Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-05-16

to get interest from January or July
following. 1905 will be held by the
Government as security for the pay
ment of five's. To guarantee the prin-
ciple of fve's, Government will hold
the company's deposited 1905; also
sinking fund of one per cent. All
bonds issued under this act shall be es-
tablished to January 1889. The bonds
shall he cancelled as bought, but the
company shall pay interest on them.
The bill provides that the entire road
shall be finished by July 4, 1884, the
1905 to remain as first lien on the
road. The act further provides that
Congress may fix fares, tolls and trans
portation charges over the whole road.
New Btu Introduced BY Nesmith.
Nesmith introduced a bill providing
for the issuance of patents for lands
heretofore granted to the State of Ore
gon to aid in the construction of mil
itary wagon road.
I'm Guatemala ny Military Omcsrs.
New York, May ia Panama let
ter gives an account of horrible out
rage perpetrated by Col. Gonzales,
commandant at Port San Juan, Guate-
mala, on the Vice-Consul, John Magee,
with whom he had a personal difficulty
with reference to the clearance of YES
sci. They had arencountre on the street,
exchanging blows. On April Oath
Gonzales summoned Magee to appear
at his Office, and the latter declined to
come, Gonzales had him brought by
soldiers. The Colonel then abused
him, beating him over the head with
pistol, and declared he should first re-
ceive 400 lashes, and then be shot.
Mr.. Magee vainly invoked the protec-
ton of his flag, and remonstrances of
the U. S. Consular Agent, James, were
also disregarded. The Pacific Mail
steamer arizona arrived at noon, but
Gonzales, Selling the telegraph Office
and planting two cannon to cover the
arizona, had his victim brought out.
Two hundred blows with the rattan
were inflicted. Magee tainted and was
returned to prison with the promise that
the rest of the sentence should be car
ried out in the morning. Meantime
the news reached Salvador and de-
tachment of soldiers were sent to San
Jose, reaching that town just as Magee
was stripped for torture. Gonzales or
dered his soldiers to shoot Magee, but
they refused. He then fed to the ar
asona, but unseen hands among the
passengers fired a number of shots at
the william, three of which entered his
body. His boat was taken ashore,
where he died soon afterward. The U.
S. Minister at Salvador, sent disputch
ordering the detention of the steamer,
but the Captain considering that the
order was designed to keep the ship
until the safety of foreign residents was
assured, decided to disregard it, and
sailed for Panama, April 25th.
Lease OF the Atlantic and Great Western
Railroad by tho Eric.
NEW YORK, May 9.-The lease of the
Atlantic and Great Western road, with
all the rolling stock and appurtenances,
is taken rs it stands, for q period of one
hundred years, and is to be run by the
Erie managers at total rent of thirty
per cent. of the gross receipts.
An Energetic Court-NIartinl in Cuba.
A Havana letter says Court-martial
is doing wholesale work at various
points, condemning people accused of
treason, to death, perpetual imprison-
ment, the chain gang, etc.
The Canada and Pacific Railway Bill be.
fore tho Canadian House Of Commons.
OTTAWA, May 8.-Mackenzie, Minister
Of Public Works, moved to-day that
the House 60 into committee of the
whole on Tuesday next to consider the
new act for the construction of the Can
ada and Pacific Railroad. The scheme
proposes to reserve the right to con-
struct and operate the road as q Gov
eminent work, or to let it out on pri-
vate contract-the subsidies in that
event for any section not to exceed $1O,-
600 and 20 900 acres of land per mile,
with guarantee of bonds at four per
cent. upon the price agreed on.
Disaster to Shipping.
QUEBEC, May 8.--A fracture of of the
ice-bridge has caused unparalleled disas-
ter among shipping. A number of
steamships have been crushed, and sew
eral loaded schooners sunk and water
logged. The losses will be heavy, the
the vessels being only insured against
fire. 1t is thirty years since the bridge
remained SO long.
Lost At Sea with all ON Board.
LONDON, May 11-6:3O A. M.-The
steamship Liberia, plying between Liv-
perool and Madeira, is supposed to be
lost with all her crew and passengers.
Death Of . Noble.
Sir Archdale Wilson, knighted for
heroic services at the capture Of Delhi,
in 1867, is dead.
VIM. Patrick Adam succeeds Peel as
liberal whip.
Fire In Toronto.
TORONTO, May 1O.-Last night the
safe factory of John Taylor & Co., the
boiler works of Currier Il Co., and the
wholesale grocery house of Smith &