Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-06-20
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LATER FROM TIE ATLANTIC STATES

nysttrtOus NurUcr.
DIES MONIES, June 15.-John John
son. n tailor, was found dead in the
street yesterday with his skull. crushed,
and paper lying near inscribed;
"This is the twenty-seventh man we
have killed. We will never be taken
alive"
Conviction and sentence ofDr. Uhling.
New York, june 15.--In the Court
Of General Sessions to-day DR.. Uhling,
charged with attempting to defraud the
Merchants Life Insurance Co. 10y in
terIing coffin containing bricks in
stead of dead body, was sentenced to
the State Prison for eighteen months.
Wonderful Feat OF Pedcstrianism.
June 15.-Edwarl Mullen, u Massa-
chusctts pedestrian, to-day walked fifty
miles in nine hours and two minutes.
Swampc.i la Railway Securities.
New YORK. June 16.--The suspen-
sion of Turner & Bros. and failure Of
II. W. Berry, Wall street, is announced.
Turner Il Bros failure is said to be
owing to advances made on Western
railroad bonds to the amount S6,5O0,-
600. The firm say they will pay every
thing. The failure does not affect bust
ness on the street, as they have not
been connected with current stock eper-
atoms.
Illinois Farmers Convention Exten-
sive Platform.
SPRINGFIELD, June 10.--The Farmers
Convention met here this morning,
al Of
o'clock. A State Central Committee,
consisting of one from each Congress
sional district, was appointed. A per-
manent organization was effected by the
election of j. Nj. Allen as President,
with Vice President and Secretary.
The Committee on resolutions reported
a long platform which was adopted
unanimously. They declare it to be the
duty of voters to attend all conventions
and elections in order to select good
men; to dissolve allegiance with either
political party now in this country; to
insist upon retrenchment and economy
in governmental affairs; to demand i'm
mediate reform in civil service abuses;
to favor improvement of the Navigation
of lakes and rivers; to oppose further
land grants or subsidies to corporations;
to favor a repeal of the national bank
ing law, and the direct issue by the
Government of legal tender currency
interchangeable for Government bonds
bearing the lowest possible rate OF in
terest; to demand revision OF the
patent laws; to endorse the railway leg
islation of the State, and demand ITS
enforcement; to declare that the right
of the Legislature to control railroads
must be indicated and established,
and maintain and assert that they will
agree to no compromise in the matter;
condemn the reception of railloa passes
10y public officers, oppose the protect
i've tariff, declare for tariff for revenue
alone; condemn the contract system III
the construction of public works as
fruitful source of corruption and fraud
at the expense of laboring and mechani-
cal classes, and demand its reform.
The Convention adopted the name IN,
DEPENDENT REFORM, and it appeals to all
classes to support the platform, ana
nominations, and to the laborins classes
to make Congressional nominations Ill
accordance with the platform.
should Portland have am Assay Ofhce'
WASHINGTON, June 11.-Mori1ii, OF
Vermont, submitted resolution IRON
the Finance Committee instructing the
Secretary Of the Treasury to inquire anu
report as to the necessity of an assay