Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-07-14

answer. As far as can lc asccrtained
Their claim to home in tn, city Is un-
true.
\ singular Coincidence is noted II
the death Of two mon 81 the same
family name, on the ~anlr DAY, both
ct whom had been residents u! this
city. Edward l.. Car-ou in the sur
vcy"r Generals office under General
Breckenridge, died Tuesday III Texas
J. VI. Carson, late cnmmaniant %: III,
soldiers Home, died at Orting tho
same day.
HE contract for printing the Su.
preme Court reports have been let t.
the BancrOft-W hltnnv Co., OF San
Frinci-co by Chief Justice Mount and
Reporter Remington. The price t,
IL" STAT" is fl.,j per volume and the
public =. Other bids were submitted
~ Franklin Pierce. of King, ana
Crawford. Bitnkenship and Satterlce
Of this city.
1t i now a>ccrtaincl that law
carrying appropriations Of about ~.
Wn for several counties - Thurs
ton among the number, which had
hccn vttord by Gov. Mcbride and
passed over the objection by the las,
legislature - Is not in the printed
volume of laws. 1t is claimed, how.
ever, that this omission does not in.
validate the act, as its object was only
- correct errors IN financial matters.
Announcement Of the death of Mrs
George ID. shannon, at an early hour
yesterday morning at her home in
this city, will shock large circle OF
friends She was the widow OF George
business activities of the community
and State. Deceased was 73 years oil
age The funeral will be held Sunday
at 9 p. NJ, from the residence Of Frank
Donnelly and interment made in Ma
sonic cemetery.
Another victim of the light fingered
gentry offers in the daily papers, to
pay $40" and no questions asked for
return of his rurloined watch. In
Mr.. Smiths case, such course was
excusablc from the fact that the watch
WAS a keepsake from his father and
highly priced on that account. AS q
commercial transaction, however, to
offer a reward for stolen property
seems very much like what the lawyer:
call "compounding felony"
II. Edmonds, stranger at Tenino
committed suicide in that village
Monday, by shot in the head which
instantly ended his life The horrible
act wa. seen by two little girls, Lottit
Mcdonald and Lillian lie Furgie, who
he was following down the railroad
track when he suddenly drew the
revolver and fired. DR.. Bridgford, the
Coroner, conducted an investigation
hut it developed no new facts. Hi.
pockets held poll-tax receipt ISSUED
by kitsap county, an empty purse
cartridges for the revolver, . cake o
shaving soap, a bandana handkerchief
and hens egg. The man was abou,
SO years OF age and we'll dressed fol
! laDOrer.
After causing her relatives ant
friends much tribula,ion, by her sud
den disappearance. Mrs. Viola Can
ming announced by wire Monday tha'
she was in Seattle and was coming
home the next day. If the object was
to create a sensation it has proved
amply successful. The ordinary route,
of travel have been thoroughly traverset
to find some trace Of her existence
searching parties were organized ant
the pastors of churches urged thei
members to join in the efforts being
made, and a meeting was held in thu
Eagles hall Sunday night to devise
plans for further and more systematic
effort to unearth what most people
believed had been a tragedy. 1t wa
intended to search the woods will
dogs when the telegram reached thu
family.