Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-03-29
WHAT OUR FATHERS READ ABOUT
IN THIS PAPER FIFTY YEARS AGO


From The Washington Standard for
Saturday Morning, March d, 1868.
Vol. VIII. No. 81.
Scd Calamity-The home of r. s. |
More. ESQ.,, of Steilacoom was de-
stroyed by fire on the evening of the
21st. during the temporary absence
of the grown members of the family, |
and, sad to relate, the youngest child,
some 10 months old. was burned to
death. It appears the children, four
in number. were put to bed by the
parents before they left the house,
leaving a coal oil lamp burning by
the bedside. The oldest of the chill
dren, boy some eight years of age,
arose for some purpose and In NOV
ing the lamp it exploded. setting the
bed clothes on fire. The boy succeed
ed in taking the children from the
bed and in extinguishing, as he sup
posed, the flames. The children re-
turned to bed, when the fire broke
out anew and in the second flight the
! youngest child was forgotten and
persisted in the flames.
/ l.. Bettman, Esq, returned from
San Francisco by Saturday evenings
stage, whittier he has been to pur-
chase his spring supply Of goods.
A 70O-ton bark Is being built at
Port Ludlow.
The U. 8. district court has been
lin session four days the past week,
Io0mmeuCing ON Monday. during
which time the business Of the term
has been transacted.
| The Mails Again The Portland
| mail failed to connect on Thursday
evening. Must we 90 down on our
knees to His Serene Highness Postal
Agent Brooks before we can obtain
redress? We hope our people will
continue to petition, demonstrate and
cuss. until they get what the gov
leSnment intends them to have In the
| way Of mail service between these
two points.
| Spiritualism come to grief-A lee
turer on spiritualism advertised to
address the people Of this place in
olympic hall last Sunday afternoon.
The time came-so did the believers
and : goodly sprinkling Of outside
LbArbarians'' also the speaker.
hut 10! and behold! when he At
tempted to address the audience the
spirits failed to inspire. He sat
down and the audience dismissed
themselves under the decided impress
sion they had been sold"
Water works-We learn from Mr..
Struve. who IL here attending the
term Of the district court. that a
company has been organized in Van
couver to bring water into town. The
water will be brought from q dis
lance Of four miles east Of vanccu-
Iver.
We learn that Mr.. John Locke
was shot ct and slightly wounded IN
the breast by some would-be assassin
lin Steilacoom . few evenings ago.
The kingdom of Bavaria II smaller
than the state Of New York and YET
it, standing army numbers 100000
men.
The nre ordinance, organizing
"Columbia Fire Company No. l" Of
the town Of Olympia. Is published II
this issue.
Chicago. March 20.-The action o.
the house committee on foreign af
fairs In postponing consideration o.
the Alaska appropriation excitei
considerable comment. BY the termi
of the treaty the purchase money Il
required to be paid ct the treasur!
in Washington 10 months after thu
ratification. The Publications wer'
exchanged on the goth of June last
and the 10 months expire April goth
long before the committee proposed
to even consider the matter AL
efforts to induce the committee t
consider the matter. All efforts t
induce the committee to consider it
action failed. A Times special say
one member declares that they wan
the thing to 60 by default. SO IS t
give Secretary Seward slcp in tn
face.