Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-29

them i JOYOUS and prosperous welded
.jtr
Samuel {. Woodruff has been Of
i"rrd III" place Of Superintendent of
til" i""hl" minded ward of the East
rrn Washington Hospital for the In
sane. hitherto filled by Jesse K.
/ l'rifchard. who has resigned. Sam
i we'll qualified for just that kind of
service. 10y his long experience in
the Western Asylum of this State,
and is man who all delight to ac-
cord any position of honor and trust.
Mrs Sylvia l.. Bryant, of Port
| land. an incoming passenger on the
Greyhound. last Saturday, left her
purse containing $5O on the seat
while putting on her wraps 1t was
found by officers of the boat and re-
turned to her at the kneeland. but it
had been " touchcd by some Raj
files and so distracted before re-
turned to the place where it was
later on found. Why he did not ap-
propriate the whole amount is Il
query which puzzles most people.
Union THANKSGIVING services We're
held in st. John Church. last even
inm. The services We're conducted
as follows: Invocation prayer. Rev.
K. NJ. Hayes; Hymn, odd Hun
drcd:" Scripture lesson, Rev. tobt.
Cooper; The Apostles Greed. Rev.
X. Morris Prayer. Rev. f.. l..
Swick; Reading of Presidents proc
lamation. Rev. W. s. Crockett; Ma
tional anthem. America Sermon.
Rev. J. W. Flcshcr: Hymn and col
lection of aims: Doxoloyy; Bcncdic
ton.
Val Milroy recently arrived in
Olympia. after having spent about
four months time at Nome, Alaska.
and vicinity. He reports that Nome
is rather Il tlourishing community.
Thomas NJ. Reed. Jr.. is practicing
law and expects to make quite Il
stake if successful in certain mining
litigation. Joseph Chilbcrg gained
his lawsuit in the townSite case,
which ncttcd him about 1000. Joe
keeps IA coffee and tea store, and
incidentally deals in Indian and
Eskimo curioS. He and his family
live in the second story of the store
building.
There was almost rebellion in
the pest house, Saturday. rom some
mistake with regard to the supply Of
food furnished rhcSe patients every
day. 1t seems that some one blum
dered, and when DR.. Kincaid, the
Health Officer, appeared, on his reg
ular round of inspection, the patients
were furious until he had explained
that their order had been turned
in" as usual. and somebody else was
to blame 1t may be, however, that
his disaster on reaching the wharf
being blown overheard to the mud
fiats-was the termination of the
tempest they had raised, which had
not yet wholly subsidized.
Judge @. V. Linn of the Superior
Court has cited Attorney Robinson
to appear and answer for contempt
of Court. next Monday, before a
Judge of another district. This ac-
ton is based on an assault upon the
integrity of the honorable court, in
a declaration that its action in dis
position of 81, 250 63 which had been
paid into the registry of the Court.
pending settlement of garnishment
proceedings of SOrensOn rs. Cunning
ham. was To pcrpctuate fraud.
and that an order of the Court was
made fraudulently and for the pur-
pose of dcpriving certain lOggerS of
said funds. From the nature of
the case, and that Judge Linn will he
a witness in his own behalf. an out
side Judge will be asked to preside.
| While we cannot sanction mObbing
of Holy Rollers, or any other cult, no
matter how grotcsquc their methods
may seem, but we do object to chill
dren being led ON to the emotional
experience that constitutes the out
ward show of their religious belief.
There have been instances. it is
charged, during the short expert
ence here, wherein little girls of ten
and twelve years of age have been
placed under the hypnotic power OF
these leaders and laid for hours in a
semi-cOnscious and dazed condition.
This should not be allowed. but the
parents should be the ones to place Il
restraint upon their children, or the
high priests of that grOtesque form
. of religion, or both, and the public
, will saw amen" But let there be
: no further rowdyism. MartyrdOm
only serves to enlist sympathy,
whether deserved or not.
/. The four Japs arrested some time
ago for violation of the State fishing
2 law, were to have given bonds to await
trial by the Superior Court on Dec.
10th. The arrest was made under
the law prohibiting fishing on Satur-
days, in order. it is assumed, thai
the greater work of packing the fish
be not carried on Sundays. So far
in the preliminary trial, the only re
suit has been q wrangle of attorneys
! as to who is amenable for violation Of
law, the owner of the license under
which the fishermen were working
,. or the men under arrest, caught il
violation of law. The suit will prob
ably turn upon a test OF validity o
: the law. Vance a. Mitchell appear
= for the defendants and y. NJ. Troy
n Prosecuting Attorney, for the State
y The penalty is fine in any sum be
j. tween $3.50 and $1,000. The jap
have since taken leg bail and departed
g for parts unknown. They would prob
y ably have been held to answer in tn
S Superior Court, had they appeared a
the continuance in the Justice Court
y The Justice has, however, the sum o
800 taken from them when arrested
and this will probably be all the out
ragged law will see out Of it.
II The severest storm for many
If year was that of last Saturday. TIL
:, rainfall was large but the swiftnes
n of the wind is what caused the mos
e comment and Inconvenience. Wire
were Frustrated. fences and shed