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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15
An important Suit.

The Alaska Dispatch, of August 29th,
has the following comments on the
big suit which called Lawyer Israel to
Juneau, last month, a. attorney for
one OF the litigents:
Judge George G. Israel filed papers
to-day in a suit, for an accounting, BY
Chas. Pearce, formerly superintendent
OF the Alaska-Perseverance mine, against
Gilbert and Sutherland, alleged to be
his partners in the operation and pro-
motion OF the company. On the com.
plant an order of the federal court was
invoked for the company to show cause
why an injunction should not be issued
restraining them from shipping or crush
ing the ore OF the mine. The complaint
alleges that in 1901 Gilbert and Pearce
entered into an agreement in writing
whereby it was agreed that Pearce
should open and develop the Persever.
ance property and Sutherland was to
promote the same paying Pearce $500 a
month. furnish 81 900 month for the
operation oi this work and Pearce was
to receive one-third of the net profits
when the property was sold.
At this time it is alleged that Pearce
held a contract in writing with Gilbert
to purchase the Perseverance
property for 100000. Sutherland is
alleged to have organized the corporation
in New York known as the Alaska
Perseverance company, which consisted
of Sutherland, Pearce and four dummy
directors, among whom were Pope and
Jerome, holding one share of the stock
each and the balance being held by
Sutherland for himself and Pearce.
This arrangement is alleged to have
been communicated to Pearce by letter.
Later it is alleged that Sutherland
refused to recognize Pearce as a factor
in the company and in the month of
March caused the directors of the
company to remove Pearce and place
Mitchell in charge of the property.
There will be no Discrimination of
the present operations at the mine as
the suit will be settled in the courts.
The complaint sets up that the property
is now worth S. 100000, and the i'm.
provements 100000, of which suit is
started for one-third by Pearce.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

MILLIONS SAVED IN Fig HTING FEVER.
The cases of yellow fever at New
Orleaps have ran TO considerably more
than thousand, and the deaths aver
age in that number only about twelve
per cent, or say 125. DR.. ]. H. White.
of the Marine Service, shows that the
modern method OF fighting yellow
fever has been millions of dollars 10
New Orleans, in the saving OF lives, if
monetary valuation can be placed on
hnman life, after the manner of the
United States courts, which have esti-
mated the life activity OF a man at
$1,000; that is, that every life will con.
tribute $1,000 in wealth to the world
by the use of the hands. At this rate
400 lives have been saved in New Or
leans during the first five days of
September. From September l 10 5,
in 1878, there were Alt deaths from
fever; this year, from September to
5, there were only seventeen deaths.
Up to September !, 1878, there had
been 1901 deaths; up to September /,
this year, there had been 27l, or a saw.
ing OF 1888 lives.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

The Baptist people, led by the evan
gelist, DR.. Palmer, lately held services
in Palm dance-hall, at Aberdeen, when
the floor was abandoned, the bar was
closed, the rag.time music gave way to
sacred hymns accompanied by the
dance-hall orchestra, and for q time
the doctrine Of "peace and good will"
supplemented tho hilarious profanity
of the side-show OF Vanity Fair. Soon
however, as the church people had lef.
the hall, dancing, beer drinking, smok-
ing and the use of coarse language
again began, and the devil resumed
his smile OF contentment.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15
NOTICE.
To My PATRONS /:

I
l wish TO inform you that have just
returned from Chicago, where | have
been learning an entirely new system in
cutting, which am sure will meet with
your approval. Now l will be enabled
to show you the latest style and cuts,
also the most up-to-date patterns in
woolens. which secured while in Chi
cago. | invite you TO call and examine
my stock. Yours respectfully,
FRED WEISS.
Olympia's leading tailor.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15
THAT was decidedly q cold-blooded

THAT was decidedly . cold-blooded
proceeding Of the President in order
ing Lawrence Brown, an Inspector
for the Department Of the Interior, to
band in his resignation, simply for
marrying a chorus girl, with the Irma
Opera Co., at Guthrie, Ok, on . days
notice. II seems to be an intimatiou
from official headquarters that the
glamor OF the iootlights 10 not COM
patible with official duty and must be
avoided by susceptible youths in the
Government service.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

IT is reported that the laborers on
the Panama canal are in o condition
OF absolute starvation. Chief Eugi.
neer Stevens has sent daily appeals for
food supplies. It was in this emer.
gency that Chairman Shouts awarded
a contract for supplies to Markell, who
had an organized force ready to com.
ply with the stipulations.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

IT seems that while the Portsmouth
commission were at work framing a
peace proposition the Car and the
Mikado have been holding q secre,
confab. not exactly in mid.ocean, bu,
through trusted agents, whereby pay
for care Of Russian prisoners is to be
the sugar.coating for indemnity"
If the report be true, it should teach
our people not to butt in on PROPOSE.
lions wherein national honor 10 not q
guaranty against such contemplate
deceit.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

The ladies OF the Spokane entertain.
ment committee rebelled because only
$500 were appropriated for their use
at the fair in Portland, and the Com.
missioners hastily convened, raised it
to $500, and now things are going on
"iust too lovely for anything"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15
Western Wit and Eastern Erudition.

The State of Maine is very Justly
proud OF her eminent men and women
and at the Lewis and Clark Fair has
made feature in her exhibit OF the
works of the greatest American poet
of his age, Henry Wadsworth Long
fellow, who was born at Portland in
1907 (Feb. 27th) and filled out over
half a century of brilliant literary
work before gathered to his fathers in
1882. In this building was an exhibitor
who devoted all bis time to exploiting
the life-his.ory and work of the great
poet. He seemed to have about all
the well-known and oft quoted poems,
from Hyperion to Miles Standish at
tongues end, and it is said his con.
versation, from habit, flowed in Hi.
awathlan measure, and nobody would
have been surprised to have heard
something like this by way of greeting:
Come. ye people. listen to me-
Listen TO the great Longfellow,
One who speaks from Eastern Maine land
To the Western golden grain-land,
Grcefs you Ill this flowing measure,
That these truths you all may treasure.
So much by way of preface to a
beautiful little story, related by an eye
aud ear witness of the incident. 1t
appears that a number of Olympia
people had been attracted to him,
as much by reverence for the great
Longfellow as by curiosity, and after
listening for time to the very credi.
table Rotations of the exhibitor sent
out to present the works at their best,
he made q slip from exact quotation,
and WAS gently told of it by a young.
lady school-teacher from our city, and
she repeated the passage correctly. This
led to quite An animated discussion of
the leading poems, when it was shown
that the lady had, if possible, more
comprehensive knowledge of the great
poet than the man sent three thousand
miles to enligthen the heather" Eek.
cuse the simile) of the wild and
woolly west" Where is your homer"
was the very natural inquiry. "In
Olympia, capital OF the great State OF
Washington" was the reply. "Well,"
said the exponent of "Evangeline"
and "Voices of Night" to . friend
after the party had passed on, was
never so completely overcome in my
life. To think that !, q specialist in
my work, should be called down by
that brilliant star in the West, who
laid no claim to special magnitude,
will be lesson to me while l abide in
this land Of surprises.
The lady was Miss Janet Moore.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

A VIEW OF CHINA FROM ACcUs-
TONED EyEs.-Thomas F. Millard, spe.
ial correspondent of Scribner, who has
spent most of four years in China, has
lately arrived from the Orient, and
from the opportunity he has bad, is
amply qualified to give a true estimate
Of the effects OF the boycott on Ameri-
can products. He says it works an
injury not only to our government bu!
all foreign countries and even China
herself. This will be seen, in time,
but most of the Chinese are of such
an ignorant class, that when they get
started, it is like giving \ bull more
rope TO attempt restraint. eff the
Chinese government want to, how
ever" he concludes, cit could stamp
out the boycott" But to secure a
"square deal" from that sly people is
scarcely worth the time and patience
and endurance required.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

TERRIBLE FATALITY FROM EARTH.
QUAKE.-One of those heart.rending
fatalities which cause the world to
sorrow was experienced from an earth
quake in Italy last Friday. It is
thought that over 1000 persons were
killed in the Calabria region. Many
villages were entirely destroyed, and
the disaster covered wide expanse oil
territory. Calabria is one OF the larg.
est provinces in Italy. The ancien,
crater of Stromboli is in active erup-
ton, throwing out great upheavals oil
lava and stones. The loss of property
runs up into the millions. This is
however, but one Of the extraordinary
seismic disturbances that are now
traversing the globe.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

A FEARFUL state of tumult has been
aroused in japan by the people who
seem to be almost unanimous in their
condemnation of the abandonment Of
claims submitted by the Peace Com
mission. It took the form of riots in
which property was destroyed and life
rendered unsafe. Americans and other
foreigners seemed TO be the special
objects of dislike, on account of the
influence it is thought they brought 10
bear for peace on any terms.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

The lightweight prize.fight, in San
Francisco, last Saturday, resulted in q
knock on" of Britt, the Californian
and champion of the world, in that
class, in the eighteenth round, and
the victory of Battling Nelson, in
what was to have been a forty-five
round contest.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

The Japanese battle-ship Mikasa
was destroyed by FIRE and explosion of
her magazine, causing the death of
2o6 men, at midnight, Sunday. She
was the flagship of Admiral Togo, in a
great battle off Port Arthur, in which
she suffered severely, approachiu 9
nearer the Russian fighting line than
any other Japanese vessel, and she was,
likewise, the heaviest loser in the de.
cisive battle of the Sea of Japan.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

BARON Komura is quite ill in New
York, and the departure of the Japan.
ese Commission has been delayed by it.
His physicians have finally decided
that the illness Of the envoy is ty-
phoid fever. and the delay may be
longer than was At first thought to be
necessary
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

WHEN we view possible results OF
the Peace Commission, we wonder il,
after all, our stalwart President had
not better have adhered to the spirit
of the Monroe doctrine. which boiled
down is, 4" Don't mix with foreign con-
tentions."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

The Church of England Synod h as
decided to restrict its ministry in per-
forming the marriage service when
either of the parties is divorced per-
son. The Canadian branch of the
Anglican churc h leads off in positive
prohibition, an d its action is said to be
approved by bishops Of every district
in North America.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

WHEAT and corn are splendid crops
this year; cotton is not 90 good, but in
view of the fact that planters seriously
considered the advisability of destroy.
ing part of the product last year to
advance prices, the conditions seem
good, and the hop crop shows signs OF
fluc.uating prices, with holders firm
for the maximum rate OF last season,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

LAST Saturday nineteen employees
were blown to atoms in q powder. mill
explosion, at Fairchauce, Pa. Many
others were injured and the shock was
heard and felt twenty miles away.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

ABOUT the last thing to boycott, it
appears to US, would be . church.
where salvation is free and all are vel
come to partake OF the bread of life.
But it seems that the Carpenters
Union, OF Hoquian,, think differently
aud they have classified the new Meth
and not to be patronized, simply be.
cause non-union men laid the fouuda-
ton. reared the walls and spread the
roof! 1t is snch foolish, illiberal, I'M
charitable acts, that hamper and min.
imize the usefulness OF an orgauiza.
ton that commends itself by avowed
object of maintaining the dignity OF
labor
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

TwENTY-oNE divorces were granted
by Judge Cleland, OF Portland, in one
day, last week. This beats the record
OF Chicago in her palmy days.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

MORE New YORK "FRENzIED FL
NANCE."-An investigation OF the af-
fairs of the New York Life Insurance
company, shows about the same con-
dicions that existed in the Equitable,
in which the railroad and trust com.
panies were profited by large rake-ofis
in puts and calls, and juggle of figures.
1t seems that the gigantic profits
amsssed in life insurance has been a
perennial wellspring of capital for op.
orators to draw from in the big me.
tropolis.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

WILLIAMsON's third trial is in prog.
ress under Federal Judge Hunt. OF
Montana, in Portland. The prosecu.
ton claim to possess new facts that
will aid in conviction.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

The Walla Walla Commissioner
have raised licenses in unincorporated
towns in the county from 5000 to
$1,000.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

IT has been suggested that President
Roosevelt try his peace tactics on bis
own party.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE "SwELLs."
A" popular firm" in this city should
hire some qualified person to write
their advertisements if they cannot
end any better word for designating
gentlemen's clothing than "toggery.'
A paragraph in Sunday morning's
paper closes with this elegantly word
ed sentences:
with an assortment of such toggery
all of the most swagger styles there is
no reason why the swell dressers of
Olympia need 70 farther for clothes"
II seems we need not 60 to athletic
reports or the thug expositious to
find the use of slang and slum ex.
pressions, like the above. but the
murder Of the Kings English" can.
not 60 on without some protest from
admirers OF the most expressive lang
uage spoken on Earth.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

A TOXIC dispatch, of the 18th inst,
announces the determination of the
Mikado for making . tour OF tho
world, tho first time q ruler of Japan
has ever left the empire. 1t will
probably be the last time if the would
be modern Alexander attempts 10 pass
through Russia in his journey.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

SNoHoMIsH county lately paid $500
in suit to decide whether man had
been cheated in a horse trade or not.
IL was decided that he was not, and
the defendant was disc charged. Blessed
are the opportunities of free govern.
ment,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

"LET Us have peace" would be pop.
ular with the grafters if the piece is
reasonably large.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

SELMA, a little town near Grants
Pass, Oregon, was destroyed by fire
Saturday evening.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

CARNEGIE has donated $4,000 to
Western Reserve University for estab.
lishment of fund of 100000 to en-
dow a chair of political economy to be
known by the name OF the late Mark
Hanna.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

A FUSION ticket for the New York
city campaign has been suggested.
headed by Alton B. Parker for Mayor
and some other Democrat for Con.
troller, and Two Republicans for Clerk
and District Attorney, and an equal
division Of the smaller offices. It is
an anti.Tammany combination, and
evidently intended to GUST Mayor
Mcclellan. 1t is hardly probable
that the effort will be successful, as
Mr.. Parker's campaign for President,
did not develop any very striking
indications for leadership, and Tam
many normally is as firm as the rock
of Gibraltar in its stronghold.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

WHNTs DIVORCE FOR Too MUCH
DEVOTIONAL queer pisa for divorce
was made by sixteen.year.old Eureka
Sherman, at Pella, Iowa, in her petit.
ton for divorce, fled ON the I'd inst.
1t was, too much love. In it's support,
she said, "Why he wanted to kiss me
all the time; stayed at home from his
work, and I couldn't stand to be loved
all the time" She calls this cruelty
"Why," she continued, after witness.
ing the commotion that this unusual
charge excited, "he wanted to hold
me on his lap all the time, as if 1 were
= big baby, and don't believe be has
worked . day since we were married,
over year ago." Sherman, the de-
fendant, was formerly editor of the
Chronicle, which may in some degree
account for his ardent disposition. He
says he loves the girl, and she says she
married him to give her mother a
home, but that she cannot stand the
ordeal OF such practical affection even
for that desirable object, and the
mother approves of her daughters
separation, although she is the bene-
ficiary. What determination the court
will make in the matter is engaging
very general interest, and undoubtedly
the decision, whatever it lie, will be
quoted far and wide a. Q very rare
precedent.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

ADVANCE IN LoGs.-At a meeting OF
the Washington Logging and Broker.
age Company, held in Seattle, last
Saturday. the list OF prices WAS ad.
vanced SO cents thousand for fir logs.
The schedule of prices adopted last
July, was as follows: Merchantable
logs. up 10 40 feet in length, 81 per
thousand; lengths 43 to SO feet, s. ;
81 to GO feet, 50; 62 to 70 feet, $40;
y to 80 feet, SIP; SO to 30 feet. $l4
80 to 100 feet, SIG; flooring, up to 40
leet lengths, $3.50; No. 2 flooring, up
10 40 feet, S.. The new list will ad.
vance the foregoing prices 30 cents
per thousand, if reports are true.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

EMPEROR William, of Germany. lately
told Congressman McNarry of Massa.
chusetts, a member OF an American
visiting party, that he feared tho ia.
panese would follow up their military
successes by closing the "open door"
and forcing cheap labor on Europe
and America out of the Oriental mar.
kels. He went on to say that it will
be necessary for the white nations to
ste m the yellow peril by uniting. The
only Power that Japan feared was
America, and it was a good thing for
the world that the United States was
on the side OF the Japanese Empire"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

THE ladies who represented King
county in the entertainment at the
Portland Fair, Seattle week, raised
quite n commotion by appropriating
$25 for loving-cup for the hostess,
Mrs. Edmund Bowden. They have
quelled the storm, however, by the
relmbursing OF the county from their
own pockets. The reason given for
paying it from the appropriation was
that they wanted it to be the act
OF the whole train OF assistants and as
some Of them had gone home, they
saw no other way Of making the cost
equal than by taking it from the gen.
eral fund.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

The President made success of his
McGinty act.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

THE summary dismissal of Public
Printer Palmer is but another indication
that President Roosevelt wastes little
time in cutting red tape.-E1.
Or rather it is not always the sys.
tenn and sometimes the man that
must be punished. It is indeed hard
to keep track Of the Presidents subtle
distinctions.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

The Gear has ordered that all dis
ordinations against American pro-
ducts shall cease, and that the out.
put OF all factories shall be received
on the same terms As of other nations.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15

Is IT Nor CONFESSION OF WEAKNESS?
An instance is afforded OF the power
behind the throne, when even the
Miksdo, with the authority of despot,
is not able to subdue the expressions
of dissent that have followed the un-
expected concessions of the Ports
mouth commission. That brought out
the statement that an indemnity would
be paid in settlement OF care Of pris.
oners of war, amounting to half the
original demand for reimbursement"
Whether true or not, it seems very
puerile and undignified. If a secret
understanding was had while both
nations had assigned the issues of war
to arbitration with the civilized world
for referees, it was exceedingly repre-.
hensible. and if no such agreement
was had and the statement was a de.
liberate fslsehood to curb dissension,
it was even more to be condemned as
the act of people who aspire to rank
with the leading nations.