Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-01-22

on charge OF malicious injury to ;
morse belonging to Al. Burnham, wa
quickly acquitted soon as the mattci
got to the jury.
Nicholas Stuchty died at the HON,
OF his daughter, Mrs. Frank Foster
on Westside, Tuesday afternoon. He
was |6 years OF age and came here
from Kansas about two year, ago.
/ Olympia leads all second class post
Offices IN the State, for percentage Of
increase Of business, its volume the
| past year being SIG, 697. which il 90. |
per cent. more than the receipts for
1902.
Z. q. Young, of this city, has been
elected State Organizer for the FEEDER
alton OF Labor by the Convention
lately held at Spokane. The gentle
man is well qualified for that work
being a forceful speaker and fair.
minded man.
The Married Folks Dancing Club
will give a Leap Year party, and have
selected the following committee of
arrangements: Mrs. q. w. Ingham,
Mrs. w. l.. Bridgford, Mrs. John D..
Atkinson, Mrs. Wallace Mount, Mrs.
b. l.. Hill and Mrs. p. ii. Carlyon.
Mrs. H. G. Richardson left by Sun
days Northern Pacific train for
Augusta, Georgia, via St. Louis over
the Burlington route. After visit
there she will proceed to palachecola,
Florida, her former home, from which
she has been absent seventeen years.
The Pioneer Iron Works has Just
finished and delivered two massive
donkey road engines for hauling logs,
to A. p. Perry, the Macintosh mill
man. They are powerful machines
and it is matter of pride that local
foundry and machine shop can handle
such work.
B. b. Lord, father OF c. J. Lord, ex-
Mayor of this city, died at Sinclair
vile, New York, Tuesday, and his son
LETT Immediately for the East to be
present at the funeral. The deceased
was quite we'll known to our people
from visits to his son. He was 65
years of age.
Quite a number of desks were re.
ceived, yesterday, to relieve the
crowded condition in our public
schools. There are IO2 of them, and
by Monday they will be distributed
and installed, the larger portion to
the Washington and Lincoln houses,
and few at the Westside school.
DIR. N. G. Blalock, of Walla Walla,
after serving ten years as President of
the Northwest Fruit Growers Associa.
ton, has retired from that position.
His successor is E. l.. Smith, OF
Hood River, Oregon, who a dozen or
more years ago was associated with
Messrs. Barnes and Avery, in the pic.
neer bank of this city.
J. r. Chaplin may claim to be
missionary indeed. He leaves next
week on his seventy-second trip to the
East to tell people of the good things
in store in this Land of Promise.
Probably no man has done more to
attract attention to our many latent
resources, and he deserves the support
of all progressive people.
The Inauguration of the opposition
last Saturday was attained with acct
dent to both steamers. The Multi.
nomah met with break to her
machinery after she had left Tacoma,
in the down-trip, but after the race
was over, and the Greyhound lost her
rudder on her evening return trip and
had to be towed in many hours after
due.
A Republican Club was organized
Saturday night, at Yelm, with the
following officers in charge of its man.
agement: President, J. A. Mckenzie ;
Vice Presidents, Chas. Hughes and F..
r. Price; Secretary, James Mosman !;
Tree surer, d. Il. Hughes. After adopt
ing resolutions endorsing President
Roosevelt, club adjourned to the 3lst
inst.
Although the death OF Sister Super
ioress Ladislaus, of st. Peters Hos
pital. was expected, the announce
ment Saturday afternoon caused o
shock to all who knew her. The
funeral was held Monday, mass at 8 A..
NJ. at st. Michael's Church, and from
there the body was taken to the train
at IL so, for transportation to Van
couver, where burial was made.
The following passed the examina.
ton for admission to the State bar,
last Friday, in this city: Earl N.
Steel, of Tenino; John Andrew John
con. of Sedro- Woolley; H. Maxwell
Brook, Of Spokane; Victor NJ. Viii.
liams, Horton c. Force, Charles H.
Winders, A. E. Gardner. Theodore H.
Patterson, o. C. Mathis, Lewis L.
Drill, Theodore Lents, McQuilkin De
Grange, of Seattle.
One would think the assurance given
that there will be plenty of confetti at
the ball on the 23d would keep all
sensible people away. The silly Gus.
tom OF throwing scraps Of paper or
anything else into persons face, is
on par with rice throwing or chart.
varing at a wedding. They are relics
III Ool Ooiiou ouu CAOuI0 OC IlOWuCO
down as acts OF presumptu0us and
indecent familiarity.
And now the race is on. The Grey.
hound on her first trip, Saturday,
got about half . mile ahead while the
Multnomah was turning around.
The former boat having been "point.
ed" during the night. She arrived al
Tacoma. it is said, twelve minutes
ahead, but it is claimed the "Mult'
lost more than that time by making
connection with the steamer City oil
Shelton to take aboard passengers and
freight.
The Elks of this city are making
preparations for a "Shirt Waist" ball
to be held Saturday night, Feb. 18th
As the occasion celebrated 10 st. Val
entine's Day, and this is leap year, il
is surmised that the event will be one
of unusual interest-especially to the
Merry Bachelors" who third Of 9
century ago were enterprising enough
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