Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-22
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Japan is to be connected with the
remainder of the world by marine
cable.
Two attempts have lately been made
to assassinate the Chinese Empress
Dowager.
The Epworth League is named after
Epwortb, in England, the birth place
of John Wesley. The Salvation Army
was founded in 1865, in London, dur.
ing a Methodist revival.
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George Hardy, who twenty-five years
ago entered the Michigan State Prison
ignorant and murderer has just been
discharged with a certificate as an
expert electrician. This is a prison
system that deserves commendation.
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The victims OF the late earthquakes
in Italy number 3,O55, by official count
-G55 killed and 2,4OO wounded. The
mortality rate will surely grow from
deaths of the injured and reports from
at present inaccessible districts.
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The highest bridge in the world is
on the Zambisi river, East Africa.
The bridge is of the cantilever type,
and is 40 feet above the water, on the
Cape and Cairo line of railroad pro.
jected by the late Cecil Rhoades, which
is 800 miles long. The bridge was
built by an English company.
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Nan Patterson has at last settled |
down to staid married life. The for.
tunate man is Leon G. Martin, who |
once before posed as the stage beauty's
husband, from whom she was divorced. |
The marriage was celebrated on the
10Th inst, in the presence of numer-
GUS friends OF both parties, in New
York. Now, Nan, be good.
The Elks of Tacoma have likewise |
dedicated a new hall, which is said to |
be model Of beauty and convenience.
About $4,000 has been spent in re-
modelling and furnishing it. Among
its accessories is pipe organ as we'll |
as grand piano. The membership is |
6OO, and the herd derive q substantial |
revenue from rental of stores in their |
building.
Investigation OF the mysterious dis.
appearance OF Richard Stanley Bam-
field off Vancouver Island, lately.
shows that devilfish grabbed him.
He lived on small island and all his
clothes, boat, etc, were found. There
are many devilfish in those waters,
and it is believed one seized Stanley
while he was taking his morning bath,
and devoured him.
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The old Grant farm near st. Louis
has been purchased by the city for an
Amusement park, into which it will be
converted next year. The tract COM
prises 40 acres and $4,000 were
paid for it. What contrast this is
to the sale OF the Lincoln farm in Ken.
lucky, where much greater mar was
few weeks ago, for a nominal sum, to
q private individual.
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Twenty one American soldiers who
lately made the trip from Fort Seward
to Fort Gibbon, on the steamer Daw.
son, ran out OF rations and were for
time on the verge of starvation. On
arriving at Dawson they were without
money or food and subsisted for
while on charity until Lieut.. Smith |
obtained authority by wire to provide
food and house" the men during the |
remainder OF their journey.
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The Sultan of Zulu, who sought to
pay Miss Roosevelt, her distinguished |
father and this country, the greatest
honor in his power, is monarch of 3D.
3S9 Mohammedan people, of whom |
1.27O are civilized and 50,1l9 are saw
age, or "wild," as the United States
census OF the islands taken in 1903 |
puts it. In the archipelago are only |
sixteen white women and thirty .one |
white males. including children.
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Here is something which will be of |
special interest to our lady friends
On careful count when practical. and
estimate when it was not, Miss Alice
Roosevelt, during the past fifteen
months, has been present at 403 din.
ners, $50 balls and 800 small dances.
Her 5 o'clock teas number $50, and
she has paid 100 calls. She has been
six times a bridesmaid aud shaken
hands $4,000 times. This it is to have
father who believes in the strenuous
life.
A crank tried to obtain an inter.
view with President Roosevelt, the
other day, to tell him how to keep the
coal operatives from striking in the
anthracite regions and consequent
hardship to the poor. He wanted ten
minutes talk with the President 10
induce him to appoint a committee of
three to regulate the output and
price. He was arrested by the secret
service men and an investigation
showed he was laboring under a mild
form of lunacy.
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San Francisco seems to hold her
own remarkably we'll, considering the
wonderful growth OF the large cities
in this State. Her clearance receipts
during the first seven months OF this
year have been $l,003, 6ll, 6O2. The
clearance of Seattle has been for the
same period, $157 ,l64, 4S1; of Spokane,
$S5,517, 243; Of Tacoma, $S7,6IO,211;
of Portland, Ogn., 1923 ,3SO,9lO, and of
Los Angeles, Cal, $269, O5S.OS7. The
realty sales OF San Francisco for the
month of August, numbered SIT, and
amounted in value to $6,431, l76.
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Scientific farming on large scale
is to be carried on in this State,
according to the present expectations |
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