Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-11-18
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
STATE OF WISCONSIN.

ply OF clothing on hand, or in transit aud
ready for shipment, will be sufficient for
sufferers by fire 10 this State. No further
contributions Of this kind are needed now.
icur generosity has comfortably clothed
the needy for the winter. They would
not tax your liberalty a moment longer
than necessary, and gratefully thank you
for your liberal and timely aid.
(Siened LUCUs FAIRCUILp. Gov.
ATLANTA, (Ga.), Nov. S.-The Senate
has passed resolution denying the exist
cnce OF ku klux. A committee was ap.
pointed to summon the Judge of the
Superior Court as a witness, and Offering
legislative aid to enable the committee to
get all the facts of the alleged disorder.
The House passed bill repeating the act
to prevent the collection Of taxes of 1868
and 1869.
ALBANY, Nov. s.-Thc Ercn;ng Jour.
nal figures as follows: For Senate, "a
Republicans. six Democrats, and two Re.
form Democrats. For Assembly, 90 Re.
pubicans, 33 Democrats and five Reform
Democrats.
WASHINGTON, Nov. S.-Vincent Col.
yer received letter from Indian Agent
Stout, dated ella River, Oct. 18th. com.
planning that white men at the head of the
ella River had taken water for themselves.
so that the Indians were deprived of
their irrigating grounds. Chief Chin
kum announced his intention of asking
permission to drive the whites off. The
Indians will have to move away il the
water does not come, or else starve These
tribes heretofore have been peaceablc.
They claim lands on which the whites are
now settled.
New YORK, Nov. 1.-THE committee
appointed to investigate the ale scd cleo.
ton frauds in Brooklyn are said to have
made startling discoveries. The testimony
will not be made public until some action
is taken against the guilty parties.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1l-Some of the
best talent in the United States is expected
to be present at the Labor Reform Convcn.
ton, on December 5th. Already some
four or five hundred credentials have been
mailed by influential sympathizcrs.
North 9 rolina dispatches report that
the United States Court at Raleigh had
sentenced large number of the Ku Klux
to the Pcnitentiary. On Wednesday
twcnty-one arrests were made The poo
pie are fleeing rapidly.
Judge Carter, of the District Supreme
Court, decided to-day that women do not
have the right to vote. The plaintiffs
were two women denied the right Of sus.
rage. 1t is understood that the case will
be carried to the United States Supreme
Court.
The following proclamation has been is
sued by the President:
WHEREAS, by the act of Congress en-
titled IAN act to enforce the provisions of
the Fourteenth Amendment to the Con.
sitution Of the United States and for other
purposes" approved April 20, 1871, power
is given to the President Of the United
Stated, when in his judgment the public
safety requires it, to suspend the privilege
of habcas corpus in any State, or part of
State, now, therefore, l, Ulysses S. Grant,
President ofthe United States of America,
by virtue of authority vested in me by tho
Constitution and the acts of Congress aforc.
said, hereby declare, in my Judgment.
that the public safety especially requires
that the privileges of the writ of habeas
corpus be suspended, to the end that rebel
lion may be ovcrthrown, aud do hereby
suspend the privilege of the writ of habcas
corpus within the county of Union, in the
State of South Carolina, in regard to all
persons arrested by the Marshal of the
United States for said District of South
Carolina, or by any of his deputies, or by
any soldier or citizen acting under orders
of said Marshal, deputy or military officer
within said county, charged with any vio-
lation of the act Of Congress aforesaid dur
ing the continuance of such rebellion.
In witness whereof, have hercunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed. Done at the city of
Washington this 10th day of November,
in the year Of our Lord 1871, and of the
independence Of the United States the
ninety sixth. (Signcd)
U. s. GRANT,
President Of the United States.
HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1.-THE health
report to-day shows one hundred deaths
from smallpox during the week. The
number OF cases under treatment has
largely decreased.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 1.-Two passenger |
cars were thrown from the track of the |
North Missouri Railroad, near Wellsville,
last night. Two persons were killed and |
twenty or thirty wounded, several it is
feared MORALLY. No details have been re.
ceived.
The Ayalanche's jackson, Mississippi,
special tonight says the election was the
most orderly ever held in the State. Semi.
official returns show that the House is Re.
publican by sixty-one to fifty.three Demo.
Gratis and Independent. For the Senate
the Republicans have twenty -four; Demo
Gratis, tweIve-a large Democratic gain.
Governor Alcorn will resign in few
days, preparatory to taking his seat in the