Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-01
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Only think of it, four million dol.
lars worth of whisky consumed by a
fire OF Bradford, Pa. where $4,000
gallons OF "Oh Be Joyful" went ut
in flames, and large dis,illery and
bonded warehouses took just as de-
cided leap skyward, in smoke. II
was the famous Overholt distillery
owned by H. c. Frick aud the Mel
Ions, of Pittsburg.
Florence G. and Viola p. Burns
aged ii and 1G years respectively, have
been licensed to wed. William A.
Hardman, aged Is, is to be the hus.
band of Florence, and Harry Holmes
aged 90, of Viola. Both young men
presented the written consent of the
girls mother, and Hartman was &C.
companied by his father to secure a
license. These buds of promise all
live at Steele, Idaho.
The Jews in Seattle, last Friday
evening, celebrated the 2j0th ami.
versary OF arrival OF members OF their
faith in the American colonies. AT
least five OF Columbus crew on bis
first voyage of discovery, were Hebre VS.
and others contributed to the fund
that made the enterprise possible.
The settlement on which the celebra-
ton is based was in New York, then
New Netherlands, in 1866.
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At Greentown, Indiana, veteran oil
the Civil war has been found who re.
fuses $4,000 that is due him in back
pension payments. He is Quaker in
religion, was a good soldier and is an
unselfish patriot, as this act shows.
He is highly conscientious, and be.
lieves that Christ would not have &C.
cepted pension for simply doing his
duty. His name is William S. Elliott,
and pension attorneys without mum.
Der have endeavored to change his
determination but he remains true to
his conscience.
1t seems that Prince Louis of Bat.
tenburg, has his financial troubles
just as the Man with the Hoe. Whe n
he sailed with his squadron from New
York, on the Goth ult., he left an un-
paid dentists bill OF ST. 200 for filling
four OF the royal molars by Wilbur r.
Daley, a dentist who gagged his bill
by the swath the titled visitor cut
while visiting his American cousins.
As he was recommended by Mrs. J. r.
Drexel, doubtless she will settle the
bill with pleasure. The Prince offered
5000 in settlement.
At . wedding at River Falls, Wis
consin, recently, everybody became so
excited that rs the preacher was ut.
tering the last words OF the ceremony,
the best man swooned. Then the
bridesmaid tainted, and bride and
groom fell under the same spell, and
four people had to be revived before
the rite was finished. Probably poor
ventilation Of crowded room had
something to do with it, at . time
when the nerves were strung to 80
high tension as to make the relapse
apparently contagious.
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At Midvale, Pa, q few days ago, two
workmen for the steel company met q
horrible death by being completely
iucarcerated in mass of molten steel,
flowing from o cupola above them,
which had been accidentally released.
The forty-ton ingot, which enveloped
all that may possibly have remained
OF them. was % feet long, six feet wide
and and five thick, of oval shape, and
the mass was buried in the company's
yards, with the solemn rites of the Ro.
man Catholic Church performed for
repose OF soul OF the unfortunate VIC
Tins.
King Edwards promise to bring the
case of the unemployed of London to
the attention Of Parliament, and the
donation of $4,000 by Queen Alex.
andra for the relief OF the suffering
poor, have been productive as yet OF
no actual emelioration of conditions
in the east end OF the British metrop-
oils. There is no attempt at denial
by any Of the authorities that poverty
of the most distressing kind prevails,
but there appears to be a strange help
lessness among those in official posi-.
tons on the problem OF how to deal
with it.
Captain Francis Tuttle, formerly in
command Of the revenue cutter Bear,
when she went to the relief of the
whalers in 1897, and one of the great
est living authorities on Arctic lore, has
stated that from what he had learned
from Captain Bobfish of the whaler
William Bayliss there was absolutely
no chance for the feet to escape, now
imprisoned in ice on the Northern
coast. In bis opinion, the ships will
be crushed in the ice. The crews will
have to desert the vessels and make
for the Mackenzie river. The fleet is
reported to be GO miles from Banks
land which ia 500 miles east of the
Mackenzie. He does not think relief
expedition could aid them in any way.
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II is only the poor ma n who can be
successfully used in the official sweat
box, the witness chair. Chauncev M.
Depew, the other day bid defiance to the
in vestigating committee engaged in
probing insurance iniquities of the
Equitable. A poor memory aided
him materially in his effort to conceal
shady doings, notwithstanding his
storytelling reputation would lead one
to believe that he has very reten.ive
mind. A letter to Depew from Law
yer Nichols refers to some cats paw as
"Your rambunctuous friend who comes
around once a year." but notwith.
standing the regularity of these visits
the Senator could not remember what
he came for. nor indeed his name.
The usual course pursued in examina.
ton OF witnesses who are not Senators
would be to refresh the memory by Q
season Of prison diet.
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