Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-09-02
LATEST EASTERN NEWS
D.n Carlo. Visit. Boosh,s Theaser.

Den Carlos vlsiss Booshss TheaSer.
New YORK. Aug. 23.--DOn Carlos and bis
comrades attended Booths theater last night
and accepted prosccniIm box. 4 slight hand
clapping greeted Don Carlos Us he entered,
but he thought it was intended for the actors
and did not bow. A Spanish national mir
was played at the close Of the second act, and
then he stood with his party and bowed to
the. applause which greeted him. Previous
to the performance four young. well dressed
Spaniar.ls approached the box intended for
Don Carlos and tore the Spanish flag from it.
and ON being demonstrated with by the usher,
one of them said that Don Carlos was no
true Spaniard and did not deserve to be hon
Ored by the Spanish flag. The janitOr sum.
marily elected him from the thcater and his
companions followed
Railroad Accident.
JACKSON, Miss, Aug 23-An accident oc-
cured to the south-bOund !rain of the New
Orleans and Jackson railroad, eight miles
south of here, at o'clock this morning.
bridge gave way, making complete wreck
of the train-fOur killed and sixteen wound.
ed; five or six seriously. The very heavy
rains of yesterday afternoon and last night
raised the creek unusually high, and doubt
less weakened the foundation ct the bridge
Cardinal utoneIli
PARIS, Aug. A-News from Rome received
yesterday gives no hope of Cardinal Anton
ellis recovery.
Fifty one wOrkmen from Paris, Bordeaux,
Havre, Marseilles, Lyons, and other cities Of
France, sent by the French Government to
visit the exhibition and study the improve
ments which are making in their various
trades, arrive in New York the cath.
Political.
CHICAGO, Aug 24-JOhn s. Phelps, Den,
ocratic candidate for governor Of this State.
opened the canvass today ut EastOn Ia this
county, where there was grand barbecue,
at which 1000 were present. Abiding the
scandal in circulation regarding his action to
ward some ladies on board the steamer Andy
johnson last July. Col. Phelps briefly do
MED there was any truth IN the scandal.
Tho Herald on the Republican Nomiaa.
t10ns.
The Herald editorially says: The nOmina-
tiOn of Gov. Morgan is a strong one 10 Itself,
but the real strength OF any Republican nom.
inee in this cOnjuncturc lies In its fitness to
secure party unity, and from this point of
view, even ii from no other, Morgan is well
selected leader of the State canvass. He is
an able and experienced party tactician, and
If he be not quite match for Gov. Tilden In
this respect, he may he relied ON to give close
attention to the details Of the canvess. The
nomination of Rogers for the second place
is ono of the best that could have been made,
and the ticket as whole will be very hard
one to beat.
The Peace Commissi0n.
CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-Th. Peace Commits.
siOners some sixty in number, arrived today
en- route for Omaha and points west, to talk
with the Sioux. Bishop Whipple will ar
rive and join them this evening. and they
leave in "a hours on their mission. They are
furnished with instructions from the lnterioe
Department to inform the Indiana they must
not leave their reservation, stop depredations
on Black Hill miners or submit to externina
tiOn.
Canadian RaelAe %. =
VIcToRIA. Aug. e5-Of1clal Information
renders 1t probable that the Canadian Racidc
railway will be brought to Butte Inlet. The
governor general eMphaticaIly stated that
the main line will be vigorously prosecuted.
His remarks respecting abandonment refer.
red only to the short section on the isIand OF
Vancouver.
worknsn gelng 70 Scotland.
Nkw YORK, Aug. 25. Ono hundred and
fifty masons and stone cutters sailed yestef.
day for Scotland under contract with John
Coghill to work on the Parothiol buillv
at Greenock. They are 10 receive ten. rence
per. hour for eight hours per day. $50 mors
are tn start for Scotland soon.
Youshfal m1rAsrer HangsA.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 25.-Jas. Murphy, aged
16, was hung at Dayton this aftern0On Tor
the murder Of VIM. Dawson, in this city, In
1875.
PROVIDENCE, R. l., Aug. 25.-Psuline
Wright Davis, widely known from her con.
necti0n with the so called wOman's rights
movement, died here last evening
smallpox.
SAN Francisco, Aug. 26.-Only four new
cases Of smallpox reported this morning. Up
to date the total number of cases brought to
the attention of the authorities is 600, with
158 deaths. The disease Is apparently under
c0ntrel
Drowned at Sea.
Mrs. j. B. Godor, who arrived here last
night by the steamer Julia, en- route from
Illinois to Seattle, w. T.. with her brother.
Alfred F.. Hatfield, reports that she lsst saw
her brother about p. N. yesterday. when be
was lying in his stater0om eighty delisious
from an tack of bilious fever. She left
him short time, locking the stateroom, but
on her return be was} no where to be found
and window directly over the water was
open 1t is believed that he jumped from
the window and was drowned while suffering
from deliri0us attack.
steamship Colen Darsts her Seller
The Pacific Mail q. g. Colon, which sailed
from here August Let for Aspinwall. return
ed to day In disabled condition. After
being out two days . terrible explosion took
eli hx,o Of ofn
which completely envelOped the vessel, caus
ing much excitcr1ent among the passengers
After some time it was discovered that one
of the boilers had burst, two men being
killed the chief engineer and fireman. and
oLe passenger severely scalded. John Bunt
ing was the name Of the engineer killed, and
Jas. Farrell the fireman. The bodies were
buried at sea- The vessel was badly dam
aged by the explosion. and It will take sever
al days, perhaps weeks, to repair.
Republiean Scheme - Carry Ohio
CHICAGO, Aug. 28.-The Tribune's Cleve-
land special says: The Leader Will today
publish an editorial statement for which the
Leader will hold itself responsible, that ON
Friday, from 10 to l O'Clock, the Ohio Pepub'
licsn Central Committee held meeting ct
Put in Bay, several other promisent hePuo.
licans being alsO present, and discussed a3
great length and warmly the question whetL-
er Ohio could accept and use Q corruption
fund of q quarter Of q million from the Re-
nublicau clubs and local committees Of New
York and Philadelphia, to be used in the city
districts of Ohio in purchasing votes to carry
the October elections. 1t was stated that the
Republicans could reasonably expect TO use
the 2N3, 900 votes cast last fall tor Gov. A.
len. and if they could add change of 50, 600
in Cincinnati, Cleveland and T0lede, they
would win the election. To purchase these
votes, it was proposed to apply the money. A
member from the rural districts earnestly op-
posed the proposition on high moral and po
iit,cal grounds, and was met BY the arRu-
ment that this was the only way to save the
country, and that the ends justified ths
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