Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-11-04


Victor kall-hom, 4 wealthy Nome
minor. Is visiting irl'n d5 in the clty.
He has with him the jawbone of Il
ma-todOn which was wa-hed ont al
his claim. The bone weighs 30 pounds
and contains two teeth. each of which
IL -iX inches III length.
Charles H. Sherman, OF Tumwater,
died Saturday morning after linger-
ing illness, aged - years. He had
been resident of that village the
past sixteen years. Funeral services
were held in Whteside's undertaking
parlorS, in this city, Sunday.
/ Mrs. Rose r. Barnes, once a resident
OF this city, widow of Alfred Barnes,
died in Victoria, b. c., Sunday, at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Satter-
field. The funeral rites we're held at
Whiteside's undertaking parlors, on
! Wednesday, at 10 A. NJ, and lnterment
made in Odd Fellows cemetery.
The members of the State Board OF
Control have returned to this city
after tour of inspection to all the
State institutions. The Board will
recommend that the Legislature make
! appropriations for additions to all but
! the Reform School to relieve the pres
ent overcrOwded conditions.
The Churchill stationery store was
sold by the Sheriff, under execution,
Saturday, brin giDg $4,552.S4, the
amount of judgment held by the
Olympia National Bank. The store
has been reopened by the bank, pend
ing its final disposal, under the man.
agement of Lindley Moore and Will
Reinhart.
G. w. Whitney and wife have re-
turned from an enjoyable visit of fif
teen months to their old home in
Jonesboro, Maine. They were &C.
companied here by their niece and
nephew, Miss Laura H. Lord and S. J..
| Whitney, who will visit for a while.
They are delighted with our beautiful
city and may conclude to make it
their future home.
c. J. Lord, President of the First
National Bank, has prOffered to ad.
vance the money required to keep the
capitol building expenses paid till the
Legislature meets and can make an
appropriation. This may seem to be
a generous proposition, but upon
second thought it will be seen that it
is in reality q few grains of corn
thrown to the goose which lays golden
eggs for the " official" bank.
Wednesday the red.tape embargo
was raised on the steel for the Long
bridge lift," and the work of convey
ing it from the depot to the draw over
the channel began. The main part of
the truss came bolted together and was
network of rods and beams 60 feet
long, weighing over eight tons. It
was loaded upon trucks and q four.
horse team had to be supplanted by
block.and.tackle at places to keep it
moving.
A stranger giving his name as
George Cunningham, entered the
house of w. H. Hall, at Woodland,
Monday, and virtually took possession,
refusing to leave when ordered to do
go by its tenants. A telephone mes.
sage to Sheriff McClarty, who went
Immediately to the relief of the be.
sieged family, and brought the inter.
loper to town as guest of the county.
1t is quite plain that he is demented,
but how seriously it may be is yet
undetermined.
The steamer Mainlander, sunk by
collision with the tug Sea Lion, during
the heavy fog last week, in the Sound
just below Seattle, was in command of
Capt. John Ellsmore, we'll known in
this city to be competent and thor.
ough navigator. He reports that quite
. number of lights are needed to af.
ford adequate security to life and
property, although at the time of the
late collision, the fog was so thick
that sound signals alone would have
been effective, and that those appliance
should likewise be provided.
Claude Hartman, q youth of II.
born in this city, was drowned at Ho.
quinn, Tuesday afternoon, by acciden.
tally stepping over the bank OF the bay
while searching the shore for q
lost wheel. A companion, likewise
engaged in the search saw him
step off and sink Immediately. He
gave the alarm, but it was an hour
before the body was recovered. Most
OF the life of the victim was spent in
this city. His mother now resides in
Bucoda. The body was brought 10
this city yesterday morning for fun.
eral and interment.
| The National Wood Pipe Co., oil
California has bought the Puget Sound
Pipe Co.'S factory at this place, and
will greatly enlarge its capacity add.
ing to the putput the manufacture oil
slaves for barrels and tanks, substi.
tuting our fir timber for the redwood
the company has been using in Cali.
fornia. It is expected that about
100000 will be added to make the
work effective, and that Q site at deem
water will be secured for a warehouse
for the output. The purchasers ex.
pect to take charge OF the factory
about December 1st.
Il The six strokes Of the fire alarm bell
Wednesday night. was supposed to
have been rung "by hand" or the
old-fashioned way of sounding an
alarm by . rope attached to the clap.
per. But Oily explains that it is done
by breaking the electric current by
, switch, the bell responding to the
number of times the break" is made.
If an alarm is given by telephone or
otherwise, at headquarters, or where.
ever q switch is cut into the alarm
circuit, any succession of taps can he
produced just as the telegrapher regis.
tiers his dashes- and-dots by key.
Bruce Canning. q young man we'll
known to most Of our people, who was
employed as circulator and collector
on the Olynapiam. and afterwards filed
the same position on the Recorder, and
lately has been working on q logging
train in Chehalis county with his
home at Melbourne, was no badly