Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-04-01


place Monday, under services con
Quoted by Rev. L. NJ. Hayes, oi the
First Presbyterian Church.
The State Land and Oyster Com
mission, consisting OF Governor, the
Land Commissioner and the Fish
Commissioner, are announced to meet
in regular session next Tuesday.
While W. Il. Lindlev's team was
standing on Fourth aud Water streets
/ SATURDAY., a thief stole a vallse from
! the buggy which contained valuable
papers. No trace OF it has been found
Mr.. Nellie Conant. OF Westside. Is
suffering from typhoid fever at the
hospital supposed to have been con-
tracted by attendance on Fred Weiss
son who WAS afflicted with the same
disease.
Laberee and REYNOLDS have snapped
stables, and now the Quincy Cab Co.
NAV be found on Columbia and Sixth
streets and Mr.. Reynolds livery busl-
ness on Main and Third, the old time
Windsor Davis-Tilley stand.
Registry will close Monday at ) P. NJ.
There are now about a thousand
names on the roll The Clerks Of
fee will be kept open tomorrow night
till nine o'clock to accommodate those
who may not find it convenient to APP
ply in daytime.
Judge Robinson and Marie Carrau
were fined one dollar and costs by
Judge Hanford, Monday, for contempt
of his order prohibiting a renewal of
proceedings on the Sullivan will in
the Probate Court, to which citation,
reference was made in our last issue.
That Mr.. Leopold Schmidt wears
wide spreading antlers in the Elks is
shown by the presentation to him of
beautifully engraved life membership
card on solid silver, last Friday, by the
local lodge. He is entitled to all the
honors that can be bestowed upon
him.
S. Burd, of the Gate Hotel, at Gate
City, was in the city this week. He
has just added in connection with his
hotel business, a complete and up-to-
date general merchandise store, which
the people of that thriving little city
and surrounding country feel justly
proud.
A fine base horn, just received from
&. J. Conn, of Elkhart, Indiana, by
Wright's band. costing $l05, was on
exhibition a day or two ago. 1t is
indeed a fine instrument, Of the
ophicleide class, and will no doubt be
heard in evidence whenever the band
"speils."
In the case of J. H. Norris and Ed
mund Rice vs. John Byrne and H.
G. Richardson, for commission al
legged to be due for the sale of Wood
ruff block to Mrs. Henrietta Spreckart,
several months ago, a decision has
been rendered by the Superior Court,
in favor of the defendants.
Lock Doom, a partner of Hong Yek
Kee Co., ordered deported some time
ago, has secured admission to the
country by order of the Interior De-
partment, it being shown that he was
a resident Of the country before the
exclusion act was passed. Doom was
represented by Israel e. Mackay in
presenting his case.
AL. Davis, of Bucoda, is down from
Hope. Alaska, to spend the remainder
of the Indictment season here. He
will return in q few weeks with ma.
chinery for development of several
mining properties around Cooks In
let in which he is interested. He re-
ports the winter as having been mild
and the season quiet.
The new electric power house at
Tumwater was placed in commission
Tuesday to operate the street cars and
at night part of the incandescent
lights were operated by the new cur
rent. Wednesday night they were all
attached, and now the arc lights are
hooked on and the system-one OF the
best in the State-is complete.
Levi Ankeny writes Fred Schomber,
Secretary of the Chamber of Com.
merce, that Olympia harbor need ex.
pect no Congressional appropriation
this year, which is in accordance with
threats of the engineering department
made last Summer when it demanded
that the city provide for dumpage
some other place than in the bay.
Mr.. Bacon, manager OF the Olympia
Arms Co., made an assignment for
benefit OF his creditors last Saturday
to J. H. Jennings of Seattle, who will
dispose OF the stock for liquidation OF
demands amounting to $1,000. The
assets are valued at about $500, and
will scarcely pay at forced sale GO per
cent. of the demands. The indebted.
ness is principally due Seattle credi.
tors.
Tenino has three new citizens who
renounce Edward VII for the benign
rule of Theodore l. They are Alfred
Webster, ST., and Alfred Webster, Jr.,
and Alex. T. Russell, all in tho EN-.
ploy OF the Tenino Stone Quarry,
They are all natives OF Canada. II
seems that one or the other of the
political machines has got its "chan.
meier" at work on the Tenino sand.
stone.
The Woodmen OF the World and
their allies, the Women Of Woodcraft
held . splendid social session Tuesday
evening, in their elegant hall. corner
of Third and Washington streets. An
address Of welcome was made by p
M. Troy, refreshments were served
and q programme of musical selec.
tons rendered by the Woodmen's
orchestra. 1t is said that over loo
participated.
Hills Almanac says that while the
weather from the first to the fourt h oil
April will be somewhat cool, but pleas
ant sunshine will prevail over the
Northwest-that is, our country-and
notes especially that it will be genial
and balmy weather over the Pacific
slope. That's the sort Of prediction
we like, and if they prove true, there
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