Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-12-31

Court, in Tacoma. lueNdaN. dlrrt yea
the Olympia Gas and fowcr Oom-
puny 10 rrdrrm It's S'',o"o issue OF
bonds and paY interest To thramount
OF :6,4;2 -, nrforr Jan. lu'h' or Ia
have their property sold ny pdo.'r
auction. I" pay the creditors War
rem VI. Wooden, o. Tacoma. has h''il
appointed master OF the court To-
see that the bonds are returned ana
the interest paid, or the property
sold Jan. 10. 1910.
The >bipS' channel. connecting the
Chrh.liS river at Eima with Puget
Sound on Budd : Inlet, to which
reference was made last week, IS to pv
l. miles long and capable of floating
all decp-watcr vessels Representa-
tiVcS of the Andrews Engineering
Company of New York, are now on
the ground making preliminary
survey of the proposed rOut". This
canal will save one and a half days
time to all vessels bound 70 Southern
Coast ports from the Sound.
Rev. Henry /. Badger. once rec
tor of St Johns Episcopal Church Of
thi, city. died in Los Angeles. on the
DIST inst and WAS buried on the I'D
! from st. Paul ; Church of that city.
| His rrctOrship in this city began IN
1891 and closed in 1903, when taIilnE
health of his wife induced change
of climate as Il means OF relief. He
/ ,,,.,.l., H. hnt,a.. n horn '..l ItnlD
and Mrs. Is. $ life was doubtless pro
, longed by the change. She died four
years aftcrward. The only Surviving
relative - Miss Mary W. Badger, his
daughter.
Monday. the hearing of the mo-
tions for new trial and arrest of
Judgment were continued for one
week. Hamilton and his lawyers
were not in court. Tom Vance was
in Tacoma, attending a session of the
|. ). Court, and Judge Robinson
was IN California ana Will not return
until next month. In felony cases
the law requires the personal pres
ence OF the defendant during the en-
tire proceedings. Inns seems to DE
! 4 right which the prisoner cannot
waive. In prosecutions Tor mlsde-
meanors this rule Is relaxed.
The StatchouSe flag has been flying
at half-maSt since Sunday, out OF
respect to the memory of Charles $.
Voorhees,, who died in Spokane, al
his home, on the morning of that
day. He was for two terms Terri
torial Delegate drom 1854 to 1883,
and was powerful factor IN pro
noting Statehood IN 1889. lie was
son OF Hon. Daniel W. voorhees,
of Indiana, and graduated iron
Georgetown University in 1873 al
the age of II. Mr.. Voorhees, is sur
vived by his wife, one daughter. two
brothers and sister. The funera
services We're held Wednesday.
Judge Mitchell. Monday, refused
! to Grant a new trial to Ortis Hamil
! ton. convicted of embezzlemcnt O
the State military fund. and also ;
motion for three weeks time il
which to file atiidavits for suspende,
Judgment. which was also denied
Sentence was not passed when tn,
verdict was rendered owing to tn,
absence of Judge Robinson in Cali
fornla. The motion for a new tria
was made by his associate. attorne,
I. NJ. Vance. An appeal to the Su
preme Court, it is said. will follow
lScntcnce, when it will probabl,
await hearing till the May term.
| And now the BARRIERS of Seattl,
are on the verge of n strike over tn,
scale of wages. the op-owners wan
to reduce the guaranty of SIS pc
week to Sl4. AS they receive in adj
dition to this stated sum sixty pc
cent of all each chair earns over So
per week, it will be seen that will
an ordinary run of business the stu
alton is not alarming for the journey
men, but they claim that decrease o
business during the winter months
makes the reduction, to date at tn,
beginning of the yearof the guaranty
as particularly objectionable. 1t il
not anticipated that the trouble vii
extend here, where the rate is 81,
per week and sixty per cent. owe
$50.
Probably no man who ever resided
in Olympia received more cordia
welcome to his old home, this city
than DR.. Warren Riley, who re-
turned from ten years absence "a
Marietta, Ohio, last Friday night
and for the past week people hav,
crossed the streets, stepped out o
vehicles and rushed forward will
EXPLANATIONS of JOY to grasp tn,
hand of one who did so much in day.
agone to relieve the ills of mankind
No doctor was more prompt, Jealous
and determined in fighting disease
or more moderate in his charges fol
services to the poor in pocket TIL,
loggers lad frequent occasion for hi:
professional services as surgeon
from accidents peculiar to theil
danuerOuS calling. and they to q mar