Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-29

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Ballet dancers aud chorus girls in
New York have organized union.
After less than year OF welded life
with her Indian husband, Chief John
Blackhawk, pretty Allie Hart, daugh.
ter of DIR. and Mrs. Edward Hart, has
returned from Omaha to her parents,
and with them lett for California.
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The animal postal report shows
there has been decrease of SIS in the
new postmasters commissioned as
compared with the previous year.
Rural free delivery closed up 1892
fourthclass postofiices, saving $685..
1874 in postmasters' salaries.
The name Of Sequoyah, applied by
the Muskogee Convention to Indian
Territory, is the name OF a famous
half-breed Cherokee Indian who in.
vented the Cherokee alphabet, in
which an edition of the Bible was
printed for use by the Indians.
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The last three big storms on the
Great Lakes caused the loss OF l49
lives. 70 ships and property worth
81 100000. The season has been the
most disastrous of any in the history
OF the lakes. Nearly half of the loss
of the season was in the last storm.
The next Governor of New Mexico
will be H. J. Hagerman of Roswell.
There has been bitter factional fight
over the appointment. President ROose.
welt went outside the factions and
named a man not mixed up in the
fight. Hagerman will succeed Gov.
O.ero Jan. %, 1906.
The Republican members of the
House in caucus unanimously de-
clared in favor of admitting Oklahoma
and Indian Territory as one State, and
by vote Of ITO to 65 declared in
favor OF admitting Arizona and New
Mexico as one State. Both statehood
questions are to be embraced in one
bill.
The latest statistics place the wealth
production OF the farms OF the United
States for the year 1905, at sc, Ale, OOO, ;
OOO, the highest amount ever attained
in this or any other country. The
four crops which makes the highest
records are corn, hay, wheat, rice. In
every crop the general level OF produc.
ton was high, and that of prices still
higher.
The growth and importance of the
California oil product is shown by the
construction of AZ miles Of pipeline,
between Colon on tho Atlantic Coast
and the Pacific, at Panama, for the
speedy and economic handling of oil
between this Coast and Europe and
the Atlantic seaboard. II is to be
built by the Union Oil Company OF
California.
Because he attempted 10 land in the
city pound at Reno, Nevada, . pet
poodle belonging to q prominent wo-
man, d. s. Scales, the official dog.
catcher was pursued through the city
by 40 infuriated women, armed with
sticks and stones and in the posses.
sion OF q rope with which they intend
ed TO hang the dog catcher. The
latter finally made his escape.
The official register of the United
States, The blue book, which is about
to be issued, gives . recapi,ulation OF
the employees in the different depart.
ments. the government printing Office
and the Offices OF the District OF Co.
lumbis, showing q total Of rs. 4Sl per.
sons in the service in the city of Wash.
ington, receiving an aggregate COM
pensation OF $27. 145, 700.
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BENZ. F. johnson, a noted Mormon
patriarch. died at Phoenix, Arizona,
recently, 81 years of age, who could
trace over 800 lineal descendants. He
had been private secretary to prophet
Joseph Smith, and of course literally
supplied with wives. For many years
his birthday had been an annual season
OF merry-making among his numer.
GUS relatives and his death surged a
corresponding wave OF sorrow.
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".Philadelphia Jack" O'Brien, the
pugilist who recently defeated Fitz.
simmons, just before starting for the
east, authorized the issuance OF chal.
lenge to ]. J. Jeffries, the retired heavy
weight champion. Any terms that
Jeffries might demand he said would
be accepted. Many people thought
the chances would be slim, but he
added they thought that of the out.
look for Corbett when the latter met
John L. Sullivan.
Olivia Floyd, the famous won an
Confederate blockade runner, is dead
at her home near La Plata, Mo-, aged
81. She descended from the Princes
of Ulster, and was related to Admiral
Semms, and was one of the most re.
markable women in the South. Dur.
irg the war che was one of the most
daring runners of the underground
Railroad" between Washington and
Richmond, and once defied q whole
company Of Union soldiers.
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Millionaire Aston was recently sub.
poensed to serve on . jury in New
York, but failed to respond, when his
name was called. The clerk explained
that that the summons. having been
mailed to Mr.. Astor, had probably not
been received by him, and tho matter
was dropped at that. Two dollars .
day and mileage, did not appear to be
very desirable incentive for the rich
man, nor did the terrors of ntempt"
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