Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-09-18
co.,,c,,on OF one Of the whisky Ring.

couytction of one of the whisky Ring.
CHICAGO, Sept. ia Washington special
sovs the treasury department has obtained
II; first conviction under the whisky ring
prosecutions. 1t was the case of distillcr
=, n. Joseph, Mo-, whose place was seized
with other st. Louis seizures The distiller
pleaded guilty yesterday. The evidence Is
nearly the same as In oil the other cases.
Active effect are making to crush the Cali.
fornia ring.
FounderinG ola steam Barge and Loss
Of Thirteen Persons.
CHICAGO, Sept. 13.-The propeller Depere
arrived In Milwaukee yesterday, and the Of.
ticers Of her gave brief report of the foun-
MENDOZA, with the barge Morning Star, was
sailing along the west shore of Lake Michi-
gan on Thursday night, and at point nearly
opposite Point Betsey she foundered and was
soon sinking. The crew and passengers
numbered twenty persons In all. The life.
boat was launched and seven of the persons
on board the Ill fated steamer got into her
and the remaining IS went down with the
boat. The lifeboat reached Manitowoe in
safety. The propeller Trusdale being at
Manitowoe, took the barge in tow, reaching
Milwaukee last might. No particulars of the
disaster are given. The captains name or
the owners names are not mentioned, and it
is not known where she belongs. She had
cargo of coal and was bound upwards. The
son of the owner of the boat was on board
with his wife, and he managed to get into
the life boat, but his wife failed to do so,
and he jumped back into the sinking boat
and was drowned with his wife.
Counterfeiters Arrested.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept, 13.--The Courier
Journals Nashville special says that five
more counterfeiters has been brought to De-
.catur. The band was up In the hundreds,
nessee, Mississippi, Texas and back north
Through to st. Louis. The band have a reg
mlar constitution and bylaws, and are com
posed OF the most prominent men in the
states mentioned. Counterfeit fives OF the
National Bank of Paxton, Illinois, and Ira
ders Bank Of Chicago; also eos and SOS
United States treasury notes and 90 cent scrip,
which was mostly circulated in Tennessee
among the poorer classes and farmers. 1t Is
estimated that $lOO, 600 had been distributed.
A basket.full was captured with the mon ar.
rested. Some had money In the seams of
their clothes and hatbands, and whatever 1t
could be hidden. Detectives have been
working the case up six months.
The Last OF the Crew.
CHICAGO, Sept. 13.-Reuben Burr was
brought to this port this afternoon by the
schooner Havana-Capt. Ross-having been
picked up after floating twenty-five hours
on the pilot house of the wrecked vessel
Equinox. He was helmsman Of that craft,
and 10 supposed TO be the sole survivor of the
crew. He was picked up eighty miles 8. &;
substantially the following facts: The sea
was very rough all night before the catastro-
lphe. The vessel sprung leak while he was
at the wheel, at A. M, Friday. A tour Of
inspection showed the bulwarks strove in aft
Burn and the mate attempted to stop the
aeak, but found it impossible, and after con.
'sultatiOn II was decided to lower boats. A
schooner was hailed, and ask to come along.
s1Gle, but probably did not hear, and was ct
all events nnmanageable. Signals were given
and lights displayed, but without avail. A
boat was lowered ON the port side, and the
mate owner, watchman, five deck hands,
engineer and tw0 fremen got In. The ship
went down almost Immediately. Burr
swan for long distance side by side with
separated. Afterwards Burr caught the
pilot house and occupied that with the
second cook. The latter, however, after
nearly days sailing was unable to stand up,
became unconscious and slipped of. Burr
was taken up by the Havana, much ex.
hustled, on Saturday morning
CHICAGO, Sept. 18--Seven passengers be
longing to the Mendoza, who was picked up
by the schooner Addie of Monitowoe arrived
here to-day. One of the crew says the cap
tain took to his boat and left his wife and
stewart stood with his wife and went down
with her. The story Is related by another
member Of the crew, who speaks in high
terms of the conduct OF the captain and
either officers. The Mendoza was valued at
$s0. eco; not injured. Her cargo of coal was
burned.
LIE saving Stations.
CnrcAao, Sept. IA Washington special
says the commission OF the treasury depart
Pacific Coast for the erection Of life saving
stations. Eight stations will be established.
The station at Neah Bay will be built on the
Indian Reservation, while the crew for the
s,stien VIII he made up of Indians, At
Shoalwater Bay the station wall be Oh the
lighthouse grounds: at Cape Disappointment
it will be on the military reservation; at Cape
Arago on the light house property; at Hum
boldt Bay the same. In the vicinity OF Dux-
bury Reef, one of the most dangerous points
between Point Lobos and San Pedro, a
station will be on the southwest corner of
the Golden Gate park. At Point Conception,
In Cox's harbor, one will be built that viii
be manned with salaried crew the year
round. The only other station where o
regular crew will be annually employed will
be at Duxbury Reef. Advertisements for
proposals to build these stations will be made
at once, so that the work will be completed
by the close Of next season.
Capture OF Illicit Distillers.
Internal revenue men are busy lately pick.
ing up small whisky thieves In Northern
Georgia. Within few days one hundred
Illicit stills have been secured. The penalty
In average cases win be fine of 800 and
imprisonment two months.
The department received to-day informa-
tion Of the capture Of fifty additional Illicit
distiiieries ID the same section. This, 1t is
said, has not been made without some loss,
ss local agent named Greer, Of Pickins
county, has disappeared. and it Ia feared he
has been foully dealt With Authorities have
picked up fifty whisky thieves In Virginia.
These arrests are Of no importance, but they
show the activity Of the revenue depart
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