Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-23
Great Fire in Mediisa. Ohio.

CLEVELAND, April ia reporter
from Medina. Ohio, says Il lire broke out
this morning in an old wooden building in,
the centre OF the business part of the town..
! in four hours every business block but two
was burned to the ground. There were
10 engines and the efforts Of the people.
with buckets. were Of no avail. Many
! persons were burned, some severely but no.
lives were lost. a number sscay cd but
,can,ily clothed The fire finally stopped
on the west side Of the square. after it had
destroyed three entire sides OF the square,
! including bauk, two hotels and the Ga.rtte
Office. About fifty firms and individuals
are sufferers 1t i, impossible t, tell the
amount of loss, but it is heavy aud insur.
ancc is light
i.atcr-Thc fire broke out in barber
shop about two o'clock this morning, and
is still burning. About oil the business
! houses. and the bank. have been DESTROYED
The bank was valued at Sl25, 900. with
an insurance OF $50 900. II was hoped
that one of,he buildings, atially fire prot
would arrest the flames, but at the latest
report it was all burned.
Frn:an Movements.
BosroS, April l5.-Reports confirms
the stories Of the arrival of Fcnians and
munitions Of war along the Canadian Dor
dcrs. \ gentleman connected with the
Vermont Central Railroad SAYS that for
several days there have been unusual nnm-
her of passengers carried over the road in
the direction of the border towns. and are
now scattered in small squads around Bur
lington and St Adams. The parties were
all Irish. and have been very rcticcnt with
strangers He also confirms the report of
the arrivAlnf boxe, or small arms addressed
to well known Fenian sympa'hizers in dit
fcrcnt directions, but what disposition is
to be made Of them is unknown. The
| Fcnians mem to give the Canadians con-
siderable uncasiness, even If they do not
make an actual attack. To guard against
any surprise the Dominion Government
has concentrated large bod of troops at
Montreal, and in few days there will lea
! s.ron. guard along the whole frontier.
The Fcnians of Boston are que and dis
claim all knowledge ofany project attack
on Canada. They admit, however, that
there is reason for the Canadians to be OH
! the alert at all times.
CoLrMDus, Ohio, April l7.-Both
Houses of the General Assembly held
stormy sessions last night. The House
adjourned at midnight, and the Senate at
FIVE A. NJ. In the House, the Democrats
offered II protest against the bill for the
| protection of colcrcd voters under the
Fifteenth Amendment. The Speaker pro.
TEN. ruled the protest out Of order as con-
tanning language disrespectful to other
! members. An appeal was taken from tho
decision During the discussion, McClay
and Parr, botlr Democrats, got into an al
tercaton, aud one attempted 70 strike tho
other Speaker Cunningham made an
effective speech defending his vote for tho
amendment, during which speech Barber
called the speaker liar, and shook his
fist in his facc. The excitement was IN
tense Decision of tho Speaker was sus-
tanned by vote of 40 to Al.
Executive Nominations.
WASHINGTON, April l5.-John Titus
has been nominated for Chief Justice OF
the Supreme Court of Arizona; Chas. a.
Tweed, Associate Justice. Louis ~.
Faux, of California, has been appointed
Supervisor of Internal Revenue for the
District Of California, Nevada and Arr
zoua.
| David Ecksticn Of Cincinnati, has been
confirmed as Consul at Vancouver Island,
Tho report that the House committee hao
agreed to report favorabIy on Washburns
postal telegraph bill is untrue. The taik
of members indicates disposition to 40
something in the way Of union OF the post
Office aud telegraph, but no bill whatever
has been adopted, and there will tc moro
discussion before many essential details arc
settled. .. M
New YORK, April l4.-Scvcn million
of dollars have been subscribed in this CITY,