Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-10-07

GENERAL SUMMARY.


grafton occurred hsse this afternoon. de.
s,royihg the immense warehouse on the
track If the Chicago, Burlington 4 Quin:
cy Rl.lroa hear Sixteenth street. with
the contents. consisting Of about $4,000
worth of produce aud merchandise of yari.
Gus hinIs stored therein and belonging to
some two hundred merchants of the civ
One man is known to have been burned to
death. Three others are missing, who.
when last seen were in the midst of the
flames, where it seemed impossible to es.
cape. The Government bonded warehouse
adjoining, containing S3,O00,0OO worth of
goods, narrowly escaped destruction. Loss
by the building, $4,000, fully insured.
The aggregate insurance on goods burned
is $4,000.
Presidcn: Grant arrived here to-day and
will remain until Tuesday, the guest of his
brother
ROCHESTER, Sept 30-Geo. II. Mum.
ford, prominent citizen of this place,
and for many years officially connected
with the Western Union Telegraph Com.
pany, died suddenly this evening Of
apoplexy. lie was attending to business
this morning.
LOWELL, (Mass.) Sept 30.-One hun
dred and ten cases of small-p have been
reported within the past ten days.
New YORK, Sept. 30-The New York
Academy of Medicine have adopted a
series Of resolutions expressing approval Of
the address of Judge Bedford to the Grand
Jury, and advocating an amendment to
the statute SO as to render abortion man
slaughter in the first degree
The Times says that whatever is effect
ually done for reform in New York must
be done in the Corporation. The mscra-
bic spectacle offered by the Republican
Convention at Syracuse is warning not
to rely on that organization alone, if We
can even rely upon it at all.
The Tammany delegates to the Roches.
ter Convention were elected in this city
o.niyht. The list is made up mainly Of
'rammany oiliceholders, but neither Tweed,
Hall, Swccny or Connolly arc of the num-
Der.
RICHMOND, Oct. IA special to the
Enquirer says Il riot occurred this even.
inS at Danvlllc, from an attempt of a mob
OF negroes to rescue negro from arrest.
After futile efforts by the Mayor to dis
pcrse the mob, the military were called
out, and the riot act read twice. Stones
being thrown at the Mayor, the military
were ordered to charge bayonets on the
mob. Ono Of the most turbulent Of the
rioters was bayoncticl, and policeman
was shot by some unknown person. There
is great excitement Stores are closed
and the people have been ordered to their
houses.
BosroN, Sept. 4Sth-John Quincy
Adams has written a letter accepting the
Democratic nomination for Governor.
NEW York, Oct. An evening paper
announces that Judge Barrett applied this.
afternoon to Judge Bixby Of the Fifty Sow
cnth street rnblc Court, for II warrant of
arrest for Mayor Hall for alleged gross mis-.
dc,nclnor in converting public funds or d.
vcrtins the same from their legitimate uso
by signing warrants for the payment of mil
lions for work which never has been done
it is said the money having been paid to
lngcrsoll, Garvcy, Miller Smith, Ballard
and others The principal affidavit is made
under the law arraiguing such crimes un-
der special section of the act of the Leg.
islaturc, which dcprivcs the guilty one Of
office, and forever prevents his holding Of
fec of any kind. 1t was sworn to by w.
s. Copcr'and. formerly assistant book
keeper in the Comp,rolcr's Office. 1t
charges that vouchers on which said war
rants were issued were fraudulent, and so
known to the Mayor. The Justice did not
feel authorized to grant a warrant. AS
some respect shoud be shown to the Off
cial position Of Hall, he would send notice
to the Mayor to appear tomorrow morning.
Should he refuse to appear, warrant Tor
his arrest would be issued II was intima-
ted that counsel will tomorrow apply for
warrants OF arrest against Tweed and 9TH
ers for traudulently appropriating the pub
lie funds.
SAN IRANCIsCo, Oct. ARRIVED bark
Milan, from Port Gamble; ID. s. WI
Hams, from Frccport; ship Coquimbo, from
Port Madison.
TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 4.-Great fires arc
raging in the woods along the Toledo and
Wabash Railroad. Hundreds of cords OF
wood and miles of fencing. arc destroyed,
with several houses, cornficlds and mead
ows. The damage amounts to many thou
sands of dollars
The World calls upon the Democratic
State Committee to pledge the Democratic
party to prompt repeal Of the city char
ter and the substitute Of new one which
will render fragrant abuses impossible.
Anything else will be mere looping off of
twigs aud branches, but this will cut up
municipal corruption at tho roots.
Smallpox is raging at Brooklyn The
yellow flag is placed in front of each build
ing where the disease exists, and general
attention has been called to the necessity
for cleanliness and proper means to pre-
vent further spread of the disease.
ST. Louis, Oct. "A bridge in course
of construction across Vcrdigris river. H.