Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-04-08

vi - LtOpOIu NcU0llUt- a Few uAh > a.
While on their way home from South
ern California.
The Lincoln school team beat tn
Peoples University nine. in game o
baseball, Saturday, by a score Of IL t
;. The former also beat Kegley's team
by score OF 9 to !.
Miss Louise Barksdale, who is visit
ing her uncle, John II. Mitchell, re
ceived the sad news Saturday from
her home in Tennessee OF the sudden
death OF her father
The ladies Of the Baptist Church
are engaged in raising II parsonage
fund, and will tomorrow afternoon
sell choice pastry at SCOTS grocery
store for that object.
The City Council, Monday night,
accepted the grading OF Hancock ave-
nue. which has been done by the Olym-
pia Development Co. under the con.
tract price Of II 1880.
Judge Giles solemnized the mar
riage, Saturday, OF Alexander Virtue
and Miss Elizabeth Wolf, both young
people being from Cedarville, Chehalis
county, where they will reside.
Now that "the gang" have full con-
troll OF their party organization, the
good citizens will see to it that they
do not retain control OF the national
State and county organizations.
A party OF eight homeseekers have
arrived from West Plains, Missouri, to
cast their lot with u.s." They are
W. +. Norman, J. NJ. Harper and An
drew johnson and their respective
families.
Those in charge OF the finishing
touches on the Capitol annex got in
such a hurry that men worked all last
Sunday in placing the new steel
smokes,ack to the lighting and heat
ing machinery.
The steamship City of Puebla left
the Sound for San Francisco to-day,
Mrs. J. Berry, Miss Verne Berry and
Miss Merle Berry, being passengers
from this city. The next steamer for
that port will be the Umatilla, Wednes-
day.
City Engineer Weddell estimates
the cost of widening and otherwise
improving West Bay avenue at 3d.
1871 so. The report of Assistant Clerk
Moore shows that there is balance Of
$27 1852 still due on old "street i'm.
provement" expenses.
Miss Hilda McElroy, who is attend
ing the Portland Academy, spent
Easter with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
II. B. McElroy, in this city. The
young lady was accompanied by two
Of her schooimates, the Misses Carey,
of the Oregon metropolis.
Walter Chambers & Co. and Con-
molly & Chambers were the successful
Olympia bidders who were awarded
contracts by the State for furnishing
meat to the Western Washington
Hospital for the Insane and the Re.
form School at Chehalis.
Malvin Morrow, who is an adjudged
habitual drunkard in both Chehalis
and Thurston counties, was found in
an intoxicated condition and taken
before Judge Giles, Saturday. He was
fined $3.50, which he could not pay,
and was remanded to Jail.
Frank V. Donnelly acting for Seat
tie parties, lately bought the famous
Shannon farm, on the Nesqually river,
comprising 1.lS7 acres of the finest
land in the State, from Balfour, Guth.
rie & Co. The new owners propose to
dyke the land and place it in hay and
oats.
The report OF Police Justice Giles,
submitted to the Council, Monday
night, shows fines for the month of
March to have been $384.35. The
Chief OF Police reported collections to
the amount of $45.67; and the Street
Commissioner handed in funds TO the
amount of 50.
Samuel Brown, % years of age. son
of Charles Brown, OF this city, died at
Everett. Sunday, of diphtheria. The
young man was we'll known here, hav-
ing worked at different times in the
City Bakery and Recherche restaurant.
The funeral was held yesterday and
interment made in Odd Fellows GENE.
terry.
The annual collections for missions
amounted to $40 Sunday morning at
the Methodist Church and at tho Sun.
day school meeting in the evening So
was tendered-a total of 1902. Easter
services were held in the morning
and the Sunday school children rem
dered an excellent programme in the
evening.
Louis ]. Gay represents q Maryland
Coal Co. in this city taking orders fol
carload lots OF his product that il
peculiarly adapted to the forge. Oul
coal is "too new" for that purpose
and will have to concentrate tho sur
rays million or two years longer be
fore it is adapted to the use of ou
modern Vulcans.
Notwithstand this is Presidents
year and much time must necessarily
be devoted to saving the country, ,
strenuous effort is being made to reha
bilitate the baseball craze, mainly, o
course, for the benefit of "profession
ais" Oily says that new grounds ar
being prepared on the old velodrom'
site and that the surface of the are,
will be " skinned" to alevel.
The quarterly report OF State Treas
urer Maynard shows a balance j,
the treasury of 81, $50, 1884. OF thi
amount, $780,, 704.Sl is vested in tn
current school fund, $268, 247S7 in tn
| permanent school fund and $72.O50.5 81
in the State house commission fund
The balance ranges down from 500,
1924 in the general fund to $21O il
deposits OF the survey of tide lands.
Our town seems to be progressing
like a cows tail, downwards. A wrest
ling match was pulled off" Gas OF
would say at the Olympia TheateI
Wednesday night, and the next thin
will probably be a slugging match, il
which Gropgy Jones will raise a d" man