Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1873-07-05
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NEw 1orx, June 30.--Suit has been
commenced in the Supreme Court by
A. Il. Stockwell, late President of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, to
recover 81 ,342 $40 from the company,
which it is alleged in the complaint
had been before June 10th instant
advanced to the defendants. The ac-
ton grows out of an alleged bypothe-
cation by Stockwell for the company of
$4,000 shares of stock under the act
authorizing reduction of the capitol
stock from 500, 900, 900 to SIC, 900 900,
and which the newly elected Board of
Directors refuse to accept ut the rate
OF the time TO purchase to which they
had subsequently fallen.
The first game in the billiard tour
nament this Afternoon was played be-
tween GARNER and DAILY, and resulted:
GARNER, 800; DAILY, 227. This evening
GARNER played Cryille Dion, defeated
him. This gave GARNER the first prize.
DAILY and Dion played for the second
prize, which was won by Dion.
WASHINGTON, June 30.-Receipts from
internal revenue for the fiscal year
ending today were, $115, OG7, 727. The
estimate was $11O,O00,0OO. Receipts
for June, S9,O51 sos.
1t is intended to send to West Point,
from the Ordnance Bureau, as trophy
of the war, the first gun fired in the
cause of rebellion. It was fred ut a
steamer at Vicksburg, bound for New
Orleans and supposed to have arms
and ammunition Oh board belonging to
the United States. The firing took
place several days before any guns
were fired at Uuited States forts or
troops. 1t is small four-pound can
non and was formerly the property of
the city of Vicksburg.
Death Of Jesse r.. Grant.
CINCINNATI, June 20.-Jesse II. Grant,
father of the President, died of general
debility at his residence in Covington,
Kentucky, last night. The President,
though expected in special, had not
arrived at the time of his death, which
had been hourly expected for several
days.
New YORK July 1.-Cryille Dion, has
challenged GARNER for 81 900 q side,
the championship and the cue. Ubassy
has also issued challenge to tho
champion of the world, and says he
will reside in the United States from
October 18th next, until June Is, 1874,
during which time he will be at the
disposition of any billiard player for n
match 900 points played on conse-
cutive evenings at o'clock, for SIS 900
side or rs much more as his opponent
may wish.
A dispatch from St. Johns, Newfound-
land, says the Juniata arrived there
yesterday, where her bows will he
sheathed with iron. It is expected she
will leave for Disco in two or three
days. News is expected of Buddington
at Cape York.
The Commercial this afternoon pub
lshed statement showing that the
amount voted to the Mayors Office by
the Board of Apportionment, consisting
of the Mayor, Controller Green, Pres
ident of the Tax Commission tine May
or's appointee), and the President of
the Board of Aldermen, is sec, 600, or
SIC, 900 in excess of the sum authorized
by the charter. 1t asserts that Green
has the same number of expensive ia
vorites under him that the late extra
VACANT Comptroller, Connolly, had;
that there has been little or no reduc-
ton of salaries, and that statement is
being prepared to show the frauds that
the Comptroller has palmed off on
the unsophisticated citizens of New
York.
The Sub-Treasurer paid out today
$l1 900, 900 in gold coin on account of
the July interest and S37 ,000for bonds
WAsH1NGToN, July 1.-The reduction
of the public debt for June isS 600, =
600.
President Grant has issued procla-
nation announcing that he has received
official notification that the British and
Dominion Parliaments have adopted
the necessary Legislation preliminary to
those portions of The Treaty of Wash
ington pertaining to the fisheries, and
to the relations between the United
States and the Dominion going into
effect, and that consequently they are
now in full practice.
Miscellaneous.
New YORK, June pa Washington
special says that the Mexican Border
Commission have lodged their final re-
port with the State Department. Four
hundred cases have been examined, ag-
gregating is amount only eleven mil
lions of dollars, and not fifty millions
as had been represented.
A strange mystery, involving the al
legged disappearance of 10 helpless chill
dren who had been committed as infant
paupers to public institutions on Black
wells Island, is being investigated by
the Commissioners of Charities. The
little creatures, it is said, were farmed
out to lady, and she seems to be un-
able to tell whether they are living or
dead.
Eirhty-iye hundred emirrnnfs mr.