Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-08-15

Association closed to-day. "Gold-
smith Maid beat the best time Oh rec
ord, trotting a mile in 2:15a. Twenty
thousand persons were present. "Gold-
smith Maid" accompanied by run
ming horse, was trotted two heats for a
purse of 50 600, to beat her own time,
PIG. The second heat was accom-
plished in 2:15ll, amid deafening APP
plause.
Riot at Memphis, Tennessee.
MEMPHIS, August S.-The following
is an authentic account of the troubles
at Somerville yesterday: Much bad
feeling had been engendered by the
election, and negroes had attended
heavily armed, and made threats to
burn the town. A prominent negro
politician, Cash Warren, who had been
abusing son of Mayor Hcndon, yes
terday on the street, snapped Il pistol
twice in the Mayors face. The Mayor
then drew pistol and shot him dead.
Several shots were fired simultaneous
ly by the friends of the Mayor. The
negroes accused one Oscar Burton of
firing the shot that killed Warren, and
when heappeared on the streets the po-
lice attempted to arrest him. He re-
sisted and they fired on him. He re-
turned the fire and inflicted mortal
wounds on Albert and Paul Reeves and
dangerous one on Judge Reeves. A
party of negroes then opened fire on
him, but us yet none of the thirteen
wounds received are fatal.
The Riot Stoned
August S.-Parties from Somerville
this morning report the fighting as
stopped and everything quiet The
militia sent from here will return to-
day.
Loss Of the steamship Henry Ames.
VlcKsDuRG, August S.--The steam
ship Henry lines, from st. Louis to
New Orleans, with full cargo of L.
200 tons assorted merchandise, struck
snag last night near the waterproof,
and sank in twenty-five feet of water.
Three lives are known to be lost. Val
lie of boat and cargo, $50 90.
Demands to be Made Upon the Pacific
Railroads.
WASHINGTON, August S.-The Secre-
tary of the Treasury is preparing for
nal demand on several Pacific railroads
embraced in the act of last June, re-
quiring the payment of five per cent.
of the net earnings of the companies to
the Government, imposed by the act
of July | 1862. If the demand is not
complied with, within sixty days, the
Secretary will notify the Attorney-G Gen
eral, who will institute legal proceed
ings against the roads.
Suffering from Gras,hopper Rnvagcs.
August S.--Adjutant General Burke
writes to Commissioner Burdett, of the
Land Office, representing the suiterings
of the Inhabitants of Northwestern
Iowa, owing to the grasshopper raw
aces, and complains of the hardship of
settlers, who are obliged to go some
times two hundred miles to land offices
to make proof of occupancy, and sug
Gests the establishment OF local land
offices.
North Carolina Election.
RALEIGH, August Tho Democrats
carried the State by majority of from
1000 to ~, 600 in the election of Con-
gressmen, and gain twenty in the State
Legislature.
COlOred Candidate for the Legislature shot
Fire.
MEMPHIS, August 9.--Some unknown
person shot and fatally wounded A. G.
Burton, colored candidate for the Leg
islature. The affair occurred at Bra
ken's Station. There was intense ex-
citement among the negroes, but at
last accounts everything was quiet.
A fire ON Union street this morning,
destroyed property to the amount of
S55 900.
Forty Lives Lost by the Pat Rogers Disas-
Ger.
CINCINNATI, August 9.-Forty persons
are known to have been lost by the
burning of the steamboat Pat Rogers.
Death ola Noted Scientist.
HUDSON, N. Y, August 9.--John
Stanton Gould, the scientist, died here
last night of congestion Of the lungs, in
the sixty-third year of his age.
Attack on the New District OF Columbia
WASHINGTON, August 10.-The at
tacks on the District of Columbia Gov
erning Commission are becoming more
frequent, and it is alleged that the new
Commissioners are not decreasing the
expenses nor abolishing the abuses COM
planned of when the Board of Public
Works was in power.
Death of Right Rev. j. whitehouse.
New York, August 1O.-The Right
Rev. j. Whitehouse, Bishop of the do
cese of Illinois, died at his residence
here at s o'clock this morning.
The Chcyennes and Ap"chcs Preparing for
War.
OMAHA, August 10.-Information is
received from Fort Laramie that the
Cheyennes and Apaches are preparing
for war; that many Sioux will accom-
pany them.
RavaGes by Gra sshonpers.