Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-05

K Mitchell the contesting interests,
based upon want of jurisdiction for
abandonment Of public thorough'ares
to subserve private interests.
Some heartles. miscreant stole, the
other day, the pants OF Delano Myers,
janitor of the county building, which
hung on nail next door to that re-
formatory institution, the county jail.
One who is so fortunate As TO be on
the salary roll and have an extra pair
OF the bifurcated garments should not
complain; probably the thief had
none that were suitable for intro
duction to society's whiIl.
Mrs. William Taylor died Wednes-
day afternoon, in this city, where she
had resided the past twenty years,
aged 50. She was born in Caldra, Ire
land. and came to this country while
a child, as Catharine Beatty, and was
married to her husband i'll 1866, at
Marysville, Cal. The husband and
seven children survive her, four sons
and three daughters. The funeral
rites will be held this afternoon in st.
Johns church, at o'clock.
The steamer Santa Barbara is now
due. On her manifest we find s pieces
furniture for r. r. Street, pkgs. warm
ish tor C. b. White, ) syrup c. T.
Lansdale. s groceries c. J. Van Eaton,
) syrup F. II. Scott, 9 groceries Guiber-
son & Guiberson, 9 drugs Hugh Ross,
6 candy J. Bolton, syrup J. F. Kear-
ney & Co., pkg. hardware Johnson &
Hall. 3 syrup l.. c. Bramberg, ii dry
goods hoffman Mercantile Co., 80
hardware Mills & Cowles, 20 bales
hops Olympia Brewing Co., 32 sash
weights and putty Olympia Door Co.,
IL pkgs. shells Olympia Hardware Co,
8 sacks rice o. George & Son, box
motor Olympia Light & Power Co., l
case spirits Sawyer 4 Filley, and 2
rolls leather w. H. Algier.
The James Keene Company have
given an excellent repertoire of plays
at Olympia Theater this week, OPEN
ing with the charming detective
drama " Sherlock Holmes" in which
the power of Mr.. Keane is we'll shown,
although the leading role is so much
overdrawn as to require almost mir
acle in every climax to release him
from imminent peril. This is the
fault of the playwright, however, and
not the actor, but like an overdone
steak, does not leave the relish that
proper cooking always carries with it.
But then, Mr.. Keane's naturalness.
Notwithstanding this handicap, showed
he true actor, and. with his excellent
support, raised popular expectation for
the choice productions which followed
=" Belle of Kentucky" "Dr. Jekyll
and Mr.. HYDE" and "The Highway
man." Tonight will be presented
fine comedy, entitled "The Droll Mr..
Spaulding." and the closing play,
Saturday night, will be "a Mexican
Romance" 1t is with pleasure we
commend what is worthy OF praise.
Mrs. Jane Ward. of Tumwater,
widow OF the late pioneer Ira Ward,
left Tuesday, for Polk county, Oregon,
to visit her daughter, Mrs. Knapp, who
resides there. She will pass over q
route che has not seen for forty-five
years, when it required the better part
of a week to make the trip from Port
land to this place-by steamer from
Portland to Monticello, at the mouth
OF the Cowlitz, one day; thence to
Humphreys landing by canoe on the
river, or by cayuse over the mountains,
80 miles. the second day; thence. say
to Davis. at Claquato, the third day,
and to Olympia the fourth day. The
passage by steamer S.. and by STAGE"
(dead.axle wagons) SIS, to which
should be added meals and lodging;
getting up Gin the Winter time) at
night to resume travel; walking up
the sleeper hills; helping to pry wheels
out OF the rut, and if it rained during
your canoe experience sitting in .
couple of inches OF water before your
journey was completed. Then to arrive
at destination battered and bruised,
with bespattered clothing, was quite
different from stepping from a palatial
Pullman car after five hours journey,
spick and span. at about one.fifth the
cost. Behold the chanael But then
it has taken nearly half q cycle to
bring it about.