Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-08-21
with drawal OF the San Juan Is,.,.
Lands Terminated.

Withdrawal OF the San Juan island
Lands terminated.
WASHINGTON, Aug 15-The President has
signed q proclamation terlninating the with.
drawal of lands under the award of the
United States Ivy the cAipefor Of GERMANY
acting a. umpire under the treHty OF Wash.
ington. The lands in question are those on
the northwestern frontier and include San
Juan Island. The withdrawal was to allow
persons claiming to b. owners under ,h.
point OF occupancy 70 present their claims.
Arrival OF Moody and sankey.
New YORK. Aug. 1.-THE steamship
Spain has arrived from Liverpool with Moody
and Sankey on board.
Washed out and Mails Destroyed.
New York, Aug. 14.-The Ecenino Post
says that although this city escaped yester-
day the daily storm to which 1t has been &C
customed during the week, the surrounding
country was not so fortunate. At Hackensack
the rain came down in torrents, shower az.
ter shower, each accompanied by vivid
lightning, and the water seemed to-be one
continuous stream. As the ground was al.
ready thoroughly soaked, the food accamu.
lated rapidly, and altogether soon made the
appearance of lake. The houses in the
meadows below were soon inundated, and
this morning their Inhabitants were impro.
vising bridges through door.yards, while
chickens were perched on barrels and boats
All gardens and fields in low places were un.
der water, and WIN be more or less damaged.
The track Of the N. J. and N Y. railroad
was washed away some distance, and the
break Is SO serious 1t Is not certain that
trains can pass over 1t before Tuesday.
The mails which were sent out last night
over the N. r.. II. of New Jersey were brought
back to the post.offlce In this city, and were
sent out this morning over the Erie railroad
The tracks Of nearly all the roads running in
to the city were more or less damaged. Dur
ing the storm q freight train of the Pennsyl
yania railroad, standing on the track at
Holmesburg junction, was run into by q
freight train going west, and seven cars and
caboose were entirely demolished. @
Lulu displaees Gelasmith MAID AZ
Queen OF the Turf.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Aug IA Goldsmith
Maid won the first heat at the driving park
to day In 2154: American Girl second
Lulu third. Lulu won the second heat; time,
2:15i, beating the Maid half length; Nettie
third. Lula won the third heat In 2:15i,
o length and half ahead of Maid, Nettie
third. The fourth heat was won by Lulu, in
2I0, leading the Maid by head only; Amer.
lean Girl third. These arc the best consecu.
tive heats on record. Lulu takes tho place of
Goldsmith Maid rs queen Of the trotting
turf. r.ta MA, f..Fssr
Death OF President Finney OF ObcrIin.
CLEVELAND, Aug. t6.-Chas. g. Finney,
for many years president of Oberlin college,
died very suddenly this morning of heart dis.
ease, at his residence In 0berlin. aH&
General sheridan Visits the Paeiac
CHICAGO, Aug. 16.-Lieut. Gen. Sheridan
left this morning for visit to the Pacific
Coast. He will probably arrive at San Fran
cisco about the Esd inst.
Reply TO welsh's open Letter.
WAsHINGToN, Aug. 18.-Gen. Cowan as.
sistant secretary Of the interior, has replied
to Welsh's open letter to the president deny
ing number of his allegations in reference
to the charge that Secretary Delano published
q statement In his annual report for 1872,
that stock OF the North Pacific had been sub.
scribed to the amount Of one hundred mil
lions. Gen. Cowan says the railroad reports
as made by the secretary are merely com.
pletion OF the reports of the presidents of the
several land grants, made to him under cath,
according to law, and that In the above case
the secretary used the identical language that
was used by the president of the North Paci-
fic road under oath. In his report to the
department Gen. Cowan closes his statement.
d
that Welsh was driven from the board of In:
dian commissioners by Secretary Delano.
when the fact is Welsh resigned In May, 1860,
during the term of Secretary Cox, and has
never since been connected with the board.
Delano was appointed secretary in October,
1870, about 18 months after Welsh's resigna.
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