Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-10-27
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The foremost woman painter in
Germany, Fraulein Crete Waldeau,
was this month presented by the
Emperor with the Order of Honor.
Cholera has been raging in the
Philippines the past three months.
Since August there have been 7l3
cases, of which 553 were fatal, ard the
matter has not been reported as thor
oughly as it should have been to pro-
tect travel to the plague spot.
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A. +. Kennedy, of New York, filed
exceptions at Somerset, Pa. to the
accounts Of Mrs. Mckinley, executrix
Of the estate of the late Presidents
brother. Mr.. Kennedy alleges that
about 5000, represented by life in.
surance policies on the late Abner
Mckinley, have not been accounted for
by the executrix, and that Abner's
share OF the estate of the late Presi-
dent Mckinley, amounting to $4,000
to $4,000, has not been divided among
the creditors.
AT the Flower Hospital in New
York, 1T is claimed that five patients
have been cured OF cancer by the use of
radium. Celuloid tubes are dipped into
q Int nf Il
into missions made in the tumors. The
effects of the radio activity, it is said
destroys the disease tissue. There are,
however, hopeless cases, it is admitted,
wherein the growth has spread over
too large portion Of the system for
this or any other means OF relief.
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Miss Helen Peabody, founder of
Western College for Women at Oxford,
o., who died in Pasadena, Cal, few
days ago, left all her property to found |
home for Christian workers in for
eign and home missionary fields. Miss
Peabody's will was read at the con-
clusion OF tender memorial service
recently. The estate consists of real
estate in st. Louis, fourteen shares OF |
the Mexican Rubber Company, lots in
Los Angeles and Pasadena and $4,000 |
in bonds, in all probably $4,000.
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Indian summer comes in n ovember. |
IL derived its name from the fact that
the Indians chose that period of the
year for their long hunts and raids !
upon the settlements, when game was
abundant and the weather favorable
for their long marches. The haze
which science teaches as an incident of |
the ripening processes Of vegetation
was ascribed to the smoke from burn
ing prairies, and the scientific theory is
apparently confirmed by the haze after
the prairie has given place to the cul-
tivated field.
If he would, Secretary Bonaparte
could be King of France. Only two
obstacles bar the road. The first is
that he prefers to remain a loyal
American citizen; the second that he
doubts the sincerity of those who
write him letters from Paris, pointing
the way to q throne, and in q post.
script ask him to send a check to re.
lieve their ever pressing necessities.
The Secretary, while certainly amused,
and perhaps gratified, by the offer OF a
throne, stesdfastly refuses both throne
and the checks.
Simon Harris, of New York, I04
years OF age, is probably the oldest
man registered for voting at the com.
ing election anywhere. He was born
in Russia; has spent a decade in
Jerusalem, where he intended 20 end
his days, but his love for his adopted
land was too strong for him and he
has returned to take hand in needed
reforms OF Gotham. He cast his first
vote as an American citizen forty
years ago in San Francisco. He is
still hale and hearty and reads fine
print without the aid of glasse 8.
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The total receipts of the United
States from the beginning OF the Gov
ernment, 1889, to 1904 have been:
From customs, $9,442,5lO.435; inter.
nal revenue, $3.50, 545 .OS7 direct tax,
1928, l3l .944; public lands, $353,OSS,.
Isl; miscellaneous, 81 ,O65 1872 1896; to-
tai, excluding loans, $lS,337 ,239, 455.
The total expenditures for the same
period have been: For civil aud mis-.
cellaneous, So, TIA, ZAP, 1852 wal, sc, O26,.
732. 4l2; navy, 81 1872 ,567, 1874; Indians,
$ll2,664, SOB; pensions, 3,3l7, 446,79O;
interest, $780,, OO9,08l; total, SIS, 451,-
131, 54S.
So aroused has public opinion in
Canada become over life insurance
matters up there, consequent upon
the disclosures being made by the in
sufance Investigations in the United
States, that it is now certain there will
also be an inquiry of some kind made
into the methods OF Canadian insur-
ance concerns at the earliest possible
moment. Although no definite gov
eminent announcement has been made,
it is privately conceded that the conf
ing session OF the Dominion Parlia.
ment will witness an investigation into
the whole subject.
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Tutila, the Samoan island which,
with its attendant islets of Tau, Ole
singa and Ofu, became possession of
the United States by virtue of the tri.
partite treaty with Great Britain and
Germany in 1899, covers, according to
Bureau Statistics OF the Treasury De.
partment. fifty-four square miles and
has $500 inhabitants. 1t possesses
the most valuable island harbor in
the South Pacific, and perhaps in the
entire Pacific Ocean. Commercially
tho island is unimportant at present,
but is extremely valuable in its rela-
tions to the commerce of any nation