Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-09-25
The Newsrnper Flght zoe. into cour,.

the failure of the Bank OF California. The
Ala this morning printed AN editorial chsrg-
ing the proprietors of the Bulletin and Cal
with having pursued the course they have
| followed during und since the late panic,
with the object of affecting the stock market
and creating financial panic. As a conse-
quencc, the Bulletin and CW prOprie!ors,
through their attorney, John T. Swift, are
now preparing and in few days will file q
complaint for libel against the ihd 1t is
expected that owing 10 the intimate connec-
tion between the newspaper fight and the
financial complications, some very Interest
ing developments will be made.
Foreign Consuls for the Pacific Coast.
WAsuINGToN. Sept. 2i.-The president has
recognized Vaidiner Weltzky, consul gen
era of Russia at San Francisco, ard August
| l5erggren, consul of Sweden and Norway, at
! San Francisco, for the states of California
( and Oregon, and the territories of Washing
ton and ALASKA.
Federal Appointments.
| The president has appointed Amos L.
| Frost collector of Internal revenue for the
consolidated district known as the Fourth
district of California. He has also signed
the commission of Alex White of Alabama,
to be chief justice of Utalf Territory.
Cattle Disease In Mississippi.
SpRINGFrELD, Mass, Sept 2l.-Cattle
| disease has broken out in Welfraham, and
the herd of ID. b. Merryck are rapidly dying
off
The Last of the Fishers.
| WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-Chas. J. Fisher,
late Assistant L. s. attorney, who was ar
rested last night charged with stealing the
appeal bonds and papers in forty district
cases which had been appealed from the
police court to the criminal court, waived an
examination this afternoon, and was held to
|
| The police have discovered not only papers
charged to have been stolen, but an addi-
tional number of equal importance. Fisher
had placed them in possession of another
party, from whom they were obtained. The
object was to realize money on them. The
revised statute provides the penalty for such
offenses shall be fineo of $l2, 900 or hard labor
for three years, or both. in the discretion of
the court. The accused Is a son of Judge
Fisher, late U. s. attorney for the District of
Columbia
Another Tow" on 9ro The Texas Coast Desc
| CHICAGO Sept 21.-A private dispatch re-
| ceived from Galveston states that Morgan
steamship has just arrived there, and reports
the town of Indanola seaport, almost en-
tirely destroyed. Lighthouse, wharves and
nearly every house have been swept away,
and a hundred to hundred and fifty lives lost
|
cargo.
Destruction of Hndianola.
| New ORLEANS, Sept. 21-The Galveston
steamship Harlan has just arrived. The
| purscr states that the town of 1ndianola is
almost entirely clubhouse,
| wharves. business houses and dwellings brok
| ken in pieces or swept away There are
only three houses remaining which are not
deluged. The telegraph office is gone, signal
Office damaged, telegraph lines down for
miles, railroads washed away, fences and
trees piled up In broken masses In the
streets. All agree there were 100 to $50 lives
| lost. The purser states that on account OF
the excitement it was impossible to obtain
the corrcc: number The steamship re.
turned with her cargo of goods, as there was
no place where she could land.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 21.-Col. Clowry, assist
ant general superintendent of telegraph re-
ceived the following from Galveston: Addi-
tonal accounts of the Indianola disaster say
the loss of life and suffering are terrible.
Dead bodies are strewn for twenty miles
along the beach. Citizens here are organ
iZiag for relief and will send them food and
clothing. Over one hundred bodies were
found and buried up to the time the steamer
left Telegraph Manager Sanborn Is reported
safe, but the Office and lines are gone for
miles.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 2i.-The Galveston
Nea,S has received the following from Indian.
ola: We are destitute; the town is gone
One quarter of the people are dead. Bodies
are slrewn for 20 miles along the bay.
Nine.tenths of the houses are DESTROYED
Send us help, for Gods sake!
lSigned) ID. W. CRANE, Dist. Atty.
Following is received by business firms
from correspondents; On the 18th wind
from the east vcering to the north. On Fri
day morning it became more steady increas
=. rhn ;et loat@
every man, woman and child were seeking
place of safety. Screams of women and child
rem could be heard In every direction The
water was sin feet ieelt 10 i6e 81 ggvts About
two o'clock Friday morning the wind veered
to the northwest, the waves became chopped
and houses were washed away or tumbled to
pieces. The wind toward morning came to
lull. The waves were getting lower till
the wind veercd north. There came up hope
until daylight broke, and then did we behold
awful destruction around, and thanked our
God that we had been saved. Our perilous
| condition was nothing compared with the
sufferings of our neighbors and citizens along
the bay. Daylight revealed q scene that was
| terrible to behold. The town could not be
recognized as the Indianola of the day pre-
vicus Total ruin was everywhere. People
| were seen walking and jumping over one
gulley and another. Neighbor met neighbor,
and told their troubles and tribulations of
| the previous night Death and destruction
was all around us. Houses were crushed to
the ground; others swsyed round leaning
over The wind slowly dying down and
the water disappearing from places in the
streets, bodies of men, women and children
were found in all directions Police and
guards were organized, apd the search was
made for missing relatives and friends.
How many have lost their lives in this fear
full storm 1t is impossible te learn. Up to
this hour sixty or seventy bodies have been
| found and buried Women were found,
| and men also. who had floated off on doors
or anything they could get. miles away.
Some beneath their roofs were carried long
1 distances. The escape of so many is almost
miraculous. Search for bodies is still going
on, and the number of human beings
drowned will never be known, as there were
large numbers of strangers in town. We
estimate the number of lives lost at 100.