Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-04-05

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pital yesterday. suffering from tuber
culoSiS. leaving three little children
the oldest only four wears of age. ;
public charge. The physicians hav,
no hope of her recovery.
y joint meeting of Railroad Com
m>siOncrS will br held in this city
ON next Thursday. In" llth inst. Il
isrrported that it will be- attended
by the Commissioners from Oregon
and Montana. these States having
provided for Joint action.
As everything regarding the pre-
vailing epidemic is of interest VT
rise to explain that meningitis is
pronounced meningitis. and that il
is. briefly and Invested of medical
ObScurity. an inflammation Of the
membranes of the brain or spinal
cord.
Billy McCabe. laborer in the Alb
erdeen Logging CO., was struck by a
cable on the upper Wishkaw last
Wednesday and almost cut in two,
and. strange to say. was at last ac-
counts still alive. 1t is feared, how
ever. that his injuries may prove
fatal
The State Superintendent has re-
vOked the teacher S license of Samuel
]. Flint. of King county. for desert
ing his school at Ballard without 30
days notice, and of Anna Barrett,
of ADAMS county, for failure to at
tend the Teachers Institute, without
giving satisfactory reasons.
George S. Allen, late of Little
Rock and this city, has secured an
interest in planning mill at South
Tacoma and bought residence there
with the evident intent of making that
city permanent abiding place. He
moved his family from Little Rock
Tuesday, to their new home.
No matter which party wins in the
controversy now before the courts
between Leopold Schmidt and the
Olympia Light & Power Co., the
waters of Tumwater falls will con-
tinue to laugh and roar just the
same, seemingly saying: Il am
here and don't care who uses my
power.
Two delivery wagons belonging to
the Kearney Grocery Co. had dis
astrOus Smash-ups, in quick success
sion, last Friday, one on the corner
of Washington and Union and the
other on the same street between
Adams and Jefferson. Horse-fright
was the cause in both instances, and
the damage to vehicles and perish
able" groceries was considerable.
The Women of Woodcraft of the
Southwestern Washington district,
met in Tacoma, Wednesday, for a
two-days' session Of delegates from
26 Circles. Olympia is Represented
by Mesdames VIM. Powe, VIM. SEQ
field, r. r. Adams, ]. S. Grimm, f.
Marnell, Chas. Hager, VIM. Yeager,
H. Lame, c. Klam, A. w. Brown, A.
Sage, w. S. Waters, A. Wright and
Miss Freitag.
Mr.. Israel's dogs have again won
the principal prizes in their respec-
tive classes, in an international show,
held at Vancouver, B. c., this week,
as the following telegram states:
Sound End Tart ar, winner best bull
terrier; Sound End Queen, best opposite
sex; Sound End Type. reserve winner !;
Duluth Barney, the best English bull
dog in show; Tartar and Barney win
cups. Queen wins medal.
On the Both ult., our Supreme
Court held in the case of Keith as.
Smith, that an action will not lie
for the recovery for brokers' services
in effecting a sale of real estate, I'M
less the contract therefor is in writ
ing, pursuant to Chap. So Laws of
Washington, 1908. The court, per
Crow, Judge, comedies a verbal con-
tract was good at common law in
such instances, but decides this stat
ute changes the old rule.
Mr.. O'Connor, while on a trip to
the coast with his wife last Summer,
carried his kodak with him and took
pictures on his trip. One was of the
wrecked steamer Balboa, ashore near
Fort Crescent. The Alice Gertrude
helped remove the ship and in her
claim for salvage, has made import
ant this picture as an exhibit in a
suit pending at Seattle. Mr.. O'Con-
nor has been requested to produce
the picture he made, by the defense.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Mccarthy are
now living at 1914, Santa Clara ave-
nue., Alameda, Cal. They have writ
ten to friends in this city that the
rainfall and floods in that part of the
country, occurring recently, have been
unprecedented. Mrs. Mccarthy, nee
Adelaide Williams, gives a graphic
account of the floral display. She
reports that Mrs. P. G. Hale is still
in San Diego, while her son, Chas.
Case, continues to reside in Alameda.
William Schinke, who lives on a
farm at South Bay, has some cherry
trees that show wonderfully the
adaptability of our country for that
variety of fruit. One of these has,
in fourteen years, attained q Cir
conference of 81 inches. It is of the
Black Republican" variety, an
other of the same age. Yellow
Spanish" has a circuit of 40 inches,
making their respective diameters II
and 163 inches respectively. There
are quite a number of others of ap.
proximate size, all splendid bearers.
There is a petition before the City
Council asking for the establishment
of q special assessment district on
Fifth between Jefferson and Pear
streets for the purpose of improv.
ing Fifth street between said points
by grading and bridging" This
petition is signed by thirteen prop
erty owners, representing 1880 feet
frontage. It is said certain owners
residing on East Sixth street pro-
pose to submit remonstrance, some
of whom claim this street is the lOgi
cal one on which to construct bridge
over the tide-fats.
St. Johns Church has for the past
eight years received floral decora
tions from Mrs. Capt. Hatch, of Sar
EsranciScO for each Easter service