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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

HAS THE "TIN."-Probably the
most unique experience in the north.
western mines has been that OF Miss
Emma Steiner, not in the craze for
gold, but in search for a much more
plebeian metal which does not have to
owe its value to fiat of the govern
ment. Miss Steiner is daughter OF
Col. Frederick B. Steiner, of Baltimore,
and she possesses accomplishments
which seem altogether incompatible
with her present life-mission OF ex-
plorer. She is a splendid musician,
and once conducted crack orchestra
in the Monumental City" through a
concert consisting entirely of her own
compositions. She has made three
trips to Alaska, and after a course in
mineralogy and metallurgy at Colum.
bia University, is again on a trip to
the wilds, where she has holding OF
her own discovery. the value of which
it is impossible to estimate, in tin.
She was the first woman to explore
Seward peninsula, and was the discov.
erer of the only deposit OF that metal
OF commercial value on the American
continent. 1t is considered one of the
most important Of recent years, and
was the result of much hardship, on a
trip 100 miles in length, from Nome,
partly by canoe along a shallow coast
and partly by pack train over a barren
wilderness, to which even fuel had to
be carried on mems backs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12
The Sage Of Yelm Takes Oily Across His Knee.
VEIN. Aug. ST

YELM, Aug. Sth.
Nail this lie, Olympian: "The Re-
publican party found an empty treas
ury and financially discrediled gov
eminent in 1897. These have given
place to larger accumulation of gold
than has been seen elsewhere in any
age and financial standing that
ranks first in the worlds money mar.
kets." For downright lying and con.
temptible gall, that paper takes the
cake. These phellows must think the
people have as short memories and as
little principle as themselves. When
they made that statement they knew,
and they knew that the people knew,
that it was false. The Reps had taken
back seat in '97 and it was the Denis
that found depleted treasury and a
discredlted government. In fact it
was in a virtually bankrupt state;
county and school warrants were
hawked about the streets at any old
price, nobody wanted 'em, and there
wasn't money enough in the treasury
to pay the current expenses for years
preceding, and it was the Fusion forces
that by rigid economy and strict bust
ness policy lifted the State out of the
slough OF bankruptcy. The Olympian
must have been dreaming and got
things mixed as usual.
Here is another damphoop' state
ment from.the Colfax Statesman Inder.
"They have not forgotten the motor
ious Legislature of 1897 and its failure
to pass freight rate bill to which il
was pledged; nor are they yet rid of
the suspicion that Turner's election to
the Senate was the price for the defeat
of that bill" The idiot who wrote
that knows, if he has the brains of
gnat that the freight-rate bill was de-
fested in the Senate, which was largely
hold.over Republican; that the House
passed a three-dollar Atom rate by
large majority and the Senate, through |
the manipulation of the railroad lobby |
that worked only in the Senate, raised |
the rate to four and quarter per ton.
And this is what defeated the party in
'9S, for our eastern friends sent their
representatives for the express purpose
OF relieving them from the unscrupu-
lous extortion OF the railroad corpora.
tions, and because they didn't succeed
the whole Legislature got the blame.
A glance at the House Journal on
railroad legislation ought to satisfy
any one but prejudiced Republican
as to which OF the statements is cor.
rect. J. C.. Coo.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

EVER since Private Secretary Loeb
shut the executive door in the face oil
the miners committee, it has been q
game OF hide.and-seek to catch the
sulky laboring men and hold them
long enough to force upon their com.
prehension an explanation that the
rule under which Mr.. Loeb acted was
not intended for the "hot weather
period OF a party campaign; that the
latch.string is always hanging outward
when the polling. places are in sight.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

THE Republican State ticket is as safe
in Washington as it is in Iowa.-Oly.
Lay not that flattering JUNCTION to
your soul. With the leading Republi.
can paper on the Coast demanding the
substitution Of some other man fol
Mead, with another candidate whose
record is so odious that State Republic
can papers leave his name out of theil
publication of the ticket, and with dis
sensions reported everywhere, the
+" landslide" OF 1896 seems inevitable
Oy's jubilation is only a grave yard
whistle.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

1T seems that there is diversion
from the usual announcement of "Fsll
OF Port Arthur" this week, and it is
now formally stated that "the Rus.
sian fleet emerged from Port Arthur
Wednesday, and that the battleships
Retvizan aud Pobiedo were actually
outside yesterday (Thursday) morning
that they had had to fight their way
out. however, and at least one Japan.
csc armorclad had been lost"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

The President OF Uruguay. South
America, came very near being q VIC
tim OF assassination, while driving with
his family, the night of the 9th inst,
on one OF the main streets of Monte
video. A boom was exploded under
his carriage, but about all the injury
done was to the railway track, over
which the vehicle was passing.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

LONG JOURNEY IN SMALL Boat
Gus H. Olms and son, of Cody, Wy
oming, made the entire trip OF 1000
miles to the Worlds Fair, at st. Louis,
in an open boat. They embarked June
Sd and arrived at their destination
over the Yellowstone and Missouri
rivers, on the Sd inst. Their boat was
somewhat the shape OF a miniature
scow with a canvas roof as protection
from sun and rain. 1t simply drifted
with the current.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

The State Board of Equalization
will meet in this city Sept. 9th, and
remain in session twenty days. The
allotment of hearings for Pierce
Thurston, Mason, Lewis, Chehalis and
Pacific counties has been set for Sep.
TENDER 7th, and the 18th has been
specially designated for consideration
OF railroad assessments.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

OVER NEARLY 1900 MrLEs.-The
FIRST message from Nome to Seattle
was received last Monday. 1t trav.
ersed the following route: Safety
Harbor to st. Michel, by Wireless tele-
graph, 107 miles; thence to Eagle
City. over the government line, LILA
miles; thence to Ashcroft, over Cana
dian line 1900 miles: thence to Seat
tie, over the Postal telegraph, 400
miles-a total OF 1921 miles.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

The National Democratic Central
Committee was in session in New
York, five hours, Monday afternoon,
and aside from locating National
Headquarters in the second and third
floors and basement of the Century
Building, No. l West Thirty-fourth
street, nothing was done. It was de.
termined not TO open branch head.
quarters or name additional commit.
tees, for the present.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

THE U. S. weather forecaster at St
Louis says his record shows 600 de.
grees less temperature, so far, this
summer season, than any years record
since 1891. The highest recorded this
summer has been 92.S, lasting for one
day. and only three times within the
last thirteen years have there been
seasons in which that maximum has
been exceeded.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

AND now we find that Loeb is more
than Private Secretary to the Presi.
dent. He is official Scape Goat, on
whom TO place all blame during the
time that Roosevelt is supposed to be
in q chrysalis state.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

The Democratic Convention held
last week in st. Joseph, Mo-, to nomi.
nate Congressman for the Fourth
District, took over 700 ballots without
change OF single vote. They then
rested from their labor, and adjourned
three days for further consideration.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

COUNTERFEIT quarters are now fed
to the Tacoma slot-machines, to the
great indignation of their owners
Most OF the people will consider it 6
fair deal when they figure up the per
centage the machines generally gather
in from the unwary.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

ALTON b. Parker has q brother in
Astoria, Oregon, who fills the humble
position of clerk in a grocery store,
who seems to be filled with that same
family Observation-Disclosures. He
refuses to talk Of bis connection with
the Democratic Presidential nominee,
saying he does not want publicity. 1t
may be, however, that he is only wait
ing an opportunity for using the long.
distance megaphone, when the proper
time comes to speak.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

A WHOLE block of the residential
part of Victoria, B. c., was destroyed
by fire Tuesday afternoon. 1t origi.
mated from sparks from the Albion
Iron Works which suffered a loss oil
$6O,OOO. The block was bound by
Douglas street, Queens Avenue, Quad.
"a street and Princess Avenue, and the
loss is estimated at $4,000.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

THE Republican party have ran
into an apathy thick rs London fog.
Secretary Shaw lately opened the
campaign at College Point, N. Y,
where 10000 people were confidently
expected to assemble and he spoke to
less than 1000.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

AND now an effort is to be made to
pension the former negro slaves. The
organization is called the National
Lincoln party, and the object is OBJ.
vious-to aid in the Roosevelt cam.
paign by purchase Of the negro vote at
the peoples cost.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12
Parker Notified,

1t can scarcely be regarded as an
unfavorable omen that the notification
ceremonies at Esorus, Wednesday,
took place under pouring rain. So
many pleasurahle thoughts are con-
nected with the rainfall that it is not
difficult to discover the many-hued
bow OF promise at any time the eyes
are turned towards Heavens beneii-
cence.
The notification was made in the
-ummer-house on the lawn by Champ
Clark, Chairman Of the st. Louis Con.
vention, who ended his brief address
with the invocation: MAY your
nomination find fruition in election.
May the God OF orr fathers guide, pro-
tect and bless you, both as candidate
and Chief Magistrate of the Republic"
The response is an admirable pre-
sentation OF the issues embraced in
the present campaign. He does not,
as was feared he might by the westt RI
sentiment OF his party, seek to either
extend or modify the meaning OF the
st. Louis platform in any respect. He
dismisses the currency matter with a
mere statement that he thought it but
fair to state that he regarded the
gold standard as firmly and irrevocably
established" by law, and to be su..
tanned as such by him while charged
with execution Of the law. After
brief review Of the main features OF the
platform, which he says is an admir-
able presentation of the issues upon
which the appeal is made to the intel
ligence OF the American people, he
promises further consideration in HE
formal letter of acceptance.
His concluding paragraph embodies
a most positive assurance that he will
not be, under any circumstances, a
candidate for second term OF the
Presidential Office. He holds that the
interests of the country are now so
vast, and the questions at issue tf
such overpowering magnitude, that no
matter how the matter may have been
regarded in times past, it is now indis-
pensable to the maintenance of be-
fitting attitude before the people, not
only that the Chief Executive should
be independent, but that his independ.
ence should be known OF all men.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

A BALLARD Doctor ONE OF THE
VIcTIMs.-Dr. James B. MacGreggor,
Health Officer OF Ballard, this State,
was one OF the victims of the Colorado
railroad disaster, Sunday evening. His
fiancee, Miss Stella Mcdonald, was a
victim with him. They were to have
been married in the near future. The
body OF DR.. NJ. will be brought to Bal.
lard for interment.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

POSTMASTER General Payne inclines
to the opinion that the Democratic party
is running a three-ringed circus.-Oy.
The Republican circus this year has
but one ring. and Roosevelt is Rough
Rider and Ring.master all by himself.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

THE Chicago Chronicle advises peo-
pie to eat wstermelons instead of beef
during the strike. A good suggestion
with rose-leaves for dessert, to com.
plete the vegetarian course.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

The yield of sugar cane of the Ha.
waiian Islands has been much reduced
by the ravages of a tiny insect called
the leaf hopper, which has destroyed
acres OF cane. The yield has been
close upon value of $4,000. 900 this
year and it might have been a couple
of millions more had it not been for
the ravsges of the hopper. Entomolo.
gists are in quest OF parasite to over.
come the pest.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

THOMAS Taggart, chairman of the
National Democratic Committee, has
announced his selection of William F.
Sheehan for chairman of the National
Executive Committee. the other mem.
bers 10 be announced hereafter.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

The battleship Ohio, on her official
trial at San Francisco. last week, failed
to come up to the stipulated speed by
bare fraction of the limit, but it will
cost her builders, the Union Iron
Works, many thousand of dollars re.
duction from contract price.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

GAUNT famine stalks among the
striking laborers in the stockyards at
Chicago, and raids have been made on
fruit-peddlers wagons for food. by wo.
men and children.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

PORTLAND has taken an exceedingly
moral within. 1t is now ordered tina,
all "decent people" must be in their
beds, or rather domicile, by midnight
Monday night over 200 men we're ar.
rested for violation of the order
Portland has been notorionsly an
"open" town and the policy is the
inevitable swing of the pendulum to
the other side of the segment of a
circle. The number of highway rob.
berries, burglaries and petty crimes
had been so prevalent since the sup.
preston of gambling, that the most
stringent measures for clearing the
city of Migrants has been adopted.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

ALTHOUGH the thermometer registered
1O4 degrees in the Walla Walla country
yesterday, no prostrations were reported
and none occurred. Such a tempera
ture East would have slain an army o.
men and beasts.-Oly.
Yes, but one condition is that they
have them to slay. Let US base ouI
claim for incompatible climate upon
something more substantial than sur.
misc
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

HENRY w. Goode, Director General
OF the Lewis and Clark Fair, has been
elected President of that organization,
to succeed Harvey w. Scott, who re.
signed some weeks ago.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

LEADING New York papers that will
oppose Roosevelt, in the present cam.
paign, will be the Journal, the World,
the Herald, the Times, the Post, the
Stats Zeitung and the Brooklyn
Eagle, all of which, except the Jou,
nal, supported Mckinley in 1896 and
1900.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

JUDGE Parker declines to speak a.
the Chicago meeting, planned for the
zoth inst, at which Mayor Harrison
had suggested a joint debate of the
PRESIDENTIAL candidate and Mr.. BRYAN
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

The Mayor Of st. Louis is planning
to retain the artificial lagoons on the
Worlds Fair grounds, IS permanent
features Of Forest Park, after the close
of the big show.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

The dinner-pail is never rusty except
during Democratic administration
En-.
And never so empty Is during Re.
publican administrations,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

BLACK BEAR, Idaho, a small town
between Wallace and Burke, was swept
by fire on the night of the 5th inst,
and 100000 worth of property was
DESTROYED.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

HEAVY rains in Eastern Washing
ton have suspended harvesting opera
tions for time and thrown many
men out of employment who could
not spare the time without loss.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

The grandest display of fireworks
ever given was at the worlds fair, on
the 18th, by the Paris Pyrotechnic Co.,
costing $4,000.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

THE managers of slot machines, at
the st. Louis Fair are in tribulation
from the fact that those ingenious de-
vices, which are intended to swindle
the public for the benefit OF their
owners, have been made to reverse the
operation, and cough up" for the
welfare Of patrons. All sorts of de-
vices have been used to work" them,
and the field OF invention has been
largely extended by the varied adapta.
ton required by the large number and
variety of machines on the grounds.
As most OF them give out goods on
which the profit is large, the loss is
somewhat minimized by the palpable
desire to victimize the public.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

CHAIRMAN Cowherd, OF the Demo-
cratic Congressional Committee, has
named George Turner as a member of
the same from this State.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

A TRAIN of the Denver and Rio
Grande railroad, crashed through a
bridge, near Puebla, Col, Sunday
night. with loss of nearly 100 lives.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

THE estimated output OF the 1862
-four mills on the Pacific Coast lie g.
$50 barrels every twenty-four hours.
As it requires 4 bushels of wheat TO
make barrel OF flour, the mills when
running at full capacity might use
2S7,4S2 bushels every day. These
mills are accredited 131 to Oregon,
6S to Washington, SO to California, 4S
to Idaho, IA to Montana, 6 to Nevada
and 6 to British Columbia. The same
estimate fixes the daily product in
this State At 1915 barrels. requiring
76,l18 bushels Of wheat.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

Are We to Have WARP

IL seems quite probable that our
strenuous President will be able to in.
troduce foreign war as q means for
diverting the voter from too close
scrutiny OF hisacts as executive, pend.
ing verdict on his general steward.
ship at the polls. 1t seems that he
has determined on use of his club
upon the Sultan of Turkey, although
there is no more reason to do 80 now
than there was a year or two ago.
The demand is said to be that Ameri-
can citizens in Turkey be given the
same rights and protection accorded to
citizens Of other nations; that there
shall be no discrimination regarding
educational institutions, and that the
claims of American societies for de.
struction OF property, be promptly
paid. These claims are now placed at
about $25OOOO.
Not one of these claims is any
more imperative now than it was
couple of years ago, unless it be the
indemnity, and that has more than
doubled since demand was made by
warships and time was given for the
Sultan to replenish his exchequer suf-
fciently to make it possible for him to
pay. 1t is easy enough to assume that
equality has not been accorded the
citizens OF q country which had been
shaking its fist under the Sultan's
nose, but it seems an inopportune time
to renew the demand when our people
should be engaged in the more impor-
tant business of shaping the destiny
of the country by selection OF . ruler
embodying the principles that seem to
demand q trial.
The administration has already gone
80 far as to order the European squad.
ron, commanded by Rear Admiral
Jewell, on the Mediterranean, to Smyr.
mia, Asiatic Turkey. 1t consists OF
the cruisers Olympia, which was Ad-
miral Dewey's flagship at Manila, the
Cleveland and the Raleigh. The Des
Moines will sail from Europe, on the
10th inst, for the same service. If
the Sultan does not Immediately come
to terms, the port will be seized. and if
he 10 still Obdurate, Admiral Bankers
powerful fleet of battleships will be
hurried into Turkish waters, to make
the threat more effective and at the
same time convince outsiders that our
nation means business. The latter
chips are steaming westward, through
the Mediterranean, and will soon
reach Gibraltar. On arrival, it is said,
the Admiral will receive instructions
to remain there until further orders.
This looks very much like as II our
country was to deliberately engage in
the complications precipitated by the
Russo-Japan war. while everything is
ripe for speedy development Of discord
at home and abroad. This is one of
the unsafe" things feared by friends
of the President, and predicted by his
foes. Under present conditions, q
mere brush with weak power may
end with war from a stronger one, and
it is the part of sound policy just now
for our country, more than ever before,
to keep free from intermeddling with
foreign affairs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

CORTELYOU MASTERING HIS RE.
CRUlrs. - The Republican National
campaign begins on the 18th of next
month. and will be under charge OF
five men west of the Allegheny noun.
tains and four east of that subdivision.
The western division is to be in five
sections, one under each of the five
members of the executive committee
assigned TO that district, and the same
in the other. Hitherto the work
has been entrusted TO bureaus of labor,
nationalities aud clubs, but the funds
are not now sufficient to manage such
q ponderous system of machinery and
a simpler process has to be adopted.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12

THE Chicago strike has led to an
enormous consumption of fish as an
article OF diet.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-08-12
STATE ADVANCENEN

STATE ADVANCEMENT.-Ac to
returns to the State Auditor, the in.
crease OF assessed valuation of this
commonwealth has increased 100000
600 the past year, making the total
we'll on to S3OO,OOO,OOO. The increase
during the past If years has been $780,
000,O0O. The respective valuations Of
property in the eastern and western
divisions OF the State, last year. stand
at $ll0,2l9,92G and SIGG,7GS, CAB re-
spectively. The number of acres Of
improved farm lands, east of the Cas-
cades is placed at 2,S76. 957. and in the
western section 10000 acres. The
acreage OF farm lands, and grazing and
unimproved lands in the eastern part
OF the State, aggregate on the roll TO-.
l72,lS7 acres, and in Western WASH
ington. including improved, timber
and logged-of lands, 7,23G,jl7 acres,
showing about 100000 preponder-
ance of assessable lands in the eastern
division of the State.