Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-03-14
TELEGR A p FL &c.
Railroad Legislalion.

quite confident of passing McCreary's
bill appointing a Commission to regu-
late railroad fares and freights. A
Western member will prepare an amend
ment, depriving the Commissioners of
absolute power of fixing rates, but max
ing them sort of intermediate arbi-
traitors between the railroads and ag
grieved parties, with summary power
to correct grievances through the United
States courts. This will be opposed
on the ground that the remedy is too
troublesome of enforcement to have
salutary influence over railroad extor-
TONERS. The Senate Committee on
Transportation are thus far unable to
agree Oh any report, but majority re-
port is deemed probable, favoring
moderate measure received from the
House on the Railroad question.
A Railroad Bil, Relating to Oregon.
March 6.--Alitchell introduced bill
providing for the permanent location
of the terminus of the Oregon Central
Railroad, and to further the act of May
4, 1870, granting aid towards the con-
struction of the Oregon Central Rail
road, which was referred to the Com
mittee OH Public Lands. The bill pro-
vides that the southren terminus of
said railroad shall be located at some
suitable point on the line of the Oregon
and California Railroad, not farther
south than Eugene City, nor north than
Junction City, and grants the same
rights and privileges to the railroad in
its construction to such point rs are
granted by the original act in aid Of
the construction of the Oregon Central
Railroad and telegraph line from Port
land to Astoria and McMinville. 1t
tty of land of the ten full sections per
mile cannot be found without the limit
prescribed by the original act. that the
sections to make up such deficiencies
may he made under direction of the
Secretary of the Interior, on the west
crly side of such road, and between it
and the Pacific ocean.
Nominations by tho President.
March 6--The President nominated
Edward +. Dunno to be Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of Arizona, and
NJ. p. Berry to be Collector of Customs
for the District of Alaska.
Nhuukess
March S--The following are the pos
tai changes ordered for the Pacific
coast: Office established ut Pataha,
Walla Wnlla county, w. r., A. j. Fa-
vor. =. NJ. Postmasters appointed
p. Hamilton, at Marion, Marion coun.
ty, Oregon; John Briscoe, at Oyster
Vile, Pacific county, w. Il.
Senator John y. Jones Wants the Desert
10 Blossom like the Rose.
March Ex-senator Jones has re-
ceived full reports of surveys made to
ascertain the practicablity of reclaim
. ing the Colorado desert by turning into
it the waters of the Colorado river, ac-
companied by interesting commcnta-
RIGS. lie thinks the subject worthy of
Government Investigation, and pro-
poses asking Congress to authorize Il
thorough survey.
Woodruff Is 60. SEMI 20 the Toombs.
New York, March 5.-In the case
of Woodruff, Clatlin and Blood, on
trial for libel, in the Court of General
Sessions, to-day, application for a re-
.uction of bail was refused and the
prisoners were taken to the Toombs.
King wnhrlm's Health.
March S,-A special from Berlin
says the German Emperols health is
such rs to cause renewed uncasiness.
Female Suffrage tm Michigan
LANSING, March 5.--The House of
Representatives voted to-day - Sc to
39-to strike out the word "malc"
from the article in the Constitution on
the elective franchise.
Billiard Tournnment-DuIyB rnten.
BosToN, March 9.-In the first game
Ofthe billiard tournament to day, Ubas-
sy beat DAILY 400 to 2G7. The winner S
average, 5.
ALBANY, March S.-The Governor,
this evening sent message to the Leg
islature, announcing the death of En-
President Fillmore. Appropriate reso-
lutions were adopted, and joint COM
mittee appointed to attend the funcr-
al
Explosion OF Boiler in B,nRhampton Wa
tor Works.
BINGHAMproN, March 10.-The boil
er of the city water works exploded this
forenoon, killing the engineer and de-
molishing the boiler house. The city
is now without water. The Mayor has
called meeting OF the Common Coun.
Gil to appoint special patrol to guard
against fires. 1t will take twenty-four
hours to clear away the wreck and get
the remaining boiler at work.
The Trenchcrous Kiowas and Coma inches,
CHICAGO, March 10.-Gen. Sheridan
is in receipt of dispatches from Lieut.
Col. Davidson, commanding at Fort
Sill, giving information from the Kio-
wa and Comanche Agencies in Texas,
to the 10Th of February. Capt. Ha-
worth,s young men had just returned
from Comanche camps, where they had
been counting the people, and re-
ported that on the recent raid the num-
Der Of Indians who had been killed was