Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-08-12


of amnesty attempted to hold q meeting
Smythc. member of Parliament, Dir.
sullivan of the Nutior and John Byrnc.
of the freshman entered the park with a
large crowd Police Superintendent Howe
ordered Smythc and his followers to desi.t
wien he was barbarous maltreated. A
fearful riot cnsucI. The police charged
upon the mob, beat and kicked men and
women and children iudiscriminately.
The fight lasted half an hour, when the
police were reinforced and succeeded in
dispensing the rioters. Smythc and Sulli.
van were badly wounded. Over one hun.
drcd injured pcrs ous were taken to the hos.
pital
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-The first claim
against the United States filed with the
British agent ia the city, under the treaty
of Washington, is that Of Jas. Cru.chell,
resident of this District, involving
large sum of money. lie is British sub.
ject, and our Government at the coul.
mcncemcnt Of the war seized his Mount
Vernon car factory, near the railroad
depot, for military purposes, by which
the machinery was rendered useless and
profitable business destroyed.
New YORK, Aug. G.-The first official
statement of the city and county debt,
which Mayor Hall announces will here.
after appear regularly on the first of
every month, was published this morning
II shows the funded debt Of the city, on
July 3lst, to be S54,33l .70S, aud the
county 81, 79l $50, from which, deduct
ing a sinking fund Of Sl8,8S0,6G1, there
remains as the net debt of the city
s6J,242,3SG; temporary debt, recoverable
by assessments on property for the i'm.
provmcnt Of which the debt was incurred
is 81 ,S24 800 and revenue bonds, to be
paid from the taxes of the current year.
amounting to So ,700, 900. The debt in
Cured for expenses growing out of the
late war is Sl2,6S3,0O0. The city cxpentli-
lures during July where S3l APO for
advertising SlO.s9l for stationery; no..
552 for salaries, and SGT ,740 for street
cleaning.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Aug. 7th.-The total
city vote is l2,949, fully an average vote.
OF this vote Leslie (Dem. )rcceived 1928;
IIarlnd (Rep,) 1851. Lcslics majority
in the city is 1921, IIarlaud ran ahead
of his ticket All the Democratic canG.
dates are elected. Returns generally show
Republican gains, and tho Republicans
conccdc Lcslie's election by 10000. The
Democratic majority in the State is vari-
ously estimated here at from 10000 to
10000, which is II fall off from Scymour's
election of 10000 to $4,000, aud 1000
to $4,000 from the last Gubcrnatori,l
election.
DUBLIN, Aug The royal visitors
left the city today. Crowds lined the
streets through which they passed, but not
a cheer was raised. The people rrcst rived
dead silence, broken only by few Kisses.
The conduct of the Prince ut Phoenix Park,
yesterday, which was denounced as brutal,
has cmbittcred the feelings Of the popula-
ton.
LEXINGTON, KY, Ang.-The election
passed off quietly until just after tho clos
Ing ofthe polls, when negro fred pistol
and produced panic among the negroes.
Some fifty pistol shots were fired, result
ing in the wounding of several negroes.
The disturbance was promptly suppressed
by the State Guard, under the orders OF
the civil authorities.
NEW YORK, Aug. THE projected
mass meeting, to enter into an examination
of the frauds on the City Treasury, for
some unexplained reason will not be held
tomorrow.
Mr.. Opdykc, Vice President of the
Chamber of Commerce. will answer tho
letter of the Mayor and Comptroller, who
invited an investigation of the books Of the
city tomorrow, giving his ideas in regard
to the manner in which the accounts of
the city and county should be examined
and discussed in the interest Of the public.
A Washington special dispatch says that
Mr. Fish will soon retire, to be succeeded
by G. w. Curtis.
An extraordinary statement is published
in the World, to the effect that Secretary
Boutwell, was defaulter to tho amount Of
sioner of Internal Revenue.
WASHINGTON, AUG. 8.-The report
recently circulated, that Charles Francis
Adams had declined the appointment Of
arbitrator under the treaty Of Washington,
is incorrect. The President today received
telegram from that gentleman, Informing
him of its acceptance.
Commissioner Pleasanton has written a
letter to rhe President, declining to resign
the Office of Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue. lie requests the President to
reconsider his determination that the in
vestigation Of the matters Of difference be-
tween himself and Secretary Boutwell, 30
referred to the Attorney General for his
legal opinion. Within two hours after the
receipt of this letter, tho President sent
him notification Of his suspension. The
immediate cause assigned is that the in
ternal revenue was not collected with etfl-
cheney, and that Pcasanton revised tho
rulings Of his predecessors in several 'm'
portant cases.