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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15
A Frightful Execution.

1t is horrible enough to take human
life through the form of law. bc it ever
SO mercifully" done, but when CAPT
tai punishment partakes Of fifteen
minutes of strangulation, through the
incompetence OF its executive officer, it
amounts to culpable act OF cruelty
which should receive the execration
of every civilized, rational being. 1t is
bad to issue the mandate, life for life,
under any circumstances, though pre-
scribcd by forms OF law, and much
worse to condemn to the scatfold one
Of the sex we are taught to love, honor
and revere. and perfectly accursed,
when the horrible deed is executed,
that it be in bungling and brutal
manner. The Sheriff, in such q sol.
emn duty, should have enough com.
mon sense to execute the sentence in
as humane q manner as possible, and
those who direct him to perform the
onerous duty should interest them
selves enough to know that he is capa-
bic OF making and experimenting ar
rsngements that will be as merciful as
possible and as quickly effective.
The account says that Mary Mabel
Rogers was killed by the State of Yer
mont, at Windsor, Saturday, brutally
and bunglingly; that an imperfect
rope was used, which, when subject to
the full weight OF the body stretched
till her feet touched the floor; her
body doubled up systematically, and to
end the distressing spectacle, three
deputies seized the rope, dragging the
body free from the ground and held it,
suspended till life was extinct. She
died, not on the crOss.tree of a gallows,
but in the hands OF three CHASTITY
faced executioners, and a double dis
grace is thus charged to the State
whose civilization in the opening years
of the Twentieth Century finds its
highest expression in the slow strang-
ling of q woman! Strong men, the
account says, turned away Mortified at
the sight; with hands before their eyes
they tried to blot it out. Others hur-
ried away, pale and trembling. Those
who remained seemed to be transfixed
by the spell of horrible fascination.
For fourteen and a half minutes the
victim slowly strangled to death; then
the tortured body was convulsed by
great sob, and the spirit fled to q
Judge who. notwithstanding the VIC.
lation of His commandment, would
never palliate such cruelty by the plea
of ignorance or an Indifference that
seemingly justified the punishment OF
Cain when everybody's hand was
raised against him.
Such q spectacle as this should 60
very far towards expunging the death
penalty from the statute.books OF our
land.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15

JOHN N. Gearin, Democrat. Of. Port.
land, has been appointed u. s. Senator
from Oregon, by Gov. Chamberlain, u
succeed Senator John ii. Mitchell
whose sudden death created q vacancy,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15

THE House OF Representatives, among
its first acts, passed the Hepburn bill
making appropriation for the Panama
Canal. reduced from $500, 900 sug.
gested by the President, to Sill ,OO0, 0OO
by vote OF l36 to III.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15

New TYPE OF WARsHIP.-Capt. 10
linsky. Of Railway. New York, has in.
vented q design for q warsbip which
he claims will revolutionize naval ar.
chitecture. The extreme breadth, OF
beam, lie located about hundred fee,
from the bow, in defiance of the rules
that have prevailed, and there is d
propeller under the knee ut each end
of the greatest beam, and . third
screw in the usual position at the
stern. BY this arrangement of pro.
pulsion, the captain claims his craft
will not wobble or "cork. screw"
through the water, like, he asserts, all
screw craft Of the present style do.
The forward screws lift the hull and
render wobbling impossible. A pro.
tective belt Of armor, he claims, is
unnecessary. for by filling side tanks
the hull may be submerged until only
three feet is exposed. This 10, of
cour.r, but . brief reference to the
main departure from present forms of
warship construction, but the gentle.
men claims enough other new ideas,
in details for both speed and indie.
structibility, to establish At once the
supremacy OF the country which adopts
them.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15

THE Appellate Court of New York
refuses to order a recount OF the vote
for Mayor, and thus another indelible
blot is placed upon free government.
Mr.. Hearst was just as fairly elected az
was Tilden to the Presidency in 1876,
bat the bosses have again decreed that
the will of the people must yield
when it runs counter TO their plans.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15

PRESIDENT Roosevelt did an unusual
thing this week in recalling his ap.
pointment Of Miles Cannon, Register
of the North Yakima Land Office, in
view OF protest made by the Wash.
ington State delegation that they had
not been consulted. They are likely
to recommend z. Y. Colman, OF North
Yakima. Cannon's appointment was
tranefer from the Receivership to
Register. and il is said he will retire in
May when hie term expires.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15

REPRESENTATIVE Cushman called
upon the" Postmaster General last
week TO learn the facts concerning the
order that Congressman shall no long
er be the dispensers of postoffice pa.
tronage. He was informed that "efli
cient appointees will be retained dur
ing good behavior" That ought to
settle the matter 80 far as the Olympia
Office is concerned.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15

PRESIDENT and Mrs. Roosevelt for
mally announced this week the en-.
gsgement of their daughter Alice to
Nicholas Longwotth. Representative
from the First Congressional District
OF Ohio. The wedding will take place
in February.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15

THERE'S "CHEEK."-Queen Liliou.
kalina once sovereign of the Sandwich
Isles, now one OF Uncle Sans colonies.
has placed modest request for $lO,.
100000 to be paid her as q compensa-
ton for peaceful rclinquishment, just
as he paid $2O.OOO.OOO to Spain for
possession Of the Philippines, after we
had whipped that arrogant nation to q
finish. The circumstances are some.
what similar. but precedent that has
been unwisely established should be
removed by basis for another prece.
dent At the earliest opportunity. 1t is
safe TO say that Lily really don't know
what a vast pile a million dollars would
make, or what large ship.load OF
gewgaws it would buy.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15

IT is announced that apprentices in
the dentists Offices in Idaho are TO be
given an opportunity for practice on
the teeth of convicts in the peniten.
tiary OF that State, on the Goth, the
object being to pass judgment upon
tho display Of skill OF those making
application for licenses to practice
dentistry. This seems to be on a par
with the custom of giving the bodies
of executed criminals to medical COL
leges for dissection. and nearly Is bad
as a practice said TO have been adopt.
ed in France of condemning convicted
criminals to unique operations, almost
sure to kill. in the medical colleges,
and if they survived, to be reserved,
like rats in q cage, for some further
ordeal. till the terrier practice ended
in death.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15

THE LONG Texas QUARANTINE Is
RAIsED.-On the LIST instant Gov. Ian.
ham, of Texas, by proclamation, raised
the general quarantine that had been
maintained since April LIST. against
ports south OF the 25th degree OF north
latitude. 1t provides, however, for a
rigid inspection OF persons entering
the State who have been presumably
exposed to smallpox, yellow fever,
cholera, typhus fever, or the bubonic
plague, either within or without the
State, and authorizes health officers of
counties and towns to establish local
quarantine in such cases.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15

The Puyallup Republican is bright
new paper lately established at the
hop.field city, by George N. Townes.
1t is we'll printed and ably edited and
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15

. A New SOURCE OF PERIL IN LARGE
CIrIEs.-A report comes from Pitts.
burg that electrolysis is eating away
the steel foundations and structural
iron in many large buildings of that
city as we'll as destroying the heavy
underground pipes of the light and
water service. Engineers who have
made . thorough investigation state
that many of the steel supports are
pitted 90 badly that hole can be dug
in them with an ordinary pocket.knife
and that iron pipes may be abraded
with nail. The details of the report,
it is said, have been carefully kept
from the public. for tho city's water
and gas service, and the stability oil
some sky.scraping buildings are in
such dangerous condition that the
Department Of Public Works feared o
panic would ensue if the true state OF
affairs was made known.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15
Launch Of the Warship Idaho.

The battleship Idaho was launched
at Philadelphia, Saturday, and chris.
tened by Miss May Louise Gooding,
the Is. year old daughter of Gov. Good
ing, of that rising western State. The
Idaho is a twin-ship of the Pennsyl,
vana, and is designed to develop II
knots an hour on her trial trip. While
the Idaho has taken the plunge, which
is usually regarded as indicating nearly
completed state, it is not 80 in this in
stance. Her hull below water line is
completed, but her upper works are
mere skeleton, and, in coat of bright
red paint, present striking appear
ance. None of the armor has been
placed as yet, her sides now being tenn
porarily protected with heavy timbers.
She has every appearance OF an unfin-
ished ship. She is considerably larger
than the battleship Oregon. She has
375 feet OF length and breadth OF II
feet, with a displacement of $4,000
tons. She will draw "a feet s inches
and when loaded q feet l ] inches.
Her coal bunkers have a capacity of
1.750 tons. Her battery includes four
II inch breech-loading rifles, eight T.
inch guns of the same class, and two
lS-inch torpedo tubes. supplemented
by the usual secondary battery. The
armament of the new ship are larger
than those OF the Oregon in all re-
spects, excepting the larger guns, the
l2.inch on the Idaho being 13-inch on
the former vessel. The guns for the
navy are now made by the government
in its own shops, and the casting of
larger than 12inch has been discon-
tinued. Electricity will perform near
ly all the work on the Idaho. It will
control the movement of the turrets
and loading and firing OF the guns,
lighting and heating. and communica.
ton by wireless telegraph. She will
have an evaporating plant capable of
providing 16,5O0 gallons of fresh water
a day. and an ice plant that will supply
three tons of the CONCEALED element,
each "a hours. A small fleet Of aux.
Hilary craft will be carried on her deck,
including two 4O.foot steam cutters,
four 33-foot sailing launches and a
dozen other smaller craft for emer-
gency uses.
The accommodations for officers and
men will be thoroughly up-to date.
There will be commander. Is ward
room officers, nine junior officers, nine
warrant officers and CSC men, includ.
ing GO marines. Three months allow
ance OF provisions will be provided for
and six months supply Of clothing and
small stores.
This ship although not go large or
as feet az some OF the battleships, has
had the results Of experience and OBJ
wrought in every detail and
will no doubt equal any ship aaoat in
efficiency.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15

"CoMFoRT," an Augusta, Me-, publ.
cation has this to say OF one OF our
townspeople, who writes feelipgly and
truthfully Of our city and ito attrac.
lions:
"Jennie Frazier, 1,0l4 Franklin street,
Olympia, WASH, writes that she has
lived in Indiana, Kansas and Iowa, but
after fifteen years in Olympia, she thinks
that is the garden spot. No cold or hot
weather, flowers the year round, no
thunder-storms. no cyclones, all sorts of
fruit and vegetables, clans, oysters and
fish, good farms at reasonable prices,
many openings for business men with
small capital; and generally just the
place to be happy in. She will answer
all questioners inclosing postage.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15

All the landmarks OF the st. Loui,
Fair have not yet been removed. Las
week fences were taken out from al
that part OF Forest Park known as Ar
Hill, restoring to public use q con
siderable tract OF tho Worlds Fair
grounds, where until now wrecking o.
buildings has been going on. Festival
Hall, the Colonnade OF States, The
East and West Pavilions and thu
Cascades have been removed. TIL,
grading OF this part of the grounds ha'
made sufficient progress to give an
idea OF tho treatment provided in thu
plans Of park restoration.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15
Guarding Public Reports.

A Washington dispatch Of the 8th
gives an apparently farcical account oil
the efforts lately made by the new De-
partment of Agriculture to guard the
report OF the cotton experts soon to be
issued. 1t is not made in q jesting
spirit, however, as it has been charged
that speculators have hitherto used
the information gathered by govern.
ment to influence market prices and
orders were given for the most rigid
efforts for secrecy till the figures
were ready for official announcement.
The utmost care has therefore been
taken to avoid collision between three
agents sent through the South to
gather statistics, or the clerks in the
department, with outsiders, to prevent
the premature announcement to spec.
ulators, that has been charged and
was the subject of elaborate investiga.
tlOn last season.
The reports of these special, ss we'll
As the regular agents Of the Agricul-
tural Department are to be mailed di.
rect to Secretary Wilson, in distinctive
envelopes and the Postmaster General
has provided special pouches for them,
to be delivered to the Secretary in per.
son, placed in an iron safe, guarded
night and day by . detail of watch.
men. The reports when tabulated will
be delivered to four men of known
integrity, who will be locked in a room
and not allowed to leave it until the
report IL made. Telephone commun.
ication with their room will be sew
cred, and Waterman placed at the
door with instructions TO allow no one
to enter or leave the room until the
work is completed. After the report is
submitted to the Secretary of Agricul-
ture, the four experts will remain
locked up till he has approved their
finding and it has been telegraphed all
over the United States.
The resort to such methods may
seem unnecessary to those who are not
in a position to realize the possible
importance OF the information to the
bulls and bears, or the liability for
some possible collision, as previous
experience has shown.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15

DISQUALIFICATION IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
The st. Louis Grand Jury has re.
ported to the Circuit Court that the
conduct of the police department OF
that city is deplorable. 1t declares
that the force are indifferent to, or
actively protecting, vice; that they
associate with criminals; that the de.
partment is political machine, and
has either actively assisted in election
frauds or has connived at them. Il ia
said that Gov. Folk will call special
session OF the Legislature to take the
department out of politics and provide
"home rule" for st. Louis. This same
decentralization seems to be widespread
all over the country. New York and
Philadelphia are by no means alone 10
demoralized methods for perverting
integrity in public life. Here, in our
own State, special grand juries have
been called in Pierce and Walla Walla
counties and in Ada county, Idaho, TO
consider the alleged corruption OF pub
lie officers. Last week, the Mayors OF
Cincinnati and Columbus held con.
vention at Cleveland Ohio. which
Mayor Dunno Of Chicago and Mayor
Weaver of Pennsylvania attended.
Mayor johnson Of Cleveland presided
and outlined the object TO be the
alarming prevalence of corruption in
all departments Of municipal govern.
ment. and consideration OF plans TO
emancipate municipalities from the
yoke OF corrupt boss rule.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15

One Of the strangest things in hu
man nature is shown by the treatment
OF Johann Hook, tho convicted muir.
derer in Illinois, by q sister of his
victim, who, on Thanksgiving day
visited him in his cell spending near
ly the entire day with him and furn.
ishing roast turkey. cakes, pies, fruits
and seasonable delicacies for q repass
fit for king. II was this same wo.
man, whose testimony convicted hin,
OF the murder OF her sister, who wa.
one OF the many wives. and says she
will stand by him under all circum.
stances.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The centennial celebration OF the
Christian Church, as founded by Alex
ander Campbell, will be celebrated in
Pittsburg in October, 1909. This time
was agreed upon at the joint confer.
ence of the Centennial Committee,
representing the church at large, and
the Pittsburg committee, which must
provide suitable accommodations for
the visitors who will be there on that
occasion. 1t is proposed to spend
$4,000 a year promoting interest in
the event.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15

To inaugurate Theodore Roosevelt
President Of the United States last
March cost $l45, 49l. q greater sum
than was ever spent for any previous
Inauguration. The details OF this cost
were made public in report by Gen.
John NJ. Wilson, chairman OF the
Inaugural Committee. Notwithstand.
ing the large expense. the committee
has turned over balance OF $4,73O to
the Auditorium Association, an or.
ganizstion formed to erect . building
in which to bold future inaugural balls.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15

The Panama Canal will probably be
excelled in magnitude by project
inaugurated by a group OF French
capitalists, with Baron de Lobel as
their representative. Its to build a
railroad from Siberia to Alaska, by
bridging and tunneling under Bering
Straits. 1t is said the enterprise will
be capitalized at from $3.50, OO0, 900 TO
1900, OOO, 900 and that the money cen.
tiers Of France, Russia aud the United
States will be asked to share in the
financial phase of the project.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15


The precedence in numbers OF the
older secret orders is given as follows:
Odd Fellows, 1,341.375; Freemasons,
l,0l1 .655; Modern Woodmen OF Amer.
lea, 7O0,359; Knights OF Pythias. 594.
1888; Ancient Order OF United Work.
men, 423,0l5; Knights OF the Macca.
bees, $4,000. OF modern leading
orders. the Elks, organized in 1868,
numbers zoe. 900; the Eagles, in 1898,
l65 600; Foresters (American courts
instituted in 1886 80 1913; Fore- rers
Of America, founded in 1864, 229.0a1;
Foresters, Independent, founded in
1881, 224 600; knights OF the Modern
Maccabees. 1881, 1877 600; Ladies of the
Maccabees OF the World. 1892, las, 060:
Improved Order of Red Men, founded
1912, 1926; Woodmen of America,
fraternity Of Modern, 1888, zoe. 1853,
and Woodmen of the World, 1890,
2l7,l2S.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15

to each group OF 167 persons, and in q
crowded east.side block one was found
to each thirty persons. On First Ave-
nue. AS babies were born and only 33
on autocratic Madison Avenue. below
Ninety filth street. In six blocks on
Bayard stree! there are 102 babies in
the four blocks and around Grsmercy
Park there are only three.
moral Reform" certainly springs
up in an unexpected place when it
takes root on a railroad car. but it is
now stated that orders have been is-
sued on the New York Central to pro.
hibit card.playing on all first,c
trains-even solitaire being forbidden.
Besides this no passenger in sleeping.
car or chsir-car may take q drink OF
anything stronger than water. The
Inference is that no restraint is placed
on either cards or drinking in the
second class cars, nor is there any
thing said in the account as to meth.
dds for suppressing the "pocket-pistol"
on the Pullman cars. The porters are
talking Of a strike, as the order cuts
off many tips. their chief reliance to
piece out a living compensation for
their services.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15

Over an even hundred tourists left
Seattle, last week, for o two months
tour OF the old world, under the charge
of David Brattstrom, who will &C.
company them through the trip. The
first port made will be Liverpool, Eng
land. From there the party will visit
London, then cross to Belgium, taking
in all the important points of that
country. Norway, Sweden and Dem
mark will be visited in turn. As most
Of the excursionists are Scandinavisns,
they will spend Christmas in their
native towns. This is the eighth
"Viking excursion" to leave Seattle
for the old world, says the P.-L. Prac-
tically all the members OF the party
are residents Of Seattle. Among the
party are Swedes, Danes, Norwegisns
and Englishmen. The excursion was
arranged by the Chilberg Steamship
Agency. The term Viking" as ap.
piled to these expeditions, be it noted.
has no derivation from the piratical
Mortimer who infested the coast Of
our cross. sea neighbors, centuries ago,
and which is associated with the gen.
eral use of the word. 1t is derived
from vik, q bay or stream, and this
class of marauders were so called be.
cause they put off, not like kings
ships, from lawful harbors, but from
the bay or ford. The commander OF
q ship was called q soaking, from the
absolute command he had of all under
him while at sea, hence the wide dis.
parity in meaning of the term. Why
is 1t applied to the Seattle excursions.
however, does not appear from either
leaning Of the word.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15

The assessed wealth OF our leading
cities, is thus stated on good authority !:
New York, including Manhattan,
Bronx and Brooklyn. $l1 ,092. 23l 1891 /;
(Greater Now York alone. $5,0l5, 463,-
779); Boston, $l,237 .O3S ,S5l; Phila-
delphia, 81, l62 ,074, 1923. As affording
some realization Of what billion is,
we note that these are the only cities
in our great country that require ten
figures to express their wealth. Only
three exceed half billion, Buffalo,
Baltimore and San Francisco; and
two, st. Louis and Cincinnati approx.
mate the halfway figures.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15


The run which began lately on the
State Central Savings Bank. ut Keo.
kuk. Ia, stopped the next day almost
entirely, after arrival Of four wagon.
loads of silver dollars from Chicago
and st. Louis. The wagons backed
up TO the door of the bank. A half.
million dollars were carried into the
bank and piled up in eight of the
people. Here is an instance wherein
ponderosity counted for more than
concrete value. Old settlers will re-.
member when the Indians insisted
upon receiving silver dollars in pay,
. currency that represented value in
numbers as we'll as size. They could
not be readily induced to believe that
q ten dollar gold piece was worth as
much as ten Spanish dollars, the cur.
rency which then prevailed. So prob.
ably with the bank depositors. Four
wagon-loads of money certainly served
. better purpose rs An object lesson
than less than bare cart-loal would
have done.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15

The charge that the rich people of
New York are guilty of race suicide
seems we'll taken. Statistics for this
year show that of the 5000 babies
born on Manhattan. only Is are &C.
credited 10 fashionable Fifth Avenue
below Ninety.fifth street, a four and n
half mile stretch of mansions of the
wealthy. In one exclusive Fifth Ave
nue. block, there vas found one baby