Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-05-31

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kirk was entered by some nocturnal
prowler, Saturday night, and So
worth of gold-leaf. and fillins
in dental work not yet finished fo
delivery, was carried off. The Office
is IN the corner room over Kearney'
grocery store. on Fifth and Mair
streets.
And now Barber FOrstell sues tn,
BARRIERS Union for damages, and de
mands 81 per day land So for Satur
days. injury to his business from ar
alleged boycott by the Union. Thai
organization has a counter charge, il
is said, of $27 for violation of thu
Union agreement, which affords 9
chance for compromise.
A letter received by Miss Mary
O'Neil, from her niece, Miss Evelyn
O'Neil, of Virginia, Mimi, written
on the 10th inst, states that there
was foot of snow on the ground at
that place, and a letter from Mrs.
John Sellin, dated at Cardiff, Col
on the 18th, noted similar depth in
that State, which had fallen the
previous week.
A contract has been let to Chase
Il RiSOn of Tumwater, for building
the new conservatory of music, on
Twenty-Five and Main streets. 1t
is to be 8 wing" preparatory to a
much higher flight hereafter, 40 by
35 feet in size, and two stories high,
on ground area of Sc by 235 feet.
The contract calls for completion in
six weeks from commencement on
June LIST.
Thomas f. Going lost his suit this
week in the Superior Court against
the Tenino Light and Power Co.
Going, some time ago, alleged mis-
management of the business of the
company with the object, he claimed,
of freezing out the smaller holders of
stock, and asked the appointment of
a receiver. 1t seems the court did
not see the matter by that light and
assessed costs on plaintiff.
A new turntable is being con-
structed in the Northern Pacific
yards of much larger capacity than
the one hitherto used, capable of
handling the big mogul engines that
sometimes haul trains through this
city. The ~" on the Westside,
connecting the main line with the
Port Townsend Southern, is likewise
to be renewed, raft of 60 creosoted
piles having been received to replace
those destroyed by the toredo.
Harold Brewer, aged ten years,
came very near being drowned at
Tyckle's Cove, a few miles down the
bay, where his mother is spending
the summer, Tuesday afternoon. The
child was playing on a raft when
he fell over, but fortunately knew
enough about water to keep his
hands under, and managed to keep
af1oat until Fred Anderson, q young
man working on the beach, near the
scene, went to his rescue in a row.
boat.
Miss A. Clark, an old resident of
this city, died at Bellingham, where
she had been living about q year
past, Tuesday afternoon. She was a
native OF New Jersey, about SO years
of age, who came to this coast IS years
ago, and had since resided in Cali
fOrnia, Oregon and this State, the
larger portion-about 20 years-in
this city. She was buried at Bel
bingham. 1t was q general impress
sion that Miss Clark was, if not
wealthy, in exceptionally comfort
able circumstances financially, but it
is found that her estate will amount
to not more than $4,000.
This county has secured sixty
eighth-grade certificates for gradu-
ates this year that admit them to
any high school in any part of the
State. Miss Blanche Billings, of
this city, made the highest average
of any student, rating 739 out of a
possible 800. She received Fl cred
its more than the highest paper re-
ceived last year. The next highest
papers were: Edwin Wilson, 72O;
Mary West, 40; Earl Westmoreland,
ZIG; Hugh Lawrence, 715; Howard
Bungard, 712; Noyes Talcott, 40;
Gertrude Smith, 7O8; Wendell Mead,
7O7; Frank A. Rowe, 7O6; Hazel
Schneider, 7O4, and Dora Weiss, 703.
Gov. Mead has appointed the fol-
lowing delegates to the 34th annual
conference of Charities and Correc-
tions, to be held at Minneapolis,
June 18th: Rev. NJ. A. Matthews,
Seattle; Ernest Lister, Tacoma; C..
S. Reed, Superintendent of Reform
School, Chehalis; F. G. Jackson, Sc
attic; Rev. w. D. Simonds, Seattle;
DR.. Elmer E. Heg, Secretary of State
Board of Health, Seattle; l. A. Ma
deau, Director-General A.-Y.-P. Elk
position, Seattle; Rev. John Nc
Cornu, Chaplain State Penitentiary,
Walla Walla; DR.. S. B. L. Penrose,
President Whitman College, Walla
Walla, and Mrs. Ada Bush Bracket,
Hoquiam.
The excitement at Fairfax over the
disappearance of Brent A. Lindsay,
teacher of the public school at that
place, and Lawrence Mack, q youth
twelve years of age, has abated from
discovery of the parties after 121
hours of search. They were found in
an abandoned lumber camp Of the St
Paul and Tacoma Lumber Co. They
had suffered great privatiOns anc
were compelled to eat roots o.
plants and a few frogs that they
caught and devoured raw. They hae
started to walk from Fairfax II
Electron, last Friday, and had beer
nearly a week without food excep
as stated. Mack's parents formerly
resided in Olympia.
A two-story building on Jeffer
son, between Eleventh and Twelfth
streets, belonging to Thomas Swan
of Ellensburg, was wholly destroyed
by fire about one O'Clock Wednesda!
morning. The building had beer
unoccupied since vacated by Franz
Mossman some weeks ago. 1t seem
to have been without anybody +
care for its welfare, as it is reportet
the doors had been left open or ajar