia money home with
them.
Bessie, the 14.year-old daughter oil
State Treasurer and Mrs. C. w. May.
nard, died last Friday night 1t l:3O
o'clock. after q brief illness with in.
flammatory rheumatism, at st. Peters
hospital. Burial took place at Che
halls Sunday.
The Shelton ball team and the Sc
attic Majestics will play ball in this
city Sunday. The City of Shelton
will bring an excursion from that city
and the Inland Flyer will convey the
Seattle boys and their friends to oul
city on that day.
DR.. J. E. w. Bowen, q colored ora
tor of great power and eloquence, il
announced to lecture in the M. E
Church, Tuesday night, on What the
Nation and the Church Have Done
for the Negro Race" All are invited
to hear this lecture and admission il
free.
The will of L. Bettman was FLED
for probate, Tuesday, but will not bt
acted upon by the court till the return
Of G. w. Ingham. a witness of the
instrument, who is in the East. Tht
main part of the estate was left to hit
wife, with minor legacies to his child
rem and grand daughter.
Late last night non-suit was grant
ed in the Superior Court in the cas-.
OF Archie Curtis vs.. the Tenino Stone
Quarry for damages in loss of o foo
last August. The plaintiff is a chile
who stepped into a hole directly ovel
some gearing in the company's power
house, and claimed SIS, 900 damages.
The case of Tacoma Mill Co. agains
A. P. Perry. occupied the attention Of
the court five days the present term
was decided in favor of the defendant
it being shown that while he had cu
275, 600 feet OF timber from complaint
ants land that he had full permission
to do so from the said mill company.
The Eighth battery of field artillery
rendezvonsed in suburb OF this city
a few days, en- route for American
Lake, to participate in the military
maneuvers to be held there mex