Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-02-14

hospital fur Treatment.
In this city. three other homes
w~rr placed under quarantine against
the spread of smallpox. those of a..
u. Lopez. 81. of Wc>tSidr. of Clyde
I,uo1. thr residences Of ]. =. Carr. on
West Fourth street and of W. Myers
ou Seward street. il having been
discovered that members Of these
i.ui,ir> had been >trathiiy visiting
the I."prr home. where ca>cS of the
disease had trcn quarantincd. This
prrcaution will exist for ten days.
10 guard against any poSSi bic danger
Of spread Of the dread disease,
|, is reported that the Federal
authorities are disposed to sanction
the use of the capitol land grant
funds for building an eXccutiv" resi-
drncr and rapair of the tcinr9Hry
capitol. as provided by act of the
/ Legislature. masking an appropriation
thrrcfrom for those purposes. lGubt
as to the legality OF the law has
stood in the way of sale of the bonds,
thus far, but Il letter TO Assistant
Attorney General Falknor suggests
a way of removing such stumbling
blocks us may have arisen.
y meeting will be held in the city
hall this afternoon. by citizens inter
cStcd, to hear the report OF their
committee appointed to investigate
the relative merits of various forms
of street paving. 1t has been ascer-
tanned that splendid paving called
| the llaSSam, made by company at
Wooster. Mass. can be laid here at
from - to - - per square yard. 1t
is a special form of concrete and is
said to be practically waterproof
macadam highway. A representa-
tive of the company is here to eX-
plain its merits.
Hon. r. ID. Moore will deliver an
address before the Equality Club. to-
morrow Saturday evening. at Ra-
beck hall. the 18th being the ami
verSary of the great promoter of wO-
man suffrage. Susan b. Anthony
This good and grand woman was 4
guest at the Moore home. many
years ago, when she visited this
city and addressed the Legislature,
in company with Mrs 4. J. Duni-
way, another ifc-long advocate of
political equality. Mr.. Moore is
thoroughly capable of treating his
subject with all the force and elo-
qucnce it deserves. and it is hoped
| the hall will be crowded to hear him.
Last Monday, in the Superior
Court, a motion was interposed by
the defendants attorney to re-tax
costs in the case of Leopold Schmidt
against the Olympia Light and
Power Company. Under the ruling
of the Supreme Court the defendant
recovered costs before that tribunal
and the plaintiff, Schmidt, in the
lower court, had Judgment for his
costs and disbursements. Judge
Linn decided that the travelling ex-
penses and hotel bills with the stem
ographer's fees, were proper items of
disbursements, within the meaning of
the statute; allowed same to be taxed
against the company for the taking
of Il deposition in plaintiffs behalf at
| Portland
Attorney General Atkinson an
nouLces that I. B. Knickerbocker,
of King county, will succeed A. ].
FalknOr, as his assistant. 1t seems
that he had previously consulted the
Railroad Commission, and practically
placed the selection at their option,
but that body called Mr.. Atkinson S
attention to the fact that by express
provision of law, the Attorney Gen
eral selected by the people is the
legal representative of the Commits
sion, and they proposed to leave the
responsibility where it rightfully be-
longs, and it is probably in COM
pliance with this opinion that Mr..
Atkinson announces that he will as
sumo the legal work of the Commits
sion, leaving it to his newly appoint
ed Assistant to write the general
opinions requested of the Office Mr.
knickerbOcker is a resident of Sc
attic, and State Senator from King
county.
Last Sunday afternoon, at the
Olympia Theater, a fair-sized audi
ence assembled to listen to Lawyer
Edwin ]. Brown of Seattle. discuss
Anarchy, Socialism and Law. "
The speaker said that anarchy is not
sOcialistic but antagonistic. The
anarchists did not believe in govern
ment, while the Socialists advocated
government by extending its func-
tions, in which the whole people may
cooperate for the general good of all,
by giving each man and woman the
full value of his or her social labor,
thus eliminating interest, rent and
profit which are exploiting the work
ing-class and producers of all wealth.
Mr.. Brown observed that according
to the ancient Babylonian Code,
which had recently been brought to
light, that if woman gave her hus-
band cause for divorce, at the cleo
ton of her spouse, she could be COM
PEELED to serve as his slave, if he saw
tit to take another wife. II q Judge
passed an erroneous Judgment, he
was compelled to make treble resti-
tuition to tho Injured party. and was
forever disqualified from holding pub
lie office. If a doctor was guilty of
an unskillful operation upon a patient,
the physicians hand was chopped
off. Mr.. Brown said he would give
J. Pierpont Morgan credit for be-
ing fair in his last public statement,
when he announced that capital and
labor must fight, that the workers
must accept the wages offered or
Starve.
| Death Of A. B. Cowles.
One OF our older and most respect
ed citizens, A. B. Cowles, died at
his home on Washington street, near
Union, Sunday evening, after an i'll,
ness of several years, of cancer oil