Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-04-03
Mr.. Lick and his Trustees.

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MIR. Lick and his Trustees.
SAN Francisco, March 81. 1T is rumored
that the difficulty between Mr.. Lick and his
trustees is likely to be settled The report is
dial of bitter litigation an arrangement il on
foot, by virtue of which the trustees and Mr.
Lick will Join in the execution of deed to
new trustees, which deed will jealousy and
securely guard the public interests vested un.
der the original trust and at the same time
make adequate provision for Mr.. Lck's rela-
tives
| The Darien Canal.
| WASHINGTON, March 25-A letter from
Commander Lull, of the inter-oceanic canal
surveying party, on the Isthmus of Panama
has been received at the navy department
he says the problem seems. to be assuming
something like definite shape, and the way Is
now beginning TO be seen to very favorable
F, solution of it. A cursary examination at the
| beginning convinced the party that the vcini.
ty Of the railroad would offer the best chance
for location of suitable line for an inter-
oceanic canal
American Potatoes Prohibited in
France.
PARIS, March 30-A decree has been
issued prohibiting the importation of Ameri
can potatoes, or sacks or barrels in which
they have been packed. This is in order to
prevent the introduction of the Colorado
bug.
The Mexican Raids.-DIspatch from
Gen. Augur.
CHICAGO, March 30-A New Orleans dis
patch says; General Augur, who is in COM
mand Of the Texas border, tclegrpahed to. day
to the commandant at Fort Brown, at Browns
vile, regarding the rumored raids and muir
ders by Mexicans. Tonight the following
reply was received:
There are many reports of raid ON the
ranches in the vicinity of Corpus Christi,
and of a threatened attack on Corpus Christi
Some ranches have doubtless been robbed
and burned, some taken prisoners and the
prisoners are reported TO have escaped.
These maraudcrs have been driven from the
vicinity of Corpus Christi by citizens ia pur-
suit. l have sent all my mounted force to
intercept the robbers. Gen. Hatch has sent
troops for the same purpose. Many depre-
dations have been committed along the river,
above this point, of late, and several perons
have been killed. / believe these robbers
are Mexicans, and most of them are from
the other side of the river. There are prob
ably several parties out'for the purpose of
stealing cattle and robbing ranches. No re.
liable information as to numbers. Will in.
form If learn anything more definate.
(SingnedD j. III. POTTER.
Col. cath infantry, commanding.
The Graves of Our Dead I'm Mexico to be
Cared For.
CHICAGO, March ga Washington spe.
cial gives the following opening paragraph
of an editorial in tho Washington Chronicle,
which the correspondent says was dictated
by Senator Anthony: 1T is now stated def
nitely that the members of the Senatorial
Mexican excursion to go on legitimate gov.
eminent business. They are detailed to see
if the graves of soldiers killed in the Next
can war are properly cared for. This act
of patriotism has been long delayed and neg
lected through all the changing vicisitudes
of over quarter of century. These graves
have been almost forgotten. The brave men
who fell battling for their country's flag on
the the arid plains of that desolate country,
and were buried beneath its soil, will be neg,
lected no longer"
Further Acts of Violence by Miners.
HAzELToN, Pa, March 31.-Another crowd
of armed men have started from Epevale
fot Upper Lehigh to stop the men employed
by the Jersey Central Railroad from loading
coal at that place. A special train has left
here with detachment of police armed to
resist any attempt at violence by the mob
The result of this raiding is awaited with
great anxiety. Our local police is too small
to contend with the exasperated miners, and
call for the military is expected dis
patch from Lchgh announces the killing of
McDermot, one of the bosses there. Last
night coffin handbills were served on the
men obtaining coal for the boilers at Ecker
colliery. The whole region is in state of
great excitement The raiders are called
"Landerburns regiment. from the fact that
Landerburn has been selling them condemn
ed government muskets.
BraziI--The Emperor about to Abdieate
PARIS, March 3l.-The Bien Public pub
fishes the fOllowing The Emperor of Brazil
,issa:s.s9Ss 20 ahsss7Sts Ia faEGy lis e!Gest
daughter, Countess D'Eu. The emperor,
upon his addiction, will make tour of
Europe, after which he will proceed to the
United States where he will make his home.
Yellow Fever at Key West.
WASHINGTON, March 31.-A telegram from
Key West announces that the yellow fever
had greatly increased within few days;
that all the naval vessels were quarantined;
the soldiers garrisoning forts would leave
Immediately FOR colder z quarters; that the ep.
idemic was spreading and that deaths were
occurring in Key West. Instructions have
been sent to surgeons at Pensacola, Mobile,
New Orleans and Galveston to- he on the look
out for yellow fever and promptly report its
appearance. The U. S. steamer Dispatch,
sent to convey the senatorial party to Mexico,
was at Key West when the fever broke out,
increasing the solicitude in Washington, not
only for the naval officers, but for prominent
persons composing the excursion party.
The Governmet of Texas Invokes the
Aid of the president 60 Repei GexI-
can Raids.
The President received the following dis.
patch to-day, dated Austin. Texas, March
So 81 Y & @ES . ESE t+N
HIS Ereelleney. L. s. Grant, President of
the United Stdtes-SlR, Depredations of or
ganized bands of robbers, from the Repub.
lie of Mexico, have of late increased in fire.
quency and atrocity, which threatens the de-
population of the Lower Rio Grande
country. The alarm in the country between
the Neuces and the Rio Grande, consequent
upon these raids, in which our people are
ruthlessly murdered and their property forci-
bly, taken by these foreign desperadoes, is
widespread and, Unless relieved by some as.