Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-05-04
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onafps VINO nave Deen rooolng Uncle
Sam OF his domain. Let the good
work 60 on.
The Chicago and New York Electric
have reduced the distance
between those two cities to ten hours,
or an average speed of their cars of
70 miles an hour.
Mrs. Julia F. Lemp, widow of the
founder OF the Lemp Brewing Co., of
st. Louis, died lately in that city,
leaving fortune of from $l2,OOO,OO
to $2O,OO0.OOO, to be divided among
her children.
Mande Adams, the actress, is to
have q model private car to cost $685..
200 and be large enough for rehearsals,
besides an amply furnished "living"
section for her companies. It the first
fully'equipped theatrical car ever con.
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Late returns filed in New York
place the assets of the Standard Oil
Co. at $500, ,0OO, 900. of which John d.
owns $500, 600, 600. His
in other property will
reach like amount, making him one,
at least, of the Esrth's billionairies.
The physical condition of Chauncey
NJ. Depew is much more serious than
the public have been led to believe and
his early retirement from tho U. s.
Senate is a recognized probability, and
former Gov. Black, Secretary Root
and Henry w. Taft are mentioned
among the possible successors.
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Millionaire Winfield Scott, of Fort
Worth, Texas, is about to retire from
active business life. He is . Missouri
an, went to Texas many years ago,
sawed wood for q starter and climbed
to eminence as q financier,
which is the more surprising from the
fact that he can neither read nor
write, the limit of the latter qualifica.
tion being the signing OF his name.
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A statue OF Benjamin franklin is
being constructed in Paris, and will be
unveiled in May. If practicable, it
will be unveiled by an electrical cur.
rent from Washington. the President
transmitting the current by touching .
button. j. 8. Hill, An electrical engi.
neer OF the Interior Department, has
invented device for unwilling stat.
ues by electricity and it is expected
that his invention will be used in this
case.
An oil robbery that WAS. systematic
has been literally unearthed in Texas,
in the Sour Lake and Baton 6elds.
The thieves had tapped two pipe lines
and the fluid conveyed by branch pipes
to point on the bayou, where it was
loaded into barrels and shipped to
New Orleans. It has been ascersained
that five men were implicated, the
operation extending over two years
and that 250,0O0 barrels had been
shipped and sold.
Several of the principle papers of
st. Paul have been indicted for pub.
fishing the details of execution of
William Williams, . murderer, who
Was hung March 18th. The finding
was under State law forbidding the
publication OF descriptions Of any
public execution as dsmoralizing in
removing the horror intuitively felt for
crime that 10 said to follow familiarity
with their details. The defense was
On alleged unconstitutionality OF the
statute.
And now We have the telephone re.
peater, whereby people may talk across
the continent, or around the world"
for that matter, and it is probable that
q person, when the new discovery 10
perfected, may even talk into q re-
ceiver and hear his own voice from .
. phone, after it has travelled the
circuit of the globe. The combining
of the echo in nature with the sound.
ing board OF . violin, furnished the
idea that led to the discovery, which
was made by David G. St. Charles, an
engineer, OF San Francisco.
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An American actress, Frances Don.
nelly, known to theater.goers in the
larger cities as Frances Belmont, and
in . professional way Florodora girl,
and member of the famous sextetts,
has married an English nobleman
and 10 now Lady Ashburton. Her
professional success is said to be based
largely on the character OF "S0Yub'
lady" in Malady," . musical com
edy. Lord Ashburton is the wealthy
grandson of an ambassador to the
United States aud conducted the
Ashburton treaty with this country
many years ago.
A Paris dispatch of Q late date
states that new use for the automo
bile has been discovered in that siren.
uous country. It was used at night, BY
. brace of highwaymen to hold up
citizen of Nauterre, who was known
to carry q fat pocket.book. Not fal
from his house he saw an auto-car
with the lights out and two men
standing by it. One of them hailet
him for . match to light the lanterns
When he approached to comply witt
the request, he was knocked down ant
. purse containing several hundred
dollars was taken from his pocket
The robbers then jumped into th'
auto and eped away.
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The freshman class OF the Spokan'
High school lately devised an uniqu
manner of familiarizing themselves
with Scott's "Lady of the Lake." EN-
braced in their literary study durinl
their first year. They dramatized tn
story and presented it in six act.
corresponding to the different canto