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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

A MARRIAGE BENEFIT FOR WOMEN
UNIONIsTs. One of the latest, and
we think most sensible, objects advo-
Gated by the trade-unions of Chi
cago, is to afford marriage benefits,
or dOwry, to their women members.
This effort is one of the first three of
that character ever held in this
country, two others being conducted
simultaneously in Boston and New
York. 1t is champiOned by Miss S.
p. Breckenridge, assistant dean of
the University of Chicago. She
makes strong plea in holding that
it places the marriage question upon
q secure basis. Unions have their
sick and death benefits, why should
not the weaker element of the Or
ganization have benefits, when need
ed, upon this most important step of
her own and another's life? To do
good to fellow members is the one
grand object of the Union. Why
not then provide for aid and comfort
while crossing this important line in
the career of both? She says: IF
a woman uniOnist is going to be mar
ried she must be taught that it is a
serious undertaking, but at the same
time q plan that is favored by the
organization to which she belongs,
the experience she acquires by being
a unionist and wagc-earner will en-
able her to spend the money wisely
after she is married.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

MONEY BOUGHT EvIDENCE.-O of
the most remarkable, rs well as dis
gusting, trials is now going on at
Pittsburg. Pa, in which the plain
tiff, millionaire named Hartjc, to
secure divorce from his wife, has,
it is alleged, paid large sums of money
to obtain evidence of an incriminat-
ing nature against her. One wit
ness" is said to have been paid 50, 900
fora confession" that nobody with
the slightest sense of honor could
ever have been tempted by money to
make. and which, from such despic-
able, whitc-livered miScrcant, is as
likely to be false as true. Another
furnishes letters, for pay. which de-
PENDANT denies writing, said to be of
an discriminating nature. These, too,
are more likely to be forgcrics than
genuine, from the fact that they have
had a cash value, which the long -pur-
suing plaintiff has been making lead
ing feature of this desperate game in
which everything worthy and noble
has been sacrificed to secure Sue
ceSsful issue of Il personal contest.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

ANOTHER SWIFT STEAMsHIP.-The
new steamship Mauretania, just com,
pletcd on the river Tyne, for the
Concord company, made her builders
trial trip, last Saturday, and beat
the record of the Lusitania, which
held the broom, by attaining a speed
of 1886 knots at her highest record,
against 25.5 for the former steam
ship. The new vessel is Is feet
longer than the Lusitania, making
her 775 feet in length, and five
inches deeper which makes the depth
of the new ship 34.1 feet. This
vessel and the Lusitania were built
to win back the blue ribbon of the
Atlantic fleet, and both vessels have
done it in good shape.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

THOUSANDS OF LIVES LOST BY
SToRM.-An island of the San Jose
Del Cabo group, at the mouth of the
Gulf of California, was wholly de-
stroyed with many hundred lives on
the 14th ult., by chebasco. a storm
peculiar to that district. 1t struck
the town early in the evening and
ragged all night. The wind blew from
all directions, and was followed by
a cloud-burst on Mount Lazarro,
which swept the town into the gulf.
The news was brought to San Fran
cisco by the liner Curaco, which ar
rived last Saturday.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

In BAD COMPANY. - President
Roosevelt expresses much mOrtifica-
ton that there should have been 4
furism between the Republicans and
the Hearst League in New York,
while his back was turned for short
time to shoot Il bear in the iunglcs of
Louisiana. He cannot, however, be
be more ashamed of his party for
fusing than those Democrats who
follow Hearst, are that his league
should cause them to abandon the
old party.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

MUST NOT POLITE PUBLIC WA
TERs.-The Attorney General has
instructed the Fish Commissioner
at Seattle that sawmills will have to
put in burners to dispose of their
refuse, instead of sending it adrift in
the waters of streams, lakes or the
bay, where it is known to cndanger
fish life. If this rule had been
obeyed few years ago, our annual
harbor appropriations would prob
ably not have been dropped from the
appropriation bill. At least, the re-
quest for observance of the law are
accompanied by an intimation that
failure to do so, might result in an
abandonment of the splendid harbor
plans prepared by U. S. engineers,
upon which work had begun. AS
that misfortune soon followed. after
neglect to provide burners, it is rea-
sonablc to suppose that it was the
cause
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

TIE SEIsMOGRAPH RECORDED THE
SHAKE.-Last week the government
seismographic instruments in Wash
ingtOn Indicated Il severe shake on
some part of the Earth's surface
thousands Of miles away, without
giving any definite information of the
direction from which the vibrations
came. 1t was known to be severe
from the fact that the pointer was
thrown quite Off the strip of paper
presented for the record. Several
hours afterward it was ascertained
by telegraph that the quake was in
Italy, and many towns were ruined
and hundreds of inhabitants had lost
their lives, the center of the shock
being in Calabria and island of Sicily.
Mount Etna was an active volcano
after the quake and rain fell in tor
rents.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08
Practical TREND OF EDUCATIo

Practical TREND OF EDUCATION
Normal girls are taught to sew at
Cheney in the palmer branches of
dressmaking, the board taking the
position that training for teachers
should embrace some knowledge of
the practical duties of life. This is
in keeping with the advanced ideas
of instruction which has laid the
groundwork of useful trades for the
boys as well, embracing much of the
exercise hitherto obtained from athe-
letic training. The Cheney school is
now equipped with sewing machines
as well as implements for working in
wood, and weaving.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

a FLINT-LOCK musket was found in
the Yellowstone country the last
summer, which according to all &C
counts was on the trail of the Lewis
and Clark party, and may have
been lost by them. The weapon has
a stock of mahogany badly rotted,
which cabinet-makers declare should
have withstood the elements a CEN
fury. 1t was made in Lancaster, Pa,
and persons who have examined it
declare that no firearms like it have
been made for over a century, all of
which lends semblance to the truth
of the belief that the gun belonged to
some member of the Lewis and Clark
party. The gun was lying 20 feet
from the bank of the river and partly
hidden in the soil.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

FINEST EAR" IN THE WORLD
What is said to be the best ear of corn
grown weighs % ounces, and was ex-
exhibited by b. L. Close, of Franklin,
Ind. 1t outclassed all other exhibits
for the United States. 1t bore l ,23O
kernels and as it sold for $3.50, they
were worth 20 cents apiece, or their
weight in gold.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

THE question of sca-level or lock
canal at Panama, is likely again to
arise, for the Canal Commission, in
view of the large increase in size of
late war vessels. 1t is asked that the
locks be widened to 40 feet and
heightened to 500 feet. This will
largely increase the cost of construc-
ton and probably make the differ
ence between the two systems So
small Us to vcvise the matter for fur
Their consideration.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

GRAIN AND FRUIT ARE KINGS
1t is estimated that this year the
products of the Inland Empire"
"a term that comprises Eastern
Washington, Northern Utah, West
ern Montana, North Eastern Oregon
and South Eastern British Columbia.
which have Spokane for their trade
aggregate the immense
sum of $l28, 500, 600, which amounts
to s2O7.7O for every man, woman
and child. The per copit" of the
United States in 1904 was $3.50.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08
1T ashin0ton $ tandard
OLYMPIA. WASH.
rEIhii MORNING AOlKNBER \. l90I.
Wall Street 6 smbiers and Fiat Money

VI 4 Ia. 4 ,nt NV
In IT," hn> thrr" Was r"n>ld"rHh.''
d>'r.~>iuu. par'irular,N aniur% TIE
Wa street t,uAn,."r~. a'r.1 tt'
power al tir 3nNrtllN' ~ :" 49, 90
tat money ami >'Iinp II with i'>
promises t" pay Those tinan"l"r>
IN Iln tirk DAYS 81 our r"rut't".
hearted their g''d. refused /" al
."" H'.'' N4n I" idnd.r II Tor liz
pHp 49, OF maintaining the integrity
a. thr nation. whl." t!'' boys ii n.t.r
facing death TN iiN" hundred tatti"
fields. i''riui.y accepted tn" green
hA'n> Tor their services. when gold.
arc"rdln% /" III" reckoning ON this
paper valuation. was worth s. - ON
III" dollar. 1t - further noted that
those hnan'1ai Gamblers afterwards
c"rralcd iar"" amounts of TINS paper.
while 1t stood deprecated IN the
money markets. of the world, bought
government bonds, payahl" in gold.
With IA" very currency which they
had claimed the government had no
rl%ht To issue. Then they went de-
llberatcly to work to a>Sail the in
t"grity of the grccnback by dcmonc-
thing silver. The panic Of 1913
followed: great distress prevailed
throughout the land. Later this
gang of frcebooters, in the Bryan
campaign were loud in their de-
nunciatiOns against the issuance of
fiat money through the rcmonitiza-
tion Of silver or otherwise. and called
the Kansas populiSts long-haircd IA
natics and anarchists. because they
claimed money to be a creature of
law, regardless of the tokens that
may be- employed as Il medium of ex-
change.
Time works changes. and it makes
great difference whose foot is
pinched. On the 14th day of last
March, certain corporations and in
tereSts controlled bv the Rockefeller
crowd. were indebted to English
capitalists in the amount of seventy
millions of dollars, who wanted their
money as the loan was then due.
The promisors and their New York
banks hadn't the money with which
to meet this debt, being loaded up
with corporate stocks and bonds
which the public refused to buy. as
SO many of the small and middle
class investors had been outrageous
ly swindled by these magnates of
high finance. The corporations and
financial institutions, controlled by
this piratical crew, unloaded three
billions of dollars in stocks and
corporate securities on the market,
in order to raise this seventy mil
lions of dollars, but did not succeed
until the u. S. Treasury Department
came to their relief, taking this
paper as security for the money ad-
vanced.
Ordinarily seventy millions of dol
lars was not very large sum for the
Rockefeller crowd to raise. but il
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

Miss Ethel Roosevelt, daughter OF
the President lately had an operation
performed on her nose, at the EpiS.
copal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital,
in Washington. The President was
at the hospital during the operation,
which lasted an hour, and Mrs. Roose.
welt remained all night.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08
S mpiy a B3bble in Financ' =.

;l. "n4oit. Gals an impa>~r.
which word may not ir found in Eng
U>h dictionaries. hat thu context
shows. uc::> :. helpless or CON
strained purjiti"n. resulting from
force. of circumstances following the
scare in New York. whereby an on
der NJ >cut forth - collect every
81" ar from IL. parts Of III" country
and forward i; ny express to New
York The order. SAYS that paper.
WAS enforced ri~orouSlv in every city
ami town. AZ every railway station.
at every express uilrr'. thruu|!uu'
TIM West and South Not only ST.,
hat Wi'h the iny"i,r.> or bills OF lad
inw comes the command to collect in
money the additional fee for payment
of the express charges on tie money
to New York. No railroad agent is
allowed Ia deposit lis collections in 4
local bank. for New. York exchange.
bat every one is ordered 10 ship his
money to New York by express.
And the bill, Of the West and South
are ignored. and they cannot get
back Il single dollar. Wheat bills
and lumber bills and cotton bills and
corn bills and cattle bills are moth
ing. New York. center of American
finance. head of banking and railway
and express and mercantile business,
is taking in money by forciblc pro-
process; and not paying it out. on
any process.
This is given as the justification
for the Oregon executive. extending
the holiday season in that State on
Monday last, and announcing his in
tentiOn to declare such action from
day to day, till the necessity for it
shall no longer appear. 1t is only
sclf-protcction. safety for the de-
position as well as the depository, that
impcls this action of the individual
seltishncss to protect the public self
The money of the banks of the West
is to 4 large extent paid out to float
the vast products of the country to
u distant market The announcement
of three grain carriers last week tax
ing $61S, 900 worth OF wheat in three
days would ordinarily Indicate pros
porous times, but it now means the
tying up of large sum of money to
await the return of its value by the
ordinary methods of trade This
condition shows that in 4 very pal
pable degree there is such q condi-
ton as being property poor.-bank-
rupt- with valuable, but for the
time valueleSS assets. Hence it is
the duty Of everybody to accept the
situation with patience and cqua-
nimity. If depositors cannot get
their money from banks, it is a
guaranty that there can be no run
on the institution, and that there is
enough Of stability back of it to
guaranty full payment when condi-
tons and values resume their normal
place.
So we will hope, with the Orgonian
that the imp"ssc will pass away and
leave the sunburst of prosperity I'M
covered by a single cloud.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

THE Sunday Olympian gravely re-
marks that q Seattle Autor's Con
fuy pshrdled on a Southern trip.
But it doesn't say whether anybody
was killed or injured.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

THE DATE Is AT LAST FIXED-Sec
rotary Metcalf has definitely an
nounced that the Atlantic feet will
leave Hampton Roads, Dec 10th,
for their cruise to the Pacific. 1t is
also assured that the President has
decided that the fleet shall remain
on this side the continent but ninety
days, which gives rise to the old
jingling inquiry
"If it is SO soon to be done for,
Oh what is it begun for?"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

THE Seattle RentOn and Southern
Railway was 1T" Wednesday, when
Charles A. Russell was declared en-.
titled by the Supreme Court to $500
damages for personal injuries re-
ceived in a collision at Atlantic City,
Aug. 9th, which was followed by
like award to Lawrence V. Jordon
for similar accident on the 10Th of
the same month.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08
A Rich Mans Panic.

Among the several names applied
to the present Tor shall we say late)
financial upheaval. it seems to us
that the one used by the Omaha
H"1H. " Il rich-man $ panic. but no
less gamblers panic because played
for higher stakes, is the most APP
propriatc. 1t says farther that the
banks and trust companies that have
failed, up to that date. are located at
the places where gambling has ever
been carried on in most extensive
way. in all sorts of stocks. The
banks have learned an inpol tant
lesson from observation of the re-
suits of trade unions. and they now
have formed one of their own. and
the neither milestone, at this time. is
made to grind the whole griSt
Hitherto to refuse to pay IL deposition
his money on demand, meant closure
Of doors and appointment Of receivers.
Now New York (or rather Wall
street, sets the example, Chicago fol
lows it. then comes San Francisco,
Portland, Seattle. Tacoma. Olym-
pia and Elma, and possibly others
down to the curb-Stonc broker. FIX
ample seems to Justify what would
have been Il crime. Il little while ago.
precedent excuses the inconvenience
and damage resulting from having
one S money tied up as securely as if it
had been taken from him by jimmy
and drill, and business is disarranged
and much of it lost from this novel
eXpcdicnt to prevent u run on any
individual bank The board
eXpedient which makes such IN act
burden to all belonging to it, was
commcndablc and praiscworthy, but
we cannot say as much for Il course
that compcls the issue of scrip, no
matter how well it may be claimed
that it is secured. The 81 ccrtiii-
Gates or blue backs are already
in circulation, but it is found that
nobody is willing to give currency
in making change for the promises
to pay, and it is now planned to put
on 81 and 81 bills, and probably
fractional currency of still lower de-
nominations, TO keep the actual
money in the vaults, where it will be
boarded for an indefinite period.
Our business men have resolved to
give the plan Il fair and friendly test.
and the blues go in trade.
1t may be, however. that this
stress will not be of long duration.
for already many millions in gold are
over from England to relieve the
stringcncy and last Wednesday the
Trust Company of America and the
Lincoln Trust Company made ar
rangmentS to meet all demands to |
the extent of their liabilities and |
will continue their business us usual |
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

EVEN reSOlute Seattle has been
compelled to 60 on warrant
basis, so far as the banks are con-
cerned, at least, and now clearance
house checks are used instead of
coin. as q Temporary currency.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

y CORRESPONDENT asks how to pro-
nounce the name of the State Arkan-
sas. The best answer we can give
is pronounced Ar-kan-saw, which
form is authorized by law, accent on
the first syllable, but elsewhere it is
very generally called Arkansas, ac
cent on the second. The former is
doubtless correct. for the name was
derived from q specific tribe of In
dams, by the Algonquins, and passed
through the French etymology, be-
fore the Louisiana purchase was con-
summated in 1903. from Napolean.
1t is an adage When in Rome, do
as Romans do, which would be q
safe course within the State, and may
be applied as well to places which
have given Il preference for the
Angliciscd form of pronunciation of
the name.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

THE California Fruit Growers En-
change have formed a corporation
with capital of 5000 to make
their own boxes for fruit shipments.
The consolidation of so-called box.
trust and advancement of prices led
to this.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

a VEGETABLE gardener near Taco
ma has realized $705 from one acre
of celery this summer. The cost of
raising was small and he found Il
ready market for it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

A YOUNG couple living on adjoin-
ing farms, in Grecnup county. Ky,
last week eloped and attempted to
get married, but were refused because
they were both under sixteen Years
OF age. The parents refused to allow
them to see each other, but the boy
managed some way to get 4 bottle of
carbolic acid to her. Both agreed to
take it if another appeal failed. The
parents were obdurate, and the child
rem ended their lives. In the girls
room note was found telling just
what they had done.
=
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

Mrs. Jackson, wife of Evangelist
S. w. Jackson, is engaged in raising
a $4,000 subscription for building u
parsonage for the Christian Church.
She raised 1852 in about two hours
last Friday. And although illness
has somewhat intcrfercd with her
philanthropic work, she declares she
will have the entire sum raised be-
fore the close of this week
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

THIS issue Of the STANDARD closes
volume and its 47th year of publ
cation. 1t has during that extended
period never missed a number.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08
ROBBERS TAKE GOLD TEETH

ROBBERS TAKE GOLD TEETH AS
Booty Never be elated over the
chagrin of footpad. 1t is in the
antique chronicles related that an
old-time newspaper man in Seattle
was vigorously kicked, by a brace of
that gentry. who found only lone
nickel in his pocket when held up on
his way home at night. a similar
instance comes from St. Louis, and
it was again 4 newspaper man in
VOWED, who could not resist smiling
at the discontinue of a pair of
road-agents who had held him up
under precisely the same circum
stances. The smile betrayed the
possession of a pair of gold teeth,
when the robbers immediately pried
open his mouth and expeditiously eX-
tractcd the valuable molars. to add
to the value of their swag.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

liz looks as if the sturdy yeomanry
of the Blue Grass State are getting
to take sugar in theirn" from the
election returns received this week.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

DELEGATES from forty-two States
met in Chicago last week to discuss
the matter of trusts and the course
necessary to curb their unboundcd
r.,nu,ity
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

THE State is doing business on q
strictly cash basis. Checks sent the
Treasury are returned with the in
formation that nothing but coin or
paper currency will be accepted.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

ROOSEVELT favors new rank to
be created of Vice Admiral, to be
assumed by Rear Admiral Robley D.
Evans on his great western cruise.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-11-08

INFECTION AND "CoNTAGI0N -
THEIR DIFFERENCE.-T use of the
words cOntagion" and Infection"
are SO nearly synonymous, in general
conversation, that now, when the
bubonic plague is the subject of fire.
quent comment, it may be well to
consider the shade of difference in
their meaning. Infection is the COM
munication of taint by morbific par
ticlcs. through the air, without con-
tact with the person or object SINH
larly affected. Infection may be car
ricd in the miaSmas of swampS, or
CARNATIONS from putrid or dccaying
substances. Contagion, often used
as a synonym, more properly fills
the duty of classifying those afllic-
tiOns that are communicated by con-
tact, or catching as it is gcner-
ally expressed. 1t applies to the
more material conditions of cause
and effect, while Infection may en-
brace abstract ideas and refer to
communication of like qualities or
influence to character. for good or
bad. 1t refers to the spiritual, as
well as the material conditions of
life. For instance, we may say,
His zeal is an infection for his fell
lows, or Through all her train the
soft infection ram Grief or JOY are
said to be Infectious, rather than
contagious, unless, indeed, it is that
rollicking kind of emotion that is
communicated through acts rs well
as by word and manners.