Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-09-25

y oui o.. -. au.hoIi'ies as you cannos, by all
ident will swiftly aid you In crushing the
lawless traitors to human rights. telegraph
me on receipt OF this, and state explicitly
what you need. K@f q
Very respectfully yoars.
EDWARD PrERREPosT, Asty Gen.
AFTER the 1hleves.
ST. Louis, Sept. 17.-Gen. John McDon.
aid, eX-internal revenue supervisor of this
district. and Col. John A. Joyce have been
indicted in the western district for c0nspir.
acy with parties in St. Joseph and Kansas
City to defraud the United States.
Faster and Faster.
CHICAGO Sept. 1.-THE fast mail train.
which left New York yesterday morning
over the New York Central road, arrived
here this morning eight minutes ahead of !
time, making the run between the two cities
in "a hours and SO minutes
The Great storm at Galveston.
New York, Sept ia special from
Houston, Texas, pronounces the storm as
Galveston the heaviest since 1867 The CITY
is partially under water. 1t is several feet
deep in the principal streets. Several wrecks
have been reported. The Ocean House, ON
the Gulf beach, is entirely surrounded with
hospital is filed with water. Thirty work
men ON the break water being built by the
government were cut off and lost. The Santa
Fe railroad bridge Is under water twenty
feet at this end. 1t has been washed away.
The water at Virginia Point has backed ND D.
for three miles on the main land and Is stiil
rising. The gale is on the increase and the
water that If the wind changes to the north
the whole island is lost, and no lives can be
saved The shipping in the harbor was hav.
ing fearful time Of it, The. ship channel
dredging feet is safe.
Production OF Precious Metals. e,
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1s.-A statement
showing the estimated annual production of
gold and silver In the United States during
the twenty-five years from 1910 to 1873, has
been prepared by the bureau OF statistics,
The annual average production Of gold, &C
cording to this statement, CSC, 800, 00O
and that of silver for the fifteen years from
1858 to 1878, ~$1S, 600, 600. The highest an
nual production of silver was in 1878, when
1t was $35, 750, 000s The production of gold
has, with the exception of one year, been
annually increasing since 1856, and the pro.
duction OF silver has, with the exception Of
one year, been increasing since 1859, the
production of gold and silver being almost
the same. . r-a. ,ss
More Of che Terrible Texas storm. g. I,
CARcIcANA, Texas, Sept. 18.-A wind and
rainstornl from the north set In here at 10
o'clock Saturday night lasting until dark
yesterday. The rain extended From south Of
Dallas to the coast. Some little cotton was a
blown out, but No great damage was done to.
the crop in this section. Telegraphic com.
munication with Houston, both by the Cen.
trail and Great Northern roads Is broken,
but Houston Friday evening papers were re.
ceived here this morning, and report the
storm still raging there and at Galveston.
On Thursday evening last the Galveston
Neos reported that at 10 O'Clock Wednesday
night last the wire broke on the bridge The
velocity of the wind was reported there at
fifty miles an hour and increasing. The
Galveston aud Santa .Fe bridge, is washed
away and the Galveston and Houston bridge
broken, but part of it was still seen extending
from the main land. The water extends
three miles inland. being higher than in 1857
and kilograms from Highland station at
r. M, Thursday, report the wind hurricane,
and doing great damage. -asf,. ..-..,..r 49,.
In Houston and mt Harrisburg the water
was within twenty inches of the top OF the
Navigation Co.'S wharf on Thursday morning
and rising an inch an hour. ~ H, 10
Grave apprehensons exist in Houston of u
serious disaster Ia Galveston.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. f9.-The following
was received at 10 o'clock last night from
Galveston: The storm has ragged since the
10Th. Water very high. But very little
damage done to property or shipping and
Ouiy tWO lives IOSt, anu tncSe Wcte NJ TUG 6x-
treme eastern point of the island, exposed to
the full force Of the storm. The railroads
are only slightly damaged, and 1t Is ex.
pccted that trains will be running In day or
two. II Is estimated that $200, 900 viii cover
all losses. Commodore Morgan's feet OF
dredge boats Is reported driven ashore and
number wrecked At Harrisburg and Hous-
ton there was a terrible gale, and the water
was driven up from the bay higher than was
ever known. 1t is said damage was done at
Indianolo and western ports. 800
Destruction Of -. bridge ANA frssxAs
GALVESTON, Sept. ia night train broke
through the bridge thirty miles above Carsl.
cana last night. Destroying thirteen loaded
track will be repaired aud Communication
opened tomorrow. 'i~'e 1't" 1853 hAfl cd -
i2'f' a97' Fire. os ,8Elh % jsida
i. Quincy, Ills, Sept. I'D d. Merriam,
& Sons lumber yard and half block OF
buildings were burned tonight. A high
wind prevailed and it was feared a heavy
confagration would result. Merriams' loss
reach $20, 600. The fire was the work of 'an
incendiary. a. e 9ftiaf sdf gaaayo
" Frauds In tho Pension Esursau.h hi
CHICAGO, Sept. fS--A Washington special
says one of the special agents Of the pension ,
Office has just returned from the West His
report made to the commissioner discioees
that remarkable series of wholesale decep.
ton has been praeticed on the government.
He found parties In the receipt of pensions
who were not disabled from earning their
livelihood, and who could show no trace of
wounds or OF impaired health. Numerous
cases were also discovered Of parties person
ating dead men, and of women falsely repre-.
senting themselves tho widows Of deceased
soldiers and drawing pensions as such. The
now states that he Is con-
WINGED that the government is annually pay
ing from 5000, 600 to u, 000, 900 to these
fraudulent claimants. $50 M ERa &. 38aw
Fire I'm Cfnclmnafi 80 I94
CINcINNATf, Sept 10.-Barber and Stouts
tobacco factory, 30 and "a main street, was
burned tonight. Frieburg a Worknens