Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-11-03
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except Maine, Rhode Island, Michi-
gan and Wisconsin. 1t was abolished
in Iowa in 1872, but restored in 1878.
1t was also abolished in Colorado, but
restored in 1901.
The highest mountain in the United
States is Mount Mckinley i'll Alaska.
The Geologic Survey makes the height
to be 0,4Gi feet. The highest noun.
tain within the main body of the
country is Mount Rainier, II, 526 feet.
Mount Whitney, in California, is few
feet lower.
the males are in the majority in
the United States, the population
of 7G,3O3,3S7 being divided as fol-
lows: Males, 39,059,2l2; females,
1924, 145. In the following States
are more females than males; Georgia,
Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hamp-
shire, New Jersey. New York, North
Carolina, North Dakota Rhode Island
and South Carolina AMI in the Dis.
trict OF Columbia.
The Presbytery Of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church at Hohlin, Ky,
has decided that all the women mem
bers of the presbytery shall contribute
to charity all of the eggs laid by their
hens on Sunday. The question came
mp while the heat of welldoing was at
the fever stage. The Women's Mis-.
sionary Union, in connection with the
presbytery, was holding its regular
session when it was shown that the
good women OF the district had con.
tributed during the year a splendid
sum to foreign and home missions.
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An opinion handed down in the Uni
ted States Court of Appeals in st.
Louis holds that an express company
shipping beer into prohibition State
is to be considered a liquor dealer and
is subject to the payment of internal
revenue tax. The Government brought
suit against the Western Express Com.
psny to collect $3,03S internal revenue
tax. In the petition, the G overnment
alleged that the express company
shipped malt liquor to twenty-six
towns in North Dakota. The defend
ant, however, declared that i, handled
the liquor merely as common carrier
and was not subject to internal revenue
tax.
Automobile regulation has assumed
in Missouri state of universal per-
sistence, if not armed resistance. The
st. Louis County Court has authorized
the swearing in of deputy SherifIs to
patrol the principal thoroughfares to
arrest the owners Of the "skydoodle
wagons" which 60 buzzing along in
total disregard of all statutory enact
mcnts. A code OF signals has been
arranged whereby when it is thought
that the legal speed is exceeded, a shot
is fired, and the next guard hold.
stop-watch and if the limit OF nine
miles has been exceeded. the owner
OF the auto is compelled to cough up
tribute to the hard hearted min ions OF
the law.
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1t seems that Teddy, Junior. in
herits his fathers war-like disposition,
whether he will ever figure as a peace.
maker or not. He was the other day
a spectator at the Welsh. Stanley fight,
in Boston. The young man is fresh.
man at Harvard, and q number of
students were present at the gladitorial
One, a studious appearing
young chap, was the magnet for all
eyes before the principals appeared.
II was rumored that he was Teddy Jr.,
and the situation became so embarrass.
ing that, it is said, the lad with
the large speciacles and firm and
prominent mouth changed his seat
during the brief wait between the
finish at the semi. final bouts and the
chief event.
With all the travel over our net
work OF railways, the loss of life is
small when compared
with the aggregate of mortalities from
other causes. During the twelve
months ended June 80, 1905, $50 per.
sons were killed and 1878 injured as
the result OF accidents on railroad
trains in the United States, according
to a report Of the Interstate Commits.
sion. Comparison with 1904 shows
an increase of IL killed and 4,l23
injured among passengers and EN-.
ployes, the increase in killed being
wholly among passengers, while the
Of employees killed shows a
decrease OF LOG. There were 1921
collisions and 1885 derailments, of
which 163 collisions and 16S derail.
ments affected passenger trains.
The postponement of appointment
OF Receiver to fill the place made
vacant in the Olympia Land Office by
resignation of J. OBJ Scobey, is doubt.
less owing to the recommendation OF
Secretary OF the Interior Hitchcock to
consolidate the service OF Register and
Receiver in the interest of economy.
There are ITO local land offices in the
public land States and Territories. In
each office there is Register and q
Receiver, and in some offices q force
of clerks. If this is not done, an ap.
pointment in the local Office will prob.
ably be made, soon after Congress
convenes, Mr.. SIS resignation being
accepted with the stipulation that it
terminate when q successor is ap.
pointed. 1t is generally regarded as
quite certain that Judge T. N. Allen
will receive the appointment il the
Office is continued.
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How prone poor mortals are to make
fools Of themselves! On board the
warship West Virginia, while on her
trip South the other day, with the
Presidential party, Roosevelt after in.
spection of the vessel and her men,
ventured down into the coal hole,
when he was handed a shovel profuse-
ly decorated and asked to "heave" a
shovel-full Of coal into one OF the
boiler furnaces. When this was done,
the boiler was Immediately christened
the Roosevelt boiler, the shovel was
nassed aYonnd an that each akoLa.