Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-06-18

to Wlther and die within a year or
So Whether it is true or not, time
will tell.
Last evening about 9 o'clock. one
of the big corkelm shade trees
which have stood nearly half a cen
fury fronting what is popular!y
known as the Prdth~r corner, on
Fourth and Washington streets, and
had been left partially cut down by
the shade-trce marauderS, fell with
a crash. striking the rear of the
courthouse: the top resting on the
wide projecting cOrnice saved the
windows from destruction, and as
far as can be seen saving the build
ing from the slightest damage. The
top branches of the tree aided some
what in sustaining the weight of the
tree trunk, but closed the whole
street temporarily 20 travel.
To-day, the 26th instant, the
dairy and fruit demonstration car of
the State College. will arrive in this
city and remain long enough to give
a lecture from the car and a compre-
hensive display of those products
The car starts from Vancouver, on
Monday, the 2lst, stopping at Ridge
field and Woodland the same day; at
kalama. KelsO, Castle Rock. Win
lock, Chehalis and Centralia, Tues
day; Adna. Dryad, Pc Ell. Francis,
Menlo and South Bend, Wednesday,
Gray S Harbor country on Thursday,
and to-day the train arrives here and
passes on to Orting. Buckley and
Enumclaw. The Chamber of Com
merce is making arrangements for
reception of the demonstrators. The
exhibition cars will arrive about 8
O'Clock this morning.
The STANDARD is in receipt OF in
formation to the effect that Judge
James b. Rcavis, who recently be-
came insane il the city of Seattle,
was in the seventies, engaged in
newspaper business with Mr.. Viii
liam n. Hensley at Columbus Ne
braska, editing the Coiuntbus Era, the
first Democratic newspaper pub
lished in that city; that ReaviS was
well thought of in that locality as a
good man and a vigorous writer. 1t
has been reported in Olympia within
the past few days that prior to the
Judges incarceration in the Stella
COON asylum, he became violent at
times. and his young son was once
Obliged to interfere in order to pre-
vent Reavis from doing harm to HIM
self and wife. 1t seems that for
sometime prior to this attack of in
sanity Reavis had been in failing
| health
! Freeman Brown. an Old-timer who
came to the coast far back as 1854,
has been in the city for about ten
days. He expects to take trip
East in the near future In early
days in ThurstOn county MIR. Brown
performed the Office of pedagogue,
and was proficient in enforcing disci-
pline in his calling. which may be
substantiated by many living wit
resSes in this vicinity. Oflate years
MIR. Brown has been living in Ia
coma. where he now owns two houses
bringing him a good rental. About
two years ago, near Kennewick, he
purchased a ten-acre tract of land
for $3.50, on which he spent much
time and effort in improving and re-
Gently sold the same for 81, 900. The
life of Mr.. Brown has been a useful
one. and now in his old age, rs a
matter of compensation according
to the law of divine economy, he
feels the time for relaxation and ra-
tional enjoyment is at hand.
The appointment of w. w. Hop
kins as Cashier and Auditor of Sec
rotary of State |. NJ. Howell has
been made. He succeeds Frank
HOughtOn, who has also resigned to
assume position a step higher
with increased salary and emolu-
ments. How perfect this system of
rotation has grown under ring ma
nipulation! No sooner does an Of
flee become vacant from any cause
than there is general advance
ment from low to higher positions.
like, for an apt illustration, the
monkey and the pole: the higher
they climb the better you can see
them-in detail Hopkins chief ac-
quirement is to provide for distribu-
ton of leaves and fishes" and the
devil take the taxpayer. 1t was I'M
der his manipulation that the policy
of " addition, division and silence"
resulted in an increase of indebted
ness of $50, 900 county warrant in
debtedness in less than year, and
the silence" part of it was the most
effective aid. Hopkins is more
partisan than honest - hence his
ability to ride over the shoulders of
better men in his own party.
In the personal injury case of
James Lasityr versus the City of
Olympia. tried in the Superior Court
this week, Judge Mitchell followed
the new law requiring instructions to
be prepared and given to the jury
prior to the arguments of the cOun-
sci; the jury being allowed to take
the instructions and consider same
while celebrating upon the testi-
mony in the jury room. Heretofore
the instructions were read to the
jury after the arguments, and with
held from the jury's possession.
There are differences of opinion
among lawyers whether this new law
is any improvement on the old
method; but it seems 10 give the ben
eft of the Judges view of the law be-
fore the lawyers commence their dis
cussiOns, and afford the jurors the
opportunity of refreshing their men,
cries as to the legal propositions EN-
braced in the written instructions
1t is safe to predict this new method
has come to stay; as under the for
mer practice lawyers in their adj
dresses to the jury have on occasions
advanced certain legal propositions
which proved to be in conflict with
parts of the instructions. Yesterday
the jury failed to agree on a verdict.